Arsenal legend Ian Wright feels it's about time Chelsea owner stopped hiring and firing coaches.
Chelsea have endured a torrid recent few weeks. They were dumped out of the Champions League by Inter Milan last week and also relinquished their lead at the top of the Premier League after a draw against Blackburn.
Rumours are swirling around Stamford Bridge regarding the future of coach Carlo Ancelotti, with some reports suggesting that the Italian has only five more matches to save his job.
Writing in his column for The Sun, Wright commented:"It is now vital for Chelsea's Russian chief to stop hiring and firing bosses and actually back his manager.
"If Chelsea do end the season without a pot to pour champagne in, they must keep faith with Carlo Ancelotti.
"Stability on the management side has always been vitally important for both Manchester United and Arsenal. At Chelsea, this appears to have been a side issue."
Wright pointed out that in Avram Grant, Phil Scolari, Guus Hiddink and Carlo Ancelotti, the London club have had four coaches since the departure of Jose Mourinho.
"Both Scolari and Hiddink stuck to the old guard and now many of them are past 30 - and other are approaching that age."
According to Wright, the failure to nurture or sign any youngster is a glaring weakness that Chelsea must address.
"They are left with a team which is still extremely strong but with one or two exceptions, it is not getting any better. I'm not saying that all of a sudden, Ancelotti should boot Didier Drogba and Frank Lampard out of the team."
"Of course not. But I hope Ancelotti is able to feel secure enough in his own position to make changes. I don't see any young, exciting signings being brought in to keep the senior players on their toes."
They have not brought in enough substance. At Manchester United, there are no shoo-ins. But too many of Chelsea's team probably know they will play every week without anyone pushing them hard enough."
"Unless Chelsea are careful, they will wake up one day and realise they are left with an ageing team with only past glories to look at."
Wright also felt that captaincy issues as well as player power might be eroding morale in the dressing room."
"I'm sure there are issues within the dressing room that Ancelotti will want to deal with."
"He will probably be wondering whether to stick with John Terry as club captain - whether the team are all behind him, or not, after what has happened in recent weeks.
"Ancelotti will also be deciding if the player power is too strong at the club."
"If so, he needs the backing from Abramovich to smash that into tiny pieces."
"I feel the problem with Chelsea all stems back to the battle of the egos between Abramovich and Mourinho. While Abramovich won the battle short-term, he has ended up as the loser."
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