| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea 09:23 - Mar 10 with 50895 views | DWQPR |
Just been sanctioned by the UK government. Now I assume that any follower of the filth buying tickets or anything associated with that lot will be breaking the law? |  |
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:45 - Mar 10 with 2993 views | Rs_Holy |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:41 - Mar 10 by Silverfoxqpr |
Think he said he'd write it off when he put the club up for sale last week didn't he? |
so its not such a great day after all?... The crippling debt accumulated in bankrolling all the trophies under the Russian 'businessman' will be gone instantly?.... Plus someone could in theory buy the club pretty much debt free? [Post edited 10 Mar 2022 11:46]
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:47 - Mar 10 with 2969 views | gobbles |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:41 - Mar 10 by Silverfoxqpr |
Think he said he'd write it off when he put the club up for sale last week didn't he? |
But he also talked about "net profits" of sale. He didn't get rich by writing cheques.
On top of that, the Government are not going to be grabbing all his property and selling it as it would make them seem like governments in places like Zimbabwe. |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:47 - Mar 10 with 2969 views | MrSheen |
Any scarves tied to the gate yet? Have Bury FC announced a bucket collection? |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:50 - Mar 10 with 2907 views | daveB |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:36 - Mar 10 by Rs_Holy |
so what happens to all the money that chelsea owe Abramovich (is it £1.5 Billion)??? Will it be written off??? |
pure guess on my part but if Russia pull put of Ukraine I imagine sanctions are lifted and he can reclaim his money or sell the club. I could be completely wrong on that though |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:57 - Mar 10 with 2826 views | NorthantsHoop |
Not forgetting the suffering of the Ukranian people, I wonder whether the Chelsea crisis is the tip of the iceberg of a collapse at the top of the football pyramid and how clubs are funded. Everton are also in a state now they have lost their Russian backer and they are in a serious breach of ffp. The web of financial interconnectivity with Russian, Chinese and other less than straight sources at the top of the game could bring this giant ponzi scheme crashing down. |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:59 - Mar 10 with 2790 views | Silverfoxqpr |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:45 - Mar 10 by Rs_Holy |
so its not such a great day after all?... The crippling debt accumulated in bankrolling all the trophies under the Russian 'businessman' will be gone instantly?.... Plus someone could in theory buy the club pretty much debt free? [Post edited 10 Mar 2022 11:46]
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Well that's what he said he'd do IF he sold the club, obviously that's no longer happening. Quite what happens to those 'loans' now I really have no idea. |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:04 - Mar 10 with 2764 views | stowmarketrange |
They can melt down all the trophies he has bought them in 18 years and sell them for scrap. |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:08 - Mar 10 with 2732 views | loftboy |
Ooh could we solve our ground problem, it is in the same borough after all!!! |  |
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:09 - Mar 10 with 2714 views | stowmarketrange |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 10:43 - Mar 10 by Phildo |
On the (also) bright side they cant sell any more of that hideous kit. |
Does that mean that sports shops will have to take down all their stock of scum sh it?
I’d love to see a big pile of it on a bonfire in every high street in the country. | | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:13 - Mar 10 with 2680 views | Rs_Holy |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:08 - Mar 10 by loftboy |
Ooh could we solve our ground problem, it is in the same borough after all!!! |
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:15 - Mar 10 with 2655 views | loftboy |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:13 - Mar 10 by Rs_Holy |
Ban! |
Think about it, once those badges are removed and everywhere is sanitised it would be perfect for us!
Add on the fact that there’s a great venue under the main stand, seen a few decent bands in there. | |
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:16 - Mar 10 with 2643 views | BklynRanger |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:18 - Mar 10 by HantsR |
Fascinating news and I guess I should be feeling a wonderful sense of schadenfreude, but in reality I could only derive any real satisfaction if, or hopefully when the sanctions can ease the suffering of the desperate people of Ukraine. |
Fair point and I do see that angle myself.
But taken in isolation, during a time when the news is so uniformly bleak, you have to admit this is fcuking beautiful! :) |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:19 - Mar 10 with 2609 views | Rs_Holy |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:15 - Mar 10 by loftboy |
Think about it, once those badges are removed and everywhere is sanitised it would be perfect for us!
Add on the fact that there’s a great venue under the main stand, seen a few decent bands in there. |
you'll be suggesting .... Chelsea Park Rangers next  | | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:27 - Mar 10 with 2510 views | WokingR |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:15 - Mar 10 by loftboy |
Think about it, once those badges are removed and everywhere is sanitised it would be perfect for us!
Add on the fact that there’s a great venue under the main stand, seen a few decent bands in there. |
No, No, No.
You need to sit on the thinking step for a little while.
