Andre Villas-Boas

[TC18]

Was surprised by the comments as well, didn’t he get us the highest points tally that didn’t get CL football? Something like that..

Also the Bale sale, and replacing him with half a squad would have been tough on any manager, on top of that he had Sherwood in Levy’s ear all the time. Unfortunately with them run of results, it was going to give Levy a decision to make.

Ended up ok for us in the end looking back. We might have had the Timmy tenure, but we ended up with a Harry Kane and the Poch era begun.

 

[Bobbins]

Glad he was sacked after reading that.

12 grown men crying because someone got the tin tack.

the games gone.

 

[Sarsipius]

Felt a bit for AVB.

He's clearly an intelligent guy and a good person.

The Chelsea player's comments were horrible to read too.

I think he had 3 big issues.

1. Levy and the board. So close to signing Moutinho who would have been a great signing and the club failed at the ultimate moment. If AVB came in with promises, and those weren't kept in his first summer. I can understand why he was pissed off with the following window.

2. Media. They never took to him. They were on him immediately and any little thing he said was made into something it wasn't. He was pressured into saying he was "The Group One" because journalists needed a moniker for him. They the. used that to beat him with as well as his touchline behavior.

They also took the side of John Terry who had just been found guilty of racial behavior which makes you a little sick.

3. His team needed super functional attackers (like he had at Porto) and the likes of Lamela (who was injured), Soldado, Adebayor etc were either not ready, disruptive or the wrong type of player.

The heavy defeats may have got him the sacked but I believe him and the board had lost trust in each other long before then and the media's hounding probably had him wishing for an exit.

4. His football was diabolical and if it wasn't for Gareth maturing into an absolute phenom he would have been sacked much much earlier.

 

[JUSTINSIGNAL]

4. His football was diabolical and if it wasn't for Gareth maturing into an absolute phenom he would have been sacked much much earlier.

Personally I don't think it was anything as bad as what we witnessed under Jose.

Also, he lost one of the best central midfielders the club had ever signed in Modric, a club legend in King before he arrived, and VDV threw his toys out the pram and left before the season began.

Bale matured into a force of nature but AVB setup the team to play to his strengths, by basically giving him a free role. Bale even credited AVB with aiding his development.

 

[riggi]

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