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EP 72: Forecast Friday - Crystal Palace
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Join Matt, Luke and Yashar to discuss all things against Palace!
Chelsea have a rich record in this fixture, but have slipped in form recently - can the blues bounce back?
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00:00:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Chelsea, brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. I'm your host Matt Blagdon, and today I'm joined by two esteemed Chelsea fans, two true blues nonetheless. We are talking all things forecasting for the Crystal Palace game this weekend. And for everyone, Happy New Year! It is 2025 nonetheless. And to see us all into the new year, I've got two wonderful guests. The first being the waxing lyrical Luke, how you doing?
00:00:39
Luke
yes, I'm very well. Thank you for making sure the name sticks into the new year. I don't think I'll be losing that moniker anytime soon, but yeah, doing very well. I hope you're well too.
00:00:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, very good, very good. Yeah, thanks Luke. all think I had a restful Christmas and to join us as well is Yasha, newly joined to the Daily Chelsea. Welcome to the team, buddy. And how you doing?
00:01:00
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, good. It's my second podcast now. So I'm sorry again, used to it. I'm still new. So I'll be using that nickname with you, Luke. So thanks for that.
00:01:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:01:09
Luke
Whatever makes it easier for you.
00:01:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's a quick learner. He's a quick learner.
00:01:13
Yashar Alizadeh
but right
00:01:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Brilliant, guys. Well, to the pods. Welcome to the pod listeners. Yeah, so we've got Palace on the weekend, boys. Just a few quick stats for the history of the game. I mean, Chelsea do have an outstanding record in this game. In in the last 24 games between the club, Chelsea have 20 wins and only three wins for Palace. One draw between us, so that means the draw earlier this season was actually the first draw ever in the Premier League. Fun fact, really, there'll be one for a pub quiz future in future years.
00:01:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
And actually, particularly, we've got the strongest record against Crystal Palace when we play them away, and when we've got 12 wins out of 15 away games. So that is a very, very strong record against them indeed. Luke, can we you know sort of trust the history of this fixture for us against Palace's recent good form and Chelsea's dip in form as well?
00:02:13
Luke
Look, I mean, I think we we have to go in and and still kind of put the results of the last few results of the end of last year to the back of our mind, really, because you said, like the the historical stats sort of are in our favor. We also think that with a London Derby like this, it's it's fairly, fairly important that we we set our stall out well and then we start fast and we start strong.
00:02:34
Luke
And and i'm I'm confident that we're going to have enough quality in our in our starting 11 to kind of usurp whatever Crystal Palace trying to throw at us. But ultimately, yeah, any game in the Premier League, we have to be wary. I think if we were speaking this time, kind of start of December, everyone was a lot more um optimistic, I'd say, about these sorts of fixtures. But now it does feel like every game is fairly crucial. So the focus obviously she has to be getting three points in this game and and making sure that we have a good stepping stone to start 2025 in the right way.
00:03:01
Luke
but But yeah, to to be to be fair, to to Palace, that they've they've really kind of built up a little bit of form in the last few weeks. They they were very much in a fear of being very much in the mix of that relegation zone. and And it's still going to be a long season for them. Don't get me wrong, I still think they're going to be amongst it. but They seem a little bit more composed. They seem to be a little bit more settled in terms of their starting 11, which is always helpful. We'll come into kind of specific personnel shortly, I'm sure. But yeah, there's a few players that um'm I'm thankful won't be but available for Palace just for various different reasons. So, yeah, it's sure set to be a good game. But but I think, yeah, if um we play to our best, as I've said in the recent weeks, actually, even though results haven't gotten got in our favor, we do play to our best, I think we can beat anyone on our day.
00:03:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely, Luke. I think Mariska wasn't just, you know, sort of playing laying false claims by saying we weren't in a title race. I think all just fans are kind of seeing that now, particularly with the recent run of disappointing results. But, you know, that's what happens in football. It can quickly change, just like anything.
