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  • #1662320
    bort
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    This guy is spot on:

    #1662345

    palmeab
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    Correct, Bort. But for the American accent, this could have been my post. The keynote of this post is preparedness…..or in our case, lack thereof. Many of my posts to this site for some time have stressed this, from planning for the eventual departure of key players to refreshing even title winning teams….always falling on deaf (and often amused) ears. Well, noone’s laughing now and our needs have multiplied with neglect. What was once straightforward corporate planning has become necessity (as per another thread) and probably beyond our Board and requiring a knowledgeable football man like a DoF (yet another thread). Fans? I ask you!

    #1662356

    nine nine nine
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    Wasn’t the problem with bringing Sarri in late to do with De Laurentis refusing to release him though?

    Completely agree that we need a DOF with gravitas.

    The Courtois situation is ridiculous we really shouldn’t be where we are with him with just three days of the window to go.

    #1662365

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    Re Sarri being released earlier and de Laurentis being difficult. As I recall Napoli acquired Ancelotti in good time thereby making Sarri available. After that it was a question of how to conduct the discussions with de Laurentis and this seems to be something at which we are poor, particularly as it is well known that de Laurentis is a little eccentric. “Know your adversary” is not too difficult a concept to grasp. Yes, the financial implications were complex but not of World Economics proportions, surely. Attempts to get our Board off the hook do not sit well with me, I’m afraid.

    #1662373
    bort
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    The board where clearly haggling with Napoli & De Laurentis which only stunted new season preparations.

    The board clearly didn’t have any transfer target lined up neither.

    #1662397

    nine nine nine
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    You would make a great DOF Palms.😊

    Just for the record I wasn’t trying to get the Board off the hook I was merely outlining the facts as reported which is all we have to go on and even then we don’t really know the reality of the situation those reports suggest it was a very difficult negotiation that included a written agreement that prevented Chelsea bidding for any Napoli players.

    Since Sarri has moved to Chelsea De Laurentis has acted like a lover spurned with all sorts of outbursts against him which suggests that there was much more to extracting Sarri from Napoli than just money but it’s all water under the Bridge now.

    #1662461
    Monty
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    very well put by this individual only one error they were not Contes signings.

    #1662714
    bort
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    Monty

    Although our board didnt get the primary targets Conte wanted I do think players like:

    Alonso
    Emerson
    Rudiger
    Morata
    Kante
    Zappacosta
    Drinkwater
    Bakayoko
    Luiz

    Were all Conte approved. It never felt like Conte was handed a Hector or Djilobodji like Mourinho was.

    #1662762
    NIBlue
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    Conte and Jose both complained about the lack of input to signing.

    The board are clueless when it comes to footballing issues hence the majority of dross that they sign, because in stead of shopping at Harrods we are going to B&M and Asda!

    The Accountancy side is so obvious it beggars belief. Everything is dictated from spreadsheet and the only way accountants can make money is cutting costs. Costs that they read from a set of previous years accounts.

    They fail to see that cutting costs impacts on success, the lack of success reduces income and soon the cost cutting spirals out of control and eventually you don’t have enough income allow any spending.

    Again as 999 points out, the lack of a DOF is the biggest issue for this club.

    #1663727

    palmeab
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    The signings made by Chelsea FC over the past week or so represent a welcome improvement over those of recent years but surely the over exhuberant praise of The Board from some quarters is fulsome to say the least. Credit where it is due (and that implicit in my opening remark) but are supposed to casually sweep away the mismanagement of recent years and forget because of one summer swallow? Indeed, the signing of a new goalkeeper this week is the end of a saga for which The Board is principally responsible. The fact that they have now listened to mounting criticism from all quarters is welcome evidence (albeit welcome despite inherent tardiness) of the penny at last dropping. One is grateful for this and take on trust that their redemption is permanent rather than an over elaborate example of pre-emptying a new coach’s complaints……the last one routinely ignored despite their paying him £9m for his football knowledge and sacked only a month ago. However, one is ever willing to give praise to those who willingly repent and see the light. Now let’s see if we have a similar recanting of the loaning syndrome that has blighted player and club for some time now.

    #1663732

    palmeab
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    My spell checker is probably American and words such as ‘pre-empting’ unfamiliar So, apologies for the non-word appearing in the fifth line from the end of the above post.

    #1663806

    nine nine nine
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    Come on Palms nobody is saying the Board hasn’t made mistakes let’s just acknowledge a good transfer window with a smile on our faces and hope that we sign a DOF sooner rather than later to deal with some of the retrospective problems.

    #1663837

    palmeab
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    Sorry 9’s but your good nature has affected your observation. Moreover, insofar that the club doesn’t take any notice of fans, there are some on this site who have always taken a lenient view of Board incompetence (based largely on the view that they are Directors so they must be good) and the reason for indecent haste today was probably intended to underscore their view or undermine dissenters. I’m afraid I don’t buy it and whereas no-one is perfect incompetence is something else. To be as fair as I feel I can, I think the financial stability of the club is due to the Board but they don’t appear to see that persistent ineptitude regarding the football side – surely the core business of a FOOTBALL club – will eventually impact that aspect, too. Like no CL in any given year.

