Chelsea Are MUCH Worse Than You Think
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Chelsea have spent over £900 million on transfer fees alone in three transfer windows since Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital bought the club in 2022, fresh off the back of finishing third in the Premier League.
It is the most unprecedented spending spree in the entire history of football, yet Chelsea fell to 12th last season and are 12th again this season, with the least points-per-game of any Premier League team in 2023.
In this video, HITC Sevens takes a closer look at the mess at Chelsea, why it's probably a lot worse than you think, and whether Chelsea's status as one of the top six or seven clubs in the Premier League be under threat long term as a result.
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When i was younger, on FM i used to take charge of Chelsea or Man City and deliberately overspend on terrible players to see just how bad I could make the club when i left. This current Chelsea team is presently performing way worse than any of my attempts at intentionally tanking the club.
This is the correct way to play
This man chose violence.
you, I like you. Fun idea lol
Wow, I could turn chelsea and man city into a club ready to sprial into non league,
Long long contracts on very old players was the key, and while I'm at it I'll give a huge transfer fee,
Let's say 500 million for surviving relegation,
7 or 8 of these bonus signings should be worth it, 5 years? They'll be in league one and totally bust by the time that player gets to retire
same but wouldn't even bother playing them, just edited their money away and force sold their stars with the editor lol
I was wondering when Alfie would do a video on Chelsea. It's truly impressive how badly they've done and just how poorly their recruitment has seemingly been.
They’ve saved Liverpool a fortune in flops……😂
@@brightsideeventsandmedia7245 They really thought they'd won when they got Lavia and Caicedo 😂.
damn alfi worst of all time lol dam a bit harsh but fare
see what American Arrogance gets you.
@@Freestyle80 Christ lord preach
To spend over a billion pounds to get worse is actually quite impressive in a weird/peverted kind of way. It's phenomenal how Chelsea have been able to achieve so little with so many resources 😂😂
Chelsea aka Monopoly F.C 😂😂😂
Very true 😅 I'd almost expect anyone who plays fm to be able to make better signings than they have 😂
@@johnjohnson9182 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Has anyone considered maybe they are laundering money? Surely that is a better answer than sheer incompetence
@@corvus2512That’s something that’s crossed my mind, and perhaps some of the transfers have elements to that.
But they aren’t massively overpaying for each player, and they’ve not all come in from the East, or just the same set of clubs. It seems the only way this would be possible is that there is a large money laundering ring existing around clubs in the world (there is almost certainly something like that in existence), but the thing I can’t really work around there is the fact that there are players that were performing well at the clubs Chelsea bought from, who are happy enough to let valuable players go (who are massive financial assets), with no obvious gain if they’re doing this to help someone else launder money, and that’s even if it’s somewhat of a mutual thing…….you surely lower the selling clubs value if they lose valuable players but then don’t actually have the money to replace said players as - and this is surely even if both respective owners are washing money on the transfer - as the selling club wouldn’t have money to buy replacements……
So I’m stumped there, but at the same time I’m more readily willing to believe that a rich Russian billionaire is washing his money than he’s just gone on a mad spending spree just to worsen the team he’s just bought ….
So yeh, I’m stumped - and would love to hear a more detailed analysis of how this could be a money laundering scheme, that actually makes sense……as my version doesn’t 😂
You think Man Utd are bad and then you look at Chelsea and it's a whole other level of terrible
United vs Chelsea is simply Trash vs Garbage
Ofc…people will hate just because it’s Manchester United 🤦🏻♂️
Yup but United get more clicks. Still it's impressive how quickly they've imploded.
Naah, it ain't just that. It's how Man Utd treats players (legends) and how cocky they are while being so sht. Talking as a long time Man Utd fan... still a fan of club, just not of this bunch of idiots who run em at this time.
Chelsea hasn't been in crisis for the past decade 😂😂😂
The worst thing is we're not in a transitional period. The rebuild is pretty much complete and pretty much every player we have is worse than the previous squad. The recruitment has been absolutely crazy. The whole squad has at most 2 experienced players who are fit in Silva and Sterling
I remember on FM16 seeing Chelsea get relegated by 2031 and thinking that was the craziest and most unrealistic thing id seen on the game. Turns out it could actually happen if they keep on like this.
Being a Sporting CP fan and hearing about Chelsea's interest in our top striker Gyokeres, I can easily believe that even if they go for the 100M clause, the player wouldn't be that excited to join them
it would, however, be a very Chelsea move to sign a player for 100m 12 months after they had moved from an English club for 20m.
