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EP 73: Matchday Review Monday - Crystal Palace
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Join Jake, Matt and Yashar as they discuss the draw against Crystal Palace, the rumour today about signing one of their defenders, and assess how Chelsea went from 8 wins a row to 2 points in 4 games.
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Introduction and Recent Match Day Reviews
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everybody and welcome to the Daily Chelsea Podcast. It is, of course, Match Day Review Monday and we've not had many good Match Day Review Mondays over the last few weeks, of course. um And here to share this pleasure of talking about these pictures is, of course, firstly, we have the
January Transfer Window Excitement
00:00:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
marvellous Matt. Matt, how you doing?
00:00:33
Matt
Yeah, brilliant, and Jake. um Yeah, keen to get into this um because there's a lot to discuss and especially during being the January transfer window, a lot of potential talk in that as well.
00:00:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, there's, I mean, yeah, these results starting to have ramifications for us, I think, and definitely there's some stuff to discuss there today. Things that have broken in the last hour, even. And of course, we also have, and we can change this pre-eliteration.
00:00:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got to call you, you fool, you're sharp. You fool, you're sharp.
00:01:01
Yashar Alizadeh
and so good I like that one. i like that one
00:01:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because, yeah, because, you know, you just, we all just feel a bit withered, you know, we've done, we've done six months of this and,
00:01:03
Yashar Alizadeh
you for
00:01:08
Yashar Alizadeh
yeah
00:01:10
Yashar Alizadeh
yeah I'm still feeling like this now after like four games without a win. So I'm kind of feeling like this as well.
00:01:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, exactly, so there we are.
00:01:15
Yashar Alizadeh
yeah I might not be you yeah for any longer.
00:01:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
But of course...
00:01:18
Yashar Alizadeh
I might just be aged in a minute.
00:01:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, it's not... Yeah, there's there's times Chelsea can make you build up Benjamin Button and there's other times where it's the exact reverse.
Chelsea vs. Palace Review
00:01:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
and So, guys, obviously we played Palace on the weekend.
00:01:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was an unfortunate 1-1 draw. Performance was better than than the Ipswich games, Ipswich and Everton games prior. um But, of course, we still did not walk away with a win and now we are sort of leaving the Premier League for a week or so as well as we move on to FA Cup fixtures. and Matt, we'll go to you first, mate. and when When you sort of saw the line-up coming out, um the fact that we obviously were given Ashen Pong a debut at centre-back, what was you thinking headed into the game? Do you think you was... Obviously, I don't think you'd be confident of picking up three points. so Were you going into it thinking that we would get this win?
00:02:09
Matt
Yeah, definitely. I mean, Yash and I, when we did the preview, ah we were, you know, going for a 3-1 win, like, definitely thinking that we were going to concede, but we'd have enough quality to definitely get three goals.
00:02:21
Matt
um Because we've got the players to do that. And I think from our first goal, we definitely saw that ah we we have that quality of brilliance. you know Sancho being able to lose his marker amazingly to draw you know three players towards him. That is like proper world class quality to and to to be able to do that. um And then just to you know flick it towards Palmer. And you know he's you know he's called Palmer for a reason. Just you know takes a touch right by the six yard box and then just slots it in. It's just wonderful stuff.
00:02:51
Matt
um And because that happened you know pretty early on in the first half, you really hope that we can really grow um and build on that. um But unfortunately, we just didn't. But in terms of the like the lineup, very I was very surprised that Atropon was playing at center back because I've only ever seen him play it right back.
00:03:10
Matt
and so
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:03:12
Matt
Again, yes, we discussed this and we just thought that Palace is quite a hostile place to go. um It's probably not the best place to you know just throw Ashpong in to that environment, but Mariska loves to tinker, he loves to challenge, and to be honest, I was you know really pleasant so pleasantly surprised that I thought Ashpong had a great first game.
00:03:32
Matt
um I do think that he'll probably, if we do keep playing him, he'll probably flip-flop a bit. He'll probably have a great game, then a poor game, then a great game, then a poor game, just because he's so young and he's learning so much with the league. um But it's great to see you know an academy player coming through again.
00:03:46
Matt
um We just hope that he can keep getting better.
00:03:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
100% and I think that that was one of the worries for me I think is that, you know, it's great to see Atchimpong getting a start but we weren't in the best form and you know it could possibly like hinder his development more than anything if he had had like a really bad game but luckily he didn't. Yesha what did you think of Atchimpong's performance in the game um and what did you think of sort of like what what how how Chelsea played because I think we still started a lot better and then as it went on and on and we started missing more of these chances, it seems the same thing happened again. We lost our confidence and then we don't finish with the three points. I think that Brentford game a few weeks ago as well was quite similar where we could have messed that one up closer to the end. and This seems to have been happening for quite a while now. and what What did you think of Chelsea's performance and in this game?