00:04:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah Yeah, so just on you know sort of Palace's form, <unk> ah obviously obviously they did lose to Arsenal in their last four games, but other than that, they beat and brightened Southampton and drawn away to Bournemouth, which is a tough place to go. And Glazner did speak in a press conference today very kind of eloquently about Mareska's style and her tactics and everything like that. Do you think there's a fear that other teams have figured us out and that Palace are just going to you know really pinpoint our weaknesses and and expose them?
00:04:30
Yashar Alizadeh
I think it does seem like that, to be honest, the last three games, I think slowly teams are trying to figure like i' figuring out Marissa Skal, which is free at the back, and then one of our full backs going to the midfield.
00:04:42
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, I think it's very easy for them to see that. And yeah, speaking on Palace's form, two losses in 11 games. Those two losses coming from London, Derby's actually from Fulham and Arsenal.
00:04:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
You.
00:04:52
Yashar Alizadeh
So hopefully that run continues. But I think this this form we're on is I feel it showed Mareska's inexperience but also his told you so was oh we're not in the title race that's what it felt like to me a tactical point of view yeah we are getting found out but I think this is chance for Mareska to be like I told you so to people like me to who doesn't think he has a plan B so yeah I think Speaking on that, its palaces I think it's Palace at Home. Confidence is brilliant for them and it will be a really, really tough game for us.
00:05:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely. I mean, it will be quite a balmy army, I think, amongst the Palace fans, um know, start of the new year. be a bitterly cold day as the temperatures do drop in January and the start of the year. Luke, just on, you know, sort of maybe kind of going off what Yasha said in terms of maybe Maruska's showing a bit of an experience and experience so far. What do you think he needs to tweak within the team, if anything, to bounce back from the the the poor on a form?
00:05:58
Luke
I think we're having a little bit of an identity crisis for some of the personnel. It really does feel like that whilst earlier in the season we've established a very clear A team and a B team.
00:06:10
Luke
where we thought that there were a few people pushing to be involved in the B team, there may be something that Mareska is seeing in the training pitch or behind the scenes where he feels that there are certain players and certain personnel that aren't able to step up and and youth and be utilising the way that he wants them to. really think in the recent fixtures we've missed the presence of Lavia, but ultimately that's down to a lot of things that can't be helped if he if he can't stay fit and and he keeps having consistent kind of niggling injuries that keep reoccurring. it's It was going to be a bit difficult. I think as well, the profiler for Fana, as much as some may disagree with it, whether he's good enough to be a starting centre back for Chelsea, his ability to recover with pace allows us to have a much higher line. And we do miss that when we're playing with players like Tosin, who are obviously a more um um conventional centre half.
00:06:55
Luke
that will win the aerial jewels and and is is comfortable with the ball at his feet but he doesn't have that pacing behind so it's made Cole will look a little bit more ordinary as well which has which has reduced our ability to start attacks from deep because we don't have that sort of ability to step up step up and know that we can leave that spacing behind because we can have the recovery pace We may go on to it in a little bit as well about what kind of potential transfers we may need to look at for January and and the kind of personnel we may be eyeing up. But a lot of the fan base obviously and rightly so have been critical of this RC in the last couple of couple of weeks. I do think that it's another one as you sort of touched on Yash about how
00:07:31
Luke
Maresca is, whether it's he doesn't have a plan B or he's trying to highlight the actually that actually the backup squad that we have available to us isn't the right personnel or profile of player that that Maresca really wants. has been some kind of questionable decisions in terms of, there's been times when we maybe felt someone like a profile of Renato Vega would have started with Kukarela being absent. And he's obviously trusted him in the conference league and he's played in various different positions, either in midfield, left back, or even center a half. He's covered in it a couple of times.
00:07:59
Luke
But again, it shows that's a sign in that we thought was very much Mareska's sign in. We don't know, maybe it's the case of he doesn't quite believe he's up to the the level of of starting 11 for the Premier League yet. But there are certain players and certain personnel that that now we're at the crux kind of Mareska's very established now in terms of, I'm pretty sure on the training ground, they know what they're doing week in, week out, how they're set up, the slight tweaks they might make for certain opposition. but We are at a point now where it will be interesting to see who goes in January and who and how and what kind of areas we sort of identify as needing improvement. Because you do think that this persistent within Kunku where he clearly isn't showing his best and there's other players that you'd expect to kind of come in and be involved. and
00:08:39
Luke
players like Tyreek George and Josh Acha Panko that have kind of had their status elevated behind the scenes to being members of the first team squad now. They haven't really had a look in. And you'd think that when there's players that ah ah kind of are and in and out of form or in and out of fitness, you'd expect some maybe different changes, but he still kind of is sticking with the same sort of substitutions, the same sort of personnel, even when he's potentially been critical about them as well in in the media. So it's it's interesting to see that maybe we are still expecting a lot more change with this squad even though we felt that we were kind of in a good place a few weeks ago.
