'Unfortunately, Chelsea can't sack players that didn't perform'

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We asked for your views on whether sacking Liam Rosenior was the right thing to do.

Here are some of your comments:

Paul: Good luck Liam. Unfortunately, Chelsea FC can't sack those players that didn't perform for you, so you have had to suffer. As far as I am concerned, those players can follow you out the door. They play for Chelsea FC and the club pay their wages. The boys that didn't turn up last night should be ashamed that you got the coach the sack. If you don't want to wear the blue shirt, then leave.

Kazuki: Hardly a surprise, but is it because I'm too used to this type of event (28 years of supporting)? Whether this sacking is a calculated risk or not depends entirely on whom the management brings in as the next manager. I'll hold onto my opinion about the management. Let's see what happens next.

Osman: So Chelsea have sacked Rosenior? Now it's time for the sporting directors and the owners to leave Chelsea. We are tired of their bad recruitment and poor results on the pitch. Chelsea wasn't broken when these owners came in and now look at it.

Tom: Obviously, they should have never appointed Liam Rosenior, but when it happens, you hope for a fairytale. Hopefully his career isn't wrecked and hopefully those in charge realise they need to listen and change strategy.

Alan: The owners need to look in the mirror and ask themselves, are they really up to the job? Obviously, they'll think they are, and blame everyone else. The senior club managers also need to be held to account. There is a club full of people with very little experience of playing or managing a club of this size. Time will tell who really is the problem.

Sean: He should never have got the job in the first place. The fans knew, just a shame our owners didn't. It was always going to end this way, as with Graham Potter. We have spent all that money building a team that is clearly not good enough and with no experienced pros in it. We are no further forward from when they took over. As a club, we have lost our identity. We need a manager with top-level experience and someone like John Terry in the backroom staff who knows the club inside out to bring stability and structure back into the football club.

Robert: The owners are completely to blame for turning the club into a shambles. They obviously have no understanding of running a football club. No person with any credibility would want to operate as a 'head coach', knowing they'll only be able to use players that are purchased based on statistics by sporting directors who are gambling on potential. Players are not solely commodities that you can try to make a profit from, but the owners seem to be trying to run the club as a business.

Valentine: Why was he appointed in the first place? He has neither the experience nor profile to handle such a young team with so much expectation. I hope the management learns from this grave error.