By OkayGoal 
We’ve seen all sorts of reports come out over the last week around the players and Liam Rosenior.
It’s clear to me that they didn’t really give him much respect, and certainly weren’t really playing for him come the end. Not all of the players of course, and there’s been reports of a split in the dressing room, with some players believing that others had downed tools because of their dislike of Rosenior. There’s certainly been a split and fallouts in the group.
Rosenior was far from good enough, but that’s no excuse for players to not put their all in. And I don’t care what anyone says, the players come the end under Rosenior were certainly not giving it their all for him. To me, that’s just disrespectful. I think it shows a lack of maturity too.
Last week, Chelsea’s players were labelled ‘cry babies’ by Matt Law of The Telegraph, and he had a point with some of what he said.
Law wrote:
‘Under two different permanent managers, this collection of Chelsea cry babies – at least one of whom believes he is good enough to play for Real Madrid – have twice won just once in nine games in a single season. They managed the feat before Rosenior was sacked, as well as before he officially took charge.
‘Weslet Fofana has more points on his driving licence (50) than Chelsea do in the league (48). Add in the fact that the team’s on-the-pitch disciplinary problems followed them from Enzo Maresca, the former head coach, to Rosenior and there is a clear pattern of underperformance and misbehaviour amongst the players.
‘No wonder they are so happy to hide behind Rosenior, the owners and the sporting directors when the s— hits the fan. Those responsible for signing them need to take their share of the blame, but the players seem oblivious to the fact that supporters see many of them as being the most dislikable bunch they can remember.
‘A victory against Leeds would only confirm the belief of some that the Chelsea cry babies can only turn it on when they get their own way. A defeat would further prove how out of touch with reality they are when it comes to their own talent.’
And look at that, they did get a victory over Leeds, and the players DID turn up. Obviously I’m very pleased they did. But why didn’t they show this fight in recent games that caused our terrible form of late? That is the bit that doesn’t sit right with me. Dislike a manager, fine. But play for the badge first, for the club, for the fans. I guess that’s just another example of the decline of modern football and societal personalities. It’s a culture thing. Well, our culture needs to change, we need to get that winning Chelsea culture back and breed it back into the players minds. Target those strong mentalities. They all need to take a look in the mirror on a daily basis and make sure they themselves are doing all they can whenever they step out on to the pitch and represent OUR club.