We Are Chelsea - Meet The Players: Erin Cuthbert and Guro Reiten
Episode Date: March 14, 2024Welcome to the first episode of We Are Chelsea, where presenter Caz De Moraes is at Cobham Training Centre, chatting to club stars Erin Cuthbert, and Guro Reiten. In this episode, we delve into their ...friendship (mostly Guro trying to understand Scottish), Erin’s singing in the dressing room, and the importance of the Chelsea fans and feeling their support when out there on the pitch. There is also a very funny moment where Guro has no idea what Irn-Bru is, and they answer some questions put to them by you, the fans.Remember to subscribe and leave a review, wherever you get your podcasts!To watch the full episode on Youtube, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3Jgx9uCxAcSend us your questions using #WeAreChelsea on socialsMusic courtesy of BMG Production Music Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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I do like it when some of the fans give me a bottle of iron brew.
I do get a bottle of iron brew occasionally after a game.
Iron brew?
Are you joking me, mate?
Are you actually joking me?
Iron brew?
The national drink of Scotland.
It's the only country in the world.
Oh, my.
Coca-Cola is not the main drink.
The only country in the world.
That is a disgraceful comment.
I'm Kazdamores and welcome to episode one of We Are Chelsea,
a brand new podcast that will take you behind the scenes of one of the most successful women's team in England.
You'll get to know the players, what happens on and off the pitch, how they got to where they are now,
who knows their iron bruise from their pigs in blankets, and it's for all football fans.
You'll get to interact directly with the players and become part of the biggest community in women's football,
because we are Chelsea.
Right, so I'm going to make all the listeners so jealous.
right now because I'm sat in the team meeting room
and I'm with Chelsea teammates,
Erin Cuthbert, and Guro writing.
Did I say that right?
Guro writing.
That was the same.
Yeah, it's good.
I tried to put on a Scandinavian accent as well.
Did it sound Welsh?
No, no.
I was decent.
How do you say, Erin?
Guro writing.
That's very good.
She likes it.
Yeah, she's impressed.
She's my best to do so.
Oh.
Cute.
I normally don't admit that.
front of me.
I know.
A lot of love in the room.
I'll take what I can get these days.
Candies are a bit cold, so...
Oh, come on.
What?
It's true.
Are we cold?
A little bit.
Non-PDA type of people.
A PDA, yeah.
Yeah.
You'd prefer to show you a lot more affection.
Yeah.
Physical touch.
Physical touch.
No, like that, but like...
Like, just...
Erin's like, my love language is physical touch.
I think we need to cut that out because the fans things that we've
couple anyway so
just give me a hug in the morning and I'll be good
but I give you a hug yeah
and I tell you you're cute
and you brush your hair and you're so happy
I am yeah and when she doesn't brush her hair
you just stay silent just like now
it's just a normal day then yeah
do you guys remember when he first met
what were your first impressions of each other
I don't remember actually meeting guru at Chelsea
I actually have no memory of it but I remember
one year before she actually joined Chelsea
we played Norway in La Manga
I don't think I've ever told you this
No you haven't
And she was the best player by a country mile
in that Norway game
We played against Scotland
Well we played against Norway of course
But she was the standout
I remember her
She was in the number 10
She was pulling the strings
And I was thinking who is this player
She was quite small
You were a bit smaller back then
In terms of height
But maybe that's just your memory
Yeah, maybe that's just my memory. Maybe because I'm smaller. I think everyone else is smaller.
Yeah, well, I'm taller than you. But yeah, you are significantly. But yeah, she was the best player now.
As soon as I said that we had signed Giro, I was like, oh, I know exactly who that is. I was like, oh, that's a good signing for us.
Nice. Wow. You don't remember. I've never told you. You never told me this. Yeah, there you go.
In the beginning of my Chelsea career, I was like, there was so much new stuff going on. New people had to learn everything, where to be, what's
going to happen, meetings, everything in English, it was a lot in the beginning. So I don't
remember the first month. I remember, I have a memory now of you being like super shy. Yeah,
she didn't want to. She wasn't comfortable speaking in the language and I totally understand
because when it's someone that's coming outside their country for the first time, all you've
ever spoke is Norwegian. And then she comes here and nobody speaks Norwegian except Marin and Maria
at the time. Yeah. And no one else really speaks.
Magda was here.
Magda.
So you've not really got like home comforts as you like.
So you kind of gravitate towards the people that you can speak to.
So maybe we weren't as close in the beginning.