@@Pengi_SMILES totally 😆
@@Pengi_SMILES Enzo Fernandez chapter 2
you got him from Brighton yeah? Boehly gets really hard whenever he thinks about anything related to Brighton
no, he was playing at coventry@@Freestyle80
Even as a Chelsea fan I can admit that we are a horror show right now. The way it’s going we will be fighting for relegation if we’re not careful.
You know something is wrong when fans are celebrating Everton’s point loss because they would’ve been ahead of us otherwise
You are ALREADY fighting for relegation
@@evonne_o How? We have 10 points more than luton.
@@Batasz In this contest, that almost sounds like an achievement :D
It's not a matter of if but when and in what division. And it may not be this year or next. But it's coming.
Hopefully it wont be long before they are again. fuck chelsea
For me, the biggest red flags came in the club's investment in the goalkeeping department. We let go of two decent but not elite goalkeepers in Mendy and Kepa, and downgraded to the 3rd choice keeper for Brighton and an anonymous MLS keeper for a total of 50 million euros. If we compare them to Onana, Pope, Pickford, Ederson, Alisson, Vicario, Raya, and Ramsdale, it makes me sad to say that we might never see them play champions league football for the next 3 seasons.
This guy wanted to keep kepa?
@@magentaurous4025says the guy who also played for real Madrid the biggest club in the world
Oh wait...
Bro wtf how did they let those two go like that? Changing keepers is rare enough nowadays but to get rid of two like that!?
Chelsea will go back to the Denis wise days spending money on guys like Sutton fossel a super sub along with big flo but a FA cup win would be the highlight of there season and trying to qualify for the uafa Cup..can't see them dominating the league again unless a miracle happens new owners. Chelsea thst let go salah and Kevin de .. and others who then went on to prove they were more than good enough to plsy in the epl at the top level but Chelsea didn't think so let them go 😂🫣 morrata Diego Costa torres who cost them 50 million salah was a better finisher goalscorer than all of them
@@magentaurous4025 Kepa was actually one of the better goalkeepers stat wise last season in the premier league.Having for instance the third best PsxG - GA and 6th in Save percentage In the league. Some of his other stats where pretty good as well. If it wasn't for Kepa things would have been even worse for Chelsea.
I remember I wrote a post on Reddit or Twitter or something like that during last season. Claiming we were one of the worst ever Premier League sides. No, we did not finish with 11 points, like Derby. But in terms of expectations, money spent, quality of the squad etc. we really were awful. But I got scrutinized on that post. Not a single person had some sort of agreement with me.
Well look at us now. More money spent, not gotten any better. We really are a joke. It’s in times like this I kinda regret being so emotionally invested in Chelsea. They really take a toll on my everyday life.
Great video as well, Alfie.
It's funny that you say "deluded Chelsea fans" would've been expecting a similar turnaround to 16-17 this season when (in my experience) that's what 99% of other fans were telling themselves this summer & it was the Chelsea fans trying to assure everyone that no, we are that bad, this ownership is that clueless, and we won't be getting significantly better anytime soon. It shows what a remarkable legacy Abramovich left behind, a fear factor that lingered against all rational explanation - NEVER underestimate Chelsea.
Perhaps the most insane thing this ownership have done which set the tone right from the beginning was takeover one of the most stable clubs in world football (which might as well be a unicorn for a club actively up for sale) & thought to themselves "yeah this needs total revolution". Board members, directors, the manager, the squad, scouts, physios, kit man, dinner ladies, all of it needs replacing within the next 12 months! It's not like the club over the past 25 years didn't have this cerebral mentality of continuously winning despite themselves, nah we need to rip that stupidity out root & stem. Truly unbelievable to me.
The really scary thing is I do believe this owners care, they are Roman's spiritual successors, they're just that woefully incompetent.
Man Utd and Arsenal who were massively successful before became also-rans under American ownership. Looks like Chelsea will suffer the same fate.
Tbf he didn’t call Chelsea fans deluded he said deluded Chelsea fans might’ve expected you to turn it around after the bad season like you did under Conte, assuming you’re talking about around the 16:20 mark
And no I didn’t go through the whole vid to find that, I just happened to read your comment as he said it 😂
@@SandDune11 The point is, on the whole, it was fans of other clubs who expected that (I actually saw the 16-17 season referenced more than once), I didn't come across a single Chelsea fan all summer who thought we'd recover to that extent this season. A whole lot thought we'd be better but not even top 4 better let alone title challenging.
We've known we're broken for awhile, it's everyone else that's catching up.
Abramovich his era peaked pre 2011. He created a polished turd of a club on financial steroids for delusional glory hunters. Since 2011 Chelsea are collectively in denial about how the last 12 seasons really looked and inflate in a delusional manner how good they were.
In the last 12 seasons Chelsea in the PL only produced two top 2 finishes and only reached 80 points 3 times.64+75+82+87+50+93+70+72+66+67+74+44 = an average of 70 points.
