Speculation from some of the more followed Chelsea fan YouTube shows is that the penny has dropped at board level as to us being likely in trouble with FFP.

Stated Kante being offered Pay only when you Play deal, and Enzos extention, are the first steps towards trying to prevent us being sanctioned and facing a points deduction and fine.

We are already committed to spending 60mill on Nkunku, and other rumours say we will sign Felix as Jorge Mendes wants it, as do both Enrique and Nagelsmann.

Only way I can see us offsetting that is selling youth developed players (Mount, Gallagher, Colwill, Maatsen etc) and getting big new sponsorship deals.

Of course fans need to keep the faith, what other options do we have realistically? The club is already in a lot of trouble on the field, last thing we need is fans make an ass of themselves protesting. A lot of mistakes have been made, hopefully Boehly and his buddies learnt something from it, and getting more things right in the future. I thought he had Naglesmann lined up when he sacked Potter, which would make some sense. Potter in, Bruno for 1 game, then Lampard as an iterim just made the club looked more clueless and incompetent. The 3:0 thing was a bit of a joke, but some joke is better served at a private BBQ instead of in front of Sky sports.

16 minutes ago, icecoolguy22 said:

I thought he had Naglesmann lined up when he sacked Potter, which would make some sense. Potter in, Bruno for 1 game, then Lampard as an iterim just made the club looked more clueless and incompetent. The 3:0 thing was a bit of a joke, but some joke is better served at a private BBQ instead of in front of Sky sports.

7 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Of course fans need to keep the faith, what other options do we have realistically? The club is already in a lot of trouble on the field, last thing we need is fans make an ass of themselves protesting. A lot of mistakes have been made, hopefully Boehly and his buddies learnt something from it, and getting more things right in the future. I thought he had Naglesmann lined up when he sacked Potter, which would make some sense. Potter in, Bruno for 1 game, then Lampard as an iterim just made the club looked more clueless and incompetent. The 3:0 thing was a bit of a joke, but some joke is better served at a private BBQ instead of in front of Sky sports.

Why? I don't understand this attitude from some of our fans that we need to be so negative. 

9 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Speculation from some of the more followed Chelsea fan YouTube shows is that the penny has dropped at board level as to us being likely in trouble with FFP.

Stated Kante being offered Pay only when you Play deal, and Enzos extention, are the first steps towards trying to prevent us being sanctioned and facing a points deduction and fine.

We are already committed to spending 60mill on Nkunku, and other rumours say we will sign Felix as Jorge Mendes wants it, as do both Enrique and Nagelsmann.

Only way I can see us offsetting that is selling youth developed players (Mount, Gallagher, Colwill, Maatsen etc) and getting big new sponsorship deals.

That kind of contract isnt allowed in the premier league so I would say these "followed Chelsea fan youtubers" are talking absolute sh*te as usual.

16 minutes ago, dkw said:

That kind of contract isnt allowed in the premier league so I would say these "followed Chelsea fan youtubers" are talking absolute sh*te as usual.

How can you doubt social media sources @dkw ?

11 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Speculation from some of the more followed Chelsea fan YouTube shows is that the penny has dropped at board level as to us being likely in trouble with FFP.

Stated Kante being offered Pay only when you Play deal, and Enzos extention, are the first steps towards trying to prevent us being sanctioned and facing a points deduction and fine.

We are already committed to spending 60mill on Nkunku, and other rumours say we will sign Felix as Jorge Mendes wants it, as do both Enrique and Nagelsmann.

Only way I can see us offsetting that is selling youth developed players (Mount, Gallagher, Colwill, Maatsen etc) and getting big new sponsorship deals.

I hear Trevor Birch is doing the team talk before the second leg.

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4 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Why? I don't understand this attitude from some of our fans that we need to be so negative. 

It's one thing being positive, it's another thing being stupidly arrogant, or just joking around. I mean 3 goals against one of the best team in Europe on their home turf, after we failed to score in 3 games. I would laugh at that joke, if I'm a supporter of another team.

16 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

Of course fans need to keep the faith, what other options do we have realistically? The club is already in a lot of trouble on the field, last thing we need is fans make an ass of themselves protesting. A lot of mistakes have been made, hopefully Boehly and his buddies learnt something from it, and getting more things right in the future. I thought he had Naglesmann lined up when he sacked Potter, which would make some sense. Potter in, Bruno for 1 game, then Lampard as an iterim just made the club looked more clueless and incompetent. The 3:0 thing was a bit of a joke, but some joke is better served at a private BBQ instead of in front of Sky sports.

Ah yes, the fine tradition of shutting up and not protesting which has led to so many great moments of positive change over the years... 

19 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Speculation from some of the more followed Chelsea fan YouTube shows is that the penny has dropped at board level as to us being likely in trouble with FFP.

Stated Kante being offered Pay only when you Play deal, and Enzos extention, are the first steps towards trying to prevent us being sanctioned and facing a points deduction and fine.

We are already committed to spending 60mill on Nkunku, and other rumours say we will sign Felix as Jorge Mendes wants it, as do both Enrique and Nagelsmann.

Only way I can see us offsetting that is selling youth developed players (Mount, Gallagher, Colwill, Maatsen etc) and getting big new sponsorship deals.

Why would we sign J.Felix just cause his agent wants it? Or should I say, hypothetically why would Nagelsmann want to sign J.Felix after signing Nkunku?! 

