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🚨 Egbhali on Rosenior: “We had the opportunity to work with him daily for 18 plus months, so we knew what we were getting and we think he has every attribute to be successful here. He got off to a great start” “We’ve had a tough past five, six matches, but I think we’re behind Liam. Of course, it’s a results business, but we think he can be successful long term” (via CAA World sports conference) 🤢🤬 Erik Ten Hag Vibes!!!

Behdad Eghbali’s message to Chelsea fans: ‘We care … we’re committed’ Behdad Eghbali has told Chelsea supporters that owners BlueCo are learning from their mistakes and are committed to bringing consistent success back to Stamford Bridge. Disaffected fans will stage a protest march ahead of Chelsea’s clash with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge on Saturday, organised by NotAProjectCFC and incorporating supporter representatives of BlueCo sister club Strasbourg in an attempt to mobilise opposition to the consortium led by Clearlake Capital and Todd Boehly. In the final stretch of the fourth season since they acquired the club from Roman Abramovich for £2.3billion in June 2022, Chelsea are sliding down the Premier League table under head coach Liam Rosenior and face the prospect of missing out on Champions League qualification with a youthful squad assembled at historically vast expense. Speaking at CAA’s World Congress of Sports conference in Los Angeles on Thursday, Clearlake co-founder Eghbali admitted that BlueCo are still looking to improve their ownership strategy, but reiterated that they care about maintaining Chelsea’s modern standards of consistently competing for the biggest trophies. “For the fans, we care,” he said. “We want the club to be successful. We’re focused on delivering that on-pitch performance. I think six months ago everyone was super-happy. Results have been mixed, disappointing more recently. There’s a full reflection on what we can do better, what we can improve on. “There is a plan. We reflect on the plan. We try to improve the plan and tweak the plan if it’s not working. The message is we’re committed. “Can this be successful without winning? The answer is no. We’ve got to win. And it doesn’t mean you’re going to win every game, it doesn’t mean you don’t make mistakes, that you don’t have downturns, but ultimately the objective, and especially the objective that a club like Chelsea is you’ve got to win, you’ve got to win trophies, and you’ve got to win consistently again. “We were fortunate enough to do so last year. We’ve had a bit of an up and down year this year, but the objective hasn’t changed.” A huge reason for the downturn in Chelsea’s season was the abrupt departure of head coach Enzo Maresca on New Year’s Day. “Our policy has been no in-season changes,” Eghbali added. “You certainly review and hold not only the manager, but the management team, the sporting team, accountable, but typically in the summers, not in season. “It’s not a change we wanted to make. It’s a change that had a bit of a negative impact in the season, when you’re changing systems and personnel, and it’s one we’ve got to fight our way out of. “We still have six matches in the Premier League, and an FA Cup semi final coming up. So hopefully the story of this season hasn’t been written yet, and you’ve got a lot to fight for. In my perspective, when you get punched in the face, you’ve got to fight back, you’ve got to stand up and fight. And it’s going to hopefully show a lot about the character of this squad. “I think the perspective is stability, and frankly, getting that stability on the manager side is one of the things we haven’t done right yet, and it’s something we’re striving to improve on.” Maresca’s replacement Rosenior has won just one of his last six matches across all competitions, but Eghbali confirmed the former Strasbourg boss retains the support of the board and sporting leadership. “On Liam, we had the opportunity to work with him daily for 18 plus months, so we knew what we were getting,” Eghbali said. “We think he has every attribute to be successful here. He got off to a great start. We’ve had a tough past five, six matches, but I think we’re behind Liam. Of course, it’s a results business, but we think he can be successful long term.” Chelsea’s recent struggles have also drawn more criticism to their heavily youth-oriented recruitment. Eghbali signalled that the club are ready to target players equipped to make an immediate impact in this summer’s transfer market. “The view was to recruit and build elite players that can, frankly, be together and have that stability in the squad,” Eghbali said. “We’re still in the 40th, 50th minute of that process. But the view is to keep, sign and retain and compensate and extend some of the world’s best players, and ultimately the view was you need, eight, 10, 12, 15 elite players to win and win sustainably, year after year. “I think we’ve done a few things right, a lot of things right. We’ve got to be better on a few things, to add more ready-made players at this part of the project, to take (it ) to the next level, to be consistent over time. “We recognise we need balance. We have world champions, we have Champions League winners, we have elite, elite young players. Experience has developed now. The team has been together for two or three years. The objective is to keep your best players, and we’ve done that, and there’s no intention to rebuild every three or four years. You tweak a model, you improve, you learn from mistakes. “Our goal is to have elite, elite players on the pitch, elite characters off the pitch that our fans can bond with, that will be at the club, that will be club legends for the next 10 or 15 years and beyond. I think, generally, we’ve been fortunate, not in getting everything right, but we do have a core (of) good players, global players. Cole Palmer, Moises Caicedo, Enzo Fernandez, Levi Colwill, Estevao Willian, Reece James. “The view is now that we’re here with a great core base, to add some of that experience, to take the team to the next level and have consistency. That fact is not lost on us, and we’re at a point where we can take that next step, hopefully in the next year and beyond.” By Liam Twomey

