The Blue Crew

In this episode, the Blue Crew talk about Chelsea's 1-0 win over Fulham on Saturday afternoon, how Mauricio Pochettino has done at Chelsea so far and where he can improve and preview any possible dealings this January.

Well, well, well, who had that on the bingo card? Chelsea beat Tottenham 4-1, the hosts had two men sent off, there four goals disallowed and that just about covers the first half.

The boys are back to discuss one of the most incredible and unpredictable matches ever seen in England.

Oh listener, it had to happen one day but nobody expected it this soon. Tom, Luka and OJ's favourite son announced his retirement on October 10 and there's no better way to get over the emotion of no more Eden Hazard than by talking about him.

He's a footballing star so there's lots to cover including how he will be remembered, if his career was a waste and just why he always has to be compared with Mohamed Salah.

The boys are back to discuss a Chelsea win and it's been a long time coming. There's plenty to talk about after a big week of football including beating Fulham and Brighton with some standout performances. There's praise for nearly everyone as Mauricio Pochettino gets it right with Mykhailo Mudryk coming good at the right time and Cole Palmer already looking at home.

RARE POSITIVE CONTENT WARNING

Who could have guessed? Chelsea fail to win yet again because it's still 2023 and players are still out injured. Tom, Luka and OJ join up to discuss just how long it will be until they are called up to fill the bench as well as more serious debates over the state of the team, how long a process usually takes and if there's more positivity than fans are allowing themselves to recognise.

Another day and another disappointing Chelsea result, when will it end? Tom and Luka gather to discuss just how Mauricio Pochettino got it so wrong against Nottingham Forest, what's going on with Ben Chilwell, whether Thiago Silva should take some time out and how this all fits together with the transfer market work.

In this episode, OJ and Luka talk about the terrible 3-1 loss to West Ham but look ahead with hope to the Luton game tonight!

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

03:00 - West Ham review

05:55 - Penalty takers in the future

11:00 - Caicedo debut

15:46 - Andrey Santos loan deal

19:00 - Luton Town preview

23:00 - Team/score predictions

29:25 - Future transfers (Luka's Serbian agenda)

In this episode, OJ and Luka talk about the 1-1 draw against Liverpool, the forming of Chelsea's best midfield in years and the upcoming London derby versus West Ham this weekend.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - Liverpool review

06:40 - Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia discussion

13:50 - Lewis Hall to Newcastle here we go!

22:18 - Michael Olise discussion

26:40 - Other options in the transfer window

29:00 - Reece James injury news

29:58 - Malo Gusto/Caicedo right-back discussion

36:00 - West Ham preview/score predictions

40:53 - Outro

In this episode, OJ, Tom and Luka discuss Chelsea's opening day match against Liverpool, what the midfield could look like by the end of the transfer market and how Mauricio Pochettino can replace Christopher Nkunku.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

02:06 - Midfield Merry-go-round

02:45 - Romeo Lavia rumours

07:40 - Feeling on Tyler Adams/Moises Caicedo/Lavia

15:00 - Christopher Nkunku injury

17:40 - How should Chelsea replace Nkunku?

23:43 - Liverpool preview

31:01 - One thing we'd like to see this season

36:43 - Quick thoughts on Malo Gusto/Reece James captaincy

39:14 - Tyler Adams 'here we go' reaction

40:00 - Liverpool score predictions

42:30 - Outro

In this episode, OJ and Tom discuss Chelsea's Summer Series win, how youth and new signings have reinvigorated the fanbase and the Moises Caicedo transfer saga.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:45 - The Premier Leagur Summer Series

04:00 - Nicolas Jackson discussion

08:45 - Chelsea players playing on instinct

11:02 - Cesare Casadei impressions so far

17:55 - Ben Chilwell praise

23:30 - The Left Back situation at the club

29:15 - Thoughts on Ian Maatsen's great preseason

36:06 - Andrey Santos debate

40:15 - Transfer Section

40:16 - Moises Caicedo nonsence

47:05 - Axel Disasi announcement

47:20 - Tom questions the Disasi signing

51:15 - Bobby Sanchez rumours

59:50 - Outro

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss which Chelsea players they'd keep, who they'd like to see loaned out for development, and who they want to clear out before the start of Mauricio Pochettino's first season with the club!

