Boehly is going to ruin Chelsea (hopefully)

SirReginald said:
Unhinged? He has made mistakes but there’s nothing he has done that suggests he is unhinged. I’d actually suggest this chaotic approach this far is giving other fans more concern than our own since there’s still a lot more questions than answers at this point. I’m enjoying the confusion, right down to the dumbest and most ignorant posts.
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I don't think it's opposition fans that are the ones worried about questions like "How are we going to meet FFP?" and "What happens if these players we've given 7 year big money contracts to aren't actually that good?".

Fortunately, Chelsea fans should already know the answer to the second one. :wenger:

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SirReginald said:
Unhinged? He has made mistakes but there’s nothing he has done that suggests he is unhinged. I’d actually suggest this chaotic approach this far is giving other fans more concern than our own since there’s still a lot more questions than answers at this point. I’m enjoying the confusion, right down to the dumbest and most ignorant posts.
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Hes made mistakes.

Its funny, I saw this Conservative on question time last year using similar logic to Liz Truss. "she's made mistakes".

Theres making mistakes and there's making an outright ass of yourself. He walked in and spent what close to half a bil? Or is it 350m?

Complete scattergun approached, sacked the only symbol of stability the club has and now has one of the brightest young managers in the PL looking a lost soul.

The guy rocked up into the dressing room to pitch 4-4-3 as a system for fecksake. There's making mistakes and there's being an ass.
 
I'm impressed at the level of investment he has committed into the club.

We would do well with an owner/consortium who would fund a similar spend.

The decision making and choice of players is up for debate, but the level commitment is definitely not. Any club would aspire to have owners like that.

Not sure why people are all doom and gloom. Its actually shocking to me that they are still spending/surpassed spending from the latter years of the abramovich era.

I thought they'd go the path of the dippers.
 
VP89 said:
Hes made mistakes.

Its funny, I saw this Conservative on question time last year using similar logic to Liz Truss. "she's made mistakes".

Theres making mistakes and there's making an outright ass of yourself. He walked in and spent what close to half a bil? Or is it 350m?

Complete scattergun approached, sacked the only symbol of stability the club has and now has one of the brightest young managers in the PL looking a lost soul.

The guy rocked up into the dressing room to pitch 4-4-3 as a system for fecksake. There's making mistakes and there's being an ass.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistakes_were_made
 
SirReginald said:
Unhinged? He has made mistakes but there’s nothing he has done that suggests he is unhinged. I’d actually suggest this chaotic approach this far is giving other fans more concern than our own since there’s still a lot more questions than answers at this point. I’m enjoying the confusion, right down to the dumbest and most ignorant posts.
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All rivals fans are seeing is this bloke signing any player that's linked to rival teams for absolutely obscene amounts.

If united put out a "rumour" that maguire was in talks with Barcelona for 50 million transfer this loser would turn up and probably offer 100 million for him.
 
duffer said:
Why is Boehly getting all the blame/credit for Chelsea's signings?
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Joking aside, I don’t get it either. This has all the hallmarks of a new owner allowing himself to be led by the nose by people more knowledgeable than him rather than him just wandering in telling people he’s just signed four new right backs.
 
Brophs said:
Joking aside, I don’t get it either. This has all the hallmarks of a new owner allowing himself to be led by the nose by people more knowledgeable than him rather than him just wandering in telling people he’s just signed four new right backs.
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The idea that he thinks you can have 12 players in a team but that he also knows who Mykhailo Mudryk or Carney Chukwuemeka are doesn't quite fit to me!
 
I don't understand what the strategy is from Boehly for the consortium that bought Chelsea, is he trying to burn through the transfer part to £1.5 blilion pledge as soon as he can, to get the club to a point where it has an elite young sqaud that is is hopefully (for them) winning things, and just around the corner we are going to see the stadium part to the pledge start to happen.

After this has happened we will then see them trying to sell them on for profit, or they get to that point then start to extract money in dividends? because this isn't Roman anymore, they are only there to make money on their investment.
 
I think Chelsea's recruitment has been lackadaisical, the issue is more with Potter they are making him run proverbially before he has a chance to walk. The increased outlay this season and potentially in summer is going to heighten the expectation, it's not a time-oreintated project when spending in a few months will accumulate to almost 500 million.

Time will tell how efficient their approach is but Boehly is all that the fans would should have wanted to avoid given the influence and example in someone like Woodward. American businessman in the league have been appalling, most likely due to the demands / culture in the sports that's domestic to their nation.
 
This is starting to feel like Elon Musk buying Twitter. He can't be such an idiot. Can he? or does he have some kind of genius plan that we can't see? I just don't get it. What are the hoping to gain. Surely the would be better off leaving the team to settle and time for Potter to reevaluate and then spend in the summer. Spending all the cash in Jan gets what? Are they going all out hoping for a top four finish? Are they getting in their business early before the new financial fair play rules kick in. What happens in Summer. Are they still allowed to spend? What are us mortals not getting?
 
