3 minutes ago, Munkunku said:

Yeah they won’t give a sh*t at all.

Yep, you're right. The CST has contacted the owners on a number of occasions to have meetings to discuss ticket sales etc and have been ignored.

As I mentioned elsewhere it's the Chelsea Pitch Owners AGM in just under three weeks time. If members of the club's board turn up it could get very heated.

4 hours ago, Boyne said:

Yep, you're right. The CST has contacted the owners on a number of occasions to have meetings to discuss ticket sales etc and have been ignored.

As I mentioned elsewhere it's the Chelsea Pitch Owners AGM in just under three weeks time. If members of the club's board turn up it could get very heated.

Home and away fans need to stop buying tickets for games.

Stop buying games on PPV or streaming services.

Stop buying merchandise.

Empty sections at games bUT fans turning up outside to cause disruptions, like for the super league one that delayed a match kick off.

That will hit their pocket. Then Clearlakes shareholders will notice.

They are trying to run Chelsea like an American sports “franchise”

3 hours ago, El regreso said:

They are trying to run Chelsea like an American sports “franchise”

We are not being run like Boehly's Dodgers, who've won back-to-back World Series titles. And are not afraid to sign experienced players.

23 minutes ago, Backbiter said:

We are not being run like Boehly's Dodgers, who've won back-to-back World Series titles. And are not afraid to sign experienced players.

Todd Boehly isn’t the issue in the slightest with the ownership group and I do feel that needs highlighting, yes he got a few decisions wrong when he was acting Chairman that first window, but that was due to being an absolute rookie to ‘soccer’, his motivation and heart was in the right place.

Eghbali & Clearlake are a cancer killing the club from the inside. They’re responsible for this bullsh*t youth player farming model, they’re responsible for the terrible SD appointments and they’re responsible for the horrific disconnect with the fanbase.

49 minutes ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Todd Boehly isn’t the issue in the slightest with the ownership group and I do feel that needs highlighting, yes he got a few decisions wrong when he was acting Chairman that first window, but that was due to being an absolute rookie to ‘soccer’, his motivation and heart was in the right place.

Eghbali & Clearlake are a cancer killing the club from the inside. They’re responsible for this bullsh*t youth player farming model, they’re responsible for the terrible SD appointments and they’re responsible for the horrific disconnect with the fanbase.

Do we know the breakdown of ownership within Blueco by stakeholder? Apart from Clearlake there is Boehly, Walter, and Wyss I believe? Unless Clearlake own the majority their position can eventually be challenged by the others.

24 minutes ago, forbzy said:

Do we know the breakdown of ownership within Blueco by stakeholder? Apart from Clearlake there is Boehly, Walter, and Wyss I believe? Unless Clearlake own the majority their position can eventually be challenged by the others.

I found this online:

Chelsea FC Ownership Table (2025)

Name / Entity	Role / Position	Ownership Stake (%)
Clearlake Capital (Behdad Eghbali & José Feliciano)	Majority Owners (also directors on the board)	~61.5%
Todd Boehly	Co-owner, Chairman of Chelsea’s holding company	~12.8%
Mark Walter	Co-owner and investor	~12.8%
Hansjörg Wyss	Co-owner, Swiss billionaire investor	~12.8%
Jason Gannon	President & COO of Chelsea (no ownership)	0%

22 minutes ago, forbzy said:

I found this online:

Chelsea FC Ownership Table (2025)

Name / Entity	Role / Position	Ownership Stake (%)
Clearlake Capital (Behdad Eghbali & José Feliciano)	Majority Owners (also directors on the board)	~61.5%
Todd Boehly	Co-owner, Chairman of Chelsea’s holding company	~12.8%
Mark Walter	Co-owner and investor	~12.8%
Hansjörg Wyss	Co-owner, Swiss billionaire investor	~12.8%
Jason Gannon	President & COO of Chelsea (no ownership)	0%

Ergo we are f**ked.

f**king criminal what the UK Government did, Chris Bryant should be hung, drawn, quartered and displayed at Tower Bridge for those trumped up allegations against Sir Roman.

2 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Todd Boehly isn’t the issue in the slightest with the ownership group and I do feel that needs highlighting, yes he got a few decisions wrong when he was acting Chairman that first window, but that was due to being an absolute rookie to ‘soccer’, his motivation and heart was in the right place.

Eghbali & Clearlake are a cancer killing the club from the inside. They’re responsible for this bullsh*t youth player farming model, they’re responsible for the terrible SD appointments and they’re responsible for the horrific disconnect with the fanbase.

Todd isn’t the problem he tried to sign experience but his execution was poor but I think he would have eventually got it correct.