Apart from 4 proper runs in the UCL they were insignificant. The fact is they won the Europa League twice because they weren't good enough for the UCL. They fluked the UCL with Di Matteo and imploded. They won the PL with Mourinho and immediately started imploding. They won the PL with Conte and immediately started imploding. They won the UCL with Tuchel and immediately started imploding => every big trophy is an isolated result because a typical Chelsea season was spend, play shite, sack manager and have a go at usually the FA Cup and try to qualify for next years UCL.
Chelsea fans use the trophies to polish their image and to deny the fact they were usually too shite and busy sacking and finding a manager. This is the culture and way of working Abramovich created. It's pathetic and why Chelsea is a polished turd of a club.
The list of "could have bought" players at 7:19 is incredible. To think what the Chelsea First XI could have looked like and where they might be instead... not to mention having over 400 million still to spend... mindblowing
Yep, and mudryk gotha be the worst Transfer ever, or well, at least second worst behind a burger eater that was notoriusly great when playing for Chelsea intself, or arguably third with Coutinho
@@jajasking9652You're forgetting about Utd spending like 80m on Antony when he'd not even played a songle full season at a club not even in a top 5 league.
@@Noobie2k7 mmm true
@@jajasking9652 Chelsea given Mudryk silly wages and a ridiculous contract lol. I am glad Arsenal didn't get him dodged a flop Chelsea will sell him soon.
@@jajasking9652good point. But I raise your Mudryk and give you Mason Mount
When it comes to spending money for a football team, it’s not how much you spend, it’s how smart you spend. Chelsea spend money for the sake of it with no plan.
Also I think Reece James will be one of those players to retire at a young age, as he’s far too injury prone for a long career.
It helps to have more money to spend smart though 😅
@lmaomoofeq2505keep telling yourself that
@@vaiyt Well that is what I mean. You need to spend smart even if you’ve got all that money to spend. Where Chelsea just throw it all away, like a drunken night bender on Amazon.
@@tempejkl deffo the better rb on his day but the best ability is availabilty so that means fck all
😂@@madaxwayne Exactly. You could be the best RB in the world but if youre only available for half your clubs games in a season you're not going to be all that valuable that team.
0:29 Imagine how much Chelsea's next owner will spend,maybe around 5 billion in the first period of transfers. 😂😂😂
Trust me I am under no illusions about how bad Chelsea are
#twelthski. 😂
Honestly could see Chelsea fighting a relegation battle in the next 3 seasons, current ownership have no idea how to run a club.
Only thing they have is high class young players who might be able to come into their own in the next couple years
@@connor4435Nah....
Does Roary still have his Chelsea fan channel??
they won't; team will improve,but they need to stop buying 1000 players like almost every season.
I don't think Chelsea are *quite* bad enough to end up in a relegation scrap on merit, but if they breach FFP and get hit with a points deduction - which, at the rate they're going, is quite likely - that could well be enough to pitch them into the relegation zone. Last season they were only 10 points off the drop, and while they're already 10 points clear this season, that's mostly thanks to an abnormally weak bottom three. I can very well see Ipswich and Leicester hitting the ground running in the Prem next season, and a points deduction for Chelsea then would be a lot more dangerous.
The two red flags for Chelsea for me are: a) signing Cucurella, who I was never convinced about even when he was at Brighton and b) persisting with a club captain who is made of glass. One of the best players I’ve seen play for Wigan, and has the potential to be an all time RB, but he has so many injuries how he can possibly be club captain is a mystery
Cucurella genuinely was unbelievable for us at Brighton
However he was mainly playing as a left wing back rather than just a left back, alongside a v strong central defensive pairing who could guide him
Also think you overpaid, but that was a function of the fact he was on a 5 year deal with us and we really didnt need to sell
Alfie, a bit curious but a video about Lebanon's struggling situation with football is needed. Despite football being the most played sport in every West Asian nations, this doesn't seem to be the case of Lebanon. In fact, Lebanon may have one of the worst football development record in West Asia, their U17 and U23 teams have never been to an U17 or U23 Asian Cups, while the U20 have only qualified twice for the U20 Asian Cup. Simultaneously, Lebanon has performed very poor in Asian Cup for senior nations. This is even more shocking when, by the irony, Lebanon has the oldest continuing football league in Asia, the Lebanese Premier League, which has been running since 1932 and even far older than the more successful J.League or K-League.
Perhaps they need more traditional Lebanese cuisine like sheep's testicles 😂
Abramovich leaving was the beginning of the end. Firing tuchel was the final nail in the coffin
Abramovich could have also gotten bored too as do most of the oligarch owners. But at the time of the forced sale, you were right.
