Chelsea Thread - 2021/22

[Blue Mist]

Look, I am only repeating what I heard, but the U.A E. are very worried about what has happened to Chelsea, they have ordered Mansour to sell by next weekend.
He has had 2 offers, both are English so a deal should go through. Mike Ashley is the first bidder, Gary Neville is the other.

Hell, this posting shite lark is dead easy, now I know why it's got to 244 pages.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Not really. A dictator is invading a neighbouring democratic country and and killing civilians.
Moral compass?

Sometimes you really don’t need to complicate things!

 

[Corky]

I see three have been told to fuck off with their "immediately" demand.

Band waggon jumpers doing it the day of the game.

 

[jollylescott]

My son just told me that Three have suspended their sponsorship. This seems like they will have difficulty paying their wage bills, unless funds were diverted beforehand in expectation of this happening. It's worth listening to the discussion on these issues by Stefan (@slbsn on twitter) from the 9320 pod.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

I see three have been told to fuck off with their "immediately" demand.

Band waggon jumpers doing it the day of the game.

Must take a while to source Chelsea shirts at the moment.

 

[mexico1970]

Must take a while to source Chelsea shirts at the moment.

Club shops are shut so it's no shock :)

 

[malg]

I'm having difficulty understanding your post. First of all I'm not clear what "cancel culture" is and therefore what its relevance to our club and country is. Then you make the dire consequences of "the spotlight falling on us and the Saudis at Newcastle" dependent on "what actually happens with Chelsea". HM government has sanctioned the Russian oligarch, Roman Abramovich and the freezing of his assets has important consequences for Chelsea. We don't know exactly what these consequences are yet, but you need to explain why on earth this should lead to a "spotlight on City. Or do you think the PL is leading the fight against "dirty Russian money" in London? And that City's money is dirty and that this is a crusade against "oil money" in general?

You're definitely lying in saying you don't know what cancel culture is.

Not bothered about the rest of your post, but there's no way you've not heard of cancel culture.

 

[waspish]

Whose paying the Chelsea players wages next month?

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Club shops are shut so it's no shock :)

They’ll have to get Mike Ashley on the blower.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Chelsea ended up with 3 tonight.

Last time in a while though.

 

[ysmsa]

Loserpool every time we play them.
Where's your European cups !!!!!

And they have to lower a finger when waving with 1 hand to signify 5 cup wins!

 

[StillBluessinceHydeRoad]

You're definitely lying in saying you don't know what cancel culture is.

Not bothered about the rest of your post, but there's no way you've not heard of cancel culture.

I'm not lying"" at all when I say I don't see its relevance to the UK or City. Maybe you can explain instead of throwing accusations around.

 

[Impeccable One]

Surely if the Government is to do this properly, they must go back over the whole period of his ownership and strip them of all the titles they won, awarding them to the team they beat !

 

[jimharri]

Surely if the Government is to do this properly, they must go back over the whole period of his ownership and strip them of all the titles they won, awarding them to the team they beat !

Any particular one?


;-)

 

[Henri Regnault]

Tell you what, the bots are strong in this one.
'Could effect City'
'Our owners (!!) need to be careful'
'If Mansour bombed Buckingham Palace'

OK I made the last one up but who lets these sad sack of shite robots post on here ?

There are parallels in the ownership models of Chelsea and City, there's no reason for us to be so sensitive about that.

 

[lonestay]

Unfortunately someone is going to end up owning Chelski at a knockdown price soon , and I bet they are American . I don't understand how they can actually be allowed to continue playing football, they are a major asset of RA and should have to face the full consiquences of his actions .
If this was a factory he owned, it would not be allowed to operate in any capacity , Chelsea FC are no different to that factory .

 

[rickmcfc]

There are parallels in the ownership models of Chelsea and City, there's no reason for us to be so sensitive about that.

What fucking parallels? One is owned by a Russian who is a close associate of a war hungry wankstain, the other is owned by a successfully businessman and member of the Abu Dhabi Royal family. Hardly comparable

 

[schfc6]

There are parallels in the ownership models of Chelsea and City, there's no reason for us to be so sensitive about that.

The “parallels” stop at foreign ownership.

 

[Henri Regnault]

What fucking parallels? One is owned by a Russian who is a close associate of a war hungry wankstain, the other is owned by a successfully businessman and member of the Abu Dhabi Royal family. Hardly comparable

Normally don't like responding to rage posts, I'll lead off by saying I agree with you personally that Mansour strikes me as a lot less sketchy than RA.

However, the parallels are that both clubs are owned by successful businessmen whose wealth originated from their home country - one is an oligarch and one is a royal. Both of these owners are still perceived as significantly involved in the governance of these countries, Mansour is in the royal family of a functioning monarchy, for example. From there, it's pretty straightforward that if the foreign affairs of one's home country can lead to sanctions that ruin a football club's ability to operate, the same could happen to the other owner/football club.

As has been mentioned elsewhere in the thread, this seems unlikely to be an issue with the UAE, and that's something we should be thankful for.

 

[ysmsa]

You're definitely lying in saying you don't know what cancel culture is.

Not bothered about the rest of your post, but there's no way you've not heard of cancel culture.

They certainly haven't heard of it in liverpool!