We Are Chelsea - How do Keira Walsh and Wieke Kaptein spend Christmas?

Episode Date: December 23, 2025

This is We Are Chelsea, the official podcast of Chelsea Women, brought to you in association with Škoda, the official car partner of Chelsea Women and proud supporters of women's sport.www.skoda.co.ukEm Wallbank is joined by Keira Walsh and Wieke Kaptein to chat about Christmas! They decide which of their teammates will make the naughty and nice lists and of course, they share everything about theirs and their dogs’ friendship.And nobody holds back in a savage game of Whistleblower, where the players help solve YOUR dilemmas.To watch the full episode on YouTube, click here: https://www.youtube.com/@chelseafcwomen/videosSend us your questions and Whistleblower dilemmas to [e-mail] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome back to We Are Chelsea, the official podcast of Chelsea Women brought to you in association with Skirder, the official car partner of Chelsea women and proud supporter of women's sports. I'm M. Warbank and today we've got Kira Walsh and Vika Kaptain back on the pod for a festive catch-up. We'll be diving into their Christmas traditions, festive favourites and settling who's on the naughty and nice list. We might even touch on a bit of football along the way. This is We Are Chelsea with Kira Walsh and Vika Kaptine. Well, thanks so much for coming and joining us today for our little Christmas episode. How are you both? Yeah, very good. Thanks. How are you?

I'm cracking. Absolutely wonderful. Are we excited for Christmas? Yeah, I'm really excited. I love Christmas. Big Christmas fan. We have got a little gift for you today. It is up to you whether you want to want you on a podcast. We've got some little Christmas jumpers. Yeah, go on. I'll put one on. Yeah, me too. I'm cold. They're very festive. Oh, they're really, uh... They're soft, aren't they? Very soft.

Put some layers on now. Yes. It's going to be all toasty and cozy. Ah, you should keep it for the ugly jumper day. Oh, yeah. We've got like a Christmas, I'm not saying it's an ugly one, but we've got a Christmas jumper day.

You should keep it. Yeah. I love that. It's a podcast first, first Christmas jumper of the season, I love it. It's a nice one, actually. This is your first time on the pod together. Yeah.

Are you good friends off the pitch? Yes, we are. Yes, we are. What is it? But if you weren't, you're like, no, this is actually the first is going to. You've never had a conversation. Yes, we are.

Yeah. No, we do go on. No, it's really nice. Every time I have any of you in there, you all seem to get on really well. And it's lovely. And you've all got your own little inside jokes and pockets of stories about each other. And it's so lovely. Have you got a particular favourite memory of each other?

Yes, please. Yeah. Beaker always just, I don't even know why do you say it like that? Yeah, you started it. She sounds like Borat. Yes, place. I just, when I say yes, please. She just started laughing and just every time now, they say, when I say yes, please.

I love that. Have you got a particular favorite memory of Kira? We play a lot of Yatsi together. That's true. You play a lot of Yatsi? Yeah. With Nat Yoyo. Yoyo.

Sam. Yeah. And us too play. Yeah. Quite a lot. Do you get a competitive with it? Yeah, yo yo does. So yeah, we do that a lot and just funny.

Yeah. We have a lot. We have a good time, don't we? Yeah. Which is controversial because I've heard a small rumour that you're not the biggest people person. Who said that? What was that? You.

Right. Right. Brilliant. Yeah. Hard relate. Yeah. I think it just takes me a while to warm up. Like I'm a bit shy at first.

Yeah. In the beginning, when you came, you were really like chill. And then when you started to go out of yourself. I'm not chill anymore. People just need a minute to warm off. Yeah, like I'm not one of those who'll come in the room straight away and be the loudest, like it just takes me a bit. Yeah, you need to get there.

And I'm not a morning person, at all. No, not at all. No, anything before like 9 a.m., my brain's not present. Oh, I was going more like 11. Yeah, same. Do you know what, I was just being polite, probably same. I was just trying to make myself not look like a complete lazy, lazy cell and so on the internet, but...

Do you do anything else? Are you watching any series at the moment? Are we... I've just started strange, you things. things. Oh my God, I just wanted to say that. Well, sorry. What, like just started it or just started season five? No, just started season five. Oh, I started season one and it's scary. No, I'm on season five. Oh yeah. Also, we'll not do spoilers then, Vika. If you just started, what do you think so far, spoiler free? Good. Good. Good. I was a bit confused though. Because I already thought

that someone was dead. That isn't. Yeah. That threw me off a bit. Yeah. Are you watching it? Yeah. Oh. Big straight. of things fan. Season five also now. Season five also. Dustin's frustrated me a little bit. I can see why you... Focusing in the wrong areas, I think. I can see why you'd say that.

