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EP75: Matchday Review Monday post-Morecambe
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It is your Matchday Review Monday, you’re listening to Martin, Matt and Yashar as we debrief the return of the FA Cup, a competition Chelsea have won 8 times and on Saturday Chelsea saw off Morecambe. After a slow first half it must be said, Chelsea turned up the gears to run out 5-0 winners. In today's podcast we will dissect the good and the bad, Chelsea currently more broadly, and reflect on the latest transfer rumours as we enter the half-way mark of the January transfer window.
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Chelsea's FA Cup Triumph and Upcoming Fixture
00:00:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello everyone, welcome to the Daily Chelsea Podcast. It is your Matchday Review Monday. You're listening to Martin and Matt and Yashar as we debrief the return of the FA Cup, a competition Chelsea have won eight times and on Saturday, 3pm, Chelsea saw off Morecambe. After a slow first half, it must be said, Chelsea turned up the gears to run out 5-0 winners.
00:00:35
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In today's podcast we will dissect the good, the bad, Chelsea currently more broadly, ah noting a game on Tuesday against Bournemouth and reflect on the latest transfer rumours as well as we enter the halfway mark of the January transfer window.
Chelsea's Past FA Cup Glory and Disappointments
00:00:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Before we dive into the weekend's game that we've just seen then, Gents, a trip down memory lane. How how happy are we both with the return of the FA Cup? Any noticeable memories from this competition in the past? Highlights? Lowlights? Matt, do you want to go first?
00:01:11
Matt
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, we've had quite a few big final wins. um A special place in my heart actually goes out to when we beat Everton. I think it was in 2009 when we wore the yellow kits.
00:01:23
Matt
Lampard got that great goal after that tense game.
00:01:23
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Yeah.
00:01:26
Matt
um That was a big, big win. And I think that was under a good hooding as well, which is kind of a fun fact to down memory lane just because I thought he was one of our better Managers that was a bit of an interim kind of manager. He definitely sort of at that time things were a bit chaotic Within the club, but he kind of stabilized things so um and obviously, you know sort of under the Mateo with 2012 You know sort of in the lead up to the chairman's big win that was kind of this first um Yeah trophy of that season to kind of just Finish off a brilliant brilliant season. So yeah, lots of lots of um good memories and I think we've won it a total of eight times Which is not too shabby
00:02:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, indeed. Before we go to your shaft for the highlights though, any low lights, Matt?
00:02:08
Matt
Oh, sorry, yeah, lowlights. Yeah, definitely losing the final to Leicester 1-0. That was pretty frustrating.
00:02:15
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Yeah.
00:02:17
Matt
I think we've, in that run of games, we got to the final in 2020, 2021 and 2022. So three consecutive years and we didn't win it.
00:02:28
Matt
I think we lost to Arsenal, Leicester and then Liverpool. So properly gutting stuff.
00:02:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I agree. The recent form has not been good. um The form with Didier Drogba at Wembley is very good. um And Yashar, I assume, I'm going to ask the same question to you, highlights and lowlights, and I'm going to assume that some of your highlights feature Didier Drogba.
00:02:51
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, they would have. I think getting older, I think the biggest thing was, like the biggest highlight for me was going to Wembley, watching Chelsea Spurs 4-2 win in the semis and that goal, like, by Matish was absolutely unbelievable.
00:03:05
Yashar Alizadeh
I think those are the moments, I think those are the moments that really sum up FA Cup, the goals and the like the sixth goal thread up with Spurs, like again, a huge London rival.
00:03:06
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Yeah.
00:03:16
Yashar Alizadeh
So I think for me, that was the perfect, the biggest high and I think bouncing from that, it's like a lot of highlights for live i but under Conte when we beat Southampton in the semifinals with a hazard and a pass touch from plucked out from mid-air and then laid it off to Giroud who dribbled past three players to actually score that goal. And then obviously we won against Man United in the finals.
