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EP28 - Match Review Monday: West Ham
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Join Matt and Luke discuss the absolute domination display and hammering of the Hammers at the London Stadium.
Who has silenced their critics and where do Chelsea go from here to stay on top?
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Transcript
Introduction and Hosts
00:00:09
officialgspn
Hello and welcome to the Daily Chelsea brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm your host Matt Blagdon and today is Match Review Monday. If you're a Chelsea fan,
Fulham's Victory Over Newcastle
00:00:20
officialgspn
you'll be beaming ear to ear with the result over the weekend with the 3-0 very comfortable win over our London rivals West Ham at the London Stadium. I'm joined to discuss all the wonderful things and more with my wonderful guest, Luke. How are you doing, Luke?
00:00:37
Luke Charlton
Very, very well, thank you. Yes, I am enjoying the high of the excellent victory we over West Ham and how we certainly burst their bubble. it was it's It's a great it a great feeling.
00:00:45
officialgspn
Oh absolutely. I know I know it was indeed. It was I'm not sure if you saw the tweets from Tossin but see after the game he did post pop pop because obviously West Ham do blow balloons as the players come out and you're absolutely right their bubble was
Game Breakdown: First Half
00:01:02
officialgspn
burst after the Superb 3 goals that we put past them. Like you say Luke, it was a thrilling result, a great team performance from everyone but in in that there were still some highlight performances and we're going to start off with a thrilling performance highlighted by a celebration in Nicholas Jackson. I mean he's been scrutinized by most rival fans and even some Chelsea fans
00:01:27
officialgspn
much debate over the summer with a chosen leader proper striker because he wasn't quite cutting it due to the expectations but since the start of last season Jackson has scored more non penalty goals than Salah, Son, Havertz, Isak and Salanke. Luke, is Jackson silencing the critics?
00:01:51
Luke Charlton
I mean, personally, I think that was probably the best performance I've seen him give in a Chelsea shirt an all round game. I think, yeah, he was he was pretty excellent yesterday at the weekend. Sorry. And ultimately, it was a case of he was clinical. I mean, we had a chance that wasn't even really a chance. He had a ball played through to him down the left-hand side by Sancho and he was able to turn what was essentially just a break on the left-hand side into a goal, through some pretty pretty poor goalkeeping from Arriole, I must say. but
00:02:23
Luke Charlton
ultimately he took his chance and it's a normally a position like that where I i wouldn't favour Nicholas Jackson based off of his kind of historical performances. He's very much a striker that I would say he gets most of his goals and most of his good
Himenez's Form and Strikers' Performance
00:02:36
Luke Charlton
finishes when he kind of plays on instinct.
00:02:37
Luke Charlton
So when he has time to think and he is the one in control of the opportunity, normally I don't back him but yesterday he was really really effective and I think it was definitely high life as well with the second goal of his where he scored with the right like his right foot on the outside of his boot.
00:02:41
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:02:51
Luke Charlton
it was very much a very clinical finish when because his feet were set in a certain way you'd have expected him to maybe take an extra step and try and shoot with his left but actually he took it earlier on his right and curled it round areola on the on to kind of these unfavored side almost and and it was it was a really well taken goal and and it's little moments like that where I think actually he is a really really good footballer and he could be a really good striker so if he carries on in this sort of vein there was talk I mean before especially with Nkunku getting the winner against Bournemouth that potentially he could have been dropped Jackson for Nkunku to start but he certainly as you say silenced the critics yes at the weekend and was very much a case of he can he can
00:03:08
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:03:30
Luke Charlton
if he focuses and concentrates he can be a really really good asset for us of course and we all know that and I think we all want him to succeed it's just whether he can do it consistently and I really hope now this can be a platform for him to kind of build upon.
00:03:42
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it's like you say, he he does base his game more on instinct. And I mean, his first goal particularly was just dreadful defending by West Ham, just very lackluster. So, you know, there were but definitely moments where even though Jackson did have brilliance, it was a lot of poor, poor defending and just a lot of gaps between West Ham centre backs.
