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Yep! We earned our fortunes with the football we played.. Didn't get randomly picked as City did. Had that 'billion pound goal' not have gone in, Roman may have bought Liverpool!

Or the Chelsea one?

Yep, definitely see where you're coming from there.

xD I could never hate him because I loved his name! Zenden did though, I'll agree there

Hey look.. Wingers.

Fully agree. Villas-Boas needs the time he's been promised!

Lucrative.

Your examples aren't strong tbh.. The Scolari one I'll give you, but that wasn't just John Terry. Wasn't that needed anyway? The England case, well we all know that wasn't a coup. In fact if anything, he was answering questions which everyone was scared to. He didn't 'take on' Crapello or even question him, the media destroyed him, despite putting him up there. Hell the so called captain Gerrard didn't even do media interviews, of course Terry would step up. You have justified the claim he should 'move on'. I agree about dropping him if his performances are weak ect. That is what makes the 'untouchables' lose that status. Not making a player of Terry's calibre leave. We're not United where we have an abundance of talent to step up even. Rooney was kept on when he questioned the ambitions of the club wasn't he? If anything Terry would help AVB's cause. Forcing him out would reflect so negatively on the squad, this I can guarantee. It would have the opposite reaction. Villas-Boas said he's not the bully type.. He wants to work with the players. Fergie has his way with players, Villas-Boas has his. Because we don't have any talent to take their place. Purse strings tightening up perhaps..

How on earth does Terry hinder André's authority on the squad? Questioning his performance I can live with. To suggest he should move on from the club is the most absurd claim I've ever heard. And people complain players don't have any loyalty and here we see people wanting one of the most loyal to move on. I'm completely blind-sided how you and Jones came to this conclusion. Please elaborate..

Can't see the justification for Torres over Drogba anyway. We know Torres is an emotional wreck.. To play him v. His old club would've been a disaster. I like André's rotation. Keeps the likes of Terry fit.

....are you serious?!

We're 12 games in.. Still a while to go.

He works hard for the team, this undeniable. He'll be the first to admit his performances haven't been up to scratch, but he'll keep going for 90+ minutes, beyond the call of duty. Not for a long time will we have someone so hard-working for this team, for his team.

LMAO

Stankovic!

Not that I don't disagree with the sentiment of that post.. But in fairness, Lampard did turn it around for himself. Nothing to suggest John can't. I think rotation's doing well for his fitness though, that's been a very good call by AVB

Someone compared him to Zhirkov, would this be totally wrong? -- I heard United are quite interested in him.

Bump. Sorry for being persistent.

Some good points today. I suppose the 'transition' claim is premature. I don't believe is the wrong man for the job though, he has time to turn this around..

Did anyone really expect him to kick out the old guard this summer? I mean seriously? As it is we employed him late into summer, he then said he needed time to evaluate the squad. What, a pre-season tour is enough to get a good valuation? As far as he's concerned, this was the same time that won back-to-back titles between 05-07. After 12 games people are saying they doubt his credentials? Sorry, so were Chelsea, Liverpool, Roma ect all mistaken in his potential? If he was at any other club everyone would cry he needs time. Here at Chelsea what happens? The bookies slash the odds on him to become the first managerial casualty of this season Let's just wait. Whoever expected this season to be like Carlo's debut or Mourinho's was misguided from the start! Everyone here agreed it would be hard for him to come in and mark his style at authority over the old guard, but he couldn't exactly expel them all and buy a new team! As it was City was taking everyone left-right-centre. We secured Mata & Meireles, he said he'd work with Torres et al. He's given the "old guard" their chance, can we really blame him for that? One of Carlo's big mistakes was not replacing the talent he lost the summer after his first season. Let's be fair on André and see what he does in the next 12months shall we? Just because we can't see progress now doesn't mean Villas-Boas is sitting back, relaxing with the compensation package glaring into his eyes.

Don't be silly. Gary Neville knows more than Villas-Boas, Ancelotti, Menez, ect.

Cech Ivanovic - Alex - Luiz - Ferriera Romeu Meireles - Mata Sturridge - Torres - Kalou*

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