12 Aug 2026 22:02:21
Deadline set for EF to move, £120 million delivered by 5pm on Friday or forget it. These owners are brutal in business and a welcome relief to the Roman days where we would pamper players and oppo clubs. Nice to see some fight in them.
13 Aug 2026 02:30:17
Couldn't disagree more about your assessment for our time under Roman. These owners aren't fit to tie his laces. One semi decent window where they haven't messed up everything they've touched does nothing to change that.
13 Aug 2026 06:51:11
Roman brought a level of success to our club that I personally never believed possible. For me, he will always be a club legend.
Like a lot of wealthy people, he was no saint, and, depending on who you believe, a possible ruthless Russian crook.
Did he make mistakes while he was owner of Chelsea? Yes.
Do I care as much as I should? Probably not.
I guess it proves I am just a shallow, fickle, biased football fan.
13 Aug 2026 07:36:26
Or K, why don't the owners just come out and say, EflF is an important player for us and is not for sale.
13 Aug 2026 07:57:48
Melbourne, just to add clarity to the post I made, my point is the new owners won't be messed about like what we had to put up with before, where players were bought for vast sums, then decided they didn't like it and went on endless loans, mainly on the cheap and mainly to Italy.
13 Aug 2026 07:59:36
Bill, I know it's usual for everyone to bash the owners and SDs, and sometimes that is justified, but in this case EF said he wanted to leave. Ok, if he wants to leave, that's fine, but at a price of the club's choosing.
I like EF as a player, but as far as I know he has not come out and apologised to the fans for making his preference clear with 10/12 games left in a season and while vice captain.
If he wants to go, then fine, goodbye. If he wants to stay, he needs to start mending bridges.
13 Aug 2026 08:46:22
He can start by mending Stamford Bridge, Tom. It needs an update.
13 Aug 2026 10:07:30
EbW, Roman and our current owners have apparently looked and continue to look at all the SB options. I can't see anything happening in my lifetime.
13 Aug 2026 10:24:16
Are they Tom?
13 Aug 2026 10:33:18
Bill, you were part of the thread that had surprising input from the CFC president. To be fair he outlined the clubs position on this site in detail. With all due respect to the site I wish they would communicate/update their own platform on this issue or at least let the FAB discuss the situation at its board meetings.
I have made my views well known, if anything happens think it will just be an expansion of the current SB site but I genuinely believe these owners will be long gone before anything of consequence materialises.
13 Aug 2026 13:23:21
Tom
I think lip service springs to mind. He did not hang around for questions; I wonder why.
13 Aug 2026 13:56:03
Bill, maybe it wasn't him. Anyway, he was hardly going to elaborate or deviate from the club's position.