1 hour ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

More doom and gloom, good lord

Mr Bolt doesn't care. It is the end 🤣

2 hours ago, cfr95 said:

Just realised it's April 1st. Disregard.

Sorry for any stress this has caused!

8 minutes ago, evissy said:

Mr Bolt doesn't care. It is the end 🤣

Morning Evissy! What is it today? Clearlake found the cure for cancer? Ended world hunger? Removed Putin from office?

1 minute ago, Ukraine Bolt said:

Morning Evissy! What is it today? Clearlake found the cure for cancer? Ended world hunger? Removed Putin from office?

Yes. All of those things. Glad to hear you are keeping up with the times.

The April fools prankster forgot that Wyss, Walter's and Goldstien all have 10%ish stakes as well. So no buying out Todd would not make them the only owners.

How we are 4th with 9 games left in the season is more than beyond me.

1 hour ago, Scott said:

How we are 4th with 9 games left in the season is more than beyond me.

Villa, Newcastle and the others chasing us had a poor start to the season. Us and City got points on the board early, but then both badly fell off. Remember, we were comfortably 2nd at one point.

Genuinely believed we actually sold the women’s team.

FROM DAILY MAIL+ (PAY WALL)

Premier League silence on Boehly and Vivid Seats

It was May 24, 2022 when the Premier League announced Todd Boehly and Co had passed their owners’ and directors’ test, saying they had ‘undertaken the necessary due diligence’.

Confidential asked the Premier League if Boehly’s association with Vivid Seats – the controversial ticket sale website which has angered fans so much the Chelsea Supporters’ Trust have called for an investigation – was known at the time. It is name-checked on the Premier League’s list of ‘unauthorised ticketing websites’, after all.

Whether it would have constituted a worthy red flag in such a seismic takeover, I do not know.

What I do know is the Premier League replied to our query without answering our question, and that they have not yet commented on this story.

MAN CITY fans protested last night by staying away from the game for the first 10 mins because they were outsourcing tickets through third party websites charging 4-5 times the price, shame our supporters dont take heed and do the same

its being discussed on talksport at the moment and surprise surprise Simon 'joe 90' Jordan slagging off the supporters and backing the owners

UPDATE

Liverpool supporter came on and defended City supporters and laid into Jordan calling him rich and will always back owners no matter what

Edited April 3, 20251 yr by Caps_Lock_King

On 02/04/2025 at 00:29, Scott said:

How we are 4th with 9 games left in the season is more than beyond me.

Don't be surprised if it takes just 9 games for us to fall outside the top 6.

2 hours ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

MAN CITY fans protested last night by staying away from the game for the first 10 mins because they were outsourcing tickets through third party websites charging 4-5 times the price, shame our supporters dont take heed and do the same

its being discussed on talksport at the moment and surprise surprise Simon 'joe 90' Jordan slagging off the supporters and backing the owners

UPDATE

Liverpool supporter came on and defended City supporters and laid into Jordan calling him rich and will always back owners no matter what

Not enough caps lock

An update on what is hap1pening at Strasbourg :

BBC Sport

'BlueCo out' - Strasbourg fans protest against Chelsea's...

French Ligue 1 side Strasbourg endures fan tension over the perceived 'betrayal' of the club's sale to Chelsea owners BlueCo.

BBC Sport

'BlueCo out' - Strasbourg fans protest against Chelsea's...

French Ligue 1 side Strasbourg endures fan tension over the perceived 'betrayal' of the club's sale to Chelsea owners BlueCo.

Entire article. On the other hand I understand the fans if they feel they are Chelsea B team but on the other they will have massive talent at their disposal every year.

New situation for their fans as well.

7 hours ago, evissy said:

BBC Sport

'BlueCo out' - Strasbourg fans protest against Chelsea's...

French Ligue 1 side Strasbourg endures fan tension over the perceived 'betrayal' of the club's sale to Chelsea owners BlueCo.

Entire article. On the other hand I understand the fans if they feel they are Chelsea B team but on the other they will have massive talent at their disposal every year.

New situation for their fans as well.

You have no clue as to how football fans regard their clubs. Strasbourg fans are as passionate, proud and protective of their club as we Chelsea fans are of ours.

They don't want to be a club tasked by their owners with the job of providing playing time and improving players for the benefit of a far larger and wealthier English football club who are also owned by the same investors..

It doesn't matter if they happen to watch a couple of " talented" Chelsea players in their team, they are not Strasbourg players, fans will have no connection to them, even if their league position improves as a result ,Strasbourg fans clearly don't want it .

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

You have no clue as to how football fans regard their clubs. Strasbourg fans are as passionate, proud and protective of their club as we Chelsea fans are of ours.

