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EP 62: Forecast Friday: Tottenham Hotspur
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It's the big game if the weekend, and Matt and Jake are here to discuss the lineups, score predictions as more with forecast friday!
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Chelsea's Recent Success and Upcoming Match Nerves
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Hello, everybody, and welcome to the Daily Chelsea Podcast. It is, of course, I mean, we're jubilant as Chelsea fans, surely at the moment. Let's just have a very joyful introduction. What a fantastic week has been so far for us Chelsea fans. And I suppose we're all getting a little bit more nervous as we head towards the weekend.
Chelsea's Confidence Boost with Matt Huyder
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um And here to join me and be nervous with me is the marvellous Matt Huyder.
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Matt
Yeah, very good Jake. Great to be here as always. And I think definitely after the midweek result, we're all a lot more confident going into this game.
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Yeah, 100 percent. I think it was just I mean, for me, I mean, i I'm not going to say too many times that I was there at the game and stuff like that.
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Matt
Yeah, just rub it in, you know.
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But yeah, and but yeah I think it it was just for me, it was just like maybe the most united the Chelsea fan base has felt in a
Reviewing Chelsea's Disciplined Performance
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while. And also just the fact that we scored, we went one goal up and we conceded sort of quite quickly after that and then just bounced back and just you know sort of controlled the game and won by three goals.
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like It was a very, very, very good...
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Matt
Four goes. Four goes. Hey hey hey.
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hold apologize Yes, yeah for one by four goals.
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Matt
victim
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It was just a very, very disciplined, mature performance, which we have just been so not getting from Chelsea,
Preview: Chelsea vs Spurs Match
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you know, in in recent times.
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Matt
you
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um And I suppose, yeah, I mean, i mean and and it all leads us into this, you know, massive fixture against Spurs this Sunday. um So in the late game against Tottenham, 4.30 kick off.
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And Matt, I suppose the first question I want to ask to you is obviously we, this fixture in particular last season, we We did quite well. We were all right. Even though, you know, there was very much a, you know, a bit of a despondence in the Chelsea fan base in terms of Pochettino and stuff like that, you know, we, we turned up to Tottenham with Pochettino and 1-4-1. It was a very nice outing last season. But my first question off the bat to you would be, do you expect similar this time or do you think this is going to be a lot tighter?
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Matt
definitely think there's going to be a lot of goals in this game this weekend and yeah just touching on that 4-1 win that you mentioned there I think it's useful just to take a step back really and recognize how much can happen in 12 months as in you know this time last year we were under Pochettino very inconsistent very rocky um losing to teams that we really shouldn't be struggling to put a lot of chances away and going into this game it was it was probably one of the games where I felt incredibly nervous going against Spurs because last season they had won
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Matt
The previous four coming into this game being Liverpool, Luton, Fulham and Palace, they hadn't actually lost the game in the season up to up until this point. um And yeah, that was definitely a mood of this could be pretty tricky for us. I mean, and also, you know, our lineups changed so much in that time. There's no Tiago Silva, no Gallagher or Sterling.
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yeah
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Matt
in the lineup. I mean, this this season, this game last season, we were playing Cole Will at left back.
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Yeah.
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Matt
um So that kind of highlights, you know, sort of a bit of the issue we had last season.
Reflecting on Past Chelsea vs Spurs Drama
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Matt
and
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I'm not on video, but I've just shared it.
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Matt
What's that?
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I'm not on video, but I've just shared it.
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Matt
Oh, yeah, you should. Yeah, sorry. Yeah. Yeah, I know it's literally nightmare stuff. And um we did have Ruth James back then, but we had Dassasi partnering so Silver. And so, yeah, it was a very different line up. Definitely not anywhere near the chemistry and cohesion that we have right now. And I do remember after Spurs went off, scored early, they had another ruled out for offside soon after that. And there was the feeling that this could be a bit of a long game for us and we were just gonna get battered and then probably you know the game with the most amount of VAR ever with about 10 minutes additional time for both the first half and second half suppose go down to nine men and then after chance after chance of getting missed we eventually score three goals
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Matt
Well, we get level with Palmer with a penalty and then Jackson gets his his hat trick. So, you know, on on the surface, it looks like we actually absolutely smashed Spurs. But that was I think for every fan involved in that game, it was a huge, huge roller coaster.
