Blue Moon Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 I’d be happy to sponsor the Shed left “Lampard” corner flag, @chara. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROTG Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 14 hours ago, Max Fowler said: I have to be honest if they get away with this it kinda makes you warm to the owners haha How is that? The hotels were owned by Chelsea football club. Now they are owned by Chelsea football club parent company. Therefore the actual value of Chelsea football clubs assets have decreased. Very typical of an investment company, to break up assets allowing the to sell of parts. Didn't you watch pretty woman and what that rogue Richard Gere was up to 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 I recall several posters on here being very confident, adamant even, that wages had gone down under Clearlake. A few others, myself included, were very dubious of that. And now we see the idea that, far from lower wages offsetting transfer expenditure, they've massively gone up. How?! What the fuck have we been doing in contract negotiations? Virtually everyone we've signed after that first Clearlake summer has come from clubs that pay nothing in PL terms and where we could have been doubling, if not more, wages without getting close to £100k a week. The hotel sales aren't all that clever, I'd not be crowing about them. It won't be long until we're out of sellable assets to shift around, but we do look years away from being successful enough on the pitch to make any money. My horrible gut feeling is that a lot of us are going to be very angry about a Cole Palmer sale in about 16 months time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 2 hours ago, Blue Moon said: The land? Surely the sale was the bricks and mortar only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDCW Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 2 hours ago, thevelourfog said: I recall several posters on here being very confident, adamant even, that wages had gone down under Clearlake. A few others, myself included, were very dubious of that. And now we see the idea that, far from lower wages offsetting transfer expenditure, they've massively gone up. How?! What the fuck have we been doing in contract negotiations? Virtually everyone we've signed after that first Clearlake summer has come from clubs that pay nothing in PL terms and where we could have been doubling, if not more, wages without getting close to £100k a week. The hotel sales aren't all that clever, I'd not be crowing about them. It won't be long until we're out of sellable assets to shift around, but we do look years away from being successful enough on the pitch to make any money. My horrible gut feeling is that a lot of us are going to be very angry about a Cole Palmer sale in about 16 months time. I'm pretty sure the figures relate to the accounting period before the sales of our big earners, hence the prediction that the wage bill will be dramatically reduced going forward. The anomaly is Sterling, but he predates the implementation of the wage control strategy. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 11 minutes ago, RDCW said: I'm pretty sure the figures relate to the accounting period before the sales of our big earners, hence the prediction that the wage bill will be dramatically reduced going forward. The anomaly is Sterling, but he predates the implementation of the wage control strategy. That's what I read. Our wage bill for 23-24 is well down on the year before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) 5 hours ago, Blue Moon said: I’d be happy to sponsor the Shed left “Lampard” corner flag, @chara. Funny that,,I had in my snow addled imagination the Announcer prematch saying .."and today's Shed End left corner flag is Sponsored by ....any name but now of course it's Blue Moon!" (Is it that one?..Art imitating life ?) As I wander...."Today's water bottle for Cole Palmer sponsored by Jane B"....... "We Thank Mr Mark Kelly for the Sponsorship of the jeers for The Poch's substitutions" ( A highly sought after spot!)"The season's Captain's Band is proudly sponsored by Sciatika".. ..it's the snow I tell you.... Anyone else here willing to Sponsor "facilties" etc? Edited April 20 by chara 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 10 minutes ago, chara said: Funny that,,I had in my snow addled imagination the Announcer prematch saying .."and today's Shed End left corner flag is Sponsored by ....any name but now of course it's Blue Moon!" (Is it that one?..Art imitating life ?) As I wander...."Today's water bottle for Cole Palmer sponsored by Jane B"....... "We Thank Mr Mark Kelly for the Sponsorship of the jeers for The Poch's substitutions" ( A highly sought after spot!)"The season's Captain's Band is proudly sponsored by Sciatika".. ..it's the snow I tell you.... Anyone else here willing to Sponsor "facilties" etc? I'm sponsoring Mudryk and Chilwell just for the reaction on here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 @chara When you say "it's the snow", is that a euphemism? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 Just now, Sciatika said: @chara When you say "it's the snow", is that a euphemism? No..it's real snow wet and 4 inches..Colorado's late kicker after a week og 70's temps...does one's head in about now.😁🌨️⛷️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 19 hours ago, RDCW said: I'm pretty sure the figures relate to the accounting period before the sales of our big earners, hence the prediction that the wage bill will be dramatically reduced going forward. The anomaly is Sterling, but he predates the implementation of the wage control strategy. I hope so. I've not been too reserved in berating this lot but even I wouldn't have expected them to be paying people like Jackson, Gusto etc. huge wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sciatika Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 According to Spotrac (you choose whether you believe it or not) Jackson gets 65K/week and Gusto on £45K/week. Our highest paid players are Sterling and Lukaku on £325K followed by Enzo (297K), James (250K). Palmer is a bargain at £75K. Chelsea F.C. Player Contracts, Salaries, & Transactions | Spotrac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Blood Is Blue Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Sciatika said: According to Spotrac (you choose whether you believe it or not) Jackson gets 65K/week and Gusto on £45K/week. Our highest paid players are Sterling and Lukaku on £325K followed by Enzo (297K), James (250K). Palmer is a bargain at £75K. Chelsea F.C. Player Contracts, Salaries, & Transactions | Spotrac Enzo £297k a week… no wonder he’s said he doesn’t want to leave. Why would he?! 8 years of earning that and he can retire or he could pay his own transfer fee! If that D Fofana one is correct then his agent has done an incredible job! