The decision to part ways with Rosenior after only 106 days has divided opinion. While some see it as a necessary move to halt a slide that culminated in a 3-0 loss to Brighton, former Chelsea striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink expressed surprise at the timing of the board's decision given the length of the project initially promised.
“I am shocked. I didn’t expect it to happen this soon,” Hasselbaink told Sky Sports News. “I know that he was under pressure because, look, Chelsea is a big club, expect to win. It hasn’t happened before, or it (has been a long time) that they haven’t scored in five games, so the stats are not in his favour. But then still, because he’s been not that long at Chelsea, I would have thought that they would give him a little bit more time. I am a little bit surprised, but then on the other hand I’m not because it’s football. The shirt is heavy, the supporters are used to winning a lot of trophies, used to seeing the team competing week in and week out. The (Brighton) game was poor.”