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Matt
And we don't really want a repeat of that. We definitely want a repeat of, you know, the overall result of a win. But I don't think we want um Chelsea to play with our heartstrings that much this weekend.
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Yeah.
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Matt
I don't think that will happen um but I do think there'll be a lot of goals and yeah, I won't get into predictions too much but yeah, I think there's gonna be a goal first because we're on the up and Spurs will want to make a statement because recently they've been in really poor form.
Debate: Importance of Clinical Attack
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Yeah, and I mean, obviously, there's a lot of history to dive into in this podcast when it comes to Chelsea and Tottenham, as you've just touched on there. But I think that just one of the points so I wanted to sort of talk about is the fact, obviously, the last season, you know, that result was...
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it It was an incredibly weird game, because there was two players sent off and, like, it was...
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Matt
Hmm.
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It was just what we were seeing just from Ang in that game in terms of their their line being so high. like remember Everyone remembers that picture on the halfway line of the entire nine men on the halfway line in a line waiting for our attack.
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Matt
Yeah.
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Matt
Hmm.
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and But I think what probably won that game for us was being clinical. And I think at the moment, under Maresca, we are very clinical. Like we we we get we do get a lot of chances, but we take over half our chances really. Like statistically we take 70% of our chances. Our XG is now getting up there close to Liverpool as is you know our place in the table as well. and How much do you think, Matt, this game will be dependent on just being in terms of just the attacking the clinical the the attacking the attacking outfits being clinical in this match? Do you think that's going to be the contingent on what but the result lies upon?
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Matt
Yeah, absolutely. And I think that's but for both teams because, um I mean, we saw with Chelsea that against Southampton, albeit it wasn't you know an ideal ah starting, centre-back pairing, but there is the capability within us to just kind of switch off um or make ah a bit of a rookie error and let a team back in. We're to rely on Jurgensen to pull out some big saves against Southampton, both in the first and second half to just keep them at one goal.
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Matt
And like and you know alternatively, with Spurs, if we can take our chances early on in the game, then I think we can really kill it off early. um They are still very fragile, I think, in in all areas. and but I think particularly what's really highlighted this season with Spurs is that it's such a coin toss and I think in some ways for Spurs fans it's probably really exciting or just incredibly frustrating to support them because um supporting them
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Matt
you really have no idea what you're going to get. I mean, they beat Man City emphatically at Man City 4-0. And then since then, they've drawn to Roma, they've drawn to Fulham, and then they've lost to Bournemouth. It's just very, very strange to have to be that juxtaposed really in in your results.
Chelsea's Unity vs Spurs' Struggles
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Matt
And so I think this the the timing of this picture it shows both clubs at completely ends of a spectrum in terms of Chelsea, we're jubilant, like you say, like we're at the Southampton game, Enzo Marescu is getting his own song.
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Matt
We're feeling like we've got the Chelsea back that we've been missing for the last two years.
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Yeah.
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Matt
And, but now, you know, particularly after that Bournemouth result, a lot of Spurs fans are starting to kind of question and you know, sort of that he was, they were definitely letting um him know their their thoughts after the Bournemouth game and now Angie's coming out basically saying I don't care who's behind me. um you know Very sort of contrasting because Enzo is very um keen on keeping the group tight knit and that we're working on this together and there's a long road ahead.
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Matt
So very different, um, periods in terms of both seasons. Um, so yeah, we've got to be clinical though. Um, if we want to get over the line, because, um, Spurs can hurt you with players like Solanke and, and, and Co.
