Andre Villas-Boas the Impossible Job at Chelsea
It looks as though Chelsea have got their man. Andre Villas- Boas the next big up and coming coach is to be the new manager of Chelsea.Now it may not be the impo sible job but he sure has got a
Chandler Hutchison Jersey hell of job on his hands now with Romans Army. He must show a lot ofcharacter over the coming weeks and months, to take a strong squad in hand and show he is no Mini Mourinho. The Shadow ofMourinho still looms large over Chelsea and its squad. Even a double Champions League winner couldnt shake it off and he won the double.Villas-Boas is clearly a clever man, hisrecord suggests that if good sound football menMourinho and the late great Sir Bobby Robson have you on board as part of their coaching team then you must be doing something right. But he must shake off the image that many Chelsea players still have of him as the stats man, the man who scouted
Otto Porter Jr. Jersey theopposition so clinically and profe sionally and he must start to show the dynamism that Porto so clearly saw and felt last season.He is only 33, which is the same age as many of Chelsea players are including the likes of Lampardand Drogba. Age I know is a mere number but Villas-Boas will need to be seen to hit the ground running. What isnt much known about him is how politically savvy he isin what is avery political club. Mourinhofor all his faults was a master at playing football politics he knew how to present himself to both fans and players alike and he came to Chelsea with bigger clout. He could claim he was the special one and lay down a marker,he could walk into the dre sing room and put a Champions League Winners Medal on the table, something Villas-Boas cannot yet do.Chelsea, for some time now, has been a victim of perceived player power with Cech, Drogba and Terry at the front seem to have the owners ear. Villas-Boas will have some tough choices to make about his squad. Does he start to change the mentality of the club and buy
Justin Holiday Jersey in younger talent that he can mould into his own ways and own footballing philosophy?If he does get the job it could indicate a change in Chelseas thinking from grabbing the big names of previous years Scolari, Ancelotti tofathering a more intelligent and academic approach. But this would all hinge on whether Roman will ever get out of
Noah Vonleh Jersey the habit of acting as a creature of whim. This is the owner after all who after deciding on a more stringent approach at the start of the season and getting rid of 5 senior players then went and spent 75 million in January.Villas-Boas must also find a way of getting the most out of Abramovichsvanity buys. Mourinhostruggled with Shevchenkoand went. Ancelottihad Torres put upon him and look how that turned out. If Torres doesnt start scoring early next season he may soon have to start to look over his shoulder.Villas-Boas is now no longer the apprentice, he left Stamford Bridge e sentially a data analyst and now returns as coach presenting one hell of a change in
Lauri Markkanen Jersey a short period of time. Does his appointment represent Abramovichs gamble during his time at Chelsea? Arguably yes, but everyone at Chelsea is beholden to their master in the shadows Mr Abramovichwill do as he pleases. Villas- Boas will quickly have to decide whether is he going to play puppet or be his own master.Like his previous master Mourinho hes not short of an ego otherwise he wouldnt have taken the job whether he gets the time to complete the job is a different matter.