May 31, 20242 yr On 21/04/2022 at 21:28, PraetorianGuard said: I haven't posted here in a while but I figured I would add my two cents. Todd Boehly's consortium is my primary choice because I'm very familiar with the LA Dodgers and how well they are run. One of the best organizations in baseball and American sports in general. They know how to build a team and keep winning. Some of that has to do with their deal with Turner Sports for local coverage, which is a very lucrative deal, but they spend that money very smartly and maintain one of the best farm systems in baseball. They've won over the past decade by building talent and signing major stars, but again, they sign the stars that make their team better. A lot of American sports franchises just sign big stars and wallow in mediocrity because they didn't sign the players they needed (think the Philly 76ers or the NY Jets). Mark Walter, who is the principal owner of the LA Dodgers, is involved with Boehly's consortium so I'm very confident they'll take the lessons learned from baseball and figure out a way to apply them to football (and they will let people who know their stuff run things). I think we'll see more lucrative sponsorship deals because of their expertise in maximizing cash flow. The consortium appears to know each other very well too, and Hansjorg Wyss has done business with Boehly in the past, being one of the key investors in Eldridge. Boehly has also worked with Goldstein and Clearlake Capital in the past, so the risk of anything going wrong with their group is very minimal. The amount of random names thrown in the Pagliuca or Broughton consortiums has me concerned that investors could pull out down the line, or there will be damage done from internal bickering or what have you. Ultimately, I wouldn't be too worried about any of the three remaining candidates but I would feel a lot more comfortable if Boehly ends up being our owner. A lot more certainty and expertise compared to the other bids. From what I know, Stephen Pagliuca is a very good owner and the Boston Celtics are somewhat comparable to the LA Dodgers. Josh Harris and Dave Blitzer, who will have a controlling stake in the Broughton bid, have a spotty record at best when it comes to sports teams. The 76ers have underperformed for years, and the New Jersey Devils aren't really perennial contenders in the National Hockey League. Also, I will echo what was posted earlier in regards to Boehly's meeting with Paul Canoville. He seems very genuine and will honor the legacy of this club and players like Canoville, and will continue our work to fight discrimination and bigotry in all forms. Christ....this hasn't aged well. I'm not entirely impressed with how things have gone since I posted this, and the decision to "mutually part ways" with Pochettino is just baffling. Are they so obsessed with building a youth super team that they wouldn't entertain giving Pochettino some experienced players? I have a bad feeling about the next few years but hopefully, I will be proven wrong again.
May 31, 20242 yr Is Marina sending subliminal messages to the new board? Love her instagram messages.
June 3, 20242 yr Posted elsewhere but no harm in posting here as well. Information about ST renewals. Have to be renewed by Friday, 14 June, Doesn't give you much time. https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/article/season-ticket-renewal-applications-open Season ticket holders for men’s games at Stamford Bridge are now able to secure their seat for the 2024/25 season and we have here details of the renewal process… The window for renewing opened at 10am on Monday 3 June and in order to renew your season ticket by debit or credit card, supporters must log in to their online account and select their season ticket reservation under the reservation tab. Supporters can access their account by clicking here access their account by clicking here or via the Tickets & Hospitality menu on this website. Supporters wishing to pay by credit/debit card have until 5pm on Friday 14 June 2024. Payment plans If you wish to spread the cost of your season ticket over monthly instalments instead of paying in one upfront payment, why not take advantage of the instalment plan scheme provided by V12 Retail Finance Limited – our season ticket finance provider. If you are purchasing a home season ticket, you can spread the cost over eight monthly instalments. In order to make an application for finance, please visit season ticket finance Supporters who wish to pay via monthly instalments will need to apply with V12 Finance by 5pm on Monday 10 June 2024. Supporters are reminded not to renew online in full if they wish to take up the V12 Finance option. Season ticket name changes and seat moves Due to the shortness of time, season ticket holders can only request a move for the following reasons: • Supporters who sit in the East Stand lower tier family section and need to move as they have passed the permitted age to remain in the area. • Supporters who have a medical condition and wish to be relocated. Medical proof needs to be provided for the move to take place. If supporters are looking to move and wish to make payments for their season ticket using the V12 Finance option, their move request must be completed by the V12 Finance application deadline. Supporters who fall into one of the above categories or require a name change on their season ticket should email [email protected] Accessible season ticket holders Once accessible supporters have renewed their season ticket, you will be required to produce supporting documentation. Supporting documentation must include one