What's up, who are you listening to at the bridge part? So 18 today? We're going to be reviewing our to nil win over brighten the Premier League as well as getting off and running in the Champions League with a 2-1 win in Lille. I am your host Mike in joining me as always is my co-host Chris. So let's get this episode on the road. Welcome back everyone to another episode of of at the bridge part. I am your host Mikey and joining me as always is my co-host Chris. How are you today? How are you doing today? Well, okay my friend. How are you? I'm good. I am in a podcast mood. I've got my Georgie no shirt. ER. I mean only a good frame of mind. So so this week the free kick pod our friends over in America released their episode in which I am a guest on so you can check that interview out by following the link in this episode of description. We have got news, which is always fun. Have you the news Frank Lampard that he's Frank Lampard has been nominated for September manager of the month in the Premier League alongside Eddie House Bournemouth, Jürgen klopp at Liverpool and obviously Brendan Rodgers at Leicester. So if we take a look at lampard's record for September, it reads us three played two wins, which came against Brighton and 5-2 victory over wolves the defeat coming against Liverpool well-deserved. I'd say still a tough. It's a tough competition. Oh, that's tough competition there to win the award. I don't think he's going to win it. No, I agree. I think it's probably going to be clop. I don't know. I think Brendan Rodgers might win it potentially is I think it's decided by the fans. I think you folks either Lampard today. So okay and usually, well usually if it was an ass if it was, you know, I am read probably win. Yeah. Yeah, that's kind of how it works. That's that's right. He won it for August Jürgen klopp did so, you know, I think it's time to spread the award out. You know, I think I think Rogers to win it personally, I'd love to see Frank get it, but I'm a realist. I think Brendan Rodgers should get it. Anyway. Well, yeah, I mean, he's he did some incredible perfect. He's done himself no harm this month. It's been incredible moment for Lester early. It really has I mean look, obviously, we're not part of care of the month that goes to the FIFA thumb basin. Besides that's going to be fun. Hmm for that. I think it would probably be between may be deployed on a balmy young but it's going to be whoever the one who ever wants the best card, isn't it? That's kind of how that works. I mean as a FIFA Player, I think I'd probably rather a bum young but I wouldn't complain it de bruyne to be honest. Well goal of the month has got to Chelsea nominees in you've got and go low can't a for his goal against Liverpool. Yes, and for KO tamori for his goal against wolves. Mmm, so great Go sir personally for me if a sense about scores from 30 yards out. He wins it already but I yeah, I mean, he's got the win it. He's got competition from Jetro Williams to Newcastle southampton's Musa Jen po Jeff Hendrick Burnley Madison against Tottenham Creswell against United and Trent against us personally I voted for tomorrow because I thought it was just a ridiculous one. It's potentially a one in a million one in a lifetime sort of goal. I mean it, you know, they're just one of them breathtaking moments. So what do you said after the game? You said you tried loads of them in training and yet it's a odds over the bar. So I mean that shows how good of a goalie really was and I think he should get it to be honest. But and go to can says was an incredible guy sure special goal. Yeah. So yeah, we're heading into an international break. Yay. Yay. So that means the England squad has been announced. And they're all buried there is no Jesse lingard. Yeah this we've got we've got some call-ups for the Chelsea Squad from the Chelsea Scott Ian. We've got Tammy Abraham. Well deserved. Definitely. We've got that goal of the month Contender for KO tamori truly deserved. Definitely Mason Mount and Ross Barkley round up the the four names on that sheet from our club and we've got more players in the squad than Tottenham Hotspur just saying A pool potentially. Yeah, I think so. I think we should for Liverpool of got three and I think yeah, I think we've got the most single players in the squad. I think maybe right. I don't pay much attention to International Football unless it's when it well when we get to tournaments going Nations League goal Euros Etc. How do you feel that if if they will play A Part obviously that those four going to do for the England team this I mean being qualifiers, I think rightly or wrongly. I think the person is having to play the most of the four of them. It's actually gonna be Ross Barkley even though he's probably the one that is in the least amount of form. Really I think mount my guests are this time around I think to Maureen Abraham will come off the bench at some point. I don't think they'll get in starts. But yeah, I think Barkley will probably start both games. Well interestingly. They're both away fixtures there against the Czech Republic Bulgaria. Yeah first The places to go personally. I just just want our players to come back fully fit. That's yeah. Yeah, you know, I think we're ready. I mean but Tammy Abraham he tapped. Let's cut with obviously mace amount was in the previous squads. Well as Berkeley but yet focusing on Abraham and tomorrow to incredible months they've had in September and they deserve these call-ups. They truly do and two more especially I'd say, I mean tamori for me has been absolutely unbelievable since he's coming to the squaddies are not Price at all. I mean Midway good gone to a bit like it but he was just superb you look so so comfortable in that same and I think once you