Si Phillips Talks Chelsea

One week with a great guest, next week just myself and Dan - this week it was the latter!

We decided to do a bumper follower Q&A as these always gain a good balance of interesting content!

We covered..

Transfer News - A look a the CB pursuit extensively - Sule, Skriniar, Konate, Koulibaly, Gimenez, Alaba and Boateng.

Delivered some small bits of exclusive updates on what we know about our Erling Haaland pursuit.

Looked back at Newcastle and ahead to Southampton on Saturday.

Do the likes of Ziyech, Pulisic, Zouma, Chilwell, Gilmour etc have futures at Chelsea under Tuchel?

Kai Havertz at CF?

Do Chelsea still need to sign a traditional DM?

Our views on the Chelsea Board.

We also both select our greatest ever Chelsea starting Xl

The famous Quickfire Round (Simon gets his own back on Dan!)

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BIG BIG Guest for you guys this week - The World’s first Chaser, the Dark Destroyer from ITV’s The Chase - Shaun Wallace!

Shaun is a MASSIVE Chelsea fans and supported the club through the 70s, 80s, 90, right up to the present day.

We asked Shaun about his career as a Barrister, his time on The Chase, being ‘famous’, Chelsea in the 70s, and then of course plenty of talk about the present day, his thoughts on Frank Lampard, Thomas Tuchel and the present squad!

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Welcome to Episode 12 of The Si Phillips Talks Chelsea Podcast!

This week it was just myself and Dan, but we will be looking to have guests every other week for a nice balance, and next week we have another big guest!

We discussed -

* The fallout of the Lampard sacking and behind the scenes with the board and their trail of thoughts.

* Collectively pulling forward with Thomas Tuchel, what to expect from him, and what the board are expecting.

* Tuchel’s summer plans - Departures and arrivals? Declan Rice still a target?

* Niklas Sule and David Alaba rumours.

* Addressing the toxicity of Chelsea Twitter - English bias, lazy racism claims, a clear divide amongst fans, why the need to abuse and insult?

* Follower Q&A (we get through most of them!)

* Dan kills me in the famous Quickfire round!

Apologies for a couple of small connection problems early on in this - One of the downfalls of Dan being in Los Angeles, and myself in the UK!

Thanks for listening, we will back the usual time again next week for a Friday lunchtime release.

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BIG special guest this week - Transfer Guru Fabrizio Romano joined us to talk about Chelsea transfers, Lampard sacking, and the hiring of Thomas Tuchel!

We get all the juicy info on..

* Why Chelsea sacked Frank Lampard and when the decision was made?

* Howe long was a deal being worked on for Thomas Tuchel and what can we expect from him? Board expectations?

* Dressing room unrest?

* Any late departures or arrivals at Chelsea for January? Gilmour? Emerson?

* Summer transfer window, which positions and which players are Chelsea targeting? Haaland? Upamecano? Marquinhos? Donnarumma? Alaba? Rice? Gimenez? Plus more!

* Summer departures at Chelsea? Situations of Kepa, Jorginho, Rudiger, Alonso plus more?

* When will Chelsea start making summer moves?

* Quickfire round to get to know Fabrizio Romano a little bit more!

For anyone wishing to watch the video version, we have that up on our website HERE!

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Welcome to Episode 10 of The Si Phillips Talks Chelsea Podcast with Dan McCarthy!

This week we bought in transfer insider Dean Jones, who has worked for a host of different publications including Eurosport and BR Football most recently.

Dean provides us with some great insights on the following..

* Frank Lampard situation, will he stay or will he go?

* If Lampard is sacked, who replaces him?

* Chelsea’s summer signings Lampard’s picks or the board’s choices?

* How Dean got involved in Journalism and reporting on transfers

* Sancho swap for Hudson-Odoi?

* Any more transfer business for Chelsea this month?

* Chelsea’s interest in signing Jude Bellingham

* Erling Haaland to Chelsea? What is the future for Tammy Abraham?