They are probably just keeping the option open by publicly stating they want to keep him. 

In reality, he's really not a necessity given the context. 

13 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

In reality, he's really not a necessity given the context. 

That probably increases the likelihood of Bohely signing him permanently.

Uproar over at Fulham's £3,000 season tickets on the new stand.

There's only 200 at that price , but all season tickets going up by 18%. I hope Todd isn't considering a similar hike

 

53 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Uproar over at Fulham's £3,000 season tickets on the new stand.

There's only 200 at that price , but all season tickets going up by 18%. I hope Todd isn't considering a similar hike

 

Need to increase our income to aid us with FFP. And if Fulham can put theirs up to 3k, which I think makes it 157 a game, maybe Todd and co will set ours to 6k or 314 per game...

6 hours ago, g3.7 said:

Ah yes, the fine tradition of shutting up and not protesting which has led to so many great moments of positive change over the years... 

Out of curiosity, how many times in the last 10 years have the owners' actions deserved a protest from the fans? Like others said on this thread, if any fans really angry about it, stopped going to the game, best way to send a message. What's protest going to achieve, you really reckon Boehly would care few hundreds angry fans calling him out outside the stadium? It's just publicity, the kind we don't need.

12 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

What's protest going to achieve

My personal favourite Dylan song, that one. 

How's Chelsea's involvement in the European super league getting on, by the way? 

On 13/04/2023 at 10:30, Fruit Bat said:

2.5 Billion acquisition cost. 600 million on unproven players locked into long contracts. Potentially another 1 Billion plus on new stadium which looks increasingly unviable financially

The purchase/ high spend rationale being TV rights were undervalued and there were other untapped markets, however I can’t for the life of me see how they will make a return on their investment other than by selling on an oil rich gulf state, who are not in football to earn money but as a PR exercise 

 

 

It boggles my mind that they thought they could come in and change everything in 1 year.

9 minutes ago, El regreso said:

It boggles my mind that they thought they could come in and change everything in 1 year.

Pure hubris 

Only a miracle will prevent a full on implosion. It’s that simple. 

30 minutes ago, Dean said:

Only a miracle will prevent a full on implosion. It’s that simple. 

Aren`t we already in a full blown implosion?

Tuchel sacked along with Cech, Marina and a huge number of staff from various positions. Replaced by people that might or might not be totally incompetent.

Potter sacked without replacement. Giving the job to Lamps as an interim even though everyone knows he is not a good manager. Absolutely no new manager bounce.

Spent hundreds of millions on players that seem very questionable with a few exceptions so far. Does Boehly have any clue what he is doing? Hard to tell at this point.

Worst performances on the pitch since Roman took over in 2003. Which was 20 years ago. Can`t score goals let alone win games. Closer to relegation than PL title. No chance of winning anything.

1 hour ago, reparto corse said:

Aren`t we already in a full blown implosion?

Tuchel sacked along with Cech, Marina and a huge number of staff from various positions. Replaced by people that might or might not be totally incompetent.

Potter sacked without replacement. Giving the job to Lamps as an interim even though everyone knows he is not a good manager. Absolutely no new manager bounce.

Spent hundreds of millions on players that seem very questionable with a few exceptions so far. Does Boehly have any clue what he is doing? Hard to tell at this point.

Worst performances on the pitch since Roman took over in 2003. Which was 20 years ago. Can`t score goals let alone win games. Closer to relegation than PL title. No chance of winning anything.

On the pitch, certainly looks like it. I’m talking the whole shebang - full on bust off the pitch too. CFC bankrupt

Every decision he personally makes takes us 5 steps backwards.  
 

He shouldn’t have final say on the next manager. Far from it. 

3 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Every decision he personally makes takes us 5 steps backwards.  
 

He shouldn’t have final say on the next manager. Far from it. 

Don't take my word for it but a rumor doing the rounds hinting Kai Havertz was left out of the squad today because he's about to replace Super Frank as manager. Apparently Boehly is a massive fan.

We are done as a top team. No European football for years to come. Gunna get f**ked by FFP and points deductions probably.  We'll go down the Everton/Leeds route in the coming seasons.

35 minutes ago, Zeta said:

We are done as a top team. No European football for years to come. Gunna get f**ked by FFP and points deductions probably.  We'll go down the Everton/Leeds route in the coming seasons.

We will 100% go down that route if they f**k up the next appointment. We need tactics and authority. I am a big fan of Nagelsmann because of his very attacking tactics, but I feel Luis Enrique would be a much better fit because he somehow has this badass energy about him and will be respected from day one.

Just look at Brighton. They bring in an up and coming manager, known as a very good one with a bright future and he totally transforms that team. It's not like he is a one season wonder, Sassuolo played like that with him in charge, Shakhtar, too, now Brighton play beautiful football with an average squad. And somehow Potter needed years to impose his style... Impose what exactly? You are either a good manager, or you are not. De Zerbi knows what to do on the training pitch and only needed 6 months to show what he's about. Whereas our team can't string 5 passes together and build an attack. It truly is embarassing. It looks like this team only did gym work and shooting practice for the past 7-8 months, there is no tactics in this team, an absolute shambles. Simeone's Atletico Madrid in their worst day look like a juggernaut compared to the current Chelsea.