Reflections on Chelsea's Recent FA Cup Performance
00:03:40
Yashar Alizadeh
Those are my biggest highlights. I think my lows are pretty bad for C. I think that's one of the biggest lows that I can imagine, um especially under Mourinho as well, under a really sustained manager. But it's, yeah, a lot of these moments, like Matt said again,
00:03:59
Yashar Alizadeh
I think losing so many finals in one way and but especially not scoring any, like scoring in the finals is very demoralizing. But hopefully this year we can actually get a trophy. And I think we are nearly guaranteed a trophy in the conference league. But I think the f FA Cup is one of the biggest things for Maresca to win. And it's like a really sustained trophy. And I really hope we win it this year.
00:04:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, you guys are right, actually. I forgot that we've we've seen some really good goals. I think um always what sticks out in my head is the finals, but you're right. We have seen as soon as Matt, you said the Everton game instantly. The first thing was yellow kit, lampard left foot, which sprung to mind. So, yeah, we've seen some um and proper corkers and that Mattage goal off the crossbar was certainly one of the goals of that season. um Yeah, no, for me, ah along a similar vein, any time I think of FA Cup, any time I think of Wembley, it's Didier Drogba.
00:04:58
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um that Frustratingly, as Matt has alluded to, we've won it eight times, but we've also lost the final eight times. So we've been runners up eight times as well.
00:05:09
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um
00:05:10
Matt
Wow.
00:05:11
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And as Matt said, three of them were consecutive in this decade, um which stings because Arsenal, Leicester and Liverpool um beating us doesn't feel so great when we had such a pristine record at Wembley. um But in any case, very, very good to have the competition back.
00:05:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
it does cause well at at worst it gives sort of the second string if you like some some game minutes at best as everyone's saying it's another competition to to win or to go far in. um Turning then to this season's competition so as I said the FA Cup kick-started this weekend, um Chelsea, Morecambe, 5-0 winners, um but Yashar, maybe yourself first, just reflection before we sort of dig into it, reflections on the overall, happy with the win, clearly happy with the performance.
00:06:09
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, you can't le on be upset with the 5-0 win. um Yeah, it's a great performance. Again, ah we have to keep in mind, it is Morkum, and they are struggling in League 2, I believe. ah it is However, it was a good performance by the players we needed to see a good performance from. There was, like again, Jalfelix to be broad, Jalfelix, Tossin, those players where I think you can see that they are needed in the team, but also you see players like Mark.
00:06:37
Yashar Alizadeh
but Gui who's again, the strike number nine, I was really advocate for him to play in the Premier League and again, against more community and we didn't do much. So I think that like overall, you can't go wrong with the five. No, you can't be upset with the five. No win. But I think while we dive into the match, you'll see my perspective on it somewhat of disappointment places in that team.
Tactical Analysis of Chelsea vs Morecambe
00:07:00
Matt
Yeah, I think, i'm o actually you know sort of like echoing what Yashar just said, I mean, I think it was a great um game to kind of, again, highlight why we need such depth in our squads, because there is so many games and so much rotation, and there are going to be games where players like Nkunku, even though he's scored, you know he does miss a penalty, and on another day that could be um Potentially sort of a catalyst for more come, you know doing ah an unreal, you know one nil win or something because they were fantastic in in the first half I guess I'm just gonna kind of jump into some of the sort of tactics and all of that um you know sort of more come were really strong in the first half and They were really hard to break down with the low block, but it did pretty much seem that
00:07:37
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Yep.
00:07:49
Matt
After halftime and we made a couple of changes, we kind of sticked stuck to the game plan and it almost looked like Morkum's strength and stamina and resilience kind of was just worn out after the first half. That's kind of all they had. um And then we were just able to so break them down um in the second half. and There was a bit of um ah You know a bit of rude girl I would say in tossing in some of the shots that he he made and and so the girls that he scored Which is great to see what it would be to have rude to go back at the club again um I think we do really need to play like him, but alas
00:08:13
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think
00:08:24
Matt
and We've got Toten instead, and um you know sort of I thought um you know George would get two assists, amazing for his development and his confidence, um but I think Maruska managed the whole game really well, you know sort of taking James off after 45 minutes, absolutely brilliant, because we just need to wrap him up and steady him in as much as possible.
