21 minutes ago, Clown Lake said:

No thank you, do the research. I have said it so many times now, not only myself but Evissy and Terraloon and other posters I am forgetting too. Don’t be lazy. You know exactly what the answer is anyways. Selective memory or amnesia is not an excuse, the posts are already there!

I've just done my research and it says we've been fined 78M for breaking financial rules related to profitability, this surely can't be correct as you've stated this model is profitable. I'm also confused how we have an almost billion pound negative net spend in a little over 3 years? Lumbered with over a billion pounds worth of debt too! Wait, i know what you're on about. You mean the Madueke profit. The one transfer success story, got it.

Starting to get very bored of all these Clearlake shills. I suspect a couple of their employees have been parachuted onto us by the BlueCo PR department ...

Have BlueCo done some good things ? Absolutely. Most reasonable posters have given them credit when it is due, but also valid criticism on where they need to do better. It's all sunbeams and rainbows from certain posters though ... and that gets up people's noses because it just smacks of propaganda when it is so unbalanced ...

1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Consumers. Like being an Eastenders fan.

If you buy something that adds to Chelsea FC bank account you are their customer. You probably haven't. You just fan along.

3 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

Starting to get very bored of all these Clearlake shills. I suspect a couple of their employees have been parachuted onto us by the BlueCo PR department ...

Have BlueCo done some good things ? Absolutely. Most reasonable posters have given them credit when it is due, but also valid criticism on where they need to do better. It's all sunbeams and rainbows from certain posters though ... and that gets up people's noses because it just smacks of propaganda when it is so unbalanced ...

Or the sheer and utter negativity. That is another point of view....To me it is pretty weird people sh*t on our club that is one of the best clubs in the world - in every aspect of the meaning.

1 hour ago, evissy said:

If you buy something that adds to Chelsea FC bank account you are their customer. You probably haven't. You just fan along.

Congrats on waking up early to turn your TV on.

2 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Congrats on waking up early to turn your TV on.

I did. Glad I did. Won't miss a minute.

1 hour ago, evissy said:

Or the sheer and utter negativity. That is another point of view....To me it is pretty weird people sh*t on our club that is one of the best clubs in the world - in every aspect of the meaning.

Lowering the wage bill is good.

Madueke was a fruitful transfer.

Palmer has been a revolutionary signing alongside Caicedo.

We can happily admit these things and praise them where it is due.

The likes of yourself and Clown Lake are unable to utter the slightest criticism.

You can be happy with the Conference league win and still admit we didn't face a single serious team and winning it isn't something to pretend like we're in the upper echelons of European football again.

You can be happy with a CWC win and admit in the entire tournament, we only played PSG (absolute hammering btw, well done Maresca), and the only reason we made that final is because Flamego hammered us.

You can think there's a plan without trying to paint every failed transfer as an unbelievable piece of business. KDH was a waste of everyone time. As is Felix. As is a lot of the deals we do. We breached FFP and get hit with fines for a reason, this isn't part of some master plan.

2 minutes ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Lowering the wage bill is good.

Madueke was a fruitful transfer.

Palmer has been a revolutionary signing alongside Caicedo.

We can happily admit these things and praise them where it is due.

The likes of yourself and Clown Lake are unable to utter the slightest criticism.

You can be happy with the Conference league win and still admit we didn't face a single serious team and winning it isn't something to pretend like we're in the upper echelons of European football again.

You can be happy with a CWC win and admit in the entire tournament, we only played PSG (absolute hammering btw, well done Maresca), and the only reason we made that final is because Flamego hammered us.

You can think there's a plan without trying to paint every failed transfer as an unbelievable piece of business. KDH was a waste of everyone time. As is Felix. As is a lot of the deals we do. We breached FFP and get hit with fines for a reason, this isn't part of some master plan.

Thanks for doing long form. I admire that, really. This tennis leads to nothing. You know it, I know it.

Basically the difference is: your angle is to criticize and mine is to try to counter it. In general we probably agree on many things.

You don't care for my optimism and I don't your negativity.

At this point we'd need to write essays on everything to make our points rounded.

Anyway have a good one ☺️

4 minutes ago, evissy said:

Thanks for doing long form. I admire that, really. This tennis leads to nothing. You know it, I know it.

Basically the difference is: your angle is to criticize and mine is to try to counter it. In general we probably agree on many things.

You don't care for my optimism and I don't your negativity.

At this point we'd need to write essays on everything to make our points rounded.

Anyway have a good one ☺️

So in summary, everything @Sexyfootball said a few posts up about you is bang on the money.

So in summary, everything @Sexyfootball said a few posts up about you is bang on the money.

There you go. You are you. 100% every day of the week 🤣

Edited August 8, 2025Aug 8 by evissy

What a team we are building!

2 minutes ago, Clown Lake said:

What a team we are building!

I guess they had to get it right eventually ! LOL

Early days for this summer's signings, but some very promising debuts tonight for sure 👍

2 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

I guess they had to get it right eventually ! LOL

Early days for this summer's signings, but some very promising debuts tonight for sure 👍

I am trying to contain myself from losing my mind on the Joao Pedro hype, because I do not want to be blinded by it….. but my lord he is giving me major R9 vibes.

On 08/08/2025 at 13:27, evissy said:

If you buy something that adds to Chelsea FC bank account you are their customer. You probably haven't. You just fan along.

Demonstration yet again of complete ignorance of what it's like to be a Chelsea fan as opposed to being a Chelsea hobbyist.

19 hours ago, Clown Lake said:

What a team we are building!

And that's your Idea of what football fans look like ??!! 😂🏆😂

8 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

And that's your Idea of what football fans look like ??!! 😂🏆😂

That's not Stamford Bridge? 😂🌉

On 08/08/2025 at 13:30, evissy said:

Or the sheer and utter negativity. That is another point of view....To me it is pretty weird people sh*t on our club that is one of the best clubs in the world - in every aspect of the meaning.

Not true. You won't find anything except massive praise from everyone for our Club world cup final performance and win . You'll find the same for the first part of last season.. I praised Maresca and the football we were playing . Everyone did.

You are blinkered and prejudiced against any criticism of the owners. Why are you so effusive and unstinting in your praise , even though they themselves have admitted making mistakes? And you going into raptures about some imagined, distant , all conquering successful team isn't worth a sh*te in reality.

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

And that's your Idea of what football fans look like ??!! 😂🏆😂

I am actually embarrassed for you.

League starts in 6 days, still no FOS sponsor.

4 minutes ago, markpitts said:

League starts in 6 days, still no FOS sponsor.

Yep, it's just absurd at this point. The excuses I was given was that they were waiting for Champions League football (which was always complete rubbish, that just leaves money on the table for no logical reason) and now we are there and still waiting.

It's annoying for the fans too. With the price of football shirts these days, nobody wants to double dip. So they wait or just go for the one without a sponsor.

Edited August 10, 2025Aug 10 by Scott Harris

Shades of the '84-'86 seasons, how did we every survive?

On 09/08/2025 at 17:58, Clown Lake said:

I am actually embarrassed for you.

You shouldn't get emotional on my behalf mate.

2 hours ago, Clown Lake said:

Thanks for the information mate, but the results of our games and even how we performed in those games is something every Chelsea fan is already fully aware of.. ..

On 05/08/2025 at 07:32, Clown Lake said:

It will be included by the end of his contract with Everton. It is a pay me later after a certain time to remain ffp compliant, just accounting suave. If you pay attention to the add ons we put on players you’ll notice the trend.

Hint: £400k profit.

how many points does this 400k profit get us a season?