da poker: Another season goes by and another manager is relieved of his duties at Stamford Bridge, as Roman Abramovich decides that enough is enough and Andre Villas-Boas leaves West London with his pride dented, reputation tainted, although a nice huge Roman pay-off. The Portuguese manager will no doubt become stronger for the experience and will look to his next job to prove all his doubters wrong.
da dobrowin: While AVB sits back and contemplates the next move, his former assistant Roberto Di Matteo has stepped in as caretaker boss until the end of the season, with the brief to ensure that Chelsea finish in the top four this season. It promises to be a tough task, and he has brought in another ex-Chelsea man, Eddie Newton, to help assist him with the job in hand.
Both Di Matteo and Newton appeared to be in good spirits at Cobham this week and they took the time out to have a little pep talk with John Terry and Ashley Cole. But what were the team discussing?
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