Source: SKY_Sports
Wilkins - No player power
Chelsea caretaker manager Ray Wilkins insists there have been no splits in the dressing room in the wake of Luiz Felipe Scolari's sacking.[LNB] Unrest in the Blues camp has been blamed for the Brazilian's shock dismissal on Monday, but Wilkins, who takes charge of team affairs for Saturday's FA Cup Fifth Round match against Watford, thinks otherwise.[LNB]"There's no player power here," said Wilkins. "We have to nail that. There's no player power at this club.[LNB]"The results haven't been what Roman wanted and that's why there's been a change of manager. Whenever any coach coaches a club as big as Chelsea, the players who don't play will be disgruntled, that's a fact.[LNB]"There are no splits whatsoever and we hope to show against Watford. You can only pick 11 players. It was very difficult for him because then you get a situation where people say the training methods are wrong.[LNB]"But every coach will have their different training methods and some players like them and some don't. But we don't have a split, none whatsoever."[LNB]SparkleWilkins, who expects to carry on his stay as assistant manager alongside interim boss Guus Hiddink, hinted that the former double Premier League champions lost their sparkle on and off the field under Scolari.[LNB]"We have big players and they all want to play and it's been difficult for some of them to accept the fact they weren't selected," the Englishman added.[LNB]"It's results. It was very strange because when we were winning fives and fours away from home the football was magnificent.[LNB]"But players somewhere along the line don't play as well as they should, form drops, form dips, that happens at every club.[LNB]"Somewhere along the line it's about responsibility. Some of it has to come down to the players, they have to raise their level."[LNB]