00:08:42
Matt
I wouldn't really be surprised if we don't see him, like, regularly getting 90 minutes until about, you know, April time, really, just because of how fragile he really is. um But yeah, Yashar, what else do you think about the game?
00:08:55
Yashar Alizadeh
going first a really strong line-up and a line-up expected, especially post-conference after Mariska saying Cassidy's obviously like he wants to leave. And again, players like Chilwell that want to leave. And all these players who, I think it was very bold of Mariska to go on public and say for those players who wants to leave.
00:09:23
Yashar Alizadeh
And I think it's always a case of you never know who it is. It's always it like either the club wants him to gone or the player wants him to go. But yeah, again, it's very bold and like he was very honest. And he said the players who are going to be in his future are going to play. So and that is again, we saw and it was confusing to see.
00:09:45
Yashar Alizadeh
Pedro Nettles starting, um in my opinion, I think we needed someone a bit different there. Like, I think Noni Madueke deserved to start at least to like, I think now, I think Nettles have fermented his place into the team, first team. So like, I think going for Bournemouth tomorrow, ah when we record this, it's going to be, it's, it's a strange one actually seeing that. But nevertheless, I was excited to see a lot of players, Tyreek George again, AHLC graduate coming through.
00:10:14
Yashar Alizadeh
really excited to see him. And obviously our number nine, Mark way again, he's, he is 18 and we do need to think like, keep thinking about that. But I was really excited to see him in. Um, I really expected more of him, uh, to be honest, I think tactically he was a false nine. Mariska did want to play him in a false nine position to break the lines. And to try to penetrate those passes into into Neto and Tyrik George. But again, he like I don't think he was that comfortable in that position. ah you see yeah so that We've seen him in the conference league to actually play in that advanced forward, who so who sticks up there, plays on place on the shoulder at the centre backs, and I think guiding that ball into the back of the net. But like we didn't see much of him, but I was really, again, really happy with Jael Felix. i think
00:11:02
Yashar Alizadeh
He was a catalyst with most of our things ah going forward. Really, really positive performance from him. And I think speaking on Kunku quickly, again, my my opinions on him are very clear. He needs to leave Chelsea. ah it's a It's a lot of ah lot of players coming to the Premier League, not just Chelsea, but a lot of players coming to the Premier League from others um other leagues and they look really good. i Like, again, prior to that,
00:11:29
Yashar Alizadeh
ah la prior to Kunkunku joining Chelsea at 18 assists and 20 goals in the Bundesliga that season. And again, ah that those numbers would seem like he's a Ballon d'Or contender and he comes into Chelsea and he doesn't know what position he is. So it's a confusing one. And I am glad he got some minutes. And again, like I think any normal Premier League match, if that penalty was saved, obviously they'll check a VAR, his foot was off the line. But again, it's That isn't the point.
00:11:56
Yashar Alizadeh
I think the point is it was a poor penalty, really poor penalty. And it just doesn't help his confidence. And you can see in his face when he scored, he didn't want to do his like balloon celebration. He didn't want to do these things.
00:12:07
Yashar Alizadeh
And again, it is Lee. Again, I get his lead to Morkerman. He is, he isn't going to do the balloon celebration like he just won the World Cup. But again, it's little things that you can see in players behaviors where you're like, he's not the player that he first joined with.
00:12:07
Matt
Yeah.
00:12:20
Yashar Alizadeh
So. a It was a hot and cold performance, in my opinion, for a 5-0.
00:12:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, um and the penalty was was a very good height for the keeper as well. um Before we dive further into the game, a quick word from one of our sponsors.
00:12:32
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, Paul Pennoy.