00:09:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, definitely interesting there, Luke. Lots to discuss and like not so much time, but we'll be back we'll be back after this break.
00:10:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome back. Yes, just building off what Luke was talking about in the first half, just in terms of particular personnel and potential rotation from Maresco that we'll see throughout the season, really.
00:10:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
You know, what do you really expect the lineup for from Reska in this game? And just to sort of just to clarify as well with the players that are now still injured, it seems like there's kind of just a rotation of which players are going to be injured.
00:10:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
There's only a brief moments when we actually have a fully available squad. But we've also for fun is out potentially actually until the end of the season, which is crazy because I didn't think his injury was initially that bad.
00:10:43
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah.
00:10:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
But that is a bit of a disaster for us. Badecile is now postponed back to February. Lavi is out until about mid-January at earliest. Jusby Hall has a knock, so he's a doubtful. And then Chokomena, he's got illness, albeit he wasn't really getting first-team football, but he's probably not back until mid-January. With those sort of absences in mind, you know, sort of how does Maresco really line up for this game?
00:11:12
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, if you look at Mariska's history, I think in Leicester as well, after Christmas, he had a really big dip as well. And considering we've only won one opening year match in the last eight years, and that was against Fulham, which was last year. So that mixed with the last three results is not looking promising, but I think Mariska will go back to his guns. He'll go back to Kukra left back. He'll get Gusto right back. He'll get Nicholas Jackson up a strike and he'll go back to his guns because I think I think as much as we need back up as a striker, I mean, being personally, from a tactical point of view, I don't think Kunku is a striker. I think he's more of a number 10 or a double striker player. But I think going from that, he will go back to his guns and he needs something different. I think, I think as much as Nicholas Jackson scored, you know, eight goals in the Premier League this season, he's had a lot of chances in every game. That's probably why.
00:12:09
Yashar Alizadeh
and I think that's one of the topics we're going to speak about later with the transfer market, but he'll go back to his guns and he needs something different. And he needs to bring something different to the table because Palace Away is not, yeah so be it, we've got a really good record, but I think in hindsight, never good like is not e but it's not it's never an easy place to go sell us. I think for any team.
00:12:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely, Yash. Yeah, it's true. I mean, the it kind of is a little bit worrying, I do think, in some ways, that we're almost potentially seeing a lack of trust with the B team, per se, um se, um and particularly as well from the Ipswich game.
00:12:44
Yashar Alizadeh
Yep.
00:12:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
We didn't really, I was surprised that, you know, Zhao Felix was taken off so early and so, you know, not on Kunku because I do agree with that in Kunku, you know, he's not really a number nine. He doesn't really offer as much pressing as that we need within the team. And I've ah've been surprised that we haven't seen more from Renato Vega um giving, you know, sort of his strong performances in the League Cup and the Europa Conference.
00:13:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, Luke, I mean, there were there was chat of Mariska saying that Reece James will get minutes. you know sort Would you start him in this game or do you think we just need to nurse him back to to full fitness you know sort of hope that he gets a run of 10 games by the end of the season?
00:13:27
Luke
I think it's it's far too early to to be starting in, particularly in the game ah where where we need to be intense, we need to be high pressure, we need to be kind of bombing up and down on the wings because Palace in particular, like they're set up very well for the counter attack. I'm thinking of through Mateta and Ishmael Asar in particular, they have a lot of pace and a lot of guile in behind. And I think for someone like Rhys James who It to be explosive at certain points to be as effective as he can be. That's why he keeps having recurrences of this injury, because there's a lot of expected on you in these sort of roles, whether it's inverting into midfield, and then if we're we're caught in transition, you're doing a lot of backpedaling, and and it can it can it can obviously cause a lot lot of damage in the areas that he's clearly quite physically weak in now.