put them in England team, you look comfortable in there and I believe you know, it will be an important player for England for many years to come. I mean just looking at those those three particular names obviously Abraham tomorrow in Mount they were plying their trade last season in the championship the second tier of English football and they've stepped up into the Premier League. They have taken it by storm. They have been incredible and all All three of them if you just said a year ago that these three Championship low knees are going to be key players in the Chelsea Squad people are just took the mick but they have been incredible and I'm so happy for them. Not only because they're great great guys, but obviously coming from the academy they finally shown that you can get from the academy into the Chelsea first two if you're good enough a lot credit is it's got to go to them. I mean their hard work in their professional and when the time is It's actually get a chance to child should have took it by storm. Every single one of them has paid really really really well Mal started on fire in the Premier League Abraham just got eight goals. Now this season which is an incredible return so far and tomorrow, even though it's only just got in the shower steam. It's been superb and you know, you've got to give a lot of credit to them. You got give a lot of credit to Lampard and like I said last week you've got to give a lot of credit to the championship and the level of football in that League. It's a ridiculously competitive league as we know many it is one of the best leagues to watch. Obviously we Have a lot of American listeners honestly the championship if you don't really watch it just watch one or two games. It can be ridiculously fun to watch it. Really can I mean there's a lot of really really high quality players in their mean you got Pablo Hernandez at the zoo of love for ages. Now mean he's a superb play for them. You've got loads of teams could easily fit in the Premier League right now in which I'm sure that's open of a level it is. Oh 100% 100% And also spin enough with regards to Two more in Abraham. Both of them are apparently very close to agree new five-year contracts according to Sky Sports. So again another huge boost because these guys could be key for the next looks about five years. They really could be a huge core part of our Squad and it that's only a good thing. I mean if I'd advise you to start a season that mount Abraham and to Maury beekeepers for us and we'll be signing New Deals or Direction have been it would have been that's nice. Keep them. Keep them in the squad, you know. No, you never know. I would not have expected tomorrow, especially because I know he won Championship the Derby's play of the season last year, but he just wasn't a player. We had David Luiz, of course rudiger Christensen. I didn't really see where he would have been able to fit into that team on a consistent week in week out basis obviously sliding doors moment as I've mentioned in previous episodes David Lewis leaving has been incredibly incredibly positive for tomorrow, but the point is tomorrow has been given that chance. And he's taken it and he's now you can't think about offense without him in it. And when you think of him and potentially rudiger as a partnership. Wow, I'm just I'm looking forward to the that day. I really am. No, I totally agree and to be fair like a dog, we've said and gone over on previous episodes. I don't think any of them would have signed their contracts your story was still in charge. I don't think anybody got game time hundred percent a hundred percent right? First up. We've got our game. First of game review is our two new victory over Brazil. ER now obviously this isn't the first time I've spoken about this game this week because if you follow the Chelsea Echo you have heard My Views earlier on this week on their podcast. So we want to nil clean sheet. Yeah, please eat finally, which was so close because along so nearly I think it hit his head nearly went in but when off the bar so we're fine. We're fine. We're all good. We're all good. How do you feel that game? When in general before we go on to a few key points about it? I mean, yeah is a good performance very professional performance. I don't think The first off we pay to our best but we got through it. We had a good second half. We kept a clean sheet says nothing much else you can say about that. Yeah. I'm you know, the key people I've picked out. I've got Georgie no a strong performance. Yeah, great always a love-hate relationship. I've had to use penalties, you know, but we scored a penalty as well. Let's get that out there. Finally. The thing is it is this penalty is just going back to that penalty again when he jumps I'd probably said this now but when he jumps he always puts the keeper off like the keeper doesn't know which way is going and it almost sort of make some sticks of ground almost and then you'll put it either side. That's why you don't see many Keepers say this panel is yeah. It's that is very true. And he's obviously shown it for the national team as well. And he's done it for Italy. So it's a good technique when it goes bad it goes bad. But yeah, yeah it does he seems to have taken that mantel on from Hazard with unstoppable penalties, which is brilliant. Really Considering the Fiasco's we've had with penalties. He was my man of the match. You know, he was like watching a conductor a symphony. It was a masterpiece, you know top top performance yet another another top performance which obviously we've spoken about him already tomorrow. He looks like a seasonable pro the whole defense did but he stood out incredibly so yeah meaning just looks so comfortable and he reads the game. So where was