Do you know what? I do feel sorry for him for this season, his hair cut. Yeah, I feel like everybody else has had a grow up. He looks like he's done it with a knife and fork, don't he? Yeah, he does actually. It's not great. Like one of them, not even like a good knife, though, like one of those Play-Doh ones. Mike's hair is nice this season, though. And I feel like they've done Will justice finally

with his hair cut. Mm, that's true. You're still in, obviously, season one where there's some pretty terrible bowl cuts from what I remember. Yeah, and they're really young right now still. Yeah, yeah, yeah, because it's been 10 years since that first season.

Oh, that's crazy. Since the first season came out and they filmed it before that. So I was 18 when I watched Strange Things last time. Wow. That's crazy. No, because I was discussing this, and I was still at school.

I was like 15, 16. How old am I? That doesn't feel great, actually. Right, brilliant. But I didn't watch it. Whereabouts are you in season one? I'm literally now at season two, episode one. I don't even remember that far back.

No, we've had to recently do with a recap. Vecna's not there now then, is he? No, there were like monsters, but he's not really. The demagogans. Yeah. Yeah. I love the demagogians. I think they, have you seen the Scooby-Doo film?

Dustin had one as a pet, no. Yeah, Dart. Dustin had one as a pet, the little demagogian thing. Oh, yeah, because they're, they played the board game yeah you mean that or you mean something else oh oh this is about dungeons and whatever it's called yeah you're about to embark on a really excited do you don't have the pet in season one he gets it in season two oh i think yeah i'm really excited i wanted to watch it but it's already getting dark so maybe i'm not watching it today

i was literally really excited to go home and like watch the series because yesterday i started season one and i finished season one i think season one's probably the scariest no I don't know. I think fall's scary because falls obviously based on the whole nightmare on Elm Street thing. Is it? Yeah. I didn't know it's based on that. Yeah. Well, I think, because they draw from quite a lot of, this is really big. This is really wonderful place that I didn't think of. No, but I like it for it. We had to do a full five-minute run-down of the entire plot of Wicked, so. Oh, I don't want to talk about Wicked. No, me either. I've never watched it.

No, no, no. I know, I don't like musicals. You don't like musicals? In general. Irritates me. I just think the singing sometimes feel like just stop singing now. Like any musical ever? Yeah, I'll be honest, yeah. So you're telling me I put Little Mermaid on right now, like the cartoon one. I think that's a bit of a reach though in it, that's like a cartoon as well.

I mean it is musical. They're singing it? Does the singing throw, is it? Is it just when live action people sing it throws you off or is it just singing in general? No, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I like, I'd rather just act now and stuff. So we do like a team trip, we don't just go and see Mammaia. I wouldn't, no, I wouldn't like that. No, I don't like Mamma Mia.

You don't know, we don't like Mamma Mia? God, that's controversial. Ooh, you don't like it? No. Oh, I love the musical in London. Yeah, isn't it? It gives me the ick a bit, actually. Oh, great.

Is it singing in general or? No, no, no, I do like singing. I just don't like musical. No, just not a musical. Mm-hmm. I feel like I've asked this nearly every podcast now, but what are your icks? Other than musicals. Mm-hmm.

What are my aches? It's a hard question. This is a controversial one. Oh, is it? I don't like it when people eat choosing onion crisps. Right, no, I can get on board with that. Yeah, I hate it. No.

And I hate tuna. Right, but things I can get on board with it. Oh, I hate tuna. No. That's, no, I don't think that's controversial at all. Yeah. I think you've dropped that in the right lap. That would put me off someone if they're eating tuna.

Would it really? Yeah. Fats, don't eat tuna. Like, if I was to go on a date with someone they're eating tuna, I'd just be like, No. No. No, what about you, Vicar? Have you got any eggs?

I hate the green, really strong leaf. Is it a leaf? I don't know how to say it in English. Lint? No, it's like in food. Coriander? Yeah. Coriander?

No. Coriander? I hate it. I hate it. Yeah, a lot of English people love it. I think it's very... I don't love coriander. I could take it or leave it.

I don't think I can tell the difference if it's there or not. Really? To be quite honestly. No. No, that's so weird. That's not possible. It's such a strong taste. I don't think I notice it.

I really don't. I've got another it actually. Oh, take a stay. You know when you're in a queue and someone gets really close behind you? Oh, yeah. I just think, like, we're both going the same place. Like, we're in a queue, just to just stand a few yards back. I get that.

I don't need to be right behind you. No, I really feel that. That irritates me. I wonder if that's an northern thing. Because I think... I think we're very good at queuing and like manners and stuff like. like that. I do think London is different than the north and stuff like that. Even when you drive in your car they don't say thank you and they let them through. And they don't

indicate. No. Like I like someone you know say thank you and I've let you through. Like give me that polite little. Yeah. Because in the north, Manchester everyone would do that. Yeah. Have you got any more eggs? When the first time when I came in England when I said good morning they said good morning how are you and I answered and then they just don't say anything anymore but that's just a thing maybe. That is an English person thing to do. Yeah. And then they start answering. I was so annoyed. I was so annoyed first day. You You don't want the answer. You're just saying it, aren't you?