Well he had to or he should called of his warmonger friend.
He's too busy now in Israel building settlements on palestians land
Firing Tuchel wasn’t a wrong decision
@@jazzrockr 😂 I don’t think he was going to get bored, mate. He spent 20 years at the club 🤣🤣
Hey Alfie am a huge fan of your football essays. Thank you for being so consistent and informative. I have a question that has been bothering me for a while, Please discuss; Whatever happens when a reserve team plays in the second tier and gets promoted. Is it possible for Barcelona and Barcelona B to play in the same competition or a Ajax and Jong Ajax for instance? What about if Ajax gets relegated, can they play in the same league as their reserve team? What are the rules and aren't there conflicts of interest ??
Thanks for being awesome. Love from Kenya
I know is Spanish football the b team can't get promoted to the top league
no b team can play in the same division as there parent club doesn't matter where you or what league you play in
Having B teams play in the same league, albeit at a lower tier, seems like a really rubbish idea to me. Imagine if we had Man City B and Liverpool B in the Championship. Would devalue the competition.
They can’t get promoted to the same division if Barca get relegated their b team gets relegated too regardless of their league position
Fun fact: Real Madrid played once against Real Madrid Castilla (second team) in Copa Del Ray final. Back then in Spain B teams partcipated in the Spanish Cup. Also, because Real Madrid made the double this season, Castilla qualified for European Cup Winner's Cup and they got knocked out by West ham (despite winning 3-1 in home).
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 584)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
The only tiny glimmer of joy from Chelsea's 04 takeover was the fact that Damien Duff got medals, Irish legend
He was very good. I remember that Chelsea fans didn’t want the club to buy Arjen Robben because that was Duff’s position
I rated Duff he was class couldn't stand Chelsea though lol
Everton: "Watch, we're gonna blow 500M pounds over 3-4 years and have absolutely nothing to show for it."
Chelsea: "Hold my beer."
My brain had completely wiped Crespo being at Chelsea. Huh.
"And Saudi Arabian Town squares its all about execution" I think I just pissed myself
Chelsea fan here, I oddly like the chaos as I get to experience the thrills of surviving relegation (hopefully).
In all seriousness, I think or rather hope, Boehly and Co. realize reckless spending on young potential is not the answer to points. Even pre-Abramovich Chelsea between 96/97 and 02/03 finished in the top4 3 times and 4 other times in the top 6 with a couple of cup victories and runner up medals because those were teams built on experienced players (Zola, LaBeouf, DiMateo, Vialli, Flo, Hasselbaink). The 98/99 team especially had a thrilling season in a 3 way race for the title with ManU and Arsenal finishing 4 points off the top.
Regardless of how much they would actually improve the team, I’d much rather have Giroud, Kova, RLC, and Pulisic (when healthy) back on the team, guys that would make that extra run and give you their all. And despite the low output, I also saw Felix put in actual effort. Chelsea will get it right eventually, but strap in boys, it may take a couple of seasons.
Unfortunately, the vast majority of the teams that spend recklessly/over the top for players do end up having the same fate. Sure, they may get lucky. But owners can get bored and those who do so often get bored with the projects. Some delay that inevitable downfall better than others. And the clubs who have had to constantly replace personnel not on their terms end up being better off only in that they've had to learn to really build toward what matters and knowing what they actually wanted or needed in markets and communities where theoretically many, many players, scouts, managers, etc.. could fill those roles.
I'm the Chelsea supporter who lost motivation to support them once I got a glimpse of what Boehly and company were doing. I figured I'll wait for them to fall down the English football ladder so that things wouldn't be as pretentious there.
I'm still desperate to see you making this video about Santos FC, the club that brought the football icons like Pele and Neymar who were recently being relegated for the first time in 111 years of the club's history.
I've really been wanting to see a video on this also!
This! Or a video on how Botafogo pulled an Arsenal
@@carltonthesponge What happened? Were they rubbish and then became good again?
@@badgermanization nah, they were well clear in the title race and bottled it (way worse than Arsenal too, they finished 5th)
As i said before about the club i follow, Manchester Utd. You cant just buy players are good, you need to see if they will work in the system. Though when the club doesn't have a clear vision on how to play and where manages get sacked ebery 1 - 3 years you will start getting different type of players from different coaches over the years who have different vision of playing.
who could’ve thought a team captained by a different person every week with a 39 year old center back and no real striker would be heavily struggling in the premier league
But at least they got the Larry Bird of Soccer. Modric, Mudryk or whatever his name is. They are gonna win the superbowl of soccer with the dream team
Correct me if Im wrong, but I believe Chelsea were objectively the most successful English club during Roman's tenure at the club. They literally just won the champion's league, and he was immediately forced out of the club. Having such a drastic organizational and cultural change forced upon the club so suddenly is obviously going to destroy it without a miracle. The money is a bandaid. PS: the fact that Roman had to go, but City and Newcastle are fine is a sick joke. I guess the rivals don't have to worry about Chelsea anymore. Congratulations, you won.