almost John Terry asked how he reads the game and here he is. Look out of position. He is so strong in the air and he gets his tackles perfectly right all the time. He's not rich and very young. I mean I was you know 21 is he I think he's around that I can just have a Google even so he's got such a good temperament for a sense of back at that age and it'll only get better. You really really will only get better. Yeah, it turns 22 this year and he was born in Canada. So then yeah. Yeah fun fact for either. But yeah, I mean, obviously another Center back Use partnership for the day was Andreas Christensen solid. I'm glad he's injury wasn't serious as I am with all players no matter what club but obviously he can be a key part of our defense especially with rudiger out, you know on that note as well with injuries. It felt first game of the season where we actually didn't actually suffer any yeah. Yeah, you're right there. Yes was which was really nice. It was oh a clean sheet and their injuries, you know always Pleasant and it was good to see Colin put salad or back on the pitch as well very much. I mean His his substitution did change the game in our favor, you know, he grabbed an assist as well top formats and it again I'm just glad he signed that deal. Oh, yeah, me too. I mean, he looks so sharp and it did against Lille in the week when he came on as well need again such an important day for us going forward. I'm going back East. I don't understand along so, you know, he played a wet again because obviously Emerson's injury he was it was it was up and down as black wetter again put a top performance against Brighton. It was like watching for me back to his best. It was two Primes. As you know, that's be requester. And on that right side. No one was beating him one-on-one. No one. I know it was brighter than but the point being is just in that frame of mind in that form that he was Unstoppable against Brighton. I mean honest day he is up there for one of the best defenders in the league. So he can't said that way for him and he's also consistent and you know, yeah, he's had a bit of stick this season, but when he's on form is such a reliable play and you'll never make any mistakes. Yeah. I mean the thing is raspberry. Westar when he had that small awkward few games where you just did not look up to scratch. He looked almost like Ivanovic in the end of his are at Chelsea. Yes. He looked after placed in me. Yeah. I mean there was talk get him out get rich James in I understand the logic and we did talk about it and I did say give him time and it's shown he had that rest yet that break. Obviously the international bodies come back and he's performed and it's great to see that our captain, you know, our leader is doing that it we can we Like he used to you know, you don't want to see a player who's done so much for our club and put in so many minutes every season just sort of tailor way, you know, it's such a shame. He's been he's been brilliant Ross Barkley wasn't great. You know, I found this decision making quite poor really he couldn't he couldn't spot a path straight away. It's just so strange. It just it just wasn't a great performance from him. The thing is the Ross Barkley. Yes all the technical ability in the world. It's so good technically, but I've always had this about it has his footballing brain just isn't quite there. I mean you compare his footballing brand to say a Fabregas or a Georgie no can pick a pass without even sort of looking who's passing to if that makes sense. It's all get all day long, but it's Berkeley. You can either do it on the ball for too long and loose possession or try for Hollywood pass and just not get anywhere near and it just as those lapses of concentration which just really really frustrating because you know, he's a good They just I think to quite got to that level yet. This career hundred percent. No one's ever questioned his abilities always had that there but the point being he just has this poor games and whether the penalties got to him as well from the Champions League game against Valencia. I don't know but it's just it I see him on the team Sheet. I understand what he brings to the team. I would prefer other players get an opportunity in that role, but mainly Mount he's not We will talk about his positioning in the Champions League game against little later. However makes them out is a central player and he needs to play that Center role. And if Ross Park is there he doesn't get it. No, however Mason Mount going on to him slow performance as ever he penalty by being smart and capitalizing on the defensive error by Webster what else you can say? He was just makes them out all over another solid performance from this season of the Premier League. Again, that's the difference between malware Berkeley. If our fingers in my last position. Then he wouldn't have press the ball and wonder when the pain away Mount just seems to be one step ahead of the game and that's always so clever and that's all you got, you know gets in those pockets of space is for girls who scores that's all he wins penalty is that's why sets of goals because that one step ahead of the pack of his opposition and again such a young lad while that is really really promising to see and again, it'll only get better and it's just totally totally a great another player at a Is that great week for us Willie on another goal? It settled the game. Obviously the assist from Hudson a door. Yeah, you know what like about Willian is that some people will actually be annoyed that he scored two goals from we will be annoyed that he started for one and got two girls and two games. It's just Chuck some Chelsea fans are really really strange. They just have this Vendetta against Willie and but it's really