57 minutes ago, coco said:

I've been trying to watch an NFL game on TV for over 20 years, but something always pops up, like watching paint dry or having my scrotum waxed.

Its a strange sport to watch, somewhat like test cricket.  Much worse in some ways, and a bit better in other ways.

5 minutes ago, nonotnowjim said:

Feel the same for basketball. My 10 year old has got into basketball in a big way (well, getting me to buy him vests and playing NBA on the PS5). I had the "joy" of watching a game on TV over the weekend....what an awful sport! Cant really make out positions, roles, loads of stoppages and time wasting....frustrating game to watch.

Oh, and each NBA team plays a minimum of 82 games a season!

MLB has each team play 162 times, playing each opponent in their division 19 times!!!

Absolute madness.... How on earth can anyone watch that much? Although I guess 19 wins against spurs would be nice every season

Horrible game to watch on the tele.  Just try to focus solely on the sneaker squeaking by the players, I know, I should not have brought it up, but once you concentrate on that, it will make you go crazy with all the 'squeak squeak squeak' that you constantly hear throughout the game.

5 minutes ago, Phillip said:

Its a strange sport to watch, somewhat like test cricket.  Much worse in some ways, and a bit better in other ways.

Don't get me started on test cricket else the foul language filter will get clogged up.

Anyone watch the panorama documentary on Roman? Apparently Roman made his money in corrupt deals... anyway in other news the pope is Catholic and bears sh*t in the woods.

54 minutes ago, Mana said:

Just keeping the existing structures is bad. How are we suppose to grow as a club if we just held on to existing structures?

We should look for owners who wants to build on our existing structures. The stadium is one area. The men, women and academy squads and academy are another.

There was no mention in my post about not building on these structures. That is a given and not worth mentioning. It goes without saying that you have to keep something in order to build on it. And it was more in relation to support structures (staff, policies) than physical ones. What is the point in building a new youth academy or stadium if the new owners let go of Neil Bath and Marina (assuming she wants to stay) - both have been 1st class in their roles. 

 

From the Chicago Chelsea supporters club. Ouch. 

Not heard too much about Centricus but they seem interesting. Surely the govt, if possible would want British owners? 

4 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Candy kids have added another Korean backer:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/12572252/chelsea-sale-nick-candy-secures-extra-funding-to-boost-takeover-bid

Not sure I trust he has the knowhow to run the club successful. 

Have you seen the complex he built where his crazily priced penthouse is, i think manage is the easy bit

25 minutes ago, Ballack & Blu said:

Have you seen the complex he built where his crazily priced penthouse is, i think manage is the easy bit

Just 2 miles from SB.

37 minutes ago, JM7 said:

 

From the Chicago Chelsea supporters club. Ouch. 

    This is just Political BS. Chicago is a liberal city and the Ricketts family are republicans. I find it distasteful to think that because someone supports his political party it makes him Anti black or Anti LGBTQ. Unfortunately in America the Liberals control the narrative with their WOKE BS and if you don't agree with them they try to cancel you. 

    The anti muslim comments in the leaked E.MAIL were disgusting from the 80 year old patriarch but I am not one to judge a man based on the sins of his father. It is the Ricketts children bidding for the club not the 80 year old bigot.

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

 

From the Chicago Chelsea supporters club. Ouch. 

absolutely idiotic this, who even asked for their opinion 

If they donate to the democrats should we not want them because they support abortion? 

Typical Americans trying to involve sports into their delusional echo chamber and virtue signalling. 

There will never be anyone who can afford to buy Chelsea who will be suitable for these woke idiots 

no f

28 minutes ago, The Don Antonio said:

    This is just Political BS. Chicago is a liberal city and the Ricketts family are republicans. I find it distasteful to think that because someone supports his political party it makes him Anti black or Anti LGBTQ. Unfortunately in America the Liberals control the narrative with their WOKE BS and if you don't agree with them they try to cancel you. 

    The anti muslim comments in the leaked E.MAIL were disgusting from the 80 year old patriarch but I am not one to judge a man based on the sins of his father. It is the Ricketts children bidding for the club not the 80 year old bigot.

the democrats have done great work in Chicago. The crime is really low over there 

I hope Brian Wolf is not on this forum, the turdburgler.

