Chelsea Football Club

[Fulham Broadway 17,301]

Oh I was enjoying that.

If I hug, youre not going to stab me in the back with your other hand ?

[Idiot 71]

Thats a risk you would have to take.... remember... im german

[capriccioso 2,545]

As a foreign fan, I want to go to an away match just as much as I want to see Stamford Bridge. The notion of being surrounded by fanatical Mancs/Scousers etc. while wearing a Chelsea shirt defiantly appeals to me.

Having said that, should I ever move to England (unlikely as the weather is shocking and I'll never be able to leave Australia without getting homesick in a few weeks), I'll make it a point to try and attend as many away games as possible.

[Kojo 4,676]

Bruce Buck is a Chelsea legend, FACT!, Bruce Buck invests great ideas into the club and also is right about everything he says

Remember what he said at the begining of the season?

''AVB will be manager for longer than 15 years''

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Some say the emotional investment Abramovich has is to stop court cases like the recent Berezovsky one being held abroad where 'justice' may not be so favourable. He may be a Chelsea fan ,and I beleive he does love his football, and is a much better owner than say the Glazers. But when you have 10bn the amount spent on CFC is peanuts -hes spent four times as much on boats, and to call it hard earned money is laughable

Indeed. I think he's grown to care for the club, when he started off it was perhaps a 'toy' for him, but I think he genuinely wants to see success for the club and fans. He may make rash decisions but that's down to him being surrounded by a board that don't care about the football, they simply care about their bonuses at the end of the year etc. People like Buck and Gourlay, they should've gone after the CPO fiasco.

[Fulham Broadway 17,301]

Indeed. I think he's grown to care for the club, when he started off it was perhaps a 'toy' for him, but I think he genuinely wants to see success for the club and fans. He may make rash decisions but that's down to him being surrounded by a board that don't care about the football, they simply care about their bonuses at the end of the year etc. People like Buck and Gourlay, they should've gone after the CPO fiasco.

Too right comrade. Have you seen the Times today ?

Incredible. Two page spread, very interesting reading.

'If the clubs transfer policy seems chaotic thats because it is. The clubs main targets are determined by a variety of individuals who compete for influence over Abramovich.'

'The main power bases at the moment are built around Ron Gourlay, Michael Emelano, Piet de Visser, RA personal scout, and Marina Granovskaia, his PA, who is believed to have advised the owner to dump the old guard.

So we have his PA, the former Notts County defender Emelano and a scout deciding key policies at the club. Fantastic.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Too right comrade. Have you seen the Times today ?

Incredible. Two page spread, very interesting reading.

'If the clubs transfer policy seems chaotic thats because it is. The clubs main targets are determined by a variety of individuals who compete for influence over Abramovich.'

'The main power bases at the moment are built around Ron Gourlay, Michael Emelano, Piet de Visser, RA personal scout, and Marina Granovskaia, his PA, who is believed to have advised the owner to dump the old guard.

So we have his PA, the former Notts County defender Emelano and a scout deciding key policies at the club. Fantastic.

Lmao how f'cking typical. It doesn't surprise me about Piet de Visser, he's been key in most of our better signings since RA took over. I'd heard about that Marina woman before, she was the one who headed the negotiations over Luiz last year. But it says all that needs to be said about that. It simply proves the manager has all-but-no say in such policies.

I imagine they give him his 1 or 2 like Romeu & Meireles before saying 'now here's the players we'll also give you, no need to thanks us'

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Too right comrade. Have you seen the Times today ?

Incredible. Two page spread, very interesting reading.

'If the clubs transfer policy seems chaotic thats because it is. The clubs main targets are determined by a variety of individuals who compete for influence over Abramovich.'

'The main power bases at the moment are built around Ron Gourlay, Michael Emelano, Piet de Visser, RA personal scout, and Marina Granovskaia, his PA, who is believed to have advised the owner to dump the old guard.

So we have his PA, the former Notts County defender Emelano and a scout deciding key policies at the club. Fantastic.

Hey,Hey hold on a god damn minute here. . .you left out Sandra who cleans Romans offices. She has an input too you know, in fact we have her to thank for Bos

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

Back to the original link....I'm confused. I understand why you're annoyed about what it says, but Buck hasn't wrote this. I'd lay money on the writer having absolutely no footballing knowledge at all.

Also I'm not sure investment vehicles that offensive...Abramovich has invested a large amount of money into the club which I see it as suggesting.

Am I being naive? Or is it seriously a big deal over nothing here?

[Fulham Broadway 17,301]

Lmao how f'cking typical. It doesn't surprise me about Piet de Visser, he's been key in most of our better signings since RA took over. I'd heard about that Marina woman before, she was the one who headed the negotiations over Luiz last year. But it says all that needs to be said about that. It simply proves the manager has all-but-no say in such policies.

So having an owner with sooo much cash is a double edged sword. On one hand its his real life hands on FIFA12 but theres the hangers on who 'advise' him.

For all the Glazers faults and being clearly in it for personal gain -theres no way they'd ever interfere in Fergusons domain of the football.

It just highlights the importance of separation of pitch matters and ownwership

[Fulham Broadway 17,301]

Back to the original link....I'm confused. I understand why you're annoyed about what it says, but Buck hasn't wrote this. I'd lay money on the writer having absolutely no footballing knowledge at all.

Also I'm not sure investment vehicles that offensive...Abramovich has invested a large amount of money into the club which I see it as suggesting.

Am I being naive? Or is it seriously a big deal over nothing here?

No youre probably right WHS. I dont need much of an excuse to have a go at the last minute CPO buying, 'Grant Will take us to the next level' ''Go super Blues'' septic

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

No youre probably right WHS. I dont need much of an excuse to have a go at the last minute CPO buying, 'Grant Will take us to the next level' ''Go super Blues'' septic

Don't get me wrong I think Buck is a sly and devious man that is out for his own gain, but the link provided doesn't really give much to go on. A more structured argument, rather than a link that someone else has written would've probably avoided a lot of this bitching. We all know that takes time and effort mind you haha

[capriccioso 2,545]

Roman's got to be smart enough to weed out the lackeys and the yes men, surely?