    #1663839
    bort
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    Nine

    I agree with Palms and posted these points in the transfer thread but I believe this has been one of the worst windows in a long time:

    – We just sold and lost a proven worldclass keeper for tuppence.

    – We just purchased a completely unknown keeper with little to no CV for an outrageous world record fee, which has more chance of backfiring than anything else.

    – We haven’t improved the squad only weakened it with this keeper swap. A worldclass player for a player that “might” become worldclass.

    – We didn’t bring in one player that will bring what we actually need, which is goals!!!

    – We wasted 6 weeks of the window doing nothing and left everything to the last minute now we have almost no real prep for the season.

    The only positive is at least we bought in Jorginho and Kovacic who is gone again next summer but again these player don’t bring goals they just bring passing.

    Shocking window and shocking planning all round for a top European club.

    #1663869
    Blaze
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    I don’t like loans in especially highly rated players cause if he performs well as expected Madrid will want him back. So we lose a top player and for no fee even if we paid no fee. Makes little sense.

    #1663928

    nine nine nine
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    Palms, the signings we’ve made don’t absolve the Board of their past mistakes but it’s a much better window than last Summer imo.

    I don’t carry any standard for the Board and don’t absolve Roman for his mistakes either but I do think every decision Roman has ever taken regarding Chelsea rightly or wrongly were in the best interests of the Club as far as he saw it and there have been many worse owners as any Blackpool fan will attest to.

    The Board could do many things much better but in terms of this window those responsible imo have done a fairly decent job.

    Should we improve the football expertise on the Board? You know my answer to that!

    #1663935

    nine nine nine
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    Blaze, I think you make a very good point but Kovacic has got to want to go back to Real even if he has a great season and he was determined to get away from them this season.

    A season long loan of a player as good as Kovacic is unusual and probably wouldn’t have happened were it not a carrot to help bring through the Courtois transfer for Real it helps Kovacic who was frustrated and u happy at Real and it helps Chelsea because it would probably have been difficult to pay another £50m plus for another midfield player and complied with FFP.

    Hell of a midfield trio now though imo. Cheers 999

    #1663937

    nine nine nine
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    Bort, it’s all been said elsewhere mate but to repeat my last post.

    “All about different opinions mate and this site would be a boring place if we all saw things the same way.

    Let’s hope Liam’s right and “Jorginho, Kepa & Kovacic may all prove quality contributors now/in the coming years.” Then how we got there wont matter.☺ ”

    Cheers 999″

    #1663986

    MKM
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    Palms you are spot on sir! And I couldn’t have put it better myself. I remember when Abramovic first took over the club. We had several competent people on the board such as Peter Kenyon, a wellknown sports director/chief scout in Frank Arnesen etc. Along the line they have been replaced with a Sport director/chief scout who’s insight in football came from being a coach for a American women non league football team (Emenalo), and now the club is run by a woman who went to a university that specialised in music and dancing with absolutely no football credentials, but being the owner’s PA she suddenly rose to a high position on the board and now sits as Director of Chelsea FC. Seriously you couldn’t make it up! We are a laughing stock! I clearly remember when Mansour purchased Man City, one of the first thing they did was to bring in Uefalona’s Sport Director, Txiki Begiristain, top of the pop if you ask me. Now they have moved- or soon will move past us when it comes to revenue and brand value. With the amount of money that came with the Abramovic takeover, we had a splendid opportunity to excel and stake our place among the Top top clubs, the Uefalonas, the Real Madrids, the Juventus’ et al. But since we won the Champions League and probably way before that. We have gone the opposite direction and it is all down to extremely poor management of the club courtesy of the Board, the owner etc.
    I am forever deeply deeply grateful for what Mr Abramovic has done for us, but honestly when I read the news that the richest man in England had made a bid for Chelsea FC, I just wished it would be accepted. I know, it is so ungrateful to think like that, but I am simply so tired of the way the club is being managed and the thoughts of wasted opportunities. And before everyone slates me. I’ve been a Chelsea fan for more than twenty years, and yes I remember how it was when a top four finish felt like winning the Champions League, and I am quite aware of what we have accomplished since Mr Abramovic bought the club. I just honestly think if we want to take the next step and not become the new Arsenal or Liverpool which quite frankly is a very likely scenario considering the battle for the PL crown let alone the the top four, it is time to pass the torch on.
    Now flame away! 😉

    #1664060

    nine nine nine
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    MKM, it was Roman Abramovich who appointed both Peter Kenyon and Frank Arnesen.

    Chelsea during the Abramovich tenure have been the most succesful Club in English football.

    Being a Chelsea supporter for 20 years the most succesful period in Chelsea’s history means you didn’t experience the way the Club was run under the Mears family who almost took the club under and who almost cost the Club Stamford Bridge.

    Have Roman and the Board made mistakes? Definitely. Would the Board benefit from some real football expertise on it in the shape of a DOF? Definitely.

    Would the Club be better off without Abramovich under new ownership?

    Who knows but be careful what you wish for as there are far far worse owners out there than Roman Abramovich!

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