This podcast was recorded on 22/06/2023.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:19 - Keep, Sell, Loan

01:20 - Goalkeepers

01:21 - Kepa Arrizabalaga

07:07 - Edouard Mendy

11:30 - Marcus Bettinelli

11:50 - Gaga Slonina

18:20 - Defenders

18:25 - Cesar Azpilicueta

25:35 - Kalidou Koulibaly

28:18 - Wesley Fofana

28:25 - Reece James

28:40 - Ben Chilwell

28:55 - Marc Cucurella

35:22 - Thiago Silva

35:54 - Trevoh Chalobah

38:45 - Benoit Badiashile

38:50 - Malo Gusto

40:20 - Midfielders

40:30 - Enzo Fernandes

40:52 - Andrey Santos

42:08 - Carney Chukwuemeka

45:12 - N'Golo Kante (Farewell)

48:50 - Ruben Loftus-Cheek

51:17 - Mateo Kovacic

54:30 - Cesare Casadei

56:28 - Conor Gallagher

59:45 - Mason Mount

01:12:00 - Attackers

01:12:02 - Christian Pulisic

01:12:12 - Raheem Sterling

01:12:31 - Hakim Ziyech

01:13:23 - Mikhailo Mudryk

01:13:40 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

01:15:40 - Armando Broja

01:18:15 - Kai Havertz

01:24:50 - Lewis Hall + Full keep list

01:25:25 - Loanees/Incomings

01:25:26 - Ian Maatsen

01:26:20 - Callum Hudson-Odoi

01:27:23 - Nicholas Jackson

01:27:57 - Levi Colwill

01:28:39 - Romelu Lukaku

01:32:30 - Outro

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss Chelsea's terrible 2022/23 season, and how the future will be bright under Mauricio Pochettino.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:15 - OJ's love of one thing more than anything else

06:45 - Start of our Chelsea Awards

06:46 - Game of the Season

14:55 - Favourite Moment of the Season

23:25 - Player of the Season

30:35 - OJ, Tom, and Luka disagree over Kepa

42:25 - Disappointment of the Season

53:40 - One Change You Would've Made Over the Season

01:01:40 - Manager of the Season

01:04:53 - Worst Signing of the Season

01:09:35 - OJ speaks on Mudryk's finances

01:13:25 - Best Signing of the Season

01:23:55 - Drawing a Line In the Sand

01:31:20 - Outro

In this episode of the Blue Crew Podcast, OJ, Luka, and Tom discuss the loss to Brentford, the imminent appointment of Mauricio Pochettino, and what he must do to secure Chelsea's success for next season.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:00 - OJ's birthday holiday

03:19 - Christopher Nkunku's free-kick

06:10 - Brentford review

14:35 - Frank Lampard's selection issues

19:33 - Luka on late substitutions

24:19 - Mauricio Pochettino's imminent appointment

24:41 - OJ's Chelsea prayer

29:10 - Thursday Nights!

29:40 - Luka on Pochettino

35:25 - Tom on Broja/Kane comparisons

37:20 - OJ on what Pochettino must do immediately

39:34 - Luka on what Pochettino must do immediately

43:32 - Declan Rice claxon

48:00 - OJ on Poch's Spurs connection

50:25 - Tom on Poch's success at Chelsea

54:22 - Outro

Tom and Luka are back to dicsuss what is left of Chelsea's season after the entirely inevitable 2-0 defeat to Real Madrid sent the Blues crashing out of the Champions League, effectively ending the season for all it's worth.

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss the loss to Real Madrid in the first leg of Chelsea's UCL quarter-finals, what the short-term and long-term plans are for the club, and who the boys want to see as Blues manager next season.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

03:25 - Real Madrid review

08:45 - Joao Felix and Raheem Sterling

15:25 - Wesley Fofana

18:55 - The midfield trio

21:30 - Reece James

27:00 - Mediocrity until the end of the season

30:50 - Short-term/Long-term plans

40:35 - OJ's choice for the next Chelsea manager

43:00 - Luka's choice for the next Chelsea manager

44:47 - Tom's choice for the next Chelsea manager

53:43 - Outro

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss how long Graham Potter has left at Chelsea after the Aston Villa loss (04:47), the shocking preparation for the Champions League fixture against Real Madrid (23:00), and what other managers are out there for the Blues to hire (35:25).

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss the draw to Everton, Graham Potter's substitutions, Chelsea's transfer plans for the summer, and the rumoured renovations to Stamford Bridge.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:50 - OJ 'celebrating' Everton's equaliser

03:20 - Spurs and Conte's implosion

05:55 - What Potter must do in the international break

12:05 - Everton review

12:13 - Joao Felix performance

19:45 - Christian Pulisic minutes

23:55 - Graham Potter's substitutions

31:06 - Ellis Simms equaliser - who is to blame?