I like his style. He waits for other clubs to set a price and then he enters with few million more. Why bother to negotiate? :lol:
 
He's clueless the former interim sporting director, like Woodward on crack throwing money at everything. Hoping shit eventually sticks and forms chemistry. Joking aside Chelsea are a circus, I can't remember such an unbalanced squad of players.
 
Vapor trail said:
I think Chelsea's recruitment has been lackadaisical, the issue is more with Potter they are making him run proverbially before he has a chance to walk. The increased outlay this season and potentially in summer is going to heighten the expectation, it's not a time-oreintated project when spending in a few months will accumulate to almost 500 million.

Time will tell how efficient their approach is but Boehly is all that the fans would should have wanted to avoid given the influence and example in someone like Woodward. American businessman in the league have been appalling, most likely due to the demands / culture in the sports that's domestic to their nation.
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Actually he's building the team in a very un-American way, we have salary caps in our leagues (at least the ones that matter) so you have to build a team over the course of a few years and develop young players almost always. It's also very difficult once you build a great team to keep it together due to the aforementioned salary caps.
 
Chelsea seem to do well with maverick owners. They have big injuries; it'll be interesting to see how Potter does with a fully fit and available squad.
 
The guy snorts and decides to buy then and there during the high. Wakes up with a comedown then to overcome it snorts again and buy some more. I like it.
 
DevilRed said:
I'm impressed at the level of investment he has committed into the club.

We would do well with an owner/consortium who would fund a similar spend.

The decision making and choice of players is up for debate, but the level commitment is definitely not. Any club would aspire to have owners like that.

Not sure why people are all doom and gloom. Its actually shocking to me that they are still spending/surpassed spending from the latter years of the abramovich era.

I thought they'd go the path of the dippers.
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Money without proper planning won't work, and can even set you back for a while. He signed a lot of players in the summer then sacked the manager, and he's going on another spending spree while his new manager is unable to get a grip on the current squad, and most likely will be sacked before the end of the season, just for a new manager to walk in a mishmash group of players that he never asked for. It's obvious to me that Boehly thought throwing money at players means success due to his lack of experience. He's giving players 7+ years contracts ffs. In all likelihood he'll end up with a lot of overpaid players he can't sell.
 
Bye bye Boehly,
Time to hit the road to dreamland
Don't cry Boehly
It was divine but the rooster has finally crowed
Time to hit the road
 
Trophy Room said:
Chelsea seem to do well with maverick owners. They have big injuries; it'll be interesting to see how Potter does with a fully fit and available squad.
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They're not buying players because they've got injuries, they're buying players because the ones that are injured are leaving at the end of the season, this is their rebuild that's happening. If you want to know how they'll do when all the injuries are over, just watch them this week.
 
Brophs said:
Joking aside, I don’t get it either. This has all the hallmarks of a new owner allowing himself to be led by the nose by people more knowledgeable than him rather than him just wandering in telling people he’s just signed four new right backs.
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Yeah it's really odd. It's pretty common knowledge his involvement in transfers has decreased now the 'team' is in place.
 
Question for the Chelsea fans, especially those who are excited by Boehly's wheeling and dealing - Is the money being spent added to the debt of Chelsea FC or him and his American financiers?

The devil is in the details and if it's the latter, I feel doubly sorry for you.
 
Pronewbie said:
Question for the Chelsea fans, especially those who are excited by Boehly's wheeling and dealing - Is the money being spent added to the debt of Chelsea FC or him and his American financiers?

The devil is in the details and if it's the latter, I feel doubly sorry for you.
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It's not his wheeling and dealing, not anymore.
 
Can someone explain to me how Chelsea can sign players for 150 £ mio in January (after spending the same in the Summer) while we are limited severely by PL rules? What am I missing?
 
KjaAnd said:
Can someone explain to me how Chelsea can sign players for 150 £ mio in January (after spending the same in the Summer) while we are limited severely by PL rules? What am I missing?
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I mean are you actually or is it just some PR spin the club put out? I'm finding it hard to believe a club who generate the most money in football who benefit from TV deals that allow even newly prompted clubs to chuck money around are skint.

You have around what £14m from Ronaldo's saved wages alone?
 
KjaAnd said:
Can someone explain to me how Chelsea can sign players for 150 £ mio in January (after spending the same in the Summer) while we are limited severely by PL rules? What am I missing?
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I keep asking the same question, but no one seems to have a coherent answer. Someone said, because they sold Hazard how ever many years ago. Since they sold Hazard, they've spent, minimum, £600M.
 
KjaAnd said:
Can someone explain to me how Chelsea can sign players for 150 £ mio in January (after spending the same in the Summer) while we are limited severely by PL rules? What am I missing?
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Which rules specifically are severely limiting your spending? It's not FFP, you bring in a feckton of money.
 
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