Thought I deleted the message.
Just really wound up, was an awful display but this lot can't be blamed for an 8 year wait.
Didn't Chelsea have a big influx of cash from the Millionaire Matthew Harding RIP. I believe the were able to buy Zola, Vialli and several other very good players. That might explain those league position.history says different mate:
1997 Premier League 6th (59 points from 38 games)
1998 Premier League 4th (63 points from 38 games)
1999 Premier League 3rd (75 points from 38 games)
and FA Cup wins in 96/97 & 99/00 if memory serves
it gives me no pleasure to highlight this, but it's not just oil money is it?
A cash injection that put their squad on massive wages they didn't have anywhere near the revenue to sustain, and which would've resulted in them doing a Leeds or even going bust and having to restart in the 8th tier had Abramovich not come in and saved their arses.Didn't Chelsea have a big influx of cash from the Millionaire Matthew Harding RIP. I believe the were able to buy Zola, Vialli and several other very good players. That might explain those league position.
Didn't Chelsea have a big influx of cash from the Millionaire Matthew Harding RIP. I believe the were able to buy Zola, Vialli and several other very good players. That might explain those league position.
Not just Chelsea fans, people in this thread clearly don't either.A cash injection that put their squad on massive wages they didn't have anywhere near the revenue to sustain, and which would've resulted in them doing a Leeds or even going bust and having to restart in the 8th tier had Abramovich not come in and saved their arses.
Far too many Chelsea fans have no idea how dire things were financially the year before the Russian came in.
Oc course they can. Jenas isn't playing, so it is their fault, stealing his place, and subsequently Jenas' fault too.Thought I deleted the message.
Just really wound up, was an awful display but this lot can't be blamed for an 8 year wait.
GREAT OP. This is what I thought after the Dortmund game. If we win the league then great but otherwise I'm pretty upset with the team selections in FA CUP & EUROPA LEAGUE as like OP says who will remember that we've finished 4th etc AND even if we do we will never win the CL as we and many others are just miles away from Barca,Real,Bayern,Athletico,Dortmund etc.
Porch is doing an unbelievable job but we need to bloody start winning things again, the game is about glory not coming 4th.
If we beat villa and b-mouth we may be well in the title race that is imperative we get back on track now. COYS
Don't do it to yourself.We have now gone 9 years without a piece of silverware, that's our longest wait since the 1950s, which was ended by the double....
We have now gone 9 years without a piece of silverware, that's our longest wait since the 1950s, which was ended by the double....