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Yeah, 100%, especially, yeah, I mean, that's one of the horrors that we could have returning on us, I suppose, is the, I mean, you know, Solange is obviously obviously a bit far gone from our, from our academy now, after we spell a former and such, but it's definitely a returning horror that could, could upset Chelsea fans.
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Matt
Hmm.
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Matt
if Yeah.
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Matt, what we'll do is we'll we'll go to a quick break and then we'll discuss the the history of this fixture, because as we touched on, there is a fair bit to discuss. We'll be back very, very shortly.
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And we are back on the daily Chelsea podcast. It is of course forecast Friday and we are discussing Well, probably the biggest picture in our
Chelsea vs Spurs Rivalry: History and Significance
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next sort of run of six or seven games, Matt. And that's not to say that we're facing small teams by any means, but obviously the Spurs fixture for us means a lot more. And I don't think I'm taking the dig here when I say it probably means a lot more to Spurs fans than it does us. But, you know, um it's ah it's obviously one a picture that's created controversy over the last few years. um I mean, it
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We can go back years and years and years, but I think maybe we have a sort of starting point of the Battle of the Bridge, which we obviously remember very well. um was you Just out of interest now, what's your sort of general feeling when it comes to facing Tottenham in the league? Because and like again, and they're not second diggers first fans, but we don't we don't really face them in cups.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
um so it's um So the fixture sort of rolls around and i'm obviously it's dependent on how Spurs are doing and how we're doing, but do you sort of come into this fixture thinking, you know, we should be holding a win every time or do you think that over the last few years Spurs have definitely been a team that we should be a lot more scared of when it comes to this fixture?
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Matt
Yeah, I mean I definitely think um we should always go into the game expecting to get a win um just because of the stature of the clubs and
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Matt
you know, London is blue, um just to say it pretty bluntly, like sort of London is blue. And um who exactly yeah, um it like it just always will be.
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yes yes
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Matt
And ever since, you know, sort of started supporting Chelsea growing up, Spurs have just always been this, I guess, kind of short kid on the block that's like your school that you know wants to be like you but just can't be like you you know sort of and and um uh and you know maybe that's a bit of a harsh reflection on spurs but uh they you know exactly exactly yeah well you know exactly um and uh and it's always been that sort of case and we generally always you know sort of push them away and watch them away but
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Yes. Yes. No, I think it's all right.
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Matt
You know, in the last decade or so, they definitely did um improve when they had Pochettino. And obviously, they got to a Champions League final. And they had some really good players, like with Dele Alli and Kane and Ericsson. And they were able to really build on that. And like you mentioned with the Battle of the Bridge, you know, that's where my mind definitely went to um in terms of kind of recent history, that that was a seriously pivotal game and very, you know, sort of odd in that sense where maybe for that season, you know, sort of the roles almost shifted because Spurs were going for the title and ended up coming third, um whereas we, you know, were really struggling around sort of mid-table that season. um You know, it's kind of unclear why we were struggling so much, but thankfully, you know, sort of despite Spurs being better than us that season, we kind of had the last word against them because we stopped them getting that crucial win um at that point in time that would have, you know, pushed them on to potentially
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Matt
get close to to winning the league that season. um And yeah, we just, we couldn't be having that. We can't be having Spurs winning the, winning the league. It's, it's one of those things that, ah you know, you can't share trophies with your London rifle rivals. And similarly, you know, sort of when Spurs did get to that Champions League final, I was definitely supporting Liverpool because I didn't want any Spurs fans saying they've won the Champions League because that's, that is one of the worst things we probably could ever hit.
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Yes, 100 percent. That would have been. Yeah, I might have quit. ah um I might have quit football. man ah come on
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Matt
Yeah, just might give up, you know?
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He's a good boy, isn't it? I guess that's fun to watch less. um You know, it yeah, as far as what one league, yeah, we would have been. there Very, very sad times indeed. and Obviously, there the the thing about Spurs recently, I suppose, is there's a slight contrast to them and us. And I suppose the contrast more recently has been the fact that they've got an owner who's trying to install a manager and probably install a philosophy that's going to take their club to the next level.
