André Villas-Boas is Already Very Brave

Steven Cohen: Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is Already Very Brave

There is a new sheriff in town and he is not going anywhere any time soon

A month ago AVB looked to be in serious trouble. It must have been true because the English media said it was. What they said was that if Chelsea did not win its next three very important matches that AVB would become just the latest victim of Roman Abromovich. He would add to why Chelsea can never balance its books because the club is always having to pay obscene amounts of money to managers who it summarily fires for infractions as awful as having been one year removed from having won the double.

Villas-Boas is not that guy and he is not in that category. I believe that somewhere and somehow the message has gotten through to the Chelsea players, or four or five who think they run the club, that there is a new sheriff in town and he is not going anywhere.

The results speak for themselves. A commanding 3-0 win away at Newcastle was followed by a monstrous performance by Didier Drogba at home in a must-win game against Valencia, and that was only eclipsed by inviting league-leader Manchester City to The Bridge to destroy its hope of an unbeaten season.