1 hour ago, JM7 said:

 

From the Chicago Chelsea supporters club. Ouch. 

Was this complaint about their political donations or how they've run the Chicago Cubs? If it's the latter then we need to stay far away

"The Raine Group is now meeting to draw up a shortlist of the preferred bidders for Chelsea

A decision on that shortlist is expected either on Monday evening or early on Tuesday and the process to sell the club is likely to take at least another month."

no fans for the Real games then...

4 hours ago, Valpo said:

 

 

And you are completely right about it being a breakfast sport.  I have had to get up at 7 AM on some Saturday mornings to catch a Chelsea match and I live in Eastern Time Zone.  If you are on the West Coast under Pacific time that means potentially getting up at 4 AM.

 

 

7 am a great time, maybe 6:30 am to catch most of a game before work. Most of the cl games start at 7:00 am Sydney time and in the old days I would leave for work at half time and catch the last 15 minutes in the office. 

9 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

"The Raine Group is now meeting to draw up a shortlist of the preferred bidders for Chelsea

A decision on that shortlist is expected either on Monday evening or early on Tuesday and the process to sell the club is likely to take at least another month."

no fans for the Real games then...

"At the moment, what is happening in New York is The Raine Group, who are handling the sale of Chelsea - they were appointed by Roman Abramovich - they are meeting now to go through all these bids and then to produce a shortlist.

"The shortlist is probably going to be two or three preferred bidders.

"We're expecting a decision to be made on that shortlist either this evening or early tomorrow.

"And then I think what's going to happen is the government have to get involved as well because they're overseeing this whole process. They need to be satisfied about where this money is coming from to buy Chelsea and where the money is going to because, of course, it can't go to Roman Abramovich.

"I think the whole process is going to take weeks, it could take another two, three, four weeks for it to be completed so I don't think it's going to be done quickly, I think we're looking at some time towards the end of April before the deal is completed."

9 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

"The Raine Group is now meeting to draw up a shortlist of the preferred bidders for Chelsea

A decision on that shortlist is expected either on Monday evening or early on Tuesday and the process to sell the club is likely to take at least another month."

no fans for the Real games then...

source ?

 

2 minutes ago, coco said:

source ?

 

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/12572252/chelsea-sale-nick-candy-secures-extra-funding-to-boost-takeover-bid

UK gov are expected to delay process vetting the funds.

Seems no one believes Woody J entered the running in the end. 

"Behind the scenes there is a lot of work being done to make sure they will be able to buy tickets as soon as possible.
Discussions between the government, the Premier League and the Football Association on ticketing are ongoing.

Unless the licence is changed, it means their Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Real Madrid would be played behind closed doors."

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11668/12572252/chelsea-sale-nick-candy-secures-extra-funding-to-boost-takeover-bid

UK gov are expected to delay process vetting the funds.

if we turn the Real game into a protest against the war in Ukraine could we get supporters in? 

Just now, coco said:

"Behind the scenes there is a lot of work being done to make sure they will be able to buy tickets as soon as possible.
Discussions between the government, the Premier League and the Football Association on ticketing are ongoing.

Unless the licence is changed, it means their Champions League quarter-final first leg at home to Real Madrid would be played behind closed doors."

CL is separate from our UK license I read somewhere. It is the EU sanctions that would need to be changed in order for Uefa to allow us to sell tickets.

1 minute ago, azpi28 said:

if we turn the Real game into a protest against the war in Ukraine could we get supporters in? 

Lol yes and when our fans near in unison chant for Roman?

2 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

CL is separate from our UK license I read somewhere. It is the EU sanctions that would need to be changed in order for Uefa to allow us to sell tickets.

A UEFA statement read: "UEFA is fully committed to always implementing relevant EU and international sanctions. Our understanding is that the present case is assessed in the context of the licence issued in the UK which allows Chelsea FC to continue minimum football activity whilst providing a safeguard that no financial gain will result for Mr Abramovich.