00:14:10
Luke
so I think, I think, yeah, it's, it's the wrong, it's the wrong match. It's the wrong time to bring him in. I think if we comfortably say two, three nil up, maybe, um, hopefully we are, then I would give him a kind of run out final 15, 20 minutes or so, of course, getting, getting kind of kicking a ball, at his feet being put back to being on a, on a proper football pitch for sure. But I wouldn't, I wouldn't start him because I wouldn't want to.
00:14:31
Luke
feel like we're carrying someone in a game where we already need to make sure we're making a statement just because of the way that the other fixtures have gone. If we'd had three wins in a row coming into this game, then maybe there's an argument to say, look, we'll give him a go. We can always sub him at half part half time if if if it feels like he's not quite up to speed or he's not being able to put as much into the matches as he he would want to be able to because he's kind of worrying about re-injuring himself.
00:14:55
Luke
But yeah, with with with this, I would definitely say put put Gusto in, although I know he's been a little bit on and blowing a little bit hot and cold in the last few weeks. But I do think if we can get him back in that fallback position of Kukwela on the other side, then we can sort of find a bit of rhythm again, hopefully. And then bringing in into the midfield, just making sure that we have kind of Kaiseido and Enzo there, trying to get back to the best that they've been for the last few weeks as well.
00:15:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, interesting. guess ah ah the the front four is a formality for everyone in terms of Sancho, Parma, Neto, and then Jackson up top. I assume that's what you both would pick for the front four.
00:15:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:30
Yashar Alizadeh
Yep.
00:15:31
Luke
I think, yeah, they've they've they've certainly established themselves as our starting four in that sense.
00:15:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:36
Luke
There's obviously an argument, i'm I'm quite a big fan of Madaweki, but I understand that Neto is fairly favoured at the moment just because of his defensive abilities as well, as he's kind of the pacing behind.
00:15:46
Luke
And certainly, I think having him start on his favoured right hand side is probably probably going to be beneficial for us.
00:15:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah interesting would you guys uh i mean i sort of uh so i assume as well for the pairing it'd be colwell and toe sin would you sort of dare you know give ashen pong a start any of these games coming up mean or give him any minutes off the bench yes what do you think on that
00:16:09
Yashar Alizadeh
not against, um, not against Palace SRS. I think this game is vital. One point out of nine. We need three points in this game, uh, just to keep the top four race going. Newcastle's won four in the bounce, not even consider the goal yet.
00:16:22
Yashar Alizadeh
It's not even about Chelsea, like, sort of like battling for second.
00:16:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah
00:16:27
Yashar Alizadeh
It's about top four now. And it's about securing that top four when we can, especially like, you know, when Newcastle hit form, they hit form on fire. So,
00:16:36
Yashar Alizadeh
I think now Tosin and Corwill's I think secured a partnership now that Fafana's out and I think speaking about Fafana is I think he's a great footballer but we need people to actually commit and not injury prone and he's one of the most injury prone centre backs we have at the moment and it's not good enough. I think the amount of money we paid for him and the amount of love we have for him, it's not his fault obviously I understand that but we need reliable, I think reliable players and Lavi is the same. I think he's a talented footballer, one of the best midfielders in the club. But I think with someone like him, he needs a consistent minutes. And unfortunately, him or Fafana is not getting that at the moment.
00:17:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, totally agree with you there, Yash. Which actually leads us nicely onto January transfers, which we'll be talking of after this break.
00:18:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Welcome back. Yeah, yeah. I just want to build on what you were talking about really with Fafana and Lavia because I totally agree with you that they are, I think they're really strong players for us. And I would definitely say they're first team players, but a little bit like Ruth James, they're kind of made of glass in terms of they are just so fragile and it is, you know, sort of if you handle them delicately, then, you know, they produce great results, but know, sort of one,
00:18:23
Yashar Alizadeh
Oh.
