Contract until 2032 
Good luck with that.
Good luck with that.
Liam Rosenior | Chelsea Man Ager
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He's highly regarded in France and will be missed at Strasbourg. People are definitely underestimating him around here.
Pointless and underwhelming appointment by us. Like United we seem to have accepted mediocrity and will float around pointlessly for ages now winning the odd minor cup.
100% he will be sacked within 2 years.
Might as well have kept Maresca if we werent getting or at least trying to get a top coach.
100% he will be sacked within 2 years.
Might as well have kept Maresca if we werent getting or at least trying to get a top coach.
He'll be sacked next year.
I think people are rightly questioning that he is highly regarded by many yet he hasn't got the record to back it up just yet. He's done well but nothing spectacular in his managerial career thus far.
What is even the point of it? I'm genuinely curious if there is any logic from the clubs point of view. Chelsea have not had a manager make it three years since Mourinho's first stint. I place the likelihood of Rosenior serving out this contract at about 0%.Contract until 2032
Good luck with that.
This. I think people dont realise how important command experience and respect is when coming to a 'top' or formally top club in England.
We are notorious for throwing managers under the bus, even good ones, and the minute he has a few bad results he will be under pressure and itll go wrong.
When Jose came back in 2013 he commanded respect still, even though it eventually went wrong we still won the league, same with Conte.
Tuchel again commanded respect, the players listened , at least at first.
Like Amorim, it doesnt matter if these managers are up and coming or mavericks and win stuff in poor leagues, they will inevitably fail because of the way English football is set up like a pressure cooker.
Both our clubs feel like theyre in for some Seasons in the Abyss.
Annoyingly I don't mind him. I think he may do OK enough.
Some of his old Guardian articles are interesting. He loves Michael Carrick...
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/25/michael-carrick-liam-rosenior
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/25/michael-carrick-liam-rosenior
Chelsea can't help themselves reallyContract until 2032
Good luck with that.
Does ClearLake know that they can issue contracts shorter than 5 years? Especially when they hold all the leverage? Six and half year contract for an unproven manager is pure madness
Managed 153 games?
49% win rate?
Have a six year contract!
49% win rate?
Have a six year contract!
It's possible that there might be some break clauses in there, don't you think?
He's no Ole.
Every big club is at it now, but it really is a cancer. Football clubs are community institutions, not 7/11 franchises ffs
Multiclub ownership should be banned outright. Would be really easy for UEFA and federations to do.
But they won’t. Money.
Seems like a very smart and emotionally intelligent manager, but it feels like this is several years too early. Shame, I would have liked him as United manager after he gained a few more years of experience. Boat has probably sailed now.
Chelsea still handing out these long contracts, i mean what's the point?
Reeks of ‘“yes” man for the board . No idea why Chelsea would go for someone that’s got zero experience.
Won’t be surprised if he’s gone by the end of the season.
Won’t be surprised if he’s gone by the end of the season.
Why do I keep seeing this with regards to Chelsea's contracts? Why would players/managers agree to ridiculously long contracts that seemingly only benefit Chelsea?
Seen many people suggest the players signing these long contracts are playing for "pennies". Just doesn't make sense.
None of them are playing for "pennies" but it's definitely true that we're not dishing out 250k plus a week like we did a few years ago.
As we've already seen with Palmer, if the player does well they get a pay bump. They're not stuck on their original wage if they do well. The club doesn't want unhappy players.
As to why they sign these long contacts, it's security. If they have an injury nightmare they're sorted for life.
six-and-a-half-year deal that will be a nice pay out when he departs in a year
Rosenior's is basically an NFL contract. There are break clauses with reduced penalties as well as incentives tied to team success.
All football managers have large egos and think they can fix whatever. Rosenior gets his chance to do so and if he succeeds, he gets guaranteed pay rises and Chelsea will be happy to pay it with additional CL revenue. If he doesn't, Chelsea don't have to pay him nearly as large a windfall as other clubs might have to with a standard contractual agreement. Most football managers would bet on themselves in that scenario and clearly Rosenior is no different.
Pretty much spot on.
He looks like a Memphis Depay who stays indoors and reads in his free time
Haha this is such a good call.
I thought he came across as quite an odd bloke from how he spoke - no doubt that means he'll smash it there and be the next big thing.
Why do they like to cheap out on manager appointments?
I only remember him from Fulham? Think he was a fullback?
Which begs the question - what top level experience can he draw from? Did he ever play in the CPL or anything like that?
I only remember him from Fulham? Think he was a fullback?
Which begs the question - what top level experience can he draw from? Did he ever play in the CPL or anything like that?
But they were 7th - it's a very weird signing
Paul Merson saying he thinks he will be a success at Chelsea, you know if United hired him he'd be saying he's not good enough.
So what are Chelsea nowadays? Just a glorified player development club that needs to turn a profit for their owners?
To be fair, that's the perfect description for Strasbourg.
I met Liam Rosenior once and he acted weird.
Was in a restaurant in Westfield Shepherd’s Bush.
We were walking towards each other , me to the toilet, him from the toilet. we made eye contact and I obviously recognised him so a gave a knowing nod and the weirdo basically immediately looked down to the floor to avoid any further eye contact.
At the time he was Wazza’s assistant at Derby.
I’ve not forgiven him for this tbh.
Was in a restaurant in Westfield Shepherd’s Bush.
We were walking towards each other , me to the toilet, him from the toilet. we made eye contact and I obviously recognised him so a gave a knowing nod and the weirdo basically immediately looked down to the floor to avoid any further eye contact.
At the time he was Wazza’s assistant at Derby.
I’ve not forgiven him for this tbh.
Im not sure how Strasbourg fans feel about their club. It feels like the minors and majors situation some of our sports have here in N.America.
Now even their manager gets "promoted" and yanked mid-season. Every time they are doing well, they are at additional risk of seeing their manager leaving.
You must have done a wierd nod or something
INEOS to follow suit and move the Nice manager to united
I used to think they despised the situation but a Strasbourg fan explained to me a few months ago that the ultras are basically a minority. An extremely loud minority.
General fans don't particularly like or overly dislike Blueco, in fact a lot of them are pretty happy as long as the team is performing well, which it has been so far. They understand where they are in the food chain but they don't really like being associated with Chelsea in general, and especially not as some kind of little brother club, but most don't feel strongly enough about it to complain or protest.
I haven't seen anything from them about this situation but I can imagine they exactly be thrilled to lose Rosenier to Chelsea, knowing its their own owners who have taken the decision to move him on to Chelsea.
It is unusual (at least for now) to have a situation where your owner pushes the manager around for effectively performing well. They currently sit 7th in the table. I have seen Strasbourg mostly in the top flight but never as far as I can remember too high up the table, so 7th is probably pretty good for them. They apparently do have a league title in their history. I dont know how ambitious this club was supposed to be, but they are pushing a spot in Europe.
They get to see some players that might have been out of reach, but this had to be a real annoyance for the base, especially in the middle of a season. Has Chelsea groomed someone to take over for Rosenior?
Probably looked like he was trying to have a glance at his cock