AVB gone to Zenit

[JayC 171]

Highest win % of any Spurs manager, just sold their best player and have changed 80% of their team. Levy proving again that he knows nothing about football and should just stick to the financial aspects of the game.

He should've at minimum had until the end of the season

Spot on in my opinion.

Levy sold AVB's best player, and bought a lot of new ones - then gave him three months or whatever it is? That's like some sort of super challenge isn't it? The best managers in the world would even struggle with this scenario.

Yeah he got a few thrashings - but by two sides with immense goal threat. Suarez could destroy any defence in current form. Ultimately the lack of patience shown to managers is highlighted. It really is stupid.

[lucio 5,418]

Highest win % of any Spurs manager, just sold their best player and have changed 80% of their team. Levy proving again that he knows nothing about football and should just stick to the financial aspects of the game.

He should've at minimum had until the end of the season

you cant get away with losing 6-0 , 5-0 and 3-0 and home to west ham when you have spent 110m.

i reckon he will quit management and compete in the dakar rally which he says he will do and would have to quit football within 5-10 years to do

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/soccer-dirty-tackle/andre-villas-boas-quit-coaching-5-10-years-190832828.html

[manpe 10,861]

AVB back as scout, Clarke back as assistant manager. Make it happen.

[Fernando 6,585]

Actually concerned that Spuds will get a competent manager now. Hope they don't bring in Laudrup.

Are you saying competent manager because AVB always used that word?

[Sheva. 5,373]

Valencia have sacked their manager, he should go there..

Also a chance to continue his 'assault' on the Europa League

[Beirut_Blues 306]

I wish him the best of luck and success...

[bushman 2,043]

Just a few comparisons here. Not trying to defend AVB, but how about the Clueless One at Manures, Wenger just got clobbered yesterday, just like in a tennis match ?

The bottom line for me, Levy should follow him too.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

I wouldn't laugh at him, we should feel sorry for him. Yes he is a bit of an idiot at times but in general he is a good manager, his ideas are could actually work really well at a club like Bayern/Barca/Madrid where all they have to do is attack and attack.

[_007M_ 26]

Unlucky manager

[bushman 2,043]

I wouldn't laugh at him, we should feel sorry for him. Yes he is a bit of an idiot at times but in general he is a good manager, his ideas are could actually work really well at a club like Bayern/Barca/Madrid where all they have to do is attack and attack.

Well, I & you somehow have differences. So here is one. AVB cannot coach top teams. His approach to people is not what it should be. Even today, players were confused by his explanations, I read. He has not ready for the likes of Ronaldo, JT, Lampard..etc,

[TorontoChelsea 4,064]

Highest win % of any Spurs manager, just sold their best player and have changed 80% of their team. Levy proving again that he knows nothing about football and should just stick to the financial aspects of the game.

He should've at minimum had until the end of the season

Except that highest winning percentage is based entirely on the fact that Spurs are a much better and higher spending club than they've been. Redknapp was fired for finishing 4th the year before AVB was hired. AVB finished 5th and currently 7th so he actually performed worse than Redknapp. He was sacked not only because of the humiliating defeats but also because they have been brutal almost all year. This is a team that has scored 15 goals in 16 games which is playing like Stoke except they're also poor on set pieces. They have the 6th worst goal differential in the Premier League. They are an absolutely clueless team and were lost under AVB. They had three humiliating defeats in 16 games. The AVB as a quality manager is baffling. It's based entirely on one excellent season with Porto who had an excellent season before AVB got there and an excellent season after. He had two excellent job opportunities in England with teams that spent money and could compete for trophies (or at least CL spot for Spurs). These are the types of opportunities most managers never get. AVB is not unlucky. He's extremely lucky. Most managers don't get jobs at teams they can succeed at. The vast majority of managers manage teams they will never win anything at. AVB has had two excellent chances and failed miserably and was deservedly fired from both jobs. It's amazing to me how many Chelsea fans still support this guy. He was a disaster for Chelsea and really only got the Spurs job because of this absurd "young genius" aura he has cultivated (and apparently people still buy into). .

[1chelsea 864]

Who knows where sack leaves?? am going to kill him

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

Okay Listen! A manager that lets his team lose 3-0 at home to West Ham, 6-0 to City and 5-0 at home to Liverpool is pathetic and CANNOT be named as a good manager. Villas Boas is an amateur and he has no clue how to keep consistences. Therefore, he is a bad manager. He doesn't have the capabilities to control the dressing room.

Would a bad manager win the treble?

