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I’m reliably informed that in Chelsea fan circles, André Villas-Boas is simply referred to as “AVB”. Me? I’m going with “Bish-Bosh“.

Barney Ronay in The Guardian: I learned … the correct pronunciation of Villas-Boas, which is “Bee-yash-Bow-yash”. This is quite difficult if you’re a native Anglophone and it is perhaps best to imagine the phrase “bish-bosh” pronounced in the lingering accents … Continue reading →

I’ve started weighing up the things that Villas-Boas has to worry about in his new role at Chelsea. The first thing that jumps to mind is that the spine of his team is getting quite old: Frank Lampard is 33 … Continue reading →

Asked about Fernando Torres, here’s what Villas-Boas had to say: ‘We faced this question last year at Porto with a striker of the quality of Falcao. He was a striker who didn’t find the back of the net in pre-season … Continue reading →

It’s a good read and runs a bit deeper than the “call me the group one” quickies in most of the papers. Plainly, he is completely different from any other 33-year-old. As the flock of photographers swarmed around the top … Continue reading →

Quote from The Guardian: Chelsea’s players are due to report back for training at Cobham next Monday, and the Vitesse fixture had been arranged under the previous regime for 9 July, just five days later. Villas-Boas considered that too soon … Continue reading →