exactly

Mudryk, Gittens and Garnacho are exactly why this club are in shit street, that level of signings

Never rated Garnacho and still really don’t think he’s starting caliber. But even I would keep him before I’d keep Gittens. Garnacho in a better functioning team can at least be a solid contributor off the bench and with the occasional start. Gittens looks Mudryk level useless and terrified on the pitch.

I don't trust Rosenior and I don't trust Garnacho How about that

🚨🇦🇷 Chelsea are open to selling Alejandro Garnacho in the summer. Liam Rosenior is believed to have reservations about him. (@samuelluckhurst)

there is no way this is true. also i dont think we will sell fernandez. real will not pay up what we ask imo.

Alex fucking Scott, fuck Winstanley.

I'd be good with van Hecke Not sure if we can get a better defender who's got experience in the league.

Van Hecke makes some sense as he’s genuinely been impressive and doing it in the PL in a position that’s really difficult. And he’s at least the right age profile. If he is one of 2 new CB’s we bring in I’d be fine with him. Alex Scott would be the same sort of silly signing we’ve been making. Hoping to be the smartest guys in the room who take a punt on a risky player rather than going for the sure thing like our rivals do.

Van Hecke and Alex Scott? Whoooaaahhhh hold the back page how exciting, more middle of the road names If this is the start of the busy and exciting summer then wake me the fuck up when it's over.

🚨🚨🔵 It is understood Chelsea have a growing interest in signing Van Hecke. (@guardian_sport) A second Gary Cahill could be on the way soon!! 💨🔵Sources are suggesting Chelsea are no longer opposed to selling Enzo Fernandez. Alex Scott is a player of interest to Chelsea. (@guardian_sport)

❌️🔵Liverpool lead Chelsea and Manchester United in race for Premier League defender Marcos Senesi. Chelsea are looking to pursue players with more physicality as they re-evaluate their inflated squad ahead of next season. (@PeteHall86)

💥🔵Advanced negotiations between Chelsea and Moisés Caicedo. Final details still to be clarified, after @CLMerlo confirmed. The new contract, likely running until 2033, primarily includes an adjustment to his salary. Despite numerous top-level options, Caicedo wants to stay at Chelsea. (@SkySportDE) 🗯🔵NEW: Levi Colwill is expected to sign a deal that will extend his stay at Chelsea into the 2033. (@peterrutzler)

The recent furore surrounding Enzo Fernandez was undoubtedly an unwelcome distraction at a critical part of Chelsea’s 2025/26…View the full article

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Ohhhhhh if only we knew this sooner.. who knew this was what we needed. Such a revelation!! And a clued in manager would also be a start but again why would we need that!!

Well they also proceeded to sack/let go of decent managers and we end up with Liam (who is nowhere near ready to be coaching in the PL). Maybe someday Maresca will speak to the media about what actually happened and why he left the club (probably once he joins his next coaching gig). Huge end of season for the club. On current form, we have every chance of finishing 9th/10th.