No, it's just like, I hear you. I was just like, how are you then? I don't know. I don't know why we do it. I don't know why we do it. It's just conditioned into us. Let's get into Christmas because we love Christmas. This is what we're here for.

Are you both big Christmas people? Yeah, I do like Christmas actually. Me too, with family. What's your normal Christmas plan? Well, my family actually go for an Indian on Christmas day. Nice. Yeah, we don't have Christmas dinner. I love that.

Oh. Yeah, that's probably, that's by it really and then go to the pub afterwards. I like it. Oh, conventional. Yeah, yeah. Sick. The pub.

I like people go to the pub on Christmas Day now. I like it. I don't know. Is it? Yeah, I think so. I'd get killed if I went to the pub on Christmas day. My mother would have me. No, but we all go. Like, it's not just me.

Oh, that's nice. Like my aunties, cousins. Oh, lovely. Yeah, there's a lot of us that go. Stunning. Yeah. That's a great plan. Yeah, it's not just me like leaving the family dinner

to go to the pub by myself. You're like, my lads, I'm off for a ballroom. I'm just going to go to pub perfume. Yeah, no, like we all go. What about you, Vicka, what's Christmas look like? We're doing like, not a barbecue. It's from inside. It's like on a plate.

Amazing. Where you can put, I don't know how to call it in English, where you can put all the stuff on. Like an on plate situation. Yeah. Yeah. And then just with family. So yeah.

It's really nice. I bet that's lovely. I'm, what's your Christmas decorating situation like at the moment I've already got all my decorations up yeah you were really early before I went on that you were really early

I had it last year but only because now when I've come back they were already up and it's really nice and Christmas and I don't have to do it now well I was talking to Millie when we had Millie on the podcast and she's also an early Christmas decorator and I'm not normally I'm not normally

but I also wanted to enjoy it because we don't have a lot of time at home you know I feel that yeah about you nothing I know nothing now in my house Why? And I don't have a car so I can't buy a Christmas tree right now.

That is actually, I've had to buy one this year and I wasn't going to get one and then everybody told me I was being a Grinch so I've bought one. I would prefer a real one. I'd love a real one

because they smell fantastic, don't there? Yeah, but you have to then clean up all the needles. Exactly. And very that. And like, when I live, my apartment building is hotter than the surface of the sun.

So I feel like if I bought a real tree now it would be naked to buy Christmas Day I feel like there'd be no needles right it'd be bowled and that's just

not what you want where am I going to put my ball balls on a twig that's also true fair enough it's not fun at all do you have any other

Christmas traditions because obviously you're not from the UK what's the Dutch Christmas look like it's not really specific things we're just being with the family

I think on Christmas evening Dutch people like to be together not going out just be together with the family and what I said like doing with the hot plate

like dinner stuff making I don't know olive boller I don't know that is it says it is

Dutch dog donut yeah but it's like not with around it's like fully yeah but you can get like like donut yeah

you can get like the donut bites can't you in but that's the Dutch tradition that sounds fantastic yeah um did you Did you go to Lapland last year, Vika?

Yes, I did. Did you enjoy it? Yes, it was so good. You looked so surprised she did on her research on the podcast. She went, no, it was so good. How did you know? Yeah, it was the best Christmas I had, I think.

Like, with the Northern Light, we searched for that for three days, to be honest. Did you? Yeah, we didn't see it. So you were. Are you not guaranteed to see it? No. Oh, I thought you would be. Yeah, I thought that too, but we were searching for a long time.

and then yeah we were just it was the what I didn't like it was like you get up and it's like at 11 it starts to go light and then at one or two it's already dark again so it's literally for three hours you have light and the rest of the day it's like evening so that's crazy yeah that was not really nice but for the rest it was so good is it like mega christmas day yes that sounds nice yeah it was really good I'm a recent to the festive spirit. I'm usually a bit of a Grinch, but I'm engaging in it this year. Did you see all like the rainiers and stuff then?

Yes, I did. Stoke. Yeah, bet them. And yeah, we were just riding them. We were behind a sled. Yeah, on a sleigh. On a sleigh. So, yeah.

That's really nice. Oh, that's really sweet. Yeah. Oh, I want to go to Lapland. Maybe the next year's Christmas episode, we'll go to Lapland. We'll film a podcast in Lapland. Yes, we'll feel.

I'm filming the podcast in that land. I like it. How do you? In the reindeer barn. We'll sit with the reindeer's and have a lovely, lovely time. I'm at Christmas, obviously, big time for food. Have you got a particular favourite Christmas food either of you? Pigs and blankets.

Are you a pigs in blankets gal? I am, yeah. Do you like them crispy? Is there a specific brand? Do you make them yourself? No, no, I'm not fussed on the brand, just crispy. Any pigs in blankets? Yeah, I just love things in blankets.