33:55 - Kepa's underlying numbers

39:20 - Do Chelsea need to buy a new goalkeeper?

48:15 - Luka's thoughts on the Everton draw

52:45 - Stamford Bridge redevelopment reports

1:05:42 - Outro

In this much shorter episode (due to clashing work schedules), Tom, OJ, and Luka give their thoughts separately on what they think the outcome of tonight's clash with Borussia Dortmund will be and discuss the win over Leeds.

Timestamps:

Intro - 00:00

Tom's thoughts - 00:18

OJ's thoughts - 03:20

Luka's thoughts - 06:42

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss how long Graham Potter has left at Chelsea (03:07), whether fans should be throwing out ideas on replacement managers so casually (11:35), review the defeat to Tottenham (20:15), whether there is a lack of characters at Chelsea (30:28) and preview this weekend's clash with Leeds (44:04).

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka give their thoughts on what the next few matches mean for Graham Potter after the defeat to Southampton (05:10), Leeds' new manager bounce (15:28), and whether or not the club is able to mend the relationship with the fans at the moment (24:20).

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss what went right and what went wrong for the Blues in Germany after the Champions League loss to Borussia Dortmund (01:56). They also explore the state of the club as a whole and why fans seem to be so split across social media (26:04) and then preview this weekend's fixture against Southampton.

In this episode of the Blue Crew, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss the horrendous VAR decision that might've cost Chelsea three points against West Ham, the game against the Irons as a whole as well as a look ahead to Chelsea's midweek trip to Germany to face Borussia Dortmund.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:30 - Tom's alliteration

01:20 - Chelsea's performance against West Ham

05:15 - Potter's stint so far

07:00 - Some Joao Felix magic

13:20 - Mudryk/Cucurella chemistry issues

20:50 - THAT VAR decision

22:30 - OJ's reason for the decision being bad

24:48 - OJ's VAR rant

27:45 - VAR is ruining football (OJ's rant Part Two: Electric Boogaloo)

30:05 - VAR compared to TMO in Rugby/DRS in Cricket

32:12 - Luka accuses PGMOL of corruption

32:33 - Treatment of officials in Rugby compared to Football

34:10 - Luka suggests a Sin Bin

35:40 - No one knows anything

37:50 - Dortmund Champions League preview

51:00 - Dortmund Score Predictions

53:15 - Outro

In this episode, OJ, Tom, and Luka review the 0-0 draw against Fulham on Friday night, all of Chelsea's transfer window dealings and talk about what the Enzo Fernandez signing means for the club going forward.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - Fulham review

06:53 - OJ on 'investement' into the club

08:11 - Tom on Chelsea's Most Expensive XI

12:03 - Kai Havertz/Mason Mount/Marc Cucurella flack

17:09 - Why can't Havertz find the net consistently?

22:53 - 'All of Chelsea's attackers are fit, who are you picking to start?'

28:33 - Enzo Fernandez signing

31:10 - Luka's big Enzo Fernandez claim

34:42 - Champions League squad thoughts

40:47 - Jorginho to Arsenal

42:57 - 'Agent Jorginho'

45:55 - Favourite Jorginho moments

49:24 - Andrey Santos

53:13 - Positive Crew back again

54:17 - Outro

In this episode, the boys go over the 0-0 draw against Liverpool, the introduction of Mykhailo Mudryk, and debate whether Mason Mount deserves a new deal.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

01:11 - Liverpool review

06:13 - Away End scenes

09:30 - Lewis Hall in midfield

15:52 - Cucurella coming back

19:55 - Benoit Badiashile hype

24:20 - Mason Mount contract debate

36:00 - Luka's Dad begins his work

36:50 - OJ and Tom starts making hammer jokes

38:35 - Mudryk introduction

40:55 - Memphis Depay move, impact on Joao Felix deal

47:55 - Midfielder or right-back this month?

52:20 - Cesar Azpilicueta's 500th appearance

53:33 - Luka on Azpilicueta

54:12 - OJ gushes over Azpilicueta

59:12 - Chelsea Women's frozen pitch issues

1:03:37 - Outro

With Tom elsewhere, OJ and Luka take this episode as a dynamic duo! In this one, we go over the Crystal Palace win, the Mykhailo Mudryk signing, which players is Graham Potter willing to let go before next season, and look ahead to the Liverpool match on Saturday.

