What's up, everyone, you're listening to at the bridge part episode 8 today. We're gonna be talking Callen Hudson adores contracts. We're going to be reviewing the Barcelona game and Chris and I are gonna give you a predictions for the new League season. I'm your host Mikey and joining me as always is my co-host Chris. So let's get this episode on the road. Welcome back everyone to a another episode of at the bridge part with me my key in my co-host Chris. Hello, Michael sup, that's weird hear my real name. And then what we are one week away from the start of the new Football League season, and that is why we are doing predictions today because just for getting fresh but we're going to go straight into some news because we had amazing news. We've got the contract knows that we're all going to be excited for Willie add new two-year deal. So brilliant, so brilliant player. Of course, I am that is most likely happening the to you. We're going to be serious kind of looks ndoye BBC sport reported early in the way. He signed a new five-year deal not official yet. Hmm, most likely official. He did tease with a little photo. He tweeted I believe it was yes, it was a tweet of him in a Chelsea kit. So it looks like he's finally now down a new contract. Yeah. I think he's going to put pen to paper pretty much anytime soon, which is good. It's gonna do everything we can for him. Yeah, definitely specially with the likes of Mount and Loftus cheek also, Sigh new deal's it's exactly what all the fans wanted and you know what? I think a major part in this is Frank. Laughs. Yeah hundred percent if sorry was still manager. There's no way you'd have. No II found thought that as much as we're sorry had a good season successful season. Would there be a five-year deal being signed? No way. I just don't believe it. You know, it's just these weird people on Twitter these sorry called fans that just yeah worship everything. He does. Don't get me wrong. It's a good break Style. But if he can't be a good man manager, which he isn't then you've got problems you have to sign up for especially with our transfer ban. Yeah, that's the sort out our Academy. Okay, maybe as fans were overhyping our academies slight bit you're going to naturally because you want to see those young Lads do success do well in all fairness. You never really seen any of them have a chance exactly that so, you know, it's good news is good news. Yeah exactly, you know Bayern Look, they clearly saw something in him. I think a lot of things too. I think a lot of people do, you know, of course you million pound be there to see You know pull out his Achilles injury looks like you'll be fully hopefully back to full fitness come September. I think yeah, hopefully you'll just feel just go on to bigger and better things at the club and that five-year deal. It will bring some amazing times to Stamford Bridge. That's all we want because he's obviously a local guy he did so well last season and with how Frank lampard's playing his style of play. There's Preston. It's quite exciting times. Yeah, very excited to see we start the season to be honest pretty eager. I saw Paddy Power done a popular ish bet of Chelsea to lose their first three games. That's my night. Is that could go either way, I believe it's a tough game. It's Lester and then Sheffield United. That's the one I reach one of those too. So I can't I think we'll do quite well in those opening up as we discussed on previous episodes, you know we go away, too. The super cup with Liverpool straight after the man unite again. Yeah, and then obviously it's Lester at home and then obviously she said Norwich away. I don't see why we couldn't pick up 667 maybe nine points it mean I think the best outcome of the man you got I think we'll get a draw or think personally. Yes, so it's always gonna be a kg affair on the first game and I think oh we can be absolutely anyone. So let's say we beat Lester and then it can be not rich or Sheffield United whoever it is. Yeah, so that's what seven-point yeah, exactly. Good starting seven points is a good good start exactly. But Willie an new two-year deal. Like a number tension, but end of that Century seems to have gone down like as you can imagine oil and water. People are yeah, I can't I I Still Believe get handing Callum Hudson adore the 10 shirt. Yes, he could easily grow into that shirt, but it's kind of the kind of shirt that such an iconic number, you know? Okay Willie an he's played well for us as much as people don't believe that he's done quite well, especially during our diocese and With Mourinho the longevity of that Williams spent at Chelsea. He kind of feels appropriate to be given that shirt. Yes. I mean when I said on Twitter I said about learning the shirt I can see how people went. What's he ever done? Yeah, but hopes ndoye will most likely earn that shirt number but it's it's taken stride for how I see it. Yeah and say, okay. There's everything on a plate stay. Yeah brilliant. Think of You want we always do better when we've got goals to aim for yeah, and yeah, I totally agree with you. I mean people come on William, but he's been such a good servant for shelves exactly that he's won everything pretty much but bar in the Champions League cross and he you know, he's got a lot of important goals is paid well and some really important games and he he has learnt it really just kind of puts the dog, but for people like you or not as it really done anything for us yet not saying he's not going to of course he's going to It's gonna be a great player for Chelsea for many years to come but he hasn't done much yet for us. I think as well with William. That's why I was one myself was tempted when Barcelona were dropping those bids then you think wow. Okay, maybe we should cash in but yeah, the club were also I believe looking towards they knew that transfer band was coming in. Yeah, I believe the board knew and thought is 40 60 million worth not having a another squad player and it's just logic. No, I mean you take Willie now that that's all road that leads to is peerless. Each scenario is injured till sets. Yeah and Pedra it's not to bit thin. It is exactly you need we have whether they like it or not. He was had one year left on his current deal this two-year deal. It's not extending it to its two years from now. So 2021 it will run to and then I feel that Pedro and William will then be phased out the team while we bring you. Bringing that in there is talk today that even though we are under a ban that there are brief talks going on with Wilfred Sahar. Yes. I've heard that because of batch why potentially going the whole way and it would benefit Palace as well as yeah. Chelsea is the Harvest Lee would like to remain in London wanted to play for Arsenal players change their minds, of course just play as a striker does play on the wing? And we have got Pure Stitch and Hudson ndoye Sahar on the wings. I can't see that being a thing even as a squad play not going to pay the money that's required for that are