1 minute ago, The Rising Sun said:

We're on the Titanic mate !

I've already posted that ... again 

1 hour ago, LongtimerLurker said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/feb/27/chelsea-plan-to-stand-by-graham-potter-even-if-they-lose-to-leeds-and-dortmund?CMP=share_btn_tw

He's staying until next season confirmed 

Feels like there are conflicting reports. I guess we will have to wait and see what happens after the next couple of games.

In the Harsh bright reality of this down turn In our fortunes, amid TBs gathering of many Midfield type players, the obvious thing is why didn’t he go balls deep on a top Striker ffs

I don’t want a ‘who then’, just a striker, after all we spent £200 million on Enzo and Mudryk.

1 hour ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Feels like there are conflicting reports. I guess we will have to wait and see what happens after the next couple of games.

Steinberg is essentially reporting what both Romano and Law are saying. Just trying to be clever with a different title. Poor results/Performances against Leeds and Dortmund and he's out. 

From his article. 

The owners could be under pressure to act if the team do not beat struggling Leeds and progress past Dortmund and the reaction towards Potter inside Stamford Bridge is poisonous. 

I wonder of this is all part of the grand plan. We have heard how underutilized marketing and revenue is for PL clubs with much bigger following than NFL teams, yet far less income.

Maybe the idea is for this carry on so we can get an exclusive and lucrative deal with Comedy Central....

7 hours ago, El regreso said:

Twitter is a cesspool its horrible it use to be decent but gotten even worst over the last 6 months

Twitter has never been decent.

Whilst on the field we are crashing into oblivion, despite spending an obscene amount of money on a random collection of possible future talent (and some definite zero talent), I was wondering if our super new owners have given hint of any plans they might have of balancing the books.

Some of their early talk made me think that by now there would be some news of new sponsors, partnerships, and even some stadium news that might take our matchday revenue somewhere closer to half a dozen sides that have larger and or modern stadia. Seeing even Spurs playing in a state of the art 63000 seater stadium must make them fairly envious. They’re only here to make money and they certainly won’t make money spaffing 60 million quid on Marc Cucarella.

2 hours ago, Snedger said:

Whilst on the field we are crashing into oblivion, despite spending an obscene amount of money on a random collection of possible future talent (and some definite zero talent), I was wondering if our super new owners have given hint of any plans they might have of balancing the books.

Some of their early talk made me think that by now there would be some news of new sponsors, partnerships, and even some stadium news that might take our matchday revenue somewhere closer to half a dozen sides that have larger and or modern stadia. Seeing even Spurs playing in a state of the art 63000 seater stadium must make them fairly envious. They’re only here to make money and they certainly won’t make money spaffing 60 million quid on Marc Cucarella.

Hard to get top tier sponsorship when you are sh*te and they probably thought they would be in a better position to have a stronger hand in a negotiation when it comes to sponsorship.

2 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Hard to get top tier sponsorship when you are sh*te and they probably thought they would be in a better position to have a stronger hand in a negotiation when it comes to sponsorship.

One poor season doesn't outdo 25 years. We've already seen that with the players we've managed to sign despite our position.

My biggest worry is even if Potter goes the board still carry on with the same thought process when appointing a coach. It's hard to believe anything you read these days with so many conflicting reports, but it seems to me there is a certain profile they're looking for. 

Rather than elite serial winners they want someone up and coming. Names like Brentford coach Thomas Frank, Sporting manager Ruben Amorim and Braga manager Artur Jorge are also admired and being potentially considered. It's understood Poch has remained interested and has offered himself. 

 

 I like Frank, but surely getting the Brentford manager is akin to getting the Brigton manager why are we aiming so low. Of the names listed I only really want Poch the others are untested at the elite level as far as I know.

My theory is Boehly and Co just want a coach who isn't going to pressure them to get them players to help them win now, but will buy into their long-term thinking of build now win later. I think they want a coach with a manageable ego. Like Potter a relative yes man to go along with their ideas. From the outside looking in they can't handle serial winners, coaches like Tuchel who have strong personalities.