00:13:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome back to the Daily Chelsea Podcast. It's part two of your Matchday Review Monday here with Martin, Matt and Yashar debriefing all things Morcom. um Gents, we've given our overall reflections. I wonder, certainly about a star, it was... It was a very, very slow start. Matt, as you said, maybe it's because, you know, Morecambe defended well with but their low block. But being at the game and a few of the guys next to me, everyone was sort of in um in unison. that It was almost like walking football.
00:13:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I wonder, I want to get your guys' views on on why that is, because, you know, maybe you could say it's Christmas fatigue, um but then this is sort of the the second string squad, if you like, who don't have the conference league anymore, so this is this is their time to shine. um We've mentioned some of the players already, but Joao Felix and Kunku, you would have thought this is their time, you know, without a cold parma to shine, but You know, as we're saying, we needed Tocin, frankly, to to kick things off. So just curious on on what you guys think in terms of why was it such a slow start? You know, I get that people are typically up for the big feisty games and Morkum is not one that, you know, set the pulse is racing, but any particular reason you guys can think of why we, as as the guys next to me said, was playing essentially walking football, Matt?
Comparative Analysis: Chelsea 2021 vs Current Squad
00:14:32
Matt
ah There's lots of reasons that it could be that. um you know sort of maybe yeah Maybe they just wanted to take it easy against Morecambe and they didn't want to make it too strenuous for themselves. um Obviously the fans don't want that.
00:14:43
Matt
We want live, exciting. and We want you know as many goals as we can get. um I think you know so walking forward is a little bit harsh. um i mean I know it's Morecambe, but um just because you you know we might have eight shots doesn't mean we're going to get eight goals.
00:14:57
Matt
you know This is still like professional football.
00:14:58
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Yeah.
00:15:00
Matt
um And more credit to them, there were they were hard to break down in the first half. So um I think maybe it's just you know sort of an element of you know frustration, of the constant trying to find the the through ball and everything in the first half. And that just wasn't quite coming off, um maybe sort of ridding into things a little bit. um You know, is the January transfer for Windows, there might be um sort of so a little bit unrest and and amongst the squads um of, you know, some of the conversations that they're having privately. um And for some of the players, maybe, you know, particularly like Nkunku and Felix, maybe the season just isn't what they envisioned. I'm speaking more maybe from Nkunku that he probably thought that he was going to really quick kick on and get a lot more minutes.
00:15:44
Matt
um And that just hasn't happened. um And even though, you know, Kuku's been scoring pretty much every game and multiple goals every game in the Europa Conference, it still doesn't look like he's particularly happy um because because he does clearly want to be playing um first in football and most, if not all, the minutes in Premier League.
00:16:03
Matt
um I guess, you know, sort of is just a bit like what you're saying is that I don't think he's really a great fit for us really in terms of what he what he offers and it might be another case of he's another team of owner for us, unfortunately.
00:16:14
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Yep.
00:16:15
Matt
um ah And also, I guess, you know, so we'll get on to transfers, but I think there's a lot to say about Renato Vega in particular.
00:16:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. you sha Was it a case of Chelsea starting slowly? More comes starting amazingly, a bit of both? How did you say it?
