Leave Andre Villas Boas Alone!
A couple of months ago I wrote a pissed off article on Andre Villas Boas warning him about the sharks that come with taking over Chelsea football club. Part of the reason I wrote that of course was I wished he stayed another year at Porto but another is the fact I knew Andre Villas Boas was walking into club that needed to let go of the old guard and bring in a new era.
I’ve said it a million times that when a new coach takes over a team he needs to make his mark but sending someone packing. Everyone else usually falls in line but on the flip side I can’t blame Villas Boas for taking a year to see what he had before deciding on the shape of his team.
The problem lies with the fact most Chelsea coaches don’t get along time to take stock of their club and the English press doesn’t help matters by going after Villas Boas like a shark seeing blood in the water. Why doesn’t the British press go after the old guard of Chelsea who for the 3rd coach have flopped in November/December? (Ancelotti in 2010 and Scolari in 2008) These Chelsea players had it so good under Mourinho who even something went wrong took the heat onto himself or blamed everyone under the sun but his players. The likes of Frank Lampard, John Terry should be answering hard questions and no beating Wolves 3-0 doesn’t change everything yet.
If Chelsea expect Andre Villas Boas to cook the meal than they better let him shop for the eggs in the grocery store next summer. It’s easy to play football manager but screw it I’m going to do it regardless. They are the players who should go in the summer.
Petr Cech (They didn’t pay that money for Thibaut Courtois to loan him out every summer.)
John Terry or Frank Lampard (one needs to go, one could stay. I can’t decide which one)
Didier Drogba
John Obi Mikel
Florent Malouda
Salomon Kalou
Nicolas Anelka
November 29th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
After today’s Carling Cup defeat, AVB is now playing Russian Roulette.
November 30th, 2011 at 5:23 am
To be perfectly honest, I would pick everyone on your list except Cech and Drogba.
Cech has the experience and quality to protect the net. He’s just going through a minor slump right now and I’m sure he’ll pick things up again (eventually?)
Drogba needs to remain as a wild card in case Goldie-locks (Torres) is not in the mood to play. I swear all blondes are more tempermental than red heads.
Sure would be funny how many of these players Redknapp and Wenger would try to pick up on the cheap if they were really forced out of stamford bridge lol