00:04:04
officialgspn
I mean, on top of the just building on some of the the facts and the stats that
Gameplay and Team Dynamics
00:04:08
officialgspn
Jackson has done, he has scored the same ah ah same number gab of Gabriel Jesus' total Premier League goals for Arsenal in just five games this season.
00:04:19
officialgspn
And I don't think Gabriel Jesus gets any criticism like Jackson does He's also surpasses your oopsie goal total of 17 goals and Jackson now has 19 goals in 50 games. So pretty strong, you know sort of it's not world beta levels but like says and I mean, what does he need to do to then build on this a performance and
00:04:42
Luke Charlton
I think, I think it's just to prove it's not a flash in a pan. I mean, as I say, he's, he's had games and moments where he's been very effective for Chelsea. I mean, getting, getting hat tricks, uh, or like a way at Tottenham and then that, that wonderful game there, like he, there were moments where you think, right. Okay. he He's great. He, he, he can, he can deliver.
00:05:01
Luke Charlton
we don't want to be questioning whether is is he better on the wing is he better as a substitute we want him to be right he's he's up front we don't have to worry yes he may take one or two chances and i think we because we live in a world now where earling harland exists everyone expects a st striker to be able to be clinical with every single opportunity they get and it's just not the case but you're right i think he's quietly going about and actually pretty much excelling in the sense of the amount of strikers that Chelsea have had over the years that have had nowhere near this level of output and probably nowhere near this level of scrutiny as well just because they maybe had a name coming into it it's because I think he he's been blighted almost not by a transfer fee but by the fact he was a relative unknown before he came to Chelsea so the expectation is oh we spent a fair amount of money on
Player Highlights and Substitutions
00:05:44
Luke Charlton
him
00:05:45
Luke Charlton
I think he carries himself with a sense of confidence which can sometimes lead to people thinking he's a bit arrogant a little bit.
00:05:48
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:05:51
Luke Charlton
head's maybe not in the right place but ultimately I think he's just he's he's a young striker and he's getting more and more experience in the Premier League. He clearly likes London Darby's as well which he seems to score a lot of his goals against teams from London which is I mean a fair share of the Premier League nowadays but
00:06:03
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:06:07
Luke Charlton
the the the fact that he he doesn't seem to shy away from a challenge whether that means he plays well or not it doesn't really kind of it's not really ah ah an indicator either way it's just a case of i always know that as a striker if he's coming on to play for us he will try what he deems his hardest and whether that means he he'll always be in space, he'll always create an opportunity, he'll always be there, it's just whether he puts it away and I think that's the final piece that we have to kind of wait for and say he is getting better and I do feel more trust in him and I wouldn't ah certainly wouldn't say that
00:06:39
Luke Charlton
us missing out on a striker in the transfer window. It's still a big, big thing because I don't really know who we have to fill as a centre forward in his place. So, I mean, Kazunkunku ultimately, I would naturally say is probably not an out and out striker. He is he's an attacking forward that can play centrally and can score goals for sure. But I think he would benefit from playing with someone like a Jackson as opposed to being the only one up top.
00:07:04
Luke Charlton
so we still have that kind of question marks is to say who is our who's our number two in that position we have mark gway but he he's obviously very young himself as well and and it's still fairly unproven at this level but we we may be still need to be looking at another striker but but as things are going i don't think jackson's really doing anything too wrong and uh yeah then the next steps i think for him is just to to try to try and keep this performance up it's it's now becoming a point where you want your striker in games for example the palace game where we draw all we drop points we need him to take a chance just one chance there and we can win a game it's those sorts of opportunities now where he ran the show he ran the show against west town for sure and and i think even with his assist
00:07:46
Luke Charlton
It wasn't too much of a difficult pass, but it was the it was the confidence and the fact that he was able to keep his head up and play the pass at the right time, where in the past he may not have been able to do that. So for me, that shows there's been signs of improvement.
00:07:57
Luke Charlton
There is signs of he's having that coaching down off the field, off the pitch, sorry, and training. And he's definitely, definitely working to improve.
