After decades of sportswashing and buying their way out of things with effectively stolen money they want to bring up “sporting integrity"?
WTAF
Basically, because they can’t sell any tickets for the match away v Middlesborough, they want the game played behind closed doors!
They want Middlesborough fans to be affected because Abramovic is Putins comrade.
https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2022/03/15/middlesbrough-ticket-update?utm_source=tw&utm_medium=orgsoc&utm_campaign=none
Can’t see many Chelsea fans actually getting behind this at all tbh. Definite miss-step from the club.
Middlesborough response :
( https://www.mfc.co.uk/news/a-statement-from-middlesbrough-fc )
We are aware of Chelsea's request to have Saturday's Emirates FA Cup sixth round tie played behind closed doors and find their suggestion both bizarre and without any merit whatsoever.
All concerned are well aware of the reasons Chelsea have been sanctioned and that this has nothing to do with Middlesbrough Football Club.
To suggest as result that MFC and our fans should be penalised is not only grossly unfair but without any foundation.
Given the reasons for these sanctions, for Chelsea to seek to invoke sporting "integrity" as reason for the game being played behind closed doors is ironic in the extreme.
We currently await formal notification from the FA of the next steps but rest assured MFC will resist Chelsea's actions in the strongest terms.
Chelsea - utter whoppers
posted on 15/3/22
Just face it, the Chelsea posters here have made utter fools of themselves these last couple of weeks over this.
One of them actually had the audacity to post that 'no one complained about Abramovich's money when Chelsea started buying their players'.
I mean, just utter ignorance.
posted on 15/3/22
comment by Robbing Hoody - Legacy Fan (U6374)
posted 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
I suspect this is an angle to get them to relax the limits placed on their spending.
Doesn't make them look great though imo.
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They have already had their limits relaxed for money spent on home games, from 500, to 900 grand a game.
This nonsense is just a pathetic display of pure arrogance, and whoever came up with it, needs sacking. 😅
posted on 15/3/22
Senior govt source:
"We are working around the clock to enable Chelsea to continue operating as a club in the interests of the fans. This statement threatening Middlesbrough and the rest of the football league shows they do not seem to understand the seriousness of the situation they are in, being owned by an entity that has been sanctioned because of links to a person responsible for appalling acts in Ukraine. We are not opposed to Chelsea having fans at games in the long run, but we will not allow money from ticket sales to flow to a sanctioned entity. Chelsea should spend less time worrying about having a few thousands fans at one game, and focus on moving their club into the hands of someone who isn't linked to a warmonger."
'In their opinion...'
-Chelsea fans
posted on 15/3/22
The Boro response is brilliant. Especially how they quote the word integrity
posted on 15/3/22
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posted on 15/3/22
i think chelsea have always had some dodgy admin and PR
there was a deleted tweet about them putting the gas on after they scored a go vs Spurs
posted on 15/3/22
'In their opinion...'
-Chelsea fans
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posted on 15/3/22
Apparently they have now retracted their request to have it behind closed doors
What an utterly pathetic day for Chelsea.
posted on 15/3/22
Massive PR own goal from Chelsea.
posted on 15/3/22
There is a real lack class sometimes from that club - epitomised by their number 1 gimp Jason Kuhnty