I agree with this. He doesn't seem to command any respect from the Chelsea players, they don't like him either from the sounds of it. He's trying to change the way Chelsea play i.e. play more attractive football, but he's completely forgotten about the other end. He doesn't have a clue when it comes to the defensive side, look how high up the pitch they were when Arsenal beat them at the Bridge earlier in the season! If it was a choice between Rodgers and AVB, I'd pick Rodgers.
I think AVB has obviously made mistakes and they have been highlighted given the coverage of his club and league itself. However, He has found himself at a club that has been in need of, certainly for the last 3 windows, a bit of an overhaul of playing style and personnel.
Chelsea have employed a rigid system of 433 since 2004 where Drogba has been the fulcrum. They have payed a British record for Fernando Torres who is really supposed to be the no.1 forward at the club and future yet the system that the whole squad have been used is not one that supports Torres playing style.
Normally you would say well the club shouldn't adapt, the player should but alot of the players who have been part of that rigid system are coming to an end now and more work should have been done gradually to phase some of those players out like Ferriera, Mikel, Kalou which had it been done before AVB's arrival, would have allowed him to purchase players for the squad more suited to a flexible way of playing as opposed to the players from the old guard who clearly only feel comfortable playing the one system.
Then there is the transfer fee. You cannot spend ?ú50m on a forward and then dismiss him as a flop without trying everything to make him and the team a success. If hye was a ?ú5m signing then maybe you would cut your losses but the Torres deal has to be made to work, at least to an extent over the coming seasons.
He has also had to contend with the trio of personalities -Terry, Lampard and Drogba who obviously wield far too much influence on everything from formation to what teabags are used at the training ground. All in all, what he is being tasked to do is a pretty substantial job and is picking up the pieces from previous regimes that have failed to deal with the squad turnover for a number of reasons from bad purchases to having a manager wrongly removed from his post causing a job to be half finished.
I personally wouldn't want AVB at spurs but I do believe he would do a decent job here purely because it is much less of a job outside the standard issues of managing a big club by comparison to the numerous issues at Chelsea.
I would want Mourinho because it would give us the wow factor, a chance of recruiting players who will play for Mourinho because of who he is, a point that isn't going to be considered by many players with Redknapp. He will also get players really feeling the club and make them believe they are priveleged to be here. All in my opinion of course but I simply feel if we have a chance of getting him then we must go for it.
