Chelsea Sack Andre Villas-Boas

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Was Mata his own buy?, well anyway if it is well done to him, i hope he gets rid of the deadwood and buys some players, in january too.

As a mata of fact, he was.

[Henrique 9,133]

I'm a Chelsea fan so I celebrate each and every goal, whether it's the first against Manchester United or the seventh against Aldershot Town.

Doesnt make any sense to compare your reactions with a manager's.

[Heartless Beast 7]

We keep swapping central defenders around, the spine of our team. During the glorious Jose years, our two centre backs were always Carvalho and Terry. They developed a strong understanding. Now it's Ivanovic, Luiz and Terry rotating heavily. Also, why Alex isn't playing is beyond me. He's our best defender imo.

[Madmax 9,219]

[didierforever 7,349]

i am suprised to hear talks of an overhaul after 2 defeats n a draw.avb is rigidly hell bent on playin the "attractive brand of football" which we dont have the players for. he himself would know that such a transition comes slow and will take some time and that is what he needs but it definitely does not mean we sell of all the legends n players of this club(which i hope avb does not do). we as fans now have 2 choices: 1) to bitch about avb n his style of football;2) to get behind him and give the support he needs.

i am all for the 2nd option n hope the same with every person here.

[magicrico 175]

We have this wobble every year. Whilst I don't think it's pleasing to see the way the defence is playing (Have we kept a clean sheet), we are in that transitional period IMO. I think our midfield is used to having our 1 anchor, where as if you play rammy, meireles, lamps, they all drive forward. add that with Jose and Ash, it seems if they go forward too, while yes we are attacking, our defence is open EVERY time. Not to mention, we do not have a main striker. Thats whats killing us. Torres,Drogba,Anelka not cutting it at all. Very Poor. We have no one else to play there, unless we play Danny up top and get someone on the right. This is our problem.

In Summary: Our strikers are shit.

[Peace. 4,352]

he must stop to rotate defence, ffs.

True. Once it is Bosingwa-Ivanovic-Terry ; after that it is Ivanovic-Luiz-Terry ; an other day it is Bosingwa-Alex-Luiz ; Next time it is Bosingwa-Ivanovic-Luiz...... It is hard for our defenders to create an understanding between themselves. Furthermore if they have to adapt to a whole new tactic, changing partner everytime won't help them.

[Blue Armour 4,288]

I think if AVB needs to rotate his CB's he should do it in pairs...One pair of CB's for the weekend, the other for midweek...He should follow this at least until one of the four gets injured

[termninja 5,290]

Don't be negative over AVB's positive football

What a mad week. Sam Allardyce gets booed when West Ham are second in the Championship, people complain to the BBC when I do Michael Jackson moves in a Michael Jackson dance routine and – craziest of the lot – there are rumours that the Chelsea hierarchy aren't happy with Andre Villas-Boas' tactics.

It's Catch-22 for AVB.

Having been brought in with a mandate for attacking, free-flowing football he's apparently now in trouble for producing it.

Rewind a couple of weeks.

Juan Mata was being talked of as player of the season material, Ramires was the most improved talent in the league and some were tipping Chelsea to overhaul the Manchester cub for the title.

Two defeats later and the roof is falling in.

I know we work in a results-first business, but that's ridiculous.

Any kid playing FIFA at home knows that the more you commit to attack, the greater the risk of you being opened up at the back.

That is particularly true with Chelsea, who are trying to play a high line defensively but don't really have the personnel to do it.

John Terry is still so good at so many aspects of the game but his lack of pace is worrying when you are playing far up the field in an attempt to press the opposition, in the way Barcelona do.

It is doubly dangerous in a league that is now stocked with fast, clever strikers.

Terry wouldn't have caught Robin van Persie to that shocking Florent Malouda back pass even if he hadn't slipped.

And the likes of Luis Suarez and Sergio Aguero would have been watching with interest.

But Chelsea gain as much from the system as they lose.

At home, they've scored only one fewer goal than leaders Manchester City.

They would have scored even more were it not for Fernando Torres' red card against Swansea.

A week earlier against Manchester United, Torres was looking back to his best (apart from that awful miss) and he'd already scored against the Swans before getting his marching orders for violent conduct.

A three-match ban has set him back again, but I maintain the final judgement on Torres can only be made when he's had an unbroken run of 20 first team games.

Yes, Villas-Boas could have gone a different way.

He could have taken the path that my mate Roberto Mancini did at Manchester City, getting the defence right first and ekeing out tight wins and draws against the other big boys.

But remember the stick Roberto took for that?

Imagine how much flak Villas-Boas would be getting now if he was playing essentially the same brand of football that got Jose Mourinho sacked, despite winning five trophies in three years.

Tight, negative football isn't what Chelsea hired AVB for. So he shouldn't be criticised for failing to deliver it.

My advice to him is to adopt Sir Brucie's Strictly Come Dancing catchphrase, with a slight change I've made since the controversy over my Jacko dance.

Never mind the critics - Keep On Thrusting!

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[Badboy 1,526]

word of warning to AVB ... how to play against Chelsea ,,, defend deep ,,get 8 men behind the ball ,,keep two fast players on the half way line and launch the

ball long out of defence,,,,,,,,,

That is so true, all you have to do is get our slow defenders turned running towards their goals and we are fucked.

[Blue Armour 4,288]

Wow...never knew Robbie Savage did articles...

[Sheva. 5,373]

First time Savage has ever made sense

[nadavTKL 1,787]

He needs to be allowed to make the overhaul this team has needed for years, bring in who he wants and not have players forced on him.

"for years"? wouldnt say that, the players you are talking about got us the double 1.5 years ago. With amazing football.

Last season was the turning point for most of them i think, and last summer was the time to say goodbye to some

of them(not bad as it sounds... i am thankful to Malouda, Anelka and everyone who i think that should have left).

[eldo 868]

"for years"? wouldnt say that, the players you are talking about got us the double 1.5 years ago. With amazing football.

Last season was the turning point for most of them i think, and last summer was the time to say goodbye to some

of them(not bad as it sounds... i am thankful to Malouda, Anelka and everyone who i think that should have left).

No he's right.

[nadavTKL 1,787]

No he's right.

Right about what?

[Henrique 9,133]

We are in a bad situation. Only 19 points, 4th, Spurs still one game to play, Liverpool and Arsenal next to us

Im afraid VB can be axed in the beginning of next year, If our CL place is not safe.

[Kieran. 6,317]

I will pay everybody on this forum five dollars if AVB is sacked this year.

He will not be sacked.

[Krypt 241]

He cost to much just to sack him , lets see where we are at by Christmas and judge then. The only thing im worried about is i see spuds going above us and we should win against Blackburn , but we have the dippers as the next league game and we know our track record against them.