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um we can argue until the cars come home about why Chelsea are in that position where we have to get a manager to install philosophy and get us to the next level in the first place where we were already there but let's not focus on that what what have you thought of Spurs you know sort of if we're thinking sort of back to the battle of the bridge in terms of their managerial appointments obviously there's been Nuno there's now on to Ange what do you think about Spurs as a club in terms of where they're heading do you think Ange is the right direction for them or do you think this is a bit of fun before they get someone serious because that they've sort of thought that before, you know, you got to remember they also had Conte, one of our ex managers as well. It's been a very odd time, I suppose.
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Matt
Yeah, I mean, I was just gonna touch on that really in terms of, you know, they've had Conte, but they've also had Mourinho in the last within the last decade as well. And
Managerial Changes: Chelsea vs Spurs
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Matt
this is kind of what I mean, what, you know, sort of, I guess, highlights the fact that to the analogy of there's that kid on the block or that kid at your school that's not quite like you but they want to be like you in the sense that we had Mourinho so then they got Mourinho, we had Conte so then they got Conte um in ah in a bid to win trophies because ultimately that's what fans want to see from their club.
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Matt
but but um you know sort of for multiple reasons it just hasn't ah worked with any of those managers um you know Nuno he's having a great season with Forest this season but it just never worked out for him at Spurs and you know Pochettino he probably you know sort of I mean obviously he was at Spurs a lot longer than he was at Chelsea um and he was more successful in that time but um then again you know I think
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Uh-huh.
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Matt
we just, Chelsea just did obviously didn't have the patience with Pochettino, whereas Spurs did. And I think with the timing of all those signings ah in terms of managers and where, you know, Ange being there now, for me, it always feels with Spurs that this is kind of the best they can get. It's not really the best out there. It's just the best that they can get in turn. And I think signings like Solanke, although he is a good striker,
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Matt
It's he's probably the best they can get not in the mark what's available and what's in the market It's just kind of that just fits Spurs his profile really really well, which is
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Matt
they're really trying to become you know a top four club and they're really trying to win trophies, but they're just never quite there. um And no I think that's just the harsh reality for them.
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Yeah.
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Matt
um you know they had When they did have Dele Alli's Ericsson and Kane, there was a real momentum with them and a feeling that, particularly with Kane, he is absolutely world-class. And at the time, Dele Alli was you know the next upcoming big thing.
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Matt
um And again, for whatever reason, those things just didn't gel. And because they've tried so many different managers, particularly Conte and Mourinho, it makes me feel more and more that there was just this undercurrent, this foundation at the club of Spurs, that they just can't do the final hurdle. They can't win stuff. um And maybe that's just under the ownership of Daniel Levy, because he sacked Mourinho before, like a couple of days before,
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make
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Matt
They were gonna have that cup final and It's just bizarre, you know in what can you imagine Chelsea ever doing that? I can't imagine us doing that ever and and we're a club that does consistently win trophies um and similarly, you know sort of with What's that
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almost frequently managers just to say And also frequently sex managers just to say.
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Matt
ah Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. we're we're We're not afraid to, you know, sort of say hi and bye to to people. um And yeah, it's just it's a tricky one. But there is there is a there was a I guess the PC waves of is saying there was a very strong feeling between both fan bases. um um And I think that was clearly um noted a couple of seasons ago when it was too cool versus Conte at the bridge and in that tool willll draw.
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Yes.
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Matt
That definitely got very heated, particularly between Conte and Too Cool. And yeah, I remember feeling incredibly gutted we didn't get the three points that game.
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Yeah, hundred percent. it ah That was one of the things about Tuco, wasn't it? It's just he sort of seemed to get the passion of rivalries with us and stuff like that. And i think I think also Enzo, I think that's one of the things we'll well we'll discuss quickly after the break as well, when Enzo sort of understand that the passion of this fixture and stuff like that, because that's sometimes a bit of an alienation with certain managers who come to us. and But yeah, we'll have a very quick break and then we'll come back with discussing a bit about Maresco versus Ange and then of course our lineup predictions and our score predictions as well. See you shortly.
