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EP 66: Tactics Tuesday + Breaking Mudryk News!
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Join Jake and Matt for Tactics tuesday, discussing the 2-1 win against Brentford - PLUS we discuss the breaking news of the day regarding Mudryk.
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Introduction and Breaking News
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello, everybody, and welcome to Tactics Tuesday. Although it is not just going to be Tactics today. And no, I'm not going with different literations in terms of a title talk or something like that. In fact, ah we have some breaking news to cover. um And my God, it is some weird, extreme breaking news that I don't think anyone could have expected.
Mudrick's Positive Drug Test: Initial Reactions
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um And to join me here today to discuss that is Matt. Matt, how are you doing?
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Matt
Yeah, very well, Jake. in ah You're absolutely right. We are now in strange times, um substance times, um which we will get into a little bit more.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yes. I was going to try and fit a performance enhancing joke in there, but I can't think of it in time.
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Matt
we come back to that know
00:00:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:00:56
Matt
i mean
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Yeah. So in case anyone has not seen the news today, although I imagine you have, Mikalo, Misha, Mudrick has tested positive for a performance enhancing drug.
00:01:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Now the details are still a bit sketchy. What he's tested positive for is apparently called a meldonium, which is something which is is something you can get over the counter um in in some Eastern European countries.
00:01:20
Matt
We'll come back to that.
00:01:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
it's not It's not on the level of you can go and buy it as paracetamol, but it's not too far off um from what people were saying. um In terms of where Misha actually lies in terms of what's happening at the moment. He had a positive A sample um and now what happens is it is there will be a B sample test which will confirm the initial findings. After that point um it will go to an investigation where Misha will then find out um or whether they'll investigate whether he intentionally took the substance.
Chelsea's Ongoing Controversies
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um So there's still a couple of stages to go until you know we sort of find out the implications of what happens to the meek Misha, what happens to
00:02:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know, the squad, you know, episode contracts, all that sort of stuff. and But Matt, let's let's go with what we know and let's get the initial reaction. um When you saw this news this morning, what did you think?
00:02:14
Matt
yeah um Yeah, definitely surprising. i I think actually my first thought was, gosh, Chelsea just can't stay out of the headlines um nowadays. I mean, we've been in the headlines pretty much since the start of the season for both good and bad reasons. um in obviously great with the league in terms of our performances but we've had something similar in terms of just bad news with players in terms of what Enzo was doing with the Argentinian squad um obviously that was then dealt with and that's great but yeah we're now in the the papers again ah for substance news so yeah I guess disappointing but I guess just really surprised because as as you say like we don't have all the figures yet but
00:02:57
Matt
A lot of the jokes going on right now is that, you know, Madrid, he hasn't really been playing that well and that's under performance enhancing drugs, um allegedly. And so, you know, how much more does he have to take um to to to really get better? I did think it was um quite interesting though finding out that this was from a failed test um at the end of october and towards the end of october we played paneth and icos away and that's when he had his best performance he got you know nine out of ten he got two goals an assist and you know sort of he um sorry two assists and a goal and so was that the effect just for that one game um and then since then he's not been good i mean who knows but um
00:03:37
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yeah
00:03:42
Matt
like I said like there's there's still a lot more to to come out but I'm sure that Maresco probably would have maybe I don't know the way Maresco is I have a feeling that he might have known about something might not been quite right and you know Mudrik has been out of the squad for the last um couple of games um Kind of with just
Historical Context and Comparisons
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Matt
vague reasons in terms of maybe a bit of a knock or just feeling a bit ill, but maybe sort of Maresco was just saying those things to kind of protect Madrid from all the news that we know now.
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Yeah it is.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah i mean yeah i think we we were discussing that earlier i think yeah that is what i'm taking from this whole scenario is we do win the league this year yesterday yeah it's through the the non-title contenders thing we're winning it i've just seen it happen
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Matt
So um yeah, definitely disappointing, but it potentially could be a um blessing in disguise because 20 years ago, Mutu had a similar thing and then we went on to win the league.
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Matt
So we'll see.