00:18:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
crunching tackle or something like that and unfortunately you know sort of their body just can't handle it some other players. In light of that, and maybe this is jumping the gun a little bit too much, but if you know Fafana, we've had him for coming up to I think three seasons now. Lavia, he was out for the whole of his first season and Roos James has had you know on and off injuries since he signed that big new contract.
00:19:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
With those players and in those areas, are we actually now maybe transitioning to a period where within the January market, we might not just be looking for players to, you know, fulfill positions in in those areas for the time being and for the next six months, but actually to replace those players just because we can't continue having this injury crisis because I think arguably,
00:19:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
If Labia, Fafana and Rhys James stay fit, then we can actually be pushing more comfortably for you know pushing for second or third and not worrying necessarily being in the race for the top four. Yes, do you want to just come quickly back onto that?
00:19:38
Yashar Alizadeh
yeah funny enough you said crunching tackle all three of them has been injured off the ball so all ah ah all three of them have not even touched the ball and got injured this is the problem here it's not even about crunching tackle it was about crunching tackles I'd be like fair enough you got absolutely destroyed by Roy Keane or something like that. Unfortunately, it's not like that. It's all freer than being injured off the ball, off the ball movements. And unfortunately, I do have to agree with you. It's, it's like a lot of Chelsea fans ask me and they say, should we sell this James? I'm the number one person to say yes. I think he would do so, but I think he would be so beneficial in a club like in Italy or Spain where this pace is a bit slower.
00:20:17
Yashar Alizadeh
I think with Rhys James, he was one of the best right backs, I think the best right back for like eight, nine months on the two call. And him coming into it very injured this season and last season is like, it comes down to like one thing is keeping him on the wage bill is not beneficial. And we have someone like Gusto who's, I was getting looked at by Liverpool and and City now. Hopefully they won't get him. I don't think he will leave anyway. but I think there's a, like he's coming into his own and yeah, it lays a lot to learn. He makes a lot of mistakes, gusau but he's only 21 and he's a lot to learn. And I think now we need to get a transition where Reese James, we can't keep accepting mediocre injuries like Reese James for fun and Lavia. like I think Lavia is a different one. it seems that we've only had him for a year. We've had him for two now. This ah this is the second year.
00:21:07
Yashar Alizadeh
And I think for far and now it's, it's a second big injury and again, not its fault. However, as a club, we need to make a sacrifice, which is we cannot keep someone on the wage bill, especially Reese James on over 200 grand a week that we can give someone else a few younger players that bill and then actually give in something. So there's a lot we need to invest in. There's a lot of light. I think my number one place that I need to invest in for the transfer market is a proven CB, a proven center back. and There's two center backs come in mind a debris.
00:21:41
Yashar Alizadeh
from into like, yeah, it's sort of from into like, from into Milan and Zaghi did say, uh, from next season. he's not part of the plants and he's playing currently, which is really good.
00:21:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:21:52
Yashar Alizadeh
But from next season, he won't be. And then now Danilo, who's not even in the UVA squad anymore. And he's again, but like primarily proven play for play from Manchester city, play consistently for UVA for over three years.
00:22:04
Yashar Alizadeh
He's someone that he'll come in for free. And for two, three years, similar to like a Tiago Silva, won't be as good as Tiago Silva, but we do need a proven center back. And I think that will help. Not only would I help leave our coal well, like it would help the whole club out.
00:22:20
Yashar Alizadeh
So like, especially the goalkeeper, I think goalkeeper is needed, but it's not vital. I think Sanchez is coming on his own at the club. He just needs to, I think, do a bit better with his feet. I think there's a lot of things with Sanchez and Jurgensen as well. I think Jurgensen is struggling a little bit as well. I think, I think not having that senior goalkeeper at the club, really, yeah. So there's no, there's no help in him. When he was at Villarreal, he had Peparena.
00:22:44
Yashar Alizadeh
to look out, to look out for. And I think having someone like him to have in there is, it'd be vital, but I think me, number one place we need to go in the transfer market is to send it back. And I think Danilo is the perfect player to get him. plays with the national team, the champion's league proven. So I think it would be vital for him to come to the club.