00:08:04
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:08:05
Luke Charlton
So it's it's all positive, I think, at the moment, and there shouldn't really be much negative around him.
00:08:07
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:08:09
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely. There's definitely improvement for everyone to see. And consistency is the a best ability um but in the past. I think most Chelsea fans would have said, it's all wrong. Game's great. Like you say, it's just his finishing. It's just it's almost the the ironic thing of if you give him you know total control, he sort of freezes and panics and doesn't really know what to do. But if he just has a glimmer of a chance, then he knows exactly what to do.
00:08:33
officialgspn
yeah, we hope more of that for sure. And he's a bit more of a sort of. Willing to, I think, put the hard yards in competitor and Kunku he's willing to sort of, yeah, get involved and go on either wing and just be moved about the pitch to, to, suit to suit the the flow of the ball and the play a bit but better than in Kunku who seems to just want to, you know, stay centrally, a lot more, but more on Jackson's best goal partner after this break.
Second Half Analysis
00:09:49
officialgspn
Welcome back to Daily Charles here where we are talking all things match review against West Ham. We're now just going to change our focus to Palmer. the The best player for Jackson really because together Palmer and Jackson have the most goal combinations since the start of last season with 10. The next closest is Watkins and Bailey with eight. So they're definitely striking up a good rapport between one another.
00:10:13
officialgspn
Look, what did you make call of Palmer? It did seem that West Ham were really trying to get up in his face and take him down a lot, but he seemed to overcome that really well.
00:10:22
Luke Charlton
Yeah, I mean, it's an interesting season for Palmer because everyone knows now he's Chelsea's talisman and he's far and away one of the best players in the Premier League. So he's going to have to adapt and he seems to be rising to the occasion so far without actually, I don't think he's even playing his best football yet. I still think there's more to come. I still think he's working off of this illness or injury that he's kind of had since the start of the season. They dropped out of the England squad to kind of recover.
00:10:45
Luke Charlton
I still don't think he's at the kind of dizzying heights we saw at points last season, and which is exciting because he's still and still assisting, he's still scoring goals, he's still being an important player for us. So there's there's certainly more to come and and we we can definitely see that.
00:11:00
Luke Charlton
he again is someone that will not hide away from the occasion he'll always want to play he'll always want to be involved and case in point yesterday he can make a goal almost out of nothing we were on the break it was a great chance and he didn't even take that good of a touch when he's played in but he's still able to get his foot round the ball and score from what seems a ridiculous angle actually when you watch the replay back but
00:11:14
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:11:20
Luke Charlton
for for kind of us as as as fans, the fact that all of our attackers in different ways are kind of collaborating and working really well together, the the the kind of the kind of better the better it is we have for options, ultimately. So a Palmer is pretty much, a you can't you can't not start him. And I know he has such an importance for us in the Premier League, particularly as he's not going to be involved in the in the conference league for the group for the group games.
00:11:47
Luke Charlton
so I think it's quite interesting to see who else will come up and be the supporting cast in those sorts of games because he is far and away one of the first names in the team sheet every week and he he still as as I say I still think he can go up a gear and get even better because I don't think he's he's even performing at his ah kind of electric best as he did last season so that which is quite frightening but always something to look forward to.
00:12:08
officialgspn
yeah absolutely yeah he uh he doesn't seem bothered by anything really almost that he just takes everything when in a stride which is a breath of fresh air because so many players can get influenced by the media or their transfer value or even by the fans on on match days so it's great to see that he can just focus on the football and and you know what the team are doing. Another player that was a real standout the weekend was Kaiseido. He had one of his best performances for Chelsea I think. He got a match rating of 8.5 and he seemed to settle into the club and into the team a lot more after you know the hundred million pounds
00:12:43
officialgspn
investment in him last season, which reportedly did take a massive toll on his you know mental health and and of everything around that. I mean, against West Ham, he had 13 jewels, eight tackles made, only one foul committed, and
Match Reflection: Fulham vs Newcastle
00:12:56
officialgspn
he did make an assist. Luke, what did Queso do so well?