00:04:28
Matt
ah Exactly. It's just foreshadowed right now, exactly.
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Matt
a
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Global Sports Podcast Network
I can't remember, there was something that happened with our Champions League win that was quite similar that season then we and we actually went on and won it. I can't remember what there was. There was some sort of stat or something like that. I'll come back to that in a later pod. um but so So obviously, Matt, we need we need to be a bit careful in terms of terms of what we say, in terms of like what we actually know about what what meet you what what's happened to Misha and what he's taken.
00:04:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah What we do know is it is obviously this mildonium which the the desired effect is to increase oxygen blood flow in the body and the reason it's performance enhancing is because obviously if you have more oxygen it essentially means you can exercise and do more just because you have more oxygen pumping for your body.
00:05:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Something you mentioned as well, Matt, is obviously like there's been other people who have not really suffered too many or such harsh consequences before. um You know, one of the most famous one, Maria Sharapova, who did face a small ban and there have been other football players as well. um In fact, there's a list of 29 football players who have tested positive for this and none of them have received any more than a six month ban.
00:05:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
um What I was going to ask you, Matt, is because of the profile of player, and obviously we we just spoke about one of the biggest tennis players of all time, so you know this may not necessarily be true, but do you think because of the profile of player and um the fact it's a Chelsea player as well, do you think that he may face harsher consequences because of that?
00:06:04
Matt
Yeah potentially. I mean in terms of because of such high profile I'm sure that the FA and everyone else involved in this will want to be of you know upright standing and you know sort of effectively use this as maybe an example of you know sort of what's the The consequences could be whether he gets more a harsher punishment because he's a Chelsea player maybe well, I potentially I mean it's it would be hard to prove that but um there There's always a possibility just because of you know Chelsea do have a unique stature within um the football world and you know being you know in the heart of London so that might be a ah factor as well and Yeah, it's um
00:06:48
Matt
the other thing is though is that you know like you mentioned Maria Sharapova sort of she did have a band but then it was reduced to 15 months after proving that she you know took um these drugs unknowingly so whether that's the case for Mudrik you know remains to be seen but potentially you know there's There's reports that it could be a similar ban that Paul Pogba had when he was, when he tested positive in his case when, you know, so he had ah four years, his got reduced to 18 months, but Madrid could be up to four years, maybe even longer or something like that.
Legal and Financial Implications for Chelsea
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Matt
um And yeah, like you said, there's a lot of information and a lot of things being said without all the facts being known. But, ah you know, there's even you know sort of some reports saying that Chelsea could even sue Madrid for this if, you know, sort of they can't play him or he can't play because they've still had to pay the big fee to Shakta Dinesh for him and they can't require any of that and so if Madryk has taken this and it is his fault then I guess you know sort of it is what it is. um I guess this is a bit of a note on just um
00:07:56
Matt
why footballers are like sort of paid so much money is that they do have to be so careful what they consume, where they go, everything like that in terms of, you know, sort of they become famous overnight. They've got, you know, they can't really go anywhere. um And because of, you know, sort of it's such a high performance sports and so much is required from them. They've just got to be so careful about what they eat and and and who they sort of essentially see um and that, you know, sort of they're actually in bed in time.
00:08:22
Matt
And so it's, a I think this is one of the things that kind of does open up the conversation that, um you know, some people think, you know, being a footballer is super easy and and they're just multi-millionaires by default and anyone can do it. But it does actually change your life and it does, you know, demand a lot of of of your life because a lot of, you know, young 20 year olds like Madrid, they don't have any of the restrictions in terms of what they eat or, you know, what they do. um You know, sort of, do and can you put a price on freedom um in that in that case? but um Yeah a lot of it does remain to be seen but I hope for his sake that um it is just a mistake and then it he doesn't you know get banned for any lengthy time.
00:09:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, this is the thing that ah you know everyone is saying something about this at the moment, but you know what what I've seen often from sort of like Twitter and a bit on Instagram as well is the fact that, um in fact, someone showed a video of them walking into a pharmacy and literally picking up the product, something that contains maldonium.
