11 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They are deliberately insulting our intelligence and trying to wind us up.

So Delap, Garnacho, Gittens, Hato and Essugo were key targets that relied on champions league football huh?

Get to f**k.

And yet we won't get CL football if Rosenior stays. The whole tweet is f**king stupid, what a mess we're in.

9 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They are deliberately insulting our intelligence and trying to wind us up.

So Delap, Garnacho, Gittens, Hato and Essugo were key targets that relied on champions league football huh?

Get to f**k.

Out of curiosity I've just had a look at Newcastle's upcoming fixtures.

They will be three points behind us today and four behind Liverpool with probably the most accessible fixtures a club fightining for a UCL spot can have until the end of the season.

Newcastle will get UCL football. Count them in.

We are not finishing inside the top five. The sooner the board realizes this, the better. They should already be making phone calls and plan for this summer. James, Cucurella, Caicedo, Palmer, Estevao and Joao Pedro should be the only ones to be kept as starters next season, too. Rebuild around them and sell all the others while their value is still high.

Maybe the players see the SD's and medical team as the people they answer to, the coach is more like someone they work alongside.

The SD's give them their contracts and together with the medics allocate their full or partial role/ minutes in the team. The coach gives them word salad and plays them in positions and with tactics that they may not be in total agreement with. Some get the hump lose motivation and exhibit poor discipline. The coach has little powers or influence outside of a very narrow coaching role as its not that influential on results (Finklestein has said as much). The coach needs to keep his head down, if he speaks out hes gone. If he tows the line he stays. If results get to a level where the business is impaired they change the coach. All other structures currently stay the same.

And so it continues..

My hope that these clowns exhaust their supply of yes men and also revise their strategy bringing in both experienced players and an experienced manager who has a far greater level of input. So while im expecting Gary Oneill to arrive shortly im hoping he is the last of their people and that eventually the penny will drop. Patience is a virtue.

Edited March 22Mar 22 by OTL

If the message is that there’s no relationship between results and manager than sooner or later the owners need to realize is that accountability needs to be on the ones who actually built the f**king team.

About to be a 3rd year with no Champions League football in 4 years.

48 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

They are deliberately insulting our intelligence and trying to wind us up.

So Delap, Garnacho, Gittens, Hato and Essugo were key targets that relied on champions league football huh?

Get to f**k.

🤣🤣🤣 f**king clowns

I don’t want CL football because it will only mask the deep rooted issues with the ownership. We should not have any European football that’s not our aim we aim to win trophies. Let them suffer the financial consequences that’s the only way these clowns with learn.

7 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

If the message is that there’s no relationship between results and manager than sooner or later the owners need to realize is that accountability needs to be on the ones who actually built the f**king team.

About to be a 3rd year with no Champions League football in 4 years.

I think lack of money from missing out on the Champions league is key. They say so themselves via the managers target they must achieve Champions league. The player sales will start to crystallise during the next few windows, in terms of their values. How many will be sold for a premium and how many will be offloaded cheaply and how more importantly, does that compare to the forecasts of the SD clowns? When the inability to replenish the squad with credible players bites only then will the SD bullsh*t unravel. They cant all be fobbed off as duds, bad luck, injuries, market conditions changing, regulation changes (FFP). There must be some good business? or at least some accountability for the mess.

Edited March 22Mar 22 by OTL

On 15/03/2026 at 13:27, Caps_Lock_King said:

LOOKS LIKE WE WILL BE GETTING LESS POINTS THEN I SUGGESTED AT THE TIME

I SAID 6 POINTS FROM LEEDS AND BURNLEY, WE ONLY TOOK 2

I SAID 10 POINTS FROM Arsenal away, Villa away, Newcastle home, Everton away, Man city home, Man utd home, Brighton away, Forest Home

ONLY 3 POINTS FROM 3 GAMES SO FAR, NEED A MINIMUM OF 7 POINTS PLUS THE 4 WE DROPPED (LEEDS AND BURNLEY)

SO 11 POINTS FROM EVERTON, CITY, UTD BRIGHTON AND FOREST, I DONT THINK WE GET THEM

I STICK WITH WHAT I SAID FINISHING 7TH AT BEST

SO 3 MORE POINTS DOWN THE PAN AT EVERTON

WE NEED 18 FROM LAST 7 GAMES TO GET 66 POINTS

5TH PLACE 66 POINTS 2024/25

5TH PLACE 66 POINTS 2023/24

5TH PLACE 67 POINTS 2022/23

(NO CHANCE)

1 minute ago, OTL said:

Maybe the players see the SD's and medical team as the people they answer to, the coach is more like someone they work alongside.

The SD's give them their contracts and together with the medics allocate their full or partial role/ minutes in the team. The coach gives them word salad and plays them in positions and with tactics that they may not be in total agreement with. Some get the hump lose motivation and exhibit poor discipline. The coach has little powers or influence outside of a very narrow coaching role as its not that influential on results (Finklestein has said as much). The coach needs to keep his head down, if he speaks out hes gone. If he tows the line he stays. If results get to a level where the business is impaired they change the coach. All other structures currently stay the same.

And so it continues..

Absolutely. A manager in this setup is just another hired hand, in fact he's more disposable than, for example, a number of key players. They sacked Tuchel early in their first year, Potter lasted a few months, Lampard was just an interim to see out a season, Poch lasted a season and Maresca smartly jumped off the sinking ship to avoid going down with it. Now it's Rosenior who's probably the least qualified out of all the managers they've already gone through so why would players bother listening to whatever he's about to say.

