Chelsea Sack Andre Villas-Boas

[Santiago. 1,500]

BTW men i wanted to say, your sig....Legends all time???

I believe you are missing a few then.

First how do you forget the great Peter Osgood?

From what i witnessed silly goose

[TrueBlue1905 5]

one person could stop this damaging speculation . A simple statement from Roman saying AVB will be manager next year. Time for him

to show some respect for the supporters.

Given that this season has been our worst in the league since Abramovich's arrival, I think it's telling that there hasn't been a media frenzy surrounding AVB's imminent sacking. According to the Guardian Football Weekly podcast this is because journalists are briefed by Chelsea prior to press conferences that there is no point in asking questions about AVB's future because he has Chelsea's full backing.

Contrast that to last year when Chelsea simply refused to give their backing to Carlo following our slump in form.

I really don't think Roman would be daft enough to spend £28m on sacking Ancelotti and bringing in AVB only to get rid of him after only one season.

Failure to qualify for the champions league would cause serious problems financially but fortunately for us Arsenal and Liverpool have underperformed this season.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

Long story short:

Roman told Andre that he has to finish 4th and do well in other competitions otherwise he probably won't be the manager next year.

[TrueBlue1905 5]

Exactly, 4th place or bust

[Kostas 1,468]

Given that this season has been our worst in the league since Abramovich's arrival,

Is it though? League points are the only reliable indicator and afaik we're still doing better than in 10/11.

[Kojo 4,676]

Well we may aswell just sack him now.

[Kojo 4,676]

Is it though? League points are the only reliable indicator and afaik we're still doing better than in 10/11.

Last season in the league i think we had 8 losses, this season we've already had 5, and we still have to play teams like City, Arsenal and Liverpool away, and not to mention we will drop points. And of course this season the unforgettable result the 5-3 loss to Arsenal, a loss what will always be remembered and Arsenal fans will haunt us with for ages. Being 3-0 up then conceding 3, has to go down as a bad one even if we did draw, if your 3-0 up you should never draw, that's pretty much like losing. And the amount of draws we've had this season is unbelievable. Last season we went through a bad patch, where we where losing and drawing constantly, but besides that patch we where scraping wins or winning games 3-0 or 3-1. This season it's constantly drawing, losing then now and again winning.

[Kostas 1,468]

And yet if we still somehow finish with more than 71 points this will be a better league campaign.

Besides didn't we lose 3-0 to Arsenal last year? Sure the other game was at home but performance-wise they absolutely raped us at the Emirates while it took a horrible display from Cech and a suicidal back-pass from Malouda to lose the other one.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

TBH I'd rather lose 3-0 at home to Sunderland than 2-1 to Liverpool or 5-3 to Arsenal.

Last season we were brilliant at home, in fairness. 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 19, with 10 clean sheets. That is 45 points out of 57 possible.

Our record this year has already seen more defeats (3) and two draws. Not to mention the fact we have only kept 2 clean sheets. Even if we win all of our remaining home fixtures, it's less points than last year.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

TBH I'd rather lose 3-0 at home to Sunderland than 2-1 to Liverpool or 5-3 to Arsenal.

Last season we were brilliant at home, in fairness. 14 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats from 19, with 10 clean sheets. That is 45 points out of 57 possible.

Our record this year has already seen more defeats (3) and two draws. Not to mention the fact we have only kept 2 clean sheets. Even if we win all of our remaining home fixtures, it's less points than last year.

True, but that's only half the story-literally. I would even argue that away form is even more important because it is always harder to get ponts away.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Kostas does make a valid point though. It's not that we're so worse off from last season, okay we did have way more dodgier results, but we have maintained consistency with league points and such. The problem has been the strength of our rivals, City & Tottenham especially. Where Chelsea has failed to build in the summer, we've conceded certain advantages & it's not easy with a new playing-system trying to be instilled.

[Idiot 71]

After Carlo left i hoped that AVB would be our new manager and even today I would love to be succesfull with him and that we enter a new era at CFC.It would be just fantastic to have him here for many years.

But tbh I fear that his appointment was too early for him. You need to be an above average manager to be successfull with Porto but you have to be a worldclass manager to handle Chelsea and the EPL..

I don't want him to be replaced and I think that we have to stick with him but maybe many of us (including me) got their hand turned because of the Mourinho comparisons and the "Fairytale Story" of the returning scout who leads us to glory.

[Igi26 346]

VILLAS-BOAS: POSITIVE TALKS

[eldo 868]

Lmao Roman.

[ulsterchelsea 3,221]

I honestly believe (and have done for a while) that AVB will be here for a good while,def next season, no matter what happens this year. The amount of talk about next years project, the young players being brought in and the supposed good relationship between AVB and Rom would suggest to me that even if we win nothing Andre will still be here. Did i read the other day that it cost us in the region of 20 odd mill to sack Carlo plus bring in AVB? I really think Rom is playing the long game (at last) and i for one am happy to see it. Of course ill have the right hump if we dont get CL next season but we have to try and build for a new generation of Chelsea Football Club. Hate to bring him up but look at Fergie, won fuck all for about 3 years and was close to getting the boot until he won the FA Cup and the rest is history. Im not saying that keeping a manager for an elongated period of time will mean you automatically follow that blueprint, but it certainly gives you a better chance. Next season will be the year that a lot of us have been waiting for, when we will finally see a lot of deadwood shipped out and some of the brightest young talents come in. I can see a bright new future for this team. KTBFFH

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Roman Smile

and:

'There is greater empathy and motivation for next year's project. That was what was transmitted to me

[CHOULO19 24,332]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLJzc4o3pw0&feature=g-user-u&context=G29ac2e1UCGXQYbcTJ33YB33WLUsSqkbi_wwhYvJzw3xPAucfRDyk

[Kostas 1,468]

TBH I'd rather lose 3-0 at home to Sunderland than 2-1 to Liverpool or 5-3 to Arsenal.

Only I wasn't talking about the Sunderland game.. You've really wiped out that Arsenal game from your memory, haven't you?

You need to be an above average manager to be successfull with Porto

In danger of sounding like an AVB fanboy I have to say that's bizarre. He wasn't just successful with Porto, Porto won the tremble having finished the league unbeaten and 21 points ahead of the second team.

On another note, Andre called Abramovich "Roman" in an official interview, how long has it been since a Chelsea manager did that?