A season at derby? It was a massive gamble. In most games he's up against the sort of tactical knowhow that the likes of our own manager has, or at least managers who've seen it all at different levels, what experience and knowledge does he have to draw on?

Unsurprisingly, his team looks like a collection of expensive and talented individuals lacking the sort of tactical coherence and adaptability from game to game that is now essential.

It might work if they stick with him and allow him to learn on the job, as he seems a decent and enough chap willing to learn, but that was never going to be permitted at Chelsea.