Alistair Bruce-Ball

that sees a manager get sacked, and that's what's happened.

Yeah, that's right, Ali.

It was the tipping point, wasn't it?

Dreadful performance, but I don't think we can say that that was the only reason that the performance at the Amex last night is the sole reason.

It's been coming, and I...

It's not that I have any sympathy with the ownership or the leadership team there at Chelsea, but they wanted to persist with Liam Rossini.

They wanted to give him a chance to succeed.

But I think it's really quickly unravelled there and it became abundantly clear that

To the want of a better expression, he was just completely out of his depth.

I think he lost the players.

I think there are other reasons, tactical reasons, why the team haven't performed.

And last night was the culmination of that.

And I don't think it was a surprise today that he lost his job.

In that case, Sammy, do you think it's more on the board then than it is on Liam Rossini in terms of just making the appointment in the first place?

I think they've got to absolutely take their fair share of the blame.

Because what they have done over these last two appointments, obviously in Maresca and Leon Rossini, they've effectively... OK, look, Maresca had a good season, didn't he, with Leicester, but they've both been project managers.

And when you appoint a project manager, you are taking somewhat of a risk because...

Just given that they don't have the kind of experience that you would expect a Chelsea manager to have.

But they put their faith in these guys.

And for whatever reason, and there are various reasons, it hasn't worked out.