5 hours ago, axman2526 said:

First Liverpool this year, soon Arsenal next year. What's next with this lot? Spurs champions in 2027?

They are more interested in making money from buying and selling players than in the PL. They couldn't care less if Spurs or Leeds beat us as long as they make "bucks from soccer".

The club are very focused on money and not football.

If a replacement for Jackson had been found in Delap they should have waited until Delap was integrated and fully functional before moving Jackson on to Bayern or wherever.

If they had done that Jackson would still be here playing alternately rotating with Delap.

But Delap on the cheap and a quick deal on Jackson was preferred.

We are no closer to a quality goal scoring striker than we were when they took over. Do they need more time too?

Same story from last year.

talk of a title challenge heading in to the festive period. get a draw against Everton, some fans and content creators call this a good point. then go on to lose the next match vs fulham. This year plenty gaslit the Arsenal match as some sort of victory, now reality has set home with Leeds.

Who us Ipswich going to be? Bournemouth? 1 point out of 5 games there? Maybe Everton who have a terrible record at the Bridge.

manager not good enough, squad not good enough. Both thanks to this ownership and the directors.

Edited December 4, 2025Dec 4 by axman2526

The PR spin these next couple months is going to be disgusting.

"Full Faith in Maresca"

"Plans on spending in January"

"Injuries played a big part"

"No spending in January because of internal solutions"

"Did the groundwork in January to buy players in the summer"

Arsenal winning the title is bad enough, but imagine if Madueke was to score the goal that wins them the title??

We will have to win the CL to avoid either having no European football or getting a Conference League place next season at this rate. Anyway, now our title challenge is over I don't have to get myself in a state about other teams not beating Arsenal

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On 04/12/2025 at 11:19, Sconnie Blue said:

The PR spin these next couple months is going to be disgusting.

"Full Faith in Maresca"

"Plans on spending in January"

"Injuries played a big part"

"No spending in January because of internal solutions"

"Did the groundwork in January to buy players in the summer"

They will buy a couple more 18 years olds if anything. Probably offload a player or 2 as well. I cannot see a scenario under Clearlake where we sign proven experience as they will not be willing to fork out the salaries.

18 hours ago, forbzy said:

They will buy a couple more 18 years olds if anything. Probably offload a player or 2 as well. I cannot see a scenario under Clearlake where we sign proven experience as they will not be willing to fork out the salaries.

I think the idea is that by signing players on 7 year contracts we will have many experienced players in 7 years time. One problem with this is that it will be bad experience and they will all need regular psycotheraphy in the meantime.

20 hours ago, forbzy said:

They will buy a couple more 18 years olds if anything. Probably offload a player or 2 as well. I cannot see a scenario under Clearlake where we sign proven experience as they will not be willing to fork out the salaries.

There you go, we're about to solve our centre back issues by buying a 17 year old !!!

Chelsea are said to want to sign 17-year-old Brazilian defensive star Luis Eduardo from Gremio next year for more than €10 million. The Blues want to strengthen their defence by signing a promising centre-back in 2026. Now, the Gremio wonderkid has become a top target for the West London team after shining at the Under-17 World Cup.

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1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

There you go, we're about to solve our centre back issues by buying a 17 year old !!!

Chelsea are said to want to sign 17-year-old Brazilian defensive star Luis Eduardo from Gremio next year for more than €10 million. The Blues want to strengthen their defence by signing a promising centre-back in 2026. Now, the Gremio wonderkid has become a top target for the West London team after shining at the Under-17 World Cup.

Ah yes the good old Under-17 World Cup.

Wasn't that where our first team regulars Cesare Casadei and Carney Chukwuemeka first came to BlueCo's attention ?

So let's look at what BlueCo did to build us up to be stronger this season:

Sign a left back In Hato their manager does not trust and plays Cucurella in to the ground.

Do not provide a new centerback after we lose Levi.

Sign a back up for Caicedo who is, so far, as bad a crock as Lavia.

Instead of signing a much needed top left sided attacker they give us Garnacho.

Downgrade us from Madueke to Gittens.

Downgraded us from Jackson to Delap.

Replace a lazy player in Nkunku who does not fit in.. another lazy player in Joao Pedro who does not fit in.

I forget anyone?

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

I forget anyone?

No, but they forgot to sign with a shirt sponsor after we won the Super Duper Club World Peace Prize

13 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Ah yes the good old Under-17 World Cup.

Wasn't that where our first team regulars Cesare Casadei and Carney Chukwuemeka first came to BlueCo's attention ?

