To stick or to twist, the biggest dilemma of a modern day chairman.

Football managers live and die by their decisions, so do chairman.

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AVB just another costly sacrifice

Working for a King was always a tough job, the Court Jesters would often get mistreated because of their poor jokes and inadequate routines, and so it goes with Chelsea where the self appointed King of West London lives the life of a Roman Emperor in that his little thumb determines the future of the powerless man he appoints to do his bidding.

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City holding the card’s in the title race

Like any game of poker, keeping your cards close to your chest is pivotal to taking home the final pot. The same can be applied to football;

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Abramovich Holding Back The Blues

The news broke on Sunday that, following a string of bad results and growing unease around the club, Andre Villas-Boas has parted company with Chelsea Football Club. 

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Chelsea were wrong to sack AVB

A lot has been written about Andre Villas-Boas.

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The return of Jose seems the only option

On June 22 this summer, Roman Abramovich set a new precedent for expenditure in football, choosing not to throw his money at top players, but instead at a top manager.

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Another Abramovich failure in his bid to find a new Mourinho

As successful as Andre Villas-Boas was at Porto his appointment at Chelsea always looked like a ticking time bomb instead of a concrete pillar for success and stability at Stamford Bridge,  so what was Roman Abramovich's master plan?

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The Fall Of A Glorious Empire At Stamford Bridge

Once upon a time, a Rich Emperor ruled over an army that dreamt of conquering Europe backed by riches beyond the dreams of his enemies.

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AVB- A renegade who deserves time

A simple abusive tweet or maybe an offensive profanity are the usual choices for fans who don't agree with their club's manager. Football phone-ins and armchair pundits also go into overdrive at 5pm every Saturday.

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Manager shake-up in the summer?

The end of the season might still be four months away, but transfers speculations are already flowing. Interestingly enough, this summer might see the managers take over the role of main characters in the transfer window.

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Villas Boas’ to meet end in Naples?

It was all a bit too easy in the end, Ezequiel Lavezzi carving his way through the crumbs of resistance that were remaining in a hap-hazard Fiorentina defence that had been exploited repeatedly on the break before-hand, so much so that Lavezzi’s curling effort to mark the conclusion of a lung-busting 40 yard run had a faint air of the apologetic about it.

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Will Chelsea finish in the top four this season?

Love him or loathe him Andre Villas Boas certainly generates a 'marmite' response from fans. Just like the brown beef spread they either love it or hate it. Personally and although I love marmite I think AVB is a plonker but won't diss other fans for believing in him as they are Chelsea too. I just hope that I am wrong about the guy and that he pulls something out of the hat for us this term (although I have my grave doubts).

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Learning from the Spanish

In the Spanish and German leagues, Europe's elites often set-up 'B' teams, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Villa Real and even Bayern Munich have 'B' teams, that sit in the lower leagues

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Just why do Chelsea feel a reluctance to use reserves?

On the same day that Chelsea had reportedly finally managed to wrap up a £7 million deal for defender Gary Cahill, it had emerged that Andre Villas Boas was beginning to run out of patience for the lack of fertility from his academy and was planning to split the staff and players involved in the reserves from the first team.

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Time is ticking for Andre Villas-Boas but what’s different?

Chelsea FC is a club who has recently, over the past 5 years, cemented themselves as title challengers in the Premier League and cup contenders on the European stage and in England.

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