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Andre Villas-Boas - Head Coach

Pandy said:
Italy played without wingers. We have Bale and Lennon. No formation in the modern era will work with both wingers and 2 strikers, it offers far too much space through the middle. Either you can play with 2 interiores as Villarreal did so successfully a few years back with Cani and Cazorla, or you can play a narrow 4 as Milan and Italy do/have done. And even then the strikers are going to be spending plenty of time in wide areas...

We by no means have to play a striker on the wing, I'm not sure how you've come to that conclusion. Bale on one side, Lennon/ another wide player who scores more goals on the other, Ade (hopefully) through the middle. Ade's backup doesn't have to be played on the wing for no reason (assuming we would sign another striker more similar to him).

Who even says we'll definitely play 4-3-3? What about 4-2-3-1 with VDV and Sandro deep and Sigurdsson ahead of them? I seriously doubt AVB is so tactically inflexible, he isn't a fool.
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Well if we buy 1 or 2 strikers, then its going to be difficult to keep them all happy if we only play 1 of them.

4-4-2 may not be the preferred formation for most of the best teams, but I don't think it's "outdated" or that you can't win with it, as Man United have proven.
 
Jordinho said:
@BenJamesCompton White Hart Lane tour guide

AVB about to arrive at WHL for the first time.
No press conference. He's coming to do a photo shoot with Spurs TV Online.
‏AVB just took pictures of the stadium on his Blackberry with his coaching team. Now doing an interview with Spurs TV in the Oak Room.
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Soon to be ex-White Hart Lane tour guide?? This is what he thought about AVB a few weeks ago....


Ben James Compton ‏@BenJamesCompton 18 Jun
I'm sorry but this guy is a clown. Trying to come round to the idea of him being our manager... It isn't happening. http://pic.twitter.com/AP4e9T4Q
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Ben James Compton ‏@BenJamesCompton
Just met AVB. Very strong handshake but he wasn't wearing any socks.#AVB

Blown them right off!
 
Milas_Spur said:
Soon to be ex-White Hart Lane tour guide?? This is what he thought about AVB a few weeks ago....


Ben James Compton ‏@BenJamesCompton 18 Jun
I'm sorry but this guy is a clown. Trying to come round to the idea of him being our manager... It isn't happening. http://pic.twitter.com/AP4e9T4Q
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absolutely, and the fact he keeps twittering whilst working

fcuk him off Levy
 
Jurgen the German said:
Well if we buy 1 or 2 strikers, then its going to be difficult to keep them all happy if we only play 1 of them.

4-4-2 may not be the preferred formation for most of the best teams, but I don't think it's "outdated" or that you can't win with it, as Man United have proven.
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Not really, Adebayor (hopefully) + a back-up share lone striker time, and maybe if we get a RWF they will be capable and willing to play up front when needed. Man Utd very rarely play in a proper 4-4-2 anymore, regardless of how the BBC/Sky like to portray it, they haven't for years. There is a reason barely anyone plays it anymore, in any incarnation let alone as a 'pure' 4-4-2, it's outdated. Modern football is focused on the tussle for control in midfield, 3/4 men in the middle is imperative. Even on the rare occasion that 4-4-2 is used, one striker normally falls back into midfield to essentially make it 4-4-1-1 when the team doesn't have the ball.
 
africanspurs said:
incidentally, rumour has it that you could be right about thelack of support from the owners to execs. i dont think he had much REAL support.
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I am mate...he was shafted for sure...they all took a massive brick on him once they realized it was actually happening and that the "revolt" was so strong. I'm telling you mate, this is going to prove to be fantastically shrewd...
 
I am very, very excited to see how Bale develops under AVB's coaching. I think he will take some leaps and bounds, I seriously do...@African, don't be nervous, the man's fastidious, determined and focussed...
 
thfcsteff said:
I am mate...he was shafted for sure...they all took a massive brick on him once they realized it was actually happening and that the "revolt" was so strong. I'm telling you mate, this is going to prove to be fantastically shrewd...
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Exactly what I think happened too.
 
nayimfromthehalfwayline said:
That leaked document of AVBs scouting of Saudi Sportswashing Machine in 2005 was genuine -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU409a0XQNA&feature=related

Just after 13 minutes, from the horses mouth
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Wow what an arrogant prick.

