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Could you give us an ETA on the update?

Fuck sources I need a video with Henrique translating. You can't post something as strong without backing it up.

Guess that makes sense. Still a bit sad considering they're humans.

^ Why the hell would you be wasting your time on RaWK on such a day ?!

[youth muppet]Who? Please, we've moved on from him.[/youth muppet]

Agreed. He'll have to be shocking to get the boot before that. Out-of-the-top-4 shocking.

Only use Firefox.

I've frequently experienced multiple tabs hanging on load but it's no big issue since the pages are actually fully rendered.

Very happy with how our manager situation developed over the last 3 days. Hope Andre Villas-Boas will justify ours and Roman's faith in him and will managed to get us playing both successful and beautiful football. Welcome to Chelsea.

Free transfer *yawn*

At the moment I'm waiting for us to finish with the backroom staff to form an opinion. Hiring AVB came to me a surprise, giving up on Guus was a shock. While André Villas-Boas is a bet that has the potential pay off better than Mourinho for us or Guardiola for Barcelona* (Because I do believe that AVB is exceptionally gifted) his success will largely depend not only on his own work but also on the backing and the support his gets from the club. As neel pointed out expecting every new managed to build a dynasty and believing that someone fresh in the job could stay for over 10 years is naive and a rare (possibly abnormal) occurrence in football. Therefore this sought after continuity, stability and most importantly creating a club identity/philosophy must be achieved through people who have more responsibilities and more power than a Chelsea manager. Getting a Director of Football, a proven genius like Hiddink nonetheless, was always more important to me than hiring a manager. Without one the chances of this new football beginning being successful are completely dependent (/reliant?) on the skills of a relatively inexperienced man and on whether the club (Roman, Gourlay, Buck, Pini, Marina, The Board™ etc) have learned anything from their mistakes over the past 8 years and are genuinely determined on running the club in a different way. I'm sure I could have phrased this post much better but I hope it makes sense. *in terms of improvement, not success

Are you a bot?

Brilliant!

Gourlay probably read on Twitter that some Russian chap paid it and thought he had a chance. The last target confirmed by the club was Robinho, can't blame them for their stance ever since. Once bitten twice shy.

Confirming interest? What the hell does that mean? That's insulting to our intelligence.

Which reporter? I think the English media have proved over the last couple of months that they know sweet fuck all about what goes on at Chelsea.

Yeah, wonder if we'll sneak Hiddink in the way we did Luiz.

Now that only official confirmation is missing I'd like to know the length of the contract we'll give AvB, might give away some information about our trust in him.

André Villas Boas Is Worth £15m And Will Get Chelsea Swinging Again @ Sabotage Times

2 days is too long now? How long have you been following Chelsea's deals?

I'm not aware of many keepers who turned from world class to shit (Arsenal class) overnight. Unless of course you've got experience on the matter :eyebrows: [insert troll image]

Been known for around a month or so. He looked like the type of keeper with lightning reflexes and acrobatic saves in some of the games Esk posted around winter but wasn't a mainstay in either the reserves or the youth team. Let's not whine about every young player we don't sell for 20m/let free.

Guardian's Portugal journo Tom Kundert on Five reasons why Chelsea want André Villas-Boas as their new manager I've highlighted the part about his abilities as far as transfers are concerned for future reference.