It's the little sausages wrapped in bacon. Oh. I've had that. Yeah. Do you dip them in anything? or you're just a gravy cast? No, no gravy either. No gravy?

No gravy. No. Sorry. No gravy. That was a good accent, that? That was a good impression. Yeah, actually was. No gravy?

Do you know the amount of people that have attempted doing impressions of my accent and it's just completely failed and then there you are. Nailed it. That's a podcast first. That was actually good, you know.

Nice. It was fantastic. I've actually taken away. No gravy. No gravy. No gravy. And what about your favourite Christmas food? Olibolla.

well we just don't know yeah okay fair enough i feel like i'm gonna have to find a recipe for them because they actually sound i was sent them you should make some yeah i should i said that's what should make for the whole team of that's there we go that's one for the socials you can do a taste test we can just do like half each we can just have half each and then you don't have to make okay i will do it okay amazing all right i love that we're having a little sample session every we're gonna have to have a podcast bake off at some point because we've there's been baking brought up a few times yeah there really has who was it the the baked cakes? Mara. I've made bagels once. You've made, that's impressive. Yeah.

Because bagels are hard to make. Yeah, I made bagels once. They're all right to be fair, but I had one of those things. What are those like big professional mixing bowls? Oh, the kitchen aid things. That's the one. We've got a kitchen egg. That's the dream. Yeah, I've got a kitchener. I feel like Mary Berry were one of them in the kitchen. Yeah, I wouldn't say I'm up to her standard. I wouldn't put yourself down. You made a bagel? Yeah, I did. I made a few, but... That's impressive. Yeah. Are you an avid baker? I had a phase.

Yeah, I had a phase. Yeah, I had a phase. Yeah, I lived in Spain, I lived in Spain on my own, so I had a phase baking. Oh my God, we've got so much in common. I also lived in Spain. Did you? Yeah.

Where's you live in Spain? Ibiza. I didn't live in a Beefa. Oh, I would have liked to live in a Beza, but I didn't. Yeah, I were one of them, do you know, when you go to hotels and there's those people that make you play a water polo at like 11 o'clock in the morning

when you hung over? Why was you a wreck? I were one of them. Oh, yeah? Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah, mini disco on a night, teaching you choose you are. Yeah, that's me.

Wow. That's fun to know. It is. Thank you for it. I'll be honest with you, I wasn't expecting that. No, me neither. No. Random side quests.

Have you had any random side quests in your life? Probably not as that exciting as that, no, not really. I mean, you make bagels? Yeah. That's pretty random. I think football's pretty standard though, isn't it? Football's pretty standard? You play for one of the best.

You can't have one of the best women's team in the world. You can't have many side quests. You can't make side quests. Yeah, exactly. True. I'm not sure Sonia would be happy with me and Veeke were on side quests all the time. I would love to do snowboarding. You don't do that.

Exactly. We can't do that because we are footballers, so. Well done. If you weren't a footballer, what would you be? I am. Snowboarder. The snowboarder. Yes, I would love to be a snowboard teacher.

What would you be we didn't play football? Uh, police. I would love to do the police. I would love to do the police. do you say police officer yeah yeah yeah um yeah or snowboard i couldn't imagine you telling anybody off as a police officer oh oh i would love to uh make like my own non-profit organization so that's really wholesome what were we non-profit in i don't know where to follow that now yeah just uh we were talking a lot with my brothers about it but it's just really small now

and we were just footballing so yeah but that's you want to keep on the wraps until it happens Yeah. That's really sweet. I love that. That's okay. Yeah. So yeah. That's so sweet.

What would you be doing if you went to footballer? Making bagels. Attempting to make bagels. God, I'm not sure. You don't know. No idea. Football is life. Not really, no.

Maybe like a geography teacher or something. Geography teacher? Yeah. I like it. Did you like geography at school? Yeah, I did actually. Yeah, that was probably about it I like it, police officer and a geography teacher

Yeah That's really quite a move Yours is a bit more exciting actually, isn't it? I like how we went from snowboarder I've got a lot of ideas We're a snowboarding police officer With a non-profit And they're big on making geography teacher

That's so wholesome I love that Watch on your Christmas list this year I don't have one actually do you? No I like Christmas presents. Yeah, same, I prefer to. Have you done your Christmas shopping?

Have you done some of it? Have you? Yeah. Organised, I like it. Yeah, I got my mum some things, my dad. Nice. The dog. Well on top of it. What do you like at rapping?

Not great. Might just hopefully get someone else to do it. Every year I'm really tempted because there's an episode of Gavin and Stacey where James Corden wraps all his Christmas presents in tinfoil and every time I look at all the presents that I've bought I'm like, shall I just Smith here? I mean, Timphile is easier.

