A quick update from us.
We’ve been relatively quiet since the close of last season. After a full on campaign, we wanted to take stock and see if the club had truly self-reflected.
Now July 1 is here and Xabi Alonso officially takes the reins, we think it’s the right time to make our position clear.
The club itself spoke about a period of self reflection. From where we’re standing, very little seems to have changed. The same people responsible for years of poor decision making are still leading football operations. That gives us little confidence that meaningful change is on the horizon.
Instead, accountability appears to have been placed almost entirely at the feet of the former manager. Yet this was the same club that derailed Strasbourg’s season by pursuing Liam Rosenior in January, only for him to go on to become the worst manager in Chelsea’s modern history before ending the season under the uninspiring Callum McFarlane. That is not the behaviour of a serious football institution.
We’ll allow the summer window to play out before making any final judgement. But the early signs suggest more project signings, a reluctance to value proven experience, and no obvious shift in recruitment philosophy. Meanwhile, our rivals continue to strengthen with established quality.
The issue has never been one manager or one transfer window. It’s the structure. It’s the people leading football operations.
Unless there is genuine accountability and meaningful structural change at football operations level, our concerns remain exactly the same.
We will continue to closely watch the direction of the club over the Summer and as a group, we remain committed to supporter action in the new season.
BluecoOut.
Maresca stabbed the club in the back, the board repaid us by appointing Rosenior. If there was ever a blueprint for throwing away a season that was it. Utterly spineless from one side, breathtakingly incompetent from the other.
🚨 John Terry responds to Enzo Maresca’s letter:
“I read every word of Enzo’s letter, and all I saw were excuses. You don’t walk away from Chelsea halfway through a season because Manchester City called. That’s not a ‘difficult decision’ that’s choosing your own career over the club that trusted you and picked you up from Championship.
You say Chelsea treated you well, yet you left the players, fans and staff to deal with the mess. That’s sneaky behaviour, and no apology changes that. If you can abandon Chelsea for Manchester City today, don’t be surprised if you abandon Manchester City for Real Madrid tomorrow. Loyalty isn’t something you write in a farewell letter it’s something you prove with your actions.”
@chriswrightzz I know it is was 2000 but 4.5m was an absolute steal…considering the 10m we spunked on Sutton the year before. Eidur is probably up there with one of our best transfers, esp when all the talk was about Jimmy
The absolute undiluted hatred for Arsenal on here this evening has been absolutely sensational. All of you should give yourselves a massive pat on the back.