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro

00:55 - Crystal Palace review

08:34 - Mykhailo Mudryk signing

13:36 - Chelsea socials during Mudyrk signing

16:08 - Potter 'transfer revolution'/Who's on the chopping block?

25:00 - Liverpool preview

30:45 - Luka's starting XI vs Liverpool

33:45 - OJ's starting XI vs Liverpool

35:32 - Luka's score prediction vs Liverpool

36:06 - OJ's score prediction vs Liverpool

37:20 - Outro

After a disappointing loss against Fulham, OJ, Tom, and Luka discuss what went wrong at Craven Cottage while also talking about how Chelsea fans have become too spoilt over the last 20 years. 

Timestamps: 

00:00 - Intro

02:00 - Fran Kirby up front?

02:35 - Joao Felix debut

10:50 - Kepa's mistakes/Chelsea's goalkeeping issues

20:00 - Defensive performances/ Chalobah + Koulibaly

27:05 - What is going on?

29:10 - Potter getting support/Toxic fans calling for Tuchel

31:08 - Luka on why fans should back Potter

33:00 - OJ on how spoilt Chelsea fans have become

42:16 - Crystal Palace preview

44:42 - Tom asks when we'll see players start taking responsibility?

48:43 - Tom goes 'Roy Keane' at the players

50:15 - OJ's starting XI against Palace

51:42 - OJ's 'extravagant' score prediction

52:18 - Luka's starting XI against Palace

54:19 - Tom's starting XI against Palace

56:06 - Quick Q&A - Knives Out Chelsea cast

1:03:13 - Outro

Another week, another Chelsea signing for OJ, Tom, and Luka to talk about! Joao Felix is the Blues' latest wearer of the number 11 shirt, and the boys discuss what impact he could have on Graham Potter's side. We also go into what fans should be expecting from here and preview the West London Derby clash with Fulham.

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

01:33 - Joao Felix signing, where he'll play under Potter

06:45 - Positives of Felix loan

11:20 - The rest of the transfer window, who Chelsea could go after

19:59 - Chelsea's last window as a Champions League team?

23:19 - Fans must accept the state of Chelsea's squad right now

35:22 - Chelsea are in a position we should've expected

41:25 - Fulham preview

47:45 - OJ's team vs Fulham

48:45 - Luka's team vs Fulham

49:00 - OJ's dog makes an appearance

50:50 - Tom's team vs Fulham

54:15 - Fulham score predictions

56:40 - Outro

OJ, Tom, and Luka are back talking about all things Chelsea! We discuss the tragic passing of Blues legend Gianluca Vialli, review the performance against Manchester City and discuss what we think about Chelsea's movements in the January transfer window so far. 

Timestamps: 

00:00 - Intro

00:54 - Gianluca Vialli 

07:20 - Manchester City review

13:20 - Injuries/Youth opportunities

26:24 - Badiashile signing

35:22 - Enzo Fernandez

47:20 - Q&A section

54:40 - Manchester City F.A Cup Predictions

1:01:00 - Andrey Santos announcement

1:02:10 - Outro

After 622 days, or over 20 months, the Blue Crew podcast has finally returned. OJ, Tom, and Luka are back with more Chelsea content. We go over the biggest issues the club is facing right now, whether Potter is the right man to lead us out of the darkness and look ahead to a tough fixture against Manchester City, and much more!

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro (Tom calls it Episode 53 - it's not.)

03:50 - The biggest issue with Chelsea right now/Graham Potter in or out?

14:05 - Luka thinks Chelsea is in 'complete reset' mode

15:20 - Tom on what fans define as 'success'

17:50 - OJ's take on whether the squad cares for the club

22:40 - Luka: "When we play badly, none of the players are blamed."

29:00 - What could Graham Potter be doing more at Chelsea?

41:35 - Manchester City preview

45:00 - Luka's line-up against City

52:02 - Tom's line-up against City

56:50 - OJ's line-up against City

59:05 - Dream January transfers

1:00:06 - Tom is not happy with OJ

1:01:25 - Tom's January transfer choice

1:03:40 - Tom is not happy with OJ again

1:03:50 - OJ's January transfer choice

1:12:30 - Luka's January transfer choice

1:22:20 - Score predictions for Man City

1:24:34 - Outro

1:24:40 - We realise it's actually the 52nd episode

And another one! We're back, this time for a double recording session along with the episode 50 tier list special. Here, we took a look back at Timo Werner's dramatic performance against West Ham, the result and what it means and we also previewed the huuuuuge Champions League clash on Tuesday. 

