Have Chelsea progressed under Rosenior? Analysing his Blues tenure
Such is the strength of support for Rosenior - who is under contract until 2032 - that he has been heavily involved in regular transfer planning meetings with sporting directors Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart. After the current international break, Chelsea host Port Vale in the FA Cup quarter‑finals on Saturday, 4 April, before Premier League matches at Stamford Bridge against Manchester City and Manchester United . Outrun and in decline - are Rosenior's Chelsea near crisis point?
"We've had 10 league games together as a group - we've got 17 points. We're fourth in the table in my time, so we have to forget the noise," Rosenior said on Saturday. Victories in his first four Premier League matches calmed initial fears about the appointment, as Chelsea climbed from eighth back into the Champions League spots.
But, by winning just one of their past six Premier League games and dropping to sixth, the club seem to be back to square one. Injuries and disciplinary issues continue to be a problem, while Rosenior has blamed the club's workload for a statistic that shows Chelsea have been outrun by every team this campaign. Since the start of last season they have played 113 matches - more than any other Premier League club - after winning the Conference League and the newly expanded summer Club World Cup.
They also had their shortest gap between seasons of just 35 days. In an attempt to cope, Chelsea have made 99 changes to their starting line-ups this season in the Premier League, more than any other club. Rosenior has overseen a dip in form since beginning to introduce his own tactical methods at Stamford Bridge.
In his first month - when he won seven of his first nine matches - he largely, by his own admission, stuck to Maresca's gameplan because he had little time to work on the training pitch. However, after avoiding the Champions League play-offs, Rosenior had time to bring more of his own tactical ideology into the team - and form has subsequently dropped off. In his first month, Rosenior focused on fixing some of the low-hanging issues, such as ill-discipline, raising the team's intensity and improving concentration.