LDN Blue 7,903 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 That's the type of mistake young managers make and that's why managers should not be able to manage big clubs until they are at least 40 years of age in my opinion.But in his fairness, he did drop that high-line. I admit his inexperience did show, but that doesn't mean he wasn't a good coach, he was learning more and more as he went on, he demonstrated he was willing to adapt. It gets said a lot, but it's true, how can he change our style of play, our formations etc. If he only has the limited resources that the club gave him? They failed to get players last June with silly negotiating and they failed in January to lure the wingers we were in contact with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolayes 14,489 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Should this really be merged all the time? i mean seriously, it seems just weird now reading the first few pages. I have read the first few pages a number of times ...I often do it with old threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 dropping the high line + high pressure+ possession football was a mistake, he should've stuck with his philosophy. If he had done that i could've defended him and say this is a transition year. But under pressure he reverted back to the old Chelsea style. Results didn't get any better and he made absolute no progress on the pitch, no young players on the pitch either.If this was a transition year then i would defend AVB, but this season was a complete waste. Either you are competing for trophies or making progression for next season and beyond. You can't do neither, like AVB did this season.I ask everyone the question, if you were to defend AVB and convince the board into giving him another season, what would be your argument?He did not go back to chelsea old style, it is still his style but with major tweak to fit our squad.Everybody bashed him when he used high line, even in this forum. We were really awful defensively when we used high line because our defender especially Terry,Cole are not fast enough anymore and our midfield pressed the ball slowly, you need to be able to press fast and maintain possession to be able to play high line.I am tired of youth argument, you cannot just start playing youth. He need to prove himself in training before you can play in the first team. He has made a gamble by playing danny. It payed of a little bit but for me danny is not ready to start every match. His decision making and dribbling is not good enough for a winger.His biggest mistake was to trust the like of malouda,lampard,terry, kalou,etc (international level players) in the beginning of the season that they are good enough to play in his system. The only reason I want him to stay is that I really like the way we play with high line + high pressure. We outplayed MU in OT but we lost. That game showed me the potential of his system, and that our team is not good enough to play in his system Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 AVB had his constraints in terms of transfers and maybe a bit of beligerence from players his age, and I , like most thought we'd finally found some stability. It is now apparent that is nigh on impossible if we keep the same board...but he was fucking shit with what he had as well. It was him who made the same so fucking predictable substitutions, you didnt have to be Cystic Smeg to know what he was going to do each game. it was him at West Brom yesterday who brought on hairband man, that brought a collective groan from all around me, and told him to go and stand by the corner flag.It was AVB who deliberately dug a hole for the last four or five press conferences. knowing full well that if he gets the push he picks up a cool £6m or whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanicus 5,208 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Well, I fell of chair, when I saw this news right now.I can't believe how stupid our board is, at least have him for the rest of the season. Now I'm afraid we won't finish even 5th.I think only man, who can lead Chelsea is Mourinho and I hope we'll get him in summer.As for Boas, I wish him all good luck, wherever he will be. I'm really sad right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Incredibly saddened.We'll never learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xPetrCechx 13,570 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 At least i saw him in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ziggles 110 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 At least i saw him in real life.Same, I saw him in the match vs Valencia, saw him going crazy on the touchline (he's so awesome) and talking to Drog and Lamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 It was AVB who deliberately dug a hole for the last four or five press conferences. knowing full well that if he gets the push he picks up a cool £6m or whatever.I think it's closer to 20m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The Board, aging squad, useless players, and especially Roman are seriously the root of our problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swedish House Mafia 508 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Andre It's the players. The fucken players. Roman should appoint Terry as manager and Fat Frank as assistant since they run the club anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amblève. 4,995 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The ship was sinking and the crew decided to throw the captain overboard... this can just happen here at Stamford Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teignman 441 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 One of the biggest problems I had with AVB was his stubborn insistance on his philosophy of football. The impression I got from some of his interviews was that playing beautiful, entertaining football was first and foremost on his agenda, but it should be winning. Ultimately his insistance on his principals lead to his downfall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea? 892 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 that pic of him standing alone sums up his stay here. he had to be a 1 man team it seemed. n one to back him. not ALL his players, not the board -publicly anyways- and not the media. the fans at the bridge didn't seem to voice their support either, atleast they didn't boo him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben. 57 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 The only way is up fellas.The next couple of seasons is crucial in re-building our team, I feel we will someone have a domination in the mid teens as we did in the mid/late 2000s.KTBFFH, all the best to AVB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zxZXzx 4 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Sorry not flaming,Lamp,Terry,Cole were/are great servants for our club,but its not how true legends act.They put them self above the club,like someone said already we should give him manager/assistant role,R.A. is a moron,no brain at all(regarding this kind of things). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santiago. 1,500 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I think many are failing to See that Roman is the sole reason why we are in this fucked up situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teignman 441 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 I think it's closer to 20mAVB's contract was £14m for 3 seasons. At most we'll have to pay him around £11m in a buyout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelsea? 892 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 my biggest crticism of avb was his transfer policy, atleast when he talked about it publicly. His conferences made him seem atlittle arrogant too. If its not Jose or Pep, who else is there? the Valencia coach, Emory? but he'd kinda be like avb; a coach that isn't as big as the players, cause seems to me our heir-achy goes like:RomanPlayersChelseaCoach Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Mole Rat 437 Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Good decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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