I hope I'm wrong but looking at those names I'm getting the feeling they have no idea how to run an elite club and they really are minimising the role an elite coach has in ensuring an elite club stays elite.

I could really see this project at a risk of failure and I'm not being pessimistic, I don't see due diligence on their part. There appears to be a lack of understanding the fundamentals of running an elite football club. Backing an underperforming coach, looking at teams that are below our level and trying to steal their infrastructure and insert it into our club (Brighton) and looking to potentially bring in another inexperienced coach at this level.

To spend so heavily in both windows with such contrasting profiles older and proven vs young and up and coming. It suggests a scattergun approach, do they really think we won't start to question them the longer this erratic behaviour goes on. Currently there is little logic to the way they are running this club. I'm worried Boehly and Co did with RA and Marina exactly what Potter did with Boehly and Co when GP convinced them to hire him. Sold dreams when in fact none of them know what they're doing.

17 minutes ago, LongtimerLurker said:

My biggest worry is even if Potter goes the board still carry on with the same thought process when appointing a coach. It's hard to believe anything you read these days with so many conflicting reports, but it seems to me there is a certain profile they're looking for. 

Rather than elite serial winners they want someone up and coming. Names like Brentford coach Thomas Frank, Sporting manager Ruben Amorim and Braga manager Artur Jorge are also admired and being potentially considered. It's understood Poch has remained interested and has offered himself. 

 

 I like Frank, but surely getting the Brentford manager is akin to getting the Brigton manager why are we aiming so low. Of the names listed I only really want Poch the others are untested at the elite level as far as I know.

My theory is Boehly and Co just want a coach who isn't going to pressure them to get them players to help them win now, but will buy into their long-term thinking of build now win later. I think they want a coach with a manageable ego. Like Potter a relative yes man to go along with their ideas. From the outside looking in they can't handle serial winners, coaches like Tuchel who have strong personalities.

I hope I'm wrong but looking at those names I'm getting the feeling they have no idea how to run an elite club and they really are minimising the role an elite coach has in ensuring an elite club stays elite.

I could really see this project at a risk of failure and I'm not being pessimistic, I don't see due diligence on their part. There appears to be a lack of understanding the fundamentals of running an elite football club. Backing an underperforming coach, looking at teams that are below our level and trying to steal their infrastructure and insert it into our club (Brighton) and looking to potentially bring in another inexperienced coach at this level.

To spend so heavily in both windows with such contrasting profiles older and proven vs young and up and coming. It suggests a scattergun approach, do they really think we won't start to question them the longer this erratic behaviour goes on. Currently there is little logic to the way they are running this club. I'm worried Boehly and Co did with RA and Marina exactly what Potter did with Boehly and Co when GP convinced them to hire him. Sold dreams when in fact none of them know what they're doing.

Thomas Frank is really worrying. I'd bite someone's hand off to take Poch if it was a choice between the two. Hansi Flick is the best option though, if we can wait until summer, his Bayern team were unstoppable.

1 hour ago, Drogba1 said:

Thomas Frank is really worrying. I'd bite someone's hand off to take Poch if it was a choice between the two. Hansi Flick is the best option though, if we can wait until summer, his Bayern team were unstoppable.

Nah special one round 3 for me of Potter goes. Even after all that had happened since he is still a Mr. Chelsea imo.

Not Thomas Frank please, and  I think he's a good manager, just like Potter was good at Brighton, but to move to Chelsea without any top 6 experience and dealing with expensive players 🤔 Maybe Boehly doesn't rate experience, in that case he could do the job himself since he's familiar with the transfer market and 433 already.

Are we once more trying to buy ourselves out of trouble here...? 

 

54 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

 

That's an interesting move. I guess anyone who has posted anything on here anti-Potter is an immediate black ball LOL.