But I think as she improved, it became apparently clear that we were going to be pretty good friends.
It's also challenging when you like talking about language.
Because yes, we learn English in school in Norway.
But coming over here and then listening to all the different accent.
and it's so much information.
I remember sitting at the lunch table and there was a conversation
and I had to first translate, understand, then come up with something to say,
translate it back and by then the conversation was long gone.
So I kind of just sat there in the beginning, just getting used to being here.
But yeah.
Did you find it difficult to understand Erin's accent?
Yes. Of course, who doesn't?
And especially after you've been home or talking to your dad, it's like, what are you saying?
The ironic thing is, everyone, when I go away with the national teams, you sound so English.
Honestly, every time I go away, they're like, what has happened to you?
Where does that voice come from?
And then whenever I'm here, everyone's like, oh, you're so Scottish.
I can't understand you.
Like, the contrasts are crazy.
And when I go home, everyone's like, what's that accent you're putting on?
I'm like, it's just me now.
I think as I've lived here for eight years, I've become significantly softer.
I used to, you know, when I first joined, no one understood a word I said in meetings.
I couldn't contribute anything.
Like it was that strong that even the English speakers couldn't actually understand what I'm saying.
Because the dialect in Scotland's different.
And if you only speak certain dialect all the time, then you're going to speak it down here and you expect everyone to speak it and no one does.
So it took a bit of adjustment to be honest.
And when my mom comes down and visits, everyone just smiles and waves and nods that are like, yeah, I understand.
It's crazy.
Do you remember me, you and your dad having coffee after a game?
Yeah.
And I was literally just sitting there because it was so fast.
I didn't understand a word.
And that's from last season, I think.
So I've been here four years.
I was like, oh, my God, I'm not even going to try because it's crazy.
It's like a different language.
Yeah, and he's got a bit of Northern Irish in him as well.
Wow, wow.
So my dad's Northern Irish.
Yeah, he's gone for Parshaar.
That's it.
He's honestly, it's like, we earn.
He calls me Earn sometimes.
Because you are?
Yeah, that's his accent.
He wouldn't say Aaron.
He wouldn't say Erin. He would say Earn.
So it's very cute.
And all my family in Northern Ireland call me that.
So they miss out the eye and the pronunciation.
But yeah, it's super nice.
Like, it's just when everyone, when they come down,
no one understands them.
And I think there's something funny in that because I can basically
still speak English and I can have a private
conversation with my
parents and my family and no one
can understand it so there's
definitely beauty in that I think now that I've been here
so long I will never lose the accent
never lose a Scottish accent
although I wanted to ask you because I hear that you
love singing
do you sing in a Scottish accent or do
you sing in an American accent or how do you
I think I'm singing cat to be honest
the tone
like cats screaming
we do make a joke about me singing
I think it's been maybe in previous seasons
I've sang a little bit more
just try to save the vocal chords
now I need to be a bit more of a leader on the pitch
and it's need to save the vocals
What's this with you and now I can't?
Oh yeah, a little link up
What happened? Tell me. It was proper cool
just had a media day
and found out he was actually
there getting a tour
doing a few bits at Stanford Bridge at the same time
so of course when the opportunity comes to meet no I can
then you don't say no so
we had a good bit of banter back and forth
he was a top lad and you know I love his music
so it was a privilege to meet him that day
were you there?
No
I bet you've heard Erin sing quite a lot
Yeah I have many times
And I can I know I can like tone
Like that's my type of song slow little bit of Adele
I can be the female no I can
Did you say Adele? Did you say you sing like Adele?
No, she thinks she's Adele.
Comparatively, I sing Adele's songs.
That doesn't mean I sing like Adele.
But the best thing about it isn't like the singing.
It's your face and your expressions because you think.
I have to shut my eyes.
I have to concentrate because I can see.
What's your favorite song to sing?
I mean, I'm going to have to make you sing something.
I'm going to have to sing something.
No, no, I need to save the vocals.
You close your eyes when you sing.
Probably, I think I think I do because I know that they're all.
laughing at me. So in order to get
in the zone, because whenever anyone's sad,
they just ask, they ask, Erin, can we
get a song if they're ever sad?
I'm sad. No, no, no, no.
Close your initiation song?
It's every single Scots initiation
song, 500 miles. By the
Proclaimers. I feel like that's just a
classic. Got up the front, got everyone
you know, footstepping in the bus.
It was, yeah, it was top tier.
