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If I wasn't on my iPhone I'd be agreeing with this. I share your concerns about AVB and I'm surprised so many people are so confident that he'll do well. Ignoring all the excuses, however valid they may be, he performed poorly with a side that were expected to be mounting a title challenge and this is his most recent managerial 'achievement'.
Obviously I hope that if he does get the job, he does well but we all know that if we lose a few games the press are going to be all over him and the pressure will mount quickly. He didn't seem to deal with it so well at Chelsea...
Therein lies the problem. Those who 'expected to be mounting a title challenge' were obviously not listening to the man when he told them of his plans to revamp the club. Even TSO would find it impossible to maintain a title challenge whilst restructuring the squad.
Whilst I agree that a note of caution is required, as it would with ANY managerial appointment (apart from Jose that is), using the Cheatski experience as the defining argument is flawed, that much is obvious based on the evidence.
When you really think about it, to be sacked when you are occupying 4th, in the FA Cup and CL QF's and all whilst in the process of overhauling an ageing squad can hardly be viewed as a failure. TSO has always stated that he did his best work in his second season, I suspect that, had RA backed him and given him that 2nd season, AVB and Cheatski would be a serious force.