Danny no article is long when its as well written and presented as your is and I find it hard to disagree on your points of view, so I won’t even try. Excellent. Now Si over to you to make sure its gets in front of the right person😁
Great article there Danny and I can’t help but agree with it. I was doing a lot of personal soul searching relating to Chelsea and I came up with this a few days back and tbh I got a lot of clarity and closure.
I started supporting the club in 2006 following the footsteps of my father who started supporting the club back in 2003 and I hope my 6 month old son will follow mine too. I’ve seen Chelsea win it all and although I’ve been to the Bridge back in 2011 I was never fortunate enough to watch a match until now. My dad however was fortunate as he watched us beat Lille in February 22. Hopefully me and my son will be fortunate enough to watch Chelsea when we travel to the UK this winter.
I’ve seen the club win it all and I consider myself very fortunate in life. All things do come to an end and I believe that life is a circle and you cannot be at the top forever. We need to go through this time of rebuild and whether we like it or not, this ownership is all we got for the next 8 years.
I do not know whether we will decline even more or be successful in the next few years, honest to god I have no clue about whether we win today due to how up and down everything is. All I know is the club will be here when I grow old and maybe we enjoy the success we enjoyed then idk. All I hope is that my son is fortunate enough to watch Chelsea win titles.
Eventhough I have my criticisms and issues, all I can do is support the players and the club during this tough time and not be an absolute asshole by abusing the people involved at the club, the players, the coach like many others online. Chelsea I truly believe will be back someday. Whether it’s next year or 20 years from now, we’ll never know. UTC 💙 Apologies for the long comment, I really enjoyed reading your article.
It’s pointless fearing the unknown and predicting the future mate. I enjoy watching Chelsea and I plan to enjoy it even more without social media tbh for the foreseeable future regardless of result. We have a good opportunity to win a trophy in a couple of weeks and I hope we take it with both hands.
Danny, great article, and completely aligned to my views (also supporter and season ticket holder of similar length, if that matters).
Can’t fault the ambition of these owners, even though they have made mistakes. The stadium issue needs to be sorted and I think Earls Court (sadly, in a way) is likely to be best option if feasible.
On the pitch, they’ve made a lot of mistakes but also bought some good players who will come good. I don’t think we can have both Madueke and Mudryk, both development players, in the squad at the same time. Carney needs to play once fit as he looks like a proper player.
I want Poch to do well and I am not Poch out, but also I don’t think he’s doing a good job at the moment for the reasons you mention. I agree that this squad seems built for de Zerbi. We will probably need to take stock at the end of the season.
Brilliant article Danny! I could not find one thing I disagreed with and, as my family will tell you, I am an argumentative sod on a good day ...... and a curmudgeonly sod the rest of the time!
Hi Danny I liked your article because more often than not it struck a cord.
I did read somewhere that Enzo played in the World Cup for Argentina in the forward position and that was regarded as his best position, I’m not sure that’s correct but it’s come up several times.
Where the recruitment dept have fallen down is in 3 areas most of all given the injuries they have failed to provide backups or even starters in those positions.
Left back,
Right back
Striker
Our defense is overloaded with Center Backs of which we have 6 although Fofana is long term injured and Chalobah seems intent on being injured to avoid playing. Disasi looks a lot better as a right back tbh but people would complain if Gusto then played left back even if it meant Colwill & Silva started in the middle.
Finally Striker whilst I rate Jackson it’s clear we needed a striker back up or starter and overpaying in the summer for an “elite” striker will just add to the problem imho.
I tend to be more patient than most having supported Chelsea for 54 years but haven’t got to the ground to watch a match as often as I like.
I still have faith as we are going through a transition and you mention Ange the Tottenham as being a better manager I still remember our game earlier in the season where after the sending off’s he basically lined them up 8.0.0.1 and I don’t believe he would last a week at Chelsea.
As an Argentina (though I’m from India) from 1990 I watched most of the games of Argentina in last World Cup. We can’t compare that midfield to ours at all !!! Alexis, de Paul , Enzo trio gelled really well. And Enzo was their DLP but not as DM. Whenever he advanced with the ball, the other two covered his space really well which our team can’t do at the moment.
Great feedback Andy to a thought provoking article from Danny. Whilst I don’t agree with all of it I understand the sentiment.
I would be against another Brighton manager. I think he will fail in his next job. Signs are there this season. Overpaying ignores there are two sides in a negotiation and we all wanted (or so it seemed) the three players mentioned.
Personally I think the jury is out and time and patience is required.
This from a supporter of 50+ years and a season ticket holder for 40+ years.
Some great points here but sorry to say the issues start with the ownership. They are the single biggest reason we are in this mess. They never went for any top footballing operator be it the CEO or the football director. Roman went for Kenyon. They went for an ex City CEO who was never as good. Owners set the tone at the top. They set the culture. The winning culture came with Roman. There is no such thing now. Chelsea have had people like Matthew Harding, Bates & Roman who deeply cared about the club. Now we have private equity vultures who want to keep the Opex down. While there should always be a salary structure & incentives but top players demand good wages. Will the sell Enzo, Caicedo & James once they get even better & ask higher wages?
