turn the club around ?
As we go into the final 4 months of the first 2 years of the B/C tenure the club finds it's self as follows.
1: Carrying a bloated, overpriced, injury prone squad on 5 > 8 year amortized contracts.
2: Operating within a shrinking budget, as the ownership failed to ensure that the club maintained the required level of competitiveness to ensure elite level income, European competition income, associated higher rate of sponsorship, increased merchandising and extra matchday income.
3:Awaiting the FFP penalties as a consequence of the reporting failures between 2012 > 2019 during Romans tenure.
4:Financially castrated due to the ownerships staggering spending and the size of the clubs economy shrinking today, requiring the club first to meet FFP before it can put the shambles of the squad it has created right.
5: On the field:
Carrying a defence which is injury prone and unsettled.
A midfield which lacks leadership and a potent goal threat.
A strike force which is light and off target.
6: Another management & backroom staff, which has not lived up to its expectation.
7: Sporting directors who are not fit for purpose.
8: An ownership, who to date have got 99% judgement calls wrong, whilst investing over 3bln to date? Who are now suggesting that the club was so poorly run under Abramovic that many of the problems the club has are due to effects of the Abramovic tenure
I think we can say, it will not be a quick fix
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How are Boehly- Clearlake going to
posted on 4/2/24
Manager is wrong...needs to go
After that who know's - we could seriously get liquidated after going bankrupt post relegation in two years
posted on 4/2/24
They need to try another manager now. Find out if he’s a problem because it’s pretty clear he’s not the solution at the moment so can’t get much worse and could get markedly better.
This year has been painful and without any clear signs of improvement in the players/team then next looks on course to be worse given it appears FFP will be breached, nobody is willing to pay big money for apparently bang average players and 2x punishments could be incoming next season.
Points deduction especially if that’s the punishment for both cases will make staying up the priority next season. A transfer ban would be a toothless consequence given they have effectively banned themselves from any meaningful business with the financial situation the new board have plunged you into with horrendous mismanagement and talent identification.
A real chance as it stands that Chelsea make way for Newcastle in the “big 6” over the next couple of years.
Needs a new owner or new blood running the place and for them to be incredibly astute. Both possible imo but less likely than the circus continuing.
Possible player development not mentioned but that could also be a big factor. These guys supposedly have high ceilings, maybe they do and it just needs the right manager and style.
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posted on 5/2/24
Hi Chopper,
I was also very surprised when the new ownership removed all the Abramovic era top tier management as quickly as they did, but inhindsight i feel it was done because of the Failed reporting between 2012 > 2019.
The Tuschel sacking was fatal, and not putting in a top notch sporting director sealed our fate imo.
posted on 5/2/24
What did we fail to report...?
posted on 5/2/24
Your not reading my posts JW are you
Boehly- Clearlake self reported accounting reporting failures under Romans tenure that occurred between 2012 > 2019 .
Payments made to players and agents.
There is not a contention of guilt as the club accept responsibility.
UEFA have already fined us in the region 10m for this transgression.
By all accounts April is the next date where the League will announce to all clubs who have outstanding issues that have assessed , what the penalties are.
Its not clear if this issue is now ready for closure by the league.?
posted on 5/2/24
Biggish, your point regarding Boehly- Clearlakes thinking, it is true as yet there is nothing concrete to suggest that their will take a dramatic & significant U turn.
Stepping back and appointing the Chief Operating Officer was a better decision to their credit.
My opinions voiced are what basic steps they could take in a common sense world.
But it is true, what is there that can give us confidence that they will start to employ more common sense.??
posted on 5/2/24
One thing , they do have 3bln reasons on the line though.
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