Changing manager again 'would be worst thing Chelsea could do'

The only way for Enzo Maresca to get the Chelsea fans back on board is getting results and by his team looking like they did in the first half of the season. The groans from the Stamford Bridge crowd - especially in the draw against Ipswich - are not helping. As a Chelsea fan, I want the crowd behind the team and being the 12th man between now and the end of the season to give them the best chance of getting into those Champions League spots.

[BBC][Getty Images]The only way for Enzo Maresca to get the Chelsea fans back on board is getting results and by his team looking like they did in the first half of the season.The groans from the Stamford Bridge crowd - especially in the draw against Ipswich - are not helping.As a Chelsea fan, I want the crowd behind the team and being the 12th man between now and the end of the season to give them the best chance of getting into those Champions League spots.

The players feel and hear it when the the fans moan at every ball that is given away, or every missed tackle or missed shot. Then, tension builds, anxiety builds and you do not get the result anyway. I do not think it helps, but I get it.

I get the frustration. I am frustrated watching our games. I think for Maresca, it is not about getting the fans onside for the rest of the season - it is about getting the players motivated and in the right frame of mind to push with everything for a top-five finish.

Him biting at fans in interviews does not help. There has been an expectation of winning at the club since Roman Abramovich's arrival. The fans have been suffering with the transition in the past few years and we are seeing some disconnect and frustration after they have tried their best to be patient.

But I do not think Maresca can address or impact that fan perspective at this point this season through words.His focus has to be solely on the team and what they can control. Winning games automatically gets fans back on board.

As a club trying to transition, develop an identity, bring in young players and build for the future, to keep changing manager every season is not going to help - even if they do not reach the Champions League.You have to build that identity. It does not just happen overnight.

It started off as a good season and it is not ending great but they still have a chance of getting into the Champions League and that would have been the target at the beginning for Maresca.I think bringing in another manager after just a year would be the worst thing Chelsea could do. If they do that again it would be crazy and frustrate the fanbase at least as much as they are frustrated now.

Fara Williams was speaking to BBC Sport's Nat Hayward[BBC].