Build that Bigger Ground!

CPO = " greed incorporated" will be the ones holding Chelsea back. All these idiots , think that just because they hold shares they and only they know whats best for the club. This philosophy is bunkum. Chelsea should have already started the process of buildi Earls Court or Battersea stadium , but because of these idots , we ill be struggling to find an alternative site. CPO make me unspeakaly angry over their selfish stance

I just hope both CPO and Chelsea board could reach an agreement soon. Without a bigger stadium to generate more income, we could be moving towards the Tier-2 team in the future... We had since lost Battersea and Earls court... Hopefully we could build a 65k capacity stadium in West London soon....

How are CPO holding CFC back? Chelsea need to speak to the council and re develp the Bridge. www.stamfordbridgethetruth.blogspot.co.uk is a site that seems to explain the present circumstances.

We will lost the Chelsea name should we decided to play outside SB without consent from CPO. (Correct me if I am wrong)... It will be a disaster for all of us here where our beloved Chelsea could be known as something else...

i think that RA has proven over and over that he loves the club and wants whats best for CFC. I think its about time that the fans of this great club to show him the respect and love that he deserves. Im sure most CFC fans would say that they would pump the amount of money that RA has spent "if they had the money" but RA is the only person putting his money where his mouth is. I personally think its disgusting that there are "fans" out there blocking his plans of building a new stadium. Every time i look at the pictures that CFC released showing what he wanted to do with battersea power station all i can think is we missed out on quite possibly the best looking and most iconic stadium in all of europe if not the world. i think its about time we put the trust in him and allow him to run HIS club and just be happy that he wants whats best for CFC just like all chelsea fans want because the fact of the matter is RA is a fan.

Need a 50k+ ground for income and the fact that nearly every big european club has one...

*CFCTalal .. we ned 60k+ .. 50k+ is only 8k more than we have already...not worth the effort..we need to at least match the Arsenal stadium

@Blueheart, how are you going to be able to "redevelop the Bridge" to the tune of 50% more capacity? you and CPO are in dreamland .. you all cuckoo

@Blue_Mel do you work for the council ? No. Just be patient and all will be revealed.

@blue mel, I read at a time that the SB stadium can be extended, but the cost would be enough to build a new stadium, I think in the tune of £350m-£450m if memory serves me right

@BlueABs Nice bit of hilarious speculation there .... a billionaire , and his employees no experience in brokering deals??? yeah right !and Im the Queen of England

@Blue_Mel - Battersea was the perfect solution, but they couldn't get a deal done. Need say no more.

I do know that the club stated several times, that they had `explored EVERY avenue possible, in relation to the expansion of Stamford Bridge`. Although, when questioned, Bruce Buck then admitted that the club infact had NOT submitted any plans whatsoever in the last 10 years Please get yourself a share and get involved. £100 for the club you love.

How many players have CPO bought since Roman bought the club?

How much of a new stadium are they going to be paying for??

the answer ..is NONE , NONE and NONE!

@BlueABS can you please tell me how much Roman has paid for the latest of his yachts? I know that Ropman will expect a return from his investment . Who wouldnt ? But his risk! How much of the CPO are going to contribute what they get from the sale of thei shares to the cause? Whether its £100 or 100 times that .I doubt that they will contribute 1p towards the cost of the stadium or development of SB! ..

Actually, I would presume that most or many CPO's are regular game attendees, as such they contribute wholly to the wage bill and running of the Club.

I`ve missed 14 games in 45 years. Home, Away, Abroad.