00:09:19
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um So it could literally be that he's literally popped into a shop like in his in his in his local country and and somehow this has happened. It is a very weird situation, definitely. um We'll discuss a bit more about the implications of what could happen to Misha Midrick and of course what happens to our squad from this point, ah plus of course the tactics run down on the Brentford game shortly after this break.
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Provisional Ban and Case Developments
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are back on Daily Chelsea Tactics Tuesday. um A bit less of a tactic to start with as we've as we've already gone over matt a massive story today involving Madrid. um So Matt, obviously, look we we can't determine how long he's going to be banned for. We can't determine whether he'll be banned at all and such and such. But there's there's a couple of things we do know for the moment. One i is he's provisionally banned. So he will not be involved in any matchday squads for the moment. And we don't effectively know when that B sample is going to come in.
00:10:52
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um there are people saying it'll be within the next five to six days but you know it's Christmas everyone sort of signed off for the month we don't know what people are doing you know so ah so we don't know it wasn't actually going to happen with this um but the other thing we do know as well is that mudrik really, in Chelsea fans eyes, has not had the performances to be able to take the weight of an incident like this. um And so as you discussed as well, you know, we were talking about Adrian Mootoo, I mean, the the one thing that someone, ah the one thing I saw earlier is that the Adrian Mootoo thing was slightly different because it was proven that Mootoo, what you're taking obviously cocaine purposefully, so it was done with, so it's essentially without cause, and that's why Chelsea were able to sue, but it doesn't mean they wouldn't be able to this time, but just that was the situation with Mootoo.
00:11:37
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um Matt, do you, if you're Enzo Maresca and you are potentially facing the decision of having to have this man in your squad and sit out for 18 months or something like that and then potentially come back and also he's not going to be involved now, like what would, what do you do in this situation and and in your personal view, would you want to keep Madrigg after this?
00:12:00
Matt
I mean, it's a massive gamble and it's really hard to say particularly at this moment in time when we don't have all the facts. Uh, but I guess just quickly on, so you know, the situation, uh, Madrig's got about 9 million in in assets, um, from Chelsea already, um, just in terms of payment.
00:12:15
Matt
And you know, he, he signed a, I think an eight and a half year deal. So that's many more millions that he's going to be earning, um, from the club in the future.
00:12:20
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Yes.
00:12:25
Matt
And, And so you know sort of if this is a willing you know sort cause that he's brought about himself, then yeah, Chelsea could sue sue him um and and so claim damages on that. Or Chelsea could you know try and stick by him and then sell him on to someone, which the latter does seem like a massive gamble at this point in time in terms of the situation.
00:12:50
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Yeah.
00:12:51
Matt
If I'm a Reska, I think I would just try and not think about it at all. um And I would just recognize that, okay, I don't have Madrid anymore for who knows how long. So I'm going to deal with 23 players now instead of 24. And I just have to build the squads and the teams around that.
00:13:10
Matt
and go from there and i think he will want to do that just because it's an annoying thing and it doesn't really help the squad i think if they just keep gossiping about it and they just keep chatting about it it will be a massive distraction for
Chelsea's Squad Strategy Amidst Scandal
00:13:23
Matt
the team in terms of the game setup and for the matches ahead really and so i think if i'm a reska i'm just going to downplay it as much as possible to the media and to the team And I would hope the team would respond well enough to that, that they would just respect Marisker and in in that decision. um In terms of do we need Modric? I mean, that's really tough because
00:13:44
Matt
but we signed them for about 62 million initially with add-ons up to I think about 89 million um if that were they were all reached which obviously by its performances that's not going to happen so you know 60 million pound player that really hasn't delivered and you know as in when we got him we thought we were having a steal as well just because um We took him off Arsenal's hands a bit like we did with William compared When he was you know in talks with Spurs all those years ago, and that was just funny You know sort of that was just a kind of another reminder that Chelsea the other best club in London that players want to come here ah to win stuff but you know if we if we I probably would say that it's it's
00:14:13
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Yeah.
