Wednesday 22 June 2011

Youngster set for Chelsea


You would normally associate that title with Chelsea snapping up a new young player but not this time my friends. This is the news Andre Villas-boas is set to become the new Chelsea manager at the tender age of 33. I had to check the birthdays of a few of the Chelsea players this morning as I thought we may have the interesting scenario of a player being older than the manager but it is not to be (Drogba and Lampard come very close though).

I don’t know much about Villa-Boas but i have seen the stats and they don’t lie, some of his fantastic achievements in such a short time include –
  • ·         Being the youngest ever manager to win the UEFA Europa league
  • ·         Achieving the most wins in European competition in one season by a Portuguese club (14)
  • ·         The highest number of consecutive wins in the Portuguese league (16)
  • ·         Only the second team to win the Portuguese  championship without losing
  • ·         Winning the treble in his first season at Porto


Like I said those stats don’t lie and stats like that in your first season soon make Jose look like the ordinary one, I really have a strong feeling that this is the man to make Chelsea a real contender again but time will tell, Baz says this is gonna be a good appointment though

While where on the subject here’s a trivia question too (no prizes for the winner but lots of pride)

Who is the youngest ever manager to manage in the English football league?

Answers on a post card, or failing that in the comments box below

Cheers
Baz!

3 comments:

  1. Sorry fellas the answers was old Turnip head himself Graham Taylor, in December 1972 Graham took over at Lincoln City, he went on to win the Fourth Division title 4 years later to, go Graham!

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