It's very festive as well. It's very shiny. Yeah. I reckon you do it this year? I think I should. Maybe. I bet you don't know Gavin and Stacey, do you? Oh, if there's one thing that comes from this podcast today,

go home and watch Gavin and Stacey. It's in a movie. That's a TV series. Yeah, it's a TV series about a Welsh family and an English family. I don't know whether you'd find it funny though. I feel like it's a really good way to understand British humor. Yeah, but I think she's about what is going on. It's very British.

Like when Nessa's doing all the things, like when she's just being herself, I feel like Dika would just be like, I don't get it. Yeah, you think my accent's hard to understand Ruth Jones as Nessa. Yeah, then I don't get anything, I think. I think I quote it every Christmas. I prefer royal family, actually.

Are you a royal family one? I do, yeah. Oh, what's on your Christmas watch list? Like Christmas films? The holiday. The holiday? Good shout. Oh, the nice one.

Yeah, we watch the international team. I really liked that movie. Have you seen it before? Is that the first time? No. The first time? Yeah. It's a good one that one.

I really like the cottage. I want to move into that cottage. Yeah. It looks so cozy. Have you done much of your Christmas shopping Vee? Yeah. For my parents and my brothers. I've not.

I need to do it. You've got Nala or anything. No, not yet. Have you not? No. You need to get her a little present. Yeah. Not food.

Some treats. You've got matching Nolas, haven't you? Yeah. You've both got Nallas. Yours is spelled different, which was my fault because I thought that's how you

spell NALA, but it's obviously not. Talk me through this. Well, I think I've just spelled it in like a northern accent because that's how I would say N-L-A. Norla. How have you spelled it? I've put an R in it. It's just N-A, but she just got a N-R in it.

Narla. N-A-R-L-A, which obviously is not how you spell it. N-A like Da-L-A, but I didn't know that's not how's it. And then how have you spelled N-A-L-A? Right, so we're going to have to put a poll out now. No, mine's definitely wrong. Yeah. You know Nala from the Lion King?

Yeah. That was the main reason why I did it. I don't know why. Yeah, same. Yeah, so Nala is spilt. I love this. What are the Nalas? What breeds are the Nalas?

Mine's a border colony. But they actually get on really, really well. Yes. Do they really? They're best friends. Well, maybe a little bit more. Yeah, we think more than friends. Yeah, no, we do think more.

That's so wholesome. Yeah. Oh, do they have little dog played it? Yeah, they have sleepover sometimes. yes stop name yes oh my gosh that's so cute yeah how older than nalas i feel like this has been derailed by dog track mine's 10 minus five but her narla is more energetic sometimes than yeah my border calling now west is are quite energetic yeah she's the boss as well isn't she yeah she oh my gosh i love it we've got matching nalas sad story how many times have the nalas had

sleepovers i'm so intrigued a few times though yeah yeah a few times go to the same dog sitter as well oh yeah so when they're with eight dogs they're Nala and Nala are both running with the two and the rest is just just them too just there and then the rest of the dogs all like oh I feel like I need like an entire TikTok page dedicated to Nala and Nala that's just like cute dog content and it's Nala and Nala just having a lovely time together I think it'd go down quite well actually I think it'd go down really well yeah I'll let you think about that you know I'm not really a TikTok no you do I don't have it on my phone I have it on my iPad she watches TikTok

on her iPad. This is outrageous by the day. It's better. It's better to not have an o'clock. She's sat on the bus with this big iPad with a headphones I have a really big iPad, yeah. All the way just for two.

I've never seen anyone watch TikTok on an iPad before. I don't think I have now that you're mentioning it. I think that might just be a youth thing thinking. But it's much better because like in daily life you don't have your iPad with you until you're on the bus or something. I see not like wasting time. No, exactly.

Maybe you're on to something here maybe we all need to just have it on like the laptop or have it on a more inconvenient device yeah i think that's a good idea this podcast is brought to you by scudder the official car partner of chelsea women and proud supporter of women's sport it's football season it's time for after work training muddy boots and early morning weekend games whether you play five aside after work cheer the kids on from the sidelines on a saturday morning or gather with your mates to watch the big leagues every weekend scud is the perfect companion for your everyday adventure skip around town in your all-electric eniac or give the squad a lift home in the seven-seat of

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Do you know what? She also is the one who's organized Secret Santa for the team this year, which is very nice of her. You're doing Secret Santa? That's so sweet. But we've organized it, which is nice. What's the vibe of the Secret Santa? Is it like, is it nice?

Is it chaos? Is it? No, it's just, you can choose, like, I made like, everyone on a list and then I put them on the meal and then they have someone and they can put like what they really want for Christmas on the app and then the other ones

can buy it and then on the 16th of December everyone is putting it under the tree and we can open it with all of us so yeah that's so wholesome

are you ready to put your fellow teammates on the naughty and nice list yeah we'll start off with Sam Kerr what list is she going on naughty yeah

why are we not asking her I feel like she's just always like making jokes and playing pranks and stuff like always

Is she like the prankster of the team or is there a few of you? Yeah, I think she is no I would say, yeah, she is. Yeah, what's the worst prank she's pulled on any of year? Well, she does like the same one every day and people still fall for it

whereas like, like behind the door and then just... Yeah, and like when we're getting ready to go up for training she'll be like, oh, like we need to be on the pitch in two minutes and everyone starts rushing around and she's like, wait, I'm joking. That's annoying, I heard that one

and I was rushing. And like it just sets panic throughout the change room and she's just joking. Agents of chaos, I like it. I'm Alyssa Thompson, where are we putting her? Nice. I was going to say naughty.