00:16:33
Yashar Alizadeh
think In my opinion, I don't think like people are grasping. This is a league two side. I get it. It is, it is professional football. It's the England pyramid. We are Chelsea football club and they're more come, right? They are bottom three in league two. This is not like a really high flying wreck some side in league one who might be like, this isn't isn't like that. This is a bottom three more common. I do integrate a sense of it. Wasn't what we expected. And I feel the reason why all the players are
00:17:04
Yashar Alizadeh
were started like that. It's because even if Zhao Felix had a star of a game, scored four or five, in Cunku scored four or five, he would not start them in the Premier League match. So there would be nothing that Zhao Felix could do in that match, Tyreek George doing that match, anyone to do in that match, they know wholeheartedly Enzo Mareska is not going to start them over at Jackson and Cole Palmer. That is a fact. so Psychologically, that is a big motivation for them to actually not do, do much. And it is a, it's a clear strategy from the club is, is we'll get like, we tried to bring players in and now this, this whole January so far, two weeks in, we've not made a signing and most of it is, and we've not even been linked with a striker, which is for me so surprising because end of the day,
00:17:57
Yashar Alizadeh
an 80 year old is not a backup. It's just that isn't how we're going to do it here. And Jackson isn't the striker we need for this club to actually compete for titles. Maybe top four, maybe we can reach top of the club with Jackson. But again,
00:18:15
Yashar Alizadeh
The reason why we started, so I feel, is because of the psychological effect of they feel they don't get trusted by Enzo Mariska. So even if they went out there and scored four or five, bang, bang, bang, first half, like it just wasn't going to do that. So it was a stage of possession, and they just tried to do the right thing. And listen, Tosin has a better shot than and ah Jackson. And I'm surprised about that, to be honest, because as a striker, we need someone who bangs them goals in, and Tosin looks like someone who can. but So like again, it's just, it is so many factors, but my, I think the reason why they didn't start it is because they have no motivation too. And if Mariska's like a rotation manager, which he shows sometimes very two free games a season, but he's not a rotational manager is they would have got that extra drive. But listen, if I score two or three here, probably like give it to a Mariska headache on the week, like, you know, like that'll match you on Tuesday, but like,
00:19:11
Yashar Alizadeh
That's how I feel, is unmotivated and they don't get much seeing the team.
00:19:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, no, it's a very fair point. ah There does seem to be quite a clear bifurcation between essentially the A team and the B team. um Here's a fun question for you both. So, as as you'll remember, four years ago, pretty much to the day, we also played Morecambe in the f FA Cup as well. That was that time was a 4-0 win.
00:19:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And just to compare and contrast the team we had ah then versus the team we set out and at the weekend, the team we had then, if you can recall back to January 2021, Frank Lampard was the manager. The team then goes, Kepa,
00:19:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah in goal, defence of Azpilicuessa, Zuma, Rudiger, Emerson. You've got a midfield of Gilmorin, Mount, and then attacking-wise it's Hudsonadoy, Havert, Ziech, and then Werner as well.
00:20:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
That 11 versus the 11 we played, which just for completeness, Jorgensen, Rhys James, Tosin, Axel Dazzazzi, Renato Vega, Romeo Labia, Pedro Neto, Unkunku, Felix, George and Mark Guillou. I mean, it was 4-0 then and it's 5-0 now. So, Matt, we've got to have got better, right? That team.
00:20:37
Matt
Well funny say that I mean, I thought you're you're leading on question was going to be if those two Chelsea lineups played each other What what was um, what he would win?
00:20:39
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on
00:20:44
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Oh, yeah.
00:20:45
Matt
yeah
00:20:45
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Yeah, let's answer that. That's a fun one.
00:20:48
Matt
Um, I um as you were just comparing them I um, I would think that the team from 2021 would win just I think just kind of because of aspara quetta rudiger um and
00:20:56
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Yeah, yeah.
00:21:03
Matt
ah You know sort of ah the memory that we have of that team as well. Anyway, is that it definitely wasn't walking football um And they probably all were motivated um to get more minutes throughout the season um so I would probably go with yeah, the 2021 team and to be honest Rudiger Is probably the oh, well actually no Rudiger and Hudson and Doy are the two players that I probably take from that team um to keep in now Those are the two players.
00:21:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:29
Matt
Yeah
00:21:30
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Yesha, comparing, hearing that that side in 2011 again, who would you bring back? Are we better or are we worse? I asked that jokingly in the sense that that 2021 squad definitely has more first-team players, if you can call it that.
00:21:41
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:21:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:21:48
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, it's
00:21:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
you if you
00:21:51
Yashar Alizadeh
It's funny because you like you hear those names and back then we thought that we were beaters, like Mason Mann was absolutely unreal. And if I'm not mistaken, that was the year we won the Champions League. And I think those are the times where you see, it's like, if we go back to that time, we and with that team, you never thought, oh, so like we can win the Champions of League with that.