00:14:31
Matt
If we weren't already looking for another left-winger, we probably should do. um Having said that, you know we've got Estavale coming into the team next summer. Do we then just you know rely on Madaweike and Estavale on the right wing and then have Neto and Sancho as left-wing options? I think we're still pretty comfortable in that sense, and that is very strong. It's just, ah I guess, a case of Neto is better on the right. And um you know I don't think we want to,
00:14:58
Matt
Solely relied just on Madawake and Neto for pace. It might be better to have another um Another left-sided winger that is right-footed to be able to cut in a bit like Jayden Sancho and whatnot who that is though I'm not really sure Yeah
00:15:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, and it's it's it's it's also an interesting time for all of this to happen, isn't it? Considering that we're we're not exactly a quiet team in January in the most. You know, these own we know these owners are cutthroat. We know these owners will we'll say, oh, if there's a spot in the squad, we'll go buy someone. Essentially, that is that is what what we can see them doing. um I wonder, I start to wonder, Matt, if if if maybe Maresco sort of resigns himself to not having rhetoric at all now. um The one only reason I say that is because obviously we're waiting for the result of the B sample test to come back. um There's only in terms of these cases in football, there's only ever been three instances in the last 25 years where an A sample has not matched a B sample.
00:15:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
so it's very likely he will at least be charged and investigated which at the very least is probably take him three or four months away from him um at Chelsea at the very least. Do you think if we if we are if if the club does take the view in terms of You know, Madrid kids at least gone for a while. We need to sign someone to fill that spot because, you know, we had a quality player in our squad there. We need another quality player in our squad. Do you think we go and sign someone or do you think it's maybe a time for, you know, we have George, we have younger players who who could come through into the squad. um And do you think it would send maybe a bit of a bad message if it's not a youth player comes into the squad rather than i just going out and signing someone near enough instantly as a response?
00:16:40
Matt
Yeah, i think I think that kind of message that you touched on there, I think you're absolutely right in terms of if we do go and sign another winger that effectively costs you know George more game time then that that definitely does send the wrong wrong message and we're already in talks with some of the better academy products about you know extending their contract and whatnot and if we do go and sign someone else then they'll probably get a bit of cold feet from that and look to go to another club just to for their development which is kind of fair enough for them um with their with their own
00:17:11
Matt
career and their progress. i as as As busy as Chelsea are in the markets and as as ruthless as Blueco are, I don't think we will actually get another left winger unless there is someone that's available at an amazing price, effectively free and is at that quality.
00:17:31
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Yeah.
00:17:33
Matt
Just because you know so
00:17:36
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00:17:37
Matt
What's up?
00:17:38
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market chain
00:17:38
Matt
Yeah, exactly. Yeah, just like a Jayden Sancho scenario. Yeah. um I mean, because as well, you know, as much as we, as in definitely for me, I definitely see him as out of the club and not coming back.
00:17:50
Matt
We do have Sterling on a further two years, you know, sort of with the contract and he can come back in. So, you know, sy i know yes, very things.
00:17:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:17:58
Matt
We don't want to think about that. But again, Blueco are very, business-like and they will sort of maybe just look okay well we do have another player there that we don't have to spend millions of pounds to sign a different player um albeit you know that'll be next summer if you know Maruska wants him or whatnot so there's there is potential there but also you know sort of we could put Zhao Felix on the wing and we could recall um who's that player that's that in midfield that was great Santos Santos yeah santos yeah
00:18:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah, it sounds off, yeah.
00:18:32
Matt
We could recall him early and just get him into the to the team earlier, and that would but you know enable sort of Palmer to shift out into the wings as well a bit more. And so I think we've got that flexibility where we don't have to be rushed in January. um Having said all of this, I can see us, you know, it being breaking news on Deadline Day. Yeah, we've signed another one to Kids, or we've signed Rodrigo from Real Madrid. You know, who knows? yeah
00:18:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
we And we won't even know until it happens because they're actually quite easy to be giving stuff under wraps.
00:18:58
Matt
Exactly.