good to see he's been a good servant. You know, I'm happy for him. He's paid really? Well. I don't think that I have to worry for too long. So I don't think he's going to be at our club at the end of the season. Well when the season ends I think that'll be the the curtain falling on his Chelsea Career. I do not see him getting a new deal and even if he did I don't feel sign it. No, I agree Tammy Abraham. He did a lot right? He wasn't looking up to have scored one note. I will make it's so nice to have a striker who is enough side every five minutes. Yes. That's always good. So a surplus we had it with marotta famously Higuain last season, obviously if we go quite far back like Remy, it was just nice. He obviously didn't get on the scoresheet list. I'm not really a big deal. We had a did he did he did he had a decent game we forgot sorry with the diagram. It's just good to see asteroid kid that wants to play for Chelsea and wants to work as hard as possible for Chelsea. Where's Miranda Greene? Just like I was going through the motions. I don't know. I didn't want to be there but and you know, he wants to be He then, you know wants to score goals and help the times but possible 100% awkwardly he going seems to be doing quite decent at your dentist. And I just thought where was this version of higway in when he was on loan at our club. He's just totally different he's gone from he looked like he could not be bothered at our club no and then events this that so I'm gonna prove I'm the best again and I thought well that's a it's attitudes and you know, we've got that's the key part. We've got such good. To shoot our Squad now, unfortunately, you know obviously positives we've gone through good subjugating from Frank Lampard and a clean sheet being a huge one. The one thing I will bring up that was extremely frustrating 24 Shots 10 On Target only two goals and a penalty was what got us over the line to sort of get us into gear to go on and I know it's Brighton, but that's the point. It's these games you sort of grind out with one. Was it an off day? We should be worried that we're not converting those chances and then to be fair. I mean start a season. I was worried that we weren't wasn't going to score at all. Really. I was really wondering where the gods were going to come from but if actually surprised us this year because we've scored a lot of goals to be honest. It's been your friend Rose had problems. So I think yeah I missed a few chances, but I think it was just enough day. I mean Abraham on another day would have got a hat trick, but it's just one of those days when we got the results. I mean, that's the main thing really. Yeah, that's sort of how I feel. It's about it myself a clean sheet. The clean sheet for me is the huge positive we have to take out this game because we just didn't do it. We haven't got clean sheets consistently even a tall one. I mean, it's not great. It's getting better talking of clean sheets. We didn't get one again our next game. So with that we move on to our Champions League Victory against Lille in France. Now this game, I did play ratings for for Chelsea Echo and you can check those out on their website links or on our Twitter account. Man of the match with he's had such a brilliant week wasn't really an it was tamari. I'm here. Wow. I mean it did make a mistake with the back pass. However, I'm going to just ignore that because he was incredible ridiculously beryllium. I mean you want of thought that was his Champions League debut. Would you not at all? Did you think it's right here? No, I don't think he does know. Well, that's his Champions League debut. And well again, he just didn't look at our place. It was so strong read the ball brilliantly to be honest and Bear Zuma was really good as well. I know he could have probably done better their goal. But I think they're both really really solid at the back. Oh tell her like he did play for the against Valencia. He was saying the back three with Christensen wailmer even so is second game of the Champions League. He didn't look out of place. So not at all. He was a performance and he deserves him and call up and I hope he gets I think I hope you get to start if he comes on sub even it's brilliant. It's experience and it is well deserved would have to say on that. You know looking ahead to those games be interesting to see hmm. One thing clean sheets. So no marking. Hello darkness my old friend. I've said this on Twitter this week, you know, some people have nightmares about ghosts monsters for me. It's a set-piece against Chelsea and I'm with zonal marking. It's just, you know, I always could feel apprehensive that we're going to concede. I just wish we could get rid of zonal marking. I really do that's three things in life. He guaranteed death Granite Jack again the other card and let's concede in from a corner. It's just over and over. It's just frustrating that it's Groundhog Day on so many levels every game that we just just let's just get rid of that on Market. You know, I think this is a thing. I mean, it could say that Zoomer just jumped too early a mr. Header. You could say that but when you're zonal marking, you've gotta take responsibility for that area that you're sort of marking that zone your Marking and they don't no one knows what they're doing it it seems and it just seems as if no one's organized and straight away from the corner when that ball goes out. You need to organize straight away again position. Then you sort of marker area. That's yours. No one gets in you win the odor you clear the corner, but what's happening is they're not organized and soon enough and it just seems if they're too deep in the box and the players are getting run on them and I don't care who you are when you've got a run