Chelsea Sack Andre Villas-Boas

[TomCFC 357]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/mattslater/2011/06/chelseas_gain_is_portos_pain.html

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

http://www.bbc.co.uk...ortos_pain.html

Good blog.

Pat Nevin is impressed as well

'Nevin is excited by the arrival of this fresh face at Stamford Bridge. "I think you can divide Chelsea fans into two groups," he said: "There are the ones who have been around seven or eight years and the ones like me who have been around a hell of a lot longer.

"The more recent ones want success yesterday and the ones who have been around a lot longer accept it takes time to build and that no club has a divine right to win trophies. I think the ones who are a bit older will be more excited by this appointment than the other group.'

[Blue In Green 86]

Avram on AVB - http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/13887405.stm

http://www.telegraph...ord-Bridge.html

We appreciate the effort, but no one cares what Avram thinks.

[bluephoenix 1,131]

We appreciate the effort, but no one cares what Avram thinks.

this is one way of getting his name on the news !!

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

We appreciate the effort, but no one cares what Avram thinks.

[ruggedknot 105]

There's two Villas-Boas threads open with people switching in tandem hah .

Here's something that deserves to a spot in both anyway.

Full Villas-Boas Interview :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4JTSFN7B8A

[Sheva. 5,373]

Lol already posted, props ruggedknot.

[TomCFC 357]

When will the first press conference be?

[Sheva. 5,373]

When will the first press conference be?

Dunno when exactly, but i'm guessing it will be next month.

[Kostas 1,468]

Got this one off another forum from a Benfica fan who keeps an eye out for both Mourinho and André Villas-Boas. Highlighted my favourite parts.

First of all, I must say that I'm a big fan of André Villas-Boas, not only because we share the first name but mainly because he teaches his players a type of football I quite admire. I'm going to do (at least try to) a short report on Villas-Boas FC Porto tactic and footie style. Talking about reports, did you know that André used to write his notes on his Blackberry during the time he spent with Mourinho? Gosh, this guy is a perfectionist, he scouted everything he could and wrote complete and accurate notes in his phone!

After this short note I'm going to present you AVB preferred formation:

I brought this image from a Brazilian site to explain how works AVB 4-3-3 (I know that you can read a tactical board extraordinary well so my job may be not that important at all )

Defense: This is the game when Porto won the Portuguese title at Estádio da Luz. As you can see André uses a traditional 4-3-3 concept. Starting with defense, AVB picked Fucile as a right back that time but Sapunaru used to be the number 1 in that spot. Both Fucile and Sapunaru aren't especially good at the offensive department though. Alvaro Pereira has more attacking skills than any other LB or RB at Porto so many many times Otamendi was forced to compensate the left wing while Pereira was in the attacking path.

Midfield: Fernando has been transformed into a box-to-box during AVB time at Porto. While Jesualdo Ferreira used him as a simple MDF, André brought the player into the attacking department making the Brazilian a connection point between defense and attack. Guarin is an warrior in that midfield, a special warrior with good technical skills. João Moutinho is the man responsible to set the pace of the team, the main piece of this chess.

Offense: Falcao is the poacher of the team, the man who's supposed to score, very different from Lisandro Lopez who was more a complete forward, looking for space around the field.

In the wings we have Hulk and Varela. If you play FM you would set them as Inside Forward, coming from the wings to the center and bringing support to the poacher in the middle. Hulk is the prototype of an inside forward. He takes all the action in the right wing since Sapunaru isn't an offensive RB at all. He dribbles into the middle and uses his mid/long range shoot accuracy to cause the pain in opponents defense (oh that gifted left foot!). Varela isn't a shooter at all, he prefers to cross or help Pereira incursions. However he scored some important goals imitating his Brazilain fella.

Game philosophy: After winning Europa League title André Villas-Boas surprised the World by thanking… Pep Guardiola! Why? He said Pep was the man that inspired him. In fact, both coaches are known for their tremendous offensive teams. What you could expect from AVB is an extraordinary attacking style of playing our loved game. Fast, strong and efficient: those are the key words, this is how you can describe AVB style of play. He is very different from Mourinho in this aspect, André is an offensive-minded coach.

Behavior: Some said Mourinho is arrogant, selfish, egocentric, ungentle, etc, etc. AVB won 28 from 30 league games. Two games ended 1-1: at Guimarães and at Alvalade (I was there by the way). What more do this games have in common? Well, André got sent off…

[TomCFC 357]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13879386.stm

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Got this one off another forum from a Benfica fan who keeps an eye out for both Mourinho and André Villas-Boas. Highlighted my favourite parts.

Brilliant analysis by that guy!

Hulk is the prototype of an inside forward. He takes all the action in the right wing since Sapunaru isn't an offensive RB at all. He dribbles into the middle and uses his mid/long range shoot accuracy to cause the pain in opponents defense (oh that gifted left foot!).

This part I like a lot. This shows me how Sturridge can/should be deployed in our XI.. I'm sure, based on that, he will.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Villas Boas will conquer Europe - says Academica Cheif

The man who gave Andre Villas-Boas his first job in management has backed the new Chelsea boss to win the Champions League with the west London club.

[termninja 5,290]

Great read Kostas, thanks

[Domino- 116]

I wish him success mostly quiet operation and subsequent years