Let's All Laugh At... Let's all laugh at Chelsea thread

[Nebby]

So pleased to see them struggle like United. Just need Liverpool to come unstuck

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

Rose tinted spectacles over Mourinho although maybe it is that type of manager or coach that suit them. I heard one Chelsea fan caller on TalkSport say that they are not a project team, they need players that are ready now. Sad but true. They have never been a project team.

That was fine when they had an owner that was an oligarch. Now they are just a rich PL club that needs to make money like everyone else (minus Man City) and they've gambled massively on players value over the next decade. Their fans need a heavy dose of realism.

I'm not sure Poch is the right guy for them though, they've got that feel of ManU after SAF left, they are lost with no captain to steer the ship. Long may it continue.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

So pleased to see them struggle like United. Just need Liverpool and Arsenal to come unstuck

Fixed that for you

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

They sold/let go all their experience and character. There’s no manager that could be succeeding there right NOW, commensurate with expectation. They are nothing more than a flashy looking TransferMrkt list of players

 

[Frozen_Waffles]

I think one of the problems Poch has is at Spurs he had the likes of Lloris, Jan, Toby, players with experience who could help the younger members of the squad. With the exception of Thiago no one in the current Chelsea squad leaps out to me as a leader.

Thiago is the one, their best player an absoloute leader and Poch refuses to give him the captaincy.

One of two reasons for that..

1. He's Brazillian

2. He's worried that Thiago would have too much power if he gave him the captaincy. (Insecurity)

Chelsea next season without Thiago will be a mess. Well more of a mess at any rate

 

[Tucker]

In the summer there were people in here saying Chris Farley’s Chelsea’s spending was ambitious. I said at the time that it wasn’t and that it was merely market speculation. They are buying young players and hoping they’ll be able to sell them on for bigger money in a few years.

All that money for this? They’re just a random collection of players many of whom they paid well over the odds for. They’re going to have a lot of expensive millstones around their neck for many years to come.

Poch was a moron for going there, it’s trashed what’s left of his reputation after the high profile failure at PSG. He’s proved he can’t hack it at the two big clubs now and he won’t be getting another chance at a serious club any time soon.

 

[newbie]

Interesting wording:

"Crucially, it means Chelsea have had the advantage of putting these players on long contracts..."

Their current problems stem in part from having so many underperforming players on long contracts. I don't see that as an advantage at all.

surely not back dating it means they are still screwed as they kicked the can down the road, and now it’s 5 years, its still going to be a problem.

also lots of there players values dropped, there on high wages, long contract, ot to mention they paid 150% of the value at the time, and they can’t play 2/3 of the squad as they have so many players. There academy, is no longer amazing.

ofc they will prob sell loads of players to the Saudi leagu.

I hope there short term gamble, plus ffp come back to haunt them.

if they are not docked points on top it will be criminal.

 

[dontcallme]

In the summer there were people in here saying Chris Farley’s Chelsea’s spending was ambitious. I said at the time that it wasn’t and that it was merely market speculation. They are buying young players and hoping they’ll be able to sell them on for bigger money in a few years.

All that money for this? They’re just a random collection of players many of whom they paid well over the odds for. They’re going to have a lot of expensive millstones around their neck for many years to come.

Poch was a moron for going there, it’s trashed what’s left of his reputation after the high profile failure at PSG. He’s proved he can’t hack it at the two big clubs now and he won’t be getting another chance at a serious club any time soon.

Yep. I remember Everton spending big on mostly young players. They sold very few at a profit and ended up stagnating.

As for Poch I maintain that his skilset is actually more suited to a smaller club. Get the players together, working hard and putting trust in them.

He understandably wants to try to achieve at the top, I just don't think he has the qualities to do so.

 

[Pochemon94]

And a lot of faith in the ownership still being around with enough resources to honour that further down the line!

it'll be fine, Bobby Bonilla is still getting paid by the Mets and they have changed ownerhsip like twice, he retired in the early 2000s to put things in perspective, he was the first player to broker a deal like this, instead of ownership owing him like 10 mil and pay him in lump sum to cut him, he took like 2 mil every year for like 25 years lmao.

 

[Metalhead]

That was fine when they had an owner that was an oligarch. Now they are just a rich PL club that needs to make money like everyone else (minus Man City) and they've gambled massively on players value over the next decade. Their fans need a heavy dose of realism.

I'm not sure Poch is the right guy for them though, they've got that feel of ManU after SAF left, they are lost with no captain to steer the ship. Long may it continue.

Poch would surely be a good shout for Palace when Roy goes. Brighton would be ideal but they will be hoping that they won't be looking for a new coach too soon.

 

[philll]

"Merry Christmas, you Tottenham lemon. Here's your P45"

 

[Misfit]

A brief history of Chelsea FC:

Irrelevant shite.... Roman Abramovich penis extension... Irrelevant shite.

The end.

 

[Trent Crimm]

All that hair dye has fcked his brain.

 

[newbie]

Poch would surely be a good shout for Palace when Roy goes. Brighton would be ideal but they will be hoping that they won't be looking for a new coach too soon.

I don’t think they would I do t think he would! When you manage at the top it must be hard to start again at the bottom end, no disrespect to Bournemouth. They are a great club run very well.

"Merry Christmas, you Tottenham lemon. Here's your P45"

He loves a rant

I always think his a bit of a Xxxx!

also Poch is only responsible for 18 of the games this year!

 

[allatsea]

Has he gone yet ?

 

[Bluto Blutarsky]

They are buying young players and hoping they’ll be able to sell them on for bigger money in a few years.

I don't think this is true.

First, they are already overpaying for many players - there are not many teams in the world that could afford to buy them at a profit.

Second, Boehly is in this to win. He may not be going about it the best way - but he is not trying to buy players to sell later. The long contracts allowed them to stay within FFP - that was really the only benefit - an accounting trick. By not back dating the new rule, Chelsea will be allowed to keep those old amortization schedules - and help them stay in FFP rules.

 

[Cochise]

They may not have been a project team but they are now. They've signed a lot of players for a few seasons time and not now.

 

[muppetman]

Only just seen the result, glorious stuff.

 

[only1waddle]

Some of the Chelsea You Tube channels are calling for Jose

I heard the words "a proper gaffer, not that hipster at Brighton, not Frank's, Kompany, a proper gaffer"..

 

[rossdapep]

Ha Jose. Hilarious.

Hope so and hope they got relegated with him.

How about that for the perfect storyline.

Seriously though. If this continues and they do get docked points, next season could be really really rough and like a Leeds scenario.

Lots of players unhappy but on high salaries and lacking character to change direction.

Leeds didnt go down cause they had poor players They went down cause their big players lost fight and desire and became easy pickings for any team who had fight.

Imagine the team talks going into those games "Lads, they don't believe in themselves and arent a team, let's get at them"

Easy