on a Defender. It's just impossible to The Defenders to keep that ball out. Are you also going to get going anyone who's got the running start with a jump is always going to beat the man. Who's Stood Still? It's just logic. Yeah, it's frustrating. We'll see how it goes through. I mean we talked about which almost every time we can see the goal. It seems that it is zonal marking to blame. Hmm, and we consistently talked about it and we may be talking about it in six months time. I hope not to say marks the launch though. He looks okay some poor crosses though. I mean, yeah, It was another out it was an average performance. I mean some people have praised him for his performance. I did watch the game in Forks obviously doing player ratings. I felt he just did okay, you know, yeah, I'd give him like a six out of ten you got up and down but yeah, just what noise have Alonso is when he's running back in looks like he's just joking. He doesn't like his putting the effort in. Yeah another player who had a weirdo. This was a very uncharacteristic performance and garlic ante had a weird first half. Second half and are sort of them blaming it on getting back into full fitness because obviously he's been on and off with injuries. It's straight. I think I think the Midfield is that a strange first off. I think Georgina didn't get on the ball as much and can taken quite sort of gonna ball as much and drive to Midfield. It was just an awkward first off and I just once they start to get the ball more the game opened up. We control the game a bit more was just first 40 minutes we couldn't seem to get them in the game. Yeah, it was just an overall to strange really. I mean Mesa Mount poor game from him as well. He did start on the wing which I mentioned earlier and that is not his best position. You know, I gave him a 6 out of 10 and that's it sounds harsh and but the point was many fans on Twitter was saying he got some stuff on 87 many would argue. It should have been way earlier. It is positioning. He just was played on that left side once he moved through. Rolled in the second half we perform better and your shows playing in that position. You know, I agree. Oh and another one who was poor but now hear me out is really an okay. He grabs the winner. Yeah. So naturally, he's he goes from his six rating to like much higher. I gave him a 7 and it was his three inch of appearance for Chelsea, which is incredible Milestone really, you know realize how long he's been at our club. But that first half I was watching it just performed some fancy flicks back heels and they often found allele player more on a teammate. See I actually thought he paid. All right, I thought well, yeah, they said those flicks and that but I'm just that's what I expect from Willie and Spanish but once he got the ball and run up lazy look really dangerous and just didn't really have much of an end product in that first off. Yeah, I can see the total argument. I mean the winning gold redeemed him to me, you know, that's he's an experienced head and he Well, he does get you out but it was the fancy Flex. I think they just lived a little they've got me wound up and I thought stop you're killing plays and he was also with I think we were counter attack him at one point and he killed our counter-attack and then obviously Leo went up the other end got their set piece and scored. So that's kind of what came into my thinking Tammy Abraham birthday boy with the goal great finish and it's great again to say we have a clinical striker. Yeah, I mean that I think was better than this finishes the actual first touch. They had just set it for him. I mean at first it was Sensational because tomorrow read really did fix that balding and it's such a composed for any from him. And yeah, like you said, I don't think we're asking would have scored that and I've done every Queen would have scored that to only so it is really good to see a clinical Striker. I can't imagine I think they'd both been offside. Well, yeah, that's definitely that's how it works. So, you know, he's got the trace it was a 22nd birthday and he scored in minute 22. Yes, that's pretty pretty cool. Pretty cool. But it was just to eat its holder play wasn't the best in that game. But the point being you know, he's just rewarding Lampard by showing been shown face and and again Tammy Abraham and a goal and it's just great to see. No, I totally agree and it has been some galleries hold of pay as being the best but it will only get better at that. I mean there's some touches in that first half and second half where I thought well, this is not watching Didier Drogba furnace over times. We lost it. All quite easily, which is somebody after work on but the signs are there. I mean, who knows where the gold is? He definitely knows where the gold is and that's good to see I think it like I said, it only get better and Lampard to sort of teach him the ways of how to get more and more clinical and from the goal, which is already showing hopefully so another player that got a debut and his Champions League debut as well Reese James ya got got booked early on for a poor challenge, but you look confident that right side and are good for you cross into the box. An outstanding debut, but hardly a poor one and that's what you want to see really, I mean, I think there's a ton at times. He looked a bit Rusty but I mean he's balls into the box are actually quite impressive. I think some of them were superb really but yeah good performance from him not now this world but not poor by any means he has a good confidence booster for him to get some minutes under his belt exactly Kappa now he can't be blamed for the goal. So that's, you know, straight up, you know, that's just so no marking, but he did have Of me, he's made