I think AVB never got a fair chance here.
Chelsea obviously recruited their own players and then player politics came in when the likes of Terry started revolting from the bench.
At Spurs he got them their highest ever points total. Again Spurs got Baldini who then recruited his own player of the back of the Bale sale.
They sacked him when he was trying to fit in 6-7 signings and while he was still getting decent results.
The only thing that happened was some high profile thrashings but we suffered exactly the same that season. The 2 notable ones were against Liverpool for them but they had Suarez who we've seen does it against pretty much everyone now.