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Probably nicked.

To be honest, with an unfit Enzo not being played through his injury, as he has been over the past 6 months, I think we will be much stronger, so no bad thing. His operation will I hope fix his poor form for next season. The side you have picked is capable of beating any Premier League side.........and of being thumped by any 😖

Another 3 at least - the Ranieri capitulation in Monaco and the Barcelona Ovrebo robbery as well as the Terry slip against Man U.

Forgetting the thrilling 1986 Full Members Cup victory? Yer plastic 😁

Welcome back MT. I hope all is well.

Good result for football tonight.

I can't watch this match.

A great result! Could and probably should have been even better.

I'm pretty sure the figures relate to the accounting period before the sales of our big earners, hence the prediction that the wage bill will be dramatically reduced going forward. The anomaly is Sterling, but he predates the implementation of the wage control strategy.

Too right. Another Lukaku situation in the making!

Stop making sense ! 😉

Yes. There is nothing authentic about Aluko.

Cucurella is a better bet than Chilly now. Ben is never going to be long term fit at his age and is every bit a defensive liability as Cucurella is perceived to be. He got off to a very unfortunate start, but he is much better this season. If the coach was clearer about the tactical shape of the team he would be fine.

We're the white wall, we're the white wall........

I thought the ref was excellent last night, apart from being a bit lenient with the cards (I thought Everton were pretty niggly).

I suspect the op does not understand the meaning of the word! I can't believe he would actually be making that accusation.

I think you're right. Gallagher and Caicedo were a brilliant and dynamic partnership.

You were never in it 🤣

Fantastic goal! Nice assist from Jacko too.

No. Rendering the squad unfit is the problem.

I checked too and the 61.6 % figure reported in the press is, in my opinion, spurious, as was the quoted attendance of 700 shareholders (there were many more than that). I dont think, from what I have seen of your considered and measured contributions on this forum, that your motivation was selfish. I too would have voted against (the whole point of attending) and viewed it as giving away the family silver. The CPO was always simply a safeguard and to give up that safeguard would have been foolhardy, as has been proved in the subsequent ousting of our benevolent dictator in favour of a potentially hostile investment company. How perilous would the future of the club be if Roman had succeeded in his coup?

I was at that meeting! Bruce Buck was a bit shell-shocked! There was no requirement to vote because the mailed votes had already prevented the possibility of his attaining the required 75% . I'm not sure where you get the 60% from, therefore; I suspect it would have been more likely to have been about 35% even after frantic attempts to buy shares in the run up to the meeting which is why he didn't try it again. The CPO articles did their work, as I hope they will continue to do.

I think it's all about legal clarity. If the CPO board did their job right and drew up an iron clad deed then no amount of financial clout, or corporate determination will make any difference. The most we can hope for is that Clearlake will find a suitable new site and are prepared to carry forward the CPO agreement. My preference would be to stay at Stamford Bridge because the identity and heritage of the club is heavily bound up with the location, prestige, uniqueness and historical significance of Stamford Bridge. I can't, however, see how Clearlake can make a return for its investors without leveraging the value of the Stamford Bridge site, so.........

The purchase of each shareholder's share would be no good to Clearlake. There is only 1 vote per shareholder. Buying the votes would also not be feasible, as there are laws against that kind of thing!

Yes to the first part. So if the move is deemed to be advantageous and the CPO has the same rights in the new location a move could happen. It would not be my preference, but I things it probably is what Clearlake have in mind.