Chelsea manager criticised for not taking “more responsibility” for controversial dropping decision | OneFootball

Enzo Fernandez is not in the Chelsea team today after manager Liam Rosenior announced he would be dropped for two games.

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Chelsea are preparing to take on Port Vale in the FA Cup, and before kick off the pundits on duty, including Joleon Lescott, discussed the big news from yesterday’s pre-match press conference. After Enzo Fernandez made his desire to leave Chelsea quite clear during the international break, manager Liam Rosenior announced that the midfielder would be let out for two games, with today being the first.

Rosenior should have owned the decision to drop Enzo says pundit

“I felt he probably could have taken a bit more responsibility and made the decision his own,” Lescott said of Rosenior’s announcement of the decision.

We get that – maybe he has a point. It certainly doesn’t help the impression that the manager lacks authority and is just a puppet for those above him. But Rosenior would argue that it was a very deliberate attempt to show that it’s not a personal thing, it’s a collective decision, to avoid really damaging his relationship with Enzo.

You can see the pundit speaking in the clip embedded here:

In other news…

The other major team news for us was the absence of Josh Acheampong, who simply can’t get a game. We’re very worried about his future.

You can see the full team news for the game in the article here, with other commentary about the selection.

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