These clowns have no interest in getting it right other than making money.

7 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Todd isn’t the problem he tried to sign experience but his execution was poor but I think he would have eventually got it correct.

These clowns have no interest in getting it right other than making money.

One issue for me is how quickly BlueCo give up on players that they have signed. For a "trust the process" project-driven ownership group, they seem to have very little actual patience.

Very typical that players signed from overseas leagues take 6-12 months to acclimatise to the intensity and speed of the Premier League ... and that's the experienced players !

15 minutes ago, El regreso said:

Todd isn’t the problem he tried to sign experience but his execution was poor but I think he would have eventually got it correct.

These clowns have no interest in getting it right other than making money.

I mean hindsight is a wonderful thing and all but those first two windows, might look terrible now but broken down at the time…

Koulibaly was slated for a ‘big move’ for years, he probably came too late in his career to the PL but no one at the time would’ve called it a bad signing.

Sterling was always a player on the decline with all the mileage he had on him but was a ‘statement’ more than anything.

Fofana was the highest rated young CB in the league and again, injuries aside could become the player we believe

Cucurella took time but is a fantastic piece of business

Auba we gave up on far too easily as shown by his current form.

Santos, Casadei & Chukky were all some of the brightest for their national side age groups and were fantastic bits of business to snap up on the cheap, should all still be at the club and given opportunity IMO.

Todd showed a good mixture of signing young potential and sprinkling in some experience. Did he get it right? On the whole No but given time ie if he’d been left to do it his way I whole heartedly believe we’d be in a much more competitive position as a FOOTBALL CLUB right now.

Clearlake then took their majority ownership implemented their vision and drove us into the ground.

6 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

Ergo we are f**ked.

f**king criminal what the UK Government did, Chris Bryant should be hung, drawn, quartered and displayed at Tower Bridge for those trumped up allegations against Sir Roman.

Yup.

Where was the passionate fan response to what they were doing to the club? Could oppose the super league but not the corrupt government threatening the clubs existence?

Btw that same Declan rice who is now one of the best midfielders in the world and who's whole family were Chelsea fans?

Did you all know, when he was leaving west ham, they came to us first as the whole familyand Declan wanted him to come back here but BlueCo made him a poor offer and insulted his dad in the meeting, killing the deal?

3 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Btw that same Declan rice who is now one of the best midfielders in the world and who's whole family were Chelsea fans?

Did you all know, when he was leaving west ham, they came to us first as the whole familyand Declan wanted him to come back here but BlueCo made him a poor offer and insulted his dad in the meeting, killing the deal?

Lampard had eyed him and chilly for a long time.. the ownership and cleavage are really a plague.. you exp one of two things.. but world class players and the manager becomes less and less relevant or you stick With a manager and let the team grow.. these Dimwits do none.. shame ..

No mention of Wyss a a club owner on our web site ... has he been bought out by one of the others ? Or is this an error of omission ?

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/club-personnel

18 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

No mention of Wyss a a club owner on our web site ... has he been bought out by one of the others ? Or is this an error of omission ?

https://www.chelseafc.com/en/club-personnel

Think you'll find it's not Boehly alone, Wyss is part of his set up.

16 hours ago, Backbiter said:

We are not being run like Boehly's Dodgers, who've won back-to-back World Series titles. And are not afraid to sign experienced players.

And don’t forget that he’s involved with the Lakers I believe. I think if Todd was running the entire operation things might be a bit different given his apparent love of sports, however he’s not the major stakeholder so has little input as to the direction, hence the apparent bust up between him and Eghabli some time ago. It wouldn’t surprise me if Eghbali buys out Todd a Blue Co in the not too distant future.

13 hours ago, The Boehly Babes said:

I mean hindsight is a wonderful thing and all but those first two windows, might look terrible now but broken down at the time…

Koulibaly was slated for a ‘big move’ for years, he probably came too late in his career to the PL but no one at the time would’ve called it a bad signing.

Sterling was always a player on the decline with all the mileage he had on him but was a ‘statement’ more than anything.

Fofana was the highest rated young CB in the league and again, injuries aside could become the player we believe

Cucurella took time but is a fantastic piece of business

Auba we gave up on far too easily as shown by his current form.

Santos, Casadei & Chukky were all some of the brightest for their national side age groups and were fantastic bits of business to snap up on the cheap, should all still be at the club and given opportunity IMO.

Todd showed a good mixture of signing young potential and sprinkling in some experience. Did he get it right? On the whole No but given time ie if he’d been left to do it his way I whole heartedly believe we’d be in a much more competitive position as a FOOTBALL CLUB right now.

Clearlake then took their majority ownership implemented their vision and drove us into the ground.

