Source: Team_Talk
Holland proud of Blues promotion
ewly-appointed Chelsea assistant first-team coach Steve Holland is excited by the philosophy manager Andre Villas-Boas is looking to employ.[LNB] Holland was this week promoted from reserve-team coach to a more senior role, where he will work as part of former Porto manager Villas-Boas' new-look backroom team.[LNB]Roberto Di Matteo, Jose Mario Rocha and Daniel Sousa have been drafted in by Villas-Boas to work with existing goalkeeping coach Christophe Lollichon and Holland, who says he is excited by the prospect of Chelsea under their new leadership structure.[LNB]"It has been as strange week," he told the club's official website. "This time last week I was in Spain with my family and Andre called me, asking whether I would like to be involved with the first-team staff for next season.[LNB]"Half a second later I said yes and was on the way home. I spent most of last weekend in a hotel with Andre going through his philosophy and his ideas.[LNB]"It's something I'm very proud to have been asked to do and I'm excited and looking forward to helping Andre and supporting the team.[LNB]"If I'm honest that is also balanced with an element of sadness. At any football club when there is change and staff members go, especially if you've had a good relationship, it is sad to see people go, so all things considered it has been a really strange week."[LNB]Holland guided the reserves to the national championship last season playing a brand of exciting, attacking football, which the former Crewe coach believes the first team will be embracing under Villas-Boas.[LNB]"Going back right down to my childhood, I was inspired by the Brazilians of 1982," he added.[LNB]"I was 12 then, but remember that World Cup with Zico, Serginho, Socrates, Falcao.[LNB]"Even before then the Dutch team of the mid-70s, and I grew up on the legend of those players, so I've always been inspired by that type of football.[LNB]"Coming here a couple of years ago, the development teams play with that philosophy, the reserves did last year and Andre is exactly the same so it is a good fit."