Joking aside, I wonder if any of the three people already appointed as Supporter Advisors to the Board are active on here ?  https://www.chelseafc.com/en/supporter-advisors-to-the-board 

Also wonder what the communication plan is (if any) to communicate what is discussed to the wider supporter audience ?

56 minutes ago, RIP Mourinho said:

 

For the long list of Directors of Something we seem to have, expect we add a Director of Fans shortly.

6 minutes ago, Valerie said:

For the long list of Directors of Something we seem to have, expect we add a Director of Fans shortly.

Hahaha.

I'm sure a lot of these initiatives are merely so all these new directors actually have something to do !  Classic Corporate work creation ... 

14 hours ago, Argo said:

One poor season doesn't outdo 25 years. We've already seen that with the players we've managed to sign despite our position.

There are a lot more fish in the pond now not just us, it’s not 20 years ago.

And when you are negotiating sponsorship you need to present value and what value do we bring if we are stuck in 10th and out of the CL for multiple seasons?

We have far less TV coverage which is key to most sponsorship far less big matches on the continent and manager that would make watching paint dry more engaging than talking to him, so overall we provide less value at this point in time and less ability to negotiate strongly in any sponsorship.

I say all this as someone who worked for a company that sponsored a premier league team in London. Details matter exposure matter the value I will get back as a company matters. Said company provided telecommunications for two premier league teams in London. 

1 hour ago, RIP Mourinho said:

 

Interesting timing for this announcement.

11 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Nah special one round 3 for me of Potter goes. Even after all that had happened since he is still a Mr. Chelsea imo.

I'd have him back if JT was an assistant!

On 27/02/2023 at 23:35, Ballack & Blu said:

In the Harsh bright reality of this down turn In our fortunes, amid TBs gathering of many Midfield type players, the obvious thing is why didn’t he go balls deep on a top Striker ffs

I don’t want a ‘who then’, just a striker, after all we spent £200 million on Enzo and Mudryk.

The market for top strikers is extremely competitive, just look at how Real Madrid bent over backwards for Mbappe and he still chose PSG. I can't think of any top class striker that would want to play under Potter and Boehly when he has serious managers at other big clubs to pick from. And guys like Thomas Frank won't change that, only coaches with a reputation.

2 hours ago, El regreso said:

There are a lot more fish in the pond now not just us, it’s not 20 years ago.

And when you are negotiating sponsorship you need to present value and what value do we bring if we are stuck in 10th and out of the CL for multiple seasons?

We have far less TV coverage which is key to most sponsorship far less big matches on the continent and manager that would make watching paint dry more engaging than talking to him, so overall we provide less value at this point in time and less ability to negotiate strongly in any sponsorship.

I say all this as someone who worked for a company that sponsored a premier league team in London. Details matter exposure matter the value I will get back as a company matters. Said company provided telecommunications for two premier league teams in London. 

Who did you work for out of interest?

Man Utd signed a mega deal with Adidas in 2020 4 years into their trophy drought for a record at the time. 

Arsenal managed to get more money out of Emirates when their deal expired in 2018 after about 15 years of being bang average.

We're the latest team to win the CL in Englandand our owner is a business mogul, lets not pretend we won't have suiters waiting to chuck cash at us. 

TV revenue is an interesting point.

Our CL tie against Dortmund only generated roughly 14m viewers whereas a Europa League tie in United vs Barca generated almost 100m viewers. It's the very reason certain clubs want the Super League and establish legacy clubs just because of the number of viewers they attract. 

Not really sure if our viewership has fallen or if those numbers have always been around that figure. 

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

TV revenue is an interesting point.

Our CL tie against Dortmund only generated roughly 14m viewers whereas a Europa League tie in United vs Barca generated almost 100m viewers. It's the very reason certain clubs want the Super League and establish legacy clubs just because of the number of viewers they attract. 

Not really sure if our viewership has fallen or if those numbers have always been around that figure. 

Because on current form we are dogsh*t. Any of our matches post-WC with Potter is disgustingly poor with 15 mins of not bad. I am struggling watching it, much less the fans of other clubs