@ Blueheart ..why do CPO think that after Roman has invested somthing ithe order of £1billion already and is ready to invest probaly that much over again including the cost of a new stadiu and new players and their wages) that Roman having bought the club when it was on the verge of going out of business ....owes the CPO a red penny? whether for the current ground or the new one? CPO are onlyiterested in their own financial or power capital . When I see them donating mone for the enhancement of the club then their opinion will count for something alongside Romans

I was here long before the existing board and I`ll be here long after they have passed through. The money that RA has given to the club is in a holding company called FORSTAM, therefore when he sells the club anytime in the future, he is entitled to get his return prior to the club. Which is fine. The CPO shares were bought to protect THE LONG TERM FUTURE OF THE CLUB, not to re imburse an individual, to move a club if it is not required or for any other reason. All CPO shareholders are asking is confirmation that SB can not be redeveloped. That is not the case at present. If the club end up sharing a ground with QPR in 5 years time I`m sure Blue_Mel will be the 1st one to complain. Be careful what you wish for.

I dont complain about anything except greed and incompetency. Actually SB CAN Be redeveloped.... I can do it...I can squeze an extra seat right next to Romans ..you see it CAN be done..I wil be even willing to PAY for that with MY OWN MONEY ...How many CPO membrs have volunteered that ? But you think my seat will pay for Falcao or Ronaldo ? I doubt it.... If we want to compete with the biggest clubs in Europe , we need a minimum of 60,000 seat stadium and except for Roman buying the surrounding buildings / property I dont see that a 50%+ expansion of SB can be done. Are the CPO volunteering the funds to buy up the extra property?? Nah I doubt it .!

Let the Council be the deciders of that along with a self financing plan. Spend your money on a £100 share instead.

You`re obviously not aware of the Unigate site on the A4 then.

You`ve said it all, It`s not your concern. You`re not interested. You`re not interested in having a share either, all you want is Ronaldo and Falcao, so you`re voice is irrelevent mate. Armchair supporter, who wasn`t around when we were rubbish. Every successful club has got them I suppose.

and its nice to know that only CPO shareholders are true supporters of the club

@Blue_mel, I like your all points. I am wondering had the CPO holders showed this kind of "concern fans" mentalities when Ken Bates was getting loan left and right to run the club, CFC wouldn't have come too close to the financial mess we found ourselves in during Ken's reign in the 1st place. Yes CPO action then safe guide the future of the club but they didn't mind if it was a championship or non- league team because we were heading towards that direction with the repayment of the Euro bond loan looming us over. They could have taken the same action as some Pompey fans are doing now trying to buy their beloved club but NO they choose to invest on the pitch. Times has changed from a team in a financial mess to a very strong team now rated as the 5th biggest in the world, the fears of CPO when it was founded are not real anymore. My feelings are the CPO are supposed to be the happiest fans out there looking back to how hard they have worked and “sacrifice” to keep the CFC and to see how far we have come, they should be 100% willing participant without dragging their feet’s to moved us to the next level.

@jollyheart Torres...Thanks . I appreciate your opinion and I agree with you

@ Blueheart9 "The CPO turned down the oppporunity to release the shares to the club until a suitable location was announced. Not somewhere within a 3 mile radius ONLY UP UNTIL 2020" So we are stuck with a 41k SB for the next 7 years? That can't be true. It will be very unfair for the CPO holders on VC to come here on match day thread to bash the board for lack of squad depth. CFC board are taking the FFP seriously more than some fans are. for the 1st time since Roman came the overall wages paid out in the year ending June 2012 actually fell by £18m to £171m and the numbers of playing and coaching staff dropped by 89 in 2011 to 69 in 2012 all done to meet the FFP. So what does this tell us?

the cpo can't be holding the club back since I'm pretty sure the agreed to battersea but it was rejected...

@jollyheart. Bruce Buck would only give assurances that the club would move within a 3mile radius UP UNTIL 2020, as announced by himself infront of 700 people in Oct 2011. When questioned about what would happen after 2020, he refused to answer. This obviously alarmed many shareholders, along with the 250k worth of shares that were mysteriously illegally purchased 1 week before the vote. Is it any surprise that thousands of shareholders were suspicious. FFP has been on the cards for the last 5 years, the club had ages to make an offer on Battersea if they so wished. Battersea unfortunately was too late and was nothing more than a publicity stunt. Battersea is out, Earls Court is out and that has nothing whatsoever to do with CPO, who just wish to have all avenues explored in relation to whether the Bridge can be enlarged or not. The Council say it can be, but the club will not entertain that option.

