Mr Popodopolous wrote:Aidan11 wrote:Mr Popodopolous wrote:Aidan11 wrote:Even Mark Hughes would have been a better choice.
Well.... He lacks experience to say the least, but how many European competitions has Hughes won? He's had a chance to win the Europa League with Blackburn and Man City but hasn't. It's not the CL but Blackburn and arguably Man City historically speaking are not as big as Porto. Hell, if we measure by European Cups then neither are Chelsea.
But why does Abramovich want this Aston Villa-Boas or whatever his name is?
Hiddink was in the frame but if they couldn't get him why not go for another big name? Hands up anyone on here who had heard of this bloke two weeks ago.
Well yes, Hiddink would have been a better choice I'm sure. He (Villa-Boas) is incredibly inexperienced and this would surely be a major concern- maybe Abramovich wants to build something for the long term, but then this would go against absolutely everything he's done at Chelsea to date. This though is a once great Chelsea side surely in need of a fair amount of regeneration- so an up and coming manager may be the one to fit the bill if this is Abramovich's line of thinking.
As for your final point though, well yeah followers of European football would surely have heard of him. A good article on what he would bring to the table...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/footba ... hance.html
Like I said yesterday, his attention to detail is fantastic...
http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/arc ... 27022a.pdf
Aidan11 wrote:I think managers now see Chelsea as a nice way do earn a decent bit of wedge for a few months.
Otherwise no-one would touch it.
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braveneutral wrote:Rodgers turns down the opportunity to speak to Liverpool.
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braveneutral wrote:Rodgers turns down the opportunity to speak to Liverpool.
cricketfan90 wrote:braveneutral wrote:Rodgers turns down the opportunity to speak to Liverpool.
good to see that...he's doing a good job at swansea and can build something special there.
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