Andy Jacobs on Talksport "Sack Rosenior, sack the board, put me in charge, I will appoint Iraola and then I will leave and let him get on with it, the football club will be in a much better state" Preach

Deep down I am some what glad this is now starting to hurt, maybe, just maybe this is what was needed to really show the fucking clowns that all this penny pinching and putting in inept players and management is a load of absolute shite. All that's left now is to get embarrassed at Wembley by Leeds and the season is complete

FAN VIEW: "This ownership couldn’t care less about me, they will try and squeeze all the juice out of me" I have tried to believe in the project, but now I've had ENOUGH! https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/fan-view-this-ownership-couldnt-care I feel like I represent many Chelsea fans out there, and I qualify as I have been there, seen it, and done it. I have had my season ticket since 1994, I pretty much went to every home game before that. But I cried my eyes out as a 10 year old at the 94 cup final. But I also cried my eyes out in Munich. I have been to every domestic cup final we have been in since I was born, and I have been to Amsterdam and Moscow. I have probably missed less than 10 home games (purely due to illness, the odd holiday and family occasion) in that time. But Saturday at home 8pm against Manchester United, can I be bothered? Of course I will be there. But why? It’s because they are my team and I care. But this ownership couldn’t care less about me, they will try and squeeze all the juice out of me until there is none left. I am telling you clearly, I ain’t going no where. I know I am your worst nightmare. I couldn’t tell you the last time I went to the shop, I would bring my nieces to games and dress them head to toe in blue but sadly they are Spuds. Blame the brother in Law (the runt of the family), hopefully I will have some fun over the summer when the Championship fixtures are released and I will ask him to get me a ticket for Lincoln at home. But honestly, I feel we are going the same way, we have a boat but no captain, no crew, and no sails, just drifting in to the abyss. I have had enough. I have tried to believe, I have tried to defend my beloved blues when other fans have laughed at us, I have tried to justify the so called PROJECT. I listen to podcasts, I am pretty sure I can see the wood from the trees when I see reports, tweets, and articles. I know which ones care and which ones are trying to be controversial. But this is how I really feel!!!!! Lets start at the beginning, well we had ROMAN who is a god in my eyes. But lets be honest, his ownership had holes and cracks, and he covered them up mainly with his endless funds, but recruitment and strategy under him was hire fire. I will do it my way. It was unsustainable. We had the big stars but we won, and as fans he delivered all we could ever dream of and more. But because I have seen everything, I can get behind a PROJECT. I would love a manager to be here for 3/4 years, build something and all get behind. But let’s be honest who would do that job? There is only one man for me - super Frank Lampard, and he has said he wont work under this ownership; that should tell us everything. So we began with Todd Boehly and what seemed like he had a brand new credit card, buying everything and anything, which obviously didn’t work, and credit to him he has admitted that. But are we still paying for that, we have become loophole.com again and surely this can’t be sustainable? So Mr Egbahli, who is purely a business man, takes full control, and obviously he thinks he knows best. He hires the best in the business in Paul Winstanley, ex Brighton (who we seemed obsessed with), and Laurence Stewart. Brilliant, something to look forward too. So basically no top level experience between them, but they have to seem to have the ears of the grown ups and have all the power to get players, but they seem to be shopping in Waitrose with an ALDI voucher. In a nutshell, I would trust my 11 year old niece more in a sweet shop. Then we have Joe Shields, who seems to have extremely close links to an agency and Man City. So he has apparently had a massive hand in the likes of Estevao coming. But with him came Sancho, Tosin, Lavia, Delap, all ex city, all mates, and all not really good enough. So this leads me to the whole “market opportunity”. Well, I see an opportunity as going shopping for a pair of jeans, buying the jeans but I see a T-shirt I like for 50% off in a sale, that’s an opportunity. Not some left winger from Dortmund for £50 million, oh look ex Man City. Can you see the picture I am trying to paint here? I see a market opportunity as signing a Micheal Olise for £60m as not a bad option, but they messed up on that twice. Or possibly a world class goalkeeper for less than they signed Jorgensen, anyone heard of magic Mike? Only the AC Milan and French captain. Oh but don’t worry they all get rewarded with 6 years contracts and even more power - “GOOD TIMES”. So if you haven’t already guessed, I am not overly impressed. I wouldn’t mind if they made drastic changes or admitted they had made mistakes, that would be a step in the right direction. I see more experience or more proven players, or maybe one overall DOF, not this absolute mess we have now . But I feel it is too late, the big players want to leave, the players have no respect for the manager, and overall the fans have no belief in what they are seeing or hearing. When the team comes out an hour before kick off I should be saying to my dad, “I can’t believe he is not playing”. Or after we lose again at home, I should be on the messages to mates saying can’t believe that happened, or I thought we were unlucky. But the worst part of it all I just shrug my shoulders and think ‘oh well not much I can do.’ I hope it gets better, but whatever happens, my blood is blue and I will leave you never! Up the Chels