I blame Roman for the spoilt fans this club is having

tell that to those greed-infested CPO idiots who love money more than they love the club, feigning "protection" when all they want is more "paper action"

@ Blu_run totally agreed with all ur comments. A bigger ground would have lay a solid foundation for the next God knows many years to come and the chance might be slipping away with every delay.

CPO have not voted against Roman, Stamford Bridge is our ancestrial home and has been for 108 years. it is obvious to all that a larger stadium is required. Ideally SB needs to be enlarged if possible. At this moment the club have not entertained that possibility and refuse to accept the Councils insistance that it can be re developed to over 60k, Why is that ? If it is proven that this utimately can`t be achieved, then relocation is the only option and everyone accepts this. To suggest that CPO shareholders are greedy and holding the club back is insulting and comes from inividuals who are not willing to buy a share and are not aware of the facts. I bought my shares for £100 each when the club was on its knees and it needed fans to help save it from future speculators. I, like many others put my MONEY WHERE MY MOUTH IS AND SAVED THE CLUB I LOVE, only to be offered about £25 per share in real terms 20 years later, by someone who could possibly and I say possibly, have a marriage value of anything up to 50k per share, if they were obtained and SB was then converted into a housing estate. Nobody actually wants any money back. CPO ACTUALLY OFFERED THE CLUB THE ALTERNATIVE OF SIMPLY TRANSFERING THE SHARES TO THE NEW GROUND, AS OPPOSED TO RECEIVING ANY MONEY, BUT THE CLUB FLATLY REFUSED. Why ? And how is that being greedy or holding the club back ? The CPO was set up to protect the long term interests of CFC and to ask for assurances that this would be the case, is not too much to ask for. Certain individuals on this site, would be the 1st ones to complain, when CFC end up sharing a new purpose built ground with QPR along the A4 and don`t for one moment, believe that would not happen. That route is aleady being pursued.

Interesting comments here. The CPO look like the proverbial "enemies of progress" from where i'm sitting by refusing to show any trust and loyalty to a man who has invested a significant amount of money to bring this club to where it is today. I can relate to the desire of the CPO to have a bit more transparency around the whole thing, but to what end? Hasnt Roman already proved that he loves this club enough?...Lets be clear about one thing Roman changed the landscape of English football forever. in terms of relativity, the value of the CPO shares is peanuts compared to RA's investment and it would appear that the 30% or so (i believe the majority of members voted in RA's favour) of CPO members are angling for a good return on their £100 investment rather than doing the best thing for CFC. We DON'T need a CPO, i dont know how many other clubs have this sort of excuse of an arrangement as a stumbling block that seriously undermines their ability to progress and develop. Like someone said earlier, this CPO is a dinosaur that is threatening the future of CFC and unless they pull their finger out and do the right unselfish thing, they will have history come back to bite them in the derrierre when things go awry on the ground development front. They are just giving the board an excuse not to do anything. They will be the reason that Chelsea never became a big European club because of their "greed". Good luck dealing with that tag and carrying that weight on your shoulders in future guys...

I don't really know what is going on about the CPO, but blueheart made some valid claims which I think is fair, but as I don't know the mind of roman and his stance, I can't really say much about this as I have said earlier

I am sure that theres a lot more to this issue than we all know....@Blueheart argues persuasively to be honest...I must admit m not privy to any first hand information here...but I do hope there will be a swift resolution pretty soon....we desperately need a bigger stadium..

