| You couldn't make it up 22:02 - Aug 30 with 7660 views | colinallcars |
Chelsea, having just spent about 800 mill on players have withdrawn the £10 coach fare subsidy for their saintly supporters. |  | | |  |
| You couldn't make it up on 22:04 - Aug 30 with 5663 views | Hayesender |
And for cost cutting said with a straight face  |  |
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| You couldn't make it up on 22:11 - Aug 30 with 5611 views | colinallcars |
I blame FFP. | | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 22:12 - Aug 30 with 5594 views | Boston |
The way they treat their pensioners... |  |
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| You couldn't make it up on 22:13 - Aug 30 with 5577 views | Hayesender |
| You couldn't make it up on 22:11 - Aug 30 by colinallcars |
I blame FFP. |
They should have leased the coaches for 10 years to get around that  | |
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| You couldn't make it up on 22:48 - Aug 30 with 5359 views | daveB |
They should split the cost of the coaches over 8 years
Bugger should have read the whole thread Hayesender has already done that joke. [Post edited 30 Aug 2023 22:49]
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| You couldn't make it up on 23:13 - Aug 30 with 5254 views | kensalriser |
Surely they should buy 100 coaches and loan out 80 of them. |  |
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| You couldn't make it up on 08:13 - Aug 31 with 4766 views | daveB |
They are spending north of £40million on Cole Palmer today | | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 08:25 - Aug 31 with 4694 views | lightwaterhoop |
| You couldn't make it up on 08:13 - Aug 31 by daveB |
They are spending north of £40million on Cole Palmer today |
Anything Goes. | | | |
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| You couldn't make it up on 08:32 - Aug 31 with 4667 views | colinallcars |
34 year old unemployed pox doctor's clerk, Kev Spragg from North Battersea said later “F*** 'em, I'm gonna support QPR” | | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 08:35 - Aug 31 with 4647 views | Blue_Castello |
| You couldn't make it up on 08:13 - Aug 31 by daveB |
They are spending north of £40million on Cole Palmer today |
Total fiasco will he be another bench warmer or does he just replace an even more expensive member of the squad, they really have lost the plot. I'm sure there's been real quality in their own Academy that has not even been given a chance because the supposed top Premiership clubs need instant success and that means playing the transfer tombola, when will they stop.  | | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 09:35 - Aug 31 with 4473 views | Hayesender |
| You couldn't make it up on 08:13 - Aug 31 by daveB |
They are spending north of £40million on Cole Palmer today |
Has he got a PCV licence? | |
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| You couldn't make it up on 09:58 - Aug 31 with 4380 views | slmrstid |
| You couldn't make it up on 08:35 - Aug 31 by Blue_Castello |
Total fiasco will he be another bench warmer or does he just replace an even more expensive member of the squad, they really have lost the plot. I'm sure there's been real quality in their own Academy that has not even been given a chance because the supposed top Premiership clubs need instant success and that means playing the transfer tombola, when will they stop. |
Not academy per se but remember how they very unceremoniously dumped Mo Salah and Kevin de Bruyne. Not sure if those two ever amounted for much... |  | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 10:38 - Aug 31 with 4200 views | ngbqpr |
| You couldn't make it up on 09:58 - Aug 31 by slmrstid |
Not academy per se but remember how they very unceremoniously dumped Mo Salah and Kevin de Bruyne. Not sure if those two ever amounted for much... |
Not to mention the Lukaku farce... |  |
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| You couldn't make it up on 11:03 - Aug 31 with 4083 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| You couldn't make it up on 09:58 - Aug 31 by slmrstid |
Not academy per se but remember how they very unceremoniously dumped Mo Salah and Kevin de Bruyne. Not sure if those two ever amounted for much... |
Funnier still I'd suggest, having got good money for Lukaku and David Luis, the doppy sods spent millions buying them back.
Fcuk 'em! |  |
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| You couldn't make it up on 13:15 - Aug 31 with 3916 views | themodfather |
cmon have a heart chelsea need ALL THE MONEY They can get i mean, every little helps!
while we are on this , we should have an online fundraiser to save man city as well!!!! | | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 17:18 - Aug 31 with 3662 views | VancouverHoop |
Yeah. Pretty much spot on I'd say.
