We're just Arsenal of the last decade or so, now. A banter team for opposition, who crumble against anyone half decent.

Arsenal 2007-2021

United 2014-2023

Liverpool 2010-2016

Chelsea 2023 - TBD

More than anything they have made us a bit irrelevant. A mediocre mid table team with managers without personality, lack of team spirit, very little consistent flair and no real appetite for the fight. We are like an Everton or a Sunderland. Nobody cares about playing us or turns on to watch us.

1 hour ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Sack the f**king lot of them.

0 On Field Success

0 Commerical Success

And 0 Squad Building Success.

Look at Spurs right now. That is us in 3-5 years just without the fancy stadium.

Some dipsh*t will still back them if that happens.

7 minutes ago, loz said:

More than anything they have made us a bit irrelevant. A mediocre mid table team with managers without personality, lack of team spirit, very little consistent flair and no real appetite for the fight. We are like an Everton or a Sunderland. Nobody cares about playing us or turns on to watch us.

We've actually regressed to where we were before Roman took over in the later years of Bates. A contender for top 6 and capable of making the off domestic semi-final.

11 minutes ago, forbzy said:

We've actually regressed to where we were before Roman took over in the later years of Bates. A contender for top 6 and capable of making the off domestic semi-final.

At least Bates didn't spend nigh on 2bn to do it and tell the world how he was doing it better than everyone else

Christ, imagine being less humble than Ken f**king Bates

c**tS

Bad results come and more fans turn to the BlueCo Out message.

Good results come and most are swayed back to giving them another chance.

Things won't change until most of us and, most importantly, the match going fans, take up the message and keep with it win, loss or draw.

And if they are happy with us being as @loz described us, then that's where we stay.

Or Worse, we do as Spurs are doing now.

4 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Bad results come and more fans turn to the BlueCo Out message.

Good results come and most are swayed back to giving them another chance.

Things won't change until most of us and, most importantly, the match going fans, take up the message and keep with it win, loss or draw.

And if they are happy with us being as @loz described us, then that's where we stay.

Or Worse, we do as Spurs are doing now.

I haven't seen many comments in the "give them another chance" camp for some time to be fair.

What has this sh*tshow got right since they came in? Genuinely?

They made a few nice signings, but it's been cancelled out by 50 sh*t ones. One of them is on a drugs suspension and driving ban, another one who also has a driving ban with more points on his licence than appearances in a Chelsea shirt.

They can't get a shirt sponsor.

They took on a massive debt.

The stadium plans are going nowhere.

They've landed the club in trouble with UEFA multiple times.

They haven't hired a single good "head coach"

The coaching staff is made up of Kinetic rookies that should be in League One at best. A bunch of mates rates w**kers.

The board is made up of complete sh*tters, especially the two biggest sh*tters of the lot, Winstanley and Stewart.

They removed almost everybody involved in the club under Abramovich because he was oh so terrible at running a football club (twats)

They put out bullsh*t media PR bo**ocks every time they are made to look like the clowns they are.

They are going to ruin the academy and they are already well on their way to ruining the women's team too.

So much for the FA's fit and proper test, although, maybe I can't blame them, they were probably powerless. It's our sh*thouses in the government trying to score political points with their EU buddies and gullible twats that keep voting for them in this country. Absolute c**ts, the lot of them.

5 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I haven't seen many comments in the "give them another chance" camp for some time to be fair.

5 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I haven't seen many comments in the "give them another chance" camp for some time to be fair.

6 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I haven't seen many comments in the "give them another chance" camp for some time to be fair.

Comments no, but they turn focus away from BlueCo Out which is basically saying give them another chance without actually saying it.

7 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

What has this sh*tshow got right since they came in? Genuinely?

They made a few nice signings, but it's been cancelled out by 50 sh*t ones. One of them is on a drugs suspension and driving ban, another one who also has a driving ban with more points on his licence than appearances in a Chelsea shirt.

They can't get a shirt sponsor.

They took on a massive debt.

The stadium plans are going nowhere.

They've landed the club in trouble with UEFA multiple times.

They haven't hired a single good "head coach"

The coaching staff is made up of Kinetic rookies that should be in League One at best. A bunch of mates rates w**kers.

The board is made up of complete sh*tters, especially the two biggest sh*tters of the lot, Winstanley and Stewart.

They removed almost everybody involved in the club under Abramovich because he was oh so terrible at running a football club (twats)

They put out bullsh*t media PR bo**ocks every time they are made to look like the clowns they are.

They are going to ruin the academy and they are already well on their way to ruining the women's team too.

So much for the FA's fit and proper test, although, maybe I can't blame them, they were probably powerless. It's our sh*thouses in the government trying to score political points with their EU buddies and gullible twats that keep voting for them in this country. Absolute c**ts, the lot of them.

16 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Bad results come and more fans turn to the BlueCo Out message.

Good results come and most are swayed back to giving them another chance.

Things won't change until most of us and, most importantly, the match going fans, take up the message and keep with it win, loss or draw.

And if they are happy with us being as @loz described us, then that's where we stay.

Or Worse, we do as Spurs are doing now.

If there’s one thing for certain, is that one win, even if it’s against a championship side, is enough to end all future protests.

Our fanbase is fickle.

35 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I haven't seen many comments in the "give them another chance" camp for some time to be fair.