and have mascara and you're certainly not going to bench her Dory or pierce it I feel it could be a striking anything. Can he do it possible? Yeah it certainly all for the money as well. To be honest. I mean if I'm not I don't think we'll get Zohar personally. I think he's going to go to Arsenal eventually. I don't see us getting in with this is mental. Next summer. Well, yeah, that's how we do get him next summer. Maybe there could be a scenario where we could almost adapts to the Liverpool philosophy of three players upfront sensitive man, eight Amino and summer all interchanging. Maybe we could adopt that style of play with hallucinatory policy, which is aha. Yes. I'm not in my head at that because I'm thinking of how they work with for me know he's he's not a he scores goals, but he's not someone you feel as one of the which is a shame in a way. She's not seen as one of the World's best strikers know he's almost a false number nine. Exactly. And I think I mean you look a little for now they play they're Untouchable at times as much as it pains me to say and you know gets the high and who is absolutely rapid as well as precision as an adult. I will be artists defend against exactly but obviously that's that's just me sort of armchair quarterbacking as I say and just so dreaming well, we'll go on to talking about Center forwards we've got New number nine. Yeah, followed the likes of Higuain murata. Falcao Torres de Santo Sidwell Aruban Crespo casman, and then you get into the good ones with Floyd hasselbaink viale now Tammy Abraham. He's taken that shirt on so you clearly not going out on loan back or back Sevilla, no good for him. He's done. Yes, and I came free citizen. He does need to be more clinical up front. I'm sure that will hopefully come does this number 9 Shirt mean that he will be our first choice Striker after that's up in the air. I still feel that will probably go as your real first. Yeah, I agree. But Margaret a me Abraham number nine. Do you feel he'll break the curse? What he can't be any worse than leaving them. Nine's. I don't think the I know I mean, it's Torres gets a hard hard stick because he cost that much but what he brought and you know, obviously when you brought up off pod about a goal Torres scored against United, I forgot about that goal. Yeah, so that goes like that isn't that is insane but skill, you know champions league as well. I think what do you know Torres is that is unbelievable at Liverpool. He was the world's best strikers and the pressures of that belly as well. And he actually said to Chelsea he wasn't the same player and the last two number 9's Falcao been third most recent number nine. He came he was he was still not right his knees were still shut it. Did he work out at United. Why the hell did we thought it'd work out a Chelsea Beyond me murata and higuaín sort of suffered from attitude. I feel yeah, I would agree, you know if we put Hi doll, because obviously maratha had his own sort of personal stuff going on which is fair enough. He started so well and then he just fell away and then he just wanted to go back to Spain fair enough. Yeah higuaín. I remember when Higuain was mentioned. I'm thinking of his Napoli days and I'm excited. I'm already ready to order my ego and sure enough thought no, let's wait it out. I'm glad I didn't bother it just it just had such a poor. It just was one of those. I'm just lazy. He's that's all it is never like fully fit. No and it no way over that. Was on his behalf, whether it was an injury or something. He just didn't look fully fit or even ask to be fair. He just sort of turned up. The ball would come in if it didn't come to him weather Hazard run his own run scored a goal assist or whatever. It is sort of out of silk. Why are you passing it to me? Okay. Oh Throw your arms up in the air and then he looks around its teammates. They're already turned their back on him and you could sort of tell towards the end of the season has that I didn't even bother looking for him. Well, this is the thing with Tommy. Eyebrow. This is why you'll be different to those those two, especially maratha and egg Wayne. Hey, Brad will want to to get better. He will want to get that he won't throws, you know, rather the prime will work so hard, you know what he Wills he will score more goals. And then if he gets the chance, hopefully this things he's got to improve on I think it's hold up has got to be better. He's got to be more clinical like you said, but ages only solid he's a very what he wants to be their dad. Exactly. Yeah, I mean it you look at he's kind of the poacher. He scores goals from inside the Box, you know, you've got history of so many iconic foods that done that obviously I'm not saying he's going to live up to these players know but you know, when you look at the Players like in soggy van, nistelrooy, Javier Hernandez, Michael Owen, you know, I'll be going to Seoul show as well. They were known for scoring happens. Yeah, they didn't score outside the box that the heavy iron and has to hasn't. Yes. Don't know about I think vanished Roy school that won the most World War Two but that does not go up there. No, no. Yeah, they're known in the Box. There's nothing wrong with that at all. And I feel that based on I feel that it could work out quite well it cause you said it can't be much worse than what we've had. He's got the perfect manager Frank Lampard to put his arm round him and it will help him. It helps. It does help. It really does and you get the feeling that it would just it would I don't think Tammy Iran would be at the club at the moment. I'm just sorry. Look at him it look at someone else. He probably he might have been kept Higuain but then since he's been gone back to you Ventus. It looks like he's going to open his plans and he's off to Roma. So, you know, I think he's just past his prime feel that it's just gone off a cliff. He's one of those players who got to his Peak at Napoli when she venters still performed and then it's just gone which is a shame because he was it it's almost like we get the strikers too late in their careers. Yeah. Anchor higway now you also, I think a shevchenko and I real cow. Yeah, well arguably Torres if we would have gotten instead of Liverpool. We'd have had the world's first Radtke if we definitely would have it would have been better without he's dangerous. They just sort of unfortunately him so hard and you know what? I think I think I'm back to Abraham. I think giving him the number 9 shirt gives them confidence exactly. The fake is incontinence and it gives him faith that he's going to play this season exactly that which is what you want. Really exactly. I mean, I think I think I actually I use now so popular list Strikers. I don't think he lost yet another possible. It's possible. I think you'll be jeru Abraham and then back away. Yeah, it's possible, but we'll have to wait and see a surprise but I think it's a good guitar and drums gotten a massage. It's very much transfer ban. It's kind of almost a good