But it doesn't matter how you
own that. You can absolutely destroy the
song and it still be legendary
so I'm like to think. Yeah, that's a good one.
Yeah, it's perfect, right? Yeah.
And everyone knows the words, even the
foreigners, like, you know, 500 miles.
Yeah. What was your initiation song?
Ooh.
I don't remember.
No. I didn't know. It wasn't as good as mine then.
No.
It wasn't.
Well, I should tell you a little bit about the podcast
and why we're doing it. It's because
we want it to be for the fans, about the fans.
we want to engage with the fans
so my next question is obviously going to be
what do you guys think of the fans
what's your relationship like with the fans
how does it feel when you meet the fans
when they come up to you talk to me about the fans
I personally have such a great affinity with the fans
you know since I joined the club
there wasn't as many as there is now
and I think to kind of go through that journey
with all the loyal fans we had since the beginning
is something really special
and I think they've
personally grown the game
so much and grown the fan base
to levels that I never thought
even we were capable of
so I certainly have a great affinity
for the fans
I think football without fans is nothing
I get it I'm a big fan of
a football team myself so I know what it means
to support a club and I know what it means
for the players to give everything
so I think as long as we're doing that every day
the fans will keep coming back
nice what about feet?
Yeah football is not the same way
experience that during COVID where
no one was allowed to be in the
stadium. They create an
atmosphere and we can
like when you're playing they give
you that extra energy on the
pitch to run that extra
meter so yeah
our fans and they are so loyal they travel
everywhere. We love them.
I guess we want this to be a vehicle
where they can feel part of the team
but really part of the team because I think back to
I mean I'm older than you guys
but I'm guessing for
you guys too. When you were a lot younger, being a fan, there was a bit of a distance between you
and the people that you admired or you looked up to. You couldn't just reach out on social media the way
you can now. You couldn't just listen to the two of you just talking about you singing, how you met
the first time you did this or that. So I guess what's nice is that we can close that gap so that they
can feel closer to the people that they look up to and that they love and we're also going to have
a segment which is all of their questions they can ask you things because imagine what it would
have been like if you could have asked your heroes growing up and you could have heard them
literally in your ear answering exactly what you wanted to ask them it'd feel a bit unreal
wouldn't it yeah i mean i certainly would love it i grew up with idols that were lived really
close so i was lucky enough to to have my idol lived close um i actually
actually, I don't know if you've ever heard the story or seen the story, but I actually tweeted
Carly Telford.
Did you?
Yeah.
And she replied, did I tell you that?
No.
I think, like, literally, like, 15 years ago, like, great saves in the FA Cup final or something
like that.
And she replied, like, thanks.
And honestly, that was, like, one of the best days of my life when she replied.
And now I'm lucky enough to call her one of my best mates.
So these things, these things do happen.
I think we need to strike a balance between accessibility.
in too much because
I think our primary job is
performing for the fans on the pitch
and give them a product we want to see
and I think secondary to that
is giving them accessibility
in terms of signing things at the end
and I think women's football is lucky enough
compared with the men's team
that they get more accessibility
but it's just striking a balance between what's too much
because I think with the game
growing at the speed it is
maybe we can't sort of keep up
the same level of like signings and photographs that we do because we need to eat a certain
amount of time straight after the game. We have games in quick succession. We need to recover
quicker. But as long as they know that we still appreciate them and we still want them to
keep turning up and we want to give them a product on the pitch that is what they deserve
and what they deserve to see. So to continually show up hopefully is enough. And as long as we
keep winning for them, I think that's the most important thing. Yeah. I
Absolutely.
But that's a really good point.
Boom.
Mic drop for a wearing.
Yes, love that one.
But it is a good point because people will sometimes forget that you need to go and you need to eat and you need to kind of recover.
Exactly.
And like you say, the fans expect you to come back three days later and be able to give your best.
So in order to do that, certain things have to give.
And, you know, if you've been out in a game and it's been freezing cold for 90 minutes and you've been running around and then you stop and you're freezing.
It's hard to sign things.
for so long or it's raining, but just as long as they know, we still appreciate them.
We might not always be able to live up to their expectations on that front.
But I think the main thing is performing on the pitch and to continually give them success.
And I think that's what the fan we need from the fans and what they need from us.
But then now a bit of juiciness.
What is the craziest thing you ever received from a fan?
Or that a fan has ever done.
I'm going to go to guru first.
I know she's not going to say it
but I know what it is.
Yeah, but I can't say it.
No, we can never ever say it.