it surprises me that we keep mentioning the COUNCIL wants us to stay and the COUNCIL thinks is possible to enlarge SB. They are doing whatever it's take to protect the business stability of the area and NOT that of CFC. Why are we not looking after ourselves when it's very obvious that the COUNCIL IS ONLY OUT TO PROTECT THEIR INTEREST. This is the link to the presentation made to the CPO about the issues facing Chelsea with redeveloping Stamford Bridge. http://www.easternblues.co.uk/index/index.php/articles/42-redeveloping-the-bridge

@CobhamBlue, you don't have to go over and over on how loyal CPO members are toward chelsea. we've established that much already. now the question is why would anyone not trust RA with the clubs future? hasn't he done enough to earn the fan's trust? you've mentioned the danger in leaving SB, but how about the clubs prospect when it comes to competing at the highest level after FFP comes to action?

why are we looking at our financially buoyant neighbour ARSENAL? Their fans would always remember Highbury but the future of the team was more important than the past. I remember Arsenal selling the playing field as souvenir to the fans. All are rivals are planing for expansion we are here shooting ourselves in the foot.

TYPO again***** I meant to say Why are we not looking at our financially buoyant neighbour ARSENAL? *******

These ideas needs to be discussed and agreed upon

The votes were inclusive of 250k worth of illegally bought shares 1 week prior to the vote, purely to corrupt he vote.

IF CPO members are only interested that the sal eof SB goes ahead if it can be shown that SB cant expanded to the desired level.....why does CPO members need the same privelege extended to them with the new ground (if we ever get one due to the delays involved ) ? Why is it Arsenal fans and Spurs fans dont need a similar organisation to protect their ground from Mr Levys greedy plans? Why does thes "set up" need to go on aad infnitum for all of Chelseas new grounds? Its plain to see that CPO are only interested in either financial gain or they are power hungry to have a say over and above any other fans or the investment of te clubs owner wh has invested massively in the club and its future or dare I say it ---BOTH

West London is and always will be a potential development hot spot for any future housing plans. Who knows what the next 100 years brings. Ask Man U and Liverpool fans if they envy the CPO or not.

From what I have read here, I can come to a few conlusion either rightly or wrong, the CPO don't want their livelyhood to go up in smoke if they move SB, (2) They don't want a situation where chelsea might become a souless club if roman decides to sell or if he is gone (due to old age), they want a say for the club they've supported all their lives so it won't go to obscurity... Then those who are against the CPO believe roman is here to stay and is not profit oriented hence his unabashed way of pumping innumerable funds to the club, the thinking is why won't u trust a man that have spent 1.5 billion of his wealth on chelsea. I see where this peeps are coming from too. But I don't know what to make of this points or who to believe as for me, both have good points I credit the CPO for their foresight, I credit those that are for roman for their rational thinking, but seriously I even more confused than ever.

CPO is not holding out for any deal. All they are asking is whether the Bridge can be expanded, or not. All Chelsea fans deserve an answer to that simple question. So I ask Bruce Buck, Ron Gourlay or Roman himself to inform us of why this is not the case. This question was asked 15 months ago, yet still no reply.

Blue_Mel, so if you don't think the council will agree to a new stadium in west London then surely the CPO are right not to sell their shares? If you live in America, Australia or anywhere overseas it doesn't really matter where the Chelsea stadium is. If you are a season ticket holder it is really important that the stadium is in west london and reasonably close to the existing ground. Chelsea season ticket holders want to win the league and cups but not at the risk of the club losing the stadium and ending up playing out in Surrey.

Put enough money into Dagenham & Redbridge , they will get into the top 4 ...easy peasy ......ring any bells?

Im saying that just like the CPO, the council arent interested in football...they are interested in what they get out of having Chelsea within their boundaries....end of. Would the council give a flying f*k if we were talking about some 4th division club? The main concern for Chelsea should be whether we get a new ground and how soon. Im not saying the whereabouts dosnt matter , but its secondary to the fact that Chelsea actually gets one -- NOW - when its needed...not 2 or 3 years down the line when weve slipped out of the top 4 because other clubs have invested in the club and its income streams

@ Cobham Blue...For those that can afford a Chelsea season ticket...would a trip to Surrey (at the utter extreme) be much of an added extra expense??? And are there not perhaps Chelsea faans that live in Surrey would find the prospect just attractive at havng their club on THEIR doorstep as the current season ticket holders allegedly do??? you see , it seems CPO arent as interested in the welfare of Chelsea ...but perhaps moreso than their how much their own pockets are lined with readies!!!!