time. It's a blessing in disguise as we've always mentioned. Yeah, if they've got talent Tommy I run. There's no doubt about it. Well in this week, we want lifted our first place. So who are in the Frank Lampard the Rakuten cut, which I just remember Rakuten for being played out cam don't even know what it is to be honest were recruited. Yeah, there are their company and I remember that they almost took over play.com which was like Amazon's rival at one point. There are okay, but we beat Barcelona to one in a game which didn't feature messy, but it did feature Griezmann and Ross Barkley and rust bucket who's been aggressively and pretty much the same player. Yeah in roundabout way, they both play football. So So messy might be a bit better slightly. That's her we had first half was quite superb. I mean we looked yeah and much sharper than against Kawasaki so big shout out to cover stitch in Georgina. I think they did really really well. Yes. They that Preston from the was super super double purpose comes it comes it was a different animal compared to what I was last season. Yeah, the double pivot again was just it just works the best in Play It's Slightly different to obviously sorry style but incorporates bits of Sarah style. We make sense. We won we won we won last season. But yeah, it's going to that pressing style that obviously Liverpool place so well, yeah you could see this working so well as well, you know the past I think we had were brilliant. They were quick. It's what you wanted to see was it's again. It's what so-called salary Ball but redefined in lampard's almost image a strong worker. Yeah. Yeah, I think going back to conversation in Georgia area. I think Georgina is fantastic to be fair. He's passing on see brilliant but covers its impression. That's his strength. I feel is so energetic is really really good at that and I feel sorry just didn't utilizing last season at so I thought we paid him notes with the wrong sort of position may be okay when we're going to this cloud cover Stitch is more sort of like if setback any didn't really press it. So it will try to detect the Patriots to be in the dojo Genia. I fail anyway cries. Yeah, that's not his game. All right think this game is up and down, press get your tackles in then you can play your passes. There's about thinking we did that last season. I mean which was you know, obviously everyone thought he might have gone over to Italy with Sarah's events as but obviously this week you came out and said that say was he's managing not his friend, you know, he's worked for four years of him to another time another chapter and to be fair. He looks like another good professional who's yeah kick on and Lampard and almost redevelop an extra level to his game. Yeah. Well, I'm Parts came out and said that he's worked really hard and really impressed him. So but that's what you want to hit. It's all about. We've been criticized and very very reasonably. So the attitude our dressing room. Yeah and it's good. We are now at a stage with a manager where if it goes goes to shit. It's well, actually you've down tools before we several managers. Fans and almost the board are actually going to think we're going to back our manager because it's clear. You know, it's Frank Lampard. It's not another manager that goal will just get a new one. So, you know, they've got a sort of look at themselves and get that new fresh mindset. Yeah, there's no way the fans are gonna turn off at exactly that simple, you know, but maybe it's good to see pay is just wanting to play for chokes in and once it get better was you looking for a Tony going for instance. I mean they had a lot of edges. I want to be there exactly that's what you don't want. You don't know the club and that's what the fans didn't warm to him. They're just their attitude was awful in the exact lab. But yeah, sorry my own you got George in you only got zombie Abraham, you got conversation got all these players wanting to learn when to adapt to a different style exactly gets the fans on side immediately, but apart from obviously there was a good performances from you say coach Geno Mount poulis. Eh, you know, we've shown we can sit back and contain much. Better as well as well as attack and the team press which have bring back to it's working quite well now like in previous games and it resulted in the goal in the first half Tammy Abraham after that awful Miss. I don't know how you missed it. It's literally open goal and it went over the bar. Yeah, but you know that happened but he thought he saw sword is holding a was excellent. Yeah, what went in one little halftime, you know overall top performance that first half second half substitution. As did disrupt the tempo, but we have to remember its preseason game. Yeah, of course, you know, we ended that second half. Well, we won we deserve the win. Yeah, when we play in the Premier League would play competitive fixtures. We're not going to be making 3 4 5 Subs, obviously. No, so you'd like to hope that will continue we won't do what we did last season where we sort of the first 10 minutes the second half we disappeared. Yeah, and then we're back on it. Yeah. Yeah, Kappa multiple great slaves that second half, you know Barcelona. They usually have three but he kept us in that game. I think Kevin will only get better this season exactly a hundred percent me. He had a solid season a season of seems a bit shaky at times but it's bound to happen. He still adapting to English exactly. But I think this is he's going to be real real cute pair to us. Obviously Alison came in to Liverpool and he did he just got he went straight on perform brilliantly sometimes Keepers work into it like the likes of David to hire exactly. They work into that. Well Capital. Hey, Of the same size not the biggest not the Big Sur presence, but you know, they're really good at stuff in so the house is probably the best shot stopped in the world. Oh, yeah. Yeah the Bad season the season if you think back to that Spurs game. Yeah ridiculous. I think kept of can if it keeps going you can be at that the high-level a couple of years even next year or even better. So, you know, I think it'd be a real key player 2 is next isn't exactly Berkeley mentioned earlier. He had another good pre-season outing. Yeah, hopefully trying to to come If physical as a good parent Ross Barkley, I just feel sometimes his footballing brain just lets him down if that makes sense. Mmm so like that goal do it conceded. Well, one of the many gods received at the Etihad last season, you know what he just headed it back to Camp were just lucky and yeah, it's just it's got that in him. Sometimes Ross barking to just not be one step ahead of the game. You just you'll accept composure and concentration sometimes but he's a great player. I mean he played really well in this bar for what he turns 26. Fish are you start to think that wow, okay. He's not so much to potentially sort of got a live up to it. Now exactly if you like there is a lot of potential just you