00:22:00
Matt
Mm.
00:22:09
Yashar Alizadeh
And it's it's interesting because Zuma feels such a big, I don't know, like a long time away, wasn't it? And then obviously he started four years ago and it's just, ah Comparing both teams, I would think of like the 2021 team would win just because of the, I think the, I think the togetherness that team had.
00:22:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:27
Yashar Alizadeh
And, and I always say this, I always say the reason why we won the Champions League is the foundations that Frank Lampard put in. I think him bringing up Mason Mount, him bringing Hudson adoy and Dorian, like all these little things is, it's always a benefit, but it was, back then was a different type of Chelsea, I reckon.
00:22:46
Yashar Alizadeh
It was a more of a,
00:22:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:22:48
Yashar Alizadeh
we weren't in turmoil, you know, Roman, like Roman Abramovich was still there. So things were more of a Roman Chelsea. And then when you go into now, obviously a lot of things, you know, it's, it's so many different managers in one place. so Like I sort of stat Enzo Fernandez has been managed by six different managers since he's joined Chelsea, which is, it's just like in that self, it just sounds brut ridiculous. Doesn't it? But it's,
00:23:16
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, we miss that side, don't we? And I think more times than you think about it now, we've seen the performance from Haverts yesterday. it's The performance that Tukor got out of Haverts' Werner is just absolutely godlike, I reckon.
00:23:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yep.
00:23:34
Yashar Alizadeh
It's just absolutely the ways one of the Champions League would then, them two up front.
00:23:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:39
Yashar Alizadeh
I i think it's about having two like deck chairs up front, at least they can actually hit the target if you hit against them. so You know, so I think that's the best thing.
00:23:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, we definitely seem to... maximising, get the best out of those handful of players in 2021 as you say Mount, Havert, Werner, Ziech, they've arguably not gone on to done better bigger and better things.
00:23:57
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:24:03
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um Before we move on to the third part of this podcast, another quick um advert from one of our sponsors.
00:24:37
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Welcome back to part three of your Daily QLC podcast. um And gents, in the final five minutes or so, I have two questions
Speculations on Chelsea's Player Departures
00:24:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
for you. One, just on transfer news today, um or or over the last 24 hours, news has been moving pretty quickly that a few of our players could be on the way out. So Matt, you mentioned Renato Vega, which um personally I find pity because he's beginning to to like his his versatility. um He doesn't seem to like his versatility though, so I'm keen to get your views on it as well. But then also just a few of the names seem to still be in the mix. Chilwell we know, but Chipquemeka potentially.
00:25:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Dzazi leaving in January, rumors also um ah floating around over the last few hours. So just keen on any of those names that I've just read out and others, your views on one, them, two, them leaving, what that potentially means. And three, is it an indication that, you know, maybe the but Todd Burley um I mean, if we look at Renato Vega's in his six months, Dezazi's only been here a year. So is this sort of seven year, eight year contract really nothingness if players leave, you know, within six months or a year?
00:25:59
Yashar Alizadeh
Yes, it's really disappointing to see Renato leave, I think. I think it's just like, if he does, it's just like, there's a lot of rumors saying he'll be a ah permanent deal, which is, I think it's like ludicrous for me. I think when we obviously bought Renato Vega, he played for FC Basel, he wasn't a talent that everybody was after. He was someone that Chelsea scouts who thought it'd be a really, really good plan. He signed for Chelsea, does really, really well for the first six months, get into the Portuguese side, start off with the Portuguese side. And I think now he feels like he deserves more. And I think some arguments you can say yes, but some arguments you can say no, he is someone who will be a huge asset for Chelsea. However, we need to stop letting players stay here, even though they don't want to be here.
00:26:46
Yashar Alizadeh
i did And Chelsea are not a chelsea not a nursing home where we allow players come in and we just, you know, yeah. So you can stay for a little bit. that you can no That's not how it works here. It's high standards. So it is disappointing. However, if he does want to leave, I reckon he'll feel as a mistake. And it's like there's clubs like Dortmund who, again, typically get the best out of players, especially young players. So I'm not.