of the following: • receipt of the middle or higher rate of the Disability Living Allowance (mobility or care component); • receipt of the standard or enhanced rate of daily living component of the Personal Independence Payment; • receipt of the enhanced rate of the mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment; • receipt of either the Severe Disablement Allowance, the Employment and Support Allowance or the Attendance Allowance; or • a personal letter from a hospital to confirm that the person is in receipt of support services; • a copy of a local authority blind and visually impaired person’s registration card or a CVI document; • a copy of an entitlement to War Pensioners Mobility Supplement letter. Please note that receipt of an Orange/Blue Badge will not be considered sufficient supporting documentation. Supporters should email their supporting documents to [email protected] by 5pm on Friday 14 June 2024. Season ticket card delivery Season ticket holders will receive their season ticket card by the first week of August. Away ticket schemes Supporters eligible to renew their place on the UK Away Scheme or the UEFA Away Scheme can do so via the reservations tab in their online account. UK Away Scheme The scheme will continue to operate for the 2024/25 season and will allow participating supporters to receive a match ticket to all 19 Premier League away games during the season. The scheme also offers supporters benefits for away domestic cup ties in the FA and League Cups. During the 2024/25 season (subject to availability), first priority on away domestic cup tickets will be given to those on the away Premier League ticket scheme. This will not be a compulsory purchase and supporters will not be removed from the scheme if they do not purchase a cup ticket. The adult away season ticket will cost £570 (senior £440/junior [under 16] £360/concession 16-17 £440/concession 18-20 £520) and will be payable via direct debit over eight monthly payments or in full. If, at the end of the season, the cost of the 19 Premier League away matches differs from the prices listed above, a final debit/credit will be made accordingly. Supporters on the scheme will receive all concession discounts offered to Chelsea FC by the home team. If you wish to spread the cost of your season ticket over monthly instalments instead of paying in one upfront payment, you may take advantage of the instalment plan scheme provided by V12 Retail Finance Limited – our season ticket finance provider. If you are purchasing an away season ticket, you can spread the cost over eight monthly instalments. An administration fee of 6.64 per cent of the price of the away season ticket being purchased is payable with your first monthly instalment. All tickets will be sent out automatically approximately 21 days prior to the match (subject to the tickets arriving from the home club). How to renew In order to renew by debit or credit card, supporters must log in to their online account and select their UK Away Scheme reservation under the reservation tab. As per the ticketing policy, no new applications will be accepted for the Premier League Away Match Ticket Scheme. Supporters can access their account by clicking here If you wish to pay by V12 Finance, please complete your application via the following link www.chelseafc.com/stfinance. Supporters who wish to submit an application with V12 Finance must not renew online. Supporters who renew their place on the UK Away Scheme will remain in their preferred seating location and with the same group of supporters as last season. If you wish to make any amendments to last season's choices, please email [email protected] once you have completed renewal. All applications must be completed by the deadline of 5pm on Friday 14 June. UEFA Away Scheme The scheme will operate for the 2024/25 season and will allow participating supporters to apply for match tickets for our European away fixtures. How to renew In order to renew your place on the scheme, supporters must log in to their online account and select their UEFA Away Scheme reservation under the reservation tab. The club will not be accepting new applications for the UEFA Away Ticket Scheme. Click here to renew your place now All applications must be completed by the deadline of 5pm on Friday 14 June.
June 3, 20242 yr I still maintain that Roman left this club in a bad state. Appreciate so much what he did for us. Yes we won the Champions League months earlier but let's not forget how toxic the fanbase was to Lampards sacking. The new owners coming in getting rid of all the staff, was a mistake, the signings made have been mostly terrible but the squad we had largely wasn't good enough. If City get sold tomorrow and Pep leaves, they still have a good enough squad and spine to challenge. Same goes for Real Madrid and Arsenal. I've said this before, but I just wanted to say it again 🙂
June 3, 20242 yr 25 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said: I still maintain that Roman left this club in a bad state. Appreciate so much what he did for us. Yes we won the Champions League months earlier but let's not forget how toxic the fanbase was to Lampards sacking. The new owners coming in getting rid of all the staff, was a mistake, the signings made have been mostly terrible but the squad we had largely wasn't good enough. If City get sold tomorrow and Pep leaves, they still have a good enough squad and spine to challenge. Same goes for Real Madrid and Arsenal. I've said this before, but I just wanted to say it again 🙂 The off-the-books/under-the-counter dealings left us a ticking time bomb anyway.
