Stress will make me stop in 15 years! Villas-Boas

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HITTING BACK ... Andre Villas-Boas

And AVB is standing by every word of his verbal attack on Foy following Sunday's 1-0 loss at QPR.

The Blues' nine cards in that one game is a new Premier League record.

Jose Bosingwa, Didier Drogba and Ashley Cole all miss tonight's Carling Cup clash at Everton.

And Villas-Boas cannot risk John Terry or Frank Lampard as one more booking would leave them banned from Saturday's key game against Arsenal.

But AVB insisted: "There is no indiscipline and there is no aggressiveness in my players.

"But the referee was card-happy and that's why I stick by what I said."

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Under pressure: Andre Villas-Boas plans to retire in 15 years, when he's 49

Andre Villas-Boas insists he only wants 15 years as a football manager because the job is too stressful.

The Chelsea boss, 34 last month, is only three years into his management career but he is already plotting his life away from the game.

The ups and downs of football management have not been more apparent than in the last seven days. Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates a quarter of a century at the Manchester United helm this weekend, marking one of the greatest achievements in British football. But that is in stark contrast to Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp’s week after he was forced to undergo heart surgery.

Gerard Houllier and Sam Allardyce have also both suffered heart scares.

Heart scare: Gerard Houllier was forced to quit top level management

‘It’s a stressful job which is why I don’t want to be doing it for a long time, but the passion for the job is not affected,’ said Villas-Boas, who takes his Chelsea side to Blackburn this afternoon.

‘Eventually, Gerard decided to step down - rightly so - last year and we’re happy that Harry’s operation went well. My idea of a short spell in management was always because it felt right for me. Fifteen years, that’s all.’