Football 2021/2022

[efcfanwirral]

14 minutes ago, zahidf said:

 

Got a feeling football fans are going to see this special dispensation to even open the doors very differently from non football fans!

[zahidf]

1 minute ago, efcfanwirral said:

Got a feeling football fans are going to see this special dispensation to even open the doors very differently from non football fans!

You mean Chelsea and non-Chelsea fans?

[Superunknown]

3 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Done. First person I've ever muted on here. 

It's relevant to the discussion though, why's your arse falling out over a tweet being posted?

[Neil]

13 minutes ago, Hugh Jass II said:

This is the darkest day in Chelsea's 20 year history.

 not the day roman took over.

[zahidf]

3 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

It's relevant to the discussion though, why's your arse falling out over a tweet being posted?

hes a bit...

[efcfanwirral]

3 minutes ago, zahidf said:

You mean Chelsea and non-Chelsea fans?

haha any decent football fan shouldn't wish destruction on another club. Especially for something related to the owner and not the club itself. 

[zahidf]

Just now, efcfanwirral said:

haha any decent football fan shouldn't wish destruction on another club. Especially for something related to the owner and not the club itself. 

Oh i disagree, watching PSG, Chelsea and Man Utd all disintegrate would be hilarious

[The Nal]

43 minutes ago, Superunknown said:

It's relevant to the discussion though, why's your arse falling out over a tweet being posted?

Because its constant. Tweet after tweet. Again, if I wanted to read tweet Ill go on twitter. 

[efcfanwirral]

Norwich have a big opportunity to get themselves back in contention to stay up tonight - can see Chelsea being off their game. Actually a big night in the relegation fight tonight - all 4 games 

[rock the clock]

Hoping that any action is swift to ensure supporters can get back to matches asap 

also hope there’s some kind of golden share for fans in the sale, but that’s probably hoping too much 

[The Nal]

15 minutes ago, rock the clock said:

Hoping that any action is swift

Very unlikely. Chelsea are in huge trouble. 

[rock the clock]

 

2 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Very unlikely. Chelsea are in huge trouble. 

Idk. A sale can still be made, and abramovic was never gonna take any proceeds from the sale anyway

just depends if he will try and fight it, or whether he’ll happily let the uk govt take complete control of the sale 

[TheGayTent]

Season ticket holders can still attend. Chelsea have played in front of far smaller crowds before when they had no restrictions. 

[TheGayTent]

1 hour ago, efcfanwirral said:

haha any decent football fan shouldn't wish destruction on another club. Especially for something related to the owner and not the club itself. 

Spot on.

I’d laugh my arse off if Chelsea got relegated. For football reasons. 

[jyoung]

🙃

[TheGayTent]

Chelsea will have some advantage too through this. For example, presumably no away fans will be in attendance for any of their games given they can’t sell any tickets?

[zahidf]

1 minute ago, TheGayTent said:

Chelsea will have some advantage too through this. For example, presumably no away fans will be in attendance for any of their games given they can’t sell any tickets?

Wouldnt the away fan revenue go to the other club?

[efcfanwirral]

1 minute ago, zahidf said:

Wouldnt the away fan revenue go to the other club?

Not all of it. But surely to have a full stadium, more just for things carrying on as close to normal as possible, they'll just give away the non-season ticket home seats in a ballot and waive their financial share of the away ones? I haven't read the small print but you'd imagine that's allowed?

[The Nal]

3 minutes ago, TheGayTent said:

Chelsea will have some advantage too through this. For example, presumably no away fans will be in attendance for any of their games given they can’t sell any tickets?

Selling tickets to away fans are barred as it stands yes. But seems theyre working on a way around it. Free tickets most likely. 

[rock the clock]

Boro away was supposed to go on sale to ST holders this morning and the sale just didn’t happen. No word from the club yet 

[TheGayTent]

14 minutes ago, zahidf said:

Wouldnt the away fan revenue go to the other club?

No. 

[efcfanwirral]

32 minutes ago, The Nal said:

Selling tickets to away fans are barred as it stands yes. But seems theyre working on a way around it. Free tickets most likely. 

I'd assume they're allowed to fill the seats just not for profit. 

To be honest from a purely on the pitch perspective it'd probably be more beneficial to Chelsea to have a full stadium (ballot the empty home seats for free) to give an air of normality than play in front of a near half full crowd. 

[pink_triangle]

2 hours ago, efcfanwirral said:

haha any decent football fan shouldn't wish destruction on another club. Especially for something related to the owner and not the club itself. 

A club like Chelsea wouldn't be destroyed, if it went bust they would reform and work their way up the pyramid. If fans were glory hunters and felt themselves above non league football then that would be their call.

[Punksnotdead]

14 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

I'd assume they're allowed to fill the seats just not for profit. 

To be honest from a purely on the pitch perspective it'd probably be more beneficial to Chelsea to have a full stadium (ballot the empty home seats for free) to give an air of normality than play in front of a near half full crowd. 

Might mean they have to fork out for extra policing, etc, so it might be financially detrimental?

I'm presuming they will also have to close all their snack bars, will they be able to sell programs, etc?

[efcfanwirral]

10 minutes ago, Punksnotdead said:

Might mean they have to fork out for extra policing, etc, so it might be financially detrimental?

I'm presuming they will also have to close all their snack bars, will they be able to sell programs, etc?

I thought the same about the snack bars etc. Depends what deal they've got I guess - I know Everton's was (last time it was ever discussed) a deal with an outside caterer with a fixed cost each year and the rest goes to the catering company so in that situation it'd be ok til the end of the season, but you'd expect a properly run club to not need that fixed cost to appease the bank...

I know a lot of people are saying they should be fully sanctioned and have no special dispensation but I think the government is doing the right thing. Considering how many people the club employs, from merchandise shops (likely shut now for the forseeable) to office staff, stewards, catering people etc it IS in the British interest to find a solution to keep it going and get it into new ownership somehow.