Liam Rosenior has acknowledged his job will probably be below risk if he can’t flip round Chelsea’s poor form earlier than the tip of the season.
Although the pinnacle coach not too long ago acquired public backing from the co-owner Behdad Eghbali, he’s conscious that retaining long-term help depends on results. Chelsea are under growing pressure as 4 consecutive league defeats have left them seven factors off fifth-placed Liverpool with 5 video games to play, and Rosenior was practical when requested whether or not his bosses had assured him his future didn’t hinge on securing Champions League qualification.
“I’ve had many conversations with them,” he mentioned. “It’s a very direct question, I like it. They’re supporting me. They believe in me. There’s one thing I haven’t believed – the reality of the situation. At Chelsea football club, we’ve lost our four last league games. That’s not good enough. So, regardless of what they believe I can achieve with the club in the long term, I need to get results now with this group and with the sporting directors as well.”
Chelsea are sixth earlier than visiting Brighton on Tuesday evening however defeat would depart the world champions at threat of dropping into eleventh earlier than they subsequent play within the league, at house to Nottingham Forest on 4 May.
“We can’t be looking to other teams or results, we have to look to ourselves,” Rosenior mentioned. “It’s easy, these words: ‘Keep the faith’ and ‘belief’. This is about character now. It’s about standing up. It’s about people who are willing in difficult moments to stand up for the shirt and fight.”
Rosenior revealed that Wesley Fofana had apologised for his indignant response to being substituted throughout the 1-0 defeat by Manchester United on Saturday. Rosenior advised it was as much as his gamers to change perceptions that they’re badly behaved.
“I’ve spoken to the players about this,” he mentioned. “You tell a story about yourself in moments sometimes, especially on a football pitch. It’s emotional and you tell a story about your character and sometimes when you don’t show yourself in the best light, the perception of you is probably different to what the reality is.
“A lot of the work we’re doing with the group, with the players, is not football. It’s not just football. We have a young group of players and that’s a really positive thing at times and with that comes a responsibility for me and my staff to help them through difficult moments. I want to change the perception of them because I’ve got to know them very well. That takes time and they need to learn quicker than maybe they have done.”
Rosenior mentioned he would proceed to guard his aspect towards exterior criticism. “My job is to be accountable,” he mentioned. “The buck stops with me. I want to protect them. I believe we will come through this period so much stronger, but we have to get this part right now.”
Chelsea are coping with a rising variety of muscle accidents – Estêvão Willian, Jamie Gittens and Reece James have hamstring accidents and João Pedro is a doubt with a thigh drawback – however Rosenior mentioned his coaching strategies had been to not blame, stating that he had not had time to vary the schedule since changing Enzo Maresca in January.
“When I first joined the club I had a great conversation with the head of performance and the head of medical,” Rosenior mentioned. “They’re doing a lot of research into why even before my time [it’s happening].
“But the logical and honest answer is: look at the amount of games our players have played. The more games you play in a short space of time, your risk of injury, especially muscular, goes through the roof. That’s something that we need to look at and how we can best protect the players.”
