Si Phillips Talks Chelsea

This week we were joined by a gold standard quality guest - the Father of our own midfielder Mason Mount! It goes without saying that Tony delivered some top top content for us, with some really interesting insights and opinions on Mason and more. *Apologies for a few connections issues during the show. We covered… * Mason’s performances this season compared to last, and what Tony thinks his best...

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 H...

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...

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 expec...

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 depa...

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? * Che...

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...

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 t...

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...

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...

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 Lam...

Welcome back to The Si Phillips Talks Chelsea Podcast w/Dan McCarthy Episode 4! We covered a lot in this episode, here is just some of the topics.. * Krasnodar review * The return of 2,000 fans and the difference a good atmosphere made vs Leeds * Hudson-Odoi and Ziyech injuries - how easy it is to get a hamstring injury, how long will they be out? * Jose Gimenez ‘likes’ a tweet linking him to Chel...

This week we were lucky enough to be joined by our very first guest on the show, The Byline’s Alex Goldberg. We tapped into Alex’s contacts at Chelsea, and dived into his opinions on current affairs at the club. We covered… * The Sevilla game, squad rotation, who stood out, who staked a claim for Saturday’s game vs Leeds United? * Alex reports some VERY interesting news on the David Alaba to Chels...

Welcome to Episode 2 of the Si Phillips Talks Chelsea Podcast with Dan McCarthy. This week we spoke about.. * The Rennes win, what went well? What didn’t go so well? * A look ahead to Sunday vs Spurs - Team news and predictions. * Centre back targets for the summer? Upamecano? Gimenez? Demiral? * Lampard/Mount debacle and the ‘proper Chelsea’ comments from Frank. * Are Chelsea title contenders? *...

Welcome to the very first Si Phillips Talks Chelsea Podcast! I was joined by Dan McCarthy in an introduction episode going over all the latest Chelsea news, and explaining exactly what we will be bringing you in the weekly Podcast. We spoke about… * An introduction to Dan, his Chelsea academy days, and what he will be bringing to the service. * Our thoughts on the season so far and where it’s head...