Especially this bit:
"...the key driver for younger consumers is not the relationship with the club but a connection with star players, who are the future of this sport under the US model. It doesn’t matter if any of this is true. What matters is that the people buying into football, buying into Chelsea, believe it to be true."
This definitely jibes with the football playing/watching under 30s I'm familiar with in these parts. | | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 17:37 - Aug 31 with 3606 views | stowmarketrange |
A measly £250,000 is all the coach subsidy costs a season.What a saving that’ll be every year. |  | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 17:40 - Aug 31 with 3594 views | Juzzie |
| You couldn't make it up on 17:18 - Aug 31 by VancouverHoop |
Yeah. Pretty much spot on I'd say.
Especially this bit:
"...the key driver for younger consumers is not the relationship with the club but a connection with star players, who are the future of this sport under the US model. It doesn’t matter if any of this is true. What matters is that the people buying into football, buying into Chelsea, believe it to be true."
This definitely jibes with the football playing/watching under 30s I'm familiar with in these parts. |
I'm seeing more and more youngsters supporting players rather than teams. Whoever Ronaldo plays for, they'll buy that shirt until he moves on somewhere else then they'll buy that one. Saw quite a few kids (and a couple of saddo Dads too) in Kos the other week wearing Al-Nassr/Ronaldo shirts.
This has also been fuelled by online presence such as youtube & tik tok. It's all about the player.
Same with Messi, Mbappe, Neymar etc etc
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| You couldn't make it up on 18:52 - Aug 31 with 3435 views | VancouverHoop |
| You couldn't make it up on 17:40 - Aug 31 by Juzzie |
I'm seeing more and more youngsters supporting players rather than teams. Whoever Ronaldo plays for, they'll buy that shirt until he moves on somewhere else then they'll buy that one. Saw quite a few kids (and a couple of saddo Dads too) in Kos the other week wearing Al-Nassr/Ronaldo shirts.
This has also been fuelled by online presence such as youtube & tik tok. It's all about the player.
Same with Messi, Mbappe, Neymar etc etc
[Post edited 31 Aug 2023 17:46]
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Yup. My fitness coach is 26. He plays football ("soccer") at the highest amateur level locally. Which given that the game is the most popular participatory sport in these parts means he's pretty darn good. When not playing or working he watches the EPL, Spanish, Italian and French leagues all the time. He's adored CRonaldo pretty much his whole life, and was devastated when he moved to Saudi Arabia, because he figured he'd never get to see him again except in internationals. When I told him on Monday that Saudi League games were being shown on DaZN it literally made his day.
The teams* don't matter, it's all about the players.
*Actually that's not true the teams, as a collection of players, do matter to him it's the clubs that don't. [Post edited 31 Aug 2023 18:55]
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| You couldn't make it up on 09:40 - Sep 1 with 3052 views | thame_hoops |
Bias aside, the new Chelsea kit is horrible, the iridescent badge is just weird. Fitting. |  | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 09:43 - Sep 1 with 3044 views | toboboly |
| You couldn't make it up on 17:40 - Aug 31 by Juzzie |
I'm seeing more and more youngsters supporting players rather than teams. Whoever Ronaldo plays for, they'll buy that shirt until he moves on somewhere else then they'll buy that one. Saw quite a few kids (and a couple of saddo Dads too) in Kos the other week wearing Al-Nassr/Ronaldo shirts.
This has also been fuelled by online presence such as youtube & tik tok. It's all about the player.
Same with Messi, Mbappe, Neymar etc etc
[Post edited 31 Aug 2023 17:46]
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Those sort of people should be shot. Then shot again to make sure. |  |
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| You couldn't make it up on 09:52 - Sep 1 with 2999 views | Rs_Holy |
| You couldn't make it up on 09:40 - Sep 1 by thame_hoops |
Bias aside, the new Chelsea kit is horrible, the iridescent badge is just weird. Fitting. |
Nike (nuff said) |  | | |
| You couldn't make it up on 09:55 - Sep 1 with 2992 views | HAYESBOY |
42.5 mil for Palmer. |  |
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| You couldn't make it up on 09:58 - Sep 1 with 2978 views | PlanetHonneywood |
| You couldn't make it up on 09:40 - Sep 1 by thame_hoops |
Bias aside, the new Chelsea kit is horrible, the iridescent badge is just weird. Fitting. |
Thank fcuk!
I thought my tele was on the fritz and waa weighing up the need to buy a new one. | |
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