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_Matt Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 24 minutes ago, My Blood Is Blue said: Enzo £297k a week… no wonder he’s said he doesn’t want to leave. Why would he?! 8 years of earning that and he can retire or he could pay his own transfer fee! If that D Fofana one is correct then his agent has done an incredible job! Or Todd ‘n’ Eggy aren’t fit to own a food stand let alone Chelsea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Sciatika said: According to Spotrac (you choose whether you believe it or not) Jackson gets 65K/week and Gusto on £45K/week. Our highest paid players are Sterling and Lukaku on £325K followed by Enzo (297K), James (250K). Palmer is a bargain at £75K. Chelsea F.C. Player Contracts, Salaries, & Transactions | Spotrac Lukaku worth every penny. The biggest con in football transfer history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 31 minutes ago, Chelsea_Matt said: Or Todd ‘n’ Eggy aren’t fit to own a food stand let alone Chelsea. Understand and hard to disagree with your viewpoint....but since when across the history of the game have "Owners" ever been known to have a deep Football knowledge ?.Uncle Ken wanted to electrocute fans!...The later Mears wanted to strip the club...the earlier Mears were old time Proprietor family name type owners....RA was unique in many ways but never claimed to..as far as I can see..know everything about the game and did what most successful businessmen do..employ the right Management people and let them do their job with very high standards expected (and rewarded ,failure as quickly responded to!). Everything for me comes down to the so-called "Football People" team who may well be following GUIDE lines from the top but failing dismally to achieve what the strategy is meant to produce...that includes an average mid table coach with a jobsworth attitude and little coaching sparkle. Not a defence of Todd and Co as such but they employed the wrong people or rather inferior talent. I still wonder on whose recommendation or the process that led to the appointments. (As ever,the Black Hooded HMG at the root of the present financial,football and absolute F'd Up situation at Chelsea.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 46 minutes ago, Mark Kelly said: Lukaku worth every penny. The biggest con in football transfer history The latest is that the Italians are again saying that they can't afford the transfer fee so as things stand, we have a PL proven striker next season to help Jacko out 😏 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Just now, Ham said: The latest is that the Italians are again saying that they can't afford the transfer fee so as things stand, we have a PL proven striker next season to help Jacko out 😏 Poch would make him Captain. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ham Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Just now, Mark Kelly said: Poch would make him Captain. Poch and Lukaku representing us next season would pretty much tip you over the edge Mr K 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 5 minutes ago, Ham said: Poch and Lukaku representing us next season would pretty much tip you over the edge Mr K 😂 To be honest at this stage I'm almost at the give Poch another season just so I can do the old "told you so" when he falls on his one dimensional fat face losing games we should be winning through cowardice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea_Matt Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 27 minutes ago, chara said: Understand and hard to disagree with your viewpoint....but since when across the history of the game have "Owners" ever been known to have a deep Football knowledge ?.Uncle Ken wanted to electrocute fans!...The later Mears wanted to strip the club...the earlier Mears were old time Proprietor family name type owners....RA was unique in many ways but never claimed to..as far as I can see..know everything about the game and did what most successful businessmen do..employ the right Management people and let them do their job with very high standards expected (and rewarded ,failure as quickly responded to!). Everything for me comes down to the so-called "Football People" team who may well be following GUIDE lines from the top but failing dismally to achieve what the strategy is meant to produce...that includes an average mid table coach with a jobsworth attitude and little coaching sparkle. Not a defence of Todd and Co as such but they employed the wrong people or rather inferior talent. I still wonder on whose recommendation or the process that led to the appointments. (As ever,the Black Hooded HMG at the root of the present financial,football and absolute F'd Up situation at Chelsea.) That they hired the utter, utter clowns who call themselves sporting directors or whatever proves my point. And the electric fence was a great idea imo - deterrence works. Weakness invites the wolves! ⚡️🤪 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east lower Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 23 minutes ago, Ham said: The latest is that the Italians are again saying that they can't afford the transfer fee so as things stand, we have a PL proven striker next season to help Jacko out 😏 Just the usual game of poker going-on. Poor little Italian clubs with no money etc, etc. Call their bluff. Saudi beckons, unless you persuade one of your darling Italian’s (who don’t want you enough to pay a decent fee, or are aware of your ‘play-up for a contract’ act). Or a nice warm welcome at the Bridge, or just rot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thevelourfog Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 2 hours ago, My Blood Is Blue said: Enzo £297k a week… no wonder he’s said he doesn’t want to leave. Why would he?! 8 years of earning that and he can retire or he could pay his own transfer fee! It simply has to be wrong or we may as well wind things up. How much do we think he was on at Benfica? Second or third pro contract I'd guess, and first in Europe, not too out there to suggest it'd be a tenth of the figure we're quoted as paying him. I wish I absolutely couldn't believe it but I just don't know with this lot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kelly Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 9 minutes ago, thevelourfog said: It simply has to be wrong or we may as well wind things up. How much do we think he was on at Benfica? Second or third pro contract I'd guess, and first in Europe, not too out there to suggest it'd be a tenth of the figure we're quoted as paying him. I wish I absolutely couldn't believe it but I just don't know with this lot. I'm sure I'd read he'd only played 17 times for Benfica so he can't have been on much can he? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chara Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, Chelsea_Matt said: That they hired the utter, utter clowns who call themselves sporting directors or whatever proves my point. And the electric fence was a great idea imo - deterrence works. Weakness invites the wolves! ⚡️🤪 Of course I agree...but again a question I can never seem to find the answer for..WHO recommended/suggested the less than dynam😹ic duo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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