[Football] Chelsea fans are not happy, and i'm loving it

[trueblue]

Such a terrible shame. The influx of Roman Abramovich's money led us to the worst aspects of where football is now. They revelled in their bought success. Now the flip side.

 

[Insel affe]

Anyone annoyed with defeats now really hasn't been paying attention.

Plus I'll be far more pissed off when Bumley turn us over

I meant if we lose their entitled fans will be giving it large all over social media, and that is annoying, especially considering most of them as you say don’t, can’t or won’t see the big picture their eyes are firmly focused on the big prize, and don’t, can’t, or won’t care….

I hate them so so much more than Palace or any other team, it’s what they stand for from top to bottom.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I can't stand Chelsea.

Two trips to Wembley this season and their fans are still booing.
They stand every chance of finishing above us this season, for anyone still labouring under the impression they are rubbish.

 

[el punal]

How best to define my feelings right now? Oh I know…f***ing LIT WITH SCHADENFREUDE!

I have one v close mate who has been Chelsea since the early 70s. He’s rational and I feel for him. However, for the dozens of other Chelsea fans I know: f***ing suck it up, you morons!!!

I had one Chelsea “mate” who trolled me a few years ago when their academy beat ours 13-0 or something. (@AZ Gull would know!). I think it was in our first season in the Prem. Pathetic bully. It stayed with me and I gave it back week after week last season until he’d had enough and asked what my problem was. I reminded him of his trolling of a few years earlier. He couldn’t even remember it, such was his level of arrogance. This is for him and 1,000s of others.
May they suffer pain and misery for years to come. They deserve it.

Believe it or not but I liked Chelsea back in the 1960s. I watched them a few times as my Mum, who was divorced, lived just off the King’s Road, so they were my sort of local team.. Definitely a ‘Fancy Dan’ side who played some great football.

That liking of Chelsea all turned to rat shit in 1971. I went to see them play Jeunesse Esch (sp?) of Luxembourg in the second leg of the European Cup Winners Cup. Chelsea had already won the first leg 8-0, and this one 13-0. What turned me was the abuse Chelsea fans were giving their own players, especially Peter Houseman. From start to finish it was incessant. I thought, then, what a bunch of arrogant, entitled tossers. Well those fans got their just desserts not long after as the club got relegated - cue for those fans to then become the most violent in the country over the next two decades.

 

[Uh_huh_him]

I had a soft spot for chelsea as a kid, because my Grandad supported them. and knew the Bonnetti family.

Abramovich' ruined them as a football club.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

I can't stand Chelsea.

Two trips to Wembley this season and their fans are still booing.
They stand every chance of finishing above us this season, for anyone still labouring under the impression they are rubbish.

They are 'rubbish' in terms of points per pound spent. It's all relative.

 

[timbha]

I know it’s good for us (?) but I know a fair few Chelsea fans who have migrated to supporting the Albion since we joined the PL, even to the point of “loving it” when we beat them.

Having previously crowed “I’ve been Chelsea since the 70s” I just can’t think of them as being real football fans and avoid talking about football with them.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

Abramovich' ruined them as a football club.

Agree, but they won 2 x Champions Leagues - some of their fans don't care where the money came from....

 

[RandyWanger]

Bless

 

[Nobby Cybergoat]

I great every new PSR news item about Chelsea with glee. The day of their comeuppance approaches

The 4-1 game, I don't think i've felt a sense of justice delivered at a football match since Cullip scored against Chesterfield.

 

[Papa Lazarou]

Agree, but they won 2 x Champions Leagues - some of their fans don't care where the money came from....

See Newcastle for another example.

 

[sydney]

Bless them, another Billion spent in the summer should sort it

unfortunately i think in a season or 2 they will be something to be reckoned with but im happy to be completely wrong.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

unfortunately i think in a season or 2 they will be something to be reckoned with but im happy to be completely wrong.

Such is the ' global ' strength of the Big ( Greedy ) Six that none of them will be off the pace for very long.
They have been allowed to develop this position with no interference from authorities. Allowed to spend what they like, when they like and pay wages above and beyond the levels of the rest.
The PL is built round them. They feature in the majority of prime time tv slots around the world. They hoover up the majority of armchair support and thus continually increase their commercial revenue.
It is no surprise that the PL have picked on softer targets ( Everton and Forest ) They are not going to bite the hand that feeds them.
Chelsea have spent nearly a billion pounds in a short space of time and bent the rules to suit themselves. Man C have over 100 charges against them and now we hear that spending rules are going to be revised again.
I detest all these six clubs but if I had to name my least favourite of all then Chelsea would come top. I know they will bounce back but just for the moment let's revel in their discomfort.

