With Chelsea in the midst of an historically terrible run of results, including five straight defeats in the league without scoring even a single goal, something that last happened to us in 1912, the inevitable simply had to follow.
Liam Rosenior was dismissed this morning by the club, after three and half months (just over 100 days) and 23 games in charge, of which he won just 11. That’s the shortest tenure of a non-caretaker manager in the history of the club.
In fairness to Rosenior, he tried his
very best. He came in, talked a big game, and projected the right ambition and attitude. And initially, it was good, at least in terms of results. The defense was shaky, but we made up for it with offense. However, once the goals dried up, we quickly went into a death-spiral, and the head coach seemed to lack any ability to pull us out of it. He struck an increasingly flustered and frustrated figure, reaching his breaking point last night by admitting he had lost the dressing room. He had to go.
If only the rest of the hierarchy would follow.
So now, the people in charge who constantly and consistently make horrendous footballing decisions, have given themselves another one to make. Will they get it right? Doubt it. We have the FA Cup semifinal on Sunday.
Thanks for trying, Liam. Hope this experience wasn’t too scarring. Best of luck for the future, which should remain bright for you. Not sure we can say the same for this club.
