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Rest of the Season

loz
in General Chelsea FC

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Thing is, from the SD’s perspective, the strategy IS working. Their arguments are likely to be:

  • Progression has been made in the league (8th, 4th place finishes)

  • Club World Cup (£100m)

  • Conference trophy

  • Solid 12-13 good first team players

  • Still getting to cup semi finals and final

  • Incredibly heavy season last season plus summer tournament

  • The intention has never been to win the league right off. It’s about allowing the group to “grow together

    Now, we know most of that is pure hustle and clutching at straws but that’s the argument they could point to. The truth is, for the amount of money they’re spent, we should be a lot better.

3 hours ago, Caps_Lock_King said:

I DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR SMOKING IF YOU THINK WE CAN WIN 6 GAMES FROM OUR LAST 8

43% WIN RATE SO FAR this season overall

40% win rate at home (City, Utd Forest and Tottenham to play)

Everton, Brighton, Liverpool and Sunderland (away)

75% win rate needed if we can win 6 games out of 8

cant see how you think we can get 6 wins from those games, we aint beating City, Utd, Everton or Liverpool

It’s hope more than expectation but you’re acting as if it’s some impossible task lol.

a few weeks ago they managed to win 4 and draw 2 albeit with an easy run of fixtures.

Went on a similar run to end last year. City and Liverpool are as flakey as us and there’s a good few mid table no hopers in there too.

    13 minutes ago, Dubair said:

    It’s hope more than expectation but you’re acting as if it’s some impossible task lol.

    a few weeks ago they managed to win 4 and draw 2 albeit with an easy run of fixtures.

    Went on a similar run to end last year. City and Liverpool are as flakey as us and there’s a good few mid table no hopers in there too.

    We can certainly hope. Although somewhere around 60 points seems more realistic, and even that is far from certain given our current form.

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    16 minutes ago, Dubair said:

    It’s hope more than expectation but you’re acting as if it’s some impossible task lol.

    a few weeks ago they managed to win 4 and draw 2 albeit with an easy run of fixtures.

    Went on a similar run to end last year. City and Liverpool are as flakey as us and there’s a good few mid table no hopers in there too.

    Two hopes

    Bob and none

    5 hours ago, Scott said:

    The worst part is you can't even tell yourself next season will be better with a few good signings because you know that's not happening.

    This is why I didn't panic at the end of Mourinho's 3rd season (2nd time) We finished 10th, then won the league the very next season. We could fix things under Abramovich, but I don't have that confidence at all under this ownership.

    League is now a battle to hold on to 6th and be in the Europe league, and it's CL winners spot. Top 5 is done, we won't win enough games.

    CL is over.

    FA cup we need these very, very improbable things to happen to have a chance of winning it:

    1. We beat Port Vale. That's not a certainty with our home form.

    2. Southampton MUST eliminate Arsenal.

    3. We draw Southampton in the semi final.

    4. We beat Southampton in the semi final.

    5. Winner of West Ham/Leeds beats winner of City/Liverpool.

    6. We actually show up being bothered and don't f about in the final.

    Basically as close to impossible as you can get. But if BlueCo have enough friends in places of power perhaps they will but themselves more support.

    Edited by axman2526

    If I've learned anything about these worthless private equity c**ts, it's that no matter how abject they are at meeting even the objectives (which have f**k all to do with the team being any good) they themselves have set, they will make up some other nonsense as to why they are absolutely f**king brilliant and are, in fact, surpassing any possible metric.

    Their vanity will never cease, and they will never not love the smell of their own farts. "Actually, making life objectively worse for every single other person on the planet was our goal all along, and we are in fact exceeding our KPIs on that."

    Personally I've turned to poetry. Some of you may prefer God.

    On 14/03/2026 at 23:31, loz said:

    We really are in a murky hole just now. One that is f**king hard to climb out as we have issues which are in a par with turning round an oil tanker in a bath tub in terms of difficulty to resolve.

    1. We have owners for who the club is an occasional thought. We mean very little to them.

    2. We have a manager who is best placed coaching the Jamaican bobsleigh team's charity football match.

    3. Then we have a squad packed with inadequate players. f**k me, its humiliating how much sh*te we put out week in week out. Sanchez, Jorgensen, Chalobah, Fofana, Tosin,Badiashille, Mudryk, Gusto, Enzo, Delap, Guiu, Neto, Garnacho, Gittens... Not one of them is a player any club in the top ten would have an interest in buying. No doubt i have missed some who should be added to this list.

    Those not listed above are players who i think would be worth sticking with or haven't had a proper chance yet.