[LDN Blue 7,903]

If he wasn't so arrogant he'd have been given more time. But his whole "anyone but me" approach to reasoning Tottenham's failures wouldn't have gone unnoticed by Tottenham BoD.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Well, I & you somehow have differences. So here is one. AVB cannot coach top teams. His approach to people is not what it should be. Even today, players were confused by his explanations, I read. He has not ready for the likes of Ronaldo, JT, Lampard..etc,

Yeh that is one bad side of him imo, he got no where near as much authority as the likes of Jose, Ancelotti, Pep, Sir Alex. So when the players like Adebayor and Ekoto got cast out they come to Twitter to post shits like they did yesterday(if you haven't seen it check it out)

[bushman 2,043]

Yeh that is one bad side of him imo, he got no where near as much authority as the likes of Jose, Ancelotti, Pep, Sir Alex. So when the players like Adebayor and Ekoto got cast out they come to Twitter to post shits like they did yesterday(if you haven't seen it check it out)

Personally, I do not feel sorry for him. If I remember correctly, his arrogant behavior was seen at Chelsea too.

Where else can he make, become a millionaire in less than 3 years ? I know, in UK.

[JDY 1,290]

Except that highest winning percentage is based entirely on the fact that Spurs are a much better and higher spending club than they've been.

That's actually a fair point. But you also have to take into account that they've had a net spend of only £5m since he's been in charge. It's not like he's spent millions without losing players.

Redknapp was fired for finishing 4th the year before AVB was hired. AVB finished 5th and currently 7th so he actually performed worse than Redknapp.

He wasn't fired for just missing out on the CL. He was also fired because he kept flirting with the idea of wanting to manage England, only for it to backfire with Hodgson's appointment. AVB actually got more points than Redknapp did when his side finished 4th. Not a case of 'performing worse', just everyone getting better (I believe it was record points for Spurs in a PL season to).

This is a team that has scored 15 goals in 16 games which is playing like Stoke except they're also poor on set pieces. They have the 6th worst goal differential in the Premier League. They are an absolutely clueless team and were lost under AVB. They had three humiliating defeats in 16 games.

I agree that when I've seen them the football hasn't been great. But when you change a team around completely surely you just need time to implement your ideas and get them playing the way you want? Newcastle bought a whole raft of players last January and the same thing happened to them. Poor football, lingering above the relegation zone, and suffering humiliating defeats (0-6 to Liverpool, 0-3 to Sunderland). The football isn't fantastic now but they're certainly 100x better than they were towards the end of last season.

The AVB as a quality manager is baffling. It's based entirely on one excellent season with Porto who had an excellent season before AVB got there and an excellent season after. He had two excellent job opportunities in England with teams that spent money and could compete for trophies (or at least CL spot for Spurs).

I'd like to know where I've said that AVB is a quality manager, because I haven't. All I'm saying is that he atleast deserved time to try and turn it around until the end of the season.

It's amazing to me how many Chelsea fans still support this guy. He was a disaster for Chelsea and really only got the Spurs job because of this absurd "young genius" aura he has cultivated (and apparently people still buy into). .

How have you come to the conclusion that I'm 'still supporting this guy'? I felt that he deserved more time to turn it around. Had he kept Bale and not signed anyone (still performing how they are at moment), it would be 100% justified for me. Considering the circumstances, and the chairman entrusting him (and Baldini?) with a massive amount of money, I expected him to get more time. Had it been any other manager I would've thought the same, so please stop the patronising comments about buying into the hype surrounding him.

[MHL 47 378]

Ego maniac? Mate r u sure?.

Notice anything about the people referred to...............no? All at Porto. No Chelsea or Spuds there old boy, "why's that?" you could ask. Cause he went power crazy, thought he was better than he actually was and let his ego get the better of any sense he once may have had.

Ego Maniac? I don't think so...

Try asking Frank Lampard, or Anelka, or even Alex. AVB was such a control freak and nasty bit of work he took away petty things like car parking spaces at the training ground. He isolated the pair of them. Do you know why? I have been told simply because they failed to understand his "tactics" and asked him to explain in more detail.

Ego Maniac, almost certainly. All your quote shows is that he, at one stage and at Porto, behaved like a human being.

Good bye to bad rubbish. I picked him to be a fraud after about two months with us, the players had him sussed and his lack of talent or ability to adapt got him sacked (now twice). That in turn led to the single greatest moment in my long time supporting Chelsea. Am I glad he went, oh yes,!

You might have him down as a saint, I just think he's a very silly boy, who doesn't learn from his mistakes.

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Poor AVB.

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

He's a promising young manager but his results this season were just horrific.