Topic: Chelsea FC - Sponsored by “The Liquidator"

[MonsLibpool]

Chelsea fan on 5live: "Roman Abramovich was a humanitarian... unfairly forced out of the club...best owner the league has ever seen..."

Totally unchallenged by the presenters, of course. The fucking state of journalism/punditry in this country.

I chuckled when I heard that

[MonsLibpool]

Not to mention their big money signings in prior seasons of Ziyech, Pulisic, Lukaku have all been bad for them.
There is an argument for Havertz and Jorginho too. In fact, i think only Kovacic did well for them in recent seasons and he's been injured a lot.

They've always spent a lot on shite. The difference is that they had unlimited funds.

[The North Bank]

They should never have sacked mad Tommy , I feel they only did so because “Roman would’ve sacked him by now” they wanted to be ruthless. They look by some distance the worst of the top 6, now 7 with Newcastle. I think potter will finish below Brighton too, funny that.

[Nitramdorf]

Am so happy to see these cheats, hopefully going back to being the real Chelsea. Always seemed that no matter how abhorrent they acted they always came up smelling of roses.

Seemed like they bought a player every day in the summer, then I look at their team sheet and have no idea who those players were.

The fact these fuckers have two European cups is an abomination.

[Fromola]

They should never have sacked mad Tommy , I feel they only did so because “Roman would’ve sacked him by now” they wanted to be ruthless. They look by some distance the worst of the top 6, now 7 with Newcastle. I think potter will finish below Brighton too, funny that.

Break comes at the right time for him at least, he'd have struggled to see out the year the way they were going.

Problem with Tuchel is he's toxic and not someone to stick around long term. He's a top manager though.

All the money they've spent and it's like the transfer ban season when they were throwing a load of young players in. The likes of Gallagher, Loftus Cheek, Hall, Broja, Chalobah all starting for them.

[classycarra]

I had this pop up on my twitter as 'you may be interested' (not sure why, I don't tend to follow football accounts). Someone (seemingly a chelsea fan) alleges that Havertz has only created four big chances in his entire time in the PL (and only two of them were intentional)

They've put together this video of them:
https://twitter.com/84w3FC/status/1603464735395090434

I had to look it up, and it is a genuine stat after 69 appearances. Pretty astounding:
https://www.premierleague.com/players/20810/Kai-Havertz/stats

He's got six assists though, makes me wonder if two of them were deflections or goalie spilling it or something, cos surely most assists are big chances. Or maybe an innocuous three yard pass before a guy dribbles past 6 players.

Either way, odd stats for their 'link man' up front

[Lycan]

They've signed Nkunku.

https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1604070635361157120

[ScouserAtHeart]

How much have they spent under the new owners now?

Good thing they don't have a good manager

[Lycan]

I don't know. Seems an absolute fortune already though. One thing it definitely shows though is FFP is toast.

[clinical]

How will they pass FFP?

[SamLad]

How will they pass FFP?

**snort**

[Lycan]

How will they pass FFP?

It's clear it doesn't exist anymore.

[cdav]

How will they pass FFP?

Its going to be a record loss isn't it. Still don't know how they can write off their £1bn debt to Abramovic without seemingly any sort of issue

[clinical]

Its going to be a record loss isn't it. Still don't know how they can write off their £1bn debt to Abramovic without seemingly any sort of issue

We'll hear it was that or they didn't exist anymore. They were making huge losses without another £300m.spend.

[Red-Soldier]

How will they pass FFP?

They are clearly concerned.

[newterp]

It's pretty wild too that no one in the media is mentioning their spending.

[TepidT2O]

I don’t think he’s that good….

[Gerry Attrick]

Apropos of nothing but the way Graeme Potter constructs sentences is very strange. He speaks English as if it’s not his native language. I can’t exactly describe what I mean but he puts words in a strange order and uses short phrases that somebody who isn’t accustomed to English would use.

[Chris~]

Apropos of nothing but the way Graeme Potter constructs sentences is very strange. He speaks English as if it’s not his native language. I can’t exactly describe what I mean but he puts words in a strange order and uses short phrases that somebody who isn’t accustomed to English would use.

Had to check this and it's like Moyes at Sociedad

[ScouserAtHeart]

Apropos of nothing but the way Graeme Potter constructs sentences is very strange. He speaks English as if it’s not his native language. I can’t exactly describe what I mean but he puts words in a strange order and uses short phrases that somebody who isn’t accustomed to English would use.

Maybe Potter is just Abramovich in disguise

[Suareznumber7]

They should never have sacked mad Tommy , I feel they only did so because “Roman would’ve sacked him by now” they wanted to be ruthless. They look by some distance the worst of the top 6, now 7 with Newcastle. I think potter will finish below Brighton too, funny that.

Late to this but didn't they sack him because Boehly wanted a manager who he could control and Tuchel was never going to be that man?

[SamLad]

Late to this but didn't they sack him because Boehly wanted a manager who he could control and Tuchel was never going to be that man?

Tuchel always seems to me like a huge arse-licker. 

[Suareznumber7]

Tuchel always seems to me like a huge arse-licker.

he's been known to be a major pain in the ass at the other club's he's managed.  It's why he's been sacked so quickly even though, by all accounts, being an incredibly talented coach. 

[a little break]

I see they're still spending/bidding like the war in Ukraine never happened.

[Lycan]

I see they're still spending/bidding like the war in Ukraine never happened.

Who are they bidding for this time?

[a little break]

Who are they bidding for this time?

Signed David Datro Fofana from Molde (hotly tipped young player), young Brazilian player Andrey Santos, Nkunku for huge money from Leipzig and rumoured to have big 35 million for Felix from Atletico Madrid today too.

[Lycan]

Signed David Datro Fofana from Molde (hotly tipped young player), young Brazilian player Andrey Santos, Nkunku for huge money from Leipzig and rumoured to have big 35 million for Felix from Atletico Madrid today too.

Doesn't seem to be much planning going on there. Just seems like they're just spending for spending's sake. I mean, how many attacking midfielders do they need?

[WhereAngelsPlay]

No way they'll get Felix for 35m

[Samie]

This Boehly fella is blowing his load early. They will have to pay back the money this time. This isn't Abramovich 2.0.

[MonsLibpool]

No way they'll get Felix for 35m

I'm guessing it's the total package for his loan. He wants to play under another coach and Cholo might leave at the end of the season.

[Dim Glas]

I'm guessing it's the total package for his loan. He wants to play under another coach and Cholo might leave at the end of the season.

 

 

[Red-Soldier]

I'm guessing it's the total package for his loan. He wants to play under another coach and Cholo might leave at the end of the season.

What is that?  It's not English.

[rafathegaffa83]

What is that?  It's not English.

Simeone's nickname

[TepidT2O]

Sounds like James is out again…

He posted this..

[King Kenny 7]

Sounds like James is out again…

He posted this..

Its very unfortunate for the lad and they are a much better team with him on the pitch.

They are due to play us on Sat 21st Jan, pretty sure he'll be hoping to be back for that game.

[MonsLibpool]

They are mortgaging their future with their spending. How many of their signings have been successful anyway?

[Suareznumber7]

They are mortgaging their future with their spending. How many of their signings have been successful anyway?

Are they though?  Does anyone actually know how much money they have to spend?

[MonsLibpool]

Are they though?  Does anyone actually know how much money they have to spend?

It's certainly not sustainable for a club owned by an investment firm.

[Samie]

They're about to sign Enzo Fernandez for 127 million Euros. 

[Tobelius]

Boehly and his backers certainly looking to pour mind boggling amounts of money on anyone they can,as much as Abramovich when he started.