I applaud AVB for what he attempted. To take on the senior players and make drastic changes takes balls to do. I also thank him for bringing in Romeu and Mata, two great talents. All the Chelsea "fans" on Facebook fan pages screaming for AVB to be sacked got their wish. What did they think would happen? Back to winning ways?
It was a rash decision, but I can see Roman's reasoning even if I don't agree with it. If we don't get into the top 4, how dreadful would that be? All of that CL revenue would be gone and despite being in "Europe's elite", who would want to play for us? FFP is important, but we need to spend some serious money to sort out the squad.
I'd take losing to Birmingham and Napoli if it meant securing the 4th spot.