The eye test and data agree, Liam Rosenior is NOT Chelsea level When Iraola is free, removing Rosenior is a no brainer https://siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com/p/the-eye-test-and-data-agree-liam This week, via Sky’s Kaveh Solhekol and The Atheltic, Chelsea confirmed again that current Chelsea head coach Liam Rosenior is their man for the long term. The club made clear they have no plans to remove him, even if Chelsea don’t make the Champions League this season. Now as many know, I’m generally patient when it comes to managers. I am a big fan of stability, I believe its the only way to achieve sustained success, and I want to avoid reactionary short term takes. I stuck by Graham Potter and Enzo Maresca longer than many did. I generally always want managers given time before judging them. I also don’t like how many managers we’ve been through under the current ownership, so ideally I wouldn’t want another change. But things are getting so bad, it looks inevitable. I also realise we still have 7 games at least remaining this season, so the timing of this article might appear unhelpful. But I feel this is such an urgent issue, it needs addressing before it gets too late. Suffice to say, both myself and many many other Chelsea fans have lost faith in Liam Rosenior already. He’s lost support quicker than almost any Chelsea manager in my lifetime. I understand the club are supporting him publicly to present a united front as we end the season, but to me to continue with him beyond the end of the season would be one of the worst and potentially most harmful decisions made by the ownership. As much as I have huge respect for Daniel Finklestein, I disagree with his assessment on the role of the head coach. He believes it doesn’t impact results, however I believe it has a huge impact on results, performances and on pitch success. I like Liam Rosenior as a person. He’s shown by his public comments that he knows the responsibility of managing Chelsea, and what is expected by fans. He’s made an effort to connect with fans and respects the club. He’s also taken full responsibility for the bad results and performances, without fail, even going to fans to apologise. I have a lot of respect for that, because that’s very rare in a coach. He’s clearly a man of integrity who is doing his best. When criticising a manager social media has a bad habit of dehumanising people, making criticism cruel and vindictive. I don’t sign up to that. I’ve got a lot of criticism for Rosenior for his coaching performance at Chelsea, but that’s as far as it goes. Rosenior did a fairly good job at Strasbourg as far as I’m concerned, so he’s clearly got potential as a coach. I do believe he’s doing his best to be successful and his intentions are the right ones. I also think him being thrown into the Chelsea job the way it happened, with no time with the players, no pre-season, fatigue and injuries in the squad and the squad not up to standard, was unfair on him, especially given his inexperience. He could hardly turn the job down, and I have no malice towards him whatsoever. But as a head coach, the objective, unbiased data doesn’t lie. It shows conclusively and definitively that Liam Rosenior is simply not a good enough coach to manage Chelsea. In 11 PL games under Liam Rosenior we have won 5, lost 4 and drawn 2, a win percentage of about 45%. That’s the lowest in the PL in the modern era bar Graham Potter. In those 11 games, we have 17 points. That’s an average of 1.54 points per game. Over 38 games, that’s 58 points. If we lose to Man Utd this weekend, Rosenior’s points per game will drop below even Graham Potter’s abysmal 1.42 points per game. That is absolutely horrendous. CFCCentral recently posted on Twitter, that Chelsea have now lost more games under Rosenior in all competitions - 8 - than they have in the same period in any other PL league season this millennium barring 2022/2023, under Graham Potter. We’ve also lost 5 of our last 6 games, the only win being at home to Port Vale. Those 5 defeats have an aggregate score of 15-2. Again, embarrassing and unacceptable at Chelsea. Certainly a sacking offence in the past. We’ve also not kept a clean sheet in the league since the 17th January - literally 3 months and 10 games. In all competitions, we’ve only had four clean sheets in the last 18 games. Against Brentford, Pafos, Hull and Port Vale. Tottenham have literally had 3 managers since the last time we kept a clean sheet in the PL. Outside Port Vale, we’ve not scored in 4 games, and 3 consecutive PL games. Chelsea have, in fact, lost three consecutive league games without scoring a goal for the first time in 