    Competitively this season is over bar the FA Cup. Mathematically a top four finish isn't but thinking we have any chance of that is on a par with Ian Dowie thinking he might pull Olivia Rodrigo.

    So what do we do for the rest of the season? We are stuck with our owners and Rosenior so little point debating that.

    However the selections are up for grabs.

    For me this is now an opportunity, fitness allowing, to play likes of Sarr, Acheampong, Lavia and Santos regularly to see how they perform with regular starts. Ditch the likes of Fofana, Chalobah, Badiashille, Tosin and Enzo. They have had sufficient opportunity and proven they aren't good enough.

    Unfortunately we can't do the same with the likes of Neto, Garnacho, Gittens and Delap as we don't have credible alternatives.

    When fit Estevao must be first choice though. Ridiculous not to fully blood him week in week out now.

    I'm not sure what the lingering anti Enzo is on here. I wonder if it's become a cause cèlébre at this stage, and some are seeing what they want to see with him. I personally think he has had 2 good seasons now. He scores. He runs his socks off. He is played deep or more forward, is more versatile than most players. He cares, see PSG game. He is rarely if ever injured, and doesn't seem to throw his toys out of the pram. Like all players, he has games where he has more impact than others. As for others teams in the top 10 wanting him, I beg to differ, I bet that a number of top teams here and abroad would snap him up.

    If Enzo is your problem with Chelsea over the last few years, I reckon you are looking in the wrong place. It's akin to shooting the messenger for the message.

    The ‘Enzo problem’ if you want to call it that should be a luxury problem for a manager with a great squad. Our squad has far bigger problems though.

    What’s his best position, what games should I use him etc but if reports are accurate about boardroom interference then it becomes a team problem if he has to be shoe horned in somehow, he can’t be subbed etc.

    If Enzo came through the academy or only cost £30m we’d probably be thinking differently but the fact he cost what he did comes with a certain expectation and the fact he didn’t ask to cost that much won’t change it.

    32 minutes ago, Speedie said:

    I'm not sure what the lingering anti Enzo is on here. I wonder if it's become a cause cèlébre at this stage, and some are seeing what they want to see with him. I personally think he has had 2 good seasons now. He scores. He runs his socks off. He is played deep or more forward, is more versatile than most players. He cares, see PSG game. He is rarely if ever injured, and doesn't seem to throw his toys out of the pram. Like all players, he has games where he has more impact than others. As for others teams in the top 10 wanting him, I beg to differ, I bet that a number of top teams here and abroad would snap him up.

    If Enzo is your problem with Chelsea over the last few years, I reckon you are looking in the wrong place. It's akin to shooting the messenger for the message.

    I do get where you’re coming from. We do have much bigger issues with

    Keeper, centre backs, wide players and strikers (bar Pedro), so folk moaning about Enzo (I’m as guilty as anyone), does seem like we just moaning for the sake of it.

    I just think sometimes, we see Enzo as the straw that broke the camel’s back. He’s like a jack of all trades, master of none. I think he does okay at times, but rarely more than okay.

    Think majority of us would like to see a bit more of Santos and Lavia and even Essugo (with RJ playing at right back where he should be), meaning both Enzo and Caicedo get rotated a bit more.

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    15 hours ago, PloKoon13 said:

    If I've learned anything about these worthless private equity c**ts, it's that no matter how abject they are at meeting even the objectives (which have f**k all to do with the team being any good) they themselves have set, they will make up some other nonsense as to why they are absolutely f**king brilliant and are, in fact, surpassing any possible metric.

    Their vanity will never cease, and they will never not love the smell of their own farts. "Actually, making life objectively worse for every single other person on the planet was our goal all along, and we are in fact exceeding our KPIs on that."

    Personally I've turned to poetry. Some of you may prefer God.

    Rather than listening to your poetry you mean PloKoon? ;)

    On 16/03/2026 at 10:39, Nibs said:

    I do get where you’re coming from. We do have much bigger issues with

    Keeper, centre backs, wide players and strikers (bar Pedro), so folk moaning about Enzo (I’m as guilty as anyone), does seem like we just moaning for the sake of it.

    I just think sometimes, we see Enzo as the straw that broke the camel’s back. He’s like a jack of all trades, master of none. I think he does okay at times, but rarely more than okay.

    Think majority of us would like to see a bit more of Santos and Lavia and even Essugo (with RJ playing at right back where he should be), meaning both Enzo and Caicedo get rotated a bit more.

    I agree with most of what you say. I sometimes wonder if people look at his fee, he didn't choose the fee, and actually feel like it's come out of their own pocket. My tuppence worth, we are a shambles. We have owners who bought a mansion, and have turned us into a 3 bed semi.

