Todd Boehly Thread

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

13 hours ago, milka said:

Right now the focus is everywhere, but not on the pitch to win today. Young players for the future, attempts at a new stadium, all this is in perspective. If Pochettino can build a squad that holds in the top 6 and a regular presence in Europe in those years, that would be enough for Boehly and co.

Which means that in 5-6 years he will be ready to sell if his assets, in which he has invested 1 billion like young players and possibly a new stadium, prove attractive to a new buyer

So many owners, particularly in the Championship are doing the same - 'sports complexes' real estate, ground expansion as the club sits in mediocrity - as you say its all about increasing the value of their investments

[Vesper 30,224]

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[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

Since Boehly arrived each point has cost £15.9 million. The most in history. Thats an expensive 0-0 draw

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

1 hour ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Since Boehly arrived each point has cost £15.9 million. The most in history. Thats an expensive 0-0 draw

It has to be by some margin the most spectacular failure of a club takeover and transfer strategy in football history . Even all the sheiks were reality-conscious enough to just hand the reins to actual football ppl and confine themselves to pumping in money.

But Boehly&cos arrogance to think their moneyball Model to be so universally powerful they can just jam us into it. What they did is in fact way worse than just a collection of Uber-expensive bonkers signings like Romans Torres, Lukaku or Shevchenko brainfarts.
Instead, while spending the same absurd amount of money, we irrevocably tied the fate of this club to a wild collection of moderately talented weak minded, hyped up, immature would-be superstars based on some bogus transient stats model. By handing out retirement contracts to 20 somethings we made sure to attract the least ambitious hypeboys available instead of actually hungry  prodigies. At the same time the overall culture at the club has been degraded from a brutal but winning one to improvised slacking, slapstick and amateurism at every level which has also affected the more experienced figures carried over from the Roman era. 
But not only have boehly&co ruined the squad. The terrible results, performances and overall representation of the club in the media is rapidly chasing off the more casual fans. You see it in this forum and others but also in the social media following as well as the even more eerie atmosphere at the bridge. As a consequence, commercial revenue is bound to take a massive hit. So not only did they massively overestimate their ability on the sporting side but also failed at what they were supposed to be good at, not only eradicated most of the elite, winning principles  implanted into the dna of the club but also failed to deliver on their promises to develop it. 

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

36 minutes ago, Magic Lamps said:

By handing out retirement contracts to 20 somethings we made sure to attract the least ambitious hypeboys available instead of actually hungry  prodigies. A

This. Spot on.

[Fernando 6,585]

Have anyone really made any question to him and the board about our injuries?

Surely if they spend 1 billion they can't spend nicely on better doctors and what not? 

[milka 3,393]

They have no interest in winning on the field. For them it is meaningless.

Their focus is to build the new stadium, to build a team with youngsters and after years when the new stadium is there they will  present this amazing product to the next buyer for max profit .

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BlueCO  are inspired by RedBull. The Club will scout players , develop them over  a 3 years period before  selling them for a high prize. Strasbourg to Chelsea  will be like Salzburg to Leipzig (lequipe)

 

[Fernando 6,585]

On 17/12/2023 at 17:06, milka said:

They have no interest in winning on the field. For them it is meaningless.

Their focus is to build the new stadium, to build a team with youngsters and after years when the new stadium is there they will  present this amazing product to the next buyer for max profit .

 

This would makes sense then in selling Gallagher. 

They want to do similar with this, buy player and sell them. 

But then I have an issue, why spend 100 million on Caicedo and Enzo each? You can't sell them for more. So I see the point where they want to buy younger players play them and then sell them, but then I see they are willing to spend big on targets they want. 

So what is it? I don't know. 

[milka 3,393]

Well Gallagher is on the table from what was said in January  it doesn't matter that he is our best player . They will cash out Chalobah , Maatsen etc  pure Cobham profit to balance the books .

What they did as 1bn spend, they will probably do it again in a few years by selling their already established purchases like Mudrik, Enzo, Palmer, James (if Madrid calling he is gone) whether it will be a profit or not is not clear, but they will turn the wheel once again with ''talents from all over the world'' like Leipzig do. It's just that they are not at Chelsea to build a team to win on the field now , but rather to make money mercandise , global  young product  pr nonsense  trust the process .

