Chelsea Sack Andre Villas-Boas

[LDN Blue 7,903]

That draw hit him, you could hear it in his voice in the post-match interview. It's a hard game to analyse (as Neville said), it was too open from us, especially at 3-1 up. Howard Webb certainly played his part in the f'ck up, but hmm..

[HRiver 1,512]

love the football hes got us playing. Give me a 3-3 playing like that over a boring 1-0 any day.

Disagree, 3 points is 3 points, but anyway I am not at all content with him. We were tactically awful in the second half and we were outplayed. When we scored the 3rd it looked as if we were searching for another 3 instead of keeping that result. AVB should have focused on the defensive area more knowing how dangerous and lucky United are when they counter-attack.

[coolhead23 1,146]

I completely agree with lot of us that AVB has been really not living up to expectation. But then, Is sacking him a solution for us? can anyone guarantee the next coach would get us the wins/result/vision? ... We lose out loads of money for the new gaffer and then again a new philosophy and if that's not happening again the same old loop ...

I was annoyed with the selection to start with and i never expected a win ( my predication was a 1-3 to United) but we were good in lot of areas and kept pressing despite being average. I m not giving AVB the credit but then we really dont have any option but to continue with him, like it or not .... If we sack AVB this season i dont see any good manager coming here for sure ...

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I still back him in the long-term. He was unlucky today. I agreed with Sturridge off for Romeu, we needed some calm in midfield & Sturridge wasn't doing the required back-tracking.

Still believe in André Villas-Boas.

[zolayes 14,489]

I still back him in the long-term. He was unlucky today. I agreed with Sturridge off for Romeu, we needed calamity in midfield & Sturridge wasn't doing the required back-tracking.

Still believe in André Villas-Boas.

I dont think you mean Calamity ,,,weve had enough of that as it is

[Laylabelle 9,398]

I believe in him and will so until gives us a real reason not to such as not signing anyone in the summer etc.

Doing what he can with the squad he has...defintly has areas that need work such as Subs for one sodding thing but we cant keep sacking and hiring managers for the sake of it or a run of poor results cause thats can always change.Every team has a bad run its just how its delt with and most the time top 4 clubs dont sack a manager to deal with it

Has a lot to learn but imo anyway needs the time to prove himself and hope he gets it because I will loose more faith in our board if he does get the sack..because we'll just end up being in the same situation in a few months if we did..

[Fernando 6,494]

love the football hes got us playing. Give me a 3-3 playing like that over a boring 1-0 any day.

Yeah I think the next level is bringing more players in the summer of his style, cause had we had a nice bench like City we would have rip those United apart.

Essien loosing steam, no good replacement for Malouda.

Now i feel a bit more optimistic of improving our play for next season.

[manpe 10,861]

I rely on you to post his post-match interview once it's up

[zolayes 14,489]

Yeah I think the next level is bringing more players in the summer of his style, cause had we had a nice bench like City we would have rip those United apart.

Essien loosing steam, no good replacement for Malouda.

Now i feel a bit more optimistic of improving our play for next season.

thats it KTF

[CHOULO19 24,332]

I still back him in the long-term. He was unlucky today. I agreed with Sturridge off for Romeu, we needed calamity in midfield & Sturridge wasn't doing the required back-tracking.

Still believe in André Villas-Boas.

Surely that's what Malouda is in there for.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I dont think you mean Calamity ,,,weve had enough of that as it is

Lmao, awkward mistake

[Billy. 2,742]

anyone got a vid of the post match with avb

[DYC. 7,542]

Leave him alone.

[DH1988 1,321]

Hi guys..

Just signed up, regularly read the forums but after watching the match feel as though I want to voice my opinion and vent some frustration.

I do believe in AVB and have always defended him to the hilt when having discussions with friends/work colleagues around the water cooler however after the window has just passed (And I know Jan is an inflated market etc. cup ties etc.) I fully expected him to sign someone for the left wing or someone with some creativity as an avid watcher of Torres' runs that nobody in our squad can pick out we desperately need someone that can play on the left; one, to stop Mata from playing there and play him CM like he's supposed to, two, to keep Malouda out of the team.

I genuinely am worried that we will not finish fourth at this rate and if we do miss out on Champions League football next season we will struggle as Liverpool have in bringing in top players (Charlie Adam, I mean YOU!). This brings me to my point I do think we may need to change things up in order to hit fourth, and I do not think manager sacking is the way forward but I do think that we need to have Matteo/Holland take some gardening leave, permanently.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

I do think that we need to have Matteo/Holland take some gardening leave, permanently.

I was enjoying your post till then. Justify this ^

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Hi guys..

Just signed up, regularly read the forums but after watching the match feel as though I want to voice my opinion and vent some frustration.

I do believe in AVB and have always defended him to the hilt when having discussions with friends/work colleagues around the water cooler however after the window has just passed (And I know Jan is an inflated market etc. cup ties etc.) I fully expected him to sign someone for the left wing or someone with some creativity as an avid watcher of Torres' runs that nobody in our squad can pick out we desperately need someone that can play on the left; one, to stop Mata from playing there and play him CM like he's supposed to, two, to keep Malouda out of the team.

I genuinely am worried that we will not finish fourth at this rate and if we do miss out on Champions League football next season we will struggle as Liverpool have in bringing in top players (Charlie Adam, I mean YOU!). This brings me to my point I do think we may need to change things up in order to hit fourth, and I do not think manager sacking is the way forward but I do think that we need to have Matteo/Holland take some gardening leave, permanently.

Welcome to the forum mate .

In all fairness, the club did try to get players in, in the Jan market, with bids for Willian, Lucas, Higuian, and Hazard it's just that there were no top-class players for sale. On the other hand, I don't think any player in the world can help torres anymore. I have lost all faith in him, and even worse it seems he has lost all faith in himself. It wasn't anyone's but his fault that he did not have the confidence to shoot at the open goal and give us the three points when we were 3-2 up today.

[Henri 115]

I remember hearing the same excuse about Carlo.

The whole sacking every manager after doing bad is just plain boring.

If Chelsea sack AVB for the same reason, I will loose a lot of respect for the board and Roman!

Well i didnt want Carlo to leave. The only thing boring is the way we play football anno 2012.

Respect?, left the club 2007. SACK BOAS!.

[Kojo 4,676]

Well i didnt want Carlo to leave. The only thing boring is the way we play football anno 2012.

Respect?, left the club 2007. SACK BOAS!.

Henri is a legend!, you should be our next manager!.