Remember when Chelsea first started giving out long contracts and everyone said it was ridiculous and risky and Chelsea fans said everyone was just mad because their genius owners had found a way around FFP? Good times.
Were they wrong? Prem just banned longer contracts and must be amortized for 5 years so they did find a way through ffp… just not all proper signings
@@ruthlessalbo6113 they were wrong because the assumption that it would avoid FFP relied on 1. Them qualifying for Europe and 2. Them not needing to sign more players over the following seasons. They’ve failed on both fronts and now will struggle to meet FFP criteria and will struggle to compete with the squad they have
They won nothing, finished 12th and are 12th now. Yes they were wrong.@@ruthlessalbo6113
@@harveyholmes9533Todd boehly is a clown
The funny thing is Newcastle have done the complete opposite and have taken their place in Europe
And Newcastle usually has 7-8 English lads playing, they might be the club to put a full English 11 out, been quite a few years since that's happened.
Had to put a like in after your observation about football, high end restaurants and Saudi town squares. Absolutely brilliant!
If I were the Premier League, I would be quite insulted by the assumption of Chelsea's new owners that there would be financial rather than sporting sanctions, so I wouldn't be surprised if they have a points deduction.
For what?
@@barrybarrybannan For breaking the financial rules, unless you think that they won't lose more than 100 million pounds over the three year period from 2022/23 to 2024/25. Considering they have lost, on transfers alone, 700 million, and their revenue is like 400 million, due to no Champions League income, unless they have a miraculous season, where they bring in around 700 million pounds in total, them not breaching the rules seems unlikely. If they do qualify for Europe, say the Conference League, it would be even worse, as UEFA's regulations are far stricter, but without the added bonus of UCL income.
@@Alfie_1they haven’t broken any rules you muppet
You’re delusional to think they’d be deducted any points considering they’ve already paid off fees and reported these losses before anyone even looked…
@@ruthlessalbo6113 nah, they'll be deducted points eventually if they keep pushing their luck
To be frank, what I found from American owners is they suck at managing football. The fact that owners from the United States frequently disregard the law of football then drain the teams they owned are just silly and awful. Not to say football is not even a popular sport in the US.
Honestly Europeans should start banning Americans from owning clubs in Europe until Americans learn the basic of football management.
Glad Pulisic left your sinking ship
If nothing else, I'm really happy to see the two players that binned off Liverpool for Chelsea rue their decision. It's easy to forget how many people thought that this double gazump on Liverpool had many people thinking Liverpool would be in big trouble this season.
Still salty? 😢
@@Thrill_Houwhy would they be salty there at the top of the league 😂
Yep and lavia hasn’t even played a game.
Players go to Chelsea to retire and enjoy The London nightlife. Earning £500k a week for 8 years without having to play football. Genuis.
@@ChronicTheHempHog-mf3nh They’re top of the league yet still talking about the players they missed out on in the summer.
In terms of points per game, chelsea have actually improved marginally, and they have done a decent job of trimming the wage bill. I think the issue is of course the recruitment, 1. signing players who have poor injury records, 2. signing players based on potential, which may not be realised. Signing young players with potential is a perfectly good strategy, just not when such inflated fees are being payed
1 Billion spent to see their starting XI is actually pretty hilarious
I remember when Chelsea fans were laughing at us Liverpool fans and constantly trolling us after Chelsea snatched Caicedo and Lavia from Liverpool.
Fast forward to now, Liverpool are in the top 4 (1st at the moment, but I don't think this will last) and Chelsea are 11th. Looks like we got the last laugh in the end.
(still doesn't change the fact that we still need to find a proper No. 6)
Little did we know that when Drogba was screaming "THIS IS A DISGRACE" at camer he was talking about 2023 Chelsea
I don’t think football will ever shake away the system of rich club dominance. but I do think the dynamic is shifting towards clubs creating smart management and player portfolios with that money. The money can put you in Europe without any effort: but it’s up to the actual management to maintain that position or you will slip just as easily
I'm a Preston fan and we've got them in the FA Cup in January so hope this slump continues!
Trust me we know, so many bad decisions in terms of recruitment already it's unbelievable; weakening our goalkeeper position somehow, no good left back, a right back that can't stay fit, no creativity in midfield, striker that can't score & I could go on...
