1 minute ago, markpitts said:

The amount of money wasted is ridiculous. The Window hasn’t opened yet and we have already spent close to €100m; Emegha is at min €30m, add Barco at a rumoured €40m. And not one of those players improve our 1st 11.

All are not good enough as well. May be hope for Quenda one day, but not in this environment

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Remember when Bob said signing Gittens made more sense financially then signing Semenyo?

Of course. The finance for these two signings is not comparable.

Chelsea News

Chelsea directors and executives see pay rise 80% as club...

Chelsea's spending on the club's directors and executives increased by almost 80% last year according to the latest club accounts.

On 07/02/2026 at 18:53, Caps_Lock_King said:

Cant see us finishing above both, we need to be at least 4th going to Anfield, after that we finish with Tottenham home and Sunderland away

Villa last 3 fixtures Burnley away, Liverpool home, Man City away

Liverpool last 3 Fixtures Chelsea home, Villa away, Brentford home

It will be close but the fixtures after Burnley in 2 weeks could decide if we have a chance

Arsenal away, Villa away, Newcastle home, Everton away, Man city home, Man utd home, Brighton away, Forest Home

10 points minimum plus 6 points from our next 2 games 59 points going to Anfield, 5th place last season was 66 if we can get a draw at Liverpool, beat Tottenham and get a draw at Sunderland will give us 64 so will need to win at Liverpool or Sunderland

On 15/03/2026 at 13:27, Caps_Lock_King said:

LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE GETTING LESS POINTS THEN I SUGGESTED AT THE TIME

I SAID 6 POINTS FROM LEEDS AND BURNLEY, WE ONLY TOOK 2

I SAID 10 POINTS FROM Arsenal away, Villa away, Newcastle home, Everton away, Man city home, Man utd home, Brighton away, Forest Home

ONLY 3 POINTS FROM 3 GAMES SO FAR, NEED A MINIMUM OF 7 POINTS PLUS THE 4 WE DROPPED (LEEDS AND BURNLEY)

SO 11 POINTS FROM EVERTON (LOST), CITY (LOST), UTD, BRIGHTON AND FOREST, I DONT THINK WE GET THEM

I STICK WITH WHAT I SAID FINISHING 7TH AT BEST

LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE CORRECT, NO WAY WE CAN GET 66 UNLESS WE WIN ALL REMAINING GAMES

I NOW SUGGEST WE WILL GET 8 POINTS AT MOST WHICH WILL GIVE US 56 POINTS AND WILL FINISH 8TH

26 minutes ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

Chelsea News

Chelsea directors and executives see pay rise 80% as club...

Chelsea's spending on the club's directors and executives increased by almost 80% last year according to the latest club accounts.

My previous Ozark comments may be nearer the mark than at first thought. There has to be some from of AML investigation undertaken here. Its like we've got Bugsy Siegel in charge of the place

This should infuriate even those that still defend these nitwits.

It's either the Enron scandal again or a money-laundering outfit.

38 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

This should infuriate even those that still defend these nitwits.

If this goes on, the threat of liquidation becomes increasingly real

51 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

This should infuriate even those that still defend these nitwits.

Isn't that exactly how the Glazers used to siphon money out of United while putting increasing debt onto the club?

1 hour ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE CORRECT, NO WAY WE CAN GET 66 UNLESS WE WIN ALL REMAINING GAMES

I NOW SUGGEST WE WILL GET 8 POINTS AT MOST WHICH WILL GIVE US 56 POINTS AND WILL FINISH 8TH

Cannot see us making 60 points. No doubt the owners will still find a way to pay themselves a dividend bonus though.

20 minutes ago, Deino said:

It's either the Enron scandal again or a money-laundering outfit.

8 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Isn't that exactly how the Glazers used to siphon money out of United while putting increasing debt onto the club?

The fact they are all hiring their mates also starting to make more sense…

41 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Isn't that exactly how the Glazers used to siphon money out of United while putting increasing debt onto the club?

Yep, the Glazers were more blatant and more outrageous. Blueco are being more 'cute' about it, but it amounts to the same thing.
We long for the days of our Russian Oligarch and wonder if we would have been better off owned by human rights abusing arabs. All the options are ridiculous at this point. Vulture capitalism has no accountability.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

This should infuriate even those that still defend these nitwits.

rules are only for the poor.. good governance is not for the rich. How can the board of any company allow this - well wait the board are corrupt themselves.. PE firms are full of vultures and only loot.

