Villas Boas has some serious thinking to do

Today's 2-1 loss to the scousers shows that Chelsea have some serious issues to sort out if they are to boost there title credentials. The clear lack of flair in the forward play of the Blues and the shocking defensive options they bolster these days, reeks of an ageing and untalented side.

Villas Boas or AVB has some very big questions to answer to the very impatient Chelsea faithful, and with the lack of security for most managers in the Chelsea position it can be safe to say that after tonight's performance against Liverpool, AVB may find it very hard to sleep tonight.

The ever growing problems surrounding the comical defending of David Luiz would be enough to keep any manager occupied, and it strikes me as amazing that the Chelsea manager persists with the Sideshow Bob wannabee in his backline. Surely if Luiz is to feature in his Chelsea team then he should be played as a forward going midfielder, or at the very least as a full-back. Branislav Ivanovic is a quality centre half, and he is wasted as a right-back as was obvious with the laughable defending of both Luiz and Terry at the centre of defence, and the big-headed Serb could have added much more security to the centre of the defence. It is fair to say that both Luiz and Terry were not helped by the poor performance of Obi Mikel in the holding role, and yet again it's another defensive issue that Chelsea must sort out, as Mikel simply has not got the pace nor the talent to play in a top four side in the Premier League.


With their gathering defensive problems, including Jose Bosingwa's mono-brow, mounting on the shoulders of AVB, the lack of a guaranteed goalscorer is also not helping the Juan Mata lookalike. With his Spanish twin looking like Chelsea's only true world class player at the moment, the main goal threat for Chelsea looks like there 33 year old midfielder Lampard. With Torres and Drogba failing to fire this season, surely it is about time more responsibility was placed on Daniel Sturridge and he looks like the only Chelsea striker at the moment who can actually find the back of the net.

AVB has to really take time and try and fix these defensive and attacking frailties that have cost his side this season, and if they are not addressed soon, Chelsea could be looking at a real scrap to even achieve Champions League football next season.

'AVB has some serious thinking to if he is going to make Chelsea Premier League challengers once again, and he has to start pleasing the ever demanding Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich.'