It is fair to say that former Chelsea and France midfielder Emmanuel Petit has not been too impressed with Liam Rosenior lately.
Under the 41-year-old, Chelsea have lost their last four games, including Saturday’s Premier League clash against Everton.
Cole Palmer and his teammates were disappointing during that 3-0 loss, but it is Rosenior who is taking a lot of the heat right now.
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Emmanuel Petit slams Liam Rosenior for taking too many notes during Chelsea matches
There has been a lot of talk about the number of notes Rosenior is taking during games before handing a couple to his players.
For Petit, it is completely unnecessary and not helping the team. Speaking about the subject on talkSPORT, he said: “The way he’s acting, his body language on the bench, the way he’s always trying to write things down on the paper then giving it to his players, I mean… come on.
“They [the players] don’t get it, it was the case 20 years ago as well, we don’t get it so don’t do that, we’re not stupid, we’re not kids so just try to behave in the right way.”
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Following that defeat to Everton, Chelsea remain sixth in the Premier League. With it being so tight around that region of the table, the Blues are at serious risk of missing out on Champions League football.
That would be a devastating blow to the club and Rosenior, yet it may not actually spell the end of the former Strasbourg boss.
It has been claimed that Champions League qualification will not decide Rosenior’s fate when the job he has done is reviewed at the end of the season.
Criticism of Liam Rosenior’s note taking overblown
Rosenior sitting down and writing notes while Chelsea are getting battered and handing them over when the team are 3-0 down does not look great, but it is not the reason why the Blues are performing so poorly.
Rosenior is not blameless, but the number of individual mistakes on the pitch is what is really hurting the team.
Robert Sanchez made another one at the Hill Dickinson Stadium, allowing Beto to poke the ball through his legs.
All in all, there is too much attention on Rosenior and what he is doing, but what about the players? They are definitely not getting the amount of criticism that they actually deserve.
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