Another thing is people like Eghbali who I liken to our own version of Moshiri loves to poke his nose everywhere. The guy loves spotlight football brings hence you see him making transfer decision like going for Mudryk to get one over Arsenal and Lavia after his ego got bruised by Liverpool bidding for Caicedo. I think it’s a big reason why no top manager or SD will work for him.
Unless they learn from their mistakes & fix up we will never be a top club again irrespective of the coach, players or tactics.
I hear ya Danny but it's such a shame that TT did whatever he did because I thought we had our next big thing on our hands there and that consistency and stability would come back to our club.I was surprised that Potter replaced him though as I never thought the guy would hack it at our place. What I can't understand is that according to most reports, including Si and the likes of Rob and others with connections to our club on here, is they all say pochettino is respected and liked by the players! If that's the case why don't they put a shift in for him out on the pitch?
Very well written Danny and I think as a fan of more than 50 years I can appreciate your concerns. My first match at the bridge was in 1980 and then Ken Bates took us on a wonderful journey after that he sold to Roman and you know the rest. I am worried by the current owners lack of direction, I mean who sacks TT who won us the Champions League and the club World Cup and replaces him with Graham average Potter ffs? The same people then employed Frank Lampard who won one game in 11? And who exactly is buying the players? Did any of those various managers fancy them or were they just thrust upon them? Like you I didn't want Poch as manager as I think all his previous sides had a soft underbelly and bottled it in big matches like the League Cup final against us the Champions League final and the run in to the league that they eventually lost to Leicester! Don't know quite where we go from here or even if a new manager would make a great difference with the current shambles at the club
TT went for not football reasons sadly, if people knew why they would agree! The mad thing is we were better under potter and would have done better than poch has done this year! Potter was dealt a bad hand last year. The problem is if poch goes (he defo should) who do we get and do we trust them to get it right fuck no!
Danny no article is long when its as well written and presented as your is and I find it hard to disagree on your points of view, so I won’t even try. Excellent. Now Si over to you to make sure its gets in front of the right person😁
It definitely has been!
Absolutely spot on.... As for sporting director.. My vote goes to Frank Lampard
Very good article. Identical to my view on many issues.
Kudos Danny 💙💙 Brilliant and can’t agree more. Well done to you and Si 🙌🙌🙌
Wow what a brilliant article spot on in every part let’s hope someone that makes the decisions sees it . Thanks so much for sharing it .
Great article there Danny and I can’t help but agree with it. I was doing a lot of personal soul searching relating to Chelsea and I came up with this a few days back and tbh I got a lot of clarity and closure.
I started supporting the club in 2006 following the footsteps of my father who started supporting the club back in 2003 and I hope my 6 month old son will follow mine too. I’ve seen Chelsea win it all and although I’ve been to the Bridge back in 2011 I was never fortunate enough to watch a match until now. My dad however was fortunate as he watched us beat Lille in February 22. Hopefully me and my son will be fortunate enough to watch Chelsea when we travel to the UK this winter.
I’ve seen the club win it all and I consider myself very fortunate in life. All things do come to an end and I believe that life is a circle and you cannot be at the top forever. We need to go through this time of rebuild and whether we like it or not, this ownership is all we got for the next 8 years.
I do not know whether we will decline even more or be successful in the next few years, honest to god I have no clue about whether we win today due to how up and down everything is. All I know is the club will be here when I grow old and maybe we enjoy the success we enjoyed then idk. All I hope is that my son is fortunate enough to watch Chelsea win titles.
Eventhough I have my criticisms and issues, all I can do is support the players and the club during this tough time and not be an absolute asshole by abusing the people involved at the club, the players, the coach like many others online. Chelsea I truly believe will be back someday. Whether it’s next year or 20 years from now, we’ll never know. UTC 💙 Apologies for the long comment, I really enjoyed reading your article.
Great attitude and outlook Vivek - Proper Chels!
It’s pointless fearing the unknown and predicting the future mate. I enjoy watching Chelsea and I plan to enjoy it even more without social media tbh for the foreseeable future regardless of result. We have a good opportunity to win a trophy in a couple of weeks and I hope we take it with both hands.
Great article and I think you were spot on with everything you said
Great read ,agree eith everything you say .
Totally agree with everything written here. And I really don’t like saying it but I’ve totally lost confidence with Poch 😔
Danny, great article, and completely aligned to my views (also supporter and season ticket holder of similar length, if that matters).
Can’t fault the ambition of these owners, even though they have made mistakes. The stadium issue needs to be sorted and I think Earls Court (sadly, in a way) is likely to be best option if feasible.
On the pitch, they’ve made a lot of mistakes but also bought some good players who will come good. I don’t think we can have both Madueke and Mudryk, both development players, in the squad at the same time. Carney needs to play once fit as he looks like a proper player.
