I'm just so tired and apathetic towards all this now. In a few short years we've seen these guys come in all Billy Big-bo**ocks talking about how poorly we were run and how they are going to do things better and more modern, and they've trashed us. Billions spent and we've just got a squad of inexperienced or rubbish players, with no disciple, mostly unlikable on and off the field. There are only truly 2 or 3 good players in amongst them. They've saddled us with billions in debt. Can't even get a front of shirt sponsor done properly for 2 seasons. Endless PR waffle. No accountability for themselves or the sporting directors they employ. Now we're going to start facing the real problems of this approach when we have to start selling the few good players we have to meet financial restrictions, and things will hardly get better at that stage.

It's getting harder and harder to bother watching every week, and then it just pisses me off for the rest of the weekend.

7 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

But you sacked them all, Todd. You had plenty of football people around you, and you sacked them all. You even sacked the Champions League winning manager for Graham Potter.

This is absolutely mental.

Then two Sporting Directors had an agenda just to gamble this philosophy knowing there is no consequence for them if it goes wrong, knowing that Todd and Co know eff all.

This is worse than the government making us sell. Like an extended punishment to get back at Roman. Can't believe what ive just read. Remember the people saying that Todd and Co are businessmen so the club will be fine. Pffffft.

4 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

The Government has to step in and strip the club from these absolute f**ktards.

Why? Do you believe they care how we are performing? They've let football clubs collapse before, left it for FA and leagues to deal with.

Unless Trump turns his guns on the UK there is nothing the US could do that would see the sanctions imposed on Roman imposed on rich Americans, imo.

8 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said:

This is absolutely mental.

Then two Sporting Directors had an agenda just to gamble this philosophy knowing there is no consequence for them if it goes wrong, knowing that Todd and Co know eff all.

This is worse than the government making us sell. Like an extended punishment to get back at Roman. Can't believe what ive just read. Remember the people saying that Todd and Co are businessmen so the club will be fine. Pffffft.

One day I hope those fans who matter most, the matchday fans, have enough of what BlueCo have done, and are doing, to our wonderful club.

We all have amazing memories from our clubs history. Players, games and moments that gave us great joy and happiness.

Hopefully those will return someday down the road. Hopefully the damage will not be irreversible when BlueCo eventually sell up.

I feel the only way they sell up sooner than they plan is the match going fans pull together in action to show what is going on with the club is not acceptable. Cause what us armchair/online fans have to say is as relevant to them as a fart in a hurricane.

Blind leading the blind.

We’re so f**ked as a club.

3 hours ago, Zeta said:

I'm just so tired and apathetic towards all this now. In a few short years we've seen these guys come in all Billy Big-bo**ocks talking about how poorly we were run and how they are going to do things better and more modern, and they've trashed us. Billions spent and we've just got a squad of inexperienced or rubbish players, with no disciple, mostly unlikable on and off the field. There are only truly 2 or 3 good players in amongst them. They've saddled us with billions in debt. Can't even get a front of shirt sponsor done properly for 2 seasons. Endless PR waffle. No accountability for themselves or the sporting directors they employ. Now we're going to start facing the real problems of this approach when we have to start selling the few good players we have to meet financial restrictions, and things will hardly get better at that stage.

It's getting harder and harder to bother watching every week, and then it just pisses me off for the rest of the weekend.

I'm tired and apathetic as well. BlueCo has ripped the soul and fabric out of the club.

Apart from the name, colours and emblem, this version of Chelsea almost bears no resemblance to the one we grew up loving and following for decades.

Players had their wages bumped to their full amount for our return to the CL right? What was it reported as? 25% less for no CL?

After 2 seasons without it to get that bump back up only to lose it again a year later when/if we don't get it for next season might lead to a few players happy for BlueCo to sell them to balance the books.

We were fortunate to make CL last season to be honest. This season we would be even more fortunate if we made it. Remember being told at the end of last season how we were a season ahead of schedule as we were expected to make CL this season instead of last? How's that working out? So far we look to barely make Europa the way we are going. I swear if we end up in the conference league again.....Eugh! I'd rather no european football than conference again. Utterly pointless competition for us to be in.

4 hours ago, Sunspear_88 said:

We were fortunate to make CL last season to be honest. This season we would be even more fortunate if we made it. Remember being told at the end of last season how we were a season ahead of schedule as we were expected to make CL this season instead of last? How's that working out? So far we look to barely make Europa the way we are going. I swear if we end up in the conference league again.....Eugh! I'd rather no european football than conference again. Utterly pointless competition for us to be in.

So I imagine if we fail to make Champs league next season we will go from a season ahead to at least a season behind schedule? Impressive

5 hours ago, Sunspear_88 said:

We were fortunate to make CL last season to be honest. This season we would be even more fortunate if we made it. Remember being told at the end of last season how we were a season ahead of schedule as we were expected to make CL this season instead of last? How's that working out? So far we look to barely make Europa the way we are going. I swear if we end up in the conference league again.....Eugh! I'd rather no european football than conference again. Utterly pointless competition for us to be in.

What have you got against far Eastern European teams with no vowels in their names?

State of the BlueCo PR machine 😂

f**k me ... if we could actually get COMPENSATION for Winstanley moving to Spurs that would be INSANE. I'd bite their cock's head off for that LOL

28 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

f**k me ... if we could actually get COMPENSATION for Winstanley moving to Spurs that would be INSANE. I'd bite their cock's head off for that LOL

He did just get a contract extension after all!

