tam watp 77 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Zenit St Petersburg have confirmed the appointment of Andre Villas-Boas as their new coach.The 36-year-old former Chelsea, Tottenham and Porto chief will officially take charge of Zenit on Thursday, the day after the second leg of their Champions League last-16 clash with Borussia Dortmund.Villas-Boas replaces Italian Luciano Spalletti, who was sacked after a poor run of form which saw just one win in 11 games.Villas-Boas has agreed a two-year deal at the Petrovsky Stadium. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 He's still young enough to come back and be a success in a major league but it looks like he's going down the Juande Ramos route - did well in his native country, flopped in England and now does the rounds at Eastern European clubs for silly money. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamie 4,830 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Terrible manager.His porto team had Moutinho, Hulk and Falcao.if you had those 3 in any team you'd expect to win things. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
laudrupno1 3,932 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Wonder how long he'll last Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,628 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 He's made an absolute fortune failing at big clubs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,718 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Likes the big transfer budgets does AVB.How much did he spend at Chelsea and Spurs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearethemighty 186 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Imo he should have waited before trying manage in Britain Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Wonder what they expect, seems strange Spalletti was sacked Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,713 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Anzhi look certain to go down, quite shocked at that. Even with all the player departures. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted March 18, 2014 Share Posted March 18, 2014 Anzhi look certain to go down, quite shocked at that. Even with all the player departures.Even more bizarre is that they've had quite a decent Europa League run Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperLeeMcCulloch 2,330 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Wonder what they expect, seems strange Spalletti was sackedOnly ever watch them in the Champions League and theyve been poor almost every game even though they somehow made it through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackg93 441 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I like avb, I honestly think he's got so much potential as a coach.The Chelsea move was a bit too soon for him, and unfortunately he was never going to get The time Jose will be afforded this reign. Tottenham were unlucky last season in terms of cl football and he paid price this season. He will come back stronger and manage one of the elite clubs in the future. Ps I bet he regrets not talking to psg this season now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I felt he was unlucky at Spurs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilstonloyal 186 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hes left spurs in a mess with the amount of shite he bought Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,718 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Apparantly it was the people above him at Spurs who sanctioned the deals, well if his final interviews are to be believed.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Hes left spurs in a mess with the amount of shite he boughtHe wasn't responsible for the majority of the players signed. Baldini & Levy were. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,718 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 He wanted Willian but got Lamella...Can anyone see Lamella having a future at Spurs? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 He wanted Willian but got Lamella...Can anyone see Lamella having a future at Spurs?I think there was a report that said he wanted Moutinho, Villa & Hulk too.He'll be sold back to Italy in the Summer IMO. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,718 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I think there was a report that said he wanted Moutinho, Villa & Hulk too.He'll be sold back to Italy in the Summer IMO.Those 4 players would have made a huge difference to his and Spurs future.With the funds he had he must have been baffeled at what they did bring in....of course they were talented players but you need the right balance.I was stunned there was not a bigger scrambled for Villa when he became available, would have made the difference to a Chelsea or Arsenal IMO.You think they will recoup back most of the fee on Lamella? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Those 4 players would have made a huge difference to his and Spurs future.With the funds he had he must have been baffeled at what they did bring in....of course they were talented players but you need the right balance.I was stunned there was not a bigger scrambled for Villa when he became available, would have made the difference to a Chelsea or Arsenal IMO.You think they will recoup back most of the fee on Lamella?They've still got a lot of good players but for whatever reason it just really hasn't worked for the majority of them.I know yeah. Villa for 5 million, even with his age and injury histories was an absolute bargain who would have done a job for most teams.I'm not sure what they would get for him but I wouldn't surprised if he went out on a season long loan with an option to buy for about half of what they paid for him though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,718 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 They've still got a lot of good players but for whatever reason it just really hasn't worked for the majority of them.I know yeah. Villa for 5 million, even with his age and injury histories was an absolute bargain who would have done a job for most teams.I'm not sure what they would get for him but I wouldn't surprised if he went out on a season long loan with an option to buy for about half of what they paid for him though.It's strange guys like Paulinho have been benched in favour of guys like Bentaleb who I don't really see doing much at all.Soldado has been a major dissapointment, you see him screaming in the box for the cross to come in but it always seems to late or never reaches him. Most of his goals have came from penalties which says it all. I expected better things from him as in Spain he was usually a 15-20 goal a season man.Erikson is the one who I feel has impressed the most but still seems to look out of sorts in the side. Whatever happens it's clear Sherwood is gone come the summer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 It's strange guys like Paulinho have been benched in favour of guys like Bentaleb who I don't really see doing much at all.Soldado has been a major dissapointment, you see him screaming in the box for the cross to come in but it always seems to late or never reaches him. Most of his goals have came from penalties which says it all. I expected better things from him as in Spain he was usually a 15-20 goal a season man.Erikson is the one who I feel has impressed the most but still seems to look out of sorts in the side. Whatever happens it's clear Sherwood is gone come the summer.They need to get a manager who can get a system to get the best out of them all but is that going to happen considering they are mostly board signings?Sherwood started well but he's tailed off something horrible. I reckon Van Gaal will end up there, but if the Man Utd job comes up they might go for Pochettino or Martinez instead.It seems weird seeing Spurs having such a poor time in terms of getting so many signings wrong and making such a major fuck up with their managerial appointments (again) because they are usually quite good in that regard. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 They need to get a manager who can get a system to get the best out of them all but is that going to happen considering they are mostly board signings?Sherwood started well but he's tailed off something horrible. I reckon Van Gaal will end up there, but if the Man Utd job comes up they might go for Pochettino or Martinez instead.It seems weird seeing Spurs having such a poor time in terms of getting so many signings wrong and making such a major fuck up with their managerial appointments (again) because they are usually quite good in that regard.Is Lamela injured or just totally out of favour? 30 million ffs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Godfather 71,718 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Back in training actually, although not sure how much a part he will play. Looked well out of sorts when fit Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,752 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Is Lamela injured or just totally out of favour? 30 million ffs.I think he's just out of favour. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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