Chelsea's Performance Concerns
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Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah. I think the palace game, I really wanted to win that. And especially after like glasner's comments about Mariska not being quite a surprising team, which else you're not being surprised. And I really wanted to win that just to rub it in his face. But at the end of the day, I think our best player was Josh. I picked a champion lives, our best player, and obviously like easy to say, call palm or Sancho are the best players. Obviously they assisted in a goal, but I think, I think Josh dealing with, I think the big number nine Matete, and then they have, saw behind him as a just three, I think, in my opinion, top six attack. And those three are obviously primarily proven. They know what to do in the Premier League. And I was really, I was really happy for Josh. And I think with someone like for fauna out, anybody will be out. I mean, if he doesn't get sold, like he'll be out anyway. I think Josh is a huge replacement. And that just shows how how upset I was that like freezing him out. And most players would be like, you know, I'm not
00:05:30
Yashar Alizadeh
So why should I play for a team that's freezing me out? And I think for him to sign the contract and actually get back in the team and show his class against those, like that that free opposition was amazing.
00:05:42
Yashar Alizadeh
And partnered up obviously with 21-year-old Levi Colwell, it was beautiful. But I think think a lot of people will say a performance was okay, but I think one shot on target isn't good enough.
00:05:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
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Yashar Alizadeh
I think any team that quote unquote title contenders, one shot on target isn't enough, especially against
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:05:58
Yashar Alizadeh
a back three without Trevor Chalabar. It's again shaky. It's just not good enough. And there'll be a lot of title content to talk later, but I think so these four games showed that we are top four quality right now and we just need something different. And it's like, I think we do it like, we did play better against it. Like we played better than we did against Ipswich.
00:06:23
Yashar Alizadeh
I think it was just absolute just a flip-flop really playing the sassy playing kinku was just those two was mistake but I think now obviously like he brung a muck gay gway I don't know how to say his name actually yes because like yes that's because his name is quite similar to muck gway he it's uh so I'm like yes I'm like no no we're not playing the palace center back up front we're just playing the
00:06:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah gay is a
00:06:47
Yashar Alizadeh
But yeah, but like him coming on in the 81st, Lino again, and Maresco with these late substitutions, I was screaming on my TV. and So like, I think these are little things that, again, I keep saying that every pop-up shows the experience, like 81st minute you make your first substitution, it isn't good enough, especially when you know the game is about to flip on its head, Palace were coming in, the crowd was getting behind Palace, and I think their goal was inevitable, but again, ah we needed something different.
00:07:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah yeah gay is it gay?
00:07:12
Yashar Alizadeh
And I think Mark showed, um he was good, um I think it was average, I think coming in 10 minutes to play wasn't ideal for him.
00:07:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:07:21
Yashar Alizadeh
I think we played better than we did against Ipswich, but we needed three points and we didn't get it.
00:07:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and it's really tough because we, you know, I can't remember how many games I posted before it in the chat, but I think it's, you know, we've gone, you know, we had eight wins in a row in all competitions. So it's hard, we had eight wins in a row in all competitions, so it's hard to look at it and say, oh, maybe the squad is imbalanced and stuff like that because, you know, we had been using all members of the squad and been getting these wins and they're just been in great form.
00:07:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
now we're at the point where obviously we've been hit with a couple of injuries but I don't think anything that should feel too major to us and then it comes to you know this game and we're starting young actually in pong at centre back which you know I think he had a very good game I think as you said Yashar but really I think what it came down to was the attacking quality in the end you know I think there were chances we should well there are times we should just be making at least big chances you know it didn't even seem like we were getting to that point whereas at least in the last couple of games before that we had big chances we had just missed them and and that that had been what cost us. and Matt do you think there's any sort of solving what's going on with the attack at the moment or do you is it more of just working on the training pitch and waiting for those goals to come back because we had been one of the most free scoring teams in the league?
Attacking Struggles and Player Analysis
00:08:41
Matt
Yeah, I think it's a mixture of both. I mean, sort of Yash might mentioned it as well. I think on the previous pod that, you know, Jackson's been good for us and he scored about eight goals, three assists. Everyone's raving about him. He's kind of, you know, quite not, I wouldn't say silencing, but quietening some of his doubters.
00:08:58
Matt
um But then again, he does have a lot of chances each game. um It's not like he's it's a one chance or two chance and a goal or two goals. it's It's probably more like four or five chances to one goal.