Oh, conflicting. No. I think she wouldn't do... No, obviously I think she's nice. Like, I'm not saying she's mad. No, that's not the aim of the game. I'm putting her over the nicer because I can't remember what she... She likes to give me a bit of grief,

so that's why I'm putting her on the naughty list. Does she? Is she a bit of a wind-up merchant? We should try... Yeah, she tries, yeah. She tries. There's an attempt made. No, she does.

She does try and give me a bit of grief every now and again. Do you give her a bit back? Yeah, too, right. That's the Rochdale. Yeah, it is. It's a northern that I think. Millie Bright. Nice.

I would say nice too. Nice list. We heard a story about Millie on the Christmas do sliding down the escalator and ripping her trousers when she was on. I think day to day in training, nice. Maybe on a team net out. Yeah, Les. What about Micah?

Nice. Nice. Oh, yeah. There was a new hesitation there. Nice girl ever. Yeah, she's so cute. She actually is the nicest girl ever. That's so lovely.

She's so cute. She's so cute. Yeah. She's really a nice person. What about Olivia Peng? Nice. Really nice person. We're on a real one of nice lists here.

We love this. Lucy Bronze. Nice. I would say nice. Yeah, nice. Yeah. Nice. What about Erin Cuthbert?

Nauty probably. There was no hesitation, though, whatsoever. Yeah, definitely naughty. I think you know. Yeah. I think everybody knows. We don't really need to. No, we don't need to.

Oh, we don't need to. Oh, we don't need to talk about, yeah, yeah. Nauty. Nauty. Nauty. Like, yeah. She would be top of the list, wouldn't she? Yeah, yeah.

What's putting her at the top of the naughty list? You'll have to ask her when you see. Yeah. She's just wild. Right. But of funny. she's actually really really funny really funny really good person to hang around with like when you're doing stuff when you're going somewhere yeah you always have a good time with yo yeah we did

the scourdeshoot with um yo yeah a few a couple of weeks ago and i mean that the group of you were so competitive yeah even when we're playing yatsu when she does that laugh oh yeah she does like a fake laugh and it's so like scary like it's it's so psycho yeah it really seems she's laughing but then she just just stops laughing and it's yeah it's definitely on the naughty list top of the naughty list and what about cat naughty naughty naughty that's another one she's on the last minute all the time yeah what about lexie nice nice nice nice one um nat no she's really nice but i think she can be in between yeah she can be in between because i think she gets influenced by yo-yo yeah Jury's still out.

Yeah, jury's out on that one. Are they a bad influence together? No, it's definitely more yo-yo on that, I would say. Yeah. Yeah. Is it like a little devil on the shoulder whispering in the air kind of situation? I don't know, yeah.

I mean, you, yeah, you see them all than me, don't you? Yeah, no. I think yo-yo is the naughty one, and that is a nice one. Yeah, so they're sort of, you're everybody's shoulders. Yeah. What about Neve Charles? Nauty.

I would say naughty. I'll go with Vika. I will say naughty. Why are we putting Neve on the Nautilist? Yeah, just she makes jokes too. I think, I think, yeah, like Neve is nice, but then sometimes she's got like a little bit of a, yeah. A bit of a devious side, yeah.

Yeah, she can be really, like, wild. Yeah, she can be lighting the jokes and laughing really loud and screaming and all the persons on the naughty list are the nice person still. That's what we just want to clarify. Yeah, they're all lovely. They're just little chaos gremlins, and I like it. That's nice sometimes.

You need a bit of that. Yeah, I think that's the way to get the energy up, especially when you're doing long days and long training days and things like that. You absolutely need that. What about guru? Nice. Yeah, nice. Nice one.

Ellie Carpenter. Nauty. Oh, that was quick. I've not even finished saying it. Why is Ellie going on there? Why is Ellie going to doggie? She's a joker, to be fair. Yeah.

She's a joker. She likes to get in the mix. Her laugh just comes, yeah. above everyone yeah I think she's so funny funny yeah I think she's so funny yeah what list would you put each other on naughty a thousand cents get dogged in straight away yeah you would put yourself on the naughty list I think no yeah yeah you will be naughty too you're making jokes you make yes that's what I don't yes you do I don't but it's funny sometimes so you're

going on the naughty list apparently yeah looks like it yeah terrible yeah terrible yeah um so with being a football podcast show we should probably talk about football at some point oh probably yeah a little bit yeah might bring it up um we're about halfway through the season and you're gonna be on winter break when this goes out how do you feel like the first few months have been for you guys yeah good yeah i think we have a really nice team the new people who came in are really, yeah, really good and yeah, I think we have a good few months. Yeah, I think we've had some, yeah, more towards the back end, like good performances and found our rhythm and obviously the game against Barcelona was a really good team performance.