00:23:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
and And do you think we can get them for free this January, like now or without being the summer?
00:23:08
Yashar Alizadeh
Most likely it would be in the summer and his contract ends in summer. I think we could get him on a January, like maybe three or four million. It won't be like March again. I mean, he's out of the project for Juventus. He's not playing. put on his Instagram and he said child to Juventus fans because he's out of it. And even Motta said like, he's not someone he's looking for. And I'm quite surprised. There's not like, yeah I think someone like him, it'd be amazing for any Premier League club, and especially with us where we have no proven center backs. I think we leave our coworkers amazing center back as he is. He's still very young and he needs someone like it, like a Danilo type figure can bring that up. And it's surprising for me that I think we've, I feel we have no leaders on that pitch. And as a prime example, we have Enzo Fernandez as a captain. He can hardly speak English. And it's someone like that. It's, it's, I understand it's
00:23:57
Yashar Alizadeh
It's not about the language, but it's about having someone who knows the Chelsea values. And I know Rhys James is our captain, but it's having someone with experience.
00:24:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm hmm.
00:24:04
Yashar Alizadeh
Enzo's 24. And we have no one in that squad that can take it by the scruff of the neck. And then I think that's one we're lacking. And I think having Danilo there is, is I'm making it out like he's the next, uh, next big center back in the world.
00:24:19
Yashar Alizadeh
But I think it's, it's, it's a quick fix. It's a short term game we can get from Danilo. I think we have hugely beneficial, hugely beneficial.
00:24:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Interesting. Luke, obviously we've got Anselmino come back from his loan. We initially signed him from Boca Juniors in the summer. Mariska said he's going to integrate him into the Chelsea team. Obviously he's, I think he's only turned 20 just recently and so not going to be anything like Danilo or you know sort of of that leadership quality just yet. we've We've spoken off camera that potentially should go in for Ruben Diaz um City go into trouble with their financial fair play which I think would be great. you still do you think Cenobac is the main place that we need to you know sort of reinvest or go to the market or would maybe a goalkeeper or another striker be the best place?
00:25:11
Luke
I think, I think centre back has kind of risen in its importance based off of these injuries that we've now had confirmed with Fafana being out for the rest of the season and by the Sheila being kind of potentially out for, for the next few weeks as well. there's, there's clearly.
00:25:26
Luke
what we thought was maybe too many centre halves at the start of the season is now going to be a lack of depth there. So I think bringing in Anselmino is probably, if if all his paperwork is sorted and and he gets the approval to play in UEFA competitions, it'd probably be coverage in in the yeah conference league, I'd imagine, less so in the Premier League, because it will mean that that Tosin probably is expecting a bigger role than maybe he initially thought, for the next few weeks or so.
00:25:52
Luke
but yeah, I think, I think center half would be interesting certainly to see what's out there and what's available. I think experiences. Yeah, it's, it's certainly as Yash was kind of appointed at is, it's something we are lacking. I think it goes against probably the model of what this club is sort of looking to run at to go and do those short term fixes. although the recent success of Tiago Silva made, made, made him think naturally, you know what, for, on a free or or for very low, low cost wage for for a short period of time, it's it's worth the risk.
00:26:20
Luke
I know there's been conversation in a lot of the media about potentially Tamoori is looking at leaving and would be open to coming back to Chelsea. Look, I think he's got certain elements of his profile that would suit what we need. He's obviously got a lot of pace and would be be great for doing that high line defensively. But I do think his ability has dropped off in the last couple of seasons at AC Milan. He's not been as good as maybe he had in his breakout season there. And he certainly isn't the right sort of profile for a lot of what you need in a Premier League defender, I think, which is probably why we didn't invest as heavily in him as as we did when he was at the club. think Mark Gurhey is someone as well, talking to Palace, I mean, he's certainly someone of a profile that I think would be good, good at Chelsea. It's always, I'm always reticent to bring back a player that we let go. Obviously, the situation is different to when he left, but wi they're going to want a lot of money. I mean, Newcastle were priced out for buying him because they wanted 75 million. And in today's market, that seems like
00:27:13
Luke
a lot of money, but if that's the going rate for a kind of international centre back now, then we we really have been pretty savvy in who we try and bring in, I suppose. So looking at those shorter term deals with a slightly more experienced player is maybe maybe more of a viable option for us. I think in the midfield Lavia, as you said, he's still someone that I still think he can overcome these issues with his injury. I think he's just sort of having a bit of a reoccurrence. I don't think it's as drastic as say for Fana and Reece where they both had different levels of surgery. And it was very much this was make or break now, whether they could come back from this and for them to I think the writing's a little bit more on the wall than it is for Lavia. Just because of, I think only obviously don't know the full ins announced, but I think the nature of the injury, I think he still has an ability to kind of bounce back from it.