Tend to agree with those sentiments, was cautiously optimistic when TB first took over but have increasingly become more and more disillusioned with the ownership it seems the more Clearlake have become involved. At the point now it seems where us supporters support the Team sheet but our owners in effect just support the Spreadsheet, never felt further apart in a connection.

My twopenneth for what its worth maybe be total crap but the way I view the decline:

Was ok with TB when he first took over , we were a CL Elite Club that needed a few positions enhanced following the fallout from the forced sale of the club (for example the loss of 2 CB's). I genuinely believe that the new ownership were willing to do that and actually tried to make those small adjustments or enhancements that would keep us competitive at that level. They identified players they thought were needed and payed big wages to accommodate those signings.

For me that first window was absolutely crucial to the future, the building blocks to ensure that the new era would be based on solid foundations to ensure a seamless or as seamless as possible transition.

For me the first error was being turned down by Edwards in the SD role and failing to have an alternative in place prior to that first window. Maybe alternative were not available at the time but negative effect was that TB naively or arrogantly assumed that he could fulfil the role along with Tuchel.

Tuchel for me not going through the best of times personally at the time and the friction caused by TB insisting or involving him in the SD and transfers role just added to the problems for him. I also think that an absolutely massive fault was the failure to retain Petr Cech in the Role he was fulfilling at the time, was a key link with Tuchel and may have helped the situation should he have been persuaded to stay on, even if only for that all important first window.

All went rapidly Pete Tong from that point imo culminating in the Tuchel sacking, the disaster appointment of Potter adding fuel to the decline (no idea if it was at this point that Clearlake and TB began to fracture) but then a total 360 degree turn about in strategy with the sudden switch to long term , limited salary young player/potential recruitment policy.

The appointment of Lampard for me was done purely on the fact that he was a club legend and basically in effect no more than a "tin hat" to try and deflect the anger and unhappiness of supporters during what was a shambolic period whilst they worked out which direction to go in order to try and get the club out of the depths it had sunk to. Maybe with a club legend in charge the fans would be less like to give as much negative flack as they would with somebody else, dunno can't really see any other reason for the appointment at that time.

and we are where we currently are, no idea where we are going but personally don't see how we can go in any positive direction whilst you have a fractured ownership and that includes off the field sadly as well as on.

1 hour ago, dermott said:

Think you'll find it's not Boehly alone, Wyss is part of his set up.

Mark Walter is listed separately though !

3 hours ago, dermott said:

Think you'll find it's not Boehly alone, Wyss is part of his set up.

Boehly, Walter, and Wyss are all separate stakeholders and each has about 1/8 share. That leaves the rest for Clearlake who current have about 5/8 so over 1/2 of the ownership. As long as that is the case they will have the majority share.

I see a lot of “love“ for Todd and a lot of hope thinking that if he was in charge things would be different. But, I can’t but help to think that it was under his supervision that all the infrastructure and personnel from the previous owner was dismantled. He was an arrogant prick talking about how much better things could be done in European soccer whilst being taken for a mug by Barsa or Real Madrid presidents. He shouldn’t have dismantled all the set up if he was interested in getting Chelsea to compete, he came in like an elephant in a china shop and full of arrogance.

52 minutes ago, RMH said:

I see a lot of “love“ for Todd and a lot of hope thinking that if he was in charge things would be different. But, I can’t but help to think that it was under his supervision that all the infrastructure and personnel from the previous owner was dismantled. He was an arrogant prick talking about how much better things could be done in European soccer whilst being taken for a mug by Barsa or Real Madrid presidents. He shouldn’t have dismantled all the set up if he was interested in getting Chelsea to compete, he came in like an elephant in a china shop and full of arrogance.

Misguided hope.

Since BlueCo bought Chelsea Todd has invested more in american sports franchises. I forget who but him and Walter's bought another men's franchiseand a women's one, I think it was basketball. All his money is tied up in that and the dodgers now, is why we don't see him at Chelsea, his interest went down when Clearlake took hold so he moved on.

1 hour ago, axman2526 said:

Misguided hope.

Since BlueCo bought Chelsea Todd has invested more in american sports franchises. I forget who but him and Walter's bought another men's franchiseand a women's one, I think it was basketball. All his money is tied up in that and the dodgers now, is why we don't see him at Chelsea, his interest went down when Clearlake took hold so he moved on.

Apart from when he got to hang with Trump at the Club World Cup of course, never seen him so happy.

so now that we fluked a draw at City, will go on and beat Fulham and Charlton and get something out of the semi final i suppose the protest will be off and everyone will be happy again

Might as well chance the topic name, it's to do with Boehley any more. It's clearlake and egbahli.