U23 World Cup in Casadei's case but the overall point is valid.

9 hours ago, axman2526 said:

So let's look at what BlueCo did to build us up to be stronger this season:

Sign a left back In Hato their manager does not trust and plays Cucurella in to the ground.

Do not provide a new centerback after we lose Levi.

Sign a back up for Caicedo who is, so far, as bad a crock as Lavia.

Instead of signing a much needed top left sided attacker they give us Garnacho.

Downgrade us from Madueke to Gittens.

Downgraded us from Jackson to Delap.

Replace a lazy player in Nkunku who does not fit in.. another lazy player in Joao Pedro who does not fit in.

I forget anyone?

I agree with most of this but Gittens wasn't a Madueke replacement, he was a Mudryk replacement.

Estevao replaced Madueke and is an instant upgrade.

9 minutes ago, GarnachoCheese said:

Inevitable I guess !

After all, it's quite likely that our commercial executives are as "talented" as our sporting executives ... if not more so LOL🤠

Aye sounds like we were close to making them our front of shirt sponsor but Arsenal offered better reach and a better deal for them to become their sleeve sponsor.

Not a good look, is it?

Yet some will still blindly back this lot as having the best interests of Chelsea Football club at heart.

18 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Is this the "Oracle" that are said to be our new shirt sponsor?? Some reports say we're still no where near a deal ??

*Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 7 PM ET: Oracle Shares Tumble as AI Spending Outruns Returns |

Provided by Dow Jones Dec 11, 2025,

',Oracle's Sponsorship Deal with Chelsea

Overview of the Deal

Chelsea Football Club is nearing a sponsorship agreement with Oracle, a major American technology company. This deal is expected to cover the remainder of the 2025-26 season. Chelsea has struggled to secure a primary shirt sponsor for the past three seasons, leading to significant revenue losses.

Financial Implications

Expected Value: Initial hopes were for a deal worth around £60 million per year. However, reports suggest the actual value may be significantly lower, possibly between £15 million and £20 million annually.'

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6 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

Is this the "Oracle" that are said to be our new shirt sponsor?? Some reports say we're still no where near a deal ??

*Dow Jones Top Company Headlines at 7 PM ET: Oracle Shares Tumble as AI Spending Outruns Returns |

Provided by Dow Jones Dec 11, 2025,

',Oracle's Sponsorship Deal with Chelsea

Overview of the Deal

Chelsea Football Club is nearing a sponsorship agreement with Oracle, a major American technology company. This deal is expected to cover the remainder of the 2025-26 season. Chelsea has struggled to secure a primary shirt sponsor for the past three seasons, leading to significant revenue losses.

Financial Implications

Expected Value: Initial hopes were for a deal worth around £60 million per year. However, reports suggest the actual value may be significantly lower, possibly between £15 million and £20 million annually.'

Was just reading a substack article about the Oracle-Open AI $300b contract, Oracle is currently underwater and probably why they killed the FOS sponsorship quickly.

Club keeps putting out weird press briefings about this.

“Chelsea are close to securing a front of shirt sponsorship deal. Deel did not have enough money to be Chelsea’s FOS sponsor.”

I have to admit: it takes a special talent to f**k this up so monumentally!

9 hours ago, markpitts said:

Was just reading a substack article about the Oracle-Open AI $300b contract, Oracle is currently underwater and probably why they killed the FOS sponsorship quickly.

Club keeps putting out weird press briefings about this.

“Chelsea are close to securing a front of shirt sponsorship deal. Deel did not have enough money to be Chelsea’s FOS sponsor.”

As someone who works in tech these AI companies are running a revenue fraud between them. They are essentially recycling the same revenue between them to make it seems they are making money. It’s a scam and a Ponzi scheme.

SoftBank sold all their shares in nvidia recently and do did one of Elmo buddies.

3 hours ago, El regreso said:

As someone who works in tech these AI companies are running a revenue fraud between them. They are essentially recycling the same revenue between them to make it seems they are making money. It’s a scam and a Ponzi scheme.

SoftBank sold all their shares in nvidia recently and do did one of Elmo buddies.

3 minutes ago, markpitts said:

Yep that’s it!!!

9 hours ago, Valerie said:

I have to admit: it takes a special talent to f**k this up so monumentally!

Especially as sponsors were queuing up after we won the CWC!!

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

Especially as sponsors were queuing up after we won the CWC!!

They think they are the smartest people in the room.

They’ll sack Maresca but they’re the ones that should be going with him. Clowns.