r0cafella

Why would he be happy to stay? He signed thinking he's going to be the number 1.

Thanks, so nothing we don't know already and nothing ground breaking.

Direct to consumer EPL subscription.

Ahhh it's just recycled content?

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7221373/2026/04/24/newcastle-united-what-is-going-wrong/ Haven't read yet but seems to be a big piece.

It's not so black and white hence the trial they are doing here (Singapore)

Your over thinking it, plenty of people are basically Howe > anyone else.

They lacking homegrown players or something? Seems rather expensive and speculative for Villa.

They are trialling the premier league plus for next season here and this is apart of the FAQ. interestingly the trial is a PPV basis

I love that twitter is so garbage i go to the guys profile and it randomises the tweets so far according to this lad arsenal were buying Xavi Simon's and Kudus.

He just got millions for a couple of months or work. Don't feel bad he isn't

I think our biggest flaw recruitment wise is our lack of understanding of value for money. We have so many expensive players ... I've mentioned before that I suspect we have a player power issue and the way the wage bill is managed also points to that imo. We need to understand that a player cost is made of transfer fee + salary + agent fees and that should be seen as a package. If you have to pay a free agent 250k per week it can obviously be better than paying 55m elanga plus his 100k per week Anyways change is obviously coming but I will be skeptical about how much can actually change given our current structure. I've said for a long time we have structural issues.

I mean I'm not sure I agree with the premise of high intensity play isn't possible playing two games a week personally. Other clubs manage it. That being said, I do concur with your point about the DOF being the one to have a philosophy and inprint it across the club.

Didn't see much of a clamour honestly, most I saw were skeptical that his high intensity style would cause issues when European footballs were included. Also Chelsea are a basket case with 5 sporting directors they aren't as appealing as they once were. they are also a financial ticking time bomb.

No they aren't. It's impossible to apply broad strokes to individual owners though. I don't think they will be able to get rid of promotion and relegation though, especially now we have an independent regulator.

Masters is hired by the members (the clubs) he's just an employee and does the bidding of the members

I see what your saying but the fact we paid 55m for this lad is pretty much the definition of panic.

Turns out panic buys are more expensive than even the most skeptical of us predicted

Nah, Chelsea manager gets very little input into transfers.

Remember when the client made kept repeating Chelsea were cutting the wage bill?

Uff That project needs significant capital appreciation if it is to be successful. Even just using the funds committed to the end of June 2025 across equity from the ownership and the £1.4billion debt, BlueCo would need to hit a valuation of £4.1bn just to break even. A more realistic estimate would be higher still. That Ares PIK debt figure for 2033 is laden with assumptions but without any repayments made between now and then, alongside the £800million senior debt and the £2.9bn in equity committed so far, the assets accumulated by BlueCo would need to be worth £5.1bn for the group to make its money back. And that assumes the roughly £55m in annual interest (at current rates) on the senior debt is able to be paid out of operating cash flows each year from hereon, which appears unlikely at present

They have the most highly paid pampered kids the world has ever seen. You'd think they need a best in class teacher but they rocked up with LinkedIn Liam.

Probably because his tactics, and game management have also been under par this season

Im surprised they are running this risk honestly, Eddie requires a very specific player type so replacing him after we back him again might prove to be our undoing. We are probably the only team in the league without a dedicated 6 or 10.

Goes to show we are a bit amateur tbh. Why not announce this properly right after the derby for instance? Instead we've had ambiguous comments from the CEO and radio silence