I live in a world where I find myself agreeing more and more with people like Minerals and Younes (both of whom I consider - under normal circumstances - to be appallingly extremist)... what a world LOL
It’s again just not going to change because their model is to buy young and sell for more. That’s it. I’m certainly not convinced Eghbali thinks success necessarily means success on the pitch. We have a squad that is a collection of individuals waiting to be sold on and not a team and I doubt if any coach could make a success of that and certainly not Rosenior. I heard a comment on tv before the Spuds v Forest game yesterday that the Spuds board were happy with direction of the club because it’s making a lot of money and the team is a secondary concern. We are no different I’m sorry to say. The Americanisation of our game.
Liverpool have canned their plans to buy some clubs and create their own network. I imagine that will be a personal blow to Michael Edwards who returned to the club to oversee all global operations. We should perhaps check on his situation?
Andy Jacobs made a good point earlier today. The Board are obsessed with Brighton but what is an oversight by them is that Brighton have huge experience in wellbeck, milner, Dunk and Groß. It's all about balance in the squad!
Excellent read but Eghbali is not going to change and don't expect Todd to come to the rescue. It's only about money always was and always will be. They got Chelsea at a knockdown price thanks to the 'principles' of the UK govt, it was and remains purely an investment opportunity the chance to get an elite sporting institution on the cheap and coin it. YTF has done a good piece on how everything has been set up as individual holding companies below the two main umbrella companies run by Clearlake and Todd. So, Chelsea, the women's team, Strasbourg, Under the Bridge, Car Parks, Merchandising, Security, property portfolios etc, etc, are all separate assets. The interesting thing according to YTF is that these assets are not subject to the 10 year lock in that we heard so much about. The only lock in applies to the share ratio in the main holding companies. So, according to YTF there is no restriction on Blueco selling the football club or any other asset that they control.
This is all well and good except that the football under Maresca was horrific, and this again boils down to the SDs and their "possession based" style of play. If you want to do that then you need technically gifted attackers - not Garnacho, Delap and Neto.
The recruitment has been nothing short of abject and the problem is that fixing it will be expensive. To ignore the physical basics when building a squad for the PL is absolutely inexcusable. You need height, strength, speed and we have very little of it.
I disagree, I think Maresca played that way to avoid what we are seeing now with Rosenoir. This squad is terrible, even worse this season than last season. We are not good enough going forward, nor defensively.
Late to read this article but cannot disagree with the philosophy in any shape of form
I live in a world where I find myself agreeing more and more with people like Minerals and Younes (both of whom I consider - under normal circumstances - to be appallingly extremist)... what a world LOL
It’s again just not going to change because their model is to buy young and sell for more. That’s it. I’m certainly not convinced Eghbali thinks success necessarily means success on the pitch. We have a squad that is a collection of individuals waiting to be sold on and not a team and I doubt if any coach could make a success of that and certainly not Rosenior. I heard a comment on tv before the Spuds v Forest game yesterday that the Spuds board were happy with direction of the club because it’s making a lot of money and the team is a secondary concern. We are no different I’m sorry to say. The Americanisation of our game.
Liverpool have canned their plans to buy some clubs and create their own network. I imagine that will be a personal blow to Michael Edwards who returned to the club to oversee all global operations. We should perhaps check on his situation?
Andy Jacobs made a good point earlier today. The Board are obsessed with Brighton but what is an oversight by them is that Brighton have huge experience in wellbeck, milner, Dunk and Groß. It's all about balance in the squad!
Holy cow Si, you are spot on with this article. Are other pundits also echoing your thoughts? We do need volume to get the message across.
Everything you have said is what most of us fans think but I'm with you that Egghead and the 2 clown SDs will change nothing ! 😡😡😡😡
Excellent read but Eghbali is not going to change and don't expect Todd to come to the rescue. It's only about money always was and always will be. They got Chelsea at a knockdown price thanks to the 'principles' of the UK govt, it was and remains purely an investment opportunity the chance to get an elite sporting institution on the cheap and coin it. YTF has done a good piece on how everything has been set up as individual holding companies below the two main umbrella companies run by Clearlake and Todd. So, Chelsea, the women's team, Strasbourg, Under the Bridge, Car Parks, Merchandising, Security, property portfolios etc, etc, are all separate assets. The interesting thing according to YTF is that these assets are not subject to the 10 year lock in that we heard so much about. The only lock in applies to the share ratio in the main holding companies. So, according to YTF there is no restriction on Blueco selling the football club or any other asset that they control.
This is all well and good except that the football under Maresca was horrific, and this again boils down to the SDs and their "possession based" style of play. If you want to do that then you need technically gifted attackers - not Garnacho, Delap and Neto.
The recruitment has been nothing short of abject and the problem is that fixing it will be expensive. To ignore the physical basics when building a squad for the PL is absolutely inexcusable. You need height, strength, speed and we have very little of it.
Let’s go back to basics here it doesn’t mean you’ll win even if you have 70% possession.
Passing the ball across the back slowly doesn’t open the other team up but it does invite the heavy press that can cause mistake’s.
Certain players think they can do no wrong (think Neto here) and aren’t playing for the team.
Our defensive line buckles under pressure because we have 2 or 3 weak links there.
We think changing the manager guarantees success but still tell them how they should make the team play.
Finally:
I’m sick of saying with every false dawn we will be back in 6 months with the same problems.
Absolutely right. Maresca wasn't a top level coach it's only that Rosenior is so bad that Maresca is starting to be viewed as being half decent.
I disagree, I think Maresca played that way to avoid what we are seeing now with Rosenoir. This squad is terrible, even worse this season than last season. We are not good enough going forward, nor defensively.
exactly this... just because Rosenior is a horrendous appointment does not mean Meresca was good. Neither deserved to be at the club.