Chelsea’s season may be getting flushed down the pipes faster than last night’s Taco Bell, but worry not my fellow gullibles, the future is still very bright and very exciting. Sunshine and rainbows and lollipops, not even a wisp of a cloud in the sky. Those in charge remain steadfast in their vision of the road ahead, and there’s so much alignment going on that we’re putting all chiropractors out of business at the same time.

Liam Rosenior has already drank more than his contractually obligated fair share of the Kool-Aid, but that’s not a problem, there’s plenty left to go around. In fact, there are no problems here whatsoever; how dare you suggest otherwise! (These quotes are from Friday, from before the Everton defeat on Saturday, but I doubt that’s changed anything.)

“We’re having really detailed conversations now about the areas we want to strengthen. I’ve had great conversations [with the sporting directors] about what I think we need. We’re very aligned, actually, in terms of where we want to strengthen and how we go about that, which is very exciting. The most important bit, though, is making sure we get the now right as well.

“It’s great to be able to plan for the future, but I want to make sure we’re also in a good place. We want to win. That’s why I’m here, and I’m having really good conversations with the ownership and sporting directors about that.”

That “now” bit is sure going swimmingly at the moment, ain’t it? How could anyone possibly be unhappy about how things are going, or in what direction we’re headed. Everyone’s happy as a clam.

“I have a very, very good relationship with the players because we speak all the time. Not just about football, or the situation with their contracts, but about their life, how their kids are, how school is. I have a very, very close relationship with Enzo and with the other players.

“In terms of contracts and where they want to be, there’s not one player at this club since I’ve been here that has said that he doesn’t want to be here in the summer. In fact, the conversations are more about how we improve, what we can do as a group to improve, what we need to do to win in this moment. That’s where we are at the moment. [But] they love it here.”

Where we are at the moment is teetering on the precipice of a gaping competitive and financial hole. If we fall in, it might be a fair while before we scale the walls to get back out of it.

“In my conversations with the ownership and the sporting directors, our plans are not solely based on whether we make the Champions League or not. But there’s so many ifs. We just have to make sure that the ‘if’ we create is as positive as possible and we’re still in a position to do that.”

-Liam Rosenior; source: Mail

We’ve gone from special ones and blazing infernos to aging men to creating ifs. You’ll never sign that.