00:13:02
Luke Charlton
I think it's one of those performances where he, as you said, he was completely, he was a very complete, complete day for him. He was, he was tied on the ball. He didn't put a lot wrong. Obviously the, the accent through border to to Jackson. So after that, that wonderful kind of buildup play for the second goal, he Was a performance I suppose if you if you don't watch him, you don't notice what he's doing But if you watch him you see the whole game It's that kind of a to age age old adage of of of a sentiment fielder when they're playing at their best because yeah, I mean until you read out those stats, I wouldn't even have noticed he had that much of an impact directly, but I it was certainly you could say from an objective standpoint one of the better games we've seen of midfield pivot of himself and Enzo Fernandez and they both they both really into interlink really well and it gives me confidence going forward that that can work as a midfield too particularly when we started the season thinking that Lavia would be really crucial for us and I still think he will be but
00:13:25
officialgspn
Hm.
00:13:56
Luke Charlton
At the moment, if they're all performing as best as they can do, it's it's really good to see because it gives us, again, it gives us options. It gives us that depth. It means that we don't have to have such a rigid starting 11. We can have that fluidity. I just want to give a kind of shout out as well to Fafana coming into play out of position for for most of the game as well. And he he looked he looked really composed, looked comfortable. I mean, West Ham won certainly want their best.
00:14:19
Luke Charlton
But he he didn't seem to be too fazed in playing that position. And I thought Tosin and Adebayo were coming in. He did well as well. Colwell is the fantastic. he's just He just keeps getting better every time I see him play. And ultimately, yeah, I look at him and I go, we're a very settled squad now. And I think they're all going to shine at different points. And it was really refreshing to hear from Maresca in the post-match kind of conversations he was having on TNT Sport, where they asked him to say,
00:14:47
Luke Charlton
how did you feel about performance and he said yeah they were buying into what I want to do and it's fairly simple because you either play how I want you to play or you don't get in the team so it really feels like quite a united front now where everyone knows what their expectation is of them and they are they are aware that if they underperform they won't get to play but that that that the manager is being backed from that perspective so I think it's it's a nice it's a nice time now to be looking at the team and thinking all right okay yeah It's proven as well. Sancho plays on merit, has a really good half against Bournemouth, comes in, gets an assist when he starts. So he will now be keeping his position. It just means that everyone knows that that they have to really be at their best to keep ah ah keep this place in the in the team. So it's it's it's really, really good. I think Sancho has had a really solid game as well. Again, another one where he wasn't tested massively, but he he made some good saves. He made some good stops. He was quite commanding.
00:15:39
Luke Charlton
and he's He's now, yeah, he's now not much of a worry as maybe we thought he would have been at the start of the season.
00:15:40
officialgspn
He only had.
00:15:45
Luke Charlton
They all seem to be getting confident the more they play in the system that the better we're looking and and it was just another another positive positive result ultimately and the fact that this is the first new manager
Newcastle's Strategy and Player Fitness
00:15:54
Luke Charlton
to win three away games since Pep Guardiola came to Lee is and another positive reflection as well.
00:15:57
officialgspn
Hey.
00:15:59
Luke Charlton
so
00:16:00
officialgspn
I know, the only way is up it seems. I mean, Sanchez had that little wobble when the ball came in and Cuda's just about beaten to the ball, but nothing really major happened there. Absolutely toasting coming in that centre back, he i thought was so stable and gives us a good amount of height in defence, which we seem to just be lacking all across the pitch really.
00:16:20
officialgspn
and yeah for fun a solid a solid seven out of ten even on right back also you know sort of there was also that penalty claim which you know West Ham didn't get but they were really pushing forward with Summerville what did you think about that that league?
00:16:33
Luke Charlton
It's an interesting one. do think ultimately West Ham are probably a little hard done by. um I do think that ah ah the contact, the contact was obviously, it's an impediment. He's holding onto his arm, but I think it becomes stone wall when you see that there's kind of a, it would be there's more of a tug, almost the action of to be pulling back to feel like he was slowing him down. Whereas from the kind of naked eye and at the time it looked like that they were both moving with the same level of momentum.
