I’m done with the "trust the process" nonsense. This isn't a football club anymore; it’s a private equity portfolio. Eghbali and Feliciano are treating 119 years of our history like some plastic tech startup they can "disrupt" until the spreadsheets look pretty.

They binned everyone who actually understood Chelsea [Cech, Marina, people with blue in their blood] and replaced them with models and data sets. Instead of competing with City or PSG, they’ve got us trying to imitate Brighton. It’s embarrassing. Clearlake is chasing profit and resale value, not trophies or success. Every time it goes south, they sack another manager, reset the clock, and have the gall to tell us to be patient. It’s a scam to hide their own incompetence. We aren't even building a squad; we're just flipping assets like we're on a trading floor.

Booing doesn't work. These guys are venture capitalists; they don't care if you're screaming your lungs out as long as your backside is in the seat and your cash is in their pocket. They only understand optics and the bottom line.

We have to stop feeding the machine.

Stop slaughtering the manager. Stop abusing the 20-year-olds on the pitch. That’s exactly what the board wants because it gives them an excuse to fire the coach and buy another year of "transition." Every banner and every single chant needs to be aimed directly at Clearlake, Eghbali, and Feliciano.

We need empty seats. We need a massive, coordinated walk-out. 15 minutes of empty stands on global TV hits their "global brand" harder than 90 minutes of shouting ever will. We need to get to the tourists at Fulham Broadway, too. Don't be aggressive, just tell them the truth and ask them not to fund the circus inside the ground.

Stop buying the shirts. Stop spending a penny in the Megastore. Stop paying for them to "learn on the job" while they gut the soul out of the club.

As long as the Bridge is full, they think they're winning. Doing nothing is just giving them permission to keep destroying Chelsea. Either we make it impossible for them to stay, or we admit we’re fine with our club becoming a hollowed-out shell.

Its hard to boycott now that the PL is a global phenomenon and Chelsea is a global brand. Even if half of the local fans don't show up, the seats will be filled by tourists and visiting fans.

4 minutes ago, drapicano said:

I’m done with the "trust the process" nonsense. This isn't a football club anymore; it’s a private equity portfolio. Eghbali and Feliciano are treating 119 years of our history like some plastic tech startup they can "disrupt" until the spreadsheets look pretty.

They binned everyone who actually understood Chelsea [Cech, Marina, people with blue in their blood] and replaced them with models and data sets. Instead of competing with City or PSG, they’ve got us trying to imitate Brighton. It’s embarrassing. Clearlake is chasing profit and resale value, not trophies or success. Every time it goes south, they sack another manager, reset the clock, and have the gall to tell us to be patient. It’s a scam to hide their own incompetence. We aren't even building a squad; we're just flipping assets like we're on a trading floor.

Booing doesn't work. These guys are venture capitalists; they don't care if you're screaming your lungs out as long as your backside is in the seat and your cash is in their pocket. They only understand optics and the bottom line.

We have to stop feeding the machine.

Stop slaughtering the manager. Stop abusing the 20-year-olds on the pitch. That’s exactly what the board wants because it gives them an excuse to fire the coach and buy another year of "transition." Every banner and every single chant needs to be aimed directly at Clearlake, Eghbali, and Feliciano.

We need empty seats. We need a massive, coordinated walk-out. 15 minutes of empty stands on global TV hits their "global brand" harder than 90 minutes of shouting ever will. We need to get to the tourists at Fulham Broadway, too. Don't be aggressive, just tell them the truth and ask them not to fund the circus inside the ground.

Stop buying the shirts. Stop spending a penny in the Megastore. Stop paying for them to "learn on the job" while they gut the soul out of the club.

As long as the Bridge is full, they think they're winning. Doing nothing is just giving them permission to keep destroying Chelsea. Either we make it impossible for them to stay, or we admit we’re fine with our club becoming a hollowed-out shell.

I admire your vigour but open warfare never works. Performances rarely improve and players begin to get itchy feet because of a poisonous atmosphere etc.

Up to the home supporters in actually organizing a proper protest instead of what we got last year when all they did was chant we hate Tottenham and took selfies.

Need a proper Glazers Out esq revolution.

Don't buy anything Chelsea related.

No tickets, no merchandise, no PPV matches, nothing.

Only hitting them in their pockets will work.

3 minutes ago, Frankie8Lampard said:

Its hard to boycott now that the PL is a global phenomenon and Chelsea is a global brand. Even if half of the local fans don't show up, the seats will be filled by tourists and visiting fans.