Juventus dominating the Italian league??? maybe so (temporaily), but where would they be in the BPL?

I disagree that 50k is enough..not nearly enough i we are going to compete with Arsenal , ManUre , City and Spurs way into the future under the new rules. If we are to stay competitive and in the top 4 and even to say more - self sustainable , we need at least 60,000! Possibly more

This issue is deeper and more complicated than we come here to rant...The Club/board first impression and approach to our relocation was the biggest flop and basically responsible for the halt in the relocation debacle. Probably many of the recent generation don't understand the history of stamford Bridge. Stamford Bridge is Chelsea FC,Starmford bridge is a huge part of the clubs history. How many football clubs were born due to their stadiums? Buck and his gang tried to force a move on CPO members instead of siting in a round table and coming to a reasonable conclusion for both parties. A solid plan wasn't put forward and answers to certain questions left more questions unanswered rather than calming nerves. The illegal dealings to buy shares from members and strike the 75% vote left CPO members more agitated at the disrespect and corruption shown by the Club & Board. Not to mention the time the meeting was scheduled to be held, 11.30am UK time on a thursday when most members will be tied up at work. Yes we want to beat the FFP and a bigger sits guarantees that,but you can beat FFP in various ways,and can increase revenue financially. We still pay outrageous sums of money for signings and wages rather than beating down fees. I understand the Club stand point but the approach was dead wrong and it still is.

Well i know CPO members who only care for cfc to be competitive going forward and who have already cast their vote supporting in favour of the boards plans. I only wish that when the rules were set, the vote required was set at 51% not this ridiculous 75% because the reality of the matter is that even in real life you never really get people to overwhelmingly agree to that level. 75%? in which fairy tale?...that is the problem i think.. As such i really fear for any sort of CFC stadium move unless this threshold issue is addressed. There will always be dissidents, doubters, haters and envious folks. This group of people in all likelihood will continue to make up 1 out of every 4 people and will make it difficult to achieve 75% no matter what the board do...

@JohnnyOz u are spot on the ridiculous 75% needed to win the votes.

Thanks Jolly - it is so true though...51% will normally carry the vote in most board rooms

Blue_Mel, you really are embarrassing yourself. If you know absolutely nothing about something and are not prepared to listen to someone articulate who is prepared to patiently explain it all to you, then you totally invalidate your 'opinion'. So now you stoop to such ridiculous levels as to accuse Blueheart9 of denying people living in London the opportunity of housing, for goodness sake. I bet he rips the head of kittens too just for kicks and traffics children into the sex trade in his spare time. I am not a CPO shareholder but I sympathise entirely with their position. That must make me greedy right, yet I do not even have a share and stand to gain nothing so how does that work? I have gone through it so many times before but some people just won't listen to reason or understand the basic facts so I shalln't be bothering again and my advice to Blueheart9 would most definitely be to save his breath.

Blue_Mel, Are you kidding about Juventus??? I don't like to take a dig at my own team but didn't Juventus slaughter Chelsea 3-0 a few months ago? It is hard to believe if they were playing in England they would be any lower than 2nd in the table and maybe even top.

Blue_Mel, If Chelsea move to Battersea it obviously makes sense to build the stadium as large as possible - within reason - so I'd have gone for 60,000. However I'm not sure Chelsea would fill 60,000 every week and I wouldn't want to see lots of empty seats. My long preferred option is to knock down Ken Bates infamous "Chelsea Village" - which would not be without its problems - and build a much bigger Shed End to bring the capacity up to 50,000. Our crowds wouldn't be as large but I'm pretty certain it would be a lot less expensive than building a brand new stadium. Tradition matters in sport. Why do you think Chicago Cubs play at Wrigley Field or Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park?