some good crucial saves. But Danny had my heart in my power 4 times with his creepy keeper decisions. They were 99% the right call. Yeah, but they still made me go. Oh, oh my God. What's he doing? What's he doing? Oh, it's okay. Well, what's he done there? But it works out. Well it did but unfortunately that's just modern-day goalkeepers for you. See Edison Dewey seen are you doing it? And yeah, sometimes it will come off. Sometimes it don't and when it done you're going to look like a fool really so it's wrist work. Yeah, it just worried. Max I thought we could be we could go down here what we're doing what we're doing but it works out. All right, and he had a good game. Yeah, definitely which is it's great to see obviously it's you know, obviously a former Chelsea goalkeeper who you know, I'm not giving him a hard time at the moment because obviously what's come out in the news about apparently this admit. I don't know if it is anxiety or gastroenteritis, of course why it's seems to be conflicting reports now, but you know, hey we went we were English side we went and won again in the Champions League we had to win which was crucial to us in that group stage, especially after I acts 1, I mean that girl from zajac that isn't it. Come here. Wow. Wow. Wow, that that is an incredible shot. Just yeah, it is saying it you need to watch it. If you haven't I really encourage you to go and find that goal. It is one of the best goals of the month. Maybe maybe that could be a champ. Goal of the season it's not good. It's not good. Yeah, I agree with that. I think it could be so yeah, we were in English side. We went and scored two goals and we didn't and conceived 7, so that's what I'm going to say to flex your feet. It's too soon tough tough week for some some London clubs soon. See what I did there. Yeah. I see what you're doing there. See what you're doing there. So with wrapping up our Champions League Game review and if you've got any final thoughts on that game or I agree. Yeah, I mean, you know is it is a must-win and is a very professional win most other brought in game. I think those areas to improve on a don't think father back work for us midweek. But when you search the for the back it worked it was a good win for us time scoring and over tomorrow master class at the back. So yeah good performance exactly. What people are forgetting is there's a lot there was a lot of pressure on us we're away. And the thing is we have to win that game. Insane but we had to win that game. Leila most likely going to be the bottom team of the group and if we're to draw on that game it just we need to be winning and the pressure was on and we stepped up and we got the job done and it's a simple as that really exactly exactly. So next up. We're away again. We're at st. Mary's and game week 8 hmm to play Southampton. Yes, how do you feel a team lineup is going to be for this one any changes from the Champions League game? I'm expecting research. James obviously to fall to the bench. Yeah, I agree. I think it will probably play for at the back this week and start something. I think it'd be Alonso tamori and Christensen with us would have prayer right back. I think can tell start with Georgina. Yo think Mount will play I think Willie no play. I think Hudson of Doyle play. I really want to see her to the door start this weekend ahead of the hydro William. Yeah, I agree. I totally agree and I think it'd be a drummer from yeah. It's got to be Abraham. He's in for he's a he's a number nine. It would be nice to see Pew research get a shot. Obviously. I've spoken about him on previous parts of wrote an article on him. I just want to see him get that chance. I'm sure he will and I have a hundred Faith but he can always change a game whose pace and he may do so this weekend, you know, when their legs are starting to Tire in the second half. He may be brought on and he may change the game and it might give him that platform to go on. On Leaps and Bounds for not just the Premier League season, but our Cup competitions which will be great for him. And obviously another key player to our Squad really know I couldn't agree more and to be fair I think about this early on actually, I mean people forget that may be a bad comparison, but for being your last year when he moved to Liverpool big money saw Indian club team playing for a large amount of time that is true a long while before he got into that first team and now down this place now looking he's probably look one of Liverpool's most important players, really You know pewter Siege is only young is that a long season last season, you've got to give her a bit of time and he has bad this season some games. He has performed poorly. Yes, you should maybe get more chances than he has in the past couple of games, but I'm sure Lampard is talking to him all the time sending them where you need to improve. I'm sure he would improve I'm sure we get more organic farm and season goes on exactly going head-to-head with Southampton. They've only won two of the last 20 Premier League meetings with us during six and loosen. L've that winless in the last seven gives us hope Southampton always a tricky side, even though they have obviously gone down degraded over time of the past few seasons after selling players. We've won nine of the last 12 is it's the same areas during to and losing warm. We've won the last four. I'm quite confident. Yes, Keith yackey matchups it all I don't I don't know where the key matchups are going to be in regards to their team. Because I mean it's a difficult one for me to say really on this. I've always been a big fan of James ward-prowse and the think it is the sound weird but is Corners could really be dangerous for our started sets are always and with Hoiberg as