As a Chelsea fan I’ve hated the new ownership since the day they sacked Tuchel. Clueless overspending on players in the first window with players like Wesley Fofana who was a known injury risk and Cucurella who was average at best to anyone who watched Brighton. Putting faith in an inexperienced Potter at a big club and then making him work with an oversized group of 30+ players! Like his job wasn’t hard enough ffs. And then in summer even with a proper manager & sporting directors appointed we sign an unproven centre forward which felt like a massive gamble but the recruitment genius’s Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart thought it was one worth taking and just disregard Lukaku with his 100+ PL goals. On the positive side we have a good bunch of players that I believe will gel together and we will turn in to a serious team eventually.
Spent so much on defensive midfielders to block Liverpool and they don’t even have a striker
So Liverpool is the only club in the PL eh? 🤔
@@alphabarre9096 Liverpool announced they had agreed a fee for Caicedo which was then gazumped by Chelsea - then days later it was reported that Liverpool had agreed a deal for Romeo Lavia, which Chelsea also swooped in on. So Liverpool are not the only other club in the PL, but they are the only club who had deals in place for two separate central defensive midfielders that were both blocked by Chelsea outbidding them at the last minute within a few days of each other - meaning Chelsea spent over £110 million on caicedo, filling that position, then seemingly pointlessly spent another £58 million on Lavia who plays in the same position when they haven’t even got a proper out and out striker. Hence my suggestion that part of the motivation for spending over £160m on young players in that position was because they knew Liverpool were also desperate to sign a player in that position so by buying both of Liverpool’s top targets they would be hurting their rivals, maybe in a belief that Chelsea and Liverpool would be battling it out for a champions league spot (which obviously hasn’t come to pass)
@@frumiousgaming now I understand your comment lmao, I thought you meant counter block them when playing against each other 🤣
This aged well! The projects are complete different and the game is so much different back then. Completely ignoring context and just pushing agendas
Now the football is more about possession and passes rather than shots and number of goals scored.
It's hilarious, it's a tragedy and yes Chelsea have spent more money than some countries GDP however, this level of fluctuation from top to bottom is unprecedented. Sure teams have spent poorly in the past and lost managers but very rarely does the ownership, backroom staff and playing staff all change in the space of a few months. It's easy to laugh from the outside looking in however, if any person had faced the same conditions, along with moving to a new country altogether, it would be difficult to perform at your optimum best. I still remember when Chelsea signed Pedro ahead of Man United and they revelled in his poor performances, as well as "dodged a bullet" they said. He looked a shadow of his former self, however in the season that followed he became one of best performers. An experienced 28/29 year old who came from arguably the most demanding and accomplished Barca team in recent years, yet still failed dismally in his first season of EPL. That's just one player at the time taking a while to adapt....now imagine an entirely overhauled squad, new to the country/culture/customs, unfamiliar with each other and majority in their early twenties. That's cluster f*ck of note! Sadly the best thing this team is a fully fit squad and TIME! Recency bias blinds our need for time. Keep Poch, give him another year. As bad as he seems, he has been he still understands the clubs values and need to still integrate the academy. Gilchrist, Castledine and Golding would not make their debuts under any other coaches. Whoever we get will insist on his own players and scrap this crop ala Mourinho then the process starts again. Just give Poch and this team another season.
As a Chelsea fan, and before watching this video, I just want to say: we are shite
It’s not how much you spend, but HOW you spend it. So many of the big clubs are highlighting that right now
It’s so strange because the Dodgers are known for their use of analytics in addition to their huge spending. You’d think Boehly would have learned a thing or two from their success
A second video highlighting Chelsea's shortcomings in a short space of time from this channel. Thank you for a lovely Christmas present!
it just shows how important having a clinical striker is. Drogba, Costa we’re in a different class then the likes of Jackson and Werner.
not to mention Hazard is the greatest player in premier league history and they’ve yet to come near replacing him
A lot of the money has been spent on future players… future assets. This Billion dollar narrative getting old.
More HITC 7s dunking on Chelsea 😂
no way we have the second highest wage bill in the league, Im saying its at least 5th only ahead of spurs in the top 6. We did a real clear out last summer of players on high wages to bring in players on smaller one. For example koulibaly sold was on 300k and we brought in disease how is on less then 100k and there are many more examples
Yup. Out of high earners Kanté, Koulibaly, Jorginho, Aubameang, Havertz and Kepa (loan) have been offloaded and all the new players being on relatively cheap contracts, Chelsea most definitely doesn't currently have the second highest wage bill.
Transfer net spend is a whole different issue thought.
Even lofters cheek was on 150k same with Hudson odoi as well@@konzza
Disease 😂😂😂😂
@@brittonporter5063Axel disease is a world class generational talent.