00:19:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah it's it's definitely interesting. I sort of ah agree there. I do think yeah this is probably the end of Misha's time at the club. at the very not i'm not saying he's probably I'm not saying he's played our last game for us, but in terms of any hope that we had of what Madrid could be, I think that's now gone.
00:19:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
i don't see how i don't see I just don't think he can take the weight of an incident like this and also taking months out of in And not to sound too harsh, that is a man who just cannot spend any time not playing football.
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
He has to be playing football.
00:19:31
Matt
yeah
00:19:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
um not not Not just because I don't think his performances have been that good, but he's young and he's and he's cost a lot of money and there's a lot of pressure on him, whether he likes it or not, there's a lot of pressure on him. um
00:19:42
Matt
I mean, on that, like would you like so say he actually gets proven that it's fine or that it was just ah you know a mistake and he comes out you know clean? ah Because like sort of the minimum charge or ban could be just a month.
00:19:57
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Yeah.
00:19:57
Matt
um So say that's the case. like I guess you're alluding to it already, but just, you know, if he, if he's proven guilty per se, or just that it's not that, that it was just a so simple mistake, can he actually reintegrate into the squad?
00:20:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:20:12
Matt
Can he get over that mental hurdle?
00:20:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I mean, that's that that's the thing, isn't it, man? Like it's he will if If that happens, it's only on the virtue of the fact that he costs a lot of money. like We won't be doing it on the virtue of the fact that we've seen him have incredible formatives and we're fighting to get him back into the squad. like it's also i just also don't i know I know from a public perspective, the cu the club will stand by him. like We can see that from the statement that Chelsea made today themselves saying, it won't come in any further, we'll wait for all the stats. Madriga said the same thing.
00:20:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
but life is going to move on. Life is going to move on very quickly. This is football. you know it will be It will take two weeks for him to have missed five fixtures um at this point, and he's already missed a couple.
00:20:53
Matt
Mm.
00:20:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know yeah That's everything thing we haven't really touched on before. is He's been out of the squad since the first of September, a second of September. um He's not actually been in the match today. He's gone since. so You know, this story, we've got so much to discuss as well. Like, has did Maresca know something? Is there something that's been under wraps? But I think, yeah, Mudrick, I don't think there's no there's nothing to fight for with Mudrick besides the money that he cost us. And if the owners are happy to understand that money is gone um and we and we don't know Blueco knowing them, we they'll be able to get the sixty seven million that they paid off the book somehow and get that back into FFP. We don't know what they'll do.
00:21:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Yeah, for me, I think it's Madrid's time at the club. Maybe not his last game played, but in terms of what we think he was going to be, it's completely this this gone. that That image, that dream, whatever it was going to be has gone.
00:21:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Arsenal can hold one over ah on us for that, but um yeah two points behind.
00:21:49
Matt
Yeah four
Analysis of Chelsea's Recent Performances
00:21:50
Matt
points actually.
00:21:51
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Four points, sorry, yes, sorry. and ask the arsel fans of their place. um We will quickly go to a break and then of course we'll move on to the tactics from the Brentford game and discuss a little bit of preview for the Everton game as well. See you shortly. This podcast is part of the Global Sports Podcast Network, the only network bringing you exclusive daily news and views on your Premier League team, the Premier League, women's football and fantasy football.
00:22:18
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A unique listening experience that puts fans first, bringing you the very latest breaking news from your team. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts and make us your first listen, every day. Global Sports Podcast Network, every club, every day. And we are back on the Daily Chelsea podcast and yeah ah some news got in the way, didn't it?
00:22:44
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but Matt, we've we' obviously, we can we do have, we had a nice little weekend as Chelsea fans, did we not? um Let's try and focus on the the positives for the end of the broadcast. So it's an interesting sort of 2-1 win, Matt. um and Well, the game we obviously we discussed, that you know, yesterday in the match, I review how much we dominated the game. What what did you think of how Mareska set up tactically for this? Do you think he was anticipating Brentford having a lot more of the ball in this game? Because I think the way for me, the way he sort of set up and just having one midfielder, I think he expected Brentford to at least have it quite have it on the flanks quite a lot and sort of giving it into visa. um Like I found they've scored a lot of their goals this season.
