Lo Jian Wei

Chelsea fan | Politics enthusiast | Tesla investor

[Lee Kuan Yimby @LeeKuanYimby]

I actually feel bad for Elon, even though I deeply disagree with him on some things.

Imagine trying to build a car company in California in the mid-2000s, when American manufacturing is being completely offshored and almost all of Wall Street thinks you’re a joke and is rooting for your failure, while the entire oil and gas industry is using all their power and leverage to make you fail.

But against all odds, you actually pull it off. You build cars that make electric vehicles desirable to millions of people, create an enormous number of quality American jobs, and force the global car industry to play catch up and move away from oil and gas.

You would think California would be proud of you and the team. Instead you find yourself having to fight a completely corrupt and incompetent left government impeding all your efforts while you sleep at the factory night after night to avoid collapse. At some point, you would go to the right too.

And because of your politics, it becomes a justification for people to celebrate your companies failing in their personal ideological fight with you. Even threats against you become something people explain away and use mental gymnastics to justify.

Meanwhile, people like Scott Galloway and Bernie Sanders who have made absolutely nobody better off other than themselves get to lecture you about your value to society and even call for your murder without grounds from their vacation home while you're on 20 hour benders in your factories trying to get things built for all of society. If this were me I would lose my mind.

Criticize his opinions. I do sometimes, especially on Ukraine. But the pleasure people take in wanting to destroy everything he’s built is hideous and frankly suicidal for the masses, especially coming from people who insist they care about workers, the climate, and civilization as a whole.

As you try to make good things for society you are confronted with a world that worships people who care only about the perception of being good people, while they actually fight against your tangible efforts of making improvements for humanity.

I don't think almost anyone would have made it out of that and if they did, they would probably not come away feeling so warm towards the left either. So I am rooting for Elon to succeed, and for humanity.

[Chris Camillo @ChrisCamillo]

I’ve spent a few days thinking about the Tesla Roadster reveal and landed somewhere I haven’t seen much discussion. I’m neither a Tesla fanboy nor a Tesla hater. And I couldn’t care less whether what we saw technically qualifies as a flying car. Three takeaways: (1) The risk of that live demonstration going horribly wrong was real. Almost no CEO would willingly expose their company to that kind of public humiliation for a product with so little financial upside. Elon did. (2) That willingness to attempt the seemingly impossible is what makes Tesla special. It’s also arguably Elon’s greatest contribution to America. He’s helped bring back something we’ve lost. The American spirit of chasing big scary ideas that most people think are impossible. That mindset is spreading across a new generation of founders and its long term impact on America’s future could dwarf anything Tesla ever sells. I think this is deeply underappreciated. (3) Can we just acknowledge how insanely cool that moment was? We’ve reached a strange place culturally where even extraordinary feats of human ingenuity immediately become arguments about why they don’t count. Not everything needs to be a debate. Sometimes we should just be able to stand back together and marvel at what humans are capable of. I’ve been both bullish and critical of Tesla’s ambitions over the years. But watching Elon and his team push the boundaries of what’s possible reminds me why I’m glad we have him. Whether the Roadster ever makes Tesla a dollar or impacts $TSLA stock price is almost beside the point. We need more people willing to risk failure in pursuit of things the rest of us think are impossible. Because when they succeed we all win.

[Billy @Bsloan24]

This fanbase is mentally tapped. STOP calling for Xabi out after 5 games and STOP with the Maresca revisionism, fuck off and go support city if you wanna do that.

Brentford away is never easy, we missed key players today, things take time. And anybody calling for a manager to be sacked after 5 games should do better

Are we gonna blame Alonso for the Henderson barco pivot today 💀💀

Hopefully we have a fully fit team in 3 weeks time against Bournemouth. We do need some changes, would love to see Estevao get more chances.

We move 💙✌🏻

[Meghan Elinor @OneMeghanElinor]

This has to be one of the dumbest controversies on the internet this week…

Ed Sheeran vs Macklemore.

People bought tickets to hear Ed Sheeran. Not to get lectured by the opener.

