Big Phil must give Deco the boot in new year

WHEN Scolari was appointed and I declared myself under-whelmed by the news, one of my fears was that we would be playing over-elaborate football — that we would sacrifice results for style.

I couldn’t have been more wrong; the football we were served up against West Brom on St Stephen’s Day at the Bridge was possibly the dullest I have seen in the last decade of watching Chelsea. I don’t get what he is trying to do.

He does not seem to see what we see — ie that Deco is simply not suited to the Premier League and is a liability when included in the team; that Drogba and Anelka need to be played together regularly to form a relationship; that we need some width.