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We discussed a bit about the history. We discussed a bit about Tottenham's long-term situation, I suppose. We were just discussing before the break in terms of the passion of this fixture. and I think one of the things that i'll one of the things that united Chelsea fans are too, despite the chel the Champions League win and stuff like that, obviously. But
Maresca's Leadership in the Rivalry Context
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that moment he had with Conte, that handshake moment, and so understanding the passion of the fixture,
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and I'm not going to ask you if if you think Enzo Mareska will understand it. i think What I'm going to ask you is, do you think that Mareska will show any sort of understanding of the passion and sort of understanding of the fixtures? Do you think he'll be quite heated himself on the day or would it be a sort of calm you know calm sort of experience, you know just get through the game, win the game, get the three points and leave for Mareska?
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Matt
Yeah, a really good question. i I think it really depends on how the game pans out. I think if there's some dodgy referring decision or just controversial VAR decisions, then we could really see Mariska kind of let loose a bit. But um I think, you know, naturally um he he'd want to play it, you know, sort of downplay the emotion that he's ultimately feeling just because I think We've got such a young squad and you know he's still a young manager, but I think he wants to sort of lead.
00:21:12
Matt
um with his just, you know, gentle confidence, ah being in like a kind of undercurrent for the team, because on the team, you know, there's so much energy, there's so much passion. There's somewhat, you know, immaturity um because of, you know, their years, but there's so much um talent within the team that Mariska has just been this brilliant, you know, sort of captain for the ship, um just to keep leading them and giving them, you know,
00:21:41
Matt
tinkers and points um throughout the game and and you know just ongoing. um that um I think that's you know sort of just a ah great safe place for for the for the players to be in, um given you know sort of that we are such young squads. so um But I actually do think you know the longer the season goes on, and so you know long may this kind of run of form and kind of relationship that we have with Maresco go on for for as long as possible,
00:22:08
Matt
I think the longer it goes on, the more passionate we will see him and the more, you know, when we do win and when we do lose, like he will be punching the air more and more and more. um And, ah you know, sort of when whenever we do score, you know, he does show emotion, which is something that, you know, I just love to see. I've never really quite understood it unless it's an incredibly tense like moments or, you know, we're two nil down and we just get one back that when when managers don't really celebrate, um I think they really should like, you know,
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Matt
embody, you know, sort of a great thing happening.
Potential Controversies and Referee Concerns
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Yeah.
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Matt
And, uh, Mariska and, you know, sort of his staff really do that. So, yeah, I think he'll play it off, um, cool to start off with, but we could see, um, some, some flares flying maybe.
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Yeah, I mean, ah yeah, I mean, I don't know if you've seen, but Anthony Taylor is the referee. So with the point there of if the ref sort of, you know, creates controversy in the game, you might see a passionate end of a rescue.
00:22:57
Matt
Yeah, that is a worry.
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I think I'll put a bet on
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Matt
I think he was the breath for the 1-1 win last season as well.
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He was, yeah, yeah. And there was obviously the mad amount of cards in that game. We were also seeing Anthony Taylor give out mad amount of cards in our...
00:23:15
Matt
Yeah. Oh gosh. If we have another, what, 14 bookings or something, that'll be wild.
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Is it Bournemouth?
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Yeah, was was that a Bournemouth game, was it?
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Matt
That was the Bournemouth game, yeah yeah.
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Whereas... Yeah, my god. Oh my word. There'll be zero bookings this Sunday somehow. Watch.
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Matt
Exactly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Don't put a better bookings, guys.
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ah Yeah, exactly. That's just how it works for Anthony Taylor. um So yeah, I mean, it's obviously, it's quite interesting for Maresco. And i just on your point there, Matt, I mean, this is the only, this is ah the only other time I mentioned, obviously, that's how I pumped it away in the podcast.
