{"id":358556,"date":"2026-01-08T07:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/358556\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T07:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T07:42:14","slug":"liam-rosenior-has-problems-to-fix-at-chelsea-whats-on-his-to-do-list-after-fulham-defeat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/358556\/","title":{"rendered":"Liam Rosenior has problems to fix at Chelsea – what’s on his to-do list after Fulham defeat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If Chelsea<\/a>‘s relationship with the fans isn’t broken, it is certainly fraying.<\/p>\n

Just hours after Rosenior was confirmed in his new post, the Chelsea<\/a> Supporters’ Trust released a highly critical survey – not aimed at the appointment, but at the club’s leadership.<\/p>\n

Among the headlines was that more than half of respondents doubt Chelsea<\/a> will achieve success in the next three to five years under the current regime. A similar proportion lack confidence in the ownership’s decision-making.<\/p>\n

Rosenior seemed aware of the stakes. In his first interview with the club’s media channels, he used the word ‘win’ 14 times – a clear signal that he understands the only way to repair this fractured relationship is through results.<\/p>\n

The former Fulham<\/a> defender also referenced playing against Didier Drogba, Arjen Robben, Frank Lampard, Joe Cole and Michael Essien – acknowledging the fear factor Chelsea<\/a> once commanded during the Roman Abramovich ownership era. These were savvy remarks from the London-born coach, showing he understands the club’s identity.<\/p>\n

Yet even he may not grasp the depth of anger that exists among the fanbase. On Wednesday, chants in support of the sanctioned Russian oligarch who transformed Chelsea<\/a> rang out across Stamford Bridge, alongside unsavoury songs aimed at co-controlling owner Eghbali and Clearlake Capital.<\/p>\n

There will also be a protest before Rosenior’s first league match against Brentford<\/a>, who leapfrogged them in the table on Wednesday, on Saturday week.<\/p>\n

Rosenior must know he could become a target himself if results do not come quickly. He embodies everything Todd Boehly and Clearlake believe in: he is young, progressive, and connected to their multi-club model via Strasbourg.<\/p>\n

Signing off his first interview, Rosenior said: “Believe in what is an amazing football club, believe in the players, and when you give energy to the team, you help them win. That’s why we are here. I can’t wait to meet them and do that soon.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Chelsea‘s relationship with the fans isn’t broken, it is certainly fraying. Just hours after Rosenior was confirmed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358557,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-358556","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}