Chelsea Sack Andre Villas-Boas

[Gianfranco_Z 202]

Not happy with the Sturridge for Romeu switch.

[DH1988 1,323]

The Blues confirmed Abramovich spoke to Villas-Boas during a rare visit to the club's training ground on Saturday before attending Sunday's Premier League game at Stamford Bridge.

But they insist the Russian billionaire remains fully behind the 34-year-old's project, following a report he had become frustrated with results under the Portuguese.

A spokesman said: "Roman likes to get down to Cobham and watch training whenever he can. He was able to visit on Saturday and he and Andre had a good chat after the training session, which is normal."

It is thought Saturday was the first time Abramovich had watched Chelsea train this season, with the 45-year-old's focus having been on his high-profile court case with former associate Boris Berezovsky.

He spent 35 minutes casting his eye over the session before spending another 20 speaking with Villas-Boas.

He also spent half an hour talking to players in the dressing room after Sunday's game, which saw Chelsea controversially held to a draw having led 3-0.

The match provided just the kind of entertainment Abramovich is believed to demand, but represented more points lost from a winning position by the Blues at home this season.

[Fernando 6,495]

Is not AVB that is pissing me of but more like the clowns that run this club!

How do you let a talented young lad go for nothing?

After he had done a lot in the reserves like Sturridge, but did not wanted to offer him more then one year contract, and now he is kicking but.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7491850/

Seriously, if you want to fix the problem, is not the manager! The root lies somewhere else. And until that sorry ass board that Chelsea got does not get their act straight, we will continue doing dumb shit!

[zolayes 14,489]

Is not AVB that is pissing me of but more like the clowns that run this club!

How do you let a talented young lad go for nothing?

After he had done a lot in the reserves like Sturridge, but did not wanted to offer him more then one year contract, and now he is kicking but.

http://www1.skysport.../11095/7491850/

Seriously, if you want to fix the problem, is not the manager! The root lies somewhere else. And until that sorry ass board that Chelsea got does not get their act straight, we will continue doing dumb shit!

Is not AVB that is pissing me of but more like the clowns that run this club!

How do you let a talented young lad go for nothing?

After he had done a lot in the reserves like Sturridge, but did not wanted to offer him more then one year contract, and now he is kicking but.

http://www1.skysport.../11095/7491850/

Seriously, if you want to fix the problem, is not the manager! The root lies somewhere else. And until that sorry ass board that Chelsea got does not get their act straight, we will continue doing dumb shit!

you are so right about our board.

[Kojo 4,676]

you are so right about our board.

Fucking pathetic, he's scored 5 goals in 11 games for Roma and he's only 20, did very well for swansea on his loan last season. I think we are going to miss out big time on this kid.

[zolayes 14,489]

Fucking pathetic, he's scored 5 goals in 11 games for Roma and he's only 20, did very well for swansea on his loan last season. I think we are going to miss out big time on this kid.

Sinclair 12 penalties without a miss including the pressure of a play off final....

[MikeyBlue 11]

Is not AVB that is pissing me of but more like the clowns that run this club!

How do you let a talented young lad go for nothing?

After he had done a lot in the reserves like Sturridge, but did not wanted to offer him more then one year contract, and now he is kicking but.

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11095/7491850/

Seriously, if you want to fix the problem, is not the manager! The root lies somewhere else. And until that sorry ass board that Chelsea got does not get their act straight, we will continue doing dumb shit!

That's sickening reading that he scored a brace against inter! Yuck

Thumbs up chels!

[LDN Blue 7,903]

André & Ambramovich's Meeting

We know the objectives that we have to achieve, the minimum objectives, and we will try to pursue them in these last 14 games, we spoke about the preparation, of course, for the game. Roman is always very interested in the running of events and it was good for the team to feel his presence.

We touched a little bit, of course, on next year's project but mainly on that game. Roman is a very educated person to the cause of Chelsea Football Club and his aura is always present.

We don't expect time in football, do we? So we just have to live with it, to try to solve it as quickly as possible.

http://www1.skysport...11095/7492802/?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Fucking pathetic, he's scored 5 goals in 11 games for Roma and he's only 20, did very well for swansea on his loan last season. I think we are going to miss out big time on this kid.

We still own half of his contract if I'm not mistaken. Any chance of a return to Chelsea in your opinion?

[eldo 868]

We still own half of his contract if I'm not mistaken. Any chance of a return to Chelsea in your opinion?

Parma own half of his contract not Chelsea.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Parma own half of his contract not Chelsea.

Oh, my bad.

[Henrique 9,133]

André & Ambramovich's Meeting

http://www1.skysport...11095/7492802/?

It means Roman told him he must achieve its minimum objectives, or he will get the axe. This goal must be getting into next CL.

[Liquidator 5,176]

Are we all expecting too much of AVB in his first season?

• This is only his third job as a manager of a football team and he finds himself in what is probably one of the most difficult and demanding jobs in football at Chelsea. He has managed Academica for a few months, Porto for one season and now he is being asked to deliver trophies left right and centre by some people.
  