00:09:12
Matt
and That's not title winning stuff from a striker. And so I do think Jackson really does need to work on in this on his finishing. um Just sometimes his decision making is really odd in terms of ah in the first half, you know, he gets away from, I think it's Lacroix and then decides to, you know, travel it with his the outside of his right boat instead of just taking it with his left.
00:09:37
Matt
You know, and and it's a near miss, but it's and a miss nonetheless. And so it's just one of those questions of why are you doing that? You know, we don't need the flair. We just need a goal.
00:09:47
Matt
We just need you to score the goal. We need to get to 2-0. And I think that was really crucial because in the first half in particular, we were on fire. We totally dominated them.
00:09:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:09:57
Matt
and it's it's kind of a hangover from last season where we are on great possession of the ball, we're making chances, we're just not capitalizing on it and then that you know sort of like we saw with the game that invites the opposition back in and ah we really do need to be more cutthroat if we really want to secure more wins and you know be really comfortable with getting top four um In terms of, you know, do we need to go to the market? um I think we probably do. um I think, I mean, there's been a lot of talk of, you know, Liam Dublap, particularly because, I guess, you know, him scoring against us recently. um But he does seem to have, you know, that drive and that energy um that really is great for for hustling within the prem. um And he does have a, you know, a finish on him as well. um You know, when you compare him like for like, you know, against Nkuku in terms of what he brings to the team.
00:10:50
Matt
Dilap's definitely the clear winner. um I think in Kunku, I wouldn't really be honest i sorry i wouldn't be surprised to be honest if he was sold back to a Bundesliga club, just where there's a bit more time, there's a bit more space. I think he's a bit too cute and he he doesn't necessarily want to do the hard graft. Technically, in Kunku is probably far better, um but I don't think he's just cut out for the for the Premier League. And I think, unfortunately, we have just made another kind of Tino Werner mistake with them with with him.
00:11:18
Matt
um You know, great for the Bundesliga, but it's's he's just not cut out for the prem. And then Mark Gui, you know, great sort of energy, but I think he's just, he needs a few more years under under his belt to really get into the prem, I think. um Great, you know, sort of Europa Conference um striker and sort of, you know, squad player, but not quite there yet. You know, do we go for Ottoman?
00:11:42
Matt
I'm really not sure.
00:11:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:11:43
Matt
I'm really nervous for us to you know go big with these with these money transfers when we've spent so much. So I'm hoping our sco our Scouts have found you know a wonder kid somewhere um for ah for for for the cheap.
00:11:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting. Yeah, I mean, 100% we have to go back into the market, which is a slightly crazy thing to say at the moment, and which we will discuss in much greater detail, plus ah the last couple of pictures and what we will change about them as well after this very short break.
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And we are back on the Daily Chelsea podcast. Now, of course, we've discussed the disappointment of the palace fixture. But one of the good things about being Chelsea FC is you can usually fix that with a signing or two, ah which we tend to try and do most of the time.
00:13:06
Yashar Alizadeh
let'
00:13:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And yes so, and I mean, I think there's probably a couple of discussions to have here, guys. I mean, in terms of like realistically what we might do in January.
00:13:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And Matt touched, touched on it briefly there
January Transfer Speculations
00:13:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
in terms of, you know, rumors around the lap and stuff like that. and So if we, we won't, we won't say a striker, but if we were to sign an attacker, Yashar, we'll go to you first.
00:13:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
What, if if we, look out if we're looking for an attacker, a striker who's going to give us goals, you know, who are you sort of looking at?
00:13:32
Yashar Alizadeh
Heh, heh, heh.
00:13:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who would you like to bring in?
00:13:39
Yashar Alizadeh
So before I answer that, I just want to say, I feel like, I think the Liam Dilap signing would be great, but I'm scared he'll become like another Evan Ferguson, who blew up in the scene for a season, done amazingly for Brian.
00:13:54
Yashar Alizadeh
He has injuries even bad, I get that. But now he's fit, but he's not playing.
00:13:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm. Yeah.
