VILLAS-BOAS: SHARED EXPERIENCES
After arriving in Malaysia for the first time, Andre Villas-Boas has been quickly down to business, explaining his plans for the first leg of our summer tour.
The squad touched down to a hot and humid Kuala Lumpur afternoon on Monday, and after transferring to the team hotel the manager faced questions from local media about his plans on formations, the transfer market and how he will approach Thursday's game against a local representative 11.
'We will continue in our philosophy in the first game with two teams for 45 minutes,' Villas-Boas said.
'At the moment that's the philosophy we want to keep, as we have done against Wycombe and Portsmouth, so that will happen again and from then on we will see how the preparation goes.
'We are trying to build on a new way of playing and getting together ideas, and hopefully by August 7, when we initiate the week running into the Stoke game we will be already almost with the experiences we need to bring us to success against Stoke.
'I don't want to focus a lot on formations, these kind of players offer the flexibility to play in various different ways so it is not just a question of formation giving me more than another one. With what they have we will try to find a better way to play so that they can potentiate their own talent.
'There is plenty of talent in this squad as I told you before and I want to believe the players can still find new things in them to exploit.
'It's always them that offer to me rather than myself offering to them.'
The travelling party includes 26 players, with Petr Cech and Alex both travelling despite carrying minor injuries that have prevented their action in either of our previous pre-season games.
'We have nothing out of the ordinary apart from obviously Michael [Essien] who of course didn't travel with the team, it's a big blow for us, not only as a player but what he represents as a person,' the manager reported, referring to the cruciate ligament injury that will keep the Ghanaian midfielder out for some six months.
'Regarding other injuries it is just normal pre-season injuries and discomforts due to the amount of training the players have been doing and the intensity they are putting in in training sessions. There is nothing out of the ordinary with Alex and Petr Cech and you will readily see them back.
'I think it was fair based on the people around this year, who weren't around when Chelsea finished last season, for me to take a look at them and that's why we took the decision to bring Patrick [van Aanholt], Ryan [Bertrand] and Daniel [Sturridge], Billy Clifford and [Slobodan] Rajkovic, and [Gael] Kakuta who has left us for Colombia for the [Under 20] World Cup. It's important for me to see them in training sessions and that's what we are trying to do.'
Asked whether some of his squad would be regarded as 'untouchable', a phrase used by his former boss and predecessor Jose Mourinho, Villas-Boas suggested there was no reason why not if players are performing at their highest level.
'Untouchable is a person who continuously performs at a high level,' he said. 'Based on the trophies these players have won before and the success they have had, aren't these the players you want in the end? Could be, no?
'As long as people are able to perform in training and the expectations of the fans and to a level of performance that is high and enables them to be in the starting 11 continuously I don't see why it shouldn't happen.
'The most important thing for a leader is to be coherent in the decisions that he takes and it's a principle I cannot let go. As long as people are able to perform to the highest level as top players, which they are, and the past also shows, then I have no problem with that.'
Villas-Boas was not with the club last time we were in Malaysia three years ago, but is happy to be making up for lost time in 2011.
'We are glad to be sharing these experiences with you here,' he told the local journalists, 'and it was important for us to touch on the Asian market and the number of fans we have in Asia.
'It is nothing new that top European teams move abroad, not only to show themselves to the fans based abroad but also to get together. It is going to be an intense 15 days, this is always important, and you can do it in Asia or Europe or America, but it is always important for us to touch on the people that love us that are far away from us.'
by : chelsea,
The squad touched down to a hot and humid Kuala Lumpur afternoon on Monday, and after transferring to the team hotel the manager faced questions from local media about his plans on formations, the transfer market and how he will approach Thursday's game against a local representative 11.
'We will continue in our philosophy in the first game with two teams for 45 minutes,' Villas-Boas said.
'At the moment that's the philosophy we want to keep, as we have done against Wycombe and Portsmouth, so that will happen again and from then on we will see how the preparation goes.
'We are trying to build on a new way of playing and getting together ideas, and hopefully by August 7, when we initiate the week running into the Stoke game we will be already almost with the experiences we need to bring us to success against Stoke.
'I don't want to focus a lot on formations, these kind of players offer the flexibility to play in various different ways so it is not just a question of formation giving me more than another one. With what they have we will try to find a better way to play so that they can potentiate their own talent.
'There is plenty of talent in this squad as I told you before and I want to believe the players can still find new things in them to exploit.
'It's always them that offer to me rather than myself offering to them.'
The travelling party includes 26 players, with Petr Cech and Alex both travelling despite carrying minor injuries that have prevented their action in either of our previous pre-season games.
'We have nothing out of the ordinary apart from obviously Michael [Essien] who of course didn't travel with the team, it's a big blow for us, not only as a player but what he represents as a person,' the manager reported, referring to the cruciate ligament injury that will keep the Ghanaian midfielder out for some six months.
'Regarding other injuries it is just normal pre-season injuries and discomforts due to the amount of training the players have been doing and the intensity they are putting in in training sessions. There is nothing out of the ordinary with Alex and Petr Cech and you will readily see them back.
'I think it was fair based on the people around this year, who weren't around when Chelsea finished last season, for me to take a look at them and that's why we took the decision to bring Patrick [van Aanholt], Ryan [Bertrand] and Daniel [Sturridge], Billy Clifford and [Slobodan] Rajkovic, and [Gael] Kakuta who has left us for Colombia for the [Under 20] World Cup. It's important for me to see them in training sessions and that's what we are trying to do.'
Asked whether some of his squad would be regarded as 'untouchable', a phrase used by his former boss and predecessor Jose Mourinho, Villas-Boas suggested there was no reason why not if players are performing at their highest level.
'Untouchable is a person who continuously performs at a high level,' he said. 'Based on the trophies these players have won before and the success they have had, aren't these the players you want in the end? Could be, no?
'As long as people are able to perform in training and the expectations of the fans and to a level of performance that is high and enables them to be in the starting 11 continuously I don't see why it shouldn't happen.
'The most important thing for a leader is to be coherent in the decisions that he takes and it's a principle I cannot let go. As long as people are able to perform to the highest level as top players, which they are, and the past also shows, then I have no problem with that.'
Villas-Boas was not with the club last time we were in Malaysia three years ago, but is happy to be making up for lost time in 2011.
'We are glad to be sharing these experiences with you here,' he told the local journalists, 'and it was important for us to touch on the Asian market and the number of fans we have in Asia.
'It is nothing new that top European teams move abroad, not only to show themselves to the fans based abroad but also to get together. It is going to be an intense 15 days, this is always important, and you can do it in Asia or Europe or America, but it is always important for us to touch on the people that love us that are far away from us.'
by : chelsea,
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