• Similar to the first point, he was originally a scout. You can be one of the best scouts in the world like he was under Mourinho but once it comes to managing a team it is something completely different. You have to think on your feet and change things during the game which is very different to compiling a report a few weeks before.
  
• The players he is dealing with are virtually impossible to control effectively unless you are Mourinho. The size of those egos (Terry, Cole, Lampard, Drogba, Malouda spring to mind) have been so key to our recent successes that they can run the dressing room
  
• He has inherited a squad which has stayed almost the same since 2007 at least. Therefore most of them are getting old and no longer have it in them to realistically compete for titles. It has been their errors as much as Andre's that has led to some poor results this season
  
• He is 34. Do you realistically expect a 34 year old who has barely managed 115 games to be able to outwit Alex Ferguson who has been in the Man U job since Villas Boas was 9? Lets be realistic he is somebody who is still learning and meant to be here for the long run and not brought in as a quick fix like Hiddink was
  
• How many points have we dropped because of AVB and his tactics? Kalou's stupidity against Valencia, refereeing incompetence against Man U twice, having one of 'those' days against QPR, being forced to change our tactics very early on because of injuries against Spurs, general poor defending and finishing against Wigan and Fulham, Torres' poor finishing against Norwich. Yet for all of these at least one person held AVB accountable
  

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Abramovich returns to Cobham

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11668/7494552/

[Fernando 6,495]

It's never much fun when the Chuckle Brothers turn up

It is rarely a good sign when the Chuckle Brothers turn up unannounced at the Chelsea training ground. Once is bad enough, but twice in four days and it may be time to pack a suitcase.

Roman Abramovich, the club owner, and friends were there again on Tuesday, following a surprise visit last week.Those familiar with Chelsea’s recent history acknowledge a familiar pattern. First the visits, then the temperature drops, finally the bullet.

Following Saturday’s house call by Abramovich, throwing away a 3-0 lead against Manchester United the next day was probably not Andre Villas-Boas’s smartest move.

Neither was Abramovich’s decision to sack Carlo Ancelotti, to be fair. A quick look at Chelsea’s latest financial figures show the club is down £620million in the Roman years, including a £67.7m loss for the year ending June 30, 2011.

Worryingly, that figure includes just 20 per cent of the £75m paid for Fernando Torres and David Luiz, both of whom will have fallen in value, one alarmingly, and none of the £65m spent on Juan Mata, Romelu Lukaku, Raul Meireles, Oriol Romeu and Thibaud Courtois.

So, what is included? Paying off Ancelotti and buying Villas-Boas out from Porto. Almost 50 per cent of last year’s debt is down to another upheaval of coaching staff.

For all manner of reasons, this cannot continue. Chelsea must soon comply with UEFA’s financial fair play regulations. It is bad enough spending £50m on a striker with the yips without having to factor in an additional £30m each time the club fails to win the league.

That is the going rate for failure at Chelsea: half to sack the old manager, the rest to bring in the next one who will also depart in 12 months unless results improve.

These numbers, like much else at Chelsea, do not add up.

Abramovich’s policy undermines club structure. When Frank Arnesen, the former sporting director, left for Hamburg, Franco Baldini, highly regarded assistant to Fabio Capello and now general manager at Roma, was sounded out as his replacement.

Baldini felt it was an impossible role given the constant uncertainty surrounding Chelsea’s manager. How could a sporting director plan for the future, or implement a coherent youth policy, when the first-team coach was perpetually under review and a new man could arrive each year with conflicting ideas?

If Villas-Boas goes now, or at the end of the season, what will happen to the young players he has favoured as part of his rebuilding programme, such as Romeu or even Daniel Sturridge? Josh McEachran, a favourite of Ancelotti, is now at Swansea City on loan. This ferment explains why Chelsea rely so heavily on the transfer market.

So Villas-Boas must hope Abramovich liked what he saw. If he did not, a cheque will be written, probably two, and the carousel will spin again.

UEFA will take a dim view eventually but fair play does not enter into this; its true guise is financial insanity.

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[Kostas 1,468]

I like Samuel quite a lot for a journo but that was probably a chief-editor request.

[Santiago. 1,500]

I pray we get 4th or 3rd and an FA cup trophy, i dont want AVB to leave, with so....its becoming more likely the return of Jose Mourniho, can't really decide if that is a good thing or bad thing

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I pray we get 4th or 3rd and an FA cup trophy, i dont want AVB to leave, with so....its becoming more likely the return of Jose Mourniho, can't really decide if that is a good thing or bad thing

Definitely a bad thing in my opinion, its bad enough it's taking us more than 5 years to move on from the Mourinho era. We need to move forwads not backwards in time.

On a side note about your signature, I never imagined anyone calling belletti a Chelsea legend. I mean he barely 50 appearances for us. I think Paulo would fit much better as one of our recent legends at RB