00:13:59
Yashar Alizadeh
I think Danny Welbeck starting over him, ahia pedrochiov and should start over him. And them two themselves are better players than him. i don't want us to sign someone for 60, 70, 80 million and then end up on the bench to Nicholas Jackson, which is the last person you want to be on the bench to against. But for us, we need a striker and at this staple to become a Premier League challenging side as a Chelsea team, as a Chelsea club, our heritage to win Premier Leagues, that's us, right? To win the big trophies, right? We second manage, we bring someone in,
00:14:34
Yashar Alizadeh
wins the trophy. This is us. However, we're changing now to someone who's going to stick and he's going to lead us to games and lead us to victory. So what I want is in order to win the Premier League, and this is for any league, any team from the Prem Bundesliga Serie R in the Champions League, when is La Liga is you need free world ah world class positions, which are number nine, a CB,
00:14:58
Yashar Alizadeh
And lastly, a goalkeeper. but Those three, if you have a a a spine of those three, yo you have a really good chance within the Premier. The reason why I say that is like prime example, you see Liverpool side is they had Salah. And yeah, he wasn't number nine, but he was an attacker who pretty much played a striker most times under Jurgen Klopp and that Van Dijk and Alisson. Those three in itself are like,
00:15:24
Yashar Alizadeh
It's hard to name anyone else who are that influence like influential, obviously handy ah Henderson was there, obviously Milner was there, that Robertson, Trent, but those three are the big players that people were remember.
00:15:35
Yashar Alizadeh
but And having, a like and to answer your question, we need a number nine. We do need a number nine. And my preferred sign, and this was a sign of like I wanted to do last year, was Ivan Tony.
00:15:47
Yashar Alizadeh
And I understand he's gone to Saudi league now, he's gone to, like go to
00:15:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's out of here. Yeah.
00:15:51
Yashar Alizadeh
a league where a lot of people say sellouts, which is, which I do agree with, like people to go there to make like easy cash grab and come back. But with someone who scored again, 20 goals in the Premier League and who like for a Brentford side, who but again, it not as good as now, but like that Brentford side, who was like, who was battling with relegation back then, like who'd be perfect with Chelsea, someone like and who can hold up the ball, who can finish, who can like who can dribble the ball. I think my only worry about him is his attitude and how he like how he comes across and what he does. but
00:16:26
Yashar Alizadeh
i think like ah Like attacker-wise, we're over like overloaded with the left wings, overloaded with the right wings, and overloaded like overloaded with the cams. So what we need is a number 10, a like and strong number nine. That's what we need. And that is, unfortunately, we need to go into the market for that. And I think the owners are looking for you if we understand that.
00:16:47
Yashar Alizadeh
And that's what Nicholas Jackson is. He's young and he still has a lot to learn. However, he needs someone to learn off and he needs someone to actually see the competition. Yes. like like because Right now, his competition is in CUNQ. And at this point, I think any of us freakers start over him at this point that he isn't good enough to familiar. He isn't good enough for Chelsea at the football club. So he needs someone to actually look for and and compete against. And that's what he like. That is what he's lacking at Chelsea right now.
00:17:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
fair enough, man. I think I agree with you mostly there, I think. but I think one of the worries of what people was saying in terms of papers and stuff when we were looking at another striker is that we we were maybe be a bit scared of pampering Jackson's development with another striker who and would take a lot of time away from him. um But Tony is but a pretty decent suggestion and i'll probably of a decent age as well in terms of like, and and a different profile.
00:17:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think that's the main thing for me would be having a different profile to Jackson, even if it's not another world-class player, because I think we're not in the business of signing world-class players anymore, unfortunately.
00:17:49
Yashar Alizadeh
No.
00:17:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't i don't think that's...
00:17:49
Yashar Alizadeh
yeah Yeah, the problem with Ivan Tony at this point is his wages. So he's on 400 grand a week now. And I don't think And he might come back just because the status of Chelsea, but the problem is and we need a Premier League proven striker.
00:18:04
Yashar Alizadeh
And that's what, and Victor, vote im Victor Osman isn't, and he's got like, he's a Galatas, right?
00:18:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Shriker, yeah.
00:18:09
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, he's doing well, but again, it's a Turkish league, but it's, Victor Osman isn't proven in the Premier League.
00:18:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:15
Yashar Alizadeh
And Liam Dilap is proving himself. I understand, but he's not proven. And that's one thing is we've made a mistake of signing striker signing. numbered 9.5 like Xerxes always says by himself but like signing these players who are not number nine but not number 10 so it's like it's we need someone again Premier League proven and I think that person is Ivan Tony the only problem is his wages and but like like I think Todd Bodie wouldn't pay over 200 grand for him I'd like 200 grand a week for him I wouldn't like imagine so he would so
00:18:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, fair enough. ah yeah yeah i It definitely be a tough one to get, but then again, you know, you players may not like it in Saudi Arabia, but just because it's Saudi Arabia, possibly in the different cultures as such.
00:18:56
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:18:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Matt, who would be your striker signing before you had to do another Drake? Another Drake? Another break. Can't play Drake.
00:19:03
Matt
you yeah
00:19:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Copyright issues.