I wonder if there's anything that can actually be done on a scale that forces their hand. An empty stadium is the dream, but without the supporters' groups being 100% unified, it's a massive ask [even if Liverpool proved it can work against Sunderland a few years back].

But we can’t just sit on our hands. Even a permanent tifo in the Shed or the Matthew Harding that just says "CLEARLAKE OUT" would be better than nothing. It needs to be there every week, impossible for the cameras to miss and impossible for the board to ignore

Never going to happen. It's like when folk say boycott garages as petrol prices are too high - supply and demand.

Too many tourists at the ground these days and it's growing all the time, so they don't care as long as they can take their photos and get their stuff in the Megastore.

Edited January 1Jan 1 by Nibs

5 minutes ago, drapicano said:

I wonder if there's anything that can actually be done on a scale that forces their hand. An empty stadium is the dream, but without the supporters' groups being 100% unified, it's a massive ask [even if Liverpool proved it can work against Sunderland a few years back].

But we can’t just sit on our hands. Even a permanent tifo in the Shed or the Matthew Harding that just says "CLEARLAKE OUT" would be better than nothing. It needs to be there every week, impossible for the cameras to miss and impossible for the board to ignore

The best thing to do is show up to games and protest. Whether it's chants, flags or actual protests. Publicity is the only thing to do. Sadly football teams make too much money and arent going to lose a lot from a few fans not buying jerseys

Just now, Frankie8Lampard said:

The best thing to do is show up to games and protest. Whether it's chants, flags or actual protests. Publicity is the only thing to do. Sadly football teams make too much money and arent going to lose a lot from a few fans not buying jerseys

Or do what United fans did and cause enough of a commotion that games get postponed. A threat of a points deduction and missing out on more money will have them panicking.

8 minutes ago, axman2526 said:

Don't buy anything Chelsea related.

No tickets, no merchandise, no PPV matches, nothing.

Only hitting them in their pockets will work.

IMO, publicity is the only sort of protest that works in this day and age. There are way too many Chelsea fans globally to organize a real boycott; for it to actually hurt their pockets from merchandise however, if a small group of fans start a figurative fire that is shown on TV it can grow. The Chelsea influencers also have to play their role

Edited January 1Jan 1 by Frankie8Lampard

12 minutes ago, Nibs said:

Never going to happen. It's like when folk say boycott garages as petrol prices are too high - supply and demand.

Too many tourists at the ground these days and it's growing all the time, so they don't care as long as they can take their photos and get their stuff in the Megastore.

If we want to hit the tourists, we do it on Fulham Road, not on club property. We don't block the path [that’s an easy arrest for obstruction] but we create a gauntlet.

We need to line both sides of the pavement from the station to the gates. Make them walk through a wall of "Clearlake Out" banners and noise. No aggression, just presence. Hand every single one of them a flyer explaining that they are crossing a picket line and funding the death of the club.

If they have to walk past hundreds of locals to get to a turnstile, it ruins the "experience." Most won't want to cross that line if we make it clear they’re subsidizing a scam. We have to make it feel wrong to be a customer while the fans are outside.

4 minutes ago, drapicano said:

If we want to hit the tourists, we do it on Fulham Road, not on club property. We don't block the path [that’s an easy arrest for obstruction] but we create a gauntlet.

We need to line both sides of the pavement from the station to the gates. Make them walk through a wall of "Clearlake Out" banners and noise. No aggression, just presence. Hand every single one of them a flyer explaining that they are crossing a picket line and funding the death of the club.

If they have to walk past hundreds of locals to get to a turnstile, it ruins the "experience." Most won't want to cross that line if we make it clear they’re subsidizing a scam. We have to make it feel wrong to be a customer while the fans are outside.

The fans need to do the exact same thing they did when the Super League was announced. That is how you force change.

We need a fundraiser to flood the area with "Clearlake Out" and make the message impossible to ignore.

We use the cash to print a massive tifo, thousands of shirts and banners. We hand them out for free at Fulham Broadway and along the road to anyone willing to carry them. If we get a sea of people wearing the same message, it kills their "brand" imagery instantly.

We also need to plaster Fulham Road with posters. Every wall and lamppost on the walk to the ground should say "Clearlake Out." Make it so Eghbali and Feliciano can't look anywhere without seeing it.

We must stop being quiet.

7 hours ago, Scott Harris said:

The fans need to do the exact same thing they did when the Super League was announced. That is how you force change.

The Super League will be attempted again. It is inevitable and there is a good chance they will be successful eventually. Ironically we may not be in contention for the Super League at that point the way things are going.