00:27:55
Luke
and in so much of the same way as the reconstructive surgery that the other two have had. But i'm I'm less worried about the midfield in the long term because we've got players like Andre Santos to come back. Even ah Leslie Ugochukwu, who could be a solid squad player if we were to lose, say, someone like Drewsbury Hall, think he could come in and fill that sort of spot and have those extra sort of minutes there because He's clearly a physical specimen, whether he's up to consistent Premier League quality, is yet to sort of find out. But he's been one of Southampton's better performers when I've seen him on the pitch there. So I wouldn't be opposed to having him in the squad moving forward, just his cover there in the midfield. So in the central areas of the midfield, I'm not as worried, but yeah, the centre half now is becoming maybe a bit of a bit of a crisis area where we are having to rely on players that maybe weren't expecting as big of a of role and
00:28:40
Luke
Yeah, it's an interesting couple of weeks to see kind of who goes really, because it will help shape and frame kind of of what what we, what we decide to do moving forwards. But I'm very conscious that we, yeah, we sent a half. We we've over the last few seasons, we've had players like Bashir Humphries that's come through, played a few minutes in cup games. Then obviously now is out on loan at Alfie Gilchrist as well. So there's a few options that the club may be looking at internally as to maybe they don't want to invest heavily because they may be looking at bringing some of the academy players through or bringing them back from loans, depending on how they get on.
00:29:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, interestingly, just quickly on the Jujubee Hall, as in there's been reports that he might go back out on loan, maybe potentially back to Leicester for the rest of the season. On one hand, I get it for game time because he's used to be a first-game player and all of that, but I'm actually very resistant to that in light of, particularly with the Labia injury, just because I'm quite concerned that Kaiseido and Enzo could potentially get burnt out. quickly on that, yes, you know so do you think you know so we really need to hold on to him know for the rest of the season?
00:29:39
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah, like, I mean, I thought the beginning of the season where we hijacked Brighton for Dusby Hall, I think it was a city sign. it I think it's not a sign in that it didn't make much sense. I felt like ah I was a panic buy. I think because the Santos was set to stay and then they got a loan offer ah and they accepted loan offer, then they accepted Dusby Hall.
00:30:01
Yashar Alizadeh
yesterday, like they accepted the deal, which I thought it was silly, not only for the club, but I think for him as well. he's competing against three young, so young, three young midfielders, Enzo, casedo and ravia and it's silly, but, personally, I don't think you should go alone. we bought him for a squad debt, so we're going to use him for score depth, at least for this season. And then there's something where we can explore a more options because again, Santos is unbelievable. Six goals and likely going to follow him really deep plan.
00:30:29
Yashar Alizadeh
I think he's a player that I could see really shining for Chelsea. There's someone who but like, like he's performing for a like a very under, under developing stress ball side, which is again, he's like, he's unbelievable footballer, 20 years old, absolutely unbelievable. Like I could, I could say a hundred adjectives about him and he is, he is someone that I could see absolutely shining. And like he reminds me such of such a Frank Lampert type. but I'm not trying to just compare him to a legend, but like he reminds me of someone who reminds me of just,
00:30:58
Yashar Alizadeh
the number eight who gets in the box box to box and he just fights and then he's a fan favorite there already and a young player of the month twice and about like twice in a row is just someone who's who's easy a chelsea player and i think going on like the tomori one and excuse me real quick i think there's a reason why he's not been selected for england for the past few years he's not good enough at that level and i think i think as chelsea we need to set the standard of we need to buy international players we need to buy players who who are proven in the premier league and who can actually bring something in. And again, I keep going back to the Nino and like, it's actually like, like he's, like he's blackmailed before keep saying this on the podcast, but generally he's, he's Premier League proven, Champions League proven. He's perfect.
