The philosophy/guff of Liam Rosenior: Ageing men, respecting the ball and never limiting limitlessness | OneFootball

The whispers have already started, and reports are already circulating that Chelsea might be looking for another new manager before too long.

It is the history of the Chelsea, of course, but it would make us very sad indeed were Liam Rosenior’s reign to be short-lived when he’s only scratched the surface of the ageing of men and respecting of balls of which he is so capable.

Rosenior has instantly established himself as the apogee of the modern LinkedIn manager, his fondness for guff rendered all the more infuriating/magnificent by the complete lack yet of anything to back up his grandiose pronouncements.

Say what you like – and we do, at length – about your Brendan Rodgerses or your Gareth Southgates or even the Mikel Artetas of this world, but they do at least combine their manager-speak with some manager-achievements.

We do suspect that this is the key reason why Rosenior stands out even above those other heavyweights of the movement. Even Rodgers at his most absurdly Brent-like could point to tangible achievements in a long managerial career. With Rosenior, there really is only the nonsense.

Also, let’s be fair, not even ‘Brentan’ at his most outlandish said anything as batsh*t as the ‘ageing men’ thing.

But if Rosenior’s time in Our League is indeed to be an all-too-brief one, let us at least retain for posterity his collected works. His philosophy, his vision, his refusal to accept the existence of widely accepted concepts.

We owe it to future generations. Although as Rosenior will tell you, the future doesn’t exist.

Rosenior on: people taking the piss.

There are glimpses here of a kind of loose Rosenior interpretation on the Lampardian Transition in many ways, and provides further evidence that only the dreariest, only the most relentlessly serious Live, Laugh, Love people you’ve ever met in your life, could ever actually say ‘you have to be able to laugh at yourself’ out loud.

Rosenior on: the paradox of team news leaks

Rosenior on: the future

Explains the leaks paradox, in a way.

Rosenior on: how his Chelsea appointment will come to be viewed

This is Rosenior in full David Brent splendour, guard down, mask off and in full flow. This is Rosenior as simply the man who put a smile on the face of all who he met.

Rosenior on: social media

He doesn’t mean LinkedIn, obviously.

Rosenior on: Alejandro Garnacho’s ceiling

This is also why Rosenior’s painting and decorating business was short-lived.

Rosenior on: potential

This is also why Rosenior’s speed awareness course business was short-lived.

Rosenior on: Cole Palmer’s best position

Rosenior on: huddlegate

Rosenior on: demanding to speak to the manager

Rosenior on: whether he’s a coach or a manager

The instant classic. Possibly the most extraordinary thing ever said by any human in any language. Brilliant in so many ways, but right at the top of the list – and sometimes, we fear, overlooked: it doesn’t make a lick of sense any way you look at it.

Even if we accept the idea of splitting the word manage in two to get man and age, nobody has ever described or believed the role of a manager to be ‘ageing men’.

It might be that Rosenior is a true visionary, far ahead of the rest of us and doomed never to be understood or appreciated in his own time.

But it really might also be that he simply talks an enormous load of old chuff.