Macklemore had two nights at MetLife and used them to turn Ed’s show into his own political event. “Free Palestine,” the protest song, Gaza footage on the screens. That’s not bravery. That’s taking someone else’s stage and making it about you.

And let’s be real about whose stage it was. Ed Sheeran is one of the biggest pop artists alive. Stadiums. Worldwide tours. Songs that actually last. Macklemore had a huge run over a decade ago and has been chasing relevance ever since. That’s why he was opening, not headlining. He didn’t build this tour. He borrowed it.

Then the venues said they wouldn’t host the dates if he stayed on. Kraft and the other owners aren’t required to hand him a microphone. The promoter isn’t required to risk canceling shows and wrecking it for hundreds of thousands of people who paid to Sheeran. He said it wasn’t even his decision. He also said he wasn’t going to blow up the tour, the crew, and the fans because his opener wanted a campaign stop.

That’s not “silence.” That’s not complicity. That’s the headliner refusing to let a support act tank the whole run.

Now the left is doing what it always does. Instant outrage. Instant boycotts. Instant “Ed Sheeran is complicit” posts from people who were never going to that show anyway. It’s performative. It’s the same woke script: hijack something normal, demand everyone clap, then scream when the adults in the room say no.

Macklemore can say whatever he wants on his own stage. He doesn’t get Ed Sheeran’s audience by default. The other openers walking off in solidarity can do that too. Fine. Don’t pretend Sheeran is the villain for keeping a concert a concert.

If you want a rally, throw your own. Don’t crash a Loop Tour date and then act shocked when the venues shut it down.

[Chelsea Forever! @Chelsea4reverr]

@CFCDaily Funny how the most Chelsea person understands him but a clown like you calls him rat or snake. Emotional intelligence of a toddler.

[CFCJacob90 @CFCJacob90]

The bigger picture about the way the Enzo situation was handled doesn’t reflect well on the club whatsoever.

Firstly, set a deadline for bids to be submitted or the player stays. That was the Ornstein brief.

Deadline passes. No bids. Terms change.

Secondly, bids will still be considered after the deadline but the terms will be dictated by Chelsea and more favourable to the club.

We’re then briefed that Enzo will only be sold if a suitable replacement is identified that improves the squad.

Thirdly, Enzo deal agreed and suddenly the club PR machine is in overdrive briefing that no replacement is required and they’re happy with the current options.

What that tells me is there was never an adequate plan to replace Enzo.

The club tried to puff their chest out, set deadlines and dictate terms. Ultimately they got food chained by City and sold the player anyway without replacing him.

They’ve also set a dangerous precedent.

When the next player becomes increasingly frustrated by the lack of sporting ambition, isn’t being paid comparatively to his peers, or simply wants to move, they know they can force the issue.

Other clubs know it as well.

Chelsea can brief all the deadlines and conditions they want. City have just shown that if you hold your nerve and the player wants the move, Chelsea will eventually fold.

That’s the bit that concerns me.

We’ve sold one of our best players, weakened the midfield, failed to replace him and spent the final few days frantically trying to resolve a situation we knew was happening all summer.

Typical incompetence. Typical sabotage.

[Lo Jian Wei @TrueBlues11]

@Nanakofiwaddle Now u understand why the relationship with hall is beyond repair, they will make u the villain when they try to sell u

[Lo Jian Wei @TrueBlues11]

@MobyChe Class 125 better signing than this guy!

[Sam @SamCFC_footy]

Our immature as shit fanbase is enjoying the Enzo sale like we won a fucking title while those owners are doing their thing again - we are happy with our midfielders"

You all deserve these clown SDs and owners and don't you people dare go around policing anyone who saw this coming from a mile away and telling them they don't love the club

[Chelsea Forever! @Chelsea4reverr]

@CFCDaily Still Mason Mount. Enzo joined us when our club was crap and stayed for four years but bitter English fans always want to bash foreigners especially Argentinians and inflate garbage coming out of Cobham. No wonder England never wins anything with all these overrated English craps

[Dray 🍄 @CFCDray]

even if Bournemouth refuse to sell, Enzo will be sold, blueco are desperate to sell because they couldn’t sell most of the dross they were supposed to sell, missed out on ucl and splashed 116m on Rogers, they need the Enzo money to balance the books.

briefing the fans that Enzo is pushing for a move through Fabrizio to get them on their side, happens every time because they know Chelsea fans are too retarded to think.