June 3, 20242 yr 20 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said: I still maintain that Roman left this club in a bad state. Appreciate so much what he did for us. Yes we won the Champions League months earlier but let's not forget how toxic the fanbase was to Lampards sacking. The new owners coming in getting rid of all the staff, was a mistake, the signings made have been mostly terrible but the squad we had largely wasn't good enough. If City get sold tomorrow and Pep leaves, they still have a good enough squad and spine to challenge. Same goes for Real Madrid and Arsenal. I've said this before, but I just wanted to say it again 🙂 He bought the club from Ken Bates when we had a subordinated loan payment due that was scheduled to sink the club. He made us statistically the most successful football club since the turn of the century. He continually backed every manager that we had, he just demanded continual success and trophies. He put together a redevelopment plan for Stamford Bridge which would have given us a Super Stadium similar to Emirates and WHL. He got planning permission for this to start. He then got exiled form the UK but still continued to support the club from afar. Eventually he was sanctioned and had the club stripped form him. Regardless he still achieved a top end sale of the club and wrote of, in entirety the money owed to him. Check out Venkys ownership of Blackburn, Ashley at Newcastle, and the Glazers at MU, then let me know how on earth Roman left us in a bad state. In that response please take on board that we are skirting around FFP sanctions, selling off, potentially, our academy players, from a position of a clean slate and a £1bn or more spent by this mob,
June 3, 20242 yr 8 minutes ago, WhiteWall said: He bought the club from Ken Bates when we had a subordinated loan payment due that was scheduled to sink the club. He made us statistically the most successful football club since the turn of the century. He continually backed every manager that we had, he just demanded continual success and trophies. He put together a redevelopment plan for Stamford Bridge which would have given us a Super Stadium similar to Emirates and WHL. He got planning permission for this to start. He then got exiled form the UK but still continued to support the club from afar. Eventually he was sanctioned and had the club stripped form him. Regardless he still achieved a top end sale of the club and wrote of, in entirety the money owed to him. Check out Venkys ownership of Blackburn, Ashley at Newcastle, and the Glazers at MU, then let me know how on earth Roman left us in a bad state. In that response please take on board that we are skirting around FFP sanctions, selling off, potentially, our academy players, from a position of a clean slate and a £1bn or more spent by this mob, Spot On ! 👍
June 3, 20242 yr 19 minutes ago, WhiteWall said: He bought the club from Ken Bates when we had a subordinated loan payment due that was scheduled to sink the club. He made us statistically the most successful football club since the turn of the century. He continually backed every manager that we had, he just demanded continual success and trophies. He put together a redevelopment plan for Stamford Bridge which would have given us a Super Stadium similar to Emirates and WHL. He got planning permission for this to start. He then got exiled form the UK but still continued to support the club from afar. Eventually he was sanctioned and had the club stripped form him. Regardless he still achieved a top end sale of the club and wrote of, in entirety the money owed to him. Check out Venkys ownership of Blackburn, Ashley at Newcastle, and the Glazers at MU, then let me know how on earth Roman left us in a bad state. In that response please take on board that we are skirting around FFP sanctions, selling off, potentially, our academy players, from a position of a clean slate and a £1bn or more spent by this mob, I get all of the above. I said I appreciate his work. Without him we wouldn't be where we are. Despite that, we weren't left in a good stable state. As I said, take out Pep and the Arabs from City right now and squad wise, they are still very strong. It's the players that matter more than anything and for all our success, we never got a real strangle hold when we were on top. Just like the new owners who messed up the last two windows, Roman kind of messed up the last 2 windows before ( can't fault either for trying). The big money on Werner, Ziyech and Havertz didn't work long term and we're still suffering from Kepa and Lukaku as big money mistakes.
June 3, 20242 yr 47 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said: I get all of the above. I said I appreciate his work. Without him we wouldn't be where we are. Despite that, we weren't left in a good stable state. As I said, take out Pep and the Arabs from City right now and squad wise, they are still very strong. It's the players that matter more than anything and for all our success, we never got a real strangle hold when we were on top. Just like the new owners who messed up the last two windows, Roman kind of messed up the last 2 windows before ( can't fault either for trying). The big money on Werner, Ziyech and Havertz didn't work long term and we're still suffering from Kepa and Lukaku as big money mistakes. The 4 seasons under Roman leading up to Boehly/Clearlake we finished... 3rd 4th 4th 3rd And won the Champions League Then the takeover.the club is now debt free.... The new ownership spend record amounts, then having to find loopholes to comply with spending ,sack managers, sell academy players to avoid sanctions and we finish .... 12th. Then 6th. We're in a far worse place than ever.
