5 hours ago, Dubair said:

Hopefully he’s out the door soon. Wouldn’t be surprised if the club has to pay him to leave. Can’t see anyone paying much of a transfer fee or matching his wages 

The club is between a rock and a hard place, both of their own making. They probably can’t afford the book loss to give him away and pay to subsidize his wages for 3 years. That would more than wipe out the gain on the sale of Conor. The lowest cost option might be to pay his wages until his contract expires. 

26 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Disagree. Feels like the club had been run too soft in the last few years which IMO has led to some of the problems on the team like the lack of leadership. I dont agree with how some of the players have been treated this summer but Im glad some one at the club is starting to has some balls and hopefully this translates to the team.

How do you expect any sane club have it’s players achieve to their maximum when the players have had so much changes and upheaval. 5 managers in 2-3 yrs. No player who’s been with the club when the new owners took over can perform other these conditions. Unfortunately Sterling is one of them. The others have all left. 

He has divided opinion ever since he has joined here, however the way he has been treated and discarded is awful. I support the team on pitch no matter what, but the owners are ruining the image of the club. I get it, his performance has not reflected his salary, but it is more to do with the fact the owners need to reduce the way fill rather than Maresca 'preferring other wingers'. I know we have never been liked by opposing fans, however even as a massive Chelsea fan, I feel embarrassed with what is going on at the club.

I think Sterling needs to find a new home, there's even less space for him now Felix has arrived to try and fit him in the side/squad. He's not really been that great, and this public statement showed him throwing his toys out of the pram - he's no god in this side, not sure why he thinks he's untouchable. 

I'm obviously really happy he is heading towards the exit door. Do I feel the whole number thing is disrespectful? Maybe, but he did release a statement an hour before kick off on the opening game of the season. So he has shown us about as much respect as we have shown him. 

Interesting that has pretty much pissed off every fan base he has left. Possibly says more about him than it does about us. 

Hope goes to Spurs, so he can ruin attacks for them. Usually don't like selling anything to spurs, but he would be a hindrance to any rival team in all honesty.

Maybe Villa or Newcastle would be interested.

28 minutes ago, BS66 said:

The club is between a rock and a hard place, both of their own making. They probably can’t afford the book loss to give him away and pay to subsidize his wages for 3 years. That would more than wipe out the gain on the sale of Conor. The lowest cost option might be to pay his wages until his contract expires. 

I’d imagine they’ll come to some sort of arrangement where they cover the difference of what he’s on now and what his new club offers 

10 minutes ago, big blue said:

I'm obviously really happy he is heading towards the exit door. Do I feel the whole number thing is disrespectful? Maybe, but he did release a statement an hour before kick off on the opening game of the season. So he has shown us about as much respect as we have shown him. 

Interesting that has pretty much pissed off every fan base he has left. Possibly says more about him than it does about us. 

Hope goes to Spurs, so he can ruin attacks for them. Usually don't like selling anything to spurs, but he would be a hindrance to any rival team in all honesty.

Maybe Villa or Newcastle would be interested.

Have to give props to @OriginalS who said he was going to be an awful signing when Tuchel got him.

 

We've all wanted him gone for ages and now you're complaining about it?

7 minutes ago, Dubair said:

I’d imagine they’ll come to some sort of arrangement where they cover the difference of what he’s on now and what his new club offers 

Is anybody going to buy him though? His book value is around 30m and that would be a big write off if he’s just allowed to leave. If he does and if the other team pays him 150k Chelsea might have to put in the other 175k. Another big write off.
 

If he goes it’s also another homegrown player off the books. 

1 hour ago, Edjmendy said:

How do you expect any sane club have it’s players achieve to their maximum when the players have had so much changes and upheaval. 5 managers in 2-3 yrs. No player who’s been with the club when the new owners took over can perform other these conditions. Unfortunately Sterling is one of them. The others have all left. 

Please…

The cream always rises to the top. Give Hazard chaos and he’ll produce, Palmer did the same. Granted, the ‘raw’ youth we signed have excuses. The reality is that Sterling was a Man-City reject and we were the suckers that took the bait, there was no ‘real’ competition for him then, just as there is now. He will always be that crazy Boehly signing, back when we had no plan and only Tuchel’s transfer-nous, which is zero. That, and his selfishness in front of goal, will be his legacy at Chelsea.

