Graham Potter accepts that the honeymoon period is over and now is the time to find out who wants to make his relationship with Chelsea work.
After his impressive nine-game unbeaten start, two defeats in the last three have given Potter a better idea of the scrutiny that comes with the job.
When it was put to Potter that the current situation is akin to entering the second stage of a relationship where the learning about the other party – both good and bad – really begins, Potter said: ‘Yes, I can’t put it much better myself.