00:31:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, you heard it here first, folks. That's Yash's pension for Danilo.
00:31:47
Yashar Alizadeh
yeah I won't be coming back here.
00:31:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
a
00:31:49
Yashar Alizadeh
Yeah. I'm going to first, first way to the Bahamas. he's paid for everything.
00:31:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:31:52
Yashar Alizadeh
That's what I'm saying. so
00:31:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
You heard it here first, Todd. So, you know, just give him a new email. You know, you've got a great advertisement for him. Oh, yeah. Sounds great. Make it happen. Why not? Why not? Guys, we're almost out of time.
00:32:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just before we go, what are your score predictions for the game against Palace this weekend? Luke will come to you first.
00:32:12
Luke
oh okay I'm confident that we're going to get one or two goals. just think that we're we're in an attacking sense, we're going to click against Palace, I think, particularly because they can't play Chalabar, who I think has probably been one of their standout performers as well.
00:32:28
Luke
he is is certainly a player that I would take in our squad right now.
00:32:31
Yashar Alizadeh
So, exactly.
00:32:31
Luke
But yeah, I think i think when having Chris Richards feeling they don't look as good and solid in their back three. So i think I think we should be comfortable, maybe get one or two goals, whether we can keep a clean sheet.
00:32:42
Luke
again I'm not confident but then Sanchez could have a really good game which would mean that although we may face a lot of shots they might not score so I'll probably lean to 2-1 but I wouldn't be surprised with 2-0.
00:32:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mmm, I like it. Like, very confident, very confident. Yash, what do you think?
00:32:58
Yashar Alizadeh
like I think bouncing back from what I was saying earlier, like to lambmbo but I'm very confident in myself that so so we can pick up a result. I think it'll be 3-1 to Chelsea. I think Nicholas Jackson will get a brace and central with one. I think think now Nicholas Jackson has something to prove now. He got benched against Ipswich and I think he's someone that he's saying, okay,
00:33:19
Yashar Alizadeh
I think him playing Kunku over him, he won't like that. So I think he's going to score two, Sancho with one. and And no, we won't keep a clean sheet. I completely agree. We won't keep a clean sheet. We never keep a clean sheet, especially our defense now.
00:33:31
Yashar Alizadeh
I reckon Eze is going to score. He loves scoring against us. So I reckon Eze is going to score, but yeah, 3-1. My prediction.
00:33:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
As he does love a goal against us, you're absolutely right.
00:33:38
Yashar Alizadeh
He does. He does.
00:33:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
He really does. That is annoying. think I'm going to agree with Yashio on this, I think 3-1 as well, very competent. But you know in some ways it really depends on, you know sort of do we put the chances away? Like you said earlier, Yash, you know sort of Jackson's had plenty of chances at most games. It's just, will he put them away? Anyway, boys, we're out of time. Thanks so much for joining me on the Daily Chassis tonight. Lucas has been great to have you.
00:34:04
Luke
Yeah, thank you for having me. As always, yeah it's great chatting catch and chatting all things Chelsea.
00:34:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly. So lyrical. And Yash, great to do the first pod quad pod with you. Great to have you.
00:34:13
Yashar Alizadeh
was great. And next podcast will probably be in the Bahamas. Me and Danita will be drinking cocktails by the beach.
00:34:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Exactly.
00:34:18
Yashar Alizadeh
And I'll be sliding him a contract, hopefully signing for Chelsea.
00:34:22
Yashar Alizadeh
And then everything will go to plan. I'll be called a genius. And we win the Premier League.
00:34:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
and sad With the new Fabrizio right here, everyone.
00:34:29
Yashar Alizadeh
Exactly.
00:34:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's it.
00:34:30
Yashar Alizadeh
Exactly. Here we pod.
00:34:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway.
00:34:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Thanks so much for tuning in everyone. Do catch us throughout the week for all the analysis and we'll see you on the next one.