00:19:05
Matt
if um I can't spit a bar like Kendrick, um so um I can't take that one. but um the Just quickly on the Tony thing, i yeah the wages are obviously the stumbling block and you know no one's ever going to pay him 400 grand apart from Saudi.
00:19:23
Matt
I wonder whether there's a scenario where he comes on loan to us for like a year or six months and we kind of go half and half on the wages. I feel like that may be something that's quite obscure but you never know in football and that's the only plausible thing that I could see happening with that and that probably would be the best you know all-round case for us because we're not shilling out a massive transfer fee and it's just you know a year we can see if it works if it doesn't but play.
00:19:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
I was going to say, just quickly, i think I think Henderson did something similar when he left.
00:19:48
Matt
um But
00:19:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think he was on in a six-month loan and that then moved to like a transfer fee or something like he did.
00:19:56
Yashar Alizadeh
yeah
00:19:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was like a similar sort of deal, just to say.
00:19:58
Matt
Is that with IACs or something like that?
00:19:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think, yeah, I think it was, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think he did something like that, something contract-wise. Anyway, sorry.
00:20:04
Yashar Alizadeh
It's possible, so it's quite reassuring actually.
00:20:04
Matt
No, no, yeah. Yeah, exactly. Yes, there's hope there. um i I mean, it is. It's one or two, and and both of them are absolutely blue sky thinking. um But first I would say Lewandowski, just because he's absolute quality even you know into his late 30s. He's still got so much finesse, so much technique, um and he's won everything. um And he would be an an amazing leader, kind of similar to like Tiago Silva that we had.
00:20:37
Matt
um Just to give those nuggets of wisdom and I think, you know, be a great leader within the dressing room. um It's almost like what what we had with Drogba the second time round when we won the won the league with him again in the 14-15 season.
00:20:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:52
Matt
almost kind of a but bit of a last hurrah for him. um It might be great for Lewandowski, you know, sort of to challenge himself once more, you know, he's done it in Germany, he's done it in Spain, can he do it in England and get the full set really. um That for me, I think would be unbelievable. He would be incredible. I mean, I do think again, his wages would be the massive stumbling block um because he's on mega money on Barcelona.
00:21:16
Matt
um And alternatively, which I think would be just absolute, you know, music to every Chelsea fan's ears, is if we got Harry Kane, um you know, the first legend, but, you know, sort of
00:21:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
so
00:21:34
Matt
Um, he's got, you know, still got the Spurs curse, you know, struggling to win out on Bayern Munich finally wants to, you know, come to a club that wins stuff.
00:21:38
Yashar Alizadeh
for the
00:21:41
Matt
Um, uh, which is in the heart of London and, um, you know, scores a couple of hat tricks against them. I think that would just be amazing. And he is primarily proven. So we've got that in the bag already.
00:21:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i mean i i was ah What I was going to say about Lewandowski is that weirder things have happened in football, certainly with how screwed Barcelona are in terms of finances and stuff like that.
00:22:01
Matt
Very true.
00:22:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
like If it ever came to paying like 20 million for Lewandowski, I think we would probably do it and Barca would probably take it.
00:22:02
Matt
Yeah.
00:22:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
like if If that situation ever arose, ah Harry Kane I think is a lot less likely. I think that was a bit more blue sky thinking yeah in in terms of getting him away from
00:22:15
Yashar Alizadeh
Very, very blue sky.
00:22:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Um, well guys we will discuss if we will be discuss obviously the center back rumors Which obviously have a bit more of a truth to them as we've learned over the last couple of hours um Plus we'll take a quick look at why our form is taking a bit of a downturn just after this quick quick 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 ah 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 for the last part
00:23:05
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of our match day review Monday slash try out to have rumors slash yeah everything else sort of discussion. um And so we've, so guys, we've discussed obviously the striker situation that we, you know, there may be moves for in the market, we'll see, and but the center back situation is something that we know is certainly there's, there's movements in progress. offs Obviously after Wesley Fafana is possibly out for the season, and even though that could apparently be disputed by himself, however,
00:23:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
and probably the probably still a good option for chelsea to look at a centre back regardless considering how many injuries wesley gafana has had um so i'm going to ask a slightly different question to you both just based on the rumor that's come out in the last couple of hours and the fact that chelsea sky have said that chelsea are looking at mark where he obviously mark where he is someone we know pretty well. and If it came down to this giant trail window, recalling Shalaba
Center-Back Solutions Debate
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
or signing Mark Guahi, which one would you do? Yesha, I'll go to you first.
00:24:06
Yashar Alizadeh
Um, I mean, if it was possible, yeah, yeah like, yeah, it's cause apparently in, in Trevor Chaliput's contract, you're not allowed to break it. So like he's, Oh, yeah you can.