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But what I loved about Maresco, sort of, about that game was that chant, that sort of new-ish chant of yeah da la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la ends.
00:23:54
Matt
Hey, we played on the last pods.
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sorry yeah to
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Matt
We know what it is. i
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she did yeah was sorry um That was sung like several times throughou throughout the game and he acknowledged it once and even when he came over with the team at the end I have to very specifically say he came over with the team at the end the entire styling 11 were basically over there And but the entire for of you know three minutes that he was over there was chanting for him.
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And he didn't acknowledge it once.
00:24:20
Matt
Mm.
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He pointed towards the team every time.
00:24:23
Matt
Hmm.
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And he was and he you know he gave a little clap and whatever, but he pointed towards the scene every time. And that, for me, so it shows a bit of sort of just calmness.
00:24:30
Matt
Hmm.
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Collectiveness, I think. I don't know if collectiveness is the right word, but he seems really He's not getting over his head, you know what I mean? and that's it I think that's really, really important for a manager, especially in this stage of our squad, especially with the players he's managing at the moment and their ages, which I love to see, and I just hope we continue to see it. What else i continued I hope we continue to see is these good results, Matt, um and that will lead us on to, obviously,
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I can't say to say to you, do you expect the same lineup as our last game? Because that was quite different. So um
Predicting Chelsea's Strategy Against Spurs
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obviously we get into the stage of the season where Maresco is, you know, mixing it up a little bit more in the league itself now.
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and What's your prediction for the lineup for spurs against fair for against Spurs on Sunday?
00:25:18
Matt
Hmm. Hmm.
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And what's your prediction for the score and goal scorers, please?
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Matt
Yeah, I found this harder and harder to predict predict just the way Maresca does tinker with with the squads. Particularly as this busy time and you know key players like Fafana and Roos James being out, it does kind of make you really do think like how do we shape up defenively ah defensively a lot more?
00:25:46
Matt
I do think um Big Rob will come back in um as the sort of mainstay keeper um but Jurgensen's performance was really strong to kind of keep Sanchez hot on his heels um or keep him on his toes rather um that you need to perform and you you can't keep making like silly errors otherwise this guy is going to take your place so Yeah, I see Sanchez coming back in. I see Colwill and Badia Shiloh starting actually. I do see Kukarela starting and I see Gusto starting out right back. Midfield, I'm really, really torn.
00:26:26
Matt
um i have a it's It's almost impossible to suggest that we'll drop Kaiseide because in my mind, it's almost unforgivable if you do.
00:26:39
Matt
But I wonder whether Mariska might um to sort of just save his legs a little bit more. um And I've gone back my force ah back and forth in my head ah about this, um just because, you know, Labia was on the bench, didn't play a minute against Southampton, and so kind of he's ready and fresh to go if we need it. um So...
00:27:01
Matt
I'm actually going to go for Lavia and Enzo in the middle. um Mainly just because of like kind of fitness wise.
00:27:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh!
00:27:08
Matt
Yeah, yeah. And um and that's mainly just to give Kaiseido like a bit of a breather um for the first half. um and And then we'll see Parma in the middle.
00:27:19
Matt
We'll see Netto on the right. And then we'll see
00:27:27
Matt
I actually think... Oh, no, sorry. We'll see Netto on the left and we'll see Metawake on the right and then we'll see Jackson on top. um Just because I think penetrating Spurs with our pace will be one of our key assets um against them.
00:27:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, okay Yeah
00:27:45
Matt
And so we'll want, you know, sort of both of those players on there. um If, you know, sort of Spurs decides to kind of shop shut up shop As the game goes on, I expect to see players like Sancho come on just because he's a better player when teams are playing the low block defense. um Just so because he's so technically brilliant um and we can't get around the back. um You know, obviously Ginkugu assisted and got a goal. um But ah yeah, Jackson's definitely our main striker at the moment. so And yeah, I think it'd be amazing to see Jackson get another hat trick, to be honest.
