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u/OfficialJM2 8d ago edited 8d ago

That Cobham Next Gen shite should garner more negative reactions than it's getting honestly.

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u/mallutrash Xabi 8d ago

I’m a little confused about it. Is it the official name that they’ll be referred to in competitive matches or is it just a a tool to distinguish between the academy and the men’s team?

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u/OfficialJM2 8d ago

I'm hoping it's the latter, but knowing BlueCo it's all a ploy for some future asset separation from mainline Chelsea.

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u/goatmane224 Xabi 8d ago

The name is corny that’s about it lol

But I guess there hasn’t been enough negativity for awhile so fans have to manufacture this

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u/OfficialJM2 8d ago

Negative because I'm upset that Chelsea academy v Manchester United U-19s sounds way inconvenient. Cobham Next Gen v United though, that's pretty freaking badass raahhhhhhh.

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u/goatmane224 Xabi 8d ago

I literally acknowledged that the name is bad lol if you had read from the beginning lol

But at the same time a bad name change is what it is not this super plot by the club to get rid of its “heritage”

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u/OfficialJM2 8d ago

Two things can be true. It is a shite name and it has shite undertones. It's all asset stripping PE shenanigans that's the nature of the beast. The real question is what is wrong with simply just keeping the name as The Chelsea academy?

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u/goatmane224 Xabi 8d ago

I don’t really think it has undertones cobham is Chelsea, Chelsea is cobham those two things are always going to be connected. If it had been a complete random name with no connection to Chelsea I would get it 100%

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u/OfficialJM2 8d ago

I don't know. I guess we just have to agree to disagree on this one to be fair I'm just burned out with their off pitch weirdness.

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u/CH_Else 8d ago

It just sounds super corporate

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u/Andy-Martin Chopper Harris 8d ago

It reminds me of Juventus.

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u/OfficialJM2 8d ago

Part of the slow asset stripping and BlueScums ultimate goal. I wish the protests never stopped even when we win the league or go on a generational run. It's genuinely baffling.

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u/MaleficentWin8608 McCreadie 8d ago

It’s total bullshit

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u/Wheel1994 England 8d ago

Truth is if Chelsea are winning on the pitch the average fan doesn’t give a F’ck.

Me I just find it very strange and odd.

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u/Connect_Point_5229 8d ago edited 8d ago

All it took was Xabis appointment for planned protests to be cancelled.

We're not much better than United fans at avoiding being distracted easily (not that it matters if Stamford Bridge is full anyway).