1 hour ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Ive looked at the league table and its not inconceivable that we dont even get Europa or Conference League. I know a man who could deliver this no problem. haha.

Key summer targets haha theres no one coming regardless.

Edited March 22Mar 22 by OTL

1 minute ago, OTL said:

Ive looked at the league table and its not inconceivable that we dont even get Europa or Conference League. I know a man who could deliver this no problem. haha.

We won't. We'll struggle to win any of our remaining games from here. The rot has truly hit now, the season is over, the players have given up and the fans are sick of it all.

A manager needs total control over footballing matters including the ability to transfer list any player who’s not pulling their weight or are disruptive. Otherwise he has no power and or respect from the players.

We are run wrong, simple as that.

1 hour ago, El regreso said:

We have also been outrun IN EVERY f**kING GAME in the PL we have played this season.

That alone tells these f**king clowns have no idea what they are doing.

Crazy when you remember we have the youngest squad in the league with fresh legs. Our players don't press with intensity anymore. We try to build with passes & transition, something these players are not good at.

5 minutes ago, Scott Harris said:

We won't. We'll struggle to win any of our remaining games from here. The rot has truly hit now, the season is over, the players have given up and the fans are sick of it all.

If we dont get any European football where will all our players get their minutes from? We will likely rotate even more if that is even possible during the league programme.

1 hour ago, petre ispirescu said:

Out of curiosity I've just had a look at Newcastle's upcoming fixtures.

They will be three points behind us today and four behind Liverpool with probably the most accessible fixtures a club fightining for a UCL spot can have until the end of the season.

Newcastle will get UCL football. Count them in.

We are not finishing inside the top five. The sooner the board realizes this, the better. They should already be making phone calls and plan for this summer. James, Cucurella, Caicedo, Palmer, Estevao and Joao Pedro should be the only ones to be kept as starters next season, too. Rebuild around them and sell all the others while their value is still high.

Fully expecting we're going to spiral if we don't have CL next year. They've built a house of cards.

Think we will start needing to sell to balance the books, with no genuine quality coming through.

Best thing we can hope is some of these youngsters become world beaters miraculously, we have a decent manager come in next year - id get the guy at rangers who has now done wonders with two sh*t boards. And then hope they manage to sell us to an ownership who knows what theyre doing.

13 hours ago, Phillip said:

Goalie? Are we a hockey team now?

Might be an idea to give Sanchez some skates and giant pads and gloves

The message I have from Chelsea is there's no imminent change on Liam Rosenior, and they still support him. This isn't a squad built for him, so there are some points to remember when it's time to judge him. They want to be in CL next season.

(@FabrizioRomano) #CFC

25 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Fully expecting we're going to spiral if we don't have CL next year. They've built a house of cards.

Think we will start needing to sell to balance the books, with no genuine quality coming through.

Best thing we can hope is some of these youngsters become world beaters miraculously, we have a decent manager come in next year - id get the guy at rangers who has now done wonders with two sh*t boards. And then hope they manage to sell us to an ownership who knows what theyre doing.

No problem for the money chasing yank scum owners.... Just means that onus will be placed on the academy to produce more young players that can simply be sold. It does mean that they cant keep washing money through the club.

1 hour ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

WE NEED 18 FROM LAST 7 GAMES TO GET 66 POINTS

5TH PLACE 66 POINTS 2024/25

5TH PLACE 66 POINTS 2023/24

5TH PLACE 67 POINTS 2022/23

(NO CHANCE)

I'll be amazed if the 5th placed team gets anywhere near 66 points this season.

Bear in mind that Liverpool are the team currently in 5th spot, and after 31 games they only have 49 points. They would need 17 points from their last 7 games to make it to 66 points (5 wins 2 draws, which doesn't seem likely). Every team in contention below us will need to win every game to make it to 66.

18 minutes ago, JM7 said:

The message I have from Chelsea is there's no imminent change on Liam Rosenior, and they still support him. This isn't a squad built for him, so there are some points to remember when it's time to judge him. They want to be in CL next season.

(@FabrizioRomano) #CFC

I wonder who it was built for. Certainly wasnt Maresca. Or Pochettino. Or Potter. Or Tuchel

Too many of these hipster coaches these days.. sir Alex and Jose were anomalies.. most of the best coaches in the last few decades have been ex players of pedigree themselves .. think Pep, Zidane, Ancelotti, Flick, Conte, L. Enrique.. for all the data they have can’t see the simple math.. top level athlete pressure is different only coaches who have been their done that can understand..

45 minutes ago, bisright1 said:

Best thing we can hope is some of these youngsters become world beaters miraculously,

Is this what LR was eluding to in a recent press conference when he said something like " experience? we are growing experience, wait and see in the summer"

I love it when he teases us, hes such a sharp cookie.😐

Even IF by some miracle we qualify for CL football, is LR the manager we want next season? We all know the answer.

Apparently according to the Daily Fail. "None of Chelsea's squad have asked to leave the club in the summer despite their struggles on the field".

5 hours ago, KonaKai Blue said:

I bet its not a horrible feeling when you're being paid thousands per week and if you get sacked you are paid your contract. These football jobs are just not real life. You get paid well even when you fail.

Ah, the money argument again, because it's a well established fact that people with loadsa money do not get any negative feelings or doubts 🙄

EDDIE HOWE ANYONE?

Looks like he will get the boot

Howe LOL.