They don't want to be a club tasked by their owners with the job of providing playing time and improving players for the benefit of a far larger and wealthier English football club who are also owned by the same investors..

It doesn't matter if they happen to watch a couple of " talented" Chelsea players in their team, they are not Strasbourg players, fans will have no connection to them, even if their league position improves as a result ,Strasbourg fans clearly don't want it .

Again you call one group of fans fans here I presume. Chelsea has lets say million fans worldwide. Match going, London based fans are in thousands and a small group of the ones that go every time home and away are less than that if I am not mistaken. So which fans are you referring to and are you saying those fans are more important than others?

I am sure many Strasbourg fans are delighted to see Andrey Santos and their quest to Champions league spots instead of the dire run they have been on most of the time on this second stint in Ligue 1.

It is really hard to determine what everyone there or here feels.

Evissy....

I haven't got the the time to canvas the million Chelsea fans worldwide that you mentioned...My family ( past and present) and friends ( past and present) have supported Chelsea for generations, I know how we feel .

Sometimes you just know mate.

Edited April 4, 20251 yr by The Rising Sun
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59 minutes ago, The Rising Sun said:

Evissy....

I haven't got the the time to canvas the million Chelsea fans worldwide that you mentioned...My family ( past and present) and friends ( past and present) have supported Chelsea for generations, I know how we feel .

Sometimes you just know mate.

Fair enough. Nice of you to express what your type of fan is like/feel.

17 hours ago, evissy said:

Fair enough. Nice of you to express what your type of fan is like/feel.

Well, you felt perfectly in tune with how Strasbourg fans feel that you were able to conclude that you are "sure that many Strasbourg fans are delighted " . Really it doesn't matter, we aren't going to agree, it's a nice day and I'm off for a few beers. Have a good weekend Evissy .

Chelsea facing Uefa fine and pot...

Chelsea facing Uefa fine and potential ban after overspen...

Governing body will not allow Chelsea to count income from £200million sale of women’s team and sale of hotels to sister companies, with club facing ban from Europe if they reoffend

Something that could have been avoided if it wasn't for the absurd spending on young players and getting a f**king shirt sponsor. Absolute clown owners.

24 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

Chelsea facing Uefa fine and pot...

Chelsea facing Uefa fine and potential ban after overspen...

Governing body will not allow Chelsea to count income from £200million sale of women’s team and sale of hotels to sister companies, with club facing ban from Europe if they reoffend

Something that could have been avoided if it wasn't for the absurd spending on young players and getting a f**king shirt sponsor. Absolute clown owners.

As they should. Selling stuff to yourself should not count, is a con on the system.

Choppers story from abive confirmed by Sky sports:

We are in talks with Uefa trying to agree a "financial penalty for mitigating circumstances" around the fact we are allowed losses for 3 years totalling 170mill, and ours total 350millish.

Not sure what is mitigating about it. We spent far too much money on players, have no income from shirt sponsor and cannot even say money was spent on a stadium rebuild.

We have broken the rules, plain and simple.

Honestly humiliating.

17 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Well, you felt perfectly in tune with how Strasbourg fans feel that you were able to conclude that you are "sure that many Strasbourg fans are delighted " . Really it doesn't matter, we aren't going to agree, it's a nice day and I'm off for a few beers. Have a good weekend Evissy .

Maybe I wrote it in a wrong way. I meant there surely are a lot of Strasbourg fans who are enjoying all this new success and some of the best young talent out there. I totally understand how they would feel violated when rich American venture capitalists buy them just to serve the purpose of Chelsea FC. I totally get their protest. However this is where they are now and I am sure after a couple of seasons they are okay with it if they perform well and get to see amazing young talent there.

Looking at their history, as was written in that same article, you can see they weren't really flying although they made a great run after being bankrupted.

Also this new success they are on will attract new fans and probably many Chelsea fans are eyeing them as well with great interest. I understand this is not the world view of a fan like yourself but being a global megaclub like Chelsea is and with the ways of enjoying the games plus social media you will have accept everything that comes with it. And you naturally have the right to protest as well. Go for it. Hopefully it helps your aims.

15 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Choppers story from abive confirmed by Sky sports:

We are in talks with Uefa trying to agree a "financial penalty for mitigating circumstances" around the fact we are allowed losses for 3 years totalling 170mill, and ours total 350millish.

Not sure what is mitigating about it. We spent far too much money on players, have no income from shirt sponsor and cannot even say money was spent on a stadium rebuild.

We have broken the rules, plain and simple.

Could this lead to a transfer ban? Please?

35 minutes ago, Remodez said:

Could this lead to a transfer ban? Please?

Probably a fine this time, but next time it likely means a ban from European football for a year.