00:23:27
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um Did you think Maristo expected us to dominate like that? Did he set up to do that?
00:23:34
Matt
I mean, probably just because he loves possession football, you know, sort of. And that's that's the his, I guess, rule one out of all his, you know, tactic philosophy. And I think the main thing that that we did is that we just knew they were going to set up with the low block. And so we just sent a load of crosses in um just to really kind of mix up with their defense and, you know,
00:23:57
Matt
getting in the way that way instead of trying to like, you know, play a cue and pass around them. We, yeah, we just flooded the box with crosses. We had, you know, 26 shots, um which is one of, you know, sort of the highest for us this season. So we really did dominate, particularly in the first half, like Brenton barely had a sniff in the first half, but they did come out um better in the second half and they did, you know, sort of get some momentum, which, you know, led them to to getting a goal. But,
00:24:26
Matt
I think it was, you know, sort of really clever how moroska set up in terms of getting kukarella to Basically be another number 10 and be ready to sort of get that goal that he sort of he scored with the header uh, the defense clearly were Totally occupied with jackson thinking that he's going to do something and so they just left kukarella free um, I think it was a clear thing from moroska to get madawake to cross the ball in a lot more and
00:24:53
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yeah
00:24:53
Matt
I think, um interestingly, just on Madaweke and Sancho, I think they're almost the opposite of each other in terms of Sancho always wants to kind of dribble and look for the pass and be quite tight and cute with with with his play.
00:25:07
Matt
But then Madaweke is just all about sort of head down, drive, shoot, and not really just replace the shot, but just sort of hit and hope it goes in. um And
00:25:14
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:25:16
Matt
I think if they just sort of both met in the middle, um then that would work out perfectly. You know, if Matawaki just got his head up a little bit more and looked for the pass, and then if Sancho just got his head down a little bit more and went for the shot, then we might score a lot more goals.
00:25:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah exactly you know i agree with you is that there's there is a synchronicity to our attack but there's still improvement that could be made and ah it's really funny you mentioned that actually because i've always i seem to notice i noticed the other the other week that whenever col palmer does play which is obviously most the most premierly game stuff like that he does seem to want a dribbler And in in the sort of the way that you said he wants a dynamic, i but I think he wants a dynamic of a dribbler on one side and a very direct player on the other because it frees up a lot more space for Palmer, in my opinion. Because you have Madawake and Sancho both pushing really hard on the flanks. Same thing happens with Neto as well, I think. um
00:26:06
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pushing really hard on the flanks, pushing their full backs back. And typically because of the quality of someone like Sancho, it's two players on him. So it's a fullback and a midfielder being dragged out. On the other side, it's a midfielder and a fullback being dragged out. And usually another person running after by the way, because he is quick and he is very direct. um And then it just leaves that massive part of space for Cole Palmer just to just to sit. And we we know he is, you know, he is, you know, I'm not saying he's of similar quality to Messi yet, but you know, we can have conversations about that. but He's a bit like messy in terms of like like space investigator.
00:26:37
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He will be in the space. They will never not be in space unless he's being manmarked out of the game, um which is something that's quite interesting here.
00:26:42
Matt
Man.
00:26:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Matt, obviously, you know we we we spoke about Kookarela's
Preview of Upcoming Match Against Everton
00:26:50
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performance in the game yesterday. you know We both praised him. He's he's done pretty well. but The instant after the game um meant that he is now out of our game on Sunday. ah Sunday? Yeah, Sunday against Everton. Which means our fallback positions are looking a bit precarious looking and going into this game. and I suspect it will be another centre back at right back or something like that. And that, you know, I'll look into that. What do you think will happen? How do you think we should maybe set up going into the Everton game?
00:27:24
Matt
Yeah, for me, as much as, you know, it's a big disappointment that Kukarela is not in there in the team or not available because he's been brilliant for us and he's really coming into his own and he just fits into the system so, so well. And obviously, you know, he's scored, um he's brilliant down the wing like we saw against Leicester earlier in the season. Like he's got so many attributes he can invert in really nicely. And so we will miss that.