[Sam @SamCFC_footy]

✍🏻 My final thoughts on the Enzo saga. I’m not going to talk about this anymore because, honestly, it’s draining. Whatever happens, happens.

First, whoever comes in as Enzo’s replacement will have my full support. I’ve backed Disasi, Badiashile, Chalobah, Delap etc. despite believing they either had deficiencies or simply weren’t ready for this level yet. I’ll do the same with whoever replaces Enzo.

We don’t fully know how much control Alonso has over transfers, and I’ve always believed that “Alonso approved” and “Alonso recommended” are two different things. But if Alonso likes the player, I’m fully behind it.

My issue has never been that the replacements being lined up are bad players. It’s that, in my opinion, they aren’t ideal replacements.

And by ideal, I don’t mean a carbon copy of Enzo.

Enzo has OOP deficiencies, and I genuinely believe a compact back-three system under Alonso could hide a lot of those weaknesses.

My problem with selling Enzo was never selling him outright. I said nothing about refusing to sell him during the first 60+ days of the window. My issue has always been selling him this late.

For me, the issue was simple:

- The ideal replacement isn’t readily available this late in the window.
- We’d be weakening ourselves while strengthening a direct rival.
- That rival is the same club that derailed our season last time, with the same manager heavily involved in it.
- We risk settling for an inferior replacement because we’re desperate.
- Will set a bad precedent and will force us to win trophies sooner. What exactly is the club gonna do if another untouchable in the future says they want to leave? If we let everyone go, who's gonna play. Players come to Chelsea for trophies, why would they stay if we don't win?

So for me, this was never about Enzo. It was about Chelsea.

My ideal scenario was always simple: keep Enzo this season, properly scout his replacement, then sell him next summer. This is because Enzo is not desperate to leave. He wants to leave for a better contract, but he's not desperate. Otherwise he could have professionally asked the club to keep him out of training and matchdays squads. But he didn't. So i don't think he would have created any issue if he had to stay.

The profile I would have wanted is someone who has Enzo’s passing range, game IQ from deep and ability to control games, while also being excellent OOP and capable of covering ground.

That profile isn't easy to find. It takes proper scouting and time.

Scott, for example, does the OOP side very well. He’s exciting on the ball, but he’s a carrier rather than a controller. He doesn’t control games through his passing in the way Enzo does. Xabi’s pivots progress the ball primarily through passing, not carrying.

And we’ve already seen what happens when Enzo doesn’t play: Palmer has to drop deep far too often to help progress the ball. I want Palmer closer to goal.

Wharton is different. He has the passing ability and looks very good as a pivot, but he has some of the same OOP concerns Enzo has despite playing in low blocks and compact systems where he has less ground to cover. So I don’t see the logic in spending £100m+ on a player who doesn’t actually solve the problem we’re trying to solve.

But prove me wrong.

I’ll happily take the L if it means Chelsea get it right. I’ll support whoever comes in and genuinely hope they prove every one of my concerns wrong.

The only thing I hope the club gets right is the process.

Do not accept the Enzo bid until the replacement is actually secured with the corresponding club.

The last thing we need is to sell Enzo and then see the directors brief that “Chelsea are happy with their midfielders” because they couldn’t get the replacement they wanted, just like we saw with the CBs in January.

[Chelsea Wise @cfc_wise_]

Apparently Enzo couldn’t make the pass Wharton did.

[Jennifer Wu @JWUpacific]

Beijing said thank you. Taipei called it a betrayal. Anwar picked a side today, again.

China's Foreign Ministry publicly praised Anwar's Taiwan comments this week. Spokesman Lin Jian: "China appreciates the remarks by Prime Minister Anwar."