know, running out a years. Yeah. Exactly. Unfortunately our press was again impressive, you know, we went to knit up Berkeley with the goal. I did see in the second half to Maury he needs to improve and I feel that he will be fifth choice to enter back. It is a he needs that loan to a Premier League club. Yeah, he is not ready for it. It could be will be Come lll beat you I have Hope and Faith that he'll be coming a good sense of back. But he needs that he needs that extra line move. I said open mind. I'm going back to the championship to be fair. I mean the championship still a very very good-looking football very competitive. I don't need to go to a Premier League club from not to play set. There's a filly plenty of Championship club team. It takes me much every week or Bundesliga. Everyone gets the Bundesliga. Yeah, exactly. Exactly. You know overall though. It's a much improved performance from the Kawasaki game. With the he attempted to one against Barcelona, we all joked and previous part that wow, we're going to get smashed and I still feel going into it. We're gonna get smacked but we were the better team. Okay, Barcelona have just started their preseason. But yeah still it's Barcelona instead a good performance and it's what you want to see from us the racket. It's Garden any of you seen it I didn't see it absolutely bullet. It's one of the best preseason goals I've ever seen. Well it was it better than hurricanes. Well, no, it's that was all I brought me. Me too. I found some videos of best preseason goals ever. There was one from Drogba a few years ago. Yeah, that was insane and you're sleeping. Are you as well? We saw back heels back heels and then back Hills over the keeper of seeing that. Yeah. What the hell is he saying? Brilliant? Yeah, you know, but overall good performance. Yeah to our next games reading we have already played at time recording. We haven't played them. But yeah, totally you can be read in particular is preseason. Yeah, it doesn't really preseason. It's coming to an end. So that means it's 2019 2020 season predictions which will do and really probably I've worked hard on these because I've changed him several times. You know, I've been changing a couple of times. It's really great happiest. I think the Premier League winners we're going to go straight into that. We know who's going to be that I've gone with Man City. I can't see anyone. I can't see Liverpool. I don't trust him Villa. Oh, that's that's a bold show. You know, there's something I've been surprisingly gone with that. I've gone through with Man City. Yeah, I feel that they've improved with rodri come in at CDM for nandini. I'll probably step back into that Center back roll now. Yeah, I mean, I don't see anyone beat Liverpool usually do drop off after a Champions League with its proven. They might not also not Champions League when when they finished second the Premier League, they might prove us all wrong this season, but I feel that I also remember remind myself of how clops teams mainly Dortmund only Dortmund eventually, they've kind of run out of steam after so many seasons. Yeah a bit like the else who leads and be able to do these other teams Lille Marseille, they run out of steam and The end hmm only will be interesting elbow through four months they do but I do feel that man see it just too strong again. This is well Liverpool, you know, when you finish second only one point and Champions League winners now is the time if you don't strengthen, yes, you're going backwards. That's kind of how it is and I see the attitude man city of just hit number one and they've strengthened their team. Yeah. So yeah, there's one important when you have that they've got the young Dutch guy spend been something. Let's be honest isn't Gonna Fly then Van Beek? I believe that's the one I prefer spend been to be honest. But he the end of the day isn't going to play isn't going to affect the full starting eleven. I don't think anyway, so that needs to improve need to get plays in they can't just stick the same team. Wow, that's true. If they want to be better than City. They need to improve its they are like with some heat of the backup keeper, but that's about it. It's not Vandenberg not Vandenberg. No, it's a family that's been been met then been, you know. This well, I've got them a second. Yeah, I've my top four top for No Rest the top six. Yeah, I got Liverpool second. I've got Spurs third. Sorry Spurs are third. I've got us forth. Hmm and no shocks. Nothing special magnetite first Arsenal 600 wolves unless it everyone's taught us not are the most at risk because of you know at the moment they've signed a Defender sent it back on loan. Danny said well upset. It's about it's about I love it. It's brilliant play was greatly under 21 Euros. It is a good player, but they've defensively they're a shambles. I mean, they've got that William Salah bro celeb. Oh, yeah, he's come back to st. Etienne alone. Yeah, so, you know, I need to improve that area with cash only potentially out there defensively. They could fall out Manchester United Daniel James. I like the look of him. I've seen a fair bit of it. I think he could be quite a good Talon 1 / stacker. Yeah what he could still shy Fine, take it up next step. I feel you know, you've got enough in them to probably finish top six Arsenal at most risk of falling out two wolves lest excetra, but, you know the difference in points that I just don't see them making that difference up and now I can see that Chelsea. Yeah because that's ambitious a top four, but we could easily finish fifth. However, you know, we've lost Hazard but I still feel that they'll be enough about us. We weren't be just passing the ball to Hazard and go nope. Can you do some magic pop it in their team perform. Hope so like a one-man team sort of thing. I feel that's that's kind of how it's going to be going. What about your top six then? So I've gone pretty much time as you to be honest Liverpool second. Yeah Spurs third as much as a parent exactly what it is Chelsea forth right? Nice top four previous query here and I've got Arsenal fifth in Manchester United's it. Okay, not much different then now I think I think Manu I don't think I've got the right manager. Okay, I think with the players I've I don't think I've got the right manager. The players would turn on Ali and you can already sort of see it. I just don't I think they're going to really struggle should not because they're not good enough because they're just going to self implode. It depends on if they can move Look our coo and Pogba out because it seems that as much they want to build around Prague but it seems that the like they can't they want to go. Hmm and the eye I can see Pogba stain into the calculator and it depends on that fee. They want their money and more so they got there. Trevisan and I don't feel that anyone will offer that I don't feel intimate and are going to offer that they will go they're already looking to Jericho and I feel that's what that little Peach is so