As far as tradition is concerned ...maybe Manchester United should have stayed as Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Football Club?

I think the way to solve this problem is to extend the capacity of the bridge to perhaps 60,000, if we can do that, I think it would solve this impasse, if roman is concerned about the amount (which I doubt) then the CPO and well wishers can contribute their quotas, looking at the way u guys are at eachother in this thread, it is obvious that if it is an open forum with roman and his advisers in one side and the CPO in the other side, the neutrals would still be confused and the impasse would still be there, why can't both parties do what is best for the club they obviously love dearly, why is chelsea so plagued with controversies?

Wow I'm totally shocked by how this character blue mel is talking about the CPO! Greedy? These are people who have give there hard earned cash to help save the club and have to remember when they bought these shares £100 was like £1,000 now! And these are people who are not rich and have stupid amounts of money. These are fans who have been giving CFC there hard earned money year after year after year for season tickets and away games to give the players and club there support! And when the bought the shares of the pitch they were saving the club from totally going under and not actually being a football club anymore! Then we get these fans now a days who moan when the CPO are worried about what the new owner is wanting to do and isn't transparent about it all and even tries to buy shares on the sly through a third party to try and force the CPO to lose the vote! That is wrong and this is why it has all came to a head as roman and his advisors thought they could railroad the normal fans and just take what they wanted. He now realises he can't as even though he is the owner and the benefactor it isn't his club it is the fans club. When he goes yet and me will still be there through thick and thin either that be in the premiere league or division 2! Think peopl who haven't been around supporting Chelsea when the CPO helped saved the in need to respect what they have done and what they are trying to do.

I go to a supermarket to buy groceries . I get my groceries and pays my money for them , then i leave. Fans go to football match they pay forthir ticket , thy get their football match , their entertainment , their , chat and drink - before and after the match the cameraderie with other fans , they leave the ground and go home...why do this think this entitles them to tell the owner whether they can close the ground and rebuild somewhee else and dictate as to whether they approve or not?

If I pay for an airline ticket , does that give me the right to tell the pilot which route to take?...whether I approve of the way he flies the plane? dont think so

But thats all...YOu expect them to be rational and not hinder the clubs devlopment for the sake of a pathetic question over "Can SB be expanded"? This shows their real agenda ! Not the welfare of the club ! I wouldnt be surprised if Roman just left them with the pitch , moved the club and slightly modified the Clubs name! HE has the clubs future at heart! I would just leave CPO with worthless bits of paper and laugh at them

anyway ive said enough. everything will come out in the wash ... if and when the new stadium gets off the ground . all will be revealed. Its going to be useless arguing until the issue gets moving. Lets see what the CP want for their shares if and when they eventualy agree to sell

Being able to attend every Chelsea game is not a "sacrifice" you make for the club and milk it every now and then to assert your point here at VC, its a privilege you get for living in the UK.

Greed indeed. The present site if sold is valued at 900m, if developed by a wealthy individual could give a return of anything up to 1.8b. A new ground should be approx 500m. So where does the other 1.3b go ? food for thought. Greed indead or even a possible motive. Return with interest all in one swoop. But that is only from a business mans persective of course.

Blueheart... can you please tell me how much Roman has paid or the club and invested in it up to this point ? and match that with how much you have invested in it ?

@blue mel if I owned the free hold of the floor where the supermarket was YES I would! The CPO OWN THE FREEHOLD OF THE PITCH roman owns the club he doesn't own the pitch. So if you owned a garage on a estate and the owners said right we are knocking the whole thin down but you didn't want to you would just say yes? Doubt it

As one Chelsea fan to another ...I really hope you have anenjoyabl time in Prague suporting your club ....But just dont believe that its necessary to be a "wealthy individua" to not be called "an armchair supporter" ..so get yourself some humility and remember that not everyone , not every Chelsea supporter is as wealthy as you.. and nor is it necessary to be so

Not surprised, you`re obviously too thick to be able to plug it in.

