Official - AVB confirmed as Chelsea boss

[Henrique 9,133]

Guys, please lets stop the odds thing.

IMO its really silly to discuss who would be our next manager based in odds.

[Madmax 9,219]

Guys, please lets stop the odds thing.

IMO its really silly to discuss who would be our next manager based in odds.

Agreed. Betting patterns are ridiculously easy to manipulate by those who have the power, money, influence and inclination to do so.

[Fulham Broadway 17,311]

Guys, please lets stop the odds thing.

IMO its really silly to discuss who would be our next manager based in odds.

The last 3 or 4 managers have been second favourites

[Tomo 21,751]

Lets be honest Zola is a legend as a Chelsea player and will be our best ever player for a long long time but he still has it all to prove in the management side of things. Look what happened when Norwich and Newcastle went down the legends route with Bryan Gunn and Alan Shearer.

[Henrique 9,133]

The last 3 or 4 managers have been second favourites

I dont care. What I'm saying is, they closed the odds at least two times since wednesday.

If they close it, it doesnt mean they know something We and the press dont know.

[steve5221 91]

I dont care. What I'm saying is, they closed the odds at least two times since wednesday.

If they close it, it doesnt mean they know something We and the press dont know.

A bookmaker will close the book as a precautionery measure due to the amount of money being staked on the bet. The Redknapp rumor will have been started by someone and alot of people have bought into it and placed money on it. For all we know the original rumors could have been started by bookmakers themselves......

[Ramox 246]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/05/27/2505805/it-would-not-surprise-me-if-pep-guardiola-leaves-barcelona-after-

Please, Abra.... nooooo!

[Madmax 9,219]

http://www.goal.com/...arcelona-after-

Please, Abra.... nooooo!

Why don't you want him?

[Ramox 246]

We are here, before the big changes, and he never bought good player for bacelona. Just check the list: Ibrahimovic, Chigrinsky, Adriano...

And we dont have players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta... Maybe i can win trophies with players like they.... :\

And he's team play same football on the games... Never any new tactic or something.

Our squad are not able for the tiki-taka (barca style :\)

[chrismada9 1,948]

http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/05/27/2505805/it-would-not-surprise-me-if-pep-guardiola-leaves-barcelona-after-

Please, Abra.... nooooo!

I would welcome Guardiola with open arms!! Quite literally if you ask me!

This possible idea of Redknapp being the favourite to take over as Chelsea manager has me totally baffled!

[Madmax 9,219]

We are here, before the big changes, and he never bought good player for bacelona. Just check the list: Ibrahimovic, Chigrinsky, Adriano...

And we dont have players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta... Maybe i can win trophies with players like they.... :\

And he's team play same football on the games... Never any new tactic or something.

Our squad are not able for the tiki-taka (barca style :\)

Ibra scored 21 goals in 41 games, even while adjusting to a new league, new team, new players, new style etc. Adriano hasn't been excellent but he's hardly their first choice starter and it's been just a year so it's difficult to label him a flop yet. Dymtro again, a fairly poor first season and then sold so difficult to judge.

I understand your point about us having players not suited to Barca's style, but surely that will change if he's appointed since he will look to bring such players in. And regarding different tactics, thing is, he doesn't need to have a lot of aces up his sleeve, the quality of his team and their utter dominance over others in La Liga means hey get their way very often, not requiring drastic alterations.

[chrismada9 1,948]

Dymtro again, a fairly poor first season and then sold so difficult to judge.

I don't think Chygrynsky had much of a chance getting into the first team anyway. Pique and Puyol were always going to be Barca's first choice centre back pairing, with Gabriel Milito as cover.

[Ramox 246]

Ibra scored 21 goals in 41 games, even while adjusting to a new league, new team, new players, new style etc. Adriano hasn't been excellent but he's hardly their first choice starter and it's been just a year so it's difficult to label him a flop yet. Dymtro again, a fairly poor first season and then sold so difficult to judge.

I understand your point about us having players not suited to Barca's style, but surely that will change if he's appointed since he will look to bring such players in. And regarding different tactics, thing is, he doesn't need to have a lot of aces up his sleeve, the quality of his team and their utter dominance over others in La Liga means hey get their way very often, not requiring drastic alterations.

And I have an other problem... The tiki taka not working against the really hard authentic english football, or its just my notion? :\

What do You think about this?

[termninja 5,290]

o.0 Guardiola could come? Not bad. Dream team: Hidink SD and Guardiola manager :eyebrows:

[Madmax 9,219]

And I have an other problem... The tiki taka not working against the really hard authentic english football, or its just my notion? :\

What do You think about this?

Arsenal's football works (while not exactly being comparable to Barca's) ... even though they have nowhere near the players of Barca or the mental toughness of United or Chelsea.

[Fulham Broadway 17,311]

I dont care. What I'm saying is, they closed the odds at least two times since wednesday.

If they close it, it doesnt mean they know something We and the press dont know.

Closed the odds ? There are fourteen bookies with odds at least, here in England, none of them have closed at all.

Betting patterns are as good a clue as anything so I prefer those to crystal balls.

[madalista 30]

We are here, before the big changes, and he never bought good player for bacelona. Just check the list: Ibrahimovic, Chigrinsky, Adriano...

And we dont have players like Messi, Xavi, Iniesta... Maybe i can win trophies with players like they.... :\

And he's team play same football on the games... Never any new tactic or something.

Our squad are not able for the tiki-taka (barca style :\)

i guess villa, keita, pique, alves, mascherano all bought themselves then.......if you look at rijkaards barca ull notice its different to pep......rijkaards depended on ronaldinho's trickery...he was the playmaker and was defensively poor.....peps is more sound defensively, xavi is now the playmaker and the press much better now

[Ramox 246]

o.0 Guardiola could come? Not bad. Dream team: Hidink SD and Guardiola manager :eyebrows:

Nobody said this. This was just a romour about his leave from Barcelona. But nobody said any chance to come here : )

In the past, we could read about he, but now not.

[J.F. 1,484]

http://www.goal.com/...arcelona-after-

Please, Abra.... nooooo!

only if we can't get Hiddink

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[Ramox 246]

only if we can't get Hiddink

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http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/cruyff-guardiola-podria-dejar-barca/20110527dasdasftb_10/Tes

http://fourfourtwo.com/news/championsleague/80266/default.aspx

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/27052011/2/cruyff-warns-guardiola-quit-barcelona-final.html

Sorry...