28 years, the kind of record you don’t want to hold. Our last PL win was against Aston Villa on 4th March 2026, 6 weeks ago at time of writing. Chelsea are 9th in the 2026 PL form table and we’re only a few points above the bottom half of the season table. If our current run keeps going we may not qualify for Europe at all, and could even finish in the bottom half, all of which would be simply disgraceful. Tactically, Liam Rosenior has done some things right, but he’s also made a lot of mistakes, some bad or just strange substitutions which haven’t made any impact, and he’s potentially driving Josh Acheampong out of the club by not playing him, when at this point, there’s nothing to lose by starting him every game. Many players are regressing under his coaching, bar Jarrol Hato and Joao Pedro. The overall performance levels have gone way down. Rosenior’s overall record is P21 W11 L8 D2 with a win % of 52%, in the PL his win % is 45%. Graham Potter’s was an abysmal 31.9%, but Rosenior’s % is below every other permanent Chelsea manager since Ruud Gullit. Mauricio Pochettino is just above him at 47%. If Liam keeps losing games, those stats are only going to get worse for him. As much as I like him as a person, with the greatest of respect, this is simply not good enough for Chelsea Football Club. Even taking into account fatigue, injuries, taking over mid-season, there’s no excuse for such an awful run of form, the consistently poor performances or the poor defensive record. Now we’re not even scoring either, Port Vale apart. If Liam is kept into next season, the data suggests he loses his job early-mid season due to results. That will mean yet another season at Chelsea is wasted, which could drive more top players away. On current form we’d be lucky to get a top half finish next season, yet alone get into the Champions League. This is simply not acceptable at this club, and shouldn’t be allowed to happen. Rosenior might be a talented coach, but he is just not Chelsea level right now. He’s done nothing whatsoever to warrant a pre-season or any further games once the season is over. And frankly it’s obvious to see, to almost everyone. Chelsea need a proven head coach, someone with a strong reputation and some experience, who can be a leader for the players, improve them and get results even if the team is low on form and confidence. We need a head coach who isn’t learning on the job, who comes in with authority and some experience behind them, and the coaching and tactical prowess to get success consistently, to have a short and long term impact. That’s the kind of coach you need to give the keys to, and allow to have an impact on recruitment. Not the most unproven coach we’ve hired under this ownership. Enzo Maresca may have had less experience in terms of seasons as a coach, but he’d coached at big clubs, worked with big players and been at big clubs as a player. Liam Rosenior has none of that. If the club really commits to going for PL proven top players this summer, tweaking the model slightly and adding some healthy experience and proven talent to improve the squad, then give the keys to that to someone who can make the most of those talents. A coach who is respected in the game with a track record. If they actually do that, more managers might actually be open to taking it. Allowing Liam Rosenior to leave this summer will apparently not cost a thing if we don’t make the Champions League - currently highly unlikely. So its not costly to remove him from his postition. Not only can Chelsea release him for nothing, there’s some coaches who are or will be unemployed this summer, so it will cost nothing to bring in, who can come in with proven ability, a track record, and authority. The two I’m talking about are Xabi Alonso (if he doesn’t join Liverpool and we can persuade him), and more realistically, Adoni Iraola, who has now confirmed he is leaving Bournemouth at the end of the season. Alonso we all know about. He did an incredible job at Leverkusen and was unlucky to lose his job at Real Madrid. He’s one of the best young coaches around right now and would be a phenomenal appointment, maybe the best we could make right now. But the likely reality is, he will either go to Liverpool or turn us down anyway. I’d also add that we’re not capable of attracting, or wouldn’t look at, proven winners right now. The likes of Luis Enrique or Julian Nagelsmann, both of whom are the level of coach Chelsea should be looking at, won’t be interested in Chelsea at the moment, even Frank Lampard doesn’t want to come back. So the field is narrower. That leaves Adoni Iraola. Adoni Iraola has the PL experience, has shown