00:17:01
Luke Charlton
He was just keeping a hold of him. So it makes you think that some of them maybe could have carried on or tried a little bit more to win the ball rather than knowing he was in the penalty area or having contact going to the floor. Yes, ultimately you can look at that and say that's a penalty. It it pretty much was a penalty, but I can understand why the referee if they're trying to be a little bit strict on these things aren't giving them up but i have to say hand on heart if it'd been the other way around i would have been disappointed if we hadn't got a penalty from that but at the end of the day penalty or not i don't think i don't think west ham would have come back into the game even if they'd scored then yes it would have changed momentum and we never know but just on the basis of the whole performance i think we would Chelsea would have just stepped up a gear and would have gone on and scored another one anyway but we we we scored pretty much at perfect time in both halves in terms of getting an early go in the first half
00:17:47
Luke Charlton
and then immediately killing on momentum by getting a a quick go in the third and in the second half, we get our third.
Team Competition and Individual Performances
00:17:53
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, Locategi did pretty much scream and shout the entire game and looked an absolute mess. and The London Stadium was very quiet and we we seem to have quelled from this ah ah result alone of all the ghosts of the past of really struggling at the London Stadium in previous previous results and previous seasons. so Anyway, we've spoken a lot about the goods, but somewhere that we can improve after this break.
00:18:50
officialgspn
Welcome back to Daily Chelsea. Again, we are talking all things West Ham match day review. Look, we've got a lot of strength and depth as we saw from the game against West Ham with Palmer coming off and Felix coming on, Sancho coming off and Neto coming on, Jackson coming on off and Nkuku coming on.
00:19:07
officialgspn
Fafana coming off and Tassasi coming on and for his place. and you know All good, maybe not like-for-like but similar quality of standard so it doesn't feel like a massive drop-off of or we've only got one starting 11 and that we can be quite flexible with the players that we put out.
00:19:22
officialgspn
but One player that I thought was quite lucky not to be substituted, and I'm not sure why, was Madueke. So he got a 7 out of 10 match rating, which was the joint lowest of our team, which is a good problem to have, you know, if 7's the lowest. But there were a couple of opportunities where I thought he was quite selfish. He didn't make the the best football IQ decision. Is he still living off his hat trick against Wolves? And does he need to do something more?
00:19:49
Luke Charlton
I think, yeah, it wasn it wasn't his greatest game and he maybe hasn't had a couple of games down where he's been at his but brilliant best, but but I think he is he tries very hard for the team. He works very hard and in defensive phases and I think he has that level of quality where you kind of don't want him to not be on the pitch because he can kick out and make something out of nothing. I think he's at a point again we have such a young team I think he's almost trying a bit too hard he's aware that he's maybe not had his best game so he forces a lot of things and try and tries to take centre stage when actually if you take a moment and don't have to kind of
00:20:28
Luke Charlton
worry about what you're doing and just keep that kind of composure and and don't and don't don have to make something up nothing all the time just keep your head up look around maybe a pass on and you give you give that option and sometimes that's the better option rather than trying to go for glory all the time particularly in a game where we're already kind of already dominating i think he He will learn he will learn and I think he he's clearly someone very liked in the squad as well And clearly there's a lot of leadership I think off on the pitch and ah ah and the in the income of the training training field from what we see from from the kind of The camaraderie we get from the sni the snippets of video clips of training and that Cobham online he He does seem to be really really kind of crucial member that of the squad which I think is really good It's really good to see because he's had a lot of criticism of different points for his quote unquote arrogance for kind of trying to take penalties and things like that
00:21:18
officialgspn
yeah
00:21:18
Luke Charlton
but But but I do I do think there's a there's an excellent player there and and again They just need to be nurtured and ultimately I trust Mariska's decision now I think he he he has carried himself well enough where I look at and go if he's gonna start him every week I'm happy because he's clearly doing enough and he's clearly showing enough that that he can he can be being our starting 11 And I do think as well it gives Pedro Neto an option to kind of keep pushing to play on that left-hand side.