00:24:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, no, it's been confirmed that we can't recall him, the athletic. Yeah, we can recall him, the athletic said, yeah.
00:24:18
Yashar Alizadeh
Okay. Perfect. then Okay. Um, me personally, I'll call back Trevor. I think someone who, again, like he's been outstanding for palace, especially for a palace side, who's that, you know, like who who was battling for a relegation, not now, obviously, but I think someone who wasn't the first team like set up last season and obviously surprisingly not now.
00:24:42
Yashar Alizadeh
So it might quick answer Trevor 100%.
00:24:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Fair enough. Matt, what about you?
00:24:49
Matt
Yeah I have to absolutely agree just because Trevor is six foot four and Mark Gray is six foot and I think that is a big difference when it comes to the centre back you know positioning and we've said a few times over the season that we are just lacking a bit of height across the team you know sort of Colwell was one of our tallest at six or two and so You know, we we do need to sort of have a presence, you know sort of a bit like what you know, yash was alluding to with van dyke, you know, so he's got that presence ah ah at Liverpool um he's you know sort of world class for so many reasons um and I think
00:25:31
Matt
There's just too much risk, I think, if we bring Guihi in. um I don't think he's great in the air. you know so He's good with his feet and everything, but which is obviously a key thing for Maresca and his defenders.
00:25:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm.
00:25:42
Matt
um But I think you actually do need to have the full package um to be sent back in this team. And the fact that Newcastle could get Guihi at 60 million last ah last summer, and I think they wanted around 75-80 million for him,
00:25:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:25:59
Matt
I'm personally just not comfortable with spending any anywhere near that for Gui. Admittedly, he is 24. He's still got plenty of you know so career left in him, um you know it so potentially six years at a top, top level. um But you know sort of I can't see anything happening you know sort of in January. i mean We sold um him to to Palace for 18 million four years ago.
00:26:23
Matt
Um, so they'd be making a massive, you know, sort of, um, you know, plus, uh, if they sold him for about 50 million plus to, to, to us or anyone. Um, and I just, I think it's too, it's too, it's too, it's too, it's too difficult because, you know, definitely right now palace, they're definitely in a scrap to avoid relegation.
00:26:41
Matt
If they sell my query, that's going to like really scupper them. And so they, they're, they're probably might even ask for more, you know, sort of, they might even ask for like closer to 90 or something because it's just awful timing.
00:26:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just just to interject that there is and this is not this is a rumor as much as the tractable transfer is a rumor.
00:26:52
Matt
Um,
00:26:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
We we did apparently have some sort of reduction clause in there, which is typical when sending a youth player on, but it wouldn't be much. But we'd probably still be paying over much over the odds for him. But there is a rumor that there is something that would allow us to get ah a better price than essentially what anyone else would in the league, because we sold them to him.
00:27:15
Matt
Yeah, fair enough. I mean, i just i i'm I'm just not convinced by him. And I think you sort of if you if you want to spend 50 million plus, you've got to be absolutely certain um that he's going to you know improve your starting 11.
00:27:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:27:28
Matt
And at the moment, I'm just not convinced.
00:27:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, do you know what? It's quite funny. i I was at, I was, I would have said Kwehi before I listened to both of you, actually, to be fair.
00:27:39
Yashar Alizadeh
social
00:27:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, genuinely, genuinely. I think I would have said Kwehi, but I but quite like Kwehi. I watched quite a few sort of like Academy games with him in there and stuff like that. I think he is genuine quality. But in terms of what you're saying, my my only, I think I would agree with you both in terms of bringing back Shalabha, but my only issue with Shalabha is I think he's In terms of having ah of of having him in our squad, I think he's more of a versatility player than anything.
00:28:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think he can ah don't think he can be the center back that we will rely upon, which I think is the issue when when we do have this injury and we come, you know, baddie issue that comes in, desires he comes in.
00:28:03
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, I agree.
00:28:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, I also think that they're getting hurt a little bit by not having consistent games anyway. um Not that they're great players, I would say. but um I think it's, yeah, I don't think if we bring Shelber back, it will be the answer to the sense back problem. But is that a problem we need to answer now? Or do we just need to find the cover to get us through to the end of the season? But you know it's an it's an interesting one. and Speaking of getting through to the end of the season, guys, we're getting we're running low on time, but we'll have a very quick discussion just on you know the fact we've gotten to four games, two points now. um Luckily, we have an easier game on the weekend in terms of more coming to the FA Cup.
