AVB's Presser Today

by Gil Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:21 pm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/dec/09/andre-villas-boas-chelsea-gary-neville?newsfeed=true

I think I'm in love. :bow:

Happy that someone has finally mentioned Ba was initially offside. As he touched upon in his press conference, this probably would have been pointed out much earlier if we weren't named Chelsea.

by lszanto Fri Dec 09, 2011 11:45 pm

B.O.S.S

by El Chelsea Fuerte Sat Dec 10, 2011 12:07 am

"I'm nobody to criticise [Neville's] opinion, but when he takes this ridiculous route I have to defend [my player]," said Villas-Boas. "You cannot be a top English defender like [Neville] was, and a top Manchester United defender like he's been [and say this] and I'd say this to his face with most pleasure.

"You cannot approach a top Brazil central defender, a player of tremendous aspirations and talent, saying he's commanded by a kid with a PlayStation. That's ridiculous. He plays for the team with most titles, so be careful with what you're saying.

"Nor can you speculate about Chelsea's dressing room. What does he know about the Chelsea dressing room? … Have you been here? Do you know where Cobham is? You don't even know how to get here. You cannot speculate or invent based on assumptions or speculation. Some people can have more or less an idea. But not him. He cannot know. I'm normally indifferent, not watching on the telly to see what these people say. But I was watching the television at that moment, and I was gobsmacked."

"When it is comic criticism, and the lack of in-depth criticism from top ex-professional players, I think I have to defend myself and my players. I have to be aggressive. That's fair. We know most of these people we are speaking about have a direct past related to single clubs, which are their favourite clubs, which in the end brings a likely biased position in their opinion-making."

"Alan Pardew made a big scandal out of this but the guy [Ba] is offside," Villas-Boas said. "Maybe the linesman should have done his work, and maybe Pardew was lucky. He even got a free-kick which Ryan Taylor could have scored from, Luiz got a yellow card and I got a player suspended. So maybe, now, I should get the card rescinded. And this is the same manager, who got a [dubious] penalty at Old Trafford to get a 1-1, making a big scandal out of this. And then it was 'it got our players injured, because David Luiz wasn't sent off'. Come on."

OWNED

Finally we have someone brave enough to speak to up to the media.