Villas-Boas is attempting to reinvigorate a squad, with his task also, apparently, "to win all the competitions we're in with a certain flair and style".
Although Super League is a competition which prides itself on attacking flair as opposed to defensive grit, the England coach, Wayne Bennett, appears to have an unfortunate knack of picking games which fail to captivate the imagination.
Chelsea's style has shifted, the muscular grind of the recent past replaced with flamboyance and flair, but the stubborn refusal to wilt in this competition remains.
Certainly, it would have been something to see him take Hulk, João Moutinho and company into the Champions League, with the same flair with which they blazed a trail to the competition's little brother.
The man from Groningen, the northeasterly province bordering on Germany and the North Sea, was set to enter the competition as Europe's most in-form flair player but then picked up a hamstring injury in the Netherlands' last friendly against Hungary.
He was not just winning competitions, he was doing so with a charismatic flair that stood out even among the rugged daredevils around him.
Vicki Wildman, the only woman in the competition, testified to seeing Mr. Mays watch a new flair move, then replicate it flawlessly.
England had, indeed, won the Cup, producing more determined aggression and flair than they had shown at any earlier stage of the competition.
Online karaoke site Bix ended its beta with flair last night with the launch of a $50,000 "Second Chance" video and audio karaoke competition.
If this assimilation continues, we will lose the brilliance and innovative flair of the Hispanic population, and the US economy will suffer as a result, in the competition with the rest of the world.
