Consequences of Not Qualifying into the CL?

[Spike 12,049]

31, I think. I miss the old OFC days where we'd knock 66 goals in our only 4 qualifiers then have to play the 5th placed CONMEBOL/AFC team. Such fun it was to average 16 goals a game.

Edit: IIRC even our keeper, Mark Bosnich, scored in one of those games

Bosnich had probably snorted so much coke that he thought he was Maradona.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

Not worrying because we are gonna finish fourth and win the FA cup.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Financial means. We rely a lot on CL football to make up our revenue, because we're pretty useless at gathering that from anything else, truly.

We would lose the attraction of stars like Hazard, unless we get a hell of a convincing manager to come (for example; Mourinho would attract big names no matter what position the club would be in).

I don't think it's the worse thing in the world, we'll be back there next year. I don't believe Tottenham will replicate their form of this season either, especially if Redknapp goes.

[Ollie 4,400]

forget the money side, we have an owner that spent around £30 million to sack Ancelotti, hire Villas-Boas then sack Villas-Boas and he's spent £80m on Shevchenko & Torres. He's currently worth $12.1 billion.

Maybe this is what we need. To take a step back to go forward. seriously we can go through our transition and consolidate for 1 year, as long as we get back into the UCL after just 1 year we could benefit from it and we can blood some of the young guns. Tottenham came 5th last season and they aint done too badly off it. Maybe we can actually forget about these big name signings for a change and use from within. We've had the best youth team for like the last 4-5 years, give em a fucking chance.

[Fulham Broadway 17,299]

Exotic away games ! Channel 5 :blue scalf:

[ChelseaChick 430]

Sad face.

[BLionheart 516]

The only reason why AVB was sacked is that it was almost impossible to achieve a top 4 spot with him as our coach , there was a fight in place between him and most of the players ,so Roman had to pull the trigger because one of both sides had to be replaced and you can't replace players in March.

I was one of those who called our board stupid and insane to sack AVB but i can see where they are coming from , now looking at the bigger image i can see that they had no other options if we would like to achieve a CL spot , they didn't sack AVB because they thought he is not good enough but it's the other way around , the players are too bad that they can't play for him .

My point is they could have simply waited till the summer and replaced those under-qualified overpaid players with new ones and kept AVB the very good and promising tactician but them sacking AVB speaks volume about how a CL spot is vital for us Financially and to keep out position as one of the top clubs in the world attracting best players , prospects and employees.

[daBlackMamba7 174]

It means we would have to buy players from the MLS, Mexico, and OFC.

Cmon man, dont try to knock the MLS down like that ....We are getting somewhere at least...lol....FC Dallas "till i DIE"...Haha....Actually heading to my first game in a minute this weekend....

[Peace. 4,352]

Do you think a club is more attractive for players by winning the Europa League or by being a laughing stock three years in a row in Champions League ?

[Henrique 9,133]

Yeh, let's spend big again. Pull off another flop purchase like Torres for 50 million.

All we need is 2-3 decent players and phasing out of the old guard.

You must be joking.

[Henrique 9,133]

The only reason why AVB was sacked is that it was almost impossible to achieve a top 4 spot with him as our coach , there was a fight in place between him and most of the players ,so Roman had to pull the trigger because one of both sides had to be replaced and you can't replace players in March.

I was one of those who called our board stupid and insane to sack AVB but i can see where they are coming from , now looking at the bigger image i can see that they had no other options if we would like to achieve a CL spot , they didn't sack AVB because they thought he is not good enough but it's the other way around , the players are too bad that they can't play for him .

My point is they could have simply waited till the summer and replaced those under-qualified overpaid players with new ones and kept AVB the very good and promising tactician but them sacking AVB speaks volume about how a CL spot is vital for us Financially and to keep out position as one of the top clubs in the world attracting best players , prospects and employees.

He was having problems with lot of players. A good manager doesnt make this kind of thing.

[Laylabelle 9,534]

Exotic away games ! Channel 5 :blue scalf:

And ITV 4...hurrah!!!!

[English Freak 456]

He was having problems with lot of players. A good manager doesnt make this kind of thing.

Yep, he was having problems with the old guard. I don't recall any of the younger players (the players that will lead CFC into the future) bad mouthing AvB and complaining to the media.

It was Chelsea's fault for hiring AvB, i'm sure there were other more experienced options out there after Carlo got the sack. He was too inexperienced to deal with big egos such as Lampard, Drogba, Malouda, Terry at the same time.