This is all well and good, and I agree with it, but the elephant in the room continues to be Stamford Bridge. IMO what they want to achieve in terms of revenue is not possible if we remain at The Bridge.
Thanks The Score. I have been waiting for ages for someone to publish an article that clearly states the problems that Chelsea have got today. Started back in 2017. You’re 100% right that we could not have continued in the same way, even if Roman was still our owner and that significant change was required. Some of that change was needed two or three years earlier than the new owners taking over. Let’s be clear, our owners are serious businessman and they know how to run the business side. Yes they’ve made mistakes but so did Roman and his Mary team. They just covered it up by losing money that he underwrote. That left a huge problem to be resolved, and it’s no surprise that that the likes are Marina left so quickly along with many others who had overseen the poor business management of the club. This is a 10 year project, it will take time, there will be bumps on the road, and yes it’s not good today, but there is some real talent in the club and with a right level of patience(not currently being seen from our supporting colleagues) things will turn around. Let’s not all forget, as I’ve said before, Manchester City and Liverpool did not win anything for four years after they were taken over and had new ownership and Liverpool made lots of mistakes in the early days.
This is why Crstal Palace are moaning - they've got billionaire owners but can't use the money because of the rules - which RA could ignore until the last couple of years.
Cant stop laughing at the statement that 'Victor Osimhen for £110m on 300k a week feels a little reckless anyway, but when you’re trying to be run sustainably, its’ simply absurd.'
When you are trying to run the club sustainably you dont chuck 1bn in over a year. You don't overspend / spend on poor / average players like Mudryk, Sanchez, Disasi, Noni. You don't pay 120m for a 40-50m midfielder that you got from Brighton. You don't pay 55m for a 19 year old midfielder after his first senior season in a relegated team. You dont sack 2 managers in one year and pay out huge compensations... one of them being the guy you paid a big fee to get from Brighton in the first place. You dont pay premium prices for kids like Santos or Washington who might not play for the club ever.
No one is saying run the club like Roman and its right to be sustainable... but they have done the opposite and screwed the club both on the sporting side and financial side by self creating FFP issues.
Great context, and important for both our online and match going fan base to understand that such a rebuild takes time and does not mean they should not be called out for some of the blinding mistakes they have made
This is all well and good, and I agree with it, but the elephant in the room continues to be Stamford Bridge. IMO what they want to achieve in terms of revenue is not possible if we remain at The Bridge.
Thanks The Score. I have been waiting for ages for someone to publish an article that clearly states the problems that Chelsea have got today. Started back in 2017. You’re 100% right that we could not have continued in the same way, even if Roman was still our owner and that significant change was required. Some of that change was needed two or three years earlier than the new owners taking over. Let’s be clear, our owners are serious businessman and they know how to run the business side. Yes they’ve made mistakes but so did Roman and his Mary team. They just covered it up by losing money that he underwrote. That left a huge problem to be resolved, and it’s no surprise that that the likes are Marina left so quickly along with many others who had overseen the poor business management of the club. This is a 10 year project, it will take time, there will be bumps on the road, and yes it’s not good today, but there is some real talent in the club and with a right level of patience(not currently being seen from our supporting colleagues) things will turn around. Let’s not all forget, as I’ve said before, Manchester City and Liverpool did not win anything for four years after they were taken over and had new ownership and Liverpool made lots of mistakes in the early days.
This is why Crstal Palace are moaning - they've got billionaire owners but can't use the money because of the rules - which RA could ignore until the last couple of years.
Cant stop laughing at the statement that 'Victor Osimhen for £110m on 300k a week feels a little reckless anyway, but when you’re trying to be run sustainably, its’ simply absurd.'
When you are trying to run the club sustainably you dont chuck 1bn in over a year. You don't overspend / spend on poor / average players like Mudryk, Sanchez, Disasi, Noni. You don't pay 120m for a 40-50m midfielder that you got from Brighton. You don't pay 55m for a 19 year old midfielder after his first senior season in a relegated team. You dont sack 2 managers in one year and pay out huge compensations... one of them being the guy you paid a big fee to get from Brighton in the first place. You dont pay premium prices for kids like Santos or Washington who might not play for the club ever.
No one is saying run the club like Roman and its right to be sustainable... but they have done the opposite and screwed the club both on the sporting side and financial side by self creating FFP issues.
Great context, and important for both our online and match going fan base to understand that such a rebuild takes time and does not mean they should not be called out for some of the blinding mistakes they have made