00:27:13
Yashar Alizadeh
I'm not saying, you know, like he won't do well, et cetera. I'm just saying it'll be a smart move from both sides. It would be a loan for six months. And however, you go to Chuckle Menka and I think for the past, like for the past few months, we've been like Chelsea been saying that they want to sell him like for 40 million. However, I think whoever, I think whoever chief scout has a brain, they're not going to pay 40 mil for,
00:27:43
Yashar Alizadeh
for injury prone, non-proven player. So I think Chelsea are going down the fact that, you know what, I think we need to loan them off and and offload them. And I think the sassy has a lot of names around him. Um, there's a lot of clubs I want him, uh, mostly the Saudi league, but then with the sassy is we were, we were really hoping he would be like a Rudiger and he just turned out to be a,
00:28:07
Yashar Alizadeh
nothing t to be honest, like it's just really sad because he has the physical profile to be an amazing center back, but he just isn't good at many things. Um, like prime example gets Ipswich is one of the most brilliant examples I can say, but I think he was all right against Morgan, but again, it was against Morgan, but we do need a new center back. And I think Mark way, he is the number one favorite. I'm not sure if you agree with that map, but I think we, we do need to set it back. And what do you think about that?
00:28:38
Matt
Yeah, it's interesting to be honest. I mean, I'm wondering whether we can hold out with the centre back of, you know, between Colwell and Achinpong, Tosin and Dassasi for the rest of the season, really, um kind of just from a finances point of view, because if we know Fafana and Badishile will come back eventually,
00:28:58
Matt
um Other others need to leave really if we bring in mark way from from palace I mean, you know sort of there's rumors that we could potentially get him for 40 mil on a cut price deal because we did sell him to palace and everything like that And if that's the price of 40 mil I'm not adverse to it. It's it's just i'm not Totally convinced that like, you know sort of he definitely takes our first team to the next level if we did have Cole earn both for Fauna fit does he definitely always fit ah does does he definitely always start over for Fauna I'm not sure just because of the way that Mariska sets up with the team and in terms of Renato Vega I mean I think this whole story is pretty um amazing to honest and
00:29:42
Matt
I think really sums up how This is what we've got to embrace as chelsea fans is just anything and everything um We can get this player in and I even said on some previous pods that he might be our next aspella quetta like he can play in so many positions he could be this great and utility man for us and you know play for us for many many years and Let you say martin like six months down the line.
00:29:48
Yashar Alizadeh
Woohoo.
00:30:03
Matt
Yeah, he might be just you know, so not even just loaned out but completely sold um You know sort of those different ideas being banded about but we did buy them for about 12 million
00:30:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm.
00:30:12
Matt
there's talks that we could sell him for 30 million and you know that's a healthy profit on a player that was actually completely unknown before he came to Chelsea and um there's further rumors that I've heard that he even though he's played a bit of left back and you know CDM role and that's that's kind of where we see him as kind of cover
00:30:22
Yashar Alizadeh
Uh-huh.
00:30:33
Matt
he actually wants to play, he sent it back now and that's where he really sees himself um and almost kind of demanding to start and get a lot more game time but um clearly you know sort of Mariska doesn't think he's good enough to play any of those positions otherwise he would definitely been have been given a lot more game time and so I think this is the thing with Chelsea is that we have to embrace that this really is a business. And if we can make almost a 20 million pound profit on someone within six months, we're going to do that. ah Whether that means we go and then spend 30 million on a left back, home you know, probably. But um that's just, I think, something that we've got to take into consideration in consideration of of everything.
00:31:20
Matt
And, you know, we've seen glimpses of Renato Vega, but I'm not sure we can confidently say that we desperately need to hold on to him if we do get a good offer. um And it might be Dortmund that comes in for him. Also, Dortmund might go in for Truccomena. Probably on a loan, more than a buying. I think both of those moves actually would be great for both of them to to go to Dortmund. Dortmund's amazing for just player progression and development. We've seen that in Sancho, we've seen that in so many players over the years. And...
