Chelsea 0-0 Fulham

[MoroccanBlue 5,200]

Gallagher + RLC pivot makes we want to vomit in all honesty. 

[DDA 9,570]

Ahhh back to where we belong, being the most hated club in England.

 

Time for us to start pissing on everyone's bonfires again.

 

It starts here.

 

3-0,

 

Mudryk/Havertz/Mount on the socresheet.

 

Edited February 2, 2023 by DDA

[Vesper 27,352]

22 minutes ago, DDA said:

Ahhh back to where we belong, being the most hated club in England.

20th anniversary of it kicking off soon comes

July 1, 2003, when Roman bought us from Bates

exactly 5 months from yesterday

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/jul/02/newsstory.sport5

 This article is more than 19 years old

Wed 2 Jul 2003 02.19 BST

 

In a surprise move last night Chelsea football club was sold to a 36-year-old Russian oil billionaire after intense and secret negotiations, in a deal worth £140m.

Ken Bates, the club's chairman, struck the deal with Roman Abramovich, who is also an influential politician, and has deep pockets. According to Forbes magazine he is Russia's second richest man with a fortune of $5.7bn (£3.4bn) and a wide range of business interests, including the Russian airline Aeroflot.

His deal to buy Chelsea Village, the overall owner, values the Premiership club at £60m. It follows months of speculation that Mr Bates had been looking for a financial injection for the loss-making club, with debts thought to be in the region of £80m. In the six months to the end of December, Chelsea Village lost £11m on a turnover of £53m.

Mr Bates, who owns at least 29% of Chelsea Village, is staying as chairman as part of the deal and insisted last night that it would be good for the club. "We have achieved an enormous amount over the past 21 years, building a fantastic new stadium and a talented team which is firmly established as one of the top clubs in Europe. In today's highly competitive football market, the club will benefit from a new owner with deeper pockets to move Chelsea to the next level," he said.

Mr Abramovich is a keen sports fan but not a particular Chelsea supporter. He decided to approach Chelsea after running the rule over a number of English clubs, including Manchester United, which has itself been the subject of takeover rumours. Last night he said he was "delighted" with his deal, which will stun football fans. "We have the resources and ambition to achieve even more given the huge potential of this great club," he said.

He is a major shareholder in Sibneft, one of Russia's largest oil firms which is conducting a merger that will turn it into the world's fourth largest oil company. He is offering to pay Chelsea Village shareholders 35p a share, which is 15% above the closing value of the shares last night at 30.5p. The stock market was closed when the deal was announced.

He has bought almost 85 million shares and has the support of shareholders controlling 50.09%. His offer will be extended to the rest of the shareholders when the stock market opens this morning.

Mr Bates, a high-profile figure in English football, has transformed Chelsea since buying it for £1 in 1982. He has turned it into a business empire centred on its west London ground but built up debts in building a hotel, restaurant and leisure facilities. Chelsea's ownership structure has always caused controversy because of stakes held by unusual offshore companies.

Edited February 2, 2023 by Vesper

[NikkiCFC 7,595]

From Russian daddy to American 🤑

[Artandur 938]

If Enzo can't play for some reason, we're in big trouble here

[MoroccanBlue 5,200]

Is no one else annoyed Kovacic is just bloody useless?

[Pizy 17,860]

11 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Is no one else annoyed Kovacic is just bloody useless?

What’s annoying with him in particular is that seemingly every time he picks up an injury it looks totally innocuous but then he ends up missing weeks and weeks. I don’t even remember what this current injury was but I thought it was supposed to be minor.

[MoroccanBlue 5,200]

Kepa

Chalobah Silva Badiashile

Azpilicueta    Gallagher  RLC  Cucuerlla

Mount       Mudryk

Havertz

[Mário César 816]

kova or mount will be sold in the summer

I have no doubts about that

one of theme plus gallegher will be no longe Chelsea player in the future

we need to make profit and they will be used for that 

[ZAPHOD2319 3,881]

7 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Kepa

Chalobah Silva Badiashile

Azpilicueta    Gallagher  RLC  Cucuerlla

Mount       Mudryk

Havertz

You put Azpi back on the bench!!

[Mhsc 640]

7 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

You put Azpi back on the bench!!

That's your only issue with that lineup?

[MoroccanBlue 5,200]

9 minutes ago, ZAPHOD2319 said:

You put Azpi back on the bench!!

 

2 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

That's your only issue with that lineup?

I don't know about you but I don't trust any of our fit midfielders to play in the pivot successfully. 

Least the back 5 provides more defensive protection. 

Edited February 2, 2023 by MoroccanBlue

[Hashishi 148]

Kepa

Chalobah Silva Badman Cucu

Enzo Gallagher Mount

Ziyech Havertz Mount

[TheHulk 1,398]

3 minutes ago, Hashishi said:

Kepa

Chalobah Silva Badman Cucu

Enzo Gallagher Mount

Ziyech Havertz Mount

As if one Mount wasn't enough you want two.

[Hashishi 148]

Just now, TheHulk said:

As if one Mount wasn't enough you want two.

I meant Mudryk lol

[MoroccanBlue 5,200]

Was Enzo even at training today? Didn't see him.

[ZAPHOD2319 3,881]

20 minutes ago, MoroccanBlue said:

Was Enzo even at training today? Didn't see him.

Are they allowed to train with the team before their work permits are complete?

[DDA 9,570]

Does anyone know if he can play tomorrow or is it too soon??