Clearlakes current business model

Want yer rusky sugar daddy back, aye?

Well, I suppose to suggest that Abramovich was not totally committed to running CFC as a highly competitive elite club would be moronic.

Winning 20 major trophies over his tenure. All of which was done by ultimately the footballers on the pitch, with the right managers.

He took a 175m investment & was forced to sell it for 2.5 bln + with a 1.75bln investment responsibility = 4,25bln.

Youd like that you fckn Celt numpty.

But I digress.

But I for one would take Roman back in a heart beat

I think personally that everything has been a knock on effect from that fkup of a first initial transfer window.

They took over an elite CL club all that was needed was a couple of signings to fill the holes to keep the club competing at that level while they addressed the off field side of things but they managed to totally fk it up.

360 degree turn after that pivoting towards longer contracts , younger players etc etc.

The club is in an absolute mess thanks to these wnkers frantically trying to recover from their own initial massive failings to try and play catch up but having intially shot themselves in the foot are only seemingly proceeding to shoot themselves in the other as well.

I just don't get this idiotic strategy to me makes absolutely no sense from a football perspective, only a (and i use that word very loosely) a financial one.

The "process" they are employing is never going to achieve the aspirations that we should be aspiring to - it will be the same rinse and repeat cycle.

Any decent manager or coach will tell them exactly what they need to achieve the goals that the club need but the club insist on doing it their way.

Even though his game management frustrated the hell out of me sometimes I personally was happy for MP to be given that second season (or at least until xmas) to see wether he could build on the progress last season from the Potter debacle.

I actually respect the guy for walking away when told that his wishes for next season were not going to be agreed with.

Last night was absolutely abysmal, I would say worst than anything I watched under Potter /Lampard season.

We have a manager who seems incapable of trying anything a bit different or change things in any way.

In December we were singing "we've got our Chelsea back" unfortunately little did we realise that it was the Potter Version.

Maresca clearly out of his depth either unable or unwilling to change his approach in any way.

Was really hoping for a response last night from Saturday but absolute shiiteshow so frustrating.

I was shocked at how poor you were last night.

Overall, im 100% convinced that the current strategy that Clearlake are obsessed with will not work.

How this is going to pan out is concerning, because their performance reflects across there investment portfolio.

I would not invest into them on this showing. But it is a sports investment, so they have a little wriggle room.

It would be interesting to know what CFC is valued at today?? How much money have the lost ??

At some point they are going to have to take on the chin & walk or double down and turn the club into cash cow that services debt, borrowing that they indirectly lend

For them CFC is 500m per season cash generator.

Hopefully at some point soon they see the light and decide to bring in footballing directors who will use their own vision opposed to one the accountants have created.

On current performance the CPO will not trust them, nor should they

As far as performance on the pitch, the truth is we still have a squad which has significant vulnerabilities. The side lacks leadership and a spine.

I can only see us on a mid table slide for the remainder of the season. I hope i'm wrong, but I don't think that teams are afraid to play us & we know what that means.

I assume this will bring the Clearlake - Boehley falling out to a head. Imo, we are in limbo for the foreseeable future.

CNB,

Completely agree with your opinion of how they got the club into this situation

comment by ifarka, (U8182)
posted 42 minutes ago
CNB,

Completely agree with your opinion of how they got the club into this situation
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Not getting Edwards was a major blow I think, or probably more the fact of not having an alternative that could take the position on there and then.

I think the lack of immediate availabilty resulted in TB taking on the SD role in conjunction with a reluctant Tuchel who was obviously also having issues personally.

Not sure whether it was arrogance or foolishness that led them to believe that they could handle that first window themselves directly with input from TT but was doomed to failure.

Might have worked out if they could have persuaded Cech to remain until they found an alternative to Edwards as I think he was a very important link , highly valued by TT and at least an actual "football person" to help with the initial transition.

Went downhill rapidly from that moment on imo and continues to do so sadly.

Didnt it just

Never mind we will get out of the other side, the issue is they have so much money in it.

Mutterings of a protest against the owners being organised at 6pm before the Southampton game apparently.

More than mutterings we hope CNB !

lets let 'em have full blast, come on lads,all guns blazing .

Yes, emotions are high, the levels of frustration with the ownerships handling of the club after such a huge financial investment.

The truth is the ownership who are very wealthy venture capitalist investment bankers are dictating a money ball strategy of their own design.

They have brought sporting directors who are prepared to try to reinvent the wheel according to the strategy the accountants have dreamt up on a spreadsheet.

Nothing about what they are doing is based upon sound footballing principles.

After 3 seasons the situation that the club finds itself in is evidence that their strategy is not fir for purpose and is devaluing their investment.

So if we take this summary as being reasonably accurate how will it be possible for the ownership to accept the failures and change direction?

I assume that will look to hang the blame on someone.

The candidates are

1: The manager. 2: The Sporting directors. 3: one of the ownership groups Clearlake or Boehley.

Personally I think the manager is least responsible , as I believe he has an impossible job.

The sporting directors should be held accountable as they have indulged the ownership in their money all experiment.

Going forward imo, the winners of the ownership battle will need to remove the sporting directors and have a massive change in the way they run the club.

I.e, run the club from a competitive footballing perspective opposed to the moneyball angle.

That is imo the only way this ownership will survive , if they don’t change tact I personally can’t see them bring the club back to an C/ L level outfit.