So there's some things
I'm sorry, on social media
you can send and
stuff that
yeah, it's not explicit.
Yeah, something that I really want.
So, I mean, I don't think
I've received anything like unwarranted.
I think everything's sort of been within reason.
I do like it when some fans give me a bottle
of iron brew. I do get a bottle of iron brew
occasionally after a game.
Erin, you have
not done your
work as a friend.
Are you joking me, mate? Are you actually
joking me? Iron brew. The national
drink of Scotland. It's the only country in the
world where Coca-Cola is
not the main drink. The only country
in the world.
It's orange.
I can't explain the flavour, but you're
going to need to try it. And I will be getting
a bottle of iron brew for you tomorrow because that
is absolutely a disgraceful comment
that is a disgraceful comment
I mean I wish you could see your face right now
you look livid
it's in every shop here as well
I've never seen it
I think I don't even blame
her I blame you
thank you
all right everyone takes the foreign
and I'll say that's right
that's how it goes
that's shocking
I are N
B RU and it's orange
the juice
the juice I love that you've called it
the dreams. I basically drink it like water, so I used to anyway. I'm an athlete now, but
yeah, whenever you're going to bed, oh, wee bottle of iron brew, or just woke up in the morning,
a wee canny iron brew. Nothing better, honestly. I think the Scots drink it like water,
to be fair. Well, I tell you what, the next time I see you, I want a full review on what you
think iron brew is like. I'm getting one tomorrow, so. Yeah, that's so, I'm so upset by that. That's
bothered me. Okay. Well, moving quickly on. Let's talk about the best chance or how does it make
you feel when you hear the fans really raw and really bring incredible atmosphere and you're
on the pitch. I love being in the tunnel and walking out and you can hear the fans. It's like,
it's the best feeling. It's hard to describe. It's the adrenaline. I think it's parts of the game
that when you retire you're going to miss the most.
Yeah.
It's just a feeling that it's so hard to explain.
Yeah, I think if you could bottle that up
and put it up in a jar
and just let it out whenever you just need a little pick-up
because the adrenaline that rushes through your body
is something that cannot be replicated in any walk of life.
And I think nobody, unless you're a professional footballer,
really understands that feeling.
And I think it only comes from the fans.
I didn't get the same feeling when I walked out the tunnel in COVID
when there was no fans.
It only comes from the fans.
And I think the energy that they give us
is just as important as the energy
that we give them.
But they come hand in hand.
We have to give them energy first
before they give back.
Like Goro said, it's just,
it's a feeling you can't replicate.
It's funny that you said that about retired players
because whenever I speak to retired players,
no matter how well, how successful their career has been,
it doesn't matter what accolade,
they always say, I just miss,
hearing the fans while I'm on the pitch.
Yeah, I mean, if you asked a little girl from Irvin
that was grown up just wanting to play football from Eursa,
to walk out in front of thousands of Chelsea fans,
I would have bit your hand off.
I'd have said you're crazy, so it's just a great honour to do that.
I'm sure Gourouro's the same.
Little girl from Sundor Sora.
That was very, I think that was very good.
She doesn't even know I am brown, I know where she's from.
It's got all the accents and everything on it.
That's shocking, isn't it?
That's bad.
Sorry.
That's fine.
I'll forgive you.
That's under the solo?
Right.
Very good.
That is very good.
That is very good.
I know my team mates.
Shame about you.
She's not going to let you live this down anytime soon.
When we finish here, I'll go and buy you some mine brook to end this.
Otherwise, I fear the friendship might be over.
Yeah.
Me too.
I did talk about, though, there being some questions from the fans.
Are you ready?
Are you apprehensive about what?
what they might ask you.
Yes.
Are you actually?
Okay, well, give me your worst.
Well, I'm just going to, I'm going to give you all.
This is from Anne-Marie King,
and this is a question for Erin,
which parts of Scotland would you,
or would she, she's talking to you,
would you recommend exploring further?
Scotland's very beautiful.
Scotland is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.
I truly believe that.
Behind Norway.
Right.
I'm just no speaking to you at the minute.
It's my question.
Honestly, during COVID, couldn't go away, couldn't travel.
So I went up, done part of the NC 500, and some of the places were out of this world.
And I had never ever been to Northern Scotland or the Highlands or anything like that.
I think Sky, I camped in Sky and the Sky was utterly unbelievable.
So I definitely would go see parts of that again.
