If you were Guus Hiddink, what would you do?

GUUS Hiddink faces an uphill task reunifying a fractured dressing room, while managing the demands of a ruthless and ambitious club owner, and not having the luxury of signing players he think would be helpful in reviving Chelsea’s fortunes.

If you were thrown in the hotseat, how would you reverse Chelsea’s slide?

THE POSTMAN LIM SAY HENG says: I say the first thing would be to show the same ruthlessness that Roman Abramovich has shown to his managers.

Sir Alex Ferguson has not survived the managerial axe for more than two decades by turning the other cheek when undermined by his own players, no matter how good they were.

Offer the players a clean slate to begin with, warning them that if things don’t improve within three weeks, then heads will roll regardless of seniority or reputation.

That goes for players such as Michael Ballack, Didier Drogba and Petr Cech, who were fingered by recently disposed manager Luiz Felipe Scolari as the people who contributed to his sacking.

Some of the Chelsea players may be close to Abramovich, but Hiddink has the ears of the Russian, given the way he transformed the Russia national team.

And the owner is more likely to accept that his expensive stars are being placed in cold storage if Hiddink can convince him that it will be good for the team.

And being threatened with the prospect of being dumped into cold storage will motivate any player, especially those who have national team aspirations.

Some players still think they are the “untouchables”, a mentality cultivated by Jose Mourinho. But if they are growing too big for their heads, I say these “untouchables” should take on a different meaning – they should not feature in the team until they get their egoes checked.