00:31:49
Matt
I would, you know, actually prefer both of those to go and be loaned to Dortmund because I think six months would be great just for them to actually get consistent game time. And who knows after that, they come into the summer and then they actually are ready to challenge for first team spaces. um I think it's just on Chukumun, it's just unfortunate that we have signed, you know, Felix, we've got Kunku, we've got Palmer, we've got all these top players that are kind of in that position where he's best.
00:32:14
Matt
Um, and in terms of the sassy, yeah, expect him to go soon. To be honest, I just, you know, sort apart from playing the lower teams, well, I say lower teams, he was good against Southampton.
00:32:25
Matt
He was awful against Ipswich. So, um, you know, maybe he's a bit of a ah walking car crash in some, in some ways. Um, and I can't remember the last, last, last player that you, you mentioned, who was the last one?
00:32:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Chill well, just emotionally, that's purely an emotional departure, isn't it?
00:32:37
Matt
Um, Oh, cheer well, cheer well.
00:32:39
Yashar Alizadeh
Well, yeah.
00:32:41
Matt
Yeah well you know sort of Mariska said that he's been a top professional and everything and I mean I'm not surprised I mean he's on about like 200k a week and he's not being you know he's being told you know just just train just train I think I think everyone else in the world would do that and take that deal um I think he's got another you know year and a half in his contract I think he's actually fine um of course you know he'd love to be playing but um he really really can't be complaining too much about anything um I just think, you know, the wages are the biggest issue. um He could just run down his contract. And when it comes to the summer, I fear that might be the same thing with Raheem Sterling, but that's something for another day.
00:33:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah the departure that will sadden me most just purely emotionally will be chill well but that's purely me being nostalgic over what he did do for us rather than what he could do for us going forwards.
00:33:31
Matt
yeah
00:33:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
The one as we're all saying the one that actually I really don't understand is the Granato Vega one where rarely do you actually see a player give up so quickly unless unless it's something like homesick and you know not getting used to to the uk which you'd understand a bit more it sounds like if you're if you're you know and i fully respect someone knowing the position they want to play and and you're right matt some of the reports today do seem to be saying that he's insistent he's the center back for the world cup in 2026 and so he doesn't like being this
00:34:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
utility man left back defensive midfield and I fully respect someone who knows what they want but to give up on your Chelsea development within six months um is is is quite sort of drastic but you know I'm sure i'm sure he has ah thought it through in his head.
Predictions for Chelsea vs Bournemouth
00:34:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
um We're slightly over time, gents, but just given there is a game tomorrow, a very quick um score prediction for Chelsea versus Bournemouth. Yesha?
00:34:40
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, a lot more deeper for another day. However, um I think confidence is high.
00:34:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:34:47
Yashar Alizadeh
I'm surprised. I don't know why. But but the confidence is high.
00:34:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Matt?
00:34:51
Yashar Alizadeh
2-1 win.
00:34:53
Matt
I'm gonna hope hopefully go for a 1-0 same as the away game and I'm hoping that I'm saying that I'm hoping because I really want us to keep a clean sheet so 1-0 Chels yeah yeah
00:35:05
Yashar Alizadeh
Not going to happen. if
00:35:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I tell you if if the last game was anything to go by what we definitely won't keep um is, or we definitely will have rather, is yellow cards because the reverse fixture last August there was a Premier League record of 14 yellow cards.
00:35:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
um So let's see if anyone
00:35:23
Yashar Alizadeh
Ah, it just, it just...
00:35:24
Matt
Well, if Anthony Tate is referring, anything can happen.
00:35:26
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, shock, Auntie Taylor, a shock.
00:35:27
Matt
Anything can happen.
00:35:29
Yashar Alizadeh
Shock.
00:35:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Gents, thank you very much. You've been listening to the Daily Chelsea podcast on the Global Swartz Podcast Network. Thank you for being with us and goodbye.