The Highlands were spectacular.
some of the views in the mountains
was next level. I mean, Giro's going
to trump that with her mountains, but
I think Scotland just is
a bit of a natural beauty, to be honest.
Do you remember you posted that photo?
Yes. And then I
posted mine. Yes. And what did
you say? I don't remember.
Okay. Both are nice countries.
Yeah, they are. I genuinely
really use Scotland. There's
so much hidden gems up that
sort of area.
You know, we all talk about Glasgow and Edinburgh and stuff, but the Highlands in Loch Lomond,
as well, it's just immaculate, it's so still.
And when you come from the hustle and bustle of London to then go up there and have pure
tranquility like it's proper special.
My question for you, Guru, from Sophie Beigley, if you could sign any player at Chelsea,
who would you pick?
And then also, as a side note, her second one is, what is your favourite English meal or snack?
But we'll go to the player first.
The player.
I mean, I would sign
Balmati. She's been the best player
that's a couple of years. She's unreal.
It would be nice having her play next to you, huh?
Wouldn't mind?
Wouldn't mind?
Yeah. And meal snack.
It's not iron boo.
Or whatever you call it.
How rude.
Meal. I mean, I know roast dinner.
That's your thing.
We had that today.
Yeah, we had it today.
For Tiji for lunch.
Yeah.
That's quite a good.
quite nice what meat did you go for turkey oh a gammon do you like a yorkshire pudding is that
the bread thing yeah not my favorite okay good I'll skip that it's not a Scottish thing either
yeah it's not my favorite either what oh there do you have a funny name for the sausage and the
bacon pigs in blanket oh yeah sausage in their baking pigs and blanket pigs yeah
Pigs and blanket? That's perfect. I mean, it quite literally is a pig and a blanket. I'm sorry. It's bad.
Did you have gravy with it? Yeah. Have you had gravy before? Yes, of course. Okay. Well, you say that. Oscar, when he was at Chelsea, had never had it. And he tasted it. And he went, is it like melted meat?
It does taste like meat, to be fair. He was very, it blew his mind. It's quite beefy, right?
so I go with
roasted dinner
roasted dinner
it's like roast dinner
roast dinner sorry
brilliant
I can see why she didn't want to speak at the start
when she first joined
true
to be fair we rent her for some of her
pronunciation yeah
now that she's at the level
where we can joke and we're friends
she gets it really tight from us to be fair
and I mean your English is
phenomenal
it is phenomenal
know. I mean, I say some wrong things here and there, but, I mean, you correct me and I learned.
You said something the other day. What was it? Something funny, probably. Yeah, she did. The
pronunciation was shocking. But, like, her English is amazing. She doesn't get enough credit
for it. It is literally perfect. She can understand everything. She can pass on information. She can
pass on tactics. Like, everything that she needs to know she's got. And she's basically an native now, I
would say. Thank you. Oh, thank you for this VA. Learning language is cool. Yeah. But it's, but it's
true because I think a lot of foreign players or people come and they're embarrassed and they don't
want to speak English because they're worried. But to be honest, English people abroad, the majority
don't have the linguistic skills needed. So do not feel embarrassed when I'm trying to speak
a language here. Yeah. It's like Millie trying to say good morning in Spanish. Buenos days.
Tomorrow. Well, you speak Spanish. No, a little bit, a little bit. I'm trying to learn. Yeah, I'm learning.
She's very good.
A fair bit of Spanish.
She speaks with Myra every day.
Yeah, I try and communicate with Myra
because she's not got a lot of people on the pitch
to actually speak to.
Hannah speaks good Spanish,
but Hannah and Myra are on opposite sides of the pitch,
so I'm like the middleman that tries to pass on information.
Oh, that's brilliant.
I would love to be a fly on the wall watching you learn Spanish.
It's quite eventful.
It is chaos, as is everything in my life.
But I just think it's great because I go to Spain every year.
for my holidays and I just think
we're a bit ignorant as British people
to not learn. I was going to say that. No, we are
sorry, I'll say it since. We are a bit ignorant when we go on holiday
we just say can I have a beer please or something
and everything we expect to be in English so I think
even if you try and make the effort it can go a long way. Yeah, I agree.
Yeah, something about the effort. You just expect everyone to speak
English and then what are you going to get back?
Exactly. Exactly.
So, for the record, I do speak a logical language.
So then I have a question for you.
Oh, she's got a quick.
All right.
Go-a-writing fan.
So what do you ask me every day?
Oh.
Buy the coffee machine.
Come to a coffee, vasie schnil.
