It was a crash course in the modern Chelsea for Liam Rosenior. The new head coach saw rash decisions undermine flashes of promise and heard rumblings of discontent. Few supporters are convinced by the club’s direction and the cracks were evident when the travelling supporters aimed mutinous chants at the Chelsea hierarchy as they watched their erratic side fall to a chaotic 2-1 defeat at Fulham.
Steering this project back on course will not be easy for Rosenior. Perhaps he will reflect that he has already made his first misstep since leaving Strasbourg. He elected not to sit in the away dugout, leaving Calum McFarlane in interim charge after the draw with Manchester City, and the result was Chelsea producing a directi
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