much cheaper and there were these are older isn't exactly to not very true. So base a proven serial Striker as well. Yeah, potentially. I just I just I feel man you just their dressing rooms toxic. I yeah, I did say, you know, I feel so so shots gonna spook. See I said that I could see him being sacked before the end of this year. I said that couple of months ago. Yes. I just feel that they should have it goes back to last season. I still feel that they should have not appointed Ali like they did but uh the bounce were doing well. There's your contract. They should have kept it going and then I feel that they should have gone for posterity know because how do they develop youth? He develops the the core players there. He proved to he had a self-imposed transfer band and they got to the Champions League final. So I agree with y'all. I think I should have waited till the end of the season see how highly finished and then The of the point all a or like you said, maybe get Pacino and or someone like that. Oh, yeah, actually no would have been perfect for exactly. It's the top six this this talk of wolves wolves Everton Lester. I don't feel they make the point that they've done signed. They've done some good signs. Yeah. I just wolves have got those extra games with the Europa League. Yeah that always affects things you saw how it won't be as dramatic but Burnley Yeah, thank you fell off because of it it all and it's a Thursday game. It's to its but we know it been in the Europa League the times we have it's going to countries like as the boys you're going far at the treasure room sits. It hit does it impacts the team? Yeah, it does that we showed how about being out of your totally got us? We won the title with content because we have no European games. We don't have to worry about it. Did L. You know, we can we can pretend are no but it that extremely helpful. Out no, it's very great. Totally groovy relegation. Who are your three? Right? I've gone Sheffield United. Great. No, Rich. Oh, okay. Oh and brighter. Yes. They're in my right there. The two teams that I've got there. I mean, he's over there who just being the king. Mmm. I don't know Southampton not quite it's actually Newcastle. I still have I still feel that I don't think so. There's Bruce. I don't see them playing on. Yeah. Okay, they just spent they've just smash their transfer record. I don't feel it's going to be enough. I don't know. They've got a championship Squad still and referred was doing insane insane job with what he had. I think Perez is going to be a big mess for you. Try to always and Rondon. I mean Joe linton's good place Rhonda, but the point being rundowns a big miscues really good for nothing to credibly good for them. But I always seem to feel with Newcastle. They're just too good. To go down but yet they always type it down. They've gone down twice but I do feel the tea strong. I thought I've got a better team and Brian Shepard unite and nourish personally. Yeah, that's probably a fair. I mean I've got right in there. I feel that I feared it might be a bit too much for Grand Potter. I don't know why they got really Chris you and I don't know what there was expecting from him. I thought they were you know, the style of play. I think that's what they were looking at. So don't get that. I mean, it's like it's difficult, isn't it when you've got the at what? Don't do you accept your level in a league what exactly I mean or do you want some of those, you know step on step forward people get some of those in was hard. It's football isn't pretty let's be honest country keeps teams up every single year every single year now, right and what was that expect expect them to be? What in the Europa League champions league? Yeah. I mean, where did I finish the season? I think 16th broaden think it was around that I mean, it's not bad really that's but they did start to sink at the end of the season that did but I feel if they're different style of play. Would that change much Brighton finished 17th? Just two points above the drop zone so you can sit. I mean they had the third least amount of wind. Yeah. Third least amount of wins in the league Cardiff had one more win because they beat may not in the final day. But yeah the form table When you look at Fulham, they won their last three fixtures. Hmm But Brighton, they lost twice Drew three times in the final five that is relegation for but then said of Southampton. Yeah. I know. I just feel it's a bit harsh to get rid, of course you and I think they'll struggle this season at Sheffield United. They didn't concede that many got I can see why you've gone. We know it's because now it's conceded a lot of those know if you're very open very own but and they could get exposed in the Premier League. They didn't they lost the least amount of thick. Of games last season Championship just six look defeats, but it's again. It's a different step up. Yeah to faster Chef which is not in there, which I feel really it always is for the promoter teams and you arguably usually it's the playoffs team that always struggles because of planning but neither of us got my villa. I mean bitter needs to be careful though because I do feel like they will say yeah, they're spending a lot of money and look at full of last season spent way too much money. Filter teamed in jail and they went down Villa. Did they have to spend because obviously a lot of this God was and they sign players as much you got all they've signed 10. Well Tyrone beings and our guards they were already on their books. Yeah, they've sort of been signed backup impermanence, you know, so it's not like they've got a completely fresh word like full and Fulham a lot of their signs were towards the back end of the window him him him him. Is there a plan here? Oh, it's gone to shit. They got rid of basically the whole chord in there for them. They pretty much. Yeah, it just didn't work out for him. But I do feel video will be too strong for to go down and I think I've style. Yeah, I mean you look at who Villa have signed, you know, they'll ever worked bunder. Dean Smith or they already played with them. Obviously they've signed to Championship players in the championship. So to Brentford players. Yeah, you know form of you've got obviously shot at from Blues For Me used to play Under Dean Smith for Redford. And obviously, it's Recons are again so good. Yeah Brentford date, that's not too little, you know, depth there. It's not like too many new players, but that's okay. Yeah, right promotion. This is where I chopped and changed and I've got my final three one of them. The book is aren't even got them in the top. I think top six choices, but then Norwich one in the top six choices like these mm. It's so hard to put it. Yeah. Yeah the championship. So I've got none of the teams that got relegated in my top three ivany brush today. You know, I don't feel that Huddersfield Cardiff or Fulham have enough. I feel the full of might be that team out of the three, but I can see how this field going