Chelsea Sack Andre Villas-Boas

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

To him, the players are never responsible, has it ever come across to some people who blame it all on the manager that maybe its actually that we have a squad full of either over the hill past it crybabies, others who would never get you even in the top 4 with only a few quality players. Hey some would argue that the full potential of our squad is fucking lucky to get 5th!

[lecter 84]

Don't be silly Justin. I'm stating a fact we were fucked at that time and Roman saved the club, I along with many fans were shitting ourselves (despite getting into the CL) back in 2003 because our future looked so dull, Roman arrived and saved us from possible liquidation. Thankfully we are a big enough club now that if Roman wanted to sell we would get very wealthy owners into the club. We are getting better financially every single season and if it was not for the past managers we are still paying off the club would of been close to being self-sufficient, the club has grew 10 fold world wide and we are in good shape. If Roman wanted to leave tomorrow he would want to sell it just like any sane person and the person who bought it would have to be extremely wealthy because the club is worth more then 800 million. This whole notion of Roman walking away without selling is absurd !

Feels assuring. But I want to ask whether this is assured legally or if RA can fuck us over just because he feels like (not that he has/will have any intentions to do that)?

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

Show some fucking respect. The man has been treated by shit by fans and players alike. AVB isn't a "cunt."

Wtf. I wouldn't have expected this from you.

You have to go with the Roman flow. If he thinks nothing of splashing £64 m on paying off managers, theres no room for sentiment. AVBs record is the worst for 20 years.

[lecter 84]

Actually feel gutted he's gone. I really liked the bloke, he wore his heart on his sleeve and he has the admirable quality of saying things exactly how he sees them. I wish him the best of luck, and I hope the next time we come up against him he absolutely fucks us over, because that is what these players cunts have done to him.

I have given myself a drunken night to digest this but it still feels unreal! All the hopes and expectations for the future, all the awesome (but not expensive, unlike CFC) speculated signings, all the attractive, youthful and energetic football I was looking forward to once AVB truly stamped his authority on the team..all of this has gone down the drain! We are back to square one and I strongly feel that the club is answerable to the fans for all the dashed hopes.

Which good manager in his senses will ever take up the job at Chelsea and look at it as a long-term project?! All of this is so depressing. The only respite the summer can provide is if we bid goodbye yell fuck-offs to the cunts (read Lampard and likes) who are indirectly responsible for this chaos.

[Swedish House Mafia 508]

You have to go with the Roman flow. If he thinks nothing of splashing £64 m on paying off managers, theres no room for sentiment. AVBs record is the worst for 20 years.

It's probably the shittest squad we've had for 20 years.

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

It's probably the shittest squad we've had for 20 years.

Yeah grant you that some arent pulling their weight, and the youngsters theyve let slip through that are doing blinding -Aanholt , Kakuta, Borini etc.

The main fault is with the board -Yes men that Abramovich wont get rid ie Bruce Buck, the chief executive, Ron Gourlay, the director Eugene Tenenbaum and close friend Eugene Shvidler, the chairman of Millhouse, Abramovich's investment company.

Its an autocracy run on the lines of Putins Russia, and until that changes expect 10 - 15 managers to come and go. Better get used to it.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

http://www.dailymail...es-players.html

Working 12 hours a day is fucken crazy. It shows how passionate he is and how much he wants to succeed but the cancers of the club fucked him off.

[The Big Drog 1,110]

The good news from that article is that at least Roman realises that the players are at fault and the quote of

'massive changes' in the Summer is also promising. It doesn't matter who the manager is at the moment because the squad simply isn't good enough, too much deadweight, too many players past their prime, the squad has stagnated and hopefully now Roman will finally perform the big squad clear out that has been long overdue.

[danwkb 11]

Pretty disgraceful really, gotta feel sorry for him, did the best he could with an inherited team. as some of the papers are saying i think a fair few of the players have to accept at least some responsibility for the clubs current situation. This surely isn't what "football fans" want to see , Chelsea supporters or not.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

The good news from that article is that at least Roman realises that the players are at fault and the quote of

'massive changes' in the Summer is also promising. It doesn't matter who the manager is at the moment because the squad simply isn't good enough, too much deadweight, too many players past their prime, the squad has stagnated and hopefully now Roman will finally perform the big squad clear out that has been long overdue.

We need to hope that it's true...

[Fulham Broadway 17,306]

This is my last word on AVB.

Yes he might be a lovely bloke like Blue Lion says, and he is probably nice to his mum and puppies.

Fact is he wasnt given the autonomy he needed and he was angling for the sack. Anyone whos been to recent games would pick up on how he has fallen out of grace with the paying fans for weeks now, and his record is the worst for decades.

Mancini would have felt the full wrath of Sharia law from Citehs arab owners, as would all managers with that record, the only possible exception would have been Ferguson, but even he could have faced the chop for winning three in twelve matches.

So lets stop the sentiment and move on with Putin/Abramovich

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Scolari: "Some things are known, like the relations with the owner, who has the relationship with some players before the coach. "

[Sheva. 5,373]

LMA on our case yet again. Somethings never change lol.

[Swedish House Mafia 508]

LMA on our case yet again. Somethings never change lol.

Yep. We really are embarrassing.

Roman Abramovich was on Monday searching for his eighth manager since taking control of the club after opting to dispense with the services of the Portuguese.

"What's for sure is the club, despite unlimited wealth, haven't yet worked out how to build a successful football club," Bevan told Radio Five Live.

"Looking for what is an eighth manager in nine years is a serious embarrassment to the owner, the club, the fans and the league."

Assistant manager Roberto Di Matteo has been put in charge until the end of the season.

Bevan added: "He (Villas-Boas) was very disappointed, frustrated, saddened, but his thoughts were for the club, the fans and indeed Roberto Di Matteo, wishing him well for the rest of the season. He's obviously a man who played six years or so for the club and has got good managerial experience with West Brom in the Premier League."

Bevan claimed the frequent managerial changes at Stamford Bridge did not help Villas-Boas develop a relationship with his players.

"Players need to know that the manager's strategy and his job is not in question, there's a clear remit," he said. "You get success if you get time, and stability will come from that. Otherwise it's very difficult for a manager like Andre to impose his philosophy and build a team."

Villas-Boas's side had won just three times in 12 league games and he had the lowest win percentage of any Chelsea manager since

Glenn Hoddle.

Bevan added: "That might be the case. After only eight months you can't build that sort of success. The club's still competing in the latter stages of the Champions League, the FA Cup and fighting for a top-four position. If you want success you must look at the longer term."

[Sheva. 5,373]

He's right tbf. There's absolutely no reason why we could have not been patient with Carlo or AVB, and give them another season.

But no, every failure results in an almost instantaneous sack at Chelsea.