What will sacking AVB actually achieve?

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Relax, Rafa's agent said yesterday that chelsea FC have not attempted to contact Rafa.

[Laylabelle 9,539]

Relax, Rafa's agent said yesterday that chelsea FC have not attempted to contact Rafa.

Good...hopfully they wont any time soon!

[bababoom 4,478]

One has to think, if we sack AVB why would another young manager come to us? someone like rodgers, we have some many problems on and off the pitch, and this makes it hard for any manager to succeed.

[Henrique 9,133]

See it silly boy? This is what sacking AVB really achieved.

[Fulham Broadway 17,346]

See it silly boy? This is what sacking AVB really achieved.

Player Power is the Way forward :blue scalf:

[Clevemayer 764]

gosh some ppl are so blind and have such an short view its unbelievable

[Rubber bullets 1,183]

gosh some ppl are so blind and have such an short view its unbelievable

This.

It will be interesting when they face Wigan again. Remember when everyone was still partying after the Valencia game?

A lot of the players still need to go in the summer.

[didierforever 7,349]

See it silly boy? This is what sacking AVB really achieved.

for a very very short period. we have lost a great asset in the long run and sooner or later we will realize it. i just hope we get jose in for damage control.

[Peace. 4,352]

You have to see further than your nose... We will only be able to draw conclusions when the honeymoon will stop.

[teignman 441]

You have to see further than your nose... We only be able to draw conclusions when the honeymoon will stop.

This is my main concern. When the honeymoon is over and father time once again starts to rear his ugly head around our most vital senior players, what will the way forward be, and who is the one to lead us? I'm all for enjoying the moment, but I'm not so myopic as to think that our problems have been solved now that AVB is gone and we've gotten some good-fantastic (yesterday being fantastic) results.

[Tomo 21,751]

See it silly boy? This is what sacking AVB really achieved.

That's nice i hope you enjoy next season with Rafa incharge and Malouda and Lampard playing every week.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Henrique is right. I liked AVB, but his firing means we at least have a chance to end this season on a high.

Just have to hope whoever the manager is in the summer, knows better than to put his faith in them and not sign any players.

[Peace. 4,352]

Just have to hope whoever the manager is in the summer, knows better than to put his faith in them and not sign any players.

André Villas-Boas was forced to put faith in the players he had. The board failed miserably this summer with negociations. He had no choice.

[Sheva. 5,373]

André Villas-Boas was forced to put faith in the players he had. The board failed miserably this summer with negociations. He had no choice.

You're probably right, but what about the January window? he had one more chance to fix things.

[True_Blue 469]

Hmmm what will it achieve?

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

André Villas-Boas was forced to put faith in the players he had. The board failed miserably this summer with negociations. He had no choice.

Yeah, but he isn't faultless. See how these players perform and win matches under a different manager ? You simply cannot lose the dressing room and trust from the players.

[Peace. 4,352]

This is my main concern. When the honeymoon is over and father time once again starts to rear his ugly head around our most vital senior players, what will the way forward be, and who is the one to lead us? I'm all for enjoying the moment, but I'm not so myopic as to think that our problems have been solved now that AVB is gone and we've gotten some good-fantastic (yesterday being fantastic) results.

Yeah. I'll wait to see how the players react when they will have a tough time against a non-glamourous team. For now it is easy for them to be motivated, there's a new coach and they have a point to prove.

You're probably right, but what about the January window? he had one more chance to fix things.

André was there to have a long term impact. Hazard didn't want to move and Lille didn't want to sell, the same thing is also true for Lucas' case, while Willian was too expensive. So there were no points in doing a panic buy. Plus I feel like the board was useless as usual, Roman knows the Shakthar owner and I believe with clever negociators we could have make this deal happen. I wanted him to sign Sergi Roberto from Barça, but can you imagine the commotion among Chelsea fans if it were to happen ? And look at what happened with Cahill. Despite the fact Cahill wanted to leave Bolton and the fact Bolton wanted to sell him, it took us more than two weeks to sign him, and we had to overpay him (fees and wage) to make the deal happen.

Yeah, but he isn't faultless. See how these players perform and win matches under a different manager ? You simply cannot lose the dressing room and trust from the players.

A bad mood an unwillingness can ruin the biggest projects.

[Bosnian Blue 2,471]

A bad mood an unwillingness can ruin the biggest projects.

Don't get me wrong I also wanted to see him here next season. But now is the time to move on, get behind our team and manager.

[Henrique 9,133]

You have to see further than your nose... We will only be able to draw conclusions when the honeymoon will stop.

This topic was full of bullshit. Changes are needed in the summer, and the result does not change that, but AVB wasnt a pivotal character to do so, as the guy was suggesting.

Getting rid of AVB was the first thing before making the changes.

AVB was an awful manager and he deserved the sack, its more easy to accept you people supporting the stupid portuguese were wrong.

[Henrique 9,133]

That's nice i hope you enjoy next season with Rafa incharge and Malouda and Lampard playing every week.

You were enjoying AVB, so you can handle Rafa and Malouda.