00:21:45
Luke Charlton
He also on the right-hand side, sorry, if if if if he kind of slips out of that place. I think I saw that Maresca sees it as is Sancho and Madrid on the left and Neto and Madaweke on the right.
00:21:57
Luke Charlton
That will be there, kind of, they're the two interchanging, but they can also play across on the front three. Schalphielets can play on both wings as well. So there's options, but I do think that we
00:22:04
officialgspn
Hmm. Hmm.
00:22:07
Luke Charlton
Yeah, we're we're in a really good spot, ultimately. So if he does drop off, we've got people that can come straight in. But at the moment, I'd still say persevere with him. I don't think he's done anything wrong. He maybe isn't performing as well as he could do. I think that's probably the way to look at it right now.
00:22:20
officialgspn
Yeah, that's fair enough. it's a bit like what was discussed last week in terms of similar to Enzo and Pep in their teams, there will be players that come up and
Future Prospects and Season Outlook
00:22:30
officialgspn
then come down. And ultimately, that's why it's like being part of a team is that unless you're of the Ronaldo Messi standards, you can't be on top and scoring and assisting every single game, every single week.
00:22:41
officialgspn
it's just not possible they are not superman but um with this uh chelsea i mean there's loads of reports that saying oh chelsea back and i never want to you know jump the gun because there's still a lot of progress to go and to to to build upon but Since Boxing Day last year, Man City have won 69 points, Arsenal have won 59 points and Chelsea have won 52 points. So we're clearly on the upward strategy and I do agree exactly with what you said earlier Luke in terms of it was delightful to hear Mariska come out and say you know if they don't buy in they don't play.
00:23:15
officialgspn
You know with an imagine being an open and honest with that He's clearly being transparent with the fans Which is what we want to see really and we want to see someone taking control Which is what I think we've really been lacking ever since I guess conte's left. Oh, no, sorry two calls left With the Champions League. It's just been so strange with Potter lampard and poggitino not really working out Just a quick note Luke we saw Todd Bowley and Egg Barley at the game sitting next to each other. necessarily maybe sharing jokes and laughter and joy but they were sitting next to each other making a public appearance. Can we read anything into this or is is this trying to dampen any concerns that we've had in the recent reports about a civil war is this just a bit of propaganda?
00:23:59
Luke Charlton
i think I think the whole the whole issue, there's clearly there's clearly some unrest for sure, but i think I think it's so over glamorized and it's so sensationalized for for the further kind of the the English press just to to try and kind of spin something in a certain way. there may be so There may be some unrest, they may have some disagreements, but I think they're both very astute businessmen where they they know at the end of the day there are no hard feelings if you're both making millions and millions of pounds so they're they're not really going to be bothered about public kind of opinion from external of chelsea obviously they're going to want the fans to be to be supported and they're going to want what's best of the club whether that be from a business standpoint for their own gain or but also their reputation in terms of as as ah ah sports owners they want they want to make sure that they're doing the right thing
00:24:48
Luke Charlton
what what they believe to be the right thing, but a disalignment in that sort of that level of business, it's really's it's something that that the general public will very rarely have
Closing Remarks and Next Episode Preview
00:24:59
Luke Charlton
an opportunity to see behind the kind of closed doors of those sorts of situations, because you don't get many people that are at that level of influence and power in a boardroom, and they're there for a reason. so i think to be looking at it from a petty school ground thing of all that this is they're doing this to show face or theyre they're all they're not talking to each other or they're all ones here but where's the other one I think it's it's it's just
00:25:20
Luke Charlton
it it it does't It doesn't kind of add anything to have those sorts of discussions ultimately because if there is unrest, they will sort that out behind closed doors.
00:25:27
officialgspn
yeah
00:25:28
Luke Charlton
So we we we haven't been informed and we haven't need to know about it because I don't think it's as maybe as bad as we think it is. A disagreement will happen, but I think that they're both mature enough and they both have, as I say, enough experience in these sorts of scenarios to go, right, well, this is how we'll settle it.