00:27:49
Matt
but for me i actually wonder whether it would just be a simple matter of just putting uh vega at left back and then vega sort of inverts just because you know Everton will be a lot more physical than Brentford's and so i think we'll really welcome vega's physicality um particularly you know sort of when we do have set pieces and um it just you know to take on you know players like Takure or Calvert Lewin i think you know sort of I think if physically, if there's anything that our team maybe is lacking generally, it is a bit of height, and Vega definitely brings that for us.
00:28:23
Matt
And I think he could just compliment Kaiseido pretty well in breaking up play and then you know freeing up both Palmer and Enzo to have those little pockets to do what they do best.
00:28:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:28:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I completely agree with you there. And as you said that, that made me sort of realize something quite important, which is obviously that Everton have a fair bit of height in their team as well, don't they? So maybe Kukarela may not have been the best choice anyway if we need height on the pitch, because we don't get that height out of any of our attackers or midfielders. So maybe Lavia is one, but...
00:28:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I believe it's the Coray who plays behind Carver Lewin now, which is just, yeah, two tall players.
00:28:55
Matt
Yeah.
00:28:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then I think they've got Ndai, Gay in the middle as well, who is I think like six foot three or something like that. So you I think you've actually tried something really good there. thats The height might be absolutely essential in getting results at Everton.
00:29:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, Everton's just one of those games for us, isn't it? It's going to assist.
00:29:14
Matt
It's going to be tricky. I mean, we lost two nil at Goodison last season and you know, even Arsenal couldn't break them down last weekend. And so they will so set out, you know, pretty strongly.
00:29:25
Matt
I do wonder whether we need to go with similar tactics of just a lot of crosses and getting, getting the ball in that way, like we did against Brentford's. Um, and then maybe this time instead of, um, Kukarela running in and getting a header, it will be gusto just on the other side, but, um, we'll see.
00:29:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. I think the wingers will be quite important in that game. I think considering Mikulinko and Ashley Young will probably be their fullbacks for that.
00:29:48
Matt
Hmm.
00:29:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Not two players I'm incredibly impressed with, so I'm hoping with Mikulinko and the Bay.
00:29:52
Matt
Yeah. I mean, actually cause I think 40 almost. So we just need to get knocked the ball past him, run it down and then we're fine. So.
00:30:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's it, all sorted. Yeah, a man who is, I think, but I believe playing his son in about three weeks time um shows you ah the quality of, fear yeah, they draw, they drew his son's team in the cup or something like that, as I saw, and he'd be heading up playing against his dad.
00:30:08
Matt
Oh, gosh. Wow.
00:30:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, so that's usually the quality of four bags at Everton, so maybe we should be targeting not.
Podcast Conclusion
00:30:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, certainly an interesting podcast episode today, Matt, um some news discussed that when we recorded yesterday, if you had told me that's what we were going to discuss it today, I would have told you to shut up and move on.
00:30:33
Matt
yeah
00:30:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
um but but Wow. What um obviously stick with daily Chelsea, guys, we'll be keeping you updated as much as possible on the mission work situation. Plus, of course, we have podcasts coming throughout the week.
00:30:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
We have wildcard Wednesday, forecast Thursday, where we will be meeting up with the Everton team as well. um And of course, we have our Friday episode where we preview everything that's going to happen in the Everton game.
00:30:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we have had some damn good predictions recently, haven't we, Matt?
00:30:58
Matt
Yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.
00:31:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. Take better tips from us as well. No, I don't know if I can say that. Anyway, so we'll be back tomorrow with Wildcard Wednesday. I have been your host, Jake, and I've been joined by my co-host, Matt.
00:31:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Matt, thank you so much for joining me.
00:31:14
Matt
our Pleasure as always Jake and yeah everyone watch this space
00:31:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
100% and don't take any my donium if anything says my donium in it don't take even if you go five aside Anyway, right. Thank you so much for listening guys, and we will see you later in the week