back down again either. I can see him again relegated double drop. It's difficult the championship it will always make you look foolish. You can say these are the best is right and ruthless and then so rude someone flies out of nowhere and wins the league you think what did that come from? You know I've got now this is to be promoted. So we get away of this one gets for the playoffs. But yeah, I've got West Brom. Yeah, because I feel that they've got a good squad. I feel Billy. She's a top top manager. I've got big ears. I've got back out so that I could squat I've gone leads. That's probably quite obvious. isil that Daddy one of the strongest teams in that Division and hopefully be else's he staying on I feel that they've learnt enough to sort of agreed agreed and this is quite a fired a shot in the dark. I've gone Bristol system. Oh good shell could shout they all seem to be there or thereabouts. Exactly. That's the that's what's coming in my head and how they played towards the back end of the season. They weren't bad. They will not reduce a good my you know, obviously think they finish dates but you know, yeah, I'll go outside my third saying is is Middlesbrough. Yeah, I considered them. I'm considered them. I feel they're always always got a relatively strong championship team. I feel they'll be there or there about I know that season and it's turning Furious. They didn't really score as many goals as unlike but I feel they have will be up there from their decision. The reason I didn't pick them was because they've got Woodgate and we don't know what he's gonna get a manager, but he could set up at Lampard true a sperm that is quite accurate should afterwards day. But like I said, it's so odd a championship so hard true. Surprise team of the season now we've gone with to allow this is Premier League. I've gone with Southampton or Villa. Okay purely because Southampton I feel that Hassan who will get his brand of football. I feel that they'll be much better this see ya and Zillah. I feel that they are one of the strongest teams since they've got greedy who is a premier league player. They've got some good good sign ins. Yeah, you know, whether you feel that they're worth the money or not a relevant. They've got some good Douglas Louise is a player that I don't understand why they bought him from sissy, but Proven wrong that I love so I'm sick and that got Wesley from Bruges. He scores goals again. How will it transition into a new league? We'll have to see but I felt they had the two teams most likely to be up and surprises in the top sort of top half. Maybe I've gotten I've played it a bit safe of these choices, but after that a birth of a good season I've gone for Westham. Okay, I think we've been getting Sebastian holla. I think that will solve their struggle problem of ad. I think you'll get a lot true. Yeah, I'll push them up the table a sonde. Is it that for nails from bit of real publisher now? Yeah, that's a good player as well, which I think will help them and either team is is less stuff. Okay, I think getting your Tillman's back is a super business. I think 40 million. They'll make the money back on that and more I could never say I didn't pick Lester purely because I feel that their Striker is it's Jamie vardy. And is this the year that is Pace lets him down here good hand. I feel get goals. However old he is. I just he's one of them Strikers you could be right but I just feel yourself a good season this season, but I think that's the end of this. Yeah. Will really push for top six to season fair enough disappointing teams the season again to allowed. I've gone Everton or Palace Palace because if they lose the ha I can't see them doing anything illegal are they could even fall into that relegation trap and Everton address. The guy is not to pasture massive me when he wasn't in the team. Hmm, they conceded a lot of goals and okay, they've signed good players there was going I thought it they've got so So much hype on them to finish breaking that top six. I think I think be too much could be ridiculously long they could break in the toxic. I don't think they're going to be as great as everyone makes out there gonna be some still not convinced by Marco silver personally if Everton just some I just don't know if he's the manager to take them to the next level personally. Yeah, it's going to be it's going to be an interesting show you like you said so go back to gay. I think he'll be a big Miss massive holds a huge mess. Yes and dragged a huge mess up ladder. So I think that's a good bit of business. But gay going is yeah huge. Watch. What are your two? I've gone for man denied. Okay. Okay, like I said before I feel they're just for can it get any more disappointed only thing like that. Is it possible? I think I can like it depends out. Well, if pulper turns off and if lingard, you know, stop stabbing and stuff like this so, you know, it's just I don't yeah, I can see you put I don't know if there's any expectation. You know, it's a team to get a you they can finish seventh. But yeah, but if they finish I mean look at us under Marino in is Lassie. Yeah, we found a way this tent I can either not careful true. I don't recall him. Okay - definitely top six but I feel that there's there's a lot of problems at Manchester United. There is a yeah any second time Newcastle? Yeah fair enough. I mean doubt I said, there's two phones to stay up but I feel they're gonna be scraping relegation. Yeah, pretty much. This one's going to be a quick one top scorer. I've got Harry Kane - Kane. Yeah last season I went with about me Aang this season. I feel that cane if he stays injury-free. He'll do it. Yeah, I was proving it. Yeah. Sorry sword. Yeah best new signing. You've mentioned him already Pablo for hours Oh, I thought you could say the one that I'd picked because him and Halle. I feel they could work they could work. So if you watch for now from last season, I watched a couple of games not a huge amount. Watch the movies highlight reel as well which kind of blurs reality but he was good. I feel he could do. Well West and specially in that t we are malenko and everyone I felt could be good of pick Sebastian. Holla surprisingly fair play I can't argue with that. Like I said, I think if these scores which I think you will because you got some really good player. Westown will go up to the table massive nothing to finish eighth seventh round about there. They really could prove to be that they could if they were actually tempting. Like I said to be in my surprise team, obviously ISM but impeller is going to score a lot of goals. Yeah, I feel that. He probably based off how he was at Frankfurt last season year. It was between him and rodri but I went highlight aluminum. Yeah or important to weigh. Exactly exactly worst signing. I've gone with your Linton. He's a strong player. I was going to say Joe Linton. He is skillful that he wasn't a great finisher the season as much as you know - I'm fans will agree, you know, and he's so excited. Expensive