00:28:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that would be quite nice, wouldn't it? Lovely, lovely, lovely turn up in the books, the little Jackson hat trick.
00:28:22
Matt
three Yeah.
00:28:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, man, I mean, ah to be honest, man, I completely, so well, not completely, but I mostly agree with you on the lineup. I think, yeah, Sanchez, ah Gusto Baria, Sheol, Carl Willcuckoo, I think is definitely, let ah for me, I think we had just have to go with players in their positions, like, let's not try anything, send it back at right back, sort of thing, unless there's a specific,
00:28:45
Matt
Yeah.
00:28:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
tactical output for that but I don't think Bizzazzi versus Brennan Johnson or for example whatever that I don't think should actually not do that I think um um I disagree with you on Casado not the fact that he probably could do with a rest in terms of fitness I just think he'll play I just I just see Maresco and I think I think that's the sort of thing when it comes to also maybe 120 million pound player or whatever it costs so many people said it you know I don't remember the exact
00:28:51
Matt
oh yeah no way
00:29:13
Matt
think
00:29:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
he but um I think you're going to get games like this where it's like, no, you you cost a lot of money.
00:29:19
Matt
Oh yeah, no way.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
You're playing every game this week.
00:29:20
Matt
No.
00:29:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is what we, you know, what we bought you for. I sort of see that. um And I see Kasadia and Labia starting together because I think that sort of initial, I think that sort of that four of a bad issue of Coldwell and the two ah CDMs, I think are going to be very, very important in terms of controlling the game. I think those are going to be the four players who stopped nearly every single attack for us. I think Cuckoo is going to be quite attacking for us. I think Gusto is going to be quite attacking for us. And I think they're going to be left up the pitch quite a lot and considering Tottenham's wingers that they have,
00:29:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
they're going to probably going to be left behind in terms of the wingers are going to be very much in front of them. So it's going to be down to those four to stop it. So that's why I see a midfield peter pivot of those two, although I do completely agree with your point on in terms of fitness.
00:30:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
and And then I sort of, and then the attack, I see Neto and Sancho as the wingers, um, slightly different to you. I just, I think Sancho, I think he was starting. I think for me, and to be honest, I don't, I don't even know if this is what I think Maresca would do. I think it's probably more what I would do is I'd rather have a player who's got the pace to get down and and and hunt someone down, which I think is Neto, but also has the ability to control the ball and put a good cross in. I think that's going to be really important in this and that the dynamics of the wingers. I think, I think Madawake is very much a good player, but
00:30:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
very direct and he can't do much else at the moment or at the very least I think other teams don't think he can do much else and therefore he will get hunted down in terms of he won't have much base to play anyway.
00:30:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
And of course, I think teams are scared no matter where you came in or honestly, but I think this is the game to leave him out for. And then I agree with you in terms of strike. I think it'll be Jackson. I think it was actually a compliment to rest him midweek. he needed He's needed for the big game. And I think that that's, that's what's happened here essentially. School wise, I'm going for free all.
00:31:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Which is, yeah, I think I honestly, in all honesty, I think if we go with the lineup that I've said, I think we'll probably go two or three no up.
00:31:13
Matt
Whoa.
00:31:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think because of this fixture and I just think because of. how football works and I can't say specifically what it is like I can't say it's like oh a tactic that someone would employ I just feel like it's going to be one of those days it's like the it's the last game of the Premier League of the weekend and I think Tottenham are going to mount some sort of comeback and I think just in this game at this period in our time like where our squad is I think we will capitulate and I think it'll end up a free-free.
00:31:51
Matt
Wow.
00:31:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
I i can see it being 3-0 half-time and free-free all time full-time
00:31:55
Matt
Flippin' heck. That is bold.
00:31:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's a very bold prediction, oh I'll be honest, but it's just what I see happening.
00:32:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
um the other thing The other thing we didn't really touch on too much before we just before we finished up is obviously that Spurs, obviously, you know you mentioned, obviously, they're very inconsistent results.