Blue_Meltdown . . Don`t kid yourself, you weren`t one in the 1st place. See Ya.

@ Blue_Mel - interesting stuff...i wouldnt take these too personally mate or the people on here will really get to you... Leadership qualities involve taking responsibility rather than blame throwing and trying to actually provide the way out of situations, not sitting there saying the board shouldnt have appointed this person or that or done this or that (all in hindsight of course lol).... Good leadership is recognising the efforts made by the board so far realising they havent worked and proposing ways going forward to resolve whatever issues there are. Very few people exhibit those qualities in the way they structure their thoughts in writing, and in their actions...and the whole world would be a better place if people took more individual responsibility.

@Blueheart9 correct me if I am wrong. Who initiated founding the CPO and loans the soft to CPO? This was done because Ken Bates realised the bubbles was going to burst and the arrangement was a decoy way to keep the developers who would surely come prying for the land away. This is a common practice these days. Quinn direct owner did exactly the same, With special arrangement "sold" all his valuable property to families to prevent the debtors to seize them. Imagine him going back to those people he had special arrangement with and his given conditions before getting those property back. That is why I keep saying the arrangement was done in good faith only as a decoy and it shouldn't be a hindrance to our future goals. Enjoy the game in Prague.

@jollyheart. Ken Bates set up the CPO to protect the club from ever being asset stripped in the future once he had gone. The problem we have at CFC is that the land that we sit on, is arguably the most expensive potential real estate, in which any football stadia sits upon in the world, owing to its location. Roman Abramovich is the best thing that ever happened to our club, there is no doubt about that. But he is only passing through. All the CPO members are aking for is clarification from both the council and the club that SB can not be redeveloped to match the clubs ambitions. The CPO have waited 16 months for that, but still THE CLUB refuse to deal with this issue and are only interested in re location. But to where ? The council have stated that the site can easily be enlarged. So why are the club not interested in pursuing this option ? Is it because there is massive money to be made by selling Stamford Bridge ? I hope not, but it could be. This is exactly why CPO was set up, regardless of how much a new owner might have put in on players. What happens if RA obtained the shares and then sold the club to somene else in the next day ? Who are they, what is to stop them bulldozing the whole lot down and making the club homeless, because the land is worth more than the club itself. We might all trust Roman, but what happens in the future ? Asking for clarification isn`t too much to ask for. Thousands of CPO shareholders can`t all be wrong.

rich inividuals ...hmm let me see, take for example the owner of mancheter city , instead of buying players and new stadium and plugging in £400million investment to the club over the next 10 yrs , why dosnt he just by the ground tha the stadium is on and build umm lets see , sow about some houses? or a multibillion dollar business conference centre ? or British equivalent of the twin towers ? Nah i guess he wants a football club instead ..oh and this certain rich individual makes Roman look like a pauper.!

Checkout Piazons verdict on the fans here . He says the La Liga fans are warmer....I wonder if hes met Blueheart on his travels. http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1340011?cc=5739

Well whatever anybody says in here be it blueheart or blue_mel, it won't change the fact that we are in a quagmire, this issue won't be resolved with ur wits and banter here, it is best both parties do what is best for the club and soon!!! Do I want a bigger stadium of perhaps 70k (can we ever fill that?) Yes I want that, do I want roman or his son to sell chelsea off in the next 70years to an unknown person that my ruin the club? Capital NO!! May the side who have the real interest of the club at heart win this power struggle.

@jollyheart, that article is exhausting... What a read!!! With what I read there then I think we need to build a new stadium, except there is another viable option.

problems problems problems, the bridge is said to be unviable to develop earls court and battersea are sold to other developers solutions anyone,anyone!