tactical flexibility, beaten big teams and shown he can develop players. For where we are, he’s a good fit. I’ve seen some argue Iraola is another coach who’s come from a smaller club, never faced low blocks, and might struggle to step up a level. Whilst that argument has validity, I think its it’s important to note all elite managers have to start somewhere - and most would start at a club where they don’t face low blocks. The top coaches adapt when they make the step up. I admit, I was skeptical about Iraola for a time, but he’s adapted himself tactically recently, shifting from his high line in certain games to get results. At time of writing. Bournemouth are 12 PL games unbeaten. He’s beaten some top teams during his time at Bournemouth, most recently Arsenal away, and competed strongly with others (including us under Enzo Maresca this season). As mentioned before, he’s developed young talent, worked in a similar recruitment structure and dealt with key players leaving relatively seamlessly. Iraola has adapted to what he’s been given, and has Bournemouth competing for European places. The key thing, outside all these factors, and his PL experience, is that is available and will cost nothing in compensation. Chelsea, even with no European football, would be a step up for him. As such, Adoni Iraola is a realistic possibility if we chose to pursue him. When coaches of this quality are attainable and available for nothing, you have to take notice. Especially if you’re in our situation. We’re getting consistently poor results with a coach who respectfully looks out of his depth, so with all respect to Liam Rosenior, it’s just a no brainer to make the change to Iraola. Of course there are other serious contenders. Frank Lampard, who’d be a dream choice if they gave him power and influence over team building, won’t come back right now. There’s also Cesc Fabregas at Como, and Porto’s Franciso Farioli, both of whom I really like and would be excellent appointments. But these kind of appointments will cost more and be more difficult to get out of their current clubs. Indeed Fabregas has publicly committed to Como for next season. That’s why Iraola is probably the simplest practical solution for where we are as a club, and it’s one which will likely satisfy a lot of fans. As much as I like and respect Liam Rosenior, and wanted him to succeed, the Chelsea job has come way too soon for him. He’d be best off taking a smaller job in the PL or even Championship, as Lampard did, to gain more experience, before coming to a bigger job again in future if he earns it. I’ll be honest, I’m slowly becoming a little concerned that if Liam Rosenior stays at Chelsea into next season, and if results and performances continue as they are, the club’s ambitions could be seriously hindered and our reputation be damaged. An early or mid-season change next season would be inevitable on current form. I’d have little or no faith in achieving European football next year under Rosenior’s coaching. I’d actually be more worried about being in the bottom half of the table if I’m honest. I’m pretty confident most fans are now of the same opinion as me too. Honestly, I’ve never seen a fanbase so united against a Head Coach before. Rosenior has lost almost the entire fanbase in record time, and once a head coach loses the fans at Chelsea, they rarely get them back. The body language of the players suggests not all of them have faith in Rosenior either. Of course, as a fan I’ll back Rosenior and the team for the rest of the season, because he’s not leaving during the season, and because I respect him as a person and know he’s doing his best for the club. If he succeeds, Chelsea do, so I’m hoping things change quickly. I always want Chelsea to win, no matter what, and the talent in the squad is there. But right now, with respect, I have very little faith in Liam Rosenior as the head coach to take the club forward or achieve our ambitions. As always, I’d love to be proved wrong, and will hold my hands up if I am. But right now I just can’t see it, and the longer he stays and the current form continues, the more concerned I will be Regardless of what happens for the rest of the season, a reset is needed (again) in the summer, from top to bottom, on the football side. That should start with the Sporting Directors (though I know it likely won’t), and should certainly include the head coach and some of the squad too. Enough mistakes have been made in the current football leadership structure. In my view that needs to change, not just for us to progress as a club, but to avoid us falling down the league even more, both this season and next. The Score