PL, the media are unconvinced about AVB because of his failure at Chelsea. They do not have an agenda because that may imply that they have a personal vendetta against him, which I refuse to believe is the case. I think it's unfair that the bigger picture is not taken into account when you look at the Chelsea team last season, there are obviously many players at Chelsea who hold a lot of sway over Abramovich and it's clear the likes of Terry, Cole and Lampard are very powerful. Di Matteo is a brick manager and a puppet so he's happy just to have such a prestigious job, regardless of the fact that Terry more than likely runs the team. So in that sense, AVB had a tough job, but the bottom line is, he didn't get the results. It's a results driven business. The criticism of AVB will stop if we perform well and there is no disharmony within the squad. He can be a bit prickly during interviews, but he's by no means the worst manager in the country to interview, cough cough King Kenny.
Many people last season predicted Swansea to go down and yet they only lost to two of the top 6 clubs at home, they stayed up easily and played some great football. Rodgers was also shafted by the club in their failure to bring another striker in.
