Fernando

Agreed men, what a travesty this whole thing. And we got fooled, but then again we had little choice because under the condition things happend. It was a force sell and the one doing the selling just went for the highest bidder.

I said the same thing like Enzo and Cucu, Maresca was doing a good job, he just need it to be back up but these guys don't care. Hence the whole situation and sadly the good players that we have are figuring that out. It's abandon ship from here on.

I wonder how much we will get for him? The problem selling him though is that we will not get a good replacement. One thing about the mid is we need creativity. I love Caicedo but we can't have more players like him.. It's good to have one for cover but we need creativity in the mid and who can that be for us? No one. Maybe Elliot? But I'm not sure if he is creative enough, more like a Caiceco players, we need creativity ala Fabregas to help us unlock team. Will this board do that? No they will get some 18 year old out there....

You guys remember when Chelsea fans save the day in the Super League? Yeah if they turn up again they can make a difference. What a massive moment:

Interesting at the end he said in the USA no teams are able to be own by private equity. Said the most is 30%. But in Europe is all open, and yes that's true that is the problem of being owned by private equity.

We all knew Terry had no smartness to him into how he said things. Brilliant diffender but not smart in expression. As opposed to Lampard, men I love that guy as a person and player. And I'm happy that he is doing good, I always thought he was better to be at our club as some kind of director. His first season with us showed how good of a vision he has for spotting talent. Much better then Winstanely and company. But sadly these owners don't think like that or see that info.

Obvious because Maresca was like Pep in the way they instructed how players to be position and some players thrive in this. Otheres don't like it. But once that went and you get a downgrade like Liam, who the board loved and gave 6 years then I'm sure the players now realize that the board have no clue what they are doing and want out. I don't blame them...however it's never cool to down tools as people often say.

Maybe that's why they will sell him now because he spoke agains them?

I would also add that is the way we are doing it. Because you have other multi-club teams, like city. But we just come and treated them as a b team which is not what is done elsewhere in the multi club model....or the perception of it that is.

By the way I asked AI about the Todd and Egg difference, and this is what I found: The relationship between Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital's Behdad Eghbali has been described by insiders as "irreconcilable," leading to a boardroom civil war where both sides have reportedly explored buying the other out. The friction stems from fundamental "cultural differences" in how they believe a multi-billion pound football club should be managed. Management Style: Delegation vs. Micromanagement Todd Boehly (Hands-Off): Based on his experience with the LA Dodgers, Boehly prefers a model of delegation. He wants to appoint a "CEO of Football" or high-level experts and let them work with complete autonomy. Behdad Eghbali (Hands-On): Eghbali prefers a highly active role, requiring sporting directors to report directly to him on a day-to-day basis. Boehly’s camp has reportedly accused Eghbali of "micromanaging" the sporting department Sporting Strategy: Proven Stars vs. "Pure" Youth Boehly's View: While he supports buying young talent, he believes in balancing the squad with experienced, proven elite players (like Raheem Sterling or even high-profile targets like Neymar) to provide immediate leadership. He also values stability and famously wanted to keep Mauricio Pochettino after his strong finish to the 2023–24 season. Eghbali's View: He is deeply committed to a strict data-driven, youth-only model with long-term contracts. He is seen as more "trigger-happy" with managers, believing they must fit perfectly into the pre-set data structure or be replaced. Infrastructure: New Site vs. Stamford Bridge Stadium Split: A major point of contention is the future of the stadium. Boehly has reportedly favored a move to Earl’s Court to build a brand-new, world-class arena from scratch. Stamford Bridge Rebuild: Eghbali and Clearlake are said to prefer redeveloping or expanding the existing Stamford Bridge site, despite the massive logistical and legal challenges involved. Because Clearlake Capital holds a 61.5% majority share compared to Boehly’s roughly 13% personal stake, Eghbali currently holds the superior position in this power struggle More info from: https://sports.yahoo.com/boehly-vs-eghbali-battle-Chelsea-050000736.html If this is true then our only hope is for Egg to go and Todd take over, because it is true he has done good with sports teams. Egg is the guy that needs to go.

Would love some new owners but the problem is that they will ask a lot and with everything this group has done I don't think the value will be higher if not lower. So I don't know how they will sell unless we get relegated a la possibility with Spurs. Yes I had enough of these owners. They will redeem themselves if they say hey we have screw up the first part let's make it right and get people who where at the club before to help us. Something like that. But I doubt it.

Yup sacking him just confirms they have no clue, they just don't know what they are doing. Hence at this point i will check out as well and not expect anything from us until the board are changed which won't happen or the owners leave which won't happen for a while. Poch and Maresca where good managers and not to accept that they help improve us despite their idiocy has just put the final nail in the coffin with this board for me. Even if they somehow find a good manager it will be like Poch and Maresca, they don't give no credit and think is their doing and go back to Liam type of coaches and bad buys. So in the end no point to look anything forward with this board and owners until they are gone.

With Maresca we would have done better against PSG.

Don't understand this? So what is the fine from?

As I said why bother with the next manager. I told you guys that when you went from Pochetino to Maresca and then sack Maresca it shows they know nothing. How you get rid of Poch to get Maresca for 5 years and then say no he is not the guy and get Liam for 6 years and now he is not the guy. No point in paying much attention to what these clowns do, weather it be coaches or players. They are as bad as Spurs management.

Yes we are going down the spurs road, and it's all the fault of management. They can sack manager often but don't take responsibility for the their idiotic decisions. Spurs also won the EL and a good management would build on that but they destroy their chances as we have done after last summer I agree with @Vesperthis group that bought us will now not care about the situation and will look just to sell, sell, sell after year 6 or so.

As I said Maresca was doing good, look how we did against Barcelona as well. He knew how to set us up for big games. The fools are the board think that is not the manager that helps with that, but the players themselves and any manager would do good. The problem is that is always 50-50. Good players as well a good coach. To me Maresca showed enough to get more time and help improve the squad. Now we are back to tryeing everyone to see how it works and it will be continuing like that because we will sack Liam and get a new manager that wants to try everyone.

This is why I wanted to continue with Maresca but just back him in the defense. No they did not, just get rid of the manager and the new manager tries the same stuff thinking he can change things, like with Jorgensen. That experieiment we already knew, but because he is a new manager he nees to try everyone to see for himself. Really a waste of time, this board is the worst. They think changing the manager will resolve the issue, when they are the problem!

I'm disappointed, even with Liam who managed him at France and is not getting ahead of James in the mid.

Another start and down a goal. How many times will Pedro bail him out? Not always. I still yet to see the great minds of the board in getting rid of maresca for him.

Maybe it will improve with Penders? But he has also made some horrendous mistake like Jorgensen. So I agree it's a very challenging idea this. Heck even Valdez from Barcelona made so many mistakes but what saved him is amazing Messi and amazing mid in Busquet, Xavi and Iniesta. So even then it's still a very challenging idea to always play from the back.

Well I think is true we was doing good. But if not for defense which is something we been saying since Maresca time. So if the club cares about going the next level they need to focus on improving this. Which is obviously it won't happen with these owners and company. Its sad that out of all the interest we picked them to take over Roman.

Yes that sounds about right. But my question if that was the intent from the beginning why did they buy hard for Caicedo, Enzo and Lavia? Those deals don't make sense as to oppose the others we done.

Good stuff, really these guys that are running the club are dumb. I had thought they turn the corner last season with Maresca, but then they don't back him, and don't get the deals done. Sack him and get an even worse manager.