00:25:44
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:25:44
Luke Charlton
whether that be we pay we pay you off or we do those, there will always be an outcome.
00:25:48
Luke Charlton
I don't i don't think they're going to be kind of tears tears streaming down their face.
00:25:50
officialgspn
Ham
00:25:52
Luke Charlton
So he's he said, she said, yeah, exactly.
00:25:53
officialgspn
bags, you know.
00:25:54
Luke Charlton
It's not handbags at dawn. It is very much a case of, right. Okay. What's the future of the club? What's the direction we're moving in? You've been appointed the CEO of of of this ah this operation.
00:26:02
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:26:05
Luke Charlton
That runs for another five years and in Todd Bowley's case. and And you look at him and go, well, what what What is our long-term aim? if were If we're not strategically aligned, we come in and we bring delegators in to to help us oversee that and to move into a position where the club will be run run more efficiently as efficiently as it can be.
00:26:21
Luke Charlton
So it's just it's ultimately, the conversations they're having are probably fairly boring.
00:26:21
officialgspn
hmm.
00:26:26
Luke Charlton
So it doesn't warrant us wanting to be worried about, oh, are they arguing and what's going on with with our owners?
00:26:27
officialgspn
Yeah.
00:26:30
officialgspn
yeah Yeah.
00:26:32
Luke Charlton
And ultimately, like that We need to worry when the performances drop, the morale in the squad is dropping, we're not maybe signing players or we're spending lots of money and it's not working out, or there's talk of they're going to rip Stamford Bridge down and we don't know where we're going.
00:26:44
Luke Charlton
Those are the sorts of problems that should be affecting the fans. It's not the conversations where you're going, well, who's going to get this amount of equity in the in the club? of course Of course, if we are worrying about the owners,
00:26:51
officialgspn
You know.
00:26:55
Luke Charlton
then we don't want someone who we don't like to be getting more more power. I understand that. But at the moment, we're drip fed such little information that most of what they're talking about is just the kind of, it's the background politics of of of of running in a a massive establishment. like there There aren't many bigger jobs than being a football chairman, particularly of a club of the size of Chelsea.
00:27:14
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:27:14
Luke Charlton
so
00:27:15
Luke Charlton
It is difficult, it's going to be strenuous, but it may have been a spat that happened before the season even began, has been dealt with, with just hearing the information now, and it's actually all okay now. We don't really know. But then I don't know how they win by coming out and making a public statement saying, yeah, we're all fine, it's all friends. Because they can't say that, because in six months they may turn around and say, this isn't the venture I want to be involved in anymore, I want to sell my shares.
00:27:37
Luke Charlton
So it's it's it's a catch-22 really for them. But no, it was I was a little bit surprised to see it and maybe it is a bit of a PR move, but ultimately it doesn't really bother me because they they're spending money, we've signed players, we have a very good squad now, we're moving forward.
00:27:48
officialgspn
Hmm.
00:27:53
Luke Charlton
so i'm i'm ah With what we this position we're in, I'm quite happy right now how we got here. Yeah, there's question marks and there's discussion to be had about how well they've done so far. But right now, I don't really think they're doing a lot wrong if we just kind of let Maresca get on with his job and let the players play the way they have been.
00:28:09
officialgspn
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, they've got the Yes Man in with Ensign Marasco. No disrespect, but that's just what they wanted. And, you know, it's always good to see the owners coming to support the team or show up and show a face. I mean, they picked one of the best days for it. You know, sunny London and we won three nil at our rivals. It doesn't get much better than that. Luke, thanks so much. Unfortunately, we're out of time. Thanks so much for joining me.
00:28:31
Luke Charlton
No, no, thank you for having me. It's always great great to discuss everything Chelsea.
00:28:36
officialgspn
the best blue, blue club in the UK. I think by, by wide, exactly.
00:28:41
Luke Charlton
If not the world.
00:28:43
officialgspn
Yes. Yes. yes Everyone in the UK would agree with us.
00:28:49
officialgspn
uh, I've been Matt everyone. Great to see you. Uh, thanks for listening in and we'll see you on the next episode.