Players have given up: Why Chelsea fans are seeing Graham Potter repeated in Liam Rosenior | OneFootball

Liam Rosenior’s players already look to have given up on him, and Chelsea could be about to face a horrific end to the season.

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There is an eerie similarity at Chelsea right now to the end of the 2022/2023 season.

Things were bad then, and they’re bad now. Thomas Tuchel was sacked and a nice, BlueCo friendly coach was brought in. Graham Potter got some good results, but when things turned against him, his lack of experience, gravitas, grit and personality made it impossible to turn things around.

Good results only delayed the inevitable. A disaffected squad lost interest and waited for the coach to get the chop.

Potter repeats in a new form under Rosenior

It looks like we’re seeing the same things now. Enzo Maresca was flawed, but had the team at a certain level. Liam Rosenior is like Potter – an ambitious choice who lacks the most essential ability at a top team – to stop bad results turning into a death spiral, and to keep the trust and belief of the players through difficult times.

Those appointing managers learned nothing from their Potter experiment of a couple of years ago. A managers ceiling is much less important than their floor when your main aim is to get a group with a high wage bill to finish in the top 5.

The way the players performed on Saturday looked like a group who no longer believe in their aims, or their manager.

In other news…

Sky Sports have continued to push the story that Enzo Fernandez is not untouchable at Chelsea this summer.

Enzo isn’t the only one who hasn’t been looking happy in recent weeks.

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