To celebrate 50 episodes of the Blue Crew Podcast, we delve into three tier lists: Chelsea home kits of the Roman Abramovich era, this season's squad and Chelsea icons! We hope you enjoy it!

The boys talk about their feelings towards Chelsea's ESL venture and quick departure as well as a quick review of the Brighton game and a preview of the West Ham game.

With Tom unavailable to host this week, OJ takes it upon himself to carry on his legacy with usual co-host Luka and they talk about the loss/win against Porto as well as looking ahead to the UCL semi final against Real Madrid!

It's another happy pod as we looked back at the stunning first half display that set up a 4-1 win over Crystal Palace. We spoke about the resurgence of Kai Havertz, Callum Hudson-Odoi's attacking output, who should play centre back against Porto and discussed the remaining Champions League ties. 

Episode 45 is here and this week, we discuss the Sheffield United victory, whether Kovacic and Mount can be considered world class and also our chances of winning a trophy this season!!

In this Episode, the boys watch the live UCL draw to see who our quarter final and potential semi final opponents are! We also look at the incredible performance from Wednesday night against Atletico Madrid and give our thoughts on Chelsea's roadmap to the end of the season!

In our new episode, we're joined by our good friend and Arsenal fan Matt Key as we discuss the Leeds result, playing players in the right position and how we look in attack and how we can improve going forward. We also answer a couple of questions posed to us including which Chelsea player would make the best Jedi!

On today's episode, we discuss whether Declan Rice would be more important to Chelsea than Erling Haaland, our defensive and midfield options in the long term and we review our amazing wins against Liverpool and Everton!

We couldn't not record after that huge away win against Atletico Madrid! We dived in with a grin on our faces to discuss the brilliance of Olivier Giroud, the surprising grit from Andreas Christensen and the anger and hustle that we loved from Antonio Rudiger plus much more from a great win!

Another victory podcast! We discussed our comfortable 2-0 victory over Newcastle and how Timo Werner has found his goalscoring touch. We also touched on Kepa's future at the club, how Thomas Tuchel could line-up next season and why our style of football now isn't reflective of Tuchel as a whole. 

We're back and yet to record an episode after a loss under Thomas Tuchel. Here we covered the fortunes of Mateo Kovacic, Jorginho, Timo Werner and Olivier Giroud. We also went in deep on how Tuchel continues to get the best out of Mason Mount and where the Englishman should fit in under Gareth Southgate. 

We are back and it only took Thomas Tuchel 2 games to get his first win. We discussed the back to back clean sheets, Marcos Alonso's resurgence, the use of Kovacic and Jorginho together and also how good Hudson-Odoi has been! 

Here we covered everything that's happened since last week. Check out the time stamps below for extra details. 

Time stamps: 

Reaction to Lampard's sacking 3:40 

Did Lampard deserve the rest of the season? 9:16

Thoughts on appointing Tuchel 15:07

Post Wolves thoughts 24:50 

Tuchel on the sidelines 31:20

Experience Vs youth 38:32

Can Chelsea free Tuchel? 44:30

Unpredictable formations 49:20

Burnley score predictions + who will be captain 52:20

The boys are back but this time with on a sour note. The future of Frank Lampard at Chelsea is unclear and the pressure was once again cranked up as the Blue's slumped to a 2-0 defeat away at Leicester City. This was a passionate, emotional episode which covered all the ins and outs of Frank Lampard right now. 

Two wins in a row means a happy episode as everyone is bouncing and buzzing off the back of three Premier League points. Here we discussed Frank Lampard's starting lineup, why Billy Gilmour isn't playing, what happened to Callum Hudson-Odoi, the future of 4-4-2 and also signing Erling Haaland!

Finally we can review a game after a win! Here we dissected the main talking points from our 4-0 win against Morecambe, including Billy Gilmour and his best position, where N'Golo Kante plays when Gilmour is fit, if Callum Hudson-Odoi is our best winger and what we thought of the strong line up in the cup.  

We're back after *another* loss and this time we're lucky enough to host Jam from the Chelsea Social. He spoke us through the game, where it went wrong, what the biggest problems are right now and why we should still be backing Frank! 

We're back for another disappointing episode. After a defeat to Arsenal and a frustrating draw to Aston Villa Chelsea now have 1 win in 5 and have dropped off massively in performance. We discussed what's continuing to go wrong for the team, where we need to improve and also how quickly we must bounce back!