You can sanitise all you like but you'll never get that smell out |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:32 - Mar 10 with 2482 views | Rangers67 |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 10:47 - Mar 10 by loftus77 |
Every club honour or trophy 'won' under the Abramovich regime should be rescinded, scrubbed and expunged from all records. Surely. |
Been saying that for years but of course the various governments , the FA and the Prem League have all been persuaded to look the other way . So for me any trophies they have won since this guy has been the owner are null and void , bought with money stolen from the Russian people | | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:33 - Mar 10 with 2468 views | CamberleyR |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:15 - Mar 10 by loftboy |
Think about it, once those badges are removed and everywhere is sanitised it would be perfect for us!
Add on the fact that there’s a great venue under the main stand, seen a few decent bands in there. |
No, raze it to the ground, then rebuild. But before rebuilding we all go down there to piss on the rubble. They can meanwhile reform in the Isthmian League and play at Kingsmeadow. |  |
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:34 - Mar 10 with 2459 views | essextaxiboy |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:27 - Mar 10 by WokingR |
No, No, No.
You need to sit on the thinking step for a little while.
You can sanitise all you like but you'll never get that smell out |
Flatten it and build a Ukrainian quarter for refugees and their families |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:37 - Mar 10 with 2423 views | wortonranger |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:33 - Mar 10 by CamberleyR |
No, raze it to the ground, then rebuild. But before rebuilding we all go down there to piss on the rubble. They can meanwhile reform in the Isthmian League and play at Kingsmeadow. |
Abramovich has some pals who know how to do that. Apologies for black humour but these are strange days. |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:43 - Mar 10 with 2365 views | BostonR |
Not such a surprise, given we all knew from day one that Chelsea was acquired and operated with dirty money.
It’s the height of hypocrisy from this government to sanction him, when the Tories have also been bankrolled by the same dirt money.
Football and especially the PL was eating itself and perhaps this might be an opportunity to re-set the whole set-up from governance to financial probity (I live in hope). The fit and proper ownership test is farcical, we have allowed five clubs to almost drive the game into oblivion during COVID and now an acknowledgement that one club has build its years of success on corrupt and stolen money.
Personally, if Abramovich’s relationship with Putin has resulted in the murder of innocent Ukrainian people, I hope that shite club dives into oblivion-they would deserve it. |  | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:44 - Mar 10 with 2345 views | Rs_Holy |
'Reviewing our position'
Chelsea's shirt sponsor has issued a statement in the wake of sanctions from the UK government against club owner Roman Abramovich.
A Three spokesperson said:“We are in discussions with Chelsea and we are reviewing our position.” | | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:45 - Mar 10 with 2319 views | stowmarketrange |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:08 - Mar 10 by loftboy |
Ooh could we solve our ground problem, it is in the same borough after all!!! |
Only if we could have the stadium announcer tied to a stake before every game so that we can throw things at the cu nt. | | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:51 - Mar 10 with 2265 views | ParkRoyalR |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:45 - Mar 10 by stowmarketrange |
Only if we could have the stadium announcer tied to a stake before every game so that we can throw things at the cu nt. |
They don't know who he is, they don't know who he is,
Still one of my favourite chants, his petulant reaction was priceless,
Nearly as childish as that complete wrong'un over at the BCS. | | | |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:53 - Mar 10 with 2254 views | WokingR |
| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 11:06 - Mar 10 by WokingR |
Dust off those collection buckets lads
We can still take it over and turn the sh*thole into a carpark yet |
Chelsea have been overwhelmed so far by public support
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:59 - Mar 10 with 2200 views | BlackCrowe |
Carefree my @rse. |  |
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| The Russian Bloke at North Battersea on 12:59 - Mar 10 with 2193 views | Phildo |
Loads of their fans crying foul on twitter. They have not even realised that all the successes of the past 20 years are now always going to have an asterisk next to them. If you decide to sell your soul to the devil that is what you get.
The last couple of weeks have seen a lot of stuff used against the democratic world thrown into reverse. Soviet Russia was a closed economy but we let them in to the free market which looked a mistake for years. Now the west has the power to freeze their assets and they have to close all their factories as they cant source semi conductors or even ball bearings as I understand it and their currency is in the bin.
They used bots and troll farms to stir up dissent for years- now they are scrambling to close their access to the internet down as news of their atrocities leak out at home.
They lived like kings in our city driving most of us out to live in the suburbs- but have gone to war with tanks that cant drive 30 miles without breaking down because the maintenance money was spent on yachts moored at Monaco and London property.
Sports washing was quite the thing (invented by one Roman Abramovich) but now you cock up and you may lose the sport/club - hence that terrifying Stavely woman describing this as 'sad'- she knows what this might mean in the future for the Saudis.
Fk the lot of them - the chelsea pitch owners can start staging the odd 5 a side from time to time. |  | | |
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