00:28:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
not that we've been Not that we've not been upset by League One teams at home before, if anyone remembers the Bradford game under Jose. What do you guys think has happened? What do you think has happened to our squad or anything like that? what is What do you think is the main reason that we have gone from eight wins in a row to two points from four games and now looking to be in a top battle of top four battle rather than a title battle? Yeshaka, let's go with Yuffo.
00:29:20
Yashar Alizadeh
And it was much worse, wasn't it? Like, I think, I think as soon as, I think as soon as his, this Madrid doping, whatever this thing is, we were like, Oh no, we're going to crash out. Now this is what it is. The bulge oxide. I think it's just a, I think it's a burnout issue. I think when you get too confident and get too comfortable in a situation, this is like anything you start to think you're better than you usually are. And that's when teams start to find out.
00:29:50
Yashar Alizadeh
And also, like, and also the Mariska's tactics are also very predictable now. So when teams play us now, they can go back on the eight games if one's saying, why have we won eight games? Okay, right. So they're playing it three and then Kukriela or Gusto going to the midfield, right? That's easy. Then we'll just load up three or four midfielders and they can't do that. So it's a lot of, um, so firstly it's Modric, but also it's, uh, like, it's also a,
00:30:18
Yashar Alizadeh
like like There's a mixture of burnout and also like, but like, like, like predictability as, as Glazner said at Palace, as much as it really annoyed me, it's completely true. Like we don't have no plan B, which also shows in 81st substitutions because he's like, right, I'm just going to hold it out and hopefully we can get one nil.
00:30:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:30:36
Yashar Alizadeh
And then that's not going to happen. You know, the Premier League, if this was in the Bundesliga or whatever, the MLS, whatever, you can just score one nil and you can just say, you know, yeah, whatever. But it's, it's probably like, and you're going to play against again, like a really good top, uh, like front free in that. So unfortunately, yeah, we, we have, but like a quick one, my ideal thing is Trevor channel book gets recalled in Jan and then we get the needle in the summer.
00:31:02
Yashar Alizadeh
this
00:31:03
Matt
Yeah.
00:31:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
and mean a who is ah
00:31:03
Yashar Alizadeh
And you know, if you listened to my like pod before, this was, I, I've been raving about Denis because like I say one thing, right?
00:31:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
um yeah
00:31:09
Matt
He's been raving about him raving.
00:31:12
Yashar Alizadeh
He's, he's primarily proven for Manchester city, but also like he's out of the UVA project and he's a free on summer. So my ideal thing, bring back Trevor Chalabar in Jan, get Denis in like a, like Silva, like literally similar thing to Tiago Silva comes in experience.
00:31:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who? I don't
00:31:29
Yashar Alizadeh
huge leader and like huge leader. So that's what I like. So that is my is my ideal thing.
00:31:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
know who it is. Yeah, I mean, one one slight thing we've got to mention, and I don't think it's going to come into it too much, but we did also recall Asin Milano from ah somewhere in South America, where he went back online.
00:31:42
Matt
Book of genius.
00:31:43
Yashar Alizadeh
He's really good.
00:31:44
Matt
Yeah. Yeah.
00:31:44
Yashar Alizadeh
He's a really good player, just, again, 20 years old. And no, he's not the answer.
00:31:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, it might might not, again, probably not the answer. Yeah.
00:31:50
Yashar Alizadeh
I think like um he'll probably go alone to a championship club. So like, I think I heard Paul Smith wants him.
00:31:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
That might be...
00:31:57
Yashar Alizadeh
So like a few club wants him. So like they were good. It's a sign. And he's training with Cobham now, like he's training, like he's training in Chelsea. So I think he's prepping to either play against Malcolm, but, um, most likely not just cause I don't know it might be.
00:32:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:32:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah, yeah.
00:32:14
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah. Jessica surprises us a lot. So who knows?
00:32:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, it's true. Matt, quickly before we finish up, main reason for Chelsea going from eight wins to two points in four games.
00:32:27
Matt
We're really young squads and it is just that factor of inconsistency um and we are
Chelsea's Form and Squad Challenges
00:32:33
Matt
going to be inconsistent throughou throughout the season. So we we're going to have a slump at some point. Unfortunately, it's happened around the festive period and the the start of the new year, ah particularly against teams that aren't, you know, sort of in the top six, you know, sort of and particularly the the whole Ipswich game losing to a Aside you know battling with relegation, you know dropping points to palace again battling relegation Just you know a pretty frustrating particularly as well If you look at our run-in towards in the season, we're playing man.