Alfie please do a video on Nigeria, why is the squad underperforming and can't score goals, despite having so much good and excellent attacking players, what exactly is the problem with the squad
Nigeria are one of the biggest underachievers in football, aren't they? To have won 5 u-17 World Cups and yet not to win an AFCON with any of those players, and struggling to qualify for the World Cup altogether, is rather sad, so I agree, I would like to see a video on it. Nigeria have so many brilliant players, and I imagine with just some changes to the way football is run in Nigeria, it could be improved.
@@Alfie_1 honestly, corruption and poor sporting infrastructure has also contributed to it to a large extent
Nigeria dominated youth football for ages, especially U-17 where they won several World Cups but they always struggle when it comes to senior team, I wonder what's the problem, why don't their amazing young talent translate to senior football.
@@Igor19485maybe they just have a physical advantage at that age
@@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506nah..sometimes they are overage 😅😅
The main stupid thing they did was recruit players fitting a more physical, high-pressing system, with the intention of playing a possession based game which was meant to fit around their marquee signing.
Brighton are magicians, making their players look like world beaters & pulling Chelseas pants down & banking a kings ransome for some bang average talent. Chelsea never seem to learn, once bitten, twice shy? 😊Lol.
Cautionary tale for Ratcliffe as he considers firing ETH and signing Guirassy
Can we please have a video about Maltese Football? Thank You & Happy New Year
This is the video that I have been waiting for so long. For me as a Chelsea fan it is often very frustrating how other Chelsea fans and especially Chelsea RUclipsrs view the current situation. They have so many excuses why it is not Bohleys fault instead of just agreeing on the fact that Bohley is a really bad owner. Cheers
They have a squad of players who look like they should be out on loan
From winning the international cup treble (ucl, supercup and club world cup) and constant top 4 finishes plus in the 21-22 they finished 3rd with a ten plus lead. To now being in the bottom ten after spending more than £1 billion
As a Fulham fan, the downfall of Chelsea is glorious to watch (even if we did end up losing to them).
Why glorious? Why the bad blood?
@@innocento.1552you can’t be much of a football fan if you don’t realise why.
@@innocento.1552 They're next door rivals.
And you're still below them aren't you?
@@ROOK_1999Uh you do realise that Fulham are 10th while Chelsea are 12th right?
Imagine English fans talking trash about Barca and their financial situation while all the top club in uk are swimming kn debts
City (who has 115 case against financial fair play) , Chelsea , man United and Newcastle
All these club spend billions and still has no financial problems
Barca had 3 bad transfers and was nearly bankrupt
If the top club in uk were in any other league , they will be all bankrupt
Great video as always, Alfie
I was wondering if you could do a video about Real Madrid, on basically anything
Thanks and keep up with the work ^^
I strongly disagree with the point. Even though the good comparisons with the beginning of the Abramovic era provided, the conclusions went in all another direction.
1. It took the Russian some time to figure the things out. The wrong hiring decisions still followed him till the last day.
2. Boehly has much less clue about football, so it may take him even longer to succeed.
3. The competition in EPL was nothing like it is today.
4. Everyone reminds about that 1 billion euros, not everyone remembers how many of those are actually available for the game. I mean, mostly Pochettino has only one out of 4 fullbacks available at the time. Nkunku debuted yesterday and Lavia still didn’t.
The blues may have the strongest squad in the world, but only potentially, not at the moment. Still they need more experience and quality right now to realize that potential. I believe Osimhen may be a game changer.
Chelsea are the only team in the world that could spend a billion pounds and still not sign any world class players
I keep hearing and I heard it on Radio 4, that Chelsea "have a billionaire owner". They do not. They have two rich minority owners and are owned mostly by a private equity fund Clearlake. These PE companies are ruthless and do not give soft loans like Roman did to a football club. That money is hard debt and before the PE exit Chelsea in 7 years time (as PE does with a handsome profit) they will want that money back. The fact is the future is bleak for Chelsea. As a supporter since 1978, I would rather than a local business man with shallow pockets brought Chelsea and that they just bumped along with the second tier London Clubs. This ownership could destroy the club with debt.
It’s beautiful isn’t it
If Chelsea doesn't scream "money laundering," i don't know what does 😂
What a time to be a Chelsea and Man Utd hater... I must say, I'm loving it
26:22 I swear Luke Steele is retired now, do you not mean Jason Steele?
