
It’s just as well Liam Rosenior penned a contract so long that he could still be at Stamford Bridge in 2032. He might need that much time to right some of the wrongs Chelsea committed in front of his eyes at Craven Cottage.
Wednesday night’s 2-1 defeat at Fulham was by no means Chelsea’s worst performance of the season — that is reserved for the defeat at Leeds only a month ago. But it was poor nonetheless, and served to show Rosenior first-hand, in the flesh, just how much work there is to be done if Chelsea are to achieve their end-of-season target of qualifying for the Champions League.