“What alarms me…” – This one Rosenior line could be about to backfire on him | OneFootball

Simon Johnson says Liam Rosenior’s excuses about having limited training time with Chelsea’s players doesn’t really wash.

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Liam Rosenior is under increasing pressure at Chelsea, and on the Straight Outta Cobham podcast they turned to Simon Johnson for his thoughts on how the new manager is coping.

“What alarms me is that the longer he’s been there, the worse it’s got,” Johnson said.

“Well he actually had two clear weeks if you remember… he gave the players holiday, and he also had extra time with his players. And it hasn’t worked.

“He talked on Saturday about how he’s not had a preseason. The problem is, you’re at Chelsea… they’re used to managers coming in mid-season and winning something… the lobbing in the ‘I’ve had no preseason’… you should be good enough to come in and make a positive difference.

“I feel a bit sorry for him at times. He does look like he’s struggling.”

Rosenior must make use of international break

That’s the problem with the managers’ classic fallback “I’ve not had enough time training / I’ve not had a preseason.” It’s a valid excuse, but once you’ve had that preseason or that training time, you can’t reuse it.

Rosenior now has an international break. Let’s hope we look better in two weeks.

In other news…

The podcast also covered Wesley Fofana, with Simon Johnson saying he doesn’t look like he has a future at Chelsea at the moment.

Joao Pedro has had a good first season at Chelsea, but he’s not scored in the last four, and his streakiness is proving problematic.

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