The coach is under increasing pressure after four consecutive Premier League defeats have left the Blues trailing in the race for Champions League qualification and admits that he needs to start winning - even though he has been backed by the club's co-owner Behdad Eghbali.
Rosenior said of the Chelsea ownership: "I’ve had many conversations with them. It’s a very direct question, I like it. They’re supporting me. They believe in me. There’s one thing I haven’t believed – the reality of the situation. At Chelsea football club, we’ve lost our last four league games. That’s not good enough. So, regardless of what they believe I can achieve with the club in the long term, I need to get results now with this group and with the sporting directors as well."
Chelsea are sixth in the Premier League table ahead of Tuesday's (21.04.26) game at Brighton and Rosenior believes that his team can prevail in what is a congested race for the European spots.
The manager said: "We can’t be looking to other teams or results, we have to look to ourselves.
"It’s easy, these words: ‘Keep the faith’ and ‘belief’. This is about character now. It’s about standing up. It’s about people who are willing in difficult moments to stand up for the shirt and fight."
Rosenior explained that defender Wesley Fofana had apologised for his angry reaction to being substituted during Chelsea's loss to Manchester United at the weekend and has said that it is down to his players to change perceptions about a lack of discipline.
He said: "I’ve spoken to the players about this. You tell a story about yourself in moments sometimes, especially on a football pitch. It’s emotional and you tell a story about your character and sometimes when you don’t show yourself in the best light, the perception of you is probably different to what the reality is.
"A lot of the work we’re doing with the group, with the players, is not football. It’s not just football. We have a young group of players and that’s a really positive thing at times and with that comes a responsibility for me and my staff to help them through difficult moments. I want to change the perception of them because I’ve got to know them very well. That takes time and they need to learn quicker than maybe they have done."