THE BLUE BILLION POUD BOTTLE JOBS 🔥
Boehly is playing FM irl
To everyone (so no one) that wants to build a very young team to benefit in the future from it...here is the most importand part. Attacking is a actionary thing, while defending is a reactionary thing. It is more easy for young attackers to play good as the defense needs to react to their style and a big talent can impose their style on them. It's very hard for young defenders if the whole defense is young tho. The sheer fact that you need to try to be one step ahead of the attacker shows that experience is very importand here. So if you try to do that do all of us a favour. Concentrate on a young offense but have a very experienced defense. Otherwise you obviously gonna be cooked. And the moment every mistake on offense leads to a goal against you cause of lag of defense you break the spirit of the offense and they get scared. You can not play with a squad made up of young players only
Boehly is the first tycoon owner ever to manage to make a club worse after splashing the cash. It’s actually quite an impressive feat, I don’t think I could replicate it if I tried to 😅
Sad
Glazers
Football teams rise and fall, they will probably come good again, as too Man United, Man City might go through a rough patch (particularly with FFP and not be able to splurge on big names, see Newcastle) after Pep, and a few major players leave. As football fans, we need to realise it isn’t going to last, like life, forever. We should enjoy the good times, but be prepared for the fall / decline.
Saudi town squares! Lol
Watching this and Chelsea’s strategy sounds like my FIFA career mode strategy… buy them young with potential, grow them and sell them for 10fold!
Think he’s been playing too much FIFA
Good managers with sound systems of coaching make some players look better than they actually are. Example Cocarella at Brighton had a hot season , but illness and family issues seem to have reduced him to very average. Like several ex Brighton players he’s seems lost without a system and guidance from the manager. In the past clubs spending big had to balance the hot season v long term performance.
Can we have just a few more of those visual puns pls Alfie. I really enjoyed "on balance" this time bug you missed "Bayern Large" and of course a couple of Dennis Wise. Cheers!
If you included just every other team’s home points and chelsea kept all of their points, they wouldn’t be in the top four now, nor would they have been in the top four last season.
A month later and we’re in a cup final and 4 points off Europe 😂
Well? Did you win the cup or what?
😂😂L in the cup final
This video has nothing to do with Ipswich town 🤷🏻 come on Alfie
Abramovich was a type of sensible autocrat when he governed Chelsea. He was ruthless and distrustful of managers but he knew to make the good of club first.
Sadly the moment his link with Putin was found, it was the beginning of the end. Dude should have abandoned Putin if possible.
Chelsea are a circus Poch spoke of more signings in January, so here is more Fifa/FM Signings that must be how they do things load up FC24 90+ Potential Shortlist sign in real life by skipping Negotiations and saying 60 Mil take it or leave it. It's Madness This is how not to run a football club. Honestly I'm busy laughing at Man United there fans gave me grief for being a West Brom fan In the Black Country where West Brom are from and ruined the Albion Wolves banter by being hooligans to just think about how Chelsea are. But there worse than United which I didn't think was possible
Chelsea are fine and this is to be expected by all but the most ignorant fans. There are so many new players and a new gaffer. This was a teardown not a rebuild. It takes time to mold a team out of talent and they will develop together. So calm down Chicken Little's this year is a write off
The league cup final 0-0 against Liverpool was actually a great game
Fun fact: 90% of the star led projects, are given up on when they're on the verge of starting to perform as expected
What are some notable examples? Genuinely curious
@@nicolassalamanca8051 it's a meme, has no basis in factuality
Why the political undertones you're discussing football why not say Russian business man or Russian billionaire smh your subtle bias on certain things slowly is revealing just who you are you need to stop this we like football keep it at football
That line at 19:15...
"Just like in high end Resturants, or Saudi Arabian town squares it's all about execution"
Jesus christ man, brutal.
"but in football as in high-end restaurants and Saudi Arabian town squares it's all about execution"
The Sheikhs in Newcastle are fuming
the fact chelsea could have had rice, kane , haaland and bellingham for significantly less than what they spent, is funny and baffling
They have 18 wins from 56 under the new ownership. The team they took over finished THIRD don’t forget
A month later and this video isnt aging well. A cup final and 4 pts away from qualifying for European football but sure Chelsea is getting worse. 🙄🙄
😆 This video has aged perfectly. If I spent a billion pounds I'd want more than a League Cup final and 9th in the Premier League table. They're also 4 points from being in 11th.
Football is funny eh😅
Spending More to become worse. This is legendary 🎉
Chelsea fans focus is to win trophy's maybe the owners trophy is to make profits. Tie the players to long term contracts that is the stock.. Sell the best academy players that is the profit.. Bottom line make as much profit as possible.. Do the owners really need to win trophy's to make as much if not more money. Mid table can now make as much if not more just being Mid table.. Just sell your best academy players it's pure profit.. No need to win hence why they are buying very young players. This strategy will be a test of the fans loyalty.. Time will tell..
You have to actually buy the right players, spending on any old hype shows the problems with Chelsea.
Does anyone notice Chelsea over the years has become Brentford's punching bag