49 minutes ago, yaz said:

He did just get a contract extension after all!

And is a former nominee for Sporting Director of the year too!

Winstanley is seemingly the Dumb to Stewart's Dumber, so we really need to sell them as a package deal.

1 hour ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Winstanley is seemingly the Dumb to Stewart's Dumber, so we really need to sell them as a package deal.

Just remembered we had spent months chasing Christopher Vivell, appointed him as a technical director only to bin months into his role because we were restructuring. He is now at Utd as recruitment director.

Club has been a right mess for a while.

2 minutes ago, markpitts said:

Just remembered we had spent months chasing Christopher Vivell, appointed him as a technical director only to bin months into his role because we were restructuring. He is now at Utd as recruitment director.

Club has been a right mess for a while.

I think a lot of United's decent signings of late were made under Vivell.

1 hour ago, markpitts said:

Just remembered we had spent months chasing Christopher Vivell, appointed him as a technical director only to bin months into his role because we were restructuring. He is now at Utd as recruitment director.

Club has been a right mess for a while.

It was an interesting sacking given Vivell came to prominence as Ralf Rangnick's understudy, and shares the same philosophy of targeting young players on low wages/long contracts etc. So he would have been a natural fit for the project.

My guess is that he was Boehly's pick, but then Clearlake appointed Winstanley and Stewart above him. He was relegated to 'global' (aka multi-club) duties at one point but UEFA's snooping around our multiclub activities would have made him redundant. Vivell, unlike Winstanley and Stewart, actually had proven footballing experience. Still, it likely would have been the same sh*t with a different smell and we probably wouldn't have signed the likes of Caicedo or Palmer, tbh.

Even when we were really sh*t and playing in the old 2nd division I felt more connected with the club and the team than I do now . With Ken Bates in charge, we all felt part of the struggle , the fans, the club, the players, even if we sometimes didn't like Bates, it still felt everyone was together..

This lot have destroyed all that. My God, we thought Bates was an arrogant f**ker, but this lot are miles worse . AND despite our problems, Bates got the stadium rebuilt.

We used to have FOS sponsors that actually lasted more than a few months ,something that's beyond our current commercial genius owners..vvvv

"Yokohama (2015-2020)

Japanese motoring firm Yokohama paid Chelsea around £40 million per season to procure front-of-shirt sponsorship.

The Blues won many trophies while baring the Yokohama name, but the deal came to a natural end in 2020.

Three (2020-23)

Stepping into the breach was telecommunications outfit Three, who also paid £40 million a season to have their branding on the Chelsea shirt.

Edited March 3Mar 3 by The Rising Sun
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All the hard work had been done before Clearlake bought us. They got a debt free elite club. Stadium rebuilt ( too small now) , Cobham built, Chelsea turned into an elite football club .

And they f**ked it up within the first season.

On 01/03/2026 at 22:31, axman2526 said:

Why? Do you believe they care how we are performing? They've let football clubs collapse before, left it for FA and leagues to deal with.

Unless Trump turns his guns on the UK there is nothing the US could do that would see the sanctions imposed on Roman imposed on rich Americans, imo.

The club was stolen from Sir Roman for being Russian, nothing more nothing less.

Egbhali is Iranian. They’ve just bombed a British RAF base. Russia never did that.

Boehly is in the Epstein files. Sir Roman never was.

Wyss is Swiss which is just a nice way of saying ‘funded the Nazis in WW2’ which is the flip side of the Russia being formerly communist coin we unduly punish them for still to this day.

Throw enough sh*t and something will stick surely?

4 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

The club was stolen from Sir Roman for being Russian, nothing more nothing less.

Egbhali is Iranian. They’ve just bombed a British RAF base. Russia never did that.

Boehly is in the Epstein files. Sir Roman never was.

Wyss is Swiss which is just a nice way of saying ‘funded the Nazis in WW2’ which is the flip side of the Russia being formerly communist coin we unduly punish them for still to this day.

Throw enough sh*t and something will stick surely?

Would be nice if it happens. They would just pay the UK government off.

Besides there was public outcry against Roman and political points to win. The general public dislikes our club, if they care at all, so nothing for the government to gain this time.

On 28/02/2026 at 14:10, yaz said:

Any chance the BlueCo mob gets stripped of their ownership now that the US has started a war? 😅

Egbahli is Iranian too. He's got a foot in both sides of the door, surely that's enough to strip him of ownership!

On 01/03/2026 at 22:24, KonaKai Blue said:

This is absolutely mental.

Then two Sporting Directors had an agenda just to gamble this philosophy knowing there is no consequence for them if it goes wrong, knowing that Todd and Co know eff all.

This is worse than the government making us sell. Like an extended punishment to get back at Roman. Can't believe what ive just read. Remember the people saying that Todd and Co are businessmen so the club will be fine. Pffffft.

Didnt United Under Fergie deliberately put false rumours out over players they were looking at to hide media from the ones they were looking to sign and buy players to stop other teams having them to maintain their dominant league position?

Bonkers philosophy and a reason why we are 1.5 billion in debt. sometimes the best thing to do is say nothing and not invite media questions.