I want Poch to do well and I am not Poch out, but also I don’t think he’s doing a good job at the moment for the reasons you mention. I agree that this squad seems built for de Zerbi. We will probably need to take stock at the end of the season.
Thanks for the article and UTC
Great article to read
Brilliant article Danny! I could not find one thing I disagreed with and, as my family will tell you, I am an argumentative sod on a good day ...... and a curmudgeonly sod the rest of the time!
Hi Danny I liked your article because more often than not it struck a cord.
I did read somewhere that Enzo played in the World Cup for Argentina in the forward position and that was regarded as his best position, I’m not sure that’s correct but it’s come up several times.
Where the recruitment dept have fallen down is in 3 areas most of all given the injuries they have failed to provide backups or even starters in those positions.
Left back,
Right back
Striker
Our defense is overloaded with Center Backs of which we have 6 although Fofana is long term injured and Chalobah seems intent on being injured to avoid playing. Disasi looks a lot better as a right back tbh but people would complain if Gusto then played left back even if it meant Colwill & Silva started in the middle.
Finally Striker whilst I rate Jackson it’s clear we needed a striker back up or starter and overpaying in the summer for an “elite” striker will just add to the problem imho.
I tend to be more patient than most having supported Chelsea for 54 years but haven’t got to the ground to watch a match as often as I like.
I still have faith as we are going through a transition and you mention Ange the Tottenham as being a better manager I still remember our game earlier in the season where after the sending off’s he basically lined them up 8.0.0.1 and I don’t believe he would last a week at Chelsea.
As an Argentina (though I’m from India) from 1990 I watched most of the games of Argentina in last World Cup. We can’t compare that midfield to ours at all !!! Alexis, de Paul , Enzo trio gelled really well. And Enzo was their DLP but not as DM. Whenever he advanced with the ball, the other two covered his space really well which our team can’t do at the moment.
Aneesh important insight thank you
Great feedback Andy to a thought provoking article from Danny. Whilst I don’t agree with all of it I understand the sentiment.
I would be against another Brighton manager. I think he will fail in his next job. Signs are there this season. Overpaying ignores there are two sides in a negotiation and we all wanted (or so it seemed) the three players mentioned.
Personally I think the jury is out and time and patience is required.
This from a supporter of 50+ years and a season ticket holder for 40+ years.
Craige I’m trying to cut down the length of my replies but you’ve picked the points I left out because I didn’t want to swamp people.
Danny spoke from the heart and as I said in my comment much of it touched a cord.
Some great points here but sorry to say the issues start with the ownership. They are the single biggest reason we are in this mess. They never went for any top footballing operator be it the CEO or the football director. Roman went for Kenyon. They went for an ex City CEO who was never as good. Owners set the tone at the top. They set the culture. The winning culture came with Roman. There is no such thing now. Chelsea have had people like Matthew Harding, Bates & Roman who deeply cared about the club. Now we have private equity vultures who want to keep the Opex down. While there should always be a salary structure & incentives but top players demand good wages. Will the sell Enzo, Caicedo & James once they get even better & ask higher wages?
Another thing is people like Eghbali who I liken to our own version of Moshiri loves to poke his nose everywhere. The guy loves spotlight football brings hence you see him making transfer decision like going for Mudryk to get one over Arsenal and Lavia after his ego got bruised by Liverpool bidding for Caicedo. I think it’s a big reason why no top manager or SD will work for him.
Unless they learn from their mistakes & fix up we will never be a top club again irrespective of the coach, players or tactics.
I hear ya Danny but it's such a shame that TT did whatever he did because I thought we had our next big thing on our hands there and that consistency and stability would come back to our club.I was surprised that Potter replaced him though as I never thought the guy would hack it at our place. What I can't understand is that according to most reports, including Si and the likes of Rob and others with connections to our club on here, is they all say pochettino is respected and liked by the players! If that's the case why don't they put a shift in for him out on the pitch?
IMO it’s because that is what the club are letting out and trying to show not what is actually happening
Very well written Danny and I think as a fan of more than 50 years I can appreciate your concerns. My first match at the bridge was in 1980 and then Ken Bates took us on a wonderful journey after that he sold to Roman and you know the rest. I am worried by the current owners lack of direction, I mean who sacks TT who won us the Champions League and the club World Cup and replaces him with Graham average Potter ffs? The same people then employed Frank Lampard who won one game in 11? And who exactly is buying the players? Did any of those various managers fancy them or were they just thrust upon them? Like you I didn't want Poch as manager as I think all his previous sides had a soft underbelly and bottled it in big matches like the League Cup final against us the Champions League final and the run in to the league that they eventually lost to Leicester! Don't know quite where we go from here or even if a new manager would make a great difference with the current shambles at the club
TT went for not football reasons sadly, if people knew why they would agree! The mad thing is we were better under potter and would have done better than poch has done this year! Potter was dealt a bad hand last year. The problem is if poch goes (he defo should) who do we get and do we trust them to get it right fuck no!