June 3, 20242 yr 7 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said: The 4 seasons under Roman leading up to Boehly/Clearlake we finished... 3rd 4th 4th 3rd And won the Champions League Then the takeover.the club is now debt free.... The new ownership spend record amounts, then having to find loopholes to comply with spending ,sack managers, sell academy players to avoid sanctions and we finish .... 12th. Then 6th. We're in a far worse place than ever. Think the point I'm trying to make is being missed. Regardless of where we are now. We weren't left in as good a state as we should've been when Roman left. Simply due to poor recruitment. And to address those finishing positions. Most of them were by the skin of our teeth. With the money we invested pre Todd, we should've had a better and more stable squad that were good enough to stay up to.today. We all miss Roman because he could throw money at problems we as a club got wrong. Not sustainable and we are now feeling some effects from it. Edited June 3, 20242 yr by KonaKai Blue
June 3, 20242 yr 51 minutes ago, KonaKai Blue said: I get all of the above. I said I appreciate his work. Without him we wouldn't be where we are. Despite that, we weren't left in a good stable state. As I said, take out Pep and the Arabs from City right now and squad wise, they are still very strong. It's the players that matter more than anything and for all our success, we never got a real strangle hold when we were on top. Just like the new owners who messed up the last two windows, Roman kind of messed up the last 2 windows before ( can't fault either for trying). The big money on Werner, Ziyech and Havertz didn't work long term and we're still suffering from Kepa and Lukaku as big money mistakes. Sorry, but at the risk of us starting a What have the Romans ever done for us sketch, your comparison to Man City may not turn out to be too well timed. Without Pep and the Arabs, City are probably still floundering anywhere between the bottom of the PL to League One with Franny Lee trying to stay at the helm and with Goater and Dickov playing at Haaland and Kingkladze being their midfield maestro. Fast forward 12 months, gift the powers that be a collective pair of bollocks and these 115 charges could come home to roost with the whole thing collapsing around their ears, Would Pep navigate through club sanctions and still win the CL. Maybe. Would the Arab backing wipe the slate clean for the club if they were run out of town. I don't know to be honest because we don't really know how clubs are truly financially structured until it all goes t*ts up. Hey, you might be right, its only time and distance that gives us true clarity. I do know that if i had the opportunity to see off these arrogant (we're 20 years behind the US, fckers) know nothing owners and get Roman back i would possibly give up one of the aforementioned gonads to gift to those powers that be.
June 3, 20242 yr What did Roman ever do for us. . . Investment in the Academy. That took planning, thought and time and we have greatly appreciated that over the last few years. Even now, the current owners are looking to save themselves and their financial mistakes through selling the homegrown players.
June 3, 20242 yr Without Roman, this new group wouldn't even have the pure profits academy players to balance the book.😗 2 years later, some still blaming Roman for the mess we got in now. Under Roman, everytime we sacked a manager we get a bounce in results, now we are just doing it as a routine.
June 4, 20242 yr Our owners would be delighted if the Academy produced a Messi or Ronaldo. Just an asset in their eyes to be sold off .
June 4, 20242 yr 56 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said: Our owners would be delighted if the Academy produced a Messi or Ronaldo. Just an asset in their eyes to be sold off . Our previous owner sold off Guehi, Tomori, Solanke, Musiala, Ake, Lamptey, Abraham. That's off the top of my head, people need to stop acting as if the evil American overlords have taken over and sold off our academy, we, as a club, have been doing it way before the current owners came in.
June 4, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, timetowaste said: Our previous owner sold off Guehi, Tomori, Solanke, Musiala, Ake, Lamptey, Abraham. That's off the top of my head, people need to stop acting as if the evil American overlords have taken over and sold off our academy, we, as a club, have been doing it way before the current owners came in. Yes, true, everyone sells players from their academies, nothing unusual there at all. But....we were never in a position previously where we HAD to sell Academy players purely to avoid breaking financial rules. NOW despite us being debt free when they bought us, our owners spending spree has led to us having to sell players, hotels ( to ourselves) giving contracts lasting till the 2030s looking for " loopholes" etc etc and plunging is to our worst season in decades. Completely different.
June 4, 20242 yr Gets me thinking. when is the money for the sale of the club going to get sent to Ukraine like the government said it had to because of Roman’s links to Putin?
June 5, 20242 yr 9 hours ago, Richard P said: Gets me thinking. when is the money for the sale of the club going to get sent to Ukraine like the government said it had to because of Roman’s links to Putin? Gets me thinking, where exactly is the money and how much interest has it earned?
June 5, 20242 yr The money is frozen in an escrow account earning interest while the government (current, such as it is) dithers over the definition of "victims of the war in Ukraine". Roman's definition was fairly loose in that it could be interpreted to include victims on both sides of the conflict. The government (current, such as it is, soon to be flushed down the dunny) defines it as strictly Ukrainian victims. A change of government may resolve the issue.
June 5, 20242 yr https://www.instagram.com/p/C7uqHE3Na38/?igsh=MWFwejd1NW4zc2JpdQ== Got to love Eden!
June 5, 20242 yr 4 hours ago, Kev56 said: Gets me thinking, where exactly is the money and how much interest has it earned?
June 5, 20242 yr 2 hours ago, evissy said: https://www.instagram.com/p/C7uqHE3Na38/?igsh=MWFwejd1NW4zc2JpdQ== Got to love Eden! I laughed at the comment that we'll 'spend the 15m on a 9 year old from Fiji'.
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