Luke Rushbrook

1 week ago | siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook

Good Morning Ladies and Gents,Today I am writing an opinion piece on the situation around Enzo Maresca. Firstly I have been very patient through the season and quite often defended Enzo Maresca and the time he needs to grow into the role and teach his tactics and philosophy to the players and implement his thoughts into the club as a whole. It’s only in the last month or so that I have changed my opinion on our Gaffer and now believe that he isn’t the man to take us further.

2 weeks ago | siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook

Good Morning Ladies and Gents,I haven’t produced one of these for a while, I have had a re-think and found a more modern way to provide you all this information. Usually the way I conduct this is very time consuming and where I could help Simon in other areas of content like ideas, blogs and articles this will take up all of that time and more. So I have turned to the year 2025 and produced this report via AI (artifical intelligence), I am very impressed with the outcome considering all context.

2 weeks ago | siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook

Good Afternoon Ladies and Gents,Today I am playing the role of Sporting Director, its the 1st of June, the Premier League season has come to a close and I have some transfer activity to conclude…. Have we qualified for the Champions League or the Europa League? That plays a big part in these decisions, I am doing this on the basis that we qualify for Champions League football but I will provide an alternative transfer target for if we play in either of the lesser competitions.

3 weeks ago | siphillipstalkschelsea.substack.com | Luke Rushbrook

Good Morning Everyone,As promised on last weeks pod, see below player profile on Mamadou Sarr!Mamadou SarrPlayer profile;Age: 19Nationality: French (Uncapped)Position: Centre Back (Right-footed)Height: 6ft 5inSarr began his football career at Étoile Sportive de Saint-Laurent-Blangy, before joining Lens, where his father plays.He then moved to Lyon in 2018. During the 2021–22 season, at only 16 years old, he established himself as a starter with Lyon under-19 team.

1 month 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.