    Sporting directors who are essentially laughing all the way to the bank each month they are paid. Who the f**k buys Garnacho, Gittens, Delap etc and get to have even more influence on the team/club. We are rapidly becoming the past.

    On 15/03/2026 at 11:49, JM7 said:

    Thing is, from the SD’s perspective, the strategy IS working. Their arguments are likely to be:

    • Progression has been made in the league (8th, 4th place finishes)

    • Club World Cup (£100m)

    • Conference trophy

    • Solid 12-13 good first team players

    • Still getting to cup semi finals and final

    • Incredibly heavy season last season plus summer tournament

    • The intention has never been to win the league right off. It’s about allowing the group to “grow together

      Now, we know most of that is pure hustle and clutching at straws but that’s the argument they could point to. The truth is, for the amount of money they’re spent, we should be a lot better.

    On 15/03/2026 at 11:49, JM7 said:

    Thing is, from the SD’s perspective, the strategy IS working. Their arguments are likely to be:

    • Progression has been made in the league (8th, 4th place finishes)

    • Club World Cup (£100m)

    • Conference trophy

    • Solid 12-13 good first team players

    • Still getting to cup semi finals and final

    • Incredibly heavy season last season plus summer tournament

    • The intention has never been to win the league right off. It’s about allowing the group to “grow together

      Now, we know most of that is pure hustle and clutching at straws but that’s the argument they could point to. The truth is, for the amount of money they’re spent, we should be a lot better.

    I know you are suggesting what case they might dare to make. I'd counter by saying that the season before they took over we finished 3rd in the league, made both domestic cup finals, pushed an excellent Real Madrid side to the brink in the Champions League QF, and won Fifa Club World Cup and UEFA Super Cup.

    Since Blueco knew better thatn everybody, they dismantled pretty well that entire squad, and all the staff, yet 4 years on we still haven't managed to match our points total in the league from that season and look as though we are heading in the wrong direction.

    1 hour ago, GarnachoCheese said:

    Best thing we can do is lose every game for the rest of the season to give the owners a reality check. Maybe then they'll finally realise it isn't working.

    I’ve kind of been on this page for a while, for real change it might be best if the wheels come completely off for the rest of this season.

    Then match day comes round, or I think if we beat port vale get a good draw we can beat anybody in the final.

    It’s the f**king hope and love for the club that gets you.

    I don’t want CL or the FA cup if it papers over the cracks.

    We need real change. New SD and proper manager who work together.

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    3 hours ago, GarnachoCheese said:

    Best thing we can do is lose every game for the rest of the season to give the owners a reality check. Maybe then they'll finally realise it isn't working.

    I actually want Conference League. That will teach them more than no Europe at all imo. Conference League was a burden no top club wants to experience, especially the ownership. They'd likely rather have no Europe at all.

    • The burden of traveling to distant lands every week, some of which will have zero broadcasting

    • The fact the club will have to adhere to UEFA guidelines of wages related to Conference League standards

    • The headache of knowing that the total revenue of winning the entire thing is the same amount of what a club would earn by simply qualifying for the Champions League.

    7 minutes ago, Sconnie Blue said:

    I actually want Conference League. That will teach them more than no Europe at all imo. Conference League was a burden no top club wants to experience, especially the ownership. They'd likely rather have no Europe at all.

    • The burden of traveling to distant lands every week, some of which will have zero broadcasting

    • The fact the club will have to adhere to UEFA guidelines of wages related to Conference League standards

    • The headache of knowing that the total revenue of winning the entire thing is the same amount of what a club would earn by simply qualifying for the Champions League.

    Even better if we qualify then fail to win it LOL

    3 hours ago, C3blue said:

    I’ve kind of been on this page for a while, for real change it might be best if the wheels come completely off for the rest of this season.

    Then match day comes round, or I think if we beat port vale get a good draw we can beat anybody in the final.

    It’s the f**king hope and love for the club that gets you.

    I don’t want CL or the FA cup if it papers over the cracks.

    We need real change. New SD and proper manager who work together.

    Beautifully summed up.

    Have lost count of the CFC supporters who have said something along the lines of "I have never felt so detached from the club I've supported all my life", myself included.

    Got to the stage where you don't want to care, but you can't help yourself - it's in your blood FFS. Last season under Maresca, I hated it - then towards the end we picked up, and then won the CWC blowing away PSG and you think "hold on, maybe they ARE onto something................"

    But no. We then make pointless signings like Garnacho just to add to previous crap and pointless signings, don't address the areas that really needed addressing and we look a million miles away again from being the club who challenged for major honours. It's not even that most of us crave success - we just want to see good football and our club run in a proper manner. Instead, I f**king hate it.

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