well. He's very dangerous set-piece taker so that could be our main problem against Southampton. I've got big centre-backs who can hurt us from set pieces. I mean they got vestergaard is about six foot ten. Yeah exactly. That's the guard so no marking set pieces. That's the worry. So this game I sell. Yeah, I mean, I think we can definitely definitely get resolved in. I mean we should win by all means but 100% I'd feel that we have to win this game because it's a game that we're expected to win and it sounds so stupid. But that is we are Chelsea Football Club. We are fighting for European places where not mid-table know exactly what it's about and I can inform we should be able to beat so Phantom pretty easily. Yeah. We lost to Liverpool obviously in our last five games. On a winning streak of 3 matches now because obviously beating Grimsby Brighton and Lille we should be we should win this game quite well, you know, Southampton haven't been great this season I'd say not really, I mean, they are 14 from the table of two victories one two, and four defeats. Hmm Dave, I mean picked picked up in forming the last three games winning to enjoy and one but still Point remains. I think we're there will be danger as I do like to press so we need To move the ball very quickly get it to each or jinyo picky spaces and just hopefully beat the press and then I think we'll get a lot of space in behind vestergaard is very very very poor defensively or another don't write him at all. So if you can get in behind him, I think we all get a lot of space. We will get a few goals. Well their victories have come against their point. So speak. Sorry have come against Brighton who were down to 10 men for quite a lot of that game. Yeah, they drew against man united Man United. Yeah, we lost for until we know but yeah, they're yeah, they're they're awful and there are other victory was against Sheffield United who again, we're down to ten men. So if we keep ten players on the pitch, we should be should be. All right really this one. Yeah. Yeah. I mean I do worry because you know, I just always wearing shows the Gams but I think we should win if she'll be yeah, how do you see Southampton fair in the season he feels stood out. I mean for me I feel this they can get Che Adam scoring. They may have that they've got he was brought in to sort of share that burden with Danny ings and he just hasn't hasn't worked out yet for him. No, I mean I need him to school ready because I do feel they are liking goals. I know Danny ings is a good player and he does get goals for one, but it's a lot of pressure because that don't have many goals anywhere else really so they need to get him scoring. I think they will struggle. I do like their manager. Do you like? Yeah have some who still yeah Ralph has some Hotel. Yeah, so I think they'll be down the bottom. In the range of 15 to 17. I can't see them getting into mid-table this season. I feel that obviously a bit like many teams in the league as well as ourselves. They're going through that transition where they're learning that new trade new game style under a new manager. They will come good again. I am 100% certain. They've got an incredible Academy. They've shown that yeah very so with Hassan who taught I feel that they're going to do well maybe not this season, but you know, you'd expect them to finish like You said around that 14th Mark. That's a fair sort of shout. So yeah, and then obviously we're going to the international break. So that's pretty much it for our game preview of Southampton. We're going to our games to watch, you know, extra time segment now after my totally of business from last weekend, we're gathered a Sarai and been about Che and the Madrid Derby ended nil-nil. They were poor games just to you know, just to show the All Blacks a from Benjamin's head. Was one of the slaves of the season I decided that today. It's a return. It's an incredible save I will accept I'll fire it over after we finish recording is brilliant and it didn't redeem the game a little it really gets two percent but it was ridiculous. But you know and I kind of proved it again that I could not pick games at all this week. I watched what was the game. I think it was whoever PSG played they played galat Sr. Ah, yes, they did. That was one nil. It was awfully boring for me. I didn't enjoy that game. So this weekend there's only one place I can do and that is to Italy to the Syria and the biggest game of the season into vs. Juventus content versus sorry Le Coq Au versus Ronaldo huge tie, how do you see this one going? Oh, that is I think will be a draw. I hope it's not nil. Nil because I don't know again. I'll reckon it'll be won one I just want I just want to see a really good game with good girls. As long as it's not a no. No, I'm sure you'll be happy. How can taste been choked developing is inter side. I saw when they played was it if I play this week was it Barcelona? Yes. It was. Yes. They were there's a bit of Play Where It produced a great say from to stegen. I saw that actually yeah. Yeah rumbling. Wow. Yeah, that is incredible play Let's Not underestimate this against Barcelona of you know what I think A lot of fans a lot of our fans and you're really really gay Conte hard time for no reason. I thought he's a brilliant manager tactically very very good. And you know, it didn't played bad football went under him and I was very defensive but when you got playing and got space we weren't actually that badly paid really good football at times. Yeah. I just as long as it's not near now, I've had a little bit of a bad streak with these games. I mean Thursday Night Football in the NFL every time I do the predictions each game week on the Gridiron. Website and every time that's why I picked the of the