hence while he's going to be he's kind of propelled himself to the worst sign in my view and it's a new cast aside managed by Steve Bruce and I just don't see it working. Is he Brazilian people in Tunisia? Yes. Yes. He is. You never know what you're gonna get with positions in the Premier League. Yeah. It's there that can either be really good. All I can be Alfonso Albers true. Yeah exactly, you know, so ever know. Yeah, I'll construct as he always picked him honorable mention as well. Just to throw that in was Patrick Roberts now, he's on loan from set it nari. Yeah. He's not done anything. Thing prior. I don't think he's going to do anything but not rich, but last season I did a little own my own personal predictions and I picture le he didn't do much. But again, it's a loan sign and so in a way, it doesn't really matter if they go back to their parent Club. So yeah your worst player who's the worst sign and I've gone for a lease Musa you're the one who went from Bournemouth Chef organized. Its he hasn't done anything. He hasn't Justified here at price that all 10 million for someone who hasn't scored and doesn't play what Maxwell And that makes no sense this and I just realized it's not going to get gold. No, I don't feel do it. I don't feel of do anything. Of course, it would bang in 20 goals. Exactly and everyone will be laughing at 10 million. You're an idiot. Yeah. Well beyond brilliant if he does, but I just don't see did you pick a lone star or not? I didn't I just went berenices move. So I did cross out though, Daniel James. Oh, oh, okay. Okay, contradicting months later player the yeah, I've gone Bernardo silver. Could shout out last year that no one's gonna pick a Defender know you never know. Yeah, I've gone for Harry Caine fair enough and you could do well we've specially to get the Golden Boot, you know, it's going to be up there. It's so he's English as well, which always seems to be so good in the a Facebook group and PFA book. So yeah Harry, can I think Young Talent Bob Port? Oh, come on. That for us I've gone for can take the Chelsea hospitals have talent. I've come with great word good one good one. I like the look of any sort .5 and SPL. I can't exactly brilliant. He could be this year's wamba soccer. He could he really could potentially yeah, he's based on wedding dresses about is a good show Once a while. Yeah to allowed again. I've gone with Daniel James and Mesa mouth. I'll fair enough. I've actually pick one, but I'll quickly think of A name but also the first one anyway, I'll come forward. Yeah, it does. I mean he's certainly going to be one to watch you can argue there. Mme, he could be right. I mean my basic necessities and Daniel James has shown that he could step up from Swansea. It's pretty Caesar makes them out again. He's been our best performing on preseason. I'm looking forward to a great first premier league managers ago. How do you feel I know I changed it and I went grandpa because I don't think it's going to work and then I was like well that Roy Hodgson because if Palace think they've proven that if they sit they get rid of the manager to ball was gone. You know hmm But to be fair de bourgh losses first permit for that is true. It was evident. I think it's always a last season with Rafa Benitez people thought that he would walk because it's it's to go it's not to be sad. So go and I genuinely thought he'd walked. Yeah I did but it's a Champions League winner of picked who here because I couldn't splitter. I've gone you Ventus. That is the yeah. I think that's an obvious choice for Oh Barcelona, I've gone with bastard because of how they've improved. Yes. So we've Griezmann and they still unproven now, you know DeYoung they've got players coming in that will step in the roles of bush gets down here attack not replace Juarez, but for the now I feel they've got enough Firepower to take it and you've got messy and messy as much Lee gets older. He's still messy. Yeah, it's messy isn't it? But I think yeah, they're going to be stronger and forward. I just feel this question mark so that back always question marks or Barcelona. Occasion if you've entered literally got Ronaldo now, I got to lie. So very true. So let's really strong a little hard to predict because it's always I've gone up we went with our their Europa League winners now in brackets. I put author this non third place side because you likely if you drop down from the Champions League, you're likely going with you Kelsey last season you had Atletico Madrid. So the moat whoever's in there now who's most likely to get the first I Luxio island of Roma mrs. Yeah, it's funny throw the ROM Jeweler. It's going to be one of them to it might be a total shock and might be somewhere else but I feel that the camera bag. Yeah, I mean those two are the most strongest teams in that so far do I think they're going to win it? No way. No, it's gonna be a third place to yeah, you know could say arsenal one of the strongest teams in it, but I did consider them and that is there are no yeah, you know, I mean, we'll come back to this bit when the Europa League Third place teams, they jump in and we'll be like well who just thinks the strongest out of this? You know? Yeah, these are two fun things. You've got Carlo contact or sorry who's gonna have the most impressive season. See for me you have gotten brackets unless sorry wins the champions league, but I've gone with contact because I feared his into team look incredible. Electronica cut out. Then you cut out something like that. I went we can't say yeah because I feel he's entertaining look incredible. Yeah for yourself and if I get if I get the car co it's going to be even more. I feel that they could fly they could absolutely they could challenge you then to special events us to do in a new style of play. It's difficult. I feel Conte could he's a born winner. This is the thing I feel with sorry, how much better. Can you get Juventus? But whereas contact I think he will massively improve into my land yesterday. I love Conte. I didn't love waited because stuff that was so stupid. No, I agree but I love concerts but I loved his patient used to be it's just it's just what you want to say. Yeah. You knew he was he was there he was he would fight and yeah, you know this you don't hear often bad word said about him even by chance. There's always a small group but a lot of them are very positive with it. I think most people have got to Stanford, but you said the live concert? Yeah. I think he's And you know, we're not giving much credit to Carlo is done. Well, I mean, they've got coulibaly and cost us man alas. That is an insane sense about pairing but I don't feel going forward attacking my eyes. They've got enough to again it you never know Yuri. I mean if they get those are no one of my favorite Mexican players, even he could they could all change 360. I mean these predictions obviously there's a months before Europe's window shirts two weeks before our window shirts, it could change dramatically. Lee hmm, I