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1 week ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Jai McIntosh |Luke Rushbrook
As Chelsea breeze their way through the first leg against Legia Warsawa, Luke and I took the time to wander through the various avenues of Chelsea chat in a week that has seen little in terms of tran…Listen to this episode with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Si Phillips Talks Chelsea to listen to this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.
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2 weeks ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Morning Ladies and Gents,Sorry for the late article and subsequent newsletter! Obviously I was at The Bridge last night so a lay in was required!Well firstly the night started great meeting the absolute Chelsea legend that is super Tommy Tuchel!!Si, Danny & I had a class day in London having a few beers in the sun ready for the game.
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1 month ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Morning Ladies and Gents,Off the field the noise of the weekend was largely dictated around reports suggesting Chelsea will be selling upwards of 8 players this summer. It’s needed, but lets take a deep dive into it…. Firstly, how the F**K are we in a position of a third rebuild in just 4 summer windows under this ownership?
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1 month ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Morning Ladies and Gents,We are in to the business end of the season and these next months are pivotal for the next few years as a Chelsea fan, in my opinion. The return of the 2 players above to complete this trio could be the difference. These 2 make Palmer better, even if I don’t rate Madueke that highly. We have to do all we can to finish in the Champions League places (Top 5). I’m going to take you through fixture by fixture and see where I think we end up.
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1 month ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Morning Ladies and Gents,Loan Army resumes…….. Lets catch up with what they’ve been up to in recent times……Teddy Sharman-Lowe (Doncaster Rovers) - Goalkeeper;Clean sheets are still rolling through for Teddy with 2 in his last 3. With Doncaster sitting in the automatic promotion places at the moment, business end of the season will be massive for Doncaster and Teddy. Alfie Gilchrist (Sheffield United) - Right Back;Alfie is still out injured at the moment.
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1 month ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Morning Ladies and Gents,This article is a bit of a ‘little brother’ article off the back of Si’s ‘We have never been a million miles off’ article which you can read or re-read here, this is more of a fantasy/hypothetical article. Obviously the ideal outcome for all involved is for us to finish in the Champions League places, i.e the top 5. This season the Premier League has a 99.5% probability of the top 5 qualifying for Champions League.
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2 months ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Morning All,This article was teased last week by The Gaffer, Mr Si Phillips. The curiosity got me and as you all know I like to find numbers and facts behind things. The eye test is also really important to me, but data gives you a factual barometer at times as well. The first thing I thought when I really thought about the slump since mid-December was the lack of European Football, since our last Conference League game on the 19th December Chelsea have won 2 league games and 1 FA cup game.
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2 months ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents,Long time no speak about our Loan Army……. As I mentioned on last weeks podcast I gave this segment a break through January as there are so many changes to the loan army during the transfer window. Lets get into our current loan army, 9 new loanees! This report is just a general overview and rating of the loan so far.
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2 months ago | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents,As you all know I’m generally a glass half full kind of guy but will bring up issues as and where I see them, to try and stay as balanced as possible. So my first issue at the minute is the same as every body else, the SDs, who I think to be fair to them have decent talent ID, BUT they are completely incapable of building a balanced squad, we’re in window 5 of a 4 window plan and we are still missing 3 out of 4 positions to build a solid spine.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook
Hello everyone,A non loan army article from me for a change! Dont worry it will still still be out on Friday. I just wanted to write a short ‘flowers giving’ article to Enzo Maresca this week. When thinking about the season so far I have noticed a common theme and that is some excellent decision making and man management skills on show from our Gaffer. Firstly, the Enzo Fernandez pre-season situation was handled and dealt with amicably with no fuss in the media.
