Pressure mounting on Villas-Boas at Chelsea - SI.com.
When Chelsea selected ex-Porto manager Andre Villas-Boas to be their new leader last summer,
many fans were scratching their heads to figure out who he was, and why he was chosen, but people
in the game however, had no reservations about his ability to lead the London club back to it's
trophy winning ways, as he had led Porto to a treble winning season in 2011 with Portuguese
League, Cup and Europa League triumphs.
Gold Cup loss was final nail for Bradley World Soccer Yahoo! Sports.
Today, the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) dismissed MNT coach Bob Bradley
following months of speculation about his future. The USA's defeat in the Gold Cup Final against
Mexico was thought to have been the final straw for the former Chicago Fire man, but a period of
inactivity since that game led some people to beleive, me included, that he had weathered the
storm.
By Chris Wright
Word on Pies Street (and on 'National Newspaper Boulevard') is that Chelsea could have a new
manager in place by the end of this week and that that man will be none other than Porto's
international bright young thing Andre Villas-Boas.
Going into the Turkish national team match against Belgium this past Friday, much of the
speculation was on how the Turks would do against Belgium. Turkey needed maximum points against the
Belgians in order to consolidate second position in Group A of the Euro 2012 qualifiers. With
Belgium to play three matches after their match against Turkey, and with Turkey having four matches
left after the match against Belgium, the Turks needed maximum points.
Qualification for Euro 2012 begins again next month next month and I thought it was a good time
to review what has happened so far in qualifying.
It is no surprise to see holders and world champions Spain on maximum points along with Germany
and the Netherlands. Russia and Norway, revived by Egil Olsen, have also made a perfect start,
while Montenegro have been hugely impressive in their debut campaign.
One thing stands out for me of late and that's the Chelsea bench. Not just the players sitting
there and the lack of squad depth, I am talking of the void next to Carlo. For me anyway there
seems to be something missing, the link between the players and Carlo.
Everyone of course has an opinion about Butch Wilkins and is entitled to theirs.