00:32:00
Matt
Wow.
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00:32:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
But one of their results was wic was absolutely smashing the champions.
00:32:12
Matt
Mmm.
00:32:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So we have to give a little bit allowance for that, no?
00:32:17
Matt
Yeah, I guess so, as in they, you know, they they have the ability to to hurt you, absolutely. um And, you know, even like last season, they were beating Liverpool, um which is no mean feat. And, um and ah just I I don't think that they're going to have enough to beat us though. um Or, you know, sort of, you know, they could get a draw. They really could. But, you know, I'm going to stick to 4-2 to us. I do think there's going to be a lot of goals. and
00:32:50
Matt
you know, they'll be really up for it. And I think they'll have a fast start. But then as the game goes on, we'll slow it down, we'll control it and then we'll just pick them off. um I think.
00:33:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:33:01
Matt
um I think that, you know, sort of the the as much as I do think of a fast start, you know, I think the biggest thing is just trying to get the first goal um just to quiet and the for the home fans.
00:33:12
Matt
It's the best thing to do when you're playing away from home, like as always. But yeah particularly against Spurs they are going to be so up for it because they're going to be so you know frustrated about losing to Bournemouth and not really sort of like pushing on from beating City.
00:33:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:27
Matt
um They'll definitely see this as like a means to kind of get back into their race to get into those European spaces um but you know for us sort of we just um yeah we need to take it a game at a time you know sort of there's a lot of
00:33:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:33:43
Matt
on social media about, you know, Chelsea and we're just going to be that or we are just that chill guy at the moment. um And in some ways we are. We're just enjoying the ride at the moment because none of us really expected us to be second at this point of the season.
00:33:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Oh.
00:33:56
Matt
and Definitely above City and Arsenal. No one really expected that. So, you know, if we if we get a draw here You know, I won't be gutted, but I will still be thinking, you know, what if we just kept this winning run going? um But we'll see Sunday.
00:34:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, yeah, yeah, I completely agree with you. It's very interesting. the like The last thing I want to mention, obviously, is that just because of the fixtures on the weekend, there are also the facts that Tottenham are in 10th with plus 13 goal difference.
00:34:27
Matt
Hmm.
00:34:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Their free goal difference, they're sat in 10th.
00:34:29
Matt
Yeah.
00:34:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is the highest of anyone else in the league up until Arsenal were referred, by the way.
00:34:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
which just shows you how inconsistent they are, but if they do beat us, because because of the fixtures at the weekend, they are highly likely to go fifth or at least sixth to get back. So they will be back in those European places, as you just mentioned.
00:34:37
Matt
yeah yeah
00:34:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
and It's a massive game. It's a colossal game in Chelsea's season. um And lastly, I ah last we wanted to say I thought it'd be really interesting if we just imagine if we were recording last year before this fixture and we would have comparing this podcast to the one, if we had done more last year, it would have been very.
00:35:03
Matt
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:35:06
Matt
yeah we've just been crying beforehand um but now we're smiling so you know it's all good
00:35:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Well, of course, Chelsea play Tottenham at 430 on Friday. It's the last Premier League game of the weekend. um A huge game in the Chelsea season. And of course, make sure you stick to the daily Chelsea podcast because we'll be back on Monday with a match day, one day review to discuss everything that happened in the Tottenham game. Hopefully we're discussing a Chelsea win, but let's wait and see. We can't be too confident just yet. Matt, fantastic having you as co-host today. Thank you for joining me.
00:35:44
Matt
Yeah, pleasure as always, Jake. And um come on, you blues.
00:35:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Come on the Chelsea. Hopefully we walk away with a win. ah heading into the Christmas period. and This has been the Daily Chelsea podcast. Of course, and we'll be back in exactly three days time with the Match Day Monday review. um And we are here every single day. So make sure you subscribe, listen and catch up with us during the week. Thank you very much for listening and we'll see you next week. See you later.