Chelsea Sack Andre Villas-Boas

[Tomo 21,733]

AVB said we wont be signing Cahill then and then said after Cahill we wont sign anyone and is now saying we are looking at 2 players, interesting.

Aswell as RDM saying we are happy with the squad.

Either there doing it delibratetly to confuse the media, keeping their cards close to their chest or keep changing their mind.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

AVB said we wont be signing Cahill then and then said after Cahill we wont sign anyone and is now saying we are looking at 2 players, interesting.

Aswell as RDM saying we are happy with the squad.

Either there doing it delibratetly to confuse the media, keeping their cards close to their chest or keep changing their mind.

Nono, it was 2 including Cahill. So one more.

[Term-X 7,891]

AVB: "It's always difficult (in January) to sign players, top talent is normally cup-tied in the Champions League and other competitions."

Excuses, excuses..

Clearly the club have no intention of replicating last seasons January transfer window. So what if a ‘top talent’ is cup-tied?, that shouldn’t be a factor. Especially when securing a CL place come the end of the season is of the highest priority. Based on our current performance situation that is, which will remain to be the case with the current crop.

[eldo 868]

I think he doesn't want to overpay. We could probably get Modric for 40m, but Andre won't sign him for that much.

[Term-X 7,891]

^ You do realise Spurs rejected a £40m bid in the final hours, so yes.. the club were prepared to pay that much.

[eldo 868]

Then I guess I'm not well informed.

[manpe 10,861]

Excuses, excuses..

Clearly the club have no intention of replicating last seasons January transfer window. So what if a ‘top talent’ is cup-tied?, that shouldn’t be a factor. Especially when securing a CL place come the end of the season is of the highest priority. Based on our current performance situation that is, which will remain to be the case with the current crop.

Well, in some ways we are replicating last January transfer window. We will sign a CB (Cahill -> Luiz in Jan) and an attacking player (Torres in Jan). The big difference hopefully being the club having learned not to overpay - which is probably why we won't go after top-quality (read: famous. If we paid 50 for Torres, then now clubs will ask 1 billion for anybody able to score once in a while). Being cup-tied is the least of problems.

[bababoom 4,478]

Hopefully we can bring in a playmaker... but I still think we need a winger,right back and maybe another forward but oh well.

[manpe 10,861]

Hopefully we can bring in a playmaker... but I still think we need a winger,right back and maybe another forward but oh well.

All those signings are on hold till summer, at least I hope... now we need to sign somebody to improve our chances at finishing in top 4, in summer we need to sign people to make us contenders again

[robdog 2,084]

watching SSN & guess who I see pulling balls out of the bowl for the Scottish Cup??? AVB Already he is a British Celeb

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Hopefully we can bring in a playmaker... but I still think we need a winger,right back and maybe another forward but oh well.

It is almost impossible to make that number of signings in Jan. In the current market, a single transfer takes more than a whole month, sometimes draging on from one window to another.

The Cahil deal has obviously started well before Jan and is likely not be over for another week or so.

We will be lucky to complete two (good) signings in the current window.

[bababoom 4,478]

It is almost impossible to make that number of signings in Jan. In the current market, a single transfer takes more than a whole month, sometimes draging on from one window to another.

The Cahil deal has obviously started well before Jan and is likely not be over for another week or so.

We will be lucky to complete two (good) signings in the current window.

I don't think it's impossible, it's not like you can only try and sign one person at a time.

I don't mind us getting one more player after cahill, but only if it's the right player and not someone past it.

[Henrique 9,133]

Then I guess I'm not well informed.

when are you well informed ?

[eldo 868]

when are you well informed ?

You destroyed me Hen. I'll try to improve myself.

[Fernando 6,491]

AVB just had a press conference in Scotland. He talked about signings once again, and said after a Central defender, we will look to bring in just 1 more player.

He said this was because lots of top talents will be cup-tied, not many teams want to sell in January, and you have to overpay in the winter window... which is what we want to avoid doing.

AVB said we wont be signing Cahill then and then said after Cahill we wont sign anyone and is now saying we are looking at 2 players, interesting.

Aswell as RDM saying we are happy with the squad.

Either there doing it delibratetly to confuse the media, keeping their cards close to their chest or keep changing their mind.

You guys are looking into this too much.

Any blind men will tell you that this squad needs to rejuvenate.

Just that not many managers want to laid it out publicly that their squad is not good enough....something I hear Mancini do a lot, and it's his style. But coaches like AVB, SAF, Carlo, Wenger and such shy away from that.

I am confident in what AVB is planning, he showed me his talent in picking out Mata and Romeu.

This squad is good enough to finish 3 or 4, but winning a tittle would be hard.

So no need to panick over dropping out of the top 4.

[Kostas 1,468]

Clearly the club have no intention of replicating last seasons January transfer window.

Can you blame them? The same fans who hailed last January as a huge statement of intent in hindsight slaughter the club as if the owner bought toys for himself.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Life after AVB: is Portugal’s power base shifting post-Andre Villas-Boas?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/16463317.stm

[Tomo 21,733]

Life after AVB: is Portugal’s power base shifting post-Andre Villas-Boas?

http://news.bbc.co.u...ll/16463317.stm

Its worth noting the bit on just how good AVB made Porto last season. Only 6 points dropped, a treble and numerous records broken. There he had the right players to work with his style, every one toed together as one and the results were near enough a given before kick off.

As soon as the well fed "superstars" are gone and players that suit AVB's style are in what's to say he can't do exactly the same with us? If he took over City in the summer i reckon they would have (as good as) won the league already.