* Summer transfer plans - Koulibaly? Upamecano? Donnarumma?

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Unfortunately for the second week in a row we had a guest pull out at the last minute, so you guys are stuck with us again this week!

We decided to schedule a last minute bumper follower Q&A session, and actually ended up having about 50 odd questions!

Thank you all to those who sent in questions, we got through pretty much all of them, but apologies to those we didn’t reach.

So as you can imagine, we covered A LOT! Here is just a bit…

Tomori, Alonso, Jorginho, Kepa, Caballero, CBs, Guehi, Summer targets, Rice, CB targets, Donnarumma, Summer outgoings, Lampard situation, and SO much more!

We managed to keep it shorter this week as promised, I had Pasta Dan on a lead!

Thanks for listening!

So Dan decided to throw two Podcasts in one here! We usually do either a discussion session between ourselves, a guest show, or a Q&A.

I had the schedule all setup for a discussion session, and Dan decided to throw in an extra treat (or not) and stick a Q&A session in on the end!

Now this is fine, I love to interact with our Chelsea family…. I just hope we managed to keep you all listening until the end…

“Picking the three best questions to answer,” says Dan as he proceeds to ask pretty much all 21 questions on the tweet!!

You got to love him, right!?

Anyways… As well as the beast of a Q&A at the end and the world famous Quick Fire round, here is what we covered..

* January transfer window - news on Rice, Donnarumma, Caicedo, Tomori, Rudiger, Jorginho, Kepa, Caballero, Alonso, Giroud, Gilmour, Emerson, and more..

* The fallout from the Man City game and THAT Athletic article on Frank Lampard’s job being under threat. What is the situation now?

* Hudson-Odoi’s return to form. Time for him and Billy Gilmour to have a sustained run in the starting line up?

* Kai Havertz position, closer to Werner? Havertz showing better signs now? Raphael Honigstein from The Athletic gives us his view.

* Morecambe on Sunday, who is starting? Which youngsters have a chance of some minutes?

* IF Frank Lampard does get sacked, who do WE want to come in to replace him?

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No guests this week, no Q&As - we needed this time to vent, dissect, and address the current situation off the back of some poor form.

We give our views on Lampard in/Lampard out.

Dissect the Arsenal and Villa matches.

Look ahead to Manchester City on Sunday.

Discuss formation and personnel changes. Ziyech/Odoi in the 10?

Addressing Cross and hope!

Confidence and mentality within the squad.

Why is Lampard so hated? Deserves respect at the very least, but not immune from criticism.

Mentions on Hudson-Odoi, when Ziyech is back, Werner/Havertz form, Billy Gilmour deserving a start?

Latest on January transfer moves, including some new bits of info.

Plus the world famous Quick Fire Round!!

Enjoy, and Happy New Year to all of our readers/listeners!

Welcome to our final Podcast of 2020!

We recorded a Christmas special - which was difficult when one of us is The Grinch!

But we went for a fun follower Q&A session talking about many different topics related to Chelsea and some personal stuff as well.

We looked back at the West Ham win, looked ahead to as busy schedule starting Boxing Day against Arsenal, spoke a lot about formations, The German lads, Erling Haaland, Charly Musonda, Hudson-Odoi, and Pasta Dan’s mate Fernando Torres!

Enjoy guys and hope you all have a great Christmas and a New Year!

This week we were lucky enough to be joined by Will Dalton of Chelsea TV!

Will provided us with some absolutely gold content from his ten years working within the club, giving insights off the back of interviews with the likes of Frank Lampard, John Terry, Eden Hazard, Diego Costa, David Luiz, and even one of the greatest ever, Pele!

We also spoke a lot about current affairs at the club, Frank Lampard’s reign so far, and hopefully bought some level-headed views on our two league defeats on the trot.

Were Chelsea really very close to signing Zinedine Zidane? Tune in to find out!