Other than the money he chunks at his team, Roman Abramovich is a horrible, short-sighted owner. I think AVB could have been great without the "old guard" constantly undermining him. The goal when AVB was hired was to revamp Chelsea; surely those higher up had to know there would be a mildly lean period while things were changing. Also, for all the money Abramovich has thrown at his team over the years, he barely gave AVB any financial backing to lure the kind of players key to his new coach's methods.
I'm not a Chelsea fan-- but I was excited to see what Andre Villas-Boas would do in the Premier League. It's a shame he got his chance at Chelsea.
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