Taiwan's Foreign Ministry called it different. Pointed out Anwar has spent years branding himself a defender of democracy and human rights, then went out of his way to legitimize Beijing's threat of force against 23 million people who never asked for his opinion.

Today, instead of walking it back, Anwar defended it. He compared China's position on Taiwan to the U.S. refusing to let the Confederacy secede.

That comparison collapses instantly. The Confederacy wasn't a self-governing democracy that had run its own elections for seven decades. Taiwan is.

Anwar isn't confused about the history here. He knows exactly what he said, and he just said it again on purpose.

https://t.co/v0VphMJPcn

[NORTHERN SCUM🐊 @Unserious_Exrha]

Wait a minute!!!!!!!🤔

[NewEra @NewEraCFC]

All Enzo Fernandez haters need to understand that because #BlucoOut puts a price tag on Enzo does not make him a villain.
I have not seen any interviews Enzo talked about joining Real Madrid. Both Enzo and Cucurella made interviews last season criticising the owners and talked about Spain but it was only Enzo that was punished - double standard.
Palmer has been poor and has no meaningful contribution offensively and defensively for 2 seasons but it’s Enzo that doesn’t defend? - another double standard.
Enzo is the best Chelsea player for the last 2 years, the most experienced and vocal player in the squad. He is one of the consistent and impactful players in a chaotic period. He is a winner who always wants to win.
He has carried Chelsea on his shoulders single handedly when others like Palmer, Caicedo, Fofana and all the likes were playing rubbish.
If #BluecoOut decides that they cannot pay him his dues then they should sell him rather than making him look like a bad person.
Finally, if you hate Enzo because of what he did in the World Cup against England then you are mentally weak and the reason why England is not winning World Cup soon.
Sell him at your own peril.

[Oluwaseun 🇳🇬 @MobyChe]

Apparently Enzo is the only one thag has weaknesses. Not a mention about the fact that Alonso's system helps with that and Enzo's role as ive mentioned many times was hardly in the pivot. Caicedo and Lavia and co with Reece were in the pivots but we were not good defending. Enzo gets the blame however. Hes apparently the only one that should score, build up, create chances, and defend at the same time

[𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐎 🥷🏾 @ENZOIZU]

Enzo Fernández doesn’t need “size and physicality” to justify his place in this squad. He needs the ball. 10 goals, 4 assists, 3,121 Premier League minutes across 36 appearances this season, and across the last two campaigns combined only Bruno Fernandes and Mo Salah have more assists than his 24, with only Haaland, Salah, Fernandes, Watkins and Rogers ahead of his 48 goal contributions in that stretch. That is not a player “waffling” through matches. That is one of the most productive midfielders in the entire league, full stop, not just among defensive midfielders. The “major weaknesses off the ball” line only works if you pretend a progressive number 8 is supposed to play like a destroyer. He isn’t. Caicedo does that job. Enzo’s job is to receive under pressure, break lines, and put the ball in dangerous areas, and the numbers say he’s doing exactly that at an elite rate.🫡

The “Chelsea noted internally, recruitment proves it” framing is the delusional part. Squad building for height and physicality after a season of set-piece problems is a squad-level fix, not a referendum on one player’s technical output. If Xabi Alonso wanted Enzo gone or diminished because of some secret internal memo about his frame, he wouldn’t be on record saying he wants him to stay, and Chelsea wouldn’t be fielding him for 3,000+ minutes as a first-choice starter through a season with real competition for his spot. Adding size elsewhere to balance a midfield is not evidence against the guy already producing goals and assists in it.

This is simply not an analysis. This is a narrative built backwards from a conclusion, and it doesn’t survive contact with a single stat sheet.

Learn football before posting shit 🤫

[Chelsea FC @ChelseaFC]

Trevoh Chalobah has completed a permanent transfer to Como, bringing his time as a Chelsea player to an end after nearly two decades with the Blues.

Everyone at Chelsea would like to thank Trev for his years of loyal service and wish him the very best in his next chapter in Italy. 💙

[Lo Jian Wei @TrueBlues11]

@TheBlueDodger Everyone went in the tunnel guess no