We have to think about why, when they had the opportunity, they did not buy elite players for half of this bn, but made a kindergarten.

 

Edited December 22, 2023 by milka

[NikkiCFC 8,334]

1 hour ago, milka said:

It's just that they are not at Chelsea to build a team to win on the field now , but rather to make money mercandise , global  young product  pr nonsense  trust the process .

I see nothing that suggest this is true. 

[Mário César 1,282]

we're fucked,

simples as that 

[Vesper 30,224]

4 minutes ago, Mário César said:

we're fucked,

simples as that 

Edited December 22, 2023 by Vesper

[milka 3,393]

21 hours ago, NikkiCFC said:

I see nothing that suggest this is true. 

Implement Red Bull module , MultiClub project , low wage structure , development manager , players  pr nonsense  like ''we want Osimhen'' but we have limit on the wages (cannot get any top level player). Downgrade on every department in the club  like manager ,directors , players .  If they wanted to be successful, they would only chase the top level not kids .

When Abramovich came he took Peter Kenyon directly from Man U because he wanted to be at the top asap . Top manager , top director , top players  that was the level at Chelsea at the time .

 

Edited December 23, 2023 by milka

[TheHulk 2,483]

10 minutes ago, milka said:

Implement Red Bull module , MultiClub project , low wage structure , development manager , players  pr nonsense  like ''we want Osimhen'' but we have limit on the wages (cannot get any top level player). Downgrade on every department in the club  like manager ,directors , players .  If they wanted to be successful, they would only chase the top level not kids .

Funny enough, they could at least get top talents if they want kids. They rejected Endrick to get losers like Noni Madueke and Mudryk.

[Vesper 30,224]

2 hours ago, TheHulk said:

They rejected Endrick

who rejected?

Endrick was ALWAYS going to Real Madrid

[TheHulk 2,483]

1 minute ago, Vesper said:

who rejected?

Endrick was ALWAYS going to Real Madrid

Romano confirmed deal was done with us and loser Boehly pulled out, dumb clown.

 

[milka 3,393]

17 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Funny enough, they could at least get top talents if they want kids. They rejected Endrick to get losers like Noni Madueke and Mudryk.

Fair point . Bellingham is also a kid but proven with experience and with a salary that Ted Lasso can't give . Even the super talents we supposedly attract on the books are from mediocre clubs .  Our managment is poor , guys from  feeder clubs like Monaco and Brighton who have never been to a top club before . That's saying all ,these yankies don't have idea about football .

[Blue Armour 4,448]

4 hours ago, milka said:

Fair point . Bellingham is also a kid but proven with experience and with a salary that Ted Lasso can't give . Even the super talents we supposedly attract on the books are from mediocre clubs .  Our managment is poor , guys from  feeder clubs like Monaco and Brighton who have never been to a top club before . That's saying all ,these yankies don't have idea about football .

"This player is really good, you can SELL him"

Typo, or joke? 

I know Wyss is on a mission to bring down Chelsea’s wage bill and make it a cheap side.

But is he actually aiming to move out any quality player the club has, to make a profit? Turning it into a feeder club like Brighton?

Looks like Clearlake's master plan is just to take advantage of the club's huge fanbase, who think that the club will return to winning ways in the future, and therefore spend money on it. All the while, Clearlake is constructing a cheap side that never has a hope in hell for truly challenging the elite sides.

Edited December 24, 2023 by Blue Armour

[Vesper 30,224]

19 hours ago, TheHulk said:

Romano confirmed deal was done with us and loser Boehly pulled out, dumb clown.

 

I think his father is spinning 

[Vesper 30,224]

10 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

"This player is really good, you can SELL him"

Typo, or joke? 

I know Wyss is on a mission to bring down Chelsea’s wage bill and make it a cheap side.

But is he actually aiming to move out any quality player the club has, to make a profit? Turning it into a feeder club like Brighton?

Looks like Clearlake's master plan is just to take advantage of the club's huge fanbase, who think that the club will return to winning ways in the future, and therefore spend money on it. All the while, Clearlake is constructing a cheap side that never has a hope in hell for truly challenging the elite sides.

I will walk away if that is truly the case (feeder club ambitions).

I will not invest my life energy into some yank billionaires for-profit schemes