re: Chelsea 2023/24 Season-Long Thread: We’re Toast

I have reached hatred status for Sterling, he has to go this offseason
Sterling is the James Harden of the EPL

you can see the ability and you can talk yourself into his value, but over all he is so self absorbed and tone deaf he becomes a net negative. Why did he take that penalty over Palmer? Why did he take that free kick? Both efforts were EPL “worst of the year” compilation video candidates. Was he trying to be a “leader?” Did Poch send him up there? Why?

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However, Sterling had missed a penalty in the opening 45 minutes before a poor free-kick attempt later in the game, with fans clearly less than impressed by his showing as he was hooked in the 86th minute for Madueke.

As such, Pochettino was asked about the incident by the BBC after the game, calling for fans to respect his decisions and support his side as they are 'trying to build something'.

'We need to support him, he's an amazing player,' Pochettino said. 'He has more than 10 years experience in the Premier League.

'Of course I think the contribution was good. He was a little bit unlucky with some actions where he should have scored. But we are a team and we need to be there for everyone.

Fans are entitled to show their emotion. For us we try to empathise with our fans not to criticise. They want the best for our team and players. But we are in a project. We need support and to really believe. We are trying to build something.

'We are in a process to build the team. I know really well how to manage. What the fans want is to win the game and that we achieved. What the fans want is to go to Wembley and that we achieved.

'They need to trust me to manage in the way I think is the best way for the club. We need to respect their opinion as much as they need to respect my decision.'

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I read that as Poch damage control. He can see how up and down RS played today. I think Poch sees RS as one of the few seasoned EPL level guys he has so he is leaning on him to lead and this is what you get. RS has always been this guy, He is the guy that gives you some great plays, some good plays, some bad plays, some truly awful plays.

To have Brendan Rogers, Pep and Southgate basically move on from you before age 30 is really saying something.

Maybe he goes to SA but I bet RS stays in England but he gets sent to one of the smaller London area clubs and CFC eats the money to get rid of him. Since Boehly has taken a step back out of the spotlight and Football people are making decisions, some of the personnel wrongs are being righted.

Remember the beginning of the end of Thomas Tuchel was ownership insisting on signing Ronaldo and TT flatly refused. There is a lot of stupid that needs to be undone, I hope moving RS is #1 on the priority list

sanchez is just in over his head, he is just not good enough and he has zero awareness, he is “see ball attack ball” all the time. His non-chalance with the ball and poor communication skills are real head scratchers. Just another low football IQ guy on a roster with too many of them.

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Chelsea’s under-fire chief executive Chris Jurasek has been accused of ignoring the concerns of supporters over broken promises and the threat of “irreversible toxicity” towards co-controlling owners Todd Boehly and Behdad Eghbali.

In a 1,500-word letter sent to Boehly and Eghbali earlier this month, Chelsea’s Supporters’ Trust stressed the “urgent requirement to engage with the wider fanbase” and set out a host of issues including:

a fast-growing lack of trust towards the board;
the feeling that the club is becoming a laughing stock;
broken pledges on pricing;
a failure of existing supporter engagement mechanisms;
the threat of protests.
Jurasek, who has been accused of referring to fans as “customers” and received criticism for cutting bus subsidies for away travel, responded in a letter to the Trust on Wednesday.

In the letter, Jurasek said: “Our goal is the same as your goal: to ensure Chelsea Football Club has a bright and successful future. To do so, there is a necessity to increase club revenue to put us on a par with our rivals and allow us to compete in both the Premier League and Women’s Super League, as well as in domestic and European competitions. There are several ways we are already doing that and will further explore.”

It added: “To be clear, we endeavour to have regular and strong communication with all our supporters, across all our teams, and aim to enhance and improve this connection season-on-season. We welcome the thoughts of our supporter groups on how to further enhance this connection.”

Mark Meehan, Chelsea Supporters’ Trust chairman, responded by saying: “We appreciate the response from Chris Jurasek, the Chelsea chief executive. However, in our opinion, it doesn’t really address the issue we raised, which was about the club opening up to a wider group of fans in order to explain and reassure at what is a difficult and challenging time for everyone.

“There are serious supporter concerns about the direction of the club, and particularly the disconnection felt towards the club ownership, board as well as the majority of the team and the manager.”

In a pointed reference to a report that Jurasek referred to supporters as “customers”, Meehan added: “A football club belongs to its supporters and the CST will continue to do everything in its power to guarantee that the voices of those supporters are heard from the stands to the boardroom and ensure that Chelsea supporters are at the very centre of every key decision made by the club – we are supporters, not customers.”

Boehly, who is Chelsea’s chairman, has already been the target of abuse from angry supporters, while head coach Mauricio Pochettino and forward Raheem Sterling have been booed.

In their original letter to Boehly and Eghbali, the Supporters’ Trust said: “The current feeling amongst Chelsea supporters in our opinion is at its lowest since the early 1980s…a significant number of supporters that we speak to are quick to express concerns that the lack of any public-facing vision from the new ownership has led to an overwhelming sense of helplessness, frustration, and deep concern.

“Supporters are saying that there currently seems a fast-growing lack of trust from much of the fanbase, especially matchgoers, towards the board, partially due to severely limited communication. Many supporters have significant concerns about the short and long-term future of our football club.”

It added: “The current mood amongst supporters is critically low and cannot be ignored. The feeling that the club has become a ‘laughing stock’, both on and off the pitch, is growing.

“The Chelsea Supporters’ Trust regretfully believes that we are close to, if not already experiencing, a significant shift in supporter opinion that could result in irreversible toxicity, almost irrespective of results on the pitch.

“Unless the situation improves, this seems likely to manifest itself in more targeted chanting, especially at televised games, and quite possibly more organised, overt, and impactful forms of protest by some sections of the fanbase.”

Addressing an increase in prices since the Boehly-Eghbali takeover, the letter said: “When you began your stewardship of Chelsea FC, you communicated to supporters that you would look to grow every commercial revenue stream and double the income to bring us in line with other major Premier League clubs. We were informed that only once all commercial revenue streams were exhausted would the club hit the pockets of the supporters. Supporters are frustrated and angry that this pledge has been broken.”

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i posted the article to show how the club is now shitting on the club supporters that are the closest to the club, the most diehard and go to the matches both home and away.

Hope things have been going better for you lately randy

More smoke for point deduction coming soon

Probably for the best.

fricking Roman. Did everything he could to build a winner, legal or otherwise. I hope we all enjoyed 2021.

post lots of pics please
very jealous

KTBFFH!

terrible

mind numbingly terrible