All enoursed by the corrupt UK government too.

The level of this financial mismanagement looks a deliberate attempt to sink us, or perhaps liquidate us. That would mean losses for blueco and, while wyss may be happy to take that for his revenge on Roman, the rest won't so have they been promised something by the uk government to do it or are they just this foolish?

1 hour ago, forbzy said:

Isn't that exactly how the Glazers used to siphon money out of United while putting increasing debt onto the club?

Glazers took dividends out of Arsenal not salaries. Until they were embarrassed into stopping.

30 minutes ago, dermott said:

Glazers took dividends out of Arsenal not salaries. Until they were embarrassed into stopping.

They siphoned money from Arsenal too? They were more devious than I thought ;)

43 minutes ago, forbzy said:

They siphoned money from Arsenal too? They were more devious than I thought ;)

Brain fade. Sue me.

80% pay increases for thrm board while directors got 60% and we make record loss after record loss.

Will this be enough to get a good attendance for the protest or have our core fans give up on the club?

Scandalous, rewarding failure. And not near miss failure but epic record breaking failure.

Who sanctioned this? How do we even complain and who too when it’s jobs for the boys and pay rises all round.

There is no accountability at our club which is the most worrying thing for me.

Iraola leaving Bournemouth……. So another club will have batter coach than us

51 minutes ago, C3blue said:

Scandalous, rewarding failure. And not near miss failure but epic record breaking failure.

Who sanctioned this? How do we even complain and who too when it’s jobs for the boys and pay rises all round.

There is no accountability at our club which is the most worrying thing for me.

The 80% raises is them rewarding themselves.

It was outlined from the beginning "more important to build business value than win or lose on the pitch"

Apparently the business value part is skimking money in to their own pockets.

Lmao all the more reason I hope we don’t qualify for the Champions League.

You twerked for Garnacho. You want to stick with Rosenior.

You need a good humbling.

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18 hours ago, Bob stark said:

Of course. The finance for these two signings is not comparable.

Based on the unreliable data from Capology:

Gittens (amortised) - £17.4m/season

Semenyo (amortised) - £22m/season

Maybe one of BlueCo's 1039 administrative staff should have made that comparison

23 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Remember when Bob said signing Gittens made more sense financially then signing Semenyo?

In fairness, @Bob stark is merely pointing that Gittens makes 'financial sense' only to BlueCo, not by any sane metric. The reality is there is no point in thinking about signings from a football perspective because all they care about having a low wage ceiling.

Of course it's complete bullsh*t because the aggregate wages have exploded under BlueCo. Quantity at the expense of quality.

I’ve probably posted similar to this before, but as someone who has worked both as a higher level executive pre PE takeover and then done my stint under PE. I can promise you this lot is a bunch of tards.

They cannot see the forest for the trees: and these (structurally) are things they will be keeping themselves busy with, and APPARENTLY rewarding themselves for

1. Weekly meetings on season ticket renewals, match day gate, concession revenue, attended by egbahli/boehly (should be way below their pay grade)

2. Massive spend on consultants, in the world they play in for the revaluation of Chelsea, something most are overlooking is that PE purchases businesses on EBITDA margin / EBITDA revenues (meaning they don’t care about short term losses). while they have to adhere by PSR, FFP, etc. Ultimately this group ain’t fussed, because they have the levers necessary to ensure the EBITDA margin looks extremely positive when they resell, especially when they factor in TV revenue from a new deal and (doubtful) new stadium.

3. The results don’t actually matter.* think of what these assholes are doing as a Bond villain sitting in a room with a bunch for dials and levers, except, the better they are doing, financially more levers are available to them, but do not get it twisted, they can still pull all the levers they want up to us facing relegation.

Long winded way to say: f**k it, I don’t care if we get relegated next year as long as we get out from under this nightmare and have a club to be proud of.

all the above fueled by whiskey

I'm happy to see us get relegated in the coming years.

Owners will be forced into selling and it will weed out a lot of the fair weather tourist fans.

1 hour ago, GarnachoCheese said:

I'm happy to see us get relegated in the coming years.

Owners will be forced into selling and it will weed out a lot of the fair weather tourist fans.

The reality is that they're not going to be relegated. Regardless, promoted teams are highly likely to go straight back down again, next season's lot particularly. Sunderland are an outlier, not only a good coach but very shrewd recruiting.