Chelsea

[magicrat]

I fully expect the Tories will make the taxpayer pay the cost of keeping Chelsea in silverware.

[Barrington Womble]

5 minutes ago, magicrat said:

I fully expect the Tories will make the taxpayer pay the cost of keeping Chelsea in silverware.

Nah, they'll just reduce the NHS payrise. 

[halewood pete]

[A_S]

Would them missing CL money affect them much?

[Daisy]

Michael Gove and half the tory party are Chelsea fans. Theyll be fine 

[Jarvinja Ilnow]

5 minutes ago, Daisy said:

Michael Gove and half the tory party are Chelsea fans. Theyll be fine 

Ha, as if there was ever needed another reason to hate Gove.

[Bruce Spanner]

15 minutes ago, Daisy said:

Michael Gove and half the tory party are Chelsea fans. Theyll be fine 

They might be when they’re talking to voters or on breakfast telly, but loyalty ain’t something that is even adjacent to these fuckers.

[Bruce Spanner]

Fuck off Chelsea FC, you’re now in insolvency, no European cups, no Premier Leagues, they’ve all been taken by HMR&C.

[KMD7]

[Barrington Womble]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/mar/10/football-ignored-the-truth-about-roman-abramovichs-oligarch-money-for-too-long?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

 

 

[gkmacca]

1 hour ago, Daisy said:

Michael Gove and half the tory party are Chelsea fans. Theyll be fine 

None of them have the slightest interest in football. The idea they'd give a toss is extraordinary.

[The Midnight Rambler]

There’s still a nagging feeling that they might come out of this ok, or even worse as strong as before. 

[dockers_strike]

25 minutes ago, The Midnight Rambler said:

There’s still a nagging feeling that they might come out of this ok, or even worse as strong as before. 

Personally, I dont think any new owner, whoever that may be, is going to be as altruistic towards the club as Abramovich has been.

[John102]

I've not really noticed it before but for someone who is a successful businessman and billionaire, all of the pictures of Abromovich show him in a permanent state of annoyance or complete befuddlement

[Bad Red Bull]

20 years of ill gotten wealth showered on those cunts and they still are dependent on around 85 million from RA's pockets every year? They deserve to go bust... Should have been self sustainable by now.

[Numero Veinticinco]

Player exodus?

[polymerpunkah]

With Newcastle as the promised land for the sons of Abramovich (to beat the metaphor past the point of all recognition)?

 

 

[Clem H Fandango]

3 hours ago, Numero Veinticinco said:

Player exodus?

Agents were working hard yesterday I reckon.

Thing is, post pandemic, can other clubs match the chelshit players current wages?

I hope they sit tight whilst on their current contracts and bleed the club dry until they go into administration and then fuck off.

[Wezza]

[DaveT]

8 hours ago, KMD7 said:

Just heard a recording of Chelsea fans singing Abramovic‘s name at last nights game. They truly deserve every misfortune that will hopefully br coming their way.

[Pete]

I know it's the Mail but the headline is just sooooo delicious...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10599949/Chelsea-NOT-finish-season-following-sanctioning-owner-Roman-Abramovich.html

[Scott_M]

10 hours ago, A_S said:

Would them missing CL money affect them much?

Good point. Both in terms of prize money from this season and qualification money next season.

 

This is what sides earn in the CL. I assume they’ll have already received what the got in the group stages, but anything further surely can’t be paid to them?

 

 

Add to this the lack of player sales, merchandise sales, ticket sales, losing sponsors and the fact they already make big financial losses each year, if this goes on into the summer, it could get very ugly, very quickly.

 

And I for one, would be delighted.

 

Ideally we need a Swiss Ramble thread on this to break it all down. 

[VladimirIlyich]

17 hours ago, Anubis said:

Feel sorry for the staff who work in the store as I'd be surprised if they are not getting made redundant.

This is the crux for me. They should be allowed to sell things but only to pay their non playing staff until the end of the season. Or get a loan to pay the staff a month or two's wages to bridge them until they can get other work. Hastily imposed sanctions very rarely hit the right people.

[Jack the Sipper]

9 hours ago, gkmacca said:

None of them have the slightest interest in football. The idea they'd give a toss is extraordinary.

TBF, Cameron was a big fan of The West Ham Villas.

[cloggypop]

2 hours ago, Clem H Fandango said:

Agents were working hard yesterday I reckon.

Thing is, post pandemic, can other clubs match the chelshit players current wages?

I hope they sit tight whilst on their current contracts and bleed the club dry until they go into administration and then fuck off.

They should hire Winston Bogarde as a union rep