1 hour ago, big blue said:

I'm obviously really happy he is heading towards the exit door. Do I feel the whole number thing is disrespectful? Maybe, but he did release a statement an hour before kick off on the opening game of the season. So he has shown us about as much respect as we have shown him. 

Interesting that has pretty much pissed off every fan base he has left. Possibly says more about him than it does about us. 

Hope goes to Spurs, so he can ruin attacks for them. Usually don't like selling anything to spurs, but he would be a hindrance to any rival team in all honesty.

Maybe Villa or Newcastle would be interested.

Doesn’t seem like an Ange signing.

Villa is a decent shout and Newcastle too but geography probably rules both out. It’s either London at Arsenal or Europe. Probably on loan if Europe

1 hour ago, Term_X said:

Please…

The cream always rises to the top. Give Hazard chaos and he’ll produce, Palmer did the same. Granted, the ‘raw’ youth we signed have excuses. The reality is that Sterling was a Man-City reject and we were the suckers that took the bait, there was no ‘real’ competition for him then, just as there is now. He will always be that crazy Boehly signing, back when we had no plan and only Tuchel’s transfer-nous, which is zero. That, and his selfishness in front of goal, will be his legacy at Chelsea.

Hazard did absolutely FA in the 2015-16 season. He didn’t even try to beat Willian to the Chelsea player of the year award. 

22 minutes ago, BS66 said:

Hazard did absolutely FA in the 2015-16 season. He didn’t even try to beat Willian to the Chelsea player of the year award. 

Wash your mouth out, he did more than enough! 👀

 

12 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

He’s 29 ffs!

He might not fit Chelsea but if he moves to the right club I expect him to do really well. He was our top winger last season stats wise which I know don’t tell the full story but he’s turned into a bit of a whipping boy for a lot of the fans which isn’t justified when you look at similar players in our squad.

OK, he's 29, 30 in December. But he has lost the only real asset he has ever had. That burst of pace that allowed him to be direct and speed past opponents. Technically he has never been the best but his pace and directness made up for it.

TBF his positioning and movement in and around the box when the ball was being played in was good, (much better than Jackson's), but he has never been a great finisher and that looks to be getting worse with time.

Can totally see why Pep was not fussed about selling him to us.

6 hours ago, Mod said:

Wash your mouth out, he did more than enough! 👀

 

It was nearly as good as winning the league ourselves...stopping the spuds from winning it. 

Love it

10 hours ago, just said:

Have to give props to @OriginalS who said he was going to be an awful signing when Tuchel got him.

 

Think I probably said something similar.  Couldn't stand him England either.

8 hours ago, 19seventyone said:

Doesn’t seem like an Ange signing.

Villa is a decent shout and Newcastle too but geography probably rules both out. It’s either London at Arsenal or Europe. Probably on loan if Europe

I think he would more likely commute to villa than go to Europe tbh, villa wanted Feilx too, so could be a good alternative for them. Just hope he doesn't end up pulling a bogarde!

10 hours ago, BS66 said:

Is anybody going to buy him though? His book value is around 30m and that would be a big write off if he’s just allowed to leave. If he does and if the other team pays him 150k Chelsea might have to put in the other 175k. Another big write off.
 

If he goes it’s also another homegrown player off the books. 

I would imagine he'd take the pay cut. He still wants to play for England and is still only 29. If he stays here his career is over.

I don’t know if any of you watched Sky last evening when they had two Sky journalists and Lee Johnson talking matters Chelsea.

No matter how the journalists tried to twist matters Johnson who like his father have managed at a reasonably high level the thrust was

1) Players want clarity and when a player gets it they can’t complain if they are told something they don’t like.  

2) It’s commonplace to have too big a squad and commonplace to have two training groups probables with the HC others away from that group indeed Johnstone is at City working with the players who group who aren’t in Peps  plans

3) Managers (HC) have to be involved in the conversation re which players come and go and it’s back to the clarity .

