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Next! Taxi for another Chelsea manager....

• Next! Taxi for another Chelsea manager....

• Next! Taxi for another Chelsea manager....

  da1nonly_42 > 04/03/2012, 15:52

  As some of you may know, Andres Villas Boas was today sacked by Chelsea. Roberto Di Matteo will be in charge for the rest of the season, making him the eighth Chelsea manager since Mr Abramovic bought the club.
  
  Although I kinda feel sorry for AVB (young guy, couldn't turn down a massive club, was stuck with a difficult, ageing squad) I dont think he did himself any favours. Theres nothing too wrong with phasing the older players out but ut has to be done in the right way.
  Its been obvious for weeks that he was doomed.

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  badmann > 04/03/2012, 16:08

  as sson as he came in , last summer i new she would be leaving at least tops two transfer seasons down the line, he was way to inexperienced, to be a chelsea manager, gess his learnt now, ohh dear never mind

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  uknighthawk91 > 04/03/2012, 17:23

  Yeah i think it's been coming for a while now, however i did think that they might have just waited till after the Champions League game. But i think that it's pretty obvious who there targets will be with Pep Guardiola's contract being up at the end of the year, Jose Mourinho with his supposed problems at Madrid and i would imagine this is the sort of job that Rafael Benitez would be very interested in with real Champions League pedigree and also having got the best out of Fernando Torres at Liverpool. Will definitely be a very interesting thing to keep an eye on how it pans out. This also has the potential to get in the way of the FAs plans to find a new England manager.

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  richpk > 04/03/2012, 18:57

  you cant blame AVB for taking the job and the payoff he'll recieve will make it easier to swallow for him!
  
  i think he has the potential, and Abramovic was stupid for throwing so much money at him when he only had one season as manager before.
  
  Rafa is not the man for Chelsea, he was the reason Liverpool failed season after season. the champions league that he won, Gerrard Houlier was the mastermind behind it!

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  da1nonly_42 > 04/03/2012, 20:41

  Yeah AVB has done well out of it financially. I do think he was trying to be too clever and controversial though. He was taking on the media and trying to make himself look like a no nonsense man. The problem was that he has no history, therefore he couldnt command any respect from anyone.
  
  Roman Abramovic needs to have a look at himself though. Why give a young guy the job when you're not gonna support him when it gets tough? Why sack Ancellotti in the first place?
  It says a lot about what Abramovic thought about AVB when you consider he would rather have Roberto Di Matteo in charge for the rest of the season.

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  Timm24 > 04/03/2012, 22:21

  its a shame i think AVB is a very talented manager and he can do incredibly well in the future, just not experienced enough yet needs some more time before he goes into the absolute big leagues. hopefully pep does not leave barca as i'm a fan, but obv he'll be offered a lot of cash plus barca always looking forward no matter how well things are going and are more than willing to switch thing up quickly

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  bigunit1 > 04/03/2012, 23:18

  Rom shouldnt have got rid of Ancelotti in the first place, he did the double in 2009/10. That sort of success should not be rewarded with the boot 12 months later. Think the problems at Chelsea run a lot deeper though, need to get rid of Terry, Lampard etc, they have too much influence at the club

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  tightsfanjack > 05/03/2012, 00:03

  villa boas should have been given more time in my opinion, i know the results havnt been going well but alot of responsibility has to lay on the players. they have been playing awful even when squad selection has been acceptable. i think chelsea should have kept hold of mourinho or hiddink as their stats speak for themselves, im not sure who will suit the chelsea job next but chelsea need to make a good decision here and let the new manager have more control over the club.

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  ken12 > 05/03/2012, 00:27

  AVB shoul'nt have been given the job in the first place as he was too inexperienced. He has a lot of potential as a manager but the Chelsea job was too soon for him. However once Abramovich had given him the job then he should have stuck with him. Theres a lot of big names at Chelsea who are past their best and it was going to take time to move them on and get in top quality replacements.

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  hardcore69 > 07/03/2012, 20:56

  chelsea despite their indifferent season are still in the race for the fourth champions league spot avb actually had a better first 40 games record than roberto mancini at man city
  
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