Chelsea Thread - 2023/24

[Inter Me Nan]

Have they released the drew with City dvd yet?

 

[freshie]

 

[Bluewonder]

FFP is going to nail them to the wall.

Chelsea are basically finished as an elite-level club, and could easily be the next Everton.

You'd imagine the private equity owners won't be too keen on continuing to fund losses, year on year, either.

 

[waspish]

FFP is going to nail them to the wall.

Chelsea are basically finished as an elite-level club, and could easily be the next Everton.

You'd imagine the private equity owners won't be too keen on continuing to fund losses, year on year, either.

They'll get a points deduction next season with the losses they've had! And to think Poch is asking for a couple of players in January!

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

People are saying that Reece James is playing a BRB role

Be right back?

 

[Crooked_rain]

Poch is an over rated manager, I really don't understand the hype around him. He made a fundamental error in dropping an in form striker for an injured Kane in thr CL final too. Did a good job with Southampton, bottled the title with Spurs.

It's true

Also I know Chelsea's recruitment has basically been let's just throw enough shit at the wall and see what sticks, but even so, I think there's enough decent players in that squad that a decent manager would be able to get a tune out of them, at least to the point of being somewhere up in the top half.

But maybe the players can share the blame too. They all seem to remember how to play when they play us, Liverpool etc. So they clearly are a capable team when they want to be.

 

[Ghostofmerlin]

I think that if Chelsea are patient, and let their manager and players have 2-3 years to develop and work together, they may be unstoppable. But this isn't how things work. So they should bring back Lukaku. And sign Oscar Bobb for £120 million…..

 

[halfcenturyup]

I think that if Chelsea are patient, and let their manager and players have 2-3 years to develop and work together, they may be unstoppable. But this isn't how things work. So they should bring back Lukaku. And sign Oscar Bobb for £120 million…..

Not sure they will get 2-3 years. They aren't getting income from Europe giving them FFP problems, they have admitted fixing the books and are looking at a points deduction and all the creative accounting around contracts aren't getting them out of trouble.

I would say they are fucked.

 

[ChicagoBlue]

Would hate to prejudge, but the loss of CL money for multiple seasons while spending big, even though they’ve shipped quite a few players, seems like it’ll make it almost impossible to meet FFP requirements.

In addition, seems like Abramovich has left the club with a shit sandwich, too.

I’d rather be us! ;-)

 

[jaiguruKun]

Would hate to prejudge, but the loss of CL money for multiple seasons while spending big, even though they’ve shipped quite a few players, seems like it’ll make it almost impossible to meet FFP requirements.

In addition, seems like Abramovich has left the club with a shit sandwich, too.

I’d rather be us! ;-)

Yep, based on the off the books payments they made between 2012-2019 they're in big trouble. Makes the Mancini stuff look small time in comparison. The sporting advantage they gained from their deceit is arguably much greater than ours is alleged to be when considering the amounts involved.