General Chelsea Stuff

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8 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

Christmas eve in Wolverhampton, every London resident's dream!

My first game v Wolves, (back in Victorian Britain)...

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On 26/10/2023 at 20:59, Fulham Broadway said:

My first game v Wolves, (back in Victorian Britain)...

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Marcel Desailly;

'So it’s very hard to criticise,' he began. 'The only thing that I’d say though is that it is an error of communication. They are carried away by the potential that each player that they’ve bought has, because they’ve forgotten about one element, knowing that to play football at the highest level.

'To attain what we call in French la culture de la gagne, the winning mentality, you need experience – nascent talent is never enough to presume immediate performance. And that’s the only thing where I’d say they’ve made a mistake, where they keep thinking, with the coach Pochettino, "no, this year we’ll be title challengers with the team that we have”.

'Right from the start of the season, you could see that they can’t be title challengers, it was obvious. But they have put together players of great potential and have positioned themselves in terms of business, because if they didn’t buy the players now for a little above value, they wouldn’t have been able to buy them later. 

The only thing is they need to know how to educate the supporters by telling them hang on – we’re going to have a year or two of transition but after that – wow – we’ve built up enormous potential.

'But the fans and the media don’t want to hear that. They’ve seen the investment, they want immediate results. But that’s what I think of Chelsea’s idea. Pochettino isn’t a coach who has built up his philosophy like a Mourinho, a Tuchel – he’s a coach who needs to coach top players, top teams. 

'Now he needs to rethink all his coaching to adapt to players who are in theory at a very high level but for whom you need to recreate the basic foundations of play.'

 

[NikkiCFC 7,913]

Favorite club and favorite driver 💙 🧡

 

Edited April 17 by NikkiCFC

[Fulham Broadway 16,748]

Sunday 9 June will see Chelsea legends Eden Hazard, Joe Cole, Gary Cahill and Frank Lampard take to Stamford Bridge’s pitch to battle it out in the world’s biggest charity match - Soccer Aid for UNICEF ⚽

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Brian Pullman retires after more than fifty years at the club.

 

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Vote early and often. Chelsea is in 1st and 2nd place. Chelsea vs Man City has the most votes.

 

 

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Guys, anyone knows what this sticker means? Saw it Today..

 

 

[NikkiCFC 7,913]

BlueCo just like to change managers. 

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Chelsea complete Man City raid as new academy technical director signing Glenn van der Kraan confirmed

The latest Chelsea news as the club are continuing the restructure of the academy with the hope of future talent being able to make their way into the first team.

https://www.football.london/Chelsea-fc/news/Chelsea-complete-man-city-raid-30076014

 

Chelsea have announced that Glenn van der Kraan has joined the club as academy technical director, completing a move from Premier League rivals Manchester City.

The Dutchman had been with City since 2020, where he held the title of head of coaching for the Under-9s to the Under 14s. During his time at the Etihad Stadium he worked with Joe Shield who moved to Chelsea as co-director of recruitment and talent in January 2023, and was tasked with restructuring the club’s academy.

Van der Kraan’s appointment was reported by Training Ground Guru back in July, but has now been confirmed by the club. It has been confirmed that he will lead the youth development programme alongside Jake Francis, who has taken up a new role as the academy’s football operations director.

Chelsea will help the restructure of the academy will help bring youth prospects into the first team in future years. The Blues currently have academy graduates Levi Colwill and Reece James as part of the first team squad.

In a statement on the club’s website sporting directors Laurence Stewart and Paul Winstanley gave their reaction to the appointment. “We are very pleased to make this announcement as Glenn brings his vast experience and track record for success in youth development into his new position at Chelsea,” they said.

“Alongside the vital continuity and experience that Jack brings to his new role, we are excited about this new leadership and the potential within the academy moving forward. The academy is fundamental to the plan for the future of the club, with Glenn and Jack now in place to steer the operation alongside the immense expertise already within the academy building at Cobham.”

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Chelsea have trademarked a new emblem ahead of their 120th anniversary with its designers describing how it is intended to symbolise their status as ‘London’s true club’.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13972047/new-Chelsea-emblem-trademarked-120th-anniversary-London-true-club.html?ico=authors_pagination_mobile

 

 

 

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As confirmed by documents filed with Companies House, the UK’s business register, Chelsea have received a major cash injection worth £190million in the form of a share issue which has fractionally increased Clearlake’s stake in the club.

 

 

[LAM09 6,710]

More drama 😑

 

[Blue Armour 4,262]

8 hours ago, LAM09 said:

More drama 😑

 

Already November.

Wonder whether they will secure one this season, with a good chunk of games already gone. All the perks of not playing in a real European competition