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One thing is for sure, AVB is not as confident he will stay for another season as he was before: "What can happen now? One of two things, either the continuation of the project with total belief or this pattern of behaviour pattern until now; we do not know. We do not know if it will be tomorrow, if it will be in two years or three, it depends on his understanding of the current landscape."

right now he is not a gamble anymore.

I did not change my mind about him, I'm a supporter/fan/whatever, I have passion. The board otherwise should make a rational decision. I'm not sure sacking him right now is the right decision. I dont think staying with the same manager for years is necessarily a good thing. We have clubs like Bayern and Real Madrid that sack the managers as soon as things arent perfect and they are two of the greatest and richest clubs in the world. Said that, I dont think we should sack him after Napolis game, because I dont like when things happen this way (win this game, or get the axe) but I dont think we should give him another season after this one. I dont think AVB's fate is related with the players power thing, just sack this players too, problem solved. You dont have to choose between players and AVB. A player wont be unhappy if he realizes he is on the bench because there is a so much better guy on the pitch, what make a player really unhappy (dont know if you play real football) is when you realize there is a useless player on the pitch while you are watching the game. Lampard is pissed not because he is on the bench, but because Meireles is playing while he is not, despite being our league top scorer. I'm sure Lampard would be ok if he was not playing so many matches while our midfielder was on fire, playing a really good football. But seriously @Terry07, Lampard is a smart 33 years old player used to big matches, AVB is a 33 years old guy that never played professional football in his third year as "manager". I'm not sure AVB knows more about football than Lampard, are you sure about that?

The worst thing the board did was giving AVB a 3 years contract. Even Guardiola at Barcelona never had a contract longer than 1 year. After this bad season the logic thing to do was not making another contract, as simple as that. Now if he gets the axe we will listen the same bullshit about players power, instability, about how many managers Roman sacked, about how much money the club wasted with managers, about how classless the club is...

If AVB gets the axe: - Terry manager, Drogba assistant manager.

wtf? mk II

wtf? Is this guy a good source?

Come on guys, Its 2012.

Thats a good one, but I dont like this Samsung logo, it looks outdated, and the black+blue reminds me of Inter de Milão.

just like you.

Some members were saying it was only a media conspirancy.

I'm not sure Roman has this kind of project. He brings a young manager but where are the new players? If AVB believed the squad was good enough, the owner and the board could had said "stop the bullshit, get this money and buy some players". I really cant believe anyone who knows one thing or two about the game thought we could do better than this with this squad. The only reason I hate AVB is the fact he did not buy more players in the summer, and he is not trying anything special in his line-ups, like trying to use Luiz in another position. At least now people will realize its time for an overhaul, because same guys now saying AVB must stay and Drogba, Terry and Lampard must go, are the same who were saying our squad was good enough, only 2 or 3 players were needed, Lampard, Drogba and Terry had several years left and that kind of bullshit.

Torres is not even playing for Spain, how can anyone believe he should be our main striker for next season? Torres fan boys, I bet.

Our problems are much deeper than getting a right or a left winger. The topic is about who should be our mais striker for next season, not If stfikers are our biggest issue for next season, as a matter o fact its only of our many issues for next season.

lol Perhaps in that game, but Cavani is way better than Lavezzi, and the agertinian is not a striker after all.

AVB the Frank Spencer of football? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/chelsea/9099368/Chelsea-manager-Andre-Villas-Boas-beginning-to-resemble-the-Frank-Spencer-of-football.html

Sorry, but that's not a good argument to support Torres, he is also shit playing for Spain.

Cavani wont cost more than Torres, that was a stupid move, its not a standart for anything, and I dont think Higuain will end up here because I dont think he want play Real and move for Chelsea right now, and dont think we are really interested, and he is not worth 30m, and why Madrid would sell him? I think both Cavani and Falcao are more realistic moves.

He is really good. I really cant see better stfikers than Cavani or Higuain for us next season.

In general commentators only speaks rubish, dont think thats a good source.

http://www.thisislon...-league-move.do Is Londond Evening a good source? It says Napoli valuates Cavani around 27m english pounds, if thats true he will be cheaper than Falcao.

he was expensive and has talent, some people believe he deserve another chance.

I forget the poll in the other topic, some mode delete that one, please.

Drogbas is set to leave in the end of this season, Anelka left the club, Lukaku still a raw power and it seems the club doesnt see Sturridge as a striker, but as a winger. Torres and other 3 strikers we are heavily linked with are in the poll.

To be fair, I do believe we would be in a better moment If Rafa was the manager, but he is not the right man for a long term project.