just feel I feel like we've sorry how much better. Can you get Napoli? I don't think and get nothing that much better to go as well as contacting obviously can get interval and improving a lot exactly exactly Hunter random prediction my it's not so much ran it is it's not random. It's just utterly it's going to happen. He's already been it's already happened, but he hasn't made the appearance makes them out to get his first England cap, simply as Good shot. Yeah, it just scream as if he's already received a call-up, but he didn't play. Hmm. But I feel that this is going to be Susan that he'll get ya a paragraph that yes, you could show I'll be surprised if that doesn't happen to be honest your random prediction. I've gotten Man City and Liverpool to only lose one game all season. Possible possible. I've been dead way stronger than any other team in the bream limit though. So, yeah, it's our disagree with that. I think that pretty much wraps up predictions up unless you have you've picked that second place you'll want to watch. Only born in look at my sin mom. Yeah, I can't argue makes it nice. Um, well, I think he's gonna get a lot of opportunities in the first indices and I think you'll take it and you'll run with it'll be really good. Yeah, hopefully so that looks like our predictions rounded up. They're going to change. I'm sure that probably will be like, you know, Messi gets signed by Newcastle in their massive spends for it. It'll be the best new signing end of times for all these predictions will be nowhere near to what happens if these yeah exactly, you know, we'll go into extra time with a brief yet bit. We're running with running. We're quite long on this episode, which is nice. That's right. I spit thing or you so why not who will be the three high-scoring Defenders this season in the Premier League. That's my question. Well, that is a very good question. It's I'm I haven't even picked three so it's kind of off the whim as you like to do it. I think Fabian share could get one could be yeah that three because he scored 16 goals. Hmm. Yeah if McGuire goes to United He could be there. Yeah, and I can say that I think I think I'll be banned or like choir. And you don't want to go Marcus Alonzo. Oh, I don't think you'll play. I think you will I think it'll get you know, I'm gonna go over Lambda 2 seems to get gold. I think Emma still probably play more but potentially but yeah anyone else only goal under but it does make you think who's gonna Who's gonna get it? I mean when you think I lost about it the less that he was the highest goal scorer last season. So kind of like yeah five goals. He scored from defense and then it was Nathan a key with four and soul bamboo is for Willie Cauley with for Lucas didn't a with for that. So there's a lot of girls here. I didn't realize Lucas Dino's my third. He'll be my third didn't they McGuire and nine players got four girls are cities and I did realize I'm talking here. Wow, well, Your Center back you're more likely to go ahead is from Corners. Hmm. Well, so got that extender Arnold and Robertson pingdom into yeah players are actually incredibly credible is Madison's so far. So you're going to example bucks. Yeah, I feel that. Yeah, I'll stick I'm gonna go with really Bali Fabian share and I'm gonna I'm gonna go with Jerry Maguire. Okay. So the three defenders in a van Dyck McGuire fair enough wash your extra time question. Okay, so I've got you've got to pace to pick. Okay, I've got the underrated one's got the overrated but you're not telling me which ones are which ah shit, man. You're gonna have to go yours. I'm struggling. Okay, I'm gonna go. I don't actually know yourself before itself on the phone. Okay, so I've gone through most Allah and and studying manner. mayonnaise underrated Mmm Yeah the habit of a yeah, I think he's I think it's better for me. No and sign up personally, I'd probably go with maybe Pedro and Ryan Ceci on the ridiculous drives testing on underrated. Now, I feel Pedro gets not enough credit for yeah, you know, I'm so glad that someone else has said the Ryan says here on is overrated because I didn't do a lot in the Premier League even though I've got in the championship he's so young, but at the moment I don't feel he's being towed for 20 odd million. I don't think he's worse at the moment. I totally agree with you that one and I totally agree of your petrol jokes. The fit is really underrated. He gets so much hat stick. He's such a good player. Yeah, you worked so hard for the team. You know, what is quality as well. He really is, you know, totally Groove them to I'm not saying he's a world beater by saying he's underrated but he's just not appreciate it as much as you should be now, certainly great 30. Yeah 30 agree. I feel that brings our longest episode. Well close very history has been made. Yeah, we've got this we've got predict with our predictions. We've had Hudson adore news with beat Barcelona and a new logo. It's been a great week for Chelsea fans and a throughout the bridge. Brilliant brilliant stuff our forecast so happy. Yeah, it's good next week. I have no idea what's going on. We will probably work that out and do it on the Fly. It's probably going to be season review stuff of preseason and then preparing for the Premier League game against man united where will unless we preview that the couple of days before the Sunday because it's going to be yeah, I'm sure Works in that will work it out. Yeah. So yeah, we will we'll catch you next week. See you later. We will return next week where we will talk all things. Things Chelsea. So until then you can find us on Twitter and Instagram at the bridge pod. Thanks for listening everyone until next time.
In this episode Mikey and Chris talk all about Chelsea's win the Rakuten Cup against Barcelona, New deals for Callum Hudson-Odoi and Willian as well as their "so going to be an annual segment each season" Predictions for the 2019/20 Season. RUNNING ORDER    (0:50) Callum Hudson-Odoi signs 5 year deal (According to BBC Sport) (4:09) Willian set to sign 2 year deal and will be our new number 10  (6:40) Wilfried Zaha to join in 2020? (8:40) Tammy Abraham is our new number 9  (14:16) Rakuten Cup Final: Barcelona vs Chelsea Game Review  MAIN TOPIC - 2019/20 Season Predictions! (22:52) The Start (23:10) Premier League Winners (25:05) Rest of the Top Six (29:32) Bottom Three (34:15) Promoted from The Championship (36:21) Surprise Team of the Season (38:10) Disappointing Team of the Season (40:07) Top Scorer (40:20) Best New Signing (41:19) Worst Signing of the Season (43:05) Player of the Year (43:41) Young Talent (44:02) One To Watch (44:35) First Manager to Go (45:14) Champions League Winner (46:03) Europa League Winner [Or Furthest non 3rd Place side] (47:00) Carlo, Conte or Sarri, Who Will Have The Most Impressive Season? (49:00) Random Prediction  EXTRA TIME  (50:19) Who will be the 3 highest scoring defenders in the Premier League this season? (52:16) Two Players, Who is Underrated and Who is Overrated? 