Strasbourg fans were furious with losing Liam Rosenior to Chelsea in January – but have ended up delighted with his replacement.
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Chelsea aren’t in action until Monday night, so we’re really excited for tonight’s Conference League semi final first leg featuring our sister club Strasbourg.
Gary O’Neil took over from Liam Rosenior when the latter came to Chelsea in January, and has since continued his predecessor’s good work. While their league form isn’t as strong as last year, that’s because of their deep run in the Coupe de France and Conference League.
O’Neil’s communication style compared to Rosenior’s
The Athletic had a really interesting piece about how O’Neil compared with Rosenior, featuring quotes from a Strasbourg fan.
“O’Neil is basically acting like a very down-to-earth football manager. He sticks to football and that is very much welcome because Liam Rosenior had a very high idea of himself. He had communication that was very sophisticated; he would speak about so many things and he had a kind of a posture that it was all about him.
“Gary O’Neil is more of a regular football guy who speaks about football, very down to earth, and that’s OK with us.”
We all saw how Rosenior’s style went down at Chelsea – hopefully he can learn to tweak his communication going forward.
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