Ciara T.

An incredible 52-year journey comes to an end. Following extensive consideration, BBC Sport has made the difficult decision to say goodbye to Football Focus at the end of this season. First broadcast in 1974, Football Focus is a testament to the brilliant team who have worked on it over the years and, of course, the audience. The programme has been a staple of the BBC’s football coverage for decades, providing fans with interviews, analysis and stories from across the game ahead of the weekend’s fixtures. But changing audience behaviours mean fans are now increasingly consuming football content in different ways and we need to respond appropriately as we face difficult decisions around how the licence fee is spent. Fans are accessing discussion, highlights, analysis and news through digital platforms and on-demand viewing and as viewing habits continue to evolve, it is right that BBC Sport adapts how it brings football coverage to the widest audiences across television, radio, online and to its extensive social platforms. BBC Sport boasts a strong football rights portfolio and is set to significantly expand its digital output this year growing content across BBC platforms, as well as a bold new slate of exclusive shows on YouTube. Featuring fresh formats, big personalities and more frequent, always-on content tailored for digital audiences, the expansion will bring fans closer to the game than ever before delivering more high-quality, accessible and engaging football coverage at scale. We will release further details on these plans in the coming months.

Graeme Le Saux: "I watch a lot of #Chelsea games with the work I do for NBC. When you see the body language of the players warming up, the subs even when they were warming up, I thought it was unprofessional a lot of the time." (@talkSPORT)

Chelsea’s tailspin is not Liam Rosenior’s fault, even if he did make mistakes. Instead, blame BlueCo - the self-styled football disruptors who have constructed a monument to their own hubris in west London. 📝 @OliverKay bit.ly/48iIsbu

@ChelsTransfer @GraemeBailey Another child! Well, I suppose he'd fit right in 😉

Matthias Jaissle, the manager of Al-Ahli, has emerged on Chelsea’s radar as the club continue their detailed search for a new manager with groundwork already been carried out on the highly-rated German coach. (via @GraemeBailey)

None of Chelsea’s 31-man squad has posted a farewell message following the departure of Liam Rosenoir

@SprightlyCFC @ChelseaFC And then lose to City!

@ChelseaFC A managerless Chelsea always turn up in games like this. I expect us to make it to the final.

For a place in the FA Cup final. 🏆

Manchester City are considering #Chelsea’s Enzo Fernandez as a midfield option this summer. (@TheAthleticFC)

John Terry should be among the back room staff on Sunday, we need to do the right thing here

Everything about “looking for elite talent” is hot air from this ownership. Especially whilst these morons are still running the sporting side.

Andy Townsend: "I would have gone right now for John Terry. Someone like that. To pick the fans up, to try and galvanize the players a little bit. Calum McFarlane… I’m not sure how much that is going to really inspire those players who looked pretty empty." (@talkSPORT)

"At the stadium, at the training ground, even Kingsmeadow — it's a skeleton staff everywhere. Under Roman Abramovich, everyone was on London living wage. Everyone who is still there is now on minimum wage. It's absolutely disgraceful." We don't hate them enough. #BlueCoOUT

👏THE👏MANAGER👏DOESN’T👏MATTER👏WHILST👏THE👏STRUCTURE👏REMAINS👏AND👏THE👏SPORTING👏DIRECTORS👏ARE👏STILL👏HERE👏 👏WHY👏DOES👏NO-ONE👏GET👏IT👏AND👏NEED👏THE👏DOPAMINE👏HIT?!👏 Fuck.

As Simon Johnson said on a podcast - this is not someone they did not know they knew him very well they took him from RCS he was not unknown. Think that compounds the sins of the SDs tenfold or more

Lee, a #Chelsea fan, calling into @talkSPORT: "I know two guys at the club who have been there all their working lives. They're Blues — you cut their arm off and they bleed blue. All they want to do now is get out. BlueCo have ripped the heart out of the club."

Everything I hear from agents, players and people within football in regards to Paul Winstanley is farcical. The man is considered a joke by all of them, and the world’s easiest payday. Utterly farcical.

“Go get Callum McFarlane.” “He doesn’t have the coaching badges.” “Just… Go get Callum McFarlane.”

Trump envoy seeks to replace Iran with Italy in World Cup rte.ie/sport/soccer/2… via @rte

It's unfortunate that @ebehdad and @ChelseaFC have conveniently overlooked this. Mediocrity breeds mediocrity.

If you don’t replace the people who are hiring the wrong coach over and over again, surely the same mistakes will keep recurring if the process isn’t changed.