team as well as of as weren't and I was after four weeks in of the fourth week. Obviously, it happened. I was just getting so sick of it. This is obviously in the NFL if any lawlessness follow it game week five. I my team played last night Seattle Seahawks, they played the LA Rams and obviously part of me was like go for the Rams because you know silk so weird. I thought no I'm not going against my own team I pick Seattle we did. We did it we broke the street and we broke my streak of predictions and we got a crucial win that game and I was very happy this morning to wake up to a 30 29 Victory. I'm hoping that my streak of poor games to watch ends this weekend with into you then just being an incredible firework cracker of a match, you know, we'll have to see if you just want to go just one goalie just be lovely, you know, obviously that pig's ass into yet. Another International break. Are you as excited as I am for this one? Yeah. No. I'm sure you are it gives us time obviously here to sort of sit back and look at a topic for next week. Yeah, next week will be likely catching up with Carlo contents area. Seeing how their sides have done in Syria and how they perform in then the week after that. It's likely going to be another cult hero will keep that topic a secret for now. We've got we know who it's going to be awesome some research for Chris and I to do going into that. Questions. We have a question. I know you've got a question. I did a quick dinner. I did a little research before the Pod started on this. I've got mine set up go on ask the question right then. So what is your favorite football boots have all the time? Oh now just pulling up the little Google search other mine are from 2004. Whoa. Whoa what year that was? Your I think we all know what happened in that Premier League season. It's okay. It's okay. Yeah, I'm just that's double check. I was incorrect and said that the unbeatables was the season before it wasn't that was where our sell when all be so yeah, it would have been good. Yeah, obviously we finish second great season great great season for us. But anyway football boots lost track of time their football this 2004. Yike, yes. Zoom total 93 football boots the lovely burgundy Edition. Oh, that is such a I hope you know what I'm on about I think I know what ones you on about. Yeah. They were just little messy wore them Rooney Iniesta and Torres they were just so so nice. They were released for Euro 2004 and I just I just I so nice obviously. I'm a big fan of the color red. They were a dark wine red. They were just lovely they yeah, they're really Really nice very nice. Very why not? What about for yourself? See? I'm a bit torn here. But I used my first pair of football boots that I bought for me were the white and gold till 90 boots, which I love but my favorite the number favorite boots. I must admit my favorite bits Reaver the are nines that Rinaldi war in the 1998 World Cup because I love them. I just in their iconic. I just love them or Chick is the first-ever assist is added as released. They were like black if I could blue Spider-Man so web on the back of them. Oh, okay. No, I just I love them love that pair of boots. I never actually got to where I never actually got to play. No. I just love looking at home and you want to get my dad just so some things from the past. So expensive now. Yeah, I mean, they're ridiculous. The Predators are not process accelerate is that sedan more they're going for a lot of money now I can imagine. Jenai means the Dan isn't it? You know? Yes Algeria as well. My boss is actually got a gold pair of them and he showed me neither, but I tell you what. Oh god, I was dreaming about them that night. Well, that might be a great time to call this episode to a close. I feel sorry that gotta be weird. You know, I'm losing my mind looking at two thousand three. Oh Four Seasons go all we had Crespo good times and you're getting a bit exciting football boots. So there's Nice, it's good. It's good. Good healthy habit so will be obviously back next week. We'll be talking about Syria. I'm Carlo contest. Sorry will obviously be saying that in turn your dentist will end in a nice for for jewelry three red cards and a dog got on the pitch natural. Well imagine. Yeah or a cat a cat would be great. That's that's you know to see cats on the pitch. Now I tell you what drones are quite into fashion very so maybe maybe W drone incident a dog or a cat. I'll take either. Be great. It would be great. So yeah, we'll see you next week. Say I have a great great weekend, and we'll see you on the international break. He later. We will return next week where we will talk all things shall see so until then you can find us on Twitter and Instagram at at the bridge pod. Thanks for listening everyone until next time.
In this episode Mikey and Chris talk Frank Lampard’s Manager of the Month nomination, England Squad Call Ups, review the game against Brighton, our second Champions League group game against Lille and then look toward the weekend for our fixture against Southampton. RUNNING ORDER:     (00:56) Frank Lampard nominated for September Manager of the Month (03:51) England Squad Call Ups for Tammy, Tomori, Mount and Barkley (09:23) Game Review: Chelsea 2-0 Brighton (19:43) Game Review: Lille 1-2 Chelsea (30:38) Game Preview: Southampton – Chelsea  EXTRA TIME: (37:00) Games To Watch This Weekend (40:45) What is our Favourite Pair of Football Boots? _______________________________________________ Get In Touch With Us: Twitter - @AtTheBridgePod   Instagram - @AtTheBridgePod Facebook - AtTheBridgePod   Email – AtTheBridgePod@yahoo.com Support Us On Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AtTheBridgePod  The Free Kick Pod Interview - Not All Chelsea Fans are Bad (feat. 