I totally get the sentiment, but realistically a boycott does very little, they will just do whatever they want, and they won't sell the club until they triple their investment ( at minimum). Personally, I don't invest much of my time and emotion into the club, for my own good.

2 hours ago, icecoolguy22 said:

I totally get the sentiment, but realistically a boycott does very little, they will just do whatever they want, and they won't sell the club until they triple their investment ( at minimum). Personally, I don't invest much of my time and emotion into the club, for my own good.

Yep.

There are many on this Forum who have supported CFC for a LONG time, but we're now of an age, where it's no longer the most important thing in our lives. Don't get me wrong, I still get totally pissed off when we lose and/or play badly, and CFC still often ruin my weekends, but I try not to let that be the case now. This new regime have totally soured things for me and many and have lost count of the number of supporters saying they have never felt so detached from the club. We're not alone - many other supporters out there feel the same - look at West Ham right now.

I do hope the younger generation and those who attend all the home games make a stand and make their voices heard - it needs to happen. Said in the Vintage thread recently about how much more enjoyable following Chelsea was back in the '80's, despite the lack of success. Can't see that being the case again all the time BlueCo are involved but we can but hope things improve.

The issue is, we’re actually ‘too big to boycott’ and the Premier League on the whole (certainly the ‘Big6’) is so far removed from the reliance of fans they’re essentially operating like NFL franchises.

Hit them in the pockets? They aren’t arsed about a FOS worth 10’s of Millions, do you know how many replica shirts you’d have to not sell for them to notice?

I 100% agree with the sentiment and back it myself it’s just being realistic there’s no way they’d notice and if they did, do you think they’d actually care? Outside of Eghbali the whole of Clearlake is faceless and just waiting to withdraw its profit.

If you want to hit Clearlake in the pocket, make sure you aren't using any of the companies they have invested in.

https://clearlake.com/portfolio/

CFC are only 1 of 88 companies that they have their dirty little paws inserted into ...

15 hours ago, drapicano said:

Stop buying the shirts. Stop spending a penny in the Megastore. Stop paying for them to "learn on the job" while they gut the soul out of the club.

Unfortunately, this is the only thing I agree with.

Boycotting games would be really bad for players' morale and I don't think the players (specially the ones putting in 100% every week) should be penalized for the incompetency of the board.

15 hours ago, axman2526 said:

Don't buy anything Chelsea related.

No tickets, no merchandise, no PPV matches, nothing.

Only hitting them in their pockets will work.

I've been boycotting them for years and didn't even know it!

27 minutes ago, Sexyfootball said:

If you want to hit Clearlake in the pocket, make sure you aren't using any of the companies they have invested in.

https://clearlake.com/portfolio/

CFC are only 1 of 88 companies that they have their dirty little paws inserted into ...

Unless these are all retail companies that you can stop buying from, this is very difficult to do. A lot of their investment is tech and software companies and we might be using their services even without knowing it, some of the services may even be unavoidable.... for eg., digicert.

Some harsh truths:

1. Boycotting Chelsea does not affect Clearlake - operate USD$90bn in assets

2. Thanks to the sh*tshow that is American politics, the global Chelsea fan base across social media is very pro-BlueCo. Most newer fans truly believe that the American way is best and criticism of BlueCo is perceived as criticism of Americans as much as anything else

3. BlueCo cannot exist without Clearlake's cash, and any PE firm that is willing to buy Clearlake out will be even less interested in the football.

1 hour ago, SydneyChelsea said:

Some harsh truths:

1. Boycotting Chelsea does not affect Clearlake - operate USD$90bn in assets

2. Thanks to the sh*tshow that is American politics, the global Chelsea fan base across social media is very pro-BlueCo. Most newer fans truly believe that the American way is best and criticism of BlueCo is perceived as criticism of Americans as much as anything else

3. BlueCo cannot exist without Clearlake's cash, and any PE firm that is willing to buy Clearlake out will be even less interested in the football.

Okay, new plan, we'll resurrect Teddy 'trust buster' Roosevelt and set him on the bar stewards

Frankly, i think the only really effective way to bring about a change is to hire a dirty ho to infiltrate EgBhali's inner circle (ooh-ay) and someone to get incriminating photos so that we can blackmail the c**t so he leaves.

8 minutes ago, WhiteWall said:

Frankly, i think the only really effective way to bring about a change is to hire a dirty ho to infiltrate EgBhali's inner circle (ooh-ay) and someone to get incriminating photos so that we can blackmail the c**t so he leaves.

Or a "blackadder" as its commonly known....