Former Chelsea club doctor Ralph Rogers has backed Blues manager Jose Mourinho in the ongoing debate over Eva Carneiro's reduced role on the club's medical staff.
Mourinho was furious with head physio Jon Fearn and club doctor Carneiro after they rushed on to the field to treat midfielder Eden Hazard in the closing stages of last Saturday's 2-2 draw against West Bromwich Albion.
The Chelsea boss argued after the match that Fearn and Carneiro should have appreciated that Hazard was not in need of medical attention, yet the latter's decision to post a message on Facebook thanking people for supporting her is reported to have been the move that sparked her removal from match day duties.
"Putting that 'thanks for the support' note on Facebook was extremely naive," Rogers told the Daily Mail.
"That would upset anyone. What was she trying to achieve there? Are you bigger than the manager? You're never going to win, nor should you.
"Who's to say when common sense prevailed and there was no more gasoline poured onto the situation then everything would've just settled down.
"But when you add the Facebook and continue with it there is no chance she is still the first-team doctor. You can't do your job."
Rogers went on to say that appreciating the flow of a football game was a key understanding for any member of a football club's backroom staff.
"A head injury you run on -- period, but you have to understand the injury and the game. I completely agree with some of the things Mourinho said.
"If you think that player is seriously injured and you got the nod [from the referee] you go on. You also have to understand your players.
"My personal feeling is that he was frustrated and those frustrations were deep-seated. They weren't just 'oh you ran on the pitch, you made a mistake.' To be honest with you, you do have to understand the game. He has a legitimate point."
Rogers quit his role at Chelsea in 2011 after the appointment of Paco Biosca as the Blues new medical director, after he played a key role in the backroom staff under managers Carlo Ancelotti and Andre Villas-Boas. He is now medical adviser to the NBA, as well as being sports physician to Warwickshire County Cricket Club.