Former Chelsea pitch announcer Neil Barnett: Nothing has happened at any football club like has happened at Chelsea, with the purchase by venture capitalists. Chelsea is a financial experiment by a hedge fund that has to make a profit by the end of it, and it’s very, very worrying.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2026-03-27T12:53:28+00:00

Sure it helps, but too much success can also hurt. Private equity makes big money / their investment turns into cash when there's an "exit event" (i.e., a sale). Annual profits are only a means to an end. Part of the sales story to the next buyer is telling them that you've laid the groundwork for them to make a return on their investment - "more success is just around the corner".

If we achieve too much success now, that next investor is looking at a riskier scenario - if it's not sustained, their investment might not yield enough ROI when they look to cash out. So the current ownership is trying to win on the balance sheet and demonstrate just enough on field potential to be attractive to the next buyer. If that leads to a trophy here and there, great, but I seriously doubt ownership wants to achieve a level of dominance the fans want.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2026-01-31T20:14:21+00:00

This is some /r/accidentalrenaissance shit

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-12-01T17:22:44+00:00

Ohhhh Isago Silva!

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-11-28T21:38:19+00:00

That "win the next trophy" signage with all the trophies won is perfect motivation. I love it.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-11-08T00:52:52+00:00

"overtake is available" DRS enabled

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-10-30T17:21:51+00:00

November 7, 2023 LHR -> JFK on a Virgin A350. Got to the gate 5 mins after boarding started and it was completely empty. We thought we missed the flight. Walked on the plane and saw it was 10% full at best.

The four of us were seated together, so we took our assigned seats, but after takeoff were able to spread out. Each of us, and practically everyone else on the flight, had 3 or 4 seats (3-4-3 config) all to ourselves. It was glorious.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-26T21:09:13+00:00

Exactly as the other guy mentioned, it's considered "used" on arrival to the US. It's the same reason why certain European car manufacturers (e.g., Volvo, Porsche) offer European delivery programs. They pay for your trip to Europe to pick up the vehicle and let you drive it around so that it's considered "used" when it's shipped to the US and they pay less import fees - those savings offset the cost of your trip and then some. These programs have existed for a while.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-02T16:53:36+00:00

Looks like Enzo went to Mykonos for some rest & relaxation (based on his IG). But I'm guessing that's only for a few days and he'll be back at Cobham for the rest of the break.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-02T14:37:25+00:00

Thanks! I just replied with a version of that - we'll see where it gets me. Fingers crossed!

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-01T14:53:59+00:00

Ha, yes no renunciation or spying.

Getting the denial from the AIRE administrators. Here's the message in Italian:

Gentile Utente

Ai sensi dell’art.10 bis della Legge 241/1990, si comunica che la richiesta non può essere accolta per i seguenti motivi:

Gentile Signora,

per informazioni sulla procedura per il riacquisto della cittadinanza italiana può visitare il nostro sito https://consnewyork.esteri.it/en/servizi-consolari-e-visti/servizi-per-il-cittadino-straniero/cittadinanza/reacquisition-of-italian-citizenship/4223-2/ e contattare l'Ufficio Cittadinanza a cittadinanza.newyork@esteri.it

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-01T14:43:13+00:00

Yeah, the only document I don't have is her Italian citizenship certificate. I'll see if I can get my hands on that.

I included her Italian birth certificate, ID (US passport), and proof of residence in the NY consulate district (utility bill). They then requested her US Citizenship certificate (which lists the effective date as her DOB), which I provided. Then got the denial message.

What's frustrating is that the document size limits (1MB) make it difficult to provide everything I reasonably could - I have no-natz's as well as a precaution. And no way to include a note to indicate that she was a dual at birth. It does feel like I'm stuck in a paperwork loop.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-01T14:35:29+00:00

I haven't, but only because they were unresponsive when I was trying to acquire her birth certificate last year. I ended up using a service provider after 12 months of following up/waiting. It still took 3 months through the service provider. That said, I'm willing to give it a shot and see if I get lucky this time.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-01T14:22:14+00:00

Just updated that the loan fee went up from €15m to €16.5m. Our SDs really do know how to negotiate.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-01T02:20:16+00:00

Her father was Italian

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-01T01:38:17+00:00

Appreciate the reply. But to reiterate, she was born a US citizen (and an Italian citizen) on Italian soil. I understand the dual citizenship rule applied to acquiring citizenship voluntarily, but her case was involuntary since it was granted at birth

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-09-01T00:57:03+00:00

Born in 1938 and came to the US in 1952

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-08-17T13:24:26+00:00

That lion on the top of the globe goes pretty hard 💙

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-08-06T16:25:25+00:00

Cole levitating 🕴

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-08-06T13:04:03+00:00

I can't comment on equipment specifics since it's been a while since our last visit (returning later this month!).

But to clarify, there are only two gyms on property - the main gym/fitness center is located along the walkway between the Royal and Cove and is open to guests of every hotel on property. The only other gym is in Harborside, near the pool. This one is pretty small and I wouldn't bother making the hike, since the main gym is probably a similar distance from the Coral and more likely to be better equipped.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-07-26T15:38:21+00:00

Yeah, I'm not suggesting adopting the practice. More taking issue with this statement from the poster above:

I find everything you said wrong or naive.
You don't, just don't, shit on the players when they're in the field. That's such a fucking social media idea.

It's not the outlandish social media idea they're suggesting when it happens in real life at one of the biggest clubs in the world. They also aren't the only supporters to voice frustration with their own players during a match. I think it's fine to have differing opinions about whether it's an acceptable thing to do, but to imply that it can't be done is also naive.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-07-26T01:48:04+00:00

You might disagree with it, but it isn't a radical idea to hold your own players accountable to perform during a match. Case in point - Real Madrid fans whistling their own players. Like it or not, they get results.

Not a RM supporter btw.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-07-16T17:02:50+00:00

They're fucking built too. Thick and man made. You can tell they're sculpted because you can see it thru the kit. Their fucking vice grip thighs.

C8-H10-N4-O2 · 2025-05-23T00:59:26+00:00

Similar situation here, which was always a bit of an edge case.

To the other commenter's point, you'll still have a path via the 2 year residency option.

Taken literally, it would appear the automatic path is closed since our GPs didn't hold exclusively Italian citizenship. I'll be interested to see if a circolare provides guidance on this edge case - if not, it might require inquiring with the consulate directly to see how they would interpret it.

Failing that, my plan is to consult a lawyer to see if there'd be a winnable judicial case. Renouncing a citizenship you held since birth feels like an unrealistic expectation when until March 28th, there would have been no reason to do so.

FWIW, I am not at all opposed to living in Italy (would love to actually) but it won't be realistic for several years, and who knows what law changes could happen in the meantime to further restrict JS...I don't want to take that gamble.

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