Post-season review - Chelsea 2013/14

[The only place to be 11,313]

It's just a nice feeling ending one season knowing who the guy in charge next year is going to be. We know exactly which areas we need to improve having already improved other positions, the young guys like Oscar, Hazard, Azpi etc. have that little bit more experience of being in a title race and getting to the business end of the Champions League and I'd say we've also had great success with the young guys who have either been on loan or won the Youth Cup (and hopefully the u21 league too).

[bork.josh 8]

On par with my expectations. Didn't expect to win the league but be much closer to the top than previous seasons.

[Paul1970 250]

I would add a forth option....slight success

we did well to get to the game before last in winning premier league and semi-finals of cl

[BlueLion. 21,491]

My thoughts below...

Overview: A season of transition that we all expected. Vying for the title and falling just short, and reaching the last four of the Champions League, were both nice bonuses. Arsenal have been in transition for the best part of eight years and haven't once threatened to look like title winners. We're in just the second year of our transition and, with a little more luck, we might have won the league this year! Not at all bad for a team undergoing extensive change on and off the pitch

Most Memorable Moment: one, and only one - José coming home.

Worst Moment: People have identified the Sunderland game and the Atletico second leg as low points. But for me, the lowest point was our failure to beat West Ham, back in February. That was the night we lost the title, because it exposed our fatal flaw - our inability to break down compact teams. After that, moreorless everyone tried to do the same against us, apart from idiots like Rodgers, Wenger and Pellegrini who thought they could fight fire with fire. That night exposed how frail we are in an attacking sense, and after that, us dropping points against West Brom, Villa, Palace and Sunderland, in retrospect, looked inevitable. I think everyone always felt more comfortable playing the big teams than the little sides that just sit back and defend.

Best player: Azpilicueta. Cahill a close second. John Terry also magnificent. Hazard far too inconsistent to warrant inclusion.

Best goal: Torres vs Bayern. Incredible build-up and a smart finish past the world's best goalkeeper.

Season in a word: Expected!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

I've totally changed the poll! You may have to delete your vote and re-submit.

[zolayes 14,489]

done ,, decided on 3 but perhaps was nearer to 4

[mediator 2,026]

Premier League TV Cash

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2625535/Liverpool-earners-season-99m-bottom-Cardiff-got-64m.html#ixzz31UiRc5yo

[didierforever 7,349]

if there was another option of "3.5/5", it would probably get 99% votes (1% includes the most obvious people).

[mediator 2,026]

He's going to write an article on it tomorrow, breaking it down completely financially then will use some guesstimate to guess how much Mou could potentially have for the summer this season.

It certainly means we can comfortably spend quite a bit this summer though, especially considering the TV deal will increase even further next season (not sure if he's already put that in there yet but we'll see).

Yep and here is the article

Chelsea's earnings set to increase 30% to an incredible £340m, despite trophyless season

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/5/12/5707484/chelsea-ffp-earnings-set-to-increase-30-percent-to-340m

Chelsea's earnings last season. The club earned £255.8m in 2012-2013

the club did earn an extra £84m this year

[Jype 6,398]

Yep and here is the article

Chelsea's earnings set to increase 30% to an incredible £340m, despite trophyless season

http://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/2014/5/12/5707484/chelsea-ffp-earnings-set-to-increase-30-percent-to-340m

Last year the club recorded a loss of 49m, right?

84m extra earnings is really a lot of money and probably means the club will be posting a healthy profit for the 13/14 season. My estimate would be around 15 million pounds in the black.

[Sidzeret 2,257]

Doesn't matter the rating for this season if we can get that 5/5 next season.

[iseah100 5,612]

Good season, lots of ups and downs. But fun.