I would hope that on here we are all actually Chelsea supporters and there aren’t some trolls posting because quite simply some have fallen hook line and sinker for the narrative that some in the press are trying to shape. Ok let’s not kid ourselves this is not playing out well in terms of the coverage but even today Sky are loving it and from what I can pick up the club are very much doing a SAF in that they don’t engage with all journalists some are briefed separately and other journalists who are having to join up the dots are to me deliberately winding people up.

 

We have heard little to nothing about other clubs having big squads for instance as of today we are just 4 players bigger in squad size to Newcastle and I think on a par with Brighton . Ironically there was an interview I caught on Talk Sport earlier in the week where he talked about them having too many players yet Jim White didn’t even explore how many 
 

When the players wielded significant power the press slaughtered us and here we are when we are doing no different to other clubs moving players on we are slaughtered. 


 

 

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, Mod said:

Wash your mouth out, he did more than enough! 👀

 

If that was literally the only thing he did in the entire season he should still have won player of the year.

11 minutes ago, terraloon said:

We have heard little to nothing about other clubs having big squads for instance as of today we are just 4 players bigger in squad size to Newcastle and I think on a par with Brighton . Ironically there was an interview I caught on Talk Sport earlier in the week where he talked about them having too many players yet Jim White didn’t even explore how many 
 

When the players wielded significant power the press slaughtered us and here we are when we are doing no different to other clubs moving players on we are slaughtered. 

So let me ask you about your opinion. Do you think we are handling business in a respectful manner when we literally rip the shirtnumbers from high-profile players they gave a lengthy contract at the club? And no its not just Sterling, it's Trevoh Chalobah as well among many others.

I don't think its the squadsize most have an issue with although it's going to be a problem unless they are able to move 10+ on inside a week. Its the way they are going about things, in their usual disrespectful manner. That's how its been since day 1 with them though, first thing Eghbali did at the club was to publicly sh*t on Roman so what can you expect.

Edited August 22, 20241 yr by OriginalS

8 hours ago, BS66 said:

Hazard did absolutely FA in the 2015-16 season. He didn’t even try to beat Willian to the Chelsea player of the year award. 

Sterling is sh*t mate, get over it. 

35 minutes ago, dkw said:

If that was literally the only thing he did in the entire season he should still have won player of the year.

Just love hazard, that goal was stunning, that final touch by him was just magic. 

I'm really happy because of the whole stopping spuds thing that, that goal will be seen again and again. Then add on poch, and kanes expressions at the end and brilliant.

1 hour ago, OriginalS said:

So let me ask you about your opinion. Do you think we are handling business in a respectful manner when we literally rip the shirtnumbers from high-profile players they gave a lengthy contract at the club? And no its not just Sterling, it's Trevoh Chalobah as well among many others.

I don't think its the squadsize most have an issue with although it's going to be a problem unless they are able to move 10+ on inside a week. Its the way they are going about things, in their usual disrespectful manner. That's how its been since day 1 with them though, first thing Eghbali did at the club was to publicly sh*t on Roman so what can you expect.

Respect is a two way street. If you think that Sterling who went public did so in a respectful manner then well done. Yes both players were given long term contracts and are well within their rights to “sit it out” but they won’t. Similarly player after player in football have wanted out of their contracts over history just like they change their minds so do clubs. 

As for  it being disrespectful taking  a shirt number off two players who clearly have been told they haven’t a future again  well done. Neither are going to be in the squad sorry there’s a lot of crocodile tears from some simply because they haven’t grasped yet that the football club under RA was from a financial standpoint dysfunctional whereas the new owners will look to move players on in what some call a brutal manner if you think that the solution RAs regime used namely moving players out on loan was any less brutal then go and ask the likes of Drinkwater or maybe even Lukaku then you may gain a better perspective 

Did you feel the same when Lukaku went public or how about Kepa should both of those retained their shirt numbers ? Or should they now reassume the numbers they had before they went out on loan. Footballers, excuse the pun, know the score 

As for Eghbali “ publicly sh*tting”  on RA  sorry I missed that but irrespective the British establishment and press did a pretty good job on that if you realistically thought any new owners would run it in the same way as RA then you clearly misread the signals.

Of course I wish all this wasn’t playing out in public but at this time we are considered to be fare  game by some and maybe it’s justified but as I keep pointing out we are far from the only club that are doing these things and yes it’s Chelsea but as I say it’s crocodile tears from many