Not here, but on social media (eg Reddit and Twitter) the 'fan' sentiment is overwhelmingly pro-BlueCo.

1 hour ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Not here, but on social media (eg Reddit and Twitter) the 'fan' sentiment is overwhelmingly pro-BlueCo.

@Mod we could do with a facepalm reaction to add to the like plus options for ones like this

1 hour ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Not here, but on social media (eg Reddit and Twitter) the 'fan' sentiment is overwhelmingly pro-BlueCo.

Not sure I would trust Twitter etc. with the amount of bots on there.

9 hours ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Not here, but on social media (eg Reddit and Twitter) the 'fan' sentiment is overwhelmingly pro-BlueCo.

Social media fans have never once stepped foot on English soil, never mind visited the Bridge. They don't represent the real fans.

10 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Bad results come and more fans turn to the BlueCo Out message.

Good results come and most are swayed back to giving them another chance.

Things won't change until most of us and, most importantly, the match going fans, take up the message and keep with it win, loss or draw.

And if they are happy with us being as @loz described us, then that's where we stay.

Or Worse, we do as Spurs are doing now.

I have been consistent in my destain for these clowns 🤡

They've taken away the life from me. After we lost last night, I just felt depressed, didn't feel angry or annoyed, just depressed at the thought of the inevitability of it all. The Club has been bought by people with no knowledge of football or European sport, who have put in place a mediocre football plan, with mediocre SDs to lead it, and a mediocre coach and team. And there's no reaction from any. It's just mid table fodder. It is depressing.

On 11/03/2026 at 04:54, SydneyChelsea said:

Clearlake borrow against their own assets to obtain cash, but that is standard wealth management practice. Collect assets, borrow cash against them to avoid tax etc. Abramovich would have done the same, it's not as if he had 10bn sitting in the bank in cash. BlueCo in general raise money both by borrowing cash against their assets but also by issuing equity or the promise of equity - for example, they made a big payment-in-kind deal with Ares Management that involves cash now for a future stake in any stadium redevelopment.

I wouldn't worry about Clearlake's finances just yet, no more than anyone else exposed to the AI bubble. Let's not forget that Chelsea FC is just one asset in Clearlake's ~$90bn worth of assets, in other words, less than 5% of their stable. We are little more than a blip, a passion project, a side hustle for Clearlake just as likely to have been purchased for vanity reasons as financial ones. We are probably no more than a means to offer corporate hospitality to their stakeholders or a marketing ploy to increase investment. To me at least, it explains why they care so much more about doing things their own way than footballing or financial success, because that would result in the largest overall business gain. I'd be curious though, since American private equity funds often rely on cash injections from sovereign wealth funds like Saudi Arabia's PIF, does that mean that PIF or the Qatari/Emirati equivalent can exert some influence on Clearlake? If Newcastle wanted a player and we wanted a player, could they effectively blackmail Clearlake by withdrawing funding? After all, financially we are a drop in the ocean for Clearlake, and the Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds don't care about profit, they care about reputation washing.

There's no public information about the clauses, just speculation that was published by The Athletic/NYT. There's no actual evidence that BlueCo can't sell for 10 years or that there is a debt limit. Enforcement is a problem because I would think it would be up to the parties to the contract. Would Abramovich himself be the one responsible for enforcing it? Some of the issues could be enforced by the new government football regulator, as the club now operates under licence from the UK government and therefore that licence could be revoked from BlueCo and sold to a new owner. Any legal dispute would leave the club in a similarly terminal limbo as 2022. I just assume the clauses don't exist and/or are unenforceable.

Thanks for another informative post mate. 👍

14 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

What has this sh*tshow got right since they came in? Genuinely?

They made a few nice signings, but it's been cancelled out by 50 sh*t ones. One of them is on a drugs suspension and driving ban, another one who also has a driving ban with more points on his licence than appearances in a Chelsea shirt.

They can't get a shirt sponsor.

They took on a massive debt.

The stadium plans are going nowhere.

They've landed the club in trouble with UEFA multiple times.

They haven't hired a single good "head coach"

The coaching staff is made up of Kinetic rookies that should be in League One at best. A bunch of mates rates w**kers.

The board is made up of complete sh*tters, especially the two biggest sh*tters of the lot, Winstanley and Stewart.

They removed almost everybody involved in the club under Abramovich because he was oh so terrible at running a football club (twats)

They put out bullsh*t media PR bo**ocks every time they are made to look like the clowns they are.

They are going to ruin the academy and they are already well on their way to ruining the women's team too.

So much for the FA's fit and proper test, although, maybe I can't blame them, they were probably powerless. It's our sh*thouses in the government trying to score political points with their EU buddies and gullible twats that keep voting for them in this country. Absolute c**ts, the lot of them.

I wish I could give your comment more than one thumbs up Scott. Excellent, thanks.

3 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

I wish I could give your comment more than one thumbs up Scott. Excellent, thanks.

Well heres three 👍👍👍.

There is a reason no top manager, despite a few being interested over the years, wants to work at our club anymore.

15 hours ago, axman2526 said:

@Mod we could do with a facepalm reaction to add to the like plus options for ones like this

Thank you!

2 hours ago, axman2526 said:

There is a reason no top manager, despite a few being interested over the years, wants to work at our club anymore.

Apparently LR didn’t want it but being basically already on the payroll he had little to no choice.