I think, yeah, I think that was probably one that stood out in the first half of the season. How do you keep momentum going as things get busy and more intense? Because, I mean, your training days are intense and then the game days are so long and there's the travelling as well. How do you keep that up? We play Yatsi. Yeah, just like outside of football, we don't really talk about football, I think. We just switch off with the team and just, yeah, like play games, talk about other stuff instead of football.

I think that's good. And yeah, we're a lot together, so it's not really nice to talk all the time about football. Yeah. Other than Yatsi, how else do you like to unwind? Or is it just non-stop Yatsi, so not up till Sunday? Here, it's non-stop Yatsi. On a way trip, it's always, yeah, always. Non-stop, I like it.

Yeah, pretty much, yeah. We've got another game for you. This is a game called whistleblower. I'm going to give you the chance to be the referee and give out red and yellow cards and have a bit of a judgment on people's real life scenarios. So we've got a couple of scenarios for you today. The first one is I accidentally re-gifted something

to the person who originally gave it to me last year. They said, oh, I'm so glad you loved it enough to get me one. too do you think they know one are being passive aggressive or do you think they actually think it's the same thing wait re-gift it's like so like i got you this jumper and i gave it to the next christmas to someone straight back to me next christmas without realizing that i was the one who bought it for oh damn that's a red card yeah it's a big red card yeah that is bad do you think they are being passive aggressive or do you think they know i don't know but that is not good because if the thing is if that were me i'd say that to be passive aggressive would you yeah yeah

I would just say why have you got me at the same thing I got you last year? Is that bad? No, I don't think that's bad at all. I think that's very honest. I do think that's a red card though. Yeah. That's outrageous. Shame on you, honestly.

Second scenario, my neighbour's dog keeps going into our garden, digging up all my plants. They always laugh it off and call him a character. I've also laughed it off for a while, but I kind of want to say something because my garden's genuinely ruined. What are I doing? Yellow card.

Yellow card. Yellow card. Yeah. just because it's a dog. It just loves to do that kind of things, I think. Now that does it. I do agree. I think it's not the dog's fault,

but I definitely want to say something to the owners. I'd be like, look, I've got a lovely thing of pansies here. Pantsies? I mean, I haven't got a garden. I have got a chili plant on my balcony, though. Oh, you've got a balcony? Yeah. That's nice.

Growing chilies on it. But I think if it were my garden, I think I'd want my neighbours to now, I'd be like, look, it doesn't have to be a big thing. I'm not that precious about my garden, though. I don't have one, but if I did, I wouldn't be that precious. about it. And it's a dog.

Yeah. Like, if it was a kid digging it up, then I might have something to say, bought the dog, I'll let you off. Just got visions of a kid. It's like, they're just pulling drugs out of your garden now and you'd be like, hey, that's too far. If you were a Spaniel, I'd have less opinions. If you was a border collie called Nailer, I'd let you off, but you know. And final scenario for you. I had a friend's day over recently, and when I offered them breakfast the next morning,

they asked for a bowl of wheatobics without any milk. I massively got the ick at the thought of dry cereals, but I never invite them again to my house. First of all, beta, bea, bea wigs? Wheatabix. Ooh. What did you all that? Bita wicks.

Bidawicks. I'm now going to, Wittabix. Campaign that we call it beta wicks. Yeah, okay. Well, the beta wicks, I would say yellow card. I would say yellow card. Yeah, yellow card.

But it is a bit weird. It's a bit weird. Yeah. I'd still have my mate around, but I would tell them they being a bit weird. I'm going to sit here now and say that I don't like cereal with milk anyway. but like I'm not out here really recently. What you're doing?

Just a cereal? I just eat you dry. Yeah, sometimes. But I'm not eating a wheat a bit's dry. The milk's the best bit when it's been sat on your cereal and it's all sugary in that. I get that. But like, I'm all right, you know.

Would you do the milk? Oh, you don't know. Would you do the milk first? No, cereal first, milk. Yeah, I'm different. I feel like if you put the milk in fish, you get your ratios wrong. No.

That's weird. It's just, then it keeps, it's more crunchy. Yeah, but I don't want it crunchy. I like it, so key. Oh, I like it's crunchy. Oh no, socky. What's your go-to cereal? Googleubs.

Golden nuggets. Golden nuggets. Right, no. Both solid answers, actually. I love golden nuggets. Because if you just sat here and been like Rice Krispies. Oh no, or Crave, the pillows, chocolate pillows. Who's choosing Rice Krispies is the first choice.

