Villas Boas (EX) Chelsea manager

[Arn]

It was supposed to be Hiddink who wanted him back from what I heard. My suspicion is that a lot of what we have heard has been ill-informed bull****.

I doubt that it was ill-informed. Roman played the game brilliantly IMO. Roman and Hiddink made it look like Hiddink was nailed on to get the job and thanks to that they could work to get Villas Boas in without a lot of speculation in the media. A job well done.

Inter showed interest last week so Chelsea had to move now. Not a coincidence that this happens straight after Inter showed their interest.

Villas Boas was always their first choice IMO.

[Baracus]

Just thinking, the guy was around at chelsea doing all the dvds, reports etc at the time Rafa was here. Press are making a big deal of this 'new special one and how good he is' Yet they (him and Jose) could not master Rafa. Rafa was a genius

[Craig_H]

How bizarre, Arn posts as Arn, and then posts immediately again, but using Baracus' login

[little dave hedgehog]

How bizarre, Arn posts as Arn, and then posts immediately again, but using Baracus' login

[Baracus]

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[Arn]

Just thinking, the guy was around at chelsea doing all the dvds, reports etc at the time Rafa was here. Press are making a big deal of this 'new special one and how good he is' Yet they (him and Jose) could not master Rafa. Rafa was a genius

I can't understand the Mourinho MK II thing at all.

Villas Boas is an out and out attack minded manager. Mourinho is a defensive minded one.

Villas Boas will probably make Chelsea play the best attacking football in the league but they will also leak more goals than before.

Can he find the right balance? Can he master the big egos in the squad? At Porto he was loved by the players at Chelsea he will just be yet another manager.

[Baracus]

I can't understand the Mourinho MK II thing at all.

Villas Boas is an out and out attack minded manager. Mourinho is a defensive minded one.

Villas Boas will probably make Chelsea play the best attacking football in the league
but they will also leak more goals than before.
Can he find the right balance? Can he master the big egos in the squad? At Porto he was loved by the players at Chelsea he will just be yet another manager.

No. That will be Kenny & Liverpool

Too many egos at Chelsea, from the top to the bottom. The players may well end up treating him like they used too, rather than a manager.

[wavydavy]

This really could go spectacularly either way. Big risk involved here and I'm not really bothered by the developments TBH.

[lfcred]

Big risk, but i have a feeling he will be a massive success and at chelsea for alot of years!! his record speaks for itself! and once he gets his own men in and if he is allowed to do so, he will be good!

[Arn]

Big risk, but i have a feeling he will be a massive success and at chelsea for alot of years!! his record speaks for itself! and once he gets his own men in and if he is allowed to do so, he will be good!

His one year record at a top club speaks for itself, yeah, right Not much of a CV. No one really know how good he is tactically. He used the same tactic in more or less every game. He could do that in the Portuguese league because every team backed home and let them dominate.

He will probably sign three or four players from Porto to help him break the player power at Chelsea. Mourinho did the same when he signed for them.

Falcao, Hulk and a couple of more players from Porto.

[Shaggy]

Falcao looks the real deal.

[PTP]

he's only 33! he'll never make it

[Arn]

Falcao looks the real deal.

Rafa wanted him IIRC but we couldn't afford him.

[Tee]

Rafa wanted him IIRC but we couldn't afford him.

But we could afford Robbie Keane.

[RichC]

just offered to resign by all accounts

he'll be at chelsea next season, no doubt for me now.