In contrast to the drama that surrounded Chelsea’s appointment of Liam Rosenior as head coach, two weeks on there is a relative calm around the place.Not that Rosenior hasn’t already experienced and packed in a lot – four games in four competitions with all that entails, including a monumental number of media commitments, and definitely not enough time on the training pitch, he says.
He’s not keen on reflecting or assessing events at Chelsea so far, preferring to live in the moment but does admit he’s “happy with the start” and adds “it could have been worse!”
“Six out of 10? Seven out of 10?” I ask him in our exclusive chat ahead of Chelsea’s trip to Crystal Palace, live on Sky Sports this Sunday.”If you say six, I’ll take six,” was his response.
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Which seems fair – solid if not spectacular and the one game Chelsea lost was in the Carabao Cup semi-final first leg against Arsenal which his side will have a chance to overturn in a few weeks’ time.
Rosenior did wonder what the reaction to his arrival from his new players would be.
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Chelsea can boast some world-class stars who have won at the highest level but the “lack of ego in the group” he says means despite living in a hotel – no time to house hunt yet – and getting to know the Uber Eats menu a little too well, he already feels at home.He said: “Managers came in when I was a player and you’re judging straight away. What they say, their mannerisms, is he nervous, who is he talking to, am I going to be in a team, did he work with this player before, is he a favourite? All of these things happen in the first week, you’re being judged by your players all the time.”
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