Lol no seriously, he comes across as completely and utterly humble as I suspected all along he was, further making me believe the Chelsea stint was completely out of character.

Also interesting is his small analysis of English teams vs Spanish for example. Some have been worried that he will make us play a style of play that is totally unsuited for the league, as if he is unaware of the difference from where he came from. But he seems perfectly aware, so it's also not something I'm worried about at all.
 
BrainOfLevy said:
Wow what an arrogant prick.

Lol no seriously, he comes across as completely and utterly humble as I suspected all along he was, further making me believe the Chelsea stint was completely out of character.

Also interesting is his small analysis of English teams vs Spanish for example. Some have been worried that he will make us play a style of play that is totally unsuited for the league, as if he is unaware of the difference from where he came from. But he seems perfectly aware, so it's also not something I'm worried about at all.
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I've said for some time that I think the ultra Alpha-male, corporate atmosphere at Chelsea was perfectly wrong for AVB. Billionaires on yachts, lawyers, narcissistic players, everyone a Master of the Universe. AVB probably felt an increasingly ratcheted-up level of testosterone and macho-man carry-on, and being young and relatively inexperienced, felt he had to compete on those terms. Which is way, way too much pressure to take one while trying to churn out a winning side.

When people talk about "player power" forcing him out, I suspect it was more along the lines above than a straight-up mutiny. Lots of passive-aggressive stuff going on, meetings at night with the owner in the penthouse of a Mayfair hotel. All that sub-James Bond/Bourne Identity brick. AVB over-compensated and ultimately couldn't out-muscle them all.

Moral of the story: give him a bit of love, let him relax, focus on the football with a bunch of technical and non-troublemaking players (even Chicken Badge is behaving well in the departing) and AVB and Spurs could be a perfect match.
 
BrainOfLevy said:
Wow what an arrogant prick.

Lol no seriously, he comes across as completely and utterly humble as I suspected all along he was, further making me believe the Chelsea stint was completely out of character.

Also interesting is his small analysis of English teams vs Spanish for example. Some have been worried that he will make us play a style of play that is totally unsuited for the league, as if he is unaware of the difference from where he came from. But he seems perfectly aware, so it's also not something I'm worried about at all.
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all AVB detractors should watch this video of AVB. he has great communication skills, very good command of english, and comes across as a really nice chap to have a football discussion with.
 
chancer said:
I've said for some time that I think the ultra Alpha-male, corporate atmosphere at Chelsea was perfectly wrong for AVB. Billionaires on yachts, lawyers, narcissistic players, everyone a Master of the Universe. AVB probably felt an increasingly ratcheted-up level of testosterone and macho-man carry-on, and being young and relatively inexperienced, felt he had to compete on those terms. Which is way, way too much pressure to take one while trying to churn out a winning side.

When people talk about "player power" forcing him out, I suspect it was more along the lines above than a straight-up mutiny. Lots of passive-aggressive stuff going on, meetings at night with the owner in the penthouse of a Mayfair hotel. All that sub-James Bond/Bourne Identity brick. AVB over-compensated and ultimately couldn't out-muscle them all.

Moral of the story: give him a bit of love, let him relax, focus on the football with a bunch of technical and non-troublemaking players (even Chicken Badge is behaving well in the departing) and AVB and Spurs could be a perfect match.
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You could also add that having worked at Chelsea before in a coaching/subordinate role, it could have had a negative impact when he came back trying to assert his authority on their team.

One funny thing I read recently was a newspaper article criticising him for being too active on the sideline shouting out orders which was funny as the general theme seems to be that managers who just sit on the bench dont care enough.
 
indianspur said:
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Haha, good spot! Love child??
 
BrainOfLevy said:
Wow what an arrogant prick.

Lol no seriously, he comes across as completely and utterly humble as I suspected all along he was, further making me believe the Chelsea stint was completely out of character.

Also interesting is his small analysis of English teams vs Spanish for example. Some have been worried that he will make us play a style of play that is totally unsuited for the league, as if he is unaware of the difference from where he came from. But he seems perfectly aware, so it's also not something I'm worried about at all.
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yet thats exactly what he did at chelsea i thought?
 
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