00:32:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:02
Matt
You were playing forest. we We've got big games So it's not an easy run-in like sort of so if we're if we're not picking up points soon we could really have a bit of a sticky sort of end to the season for us and i do slightly wonder as well with um just touching on sort of morosco making these late substitutions whether he's trying to make a message to the board about that he's not happy with his bench i don't know whether there's something in that as well um
00:33:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hmm, yeah
00:33:28
Matt
i mean just because you know jose used to do that quite a bit and other managers have done it i'm not really sure if he's doing the same thing maybe maybe not um but yeah i do um i think the burnout thing is massively um in particular for kaiseido and enzo fenandas they just we don't we don't have anyone of similar quality uh to match what they can do and
00:33:42
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:33:49
Matt
You know, and and and that's particularly because of, you know, Lava being injured. um And other than that, we just haven't recruited well enough.
00:33:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:33:56
Matt
So maybe Mariska's got a point about getting getting more better quality in.
00:33:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:34:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah 100%. I think that's, I think it's why this, if we do make a center back signing or whatever, we decide in the sense back, it's going to be really important. Cause like you said, at the start of the podcast, we need a center back to either be now or at some point world-class for us to win the league. Um, you know, I think, and I think particularly in terms of what you said there in terms of love, you're getting injured.
00:34:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
lavi getting injured during the fact the coal wheel and fauna you know They were letting goals but they started really well together. That's two players from like the core of our team already changing and we know the casino that Enzo pivot doesn't work. I think it started a bit better than what we all thought but I think again managers, like you said earlier, managers are just starting to work us out. They are very much trying to work us out and if you can work us out and also stop Cole Palmer which some teams are doing better than others but you know he's not scoring two or three a game and he's only you know he is doing what he can but that's about it. So it's getting quite tough for us and I think now maybe Mareska needs to change it up a little bit to not seem too as predictable.
00:35:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:35:01
Matt
Just quickly on the centre back, you know, so and this is, I think, very hypothetical thinking and almost outrageous. But with the whole contract situation at Liverpool, do we try and get Van Dyke in the summer?
00:35:14
Yashar Alizadeh
another another blues again this is this is unbelievable
00:35:14
Matt
Like, as in, you know, as in like, if the Liverpool owners don't renew it, and he's just not got a club, but what what's to say that, like, he wouldn't be great for us?
00:35:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah fair i think I think genuinely, I reckon what if he does get to the end of his Liverpool contract, I reckon there will at least be a couple of texts to a couple of agents to sort of see what interest is going and stuff like that. However, I don't think Virgil van Dyck would do it. I think he was very much part. so He was such like an emblem for that Klopp era.
00:35:46
Matt
Hmm.
00:35:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Liverpool, I think he would probably leave and go abroad and stuff like that. I think if if his contracts and Klopp's contracts were at the same time, I think he would have been gone instantly.
00:35:50
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:35:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
There would have been no question about it.
00:35:56
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:35:57
Matt
Interesting.
00:35:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:35:58
Yashar Alizadeh
My mind goes into like, if Liverpool are not willing to pay it, what makes Chelsea is. And yeah, it's because Van Dyke's holding out for a bigger payday um at Liverpool.
00:36:09
Yashar Alizadeh
And if they're not giving it, then there's no way we're going to give it with our owners. So that's how I feel.
00:36:11
Matt
Hmm. Yeah, fair enough.
00:36:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, although it might give out a longer talk contract, which is sometimes what players want, you know, we could definitely we definitely definitely
00:36:16
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:36:17
Matt
that's true actually yeah
00:36:18
Yashar Alizadeh
He might want a longer contract, yeah.
00:36:19
Matt
yeah
00:36:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, so maybe there's a maybe there is a chance, Matt. Well, guys, this has been a very, very thorough matchday Monday review. and We've also discussed recent transfer rumors, and of course, they will be constantly updated and flowing throughout the week. It is, of course, the January transfer window. um And as will daily Chelsea be here throughout the week with Taxix Tuesday, Wildcard Wednesday, um as well as
Episode Wrap-Up and Future Discussions
00:36:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
forecasting the game against Morecome on Saturday as well. ah Big week for Chelsea. Matt, thank you very much for joining me today, mate. It's been great to speak to you.
00:36:47
Matt
Yeah, pleasure as always always, Jake, and come on, you blues.
00:36:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Come on, the Chelsea are sure mate. Very, thank you so much for joining us.
00:36:54
Yashar Alizadeh
and Thank you all, speak to you all soon, hopefully with a win this time.
00:36:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, hopefully, we'll but we'll see. um ah Thank you guys both for joining me today.
00:37:02
Yashar Alizadeh
wish
00:37:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
And of course guys, make sure you catch up with Daily Chelsea throughout the week and we will speak to you soon.