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• I don’t have any shares (was 8 in 1993) but it seems to me that the club are asking shareholders to have blind faith in the club, and I think that that is just unrealistic no matter what Abramovich has done.
  As the article points out – Roman could and probably is the real deal but what about after him and then bloke after him.
  Seems to me that the shareholders are custodians of the club as well as the pitch and should not sell unless they are absolutely certain that what has been planned is for the good of chelsea and it seems that no-one is prepared to legally make those promises.

  • And that is all some people want – some assurances

    • The point that I think has been missed by a number of people is Bruce Buck’s statement that if we do not move the investment in the club will be hard to sustain and that the quality of player will decline.
      If we vote no I suspect we may end up back in the top-6-looking-forward-to-the-odd-cup mode that we were in the 1996-2004 period.

      • Reminder of what the club says. Thisis the real driver – if we don’t expand we will fall back, probably to the level of Sp*rs and the like.

        “Most of our major competitors in England and in Europe have, or are planning, substantially
        larger stadia than Stamford Bridge, which will allow them to generate additional revenue and
        thereby enable them to attract and retain world class players. The Club will only be able to
        continue to do this if it can increase its own revenues.”

        • Fraser – no does not mean never – we just want some assurances – why can’t the club give us those?

          How far are you willing to move?

• I agree with Trizia that the local promise is pretty empty given that any large project in London takes years to plan never mind build – this will include any potential redevelopment of the bridge. The only ‘quick’ solution would be out of town which none of us want.

• One further point – given the FFP rules coming into force soon, perhaps Roman will want to personally buy the Stamford Bridge site for an inflated price (a la Real Madrid) as a way of injecting funds into the club. Many top clubs abroad don’t actually own a ground.

• People need to understand that the only real constant in a football club is its fans – as great as Roman has been – the fans have the power and they must make the choice and that is as it should be.

• I am a CPO, I have completed proxy form to vote no. Like Trizia I am more than happy to consider moving, the world changes and we have to change with it. In fact I would go further and say that I favour moving, I would like tonse CFC self sufficient and at the top table. Chelseas insulting offer to me and the cack handed way they have handled it, coupled with the dipstick that is Gourlay mean that I am voting no. Abramovich is human, he will die, he could die tomorrow, or be arrested etc etc. No mater how much he has done the current proposal is not the right answer.

• Good article – good comments – what Fraser failed to digest was that nobody is saying ‘no never’!
  Show CPO some respect – show CPO some guarantees – and show CPO some realistic plans – and it’s a YES !

• Trizia – has this been raised at the fans forum? If so, what was said?

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