Rice Krispies have only got one decent application and it's when you make Rice Krispy buns. Bonds? Bonds? Yeah. Okay, it's Rice Krispikis? Yeah. Yeah. That's really mixing my bones

I'm so straight Obviously I'm mixing mine against a wall With the spoon I've just got my rice Krispies Up against the wall They get mixed in Yeah no I wouldn't keep

I don't mind Frosties Yeah yeah frosties are fine But they're also cakes and sugar So that's probably why it's a bit different So are we are we keeping the friend Yeah I just tell them Yeah because I think that's a bit arsh Awsh just tell them you think they're a bit of an alien

I'd just say why you're not having milk Tell them it's cabbage beer and move on. Yeah. Right, so looking ahead, 2026, rest of the season, you don't get a lot of time off as footballers and holidays are really precious. How much are you looking forward to going home and resting and recharging?

Yeah, no, it'll be nice. I think we obviously still have to be watching what we're eating and all that sort of stuff and we still have to train a little bit. But I think just having, yeah, Christmas at home is always really, really nice and just having time to do normal things. like yeah i don't know don't know about you yeah same just switch off yeah a little bit of

no football yeah because you have such a long season so many games i'm looking ahead to 2026 what are you thankful for this year deep question it is a deep question isn't it yatsy just that everyone is healthy close friends close family i'm thankful for my friends actually i've got some good friends that's really wholesome that is really wholesome We're gonna do an entire podcast spin-off that's just Vika taking the mic out of my accent because I'm so here for it. Final question to finish the podcast on

because I feel like it's a big one and it's very important and we've done some really serious hard-hitting journalism today. We've gone on Yatsi, we've gone on Stranger Things. Kira, have you done your Michelle McMannis initiation yet? Nope.

No, I haven't. No. You don't know Michelle. do you? No, I had to, I will put me into my to Google who this was. You didn't know what it is. Do you know the song? That is crazy. No, I don't. No, I had to Google it. I'm familiar with it now, but I did have to Google it. But no, I haven't done it yet. No. No. TBC, we need to get this go with. That sort of stuff is my worst nightmare. Is it? Yeah. Give me anxiety that. Who's, who was your favorite

initiation that you've seen? I haven't seen anyone at Chelsea. You haven't seen anyone? No. I haven't seen anyone. No, you don't. We didn't do it when she came, so you just need to do it still have you got a favorite initiation that you've seen um i've seen one at the national theme this last week and she she did opera do you say opera she went just fully for it that's so funny i was dying seriously an impression of opera yeah no just she's saying like oh opera right we were on different pages that what is it Oprah i thought Oprah win for him no i thought Oprah as well that's where i thought we were doing yeah opera oh okay okay That's a bit niche, isn't it?

Oh no. That's very neat. But she's sad out and you get a car, you get a paycheck, you get a paycheck. She has no idea what's going on. No, I meant something else. I feel like we've gone to the point of delirious this episode and I'm very hostile. I think it was really nice. She knows of Oprah Winfrey is actually.

I have no clue what that was. You get a football. You get a football. No, Oprah Winfrey, what a woman? No, opera. What did she say? Yeah, opera. Well, I don't know what the song was called.

That was also, Harry. It was just like you just asked her. Yeah, what? You know, what? How do you need to know there? I know, like three? Do you know what? Britain's Got Talent every now and again, don't it?

Susan Bottle, is that what you're going on about? You know, you watched Bridgettellon. I used to. I watched it every time. Do you? I really want to go there. You watch Britain's Got Talent? Yeah, Britain's Got Talent.

Yeah. And America's Got Talent, to be honest. That's mad. Do you watch like the best bits from previous seasons? Yeah, just on YouTube, but every golden bosser and stuff. You to watch Susan Boyle's audition. Okay, that's a good one, I will. Is it?

No, no, no, no, no. It actually is fantastic. I'm genuinely, for once in my life being 100% insane, it is fantastic. Okay, I'm gonna watch it then. What was it called? Susan Boyle. Absolutely British icon. She is.

She really is. You'll love her. And I really want to go to the British and Scotterian's audition. You should watch things as well, diversity. I've seen diversity that is the sickest one I've ever seen the dancing group yeah I love this

with the guy with the curl we're really gonna have to start like a wish granting process here Perry is it called Perry Perry the little one he's not little anymore though is he it's a big group Is he not the same age like us

Yeah I think so Yeah Perry I think on that note before we actually lose our minds It's quite dark now actually It is isn't it Thank you so much Thanks thank you

Had a lovely time. Have a lovely Christmas. Thank you. A new year. Enjoy the rest of your season. Thanks. Thank you. And I'll probably plague you again at some point.

Lovely. Nice. Thank you very much. Thanks, lad. Thank you for listening to We Are Chelsea. The official podcast of Chelsea Women brought to you in association with Skoda, the official car partner for Chelsea women and proud supporters of women's sports. Remember, if you want to get involved with the podcast this season, send us your whistleblower stories to

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