 

[Stat Brother]

I meant if we lose their entitled fans will be giving it large all over social media, and that is annoying, especially considering most of them as you say don’t, can’t or won’t see the big picture their eyes are firmly focused on the big prize, and don’t, can’t, or won’t care….

I hate them so so much more than Palace or any other team, it’s what they stand for from top to bottom.

They will beat us, as will many of our run in teams.

We've had our fun with Chelsea, if you think that's the new norm it's your issue not plastic jobbers on the socials who couldn't find Stamford Bridge if they were drinking in Franks.
After all they've beaten us twice already this season.


There is only one truism on NSC and that's the 'Tracker' thread.

With a subtleness I can only dream of @Giraffe mentioned we are due to finish 11th or 12th in a battle with Bournemouth.

 

[ConfusedGloryHunter]

They will beat us, as will many of our run in teams.

We've had our fun with Chelsea, if you think that's the new norm it's your issue not plastic jobbers on the socials who couldn't find Stamford Bridge if they were drinking in Franks.
After all they've beaten us twice already this season.


There is only one truism on NSC and that's the 'Tracker' thread.

With a subtleness I can only dream of @Giraffe mentioned we are due to finish 11th or 12th in a battle with Bournemouth.

It does feel like our time in the sun could be ending, however we have not become instantly shit. We are still capable of beating anyone and that is good enough for me, all things considered.

 

[nwgull]

Could be worse than they think, it was assumed Mounts fee was going on this years accounts, it was last years.... they are in a worse state than originally thought

Are you certain? I know the Havertz transfer was in June, so that fee would be in last year's accounts, but Mount was in July so should be in the 23-24.

They're still f***ed mind.

 

[Insel affe]

It does feel like our time in the sun could be ending, however we have not become instantly shit. We are still capable of beating anyone and that is good enough for me, all things considered.

I refuse to think we have reached our ceiling

The summer will see us strengthen while others have to off load and I envisage one or two big signings

The sun has only just started to rise in Sussex.

 

[nwgull]

It does feel like our time in the sun could be ending, however we have not become instantly shit. We are still capable of beating anyone and that is good enough for me, all things considered.

I'm not so pessimistic. Bit of a drop in levels this year, but we've still done ok with a more congested fixture list and loads of injuries to key players. More importantly, we're in such a strong position going into this summer's transfer window.

 

[Milano]

Such is the ' global ' strength of the Big ( Greedy ) Six that none of them will be off the pace for very long.
They have been allowed to develop this position with no interference from authorities. Allowed to spend what they like, when they like and pay wages above and beyond the levels of the rest.
The PL is built round them. They feature in the majority of prime time tv slots around the world. They hoover up the majority of armchair support and thus continually increase their commercial revenue.
It is no surprise that the PL have picked on softer targets ( Everton and Forest ) They are not going to bite the hand that feeds them.
Chelsea have spent nearly a billion pounds in a short space of time and bent the rules to suit themselves. Man C have over 100 charges against them and now we hear that spending rules are going to be revised again.
I detest all these six clubs but if I had to name my least favourite of all then Chelsea would come top. I know they will bounce back but just for the moment let's revel in their discomfort.

I’m not sure, I think that Chelsea are ‘replaceable’ in that list, I even think that Man City are too. 3 or 4 seasons of mid-table and winning nothing would see a huge chunk of their ‘fan base’ outside the UK transition to another team. The only English clubs that are generationally engrained to cope with years in the wilderness are ManU, Liverpool and Arsenal IMO.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Are you certain? I know the Havertz transfer was in June, so that fee would be in last year's accounts, but Mount was in July so should be in the 23-24.

They're still f***ed mind.

There was an assumption with Mason Mount, because he was announced on Manchester United's website on July 1 that [his sale] had been put into this current season.

"So the £55million of profit was in this season. It now transpires that Mason Mount appears to have been transacted in 2022/23 and that is how they got through [FFP rules]."


Host Simon Jordan said: "Which means they've now got a £55m bigger hole this season."

Borson continued: "Correct, because we also know from the BlueCo accounts that they are currently, from the post-balance sheet events, that they are something like £48m in profit for this year.

"But of course, this year from an operating perspective, is going to be even worse than last year because they've got no Champions League and no Europe at all.”

Reflecting on potential Chelsea exits, he said: “It's those sort of deals that need to be done. And by the way, they all need to be done by June 30. That, as we know, is articulated within the Forest decision.


"There's a whole conversation about how hard it is to sell players in the period before June. The Premier League actually suggested that more or less that it was impossible.”