Hey.
What does that mean?
Can you make me a coffee, please?
Every day.
Oh, very good.
Just little words that just remain there at home.
Look at Eric.
They are cute.
You can go to Norway now.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Millie can do it as well, but
their pronunciation maybe isn't as good.
The northern English accent, I feel
it really tends to struggle
with languages.
Well, the next question is from David
is a nice, easy one. Where would you like to go on
holiday?
I'm going this year
in the summer. I'm going back to Grace.
I remember going there as a kid
and I'm taking my mum on holiday this year
this summer. So I think definitely
I want to go there and with my mum, it's going to be
the best company ever so
I cannot wait
wearing Greece
is Zikynthos
oh yeah
yeah so we're going there
and I remember all those
all those times I used to go as a kid
and I haven't been in so many years to Greece
so I'm lucky enough to be able to
to go with my mum this summer
oh looking forward to seeing your holiday snaps
on Instagram
there'll be plenty
and Giro from Stephen
why are you always the first player
to be ready for the pre-match team photo
oh yeah how do I answer that honestly I don't know I just when we get ready I see Harriet she's like guiding me there's the photo get down and then I just stay there and the funny thing is I was looking back to my because this came up last year when people started to notice it but I checked photos from four years ago I did the same thing
it is just a guru writing
thing it is just a guru thing
like it's her like trademark now
everyone has their little things
and I think guru is like
get down get ready let's go
and if you don't do that you'll probably think
you're going to have a terrible game right
yeah
so it's a superstition
I have so many of them
do you
yeah what's your biggest one
no it's like I have
timings during the day where I have to have food
coffee, it's exactly
the same every time
fix my hair, makeup,
do this, that. It's
yeah, I have a lot of them.
One of 20 coffees. Giro's the only person
who's, when we're driving home from an
away game at midnight, anybody want a
coffee? I'm like, I'm trying to sleep.
She could have coffee on tap, this girl, honestly.
Yeah. Like, I've never
seen a person
consume as much coffee and
caffeine, as this girl does and still
manage to sleep. It's impressive.
Even our sleep expert
told me that, she was like, how do you sleep?
I was like, no, I'm just used to it.
I love coffee. You're the expert.
How many would you have?
Well, double figures.
Yeah, but I'm carrying that on.
I would say eight.
Eight a day.
You have eight coffees a day. And that's her cutting down.
Just to be clear.
You have eight coffees a day.
Coffee's my thing. Oh, it's waking up
the morning having your coffee in bed.
Ah, living my best life.
I'm going to really disappoint you.
I don't drink coffee.
Wow.
Because I don't drink tea at all.
I don't like tea.
Okay.
I mean, I now drink coffee maybe if my baby has been up all night.
Otherwise, it just makes me shake.
Like, it really affects me coffee.
I find it like, clearly I need a bit of wrighton blood.
Yeah, you do.
You honestly do.
Well, the next question is to Erin from Lawrence.
He was your favourite male player.
Ooh.
Used to be Edin Hazard.
Yeah.
When he was here.
And Kante.
Oh, I absolutely love Kani.
I adore the way he plays.
Like, honestly, give me that engine.
And as a person.
Yes, just such a sweetheart.
The Mini Cooper.
Every day.
Killed me.
Driving in in the Mini.
Honestly, that was something special.
Just to get a little wave from the car sometimes.
It's very cute.
Now I would probably say
Enzo, I kind of look towards players in my position
as you naturally do
because you gravitate to see what they do,
their movements, their runs,
what they do on and off the ball.
And I really appreciate his work off the ball that he does.
He works hard for the team,
but I think he's an incredibly technical player
and his availability since he joined the club
and how he manages to keep going
every three days is pretty impressive.
Guru, I'm going to start.
racing through these because I want to get through them all from Michael what's your
favorite type of music as well as your favorite holiday destination favorite
music whenever I go home I just need to chill so I listen to something
acoustic slow no I can't Norwegian maybe okay something like that
okay who's in charge of the music in the changing room all that
Bit of a contentious issue at the morning
to be honest. It's changing
hands each week.
We've got
Mia sometimes uses it. Jess
me, Millie,
LJ, Fran,
Kadisha. It's been changing
and nobody seems to be happy.
So I feel like we're going to have to make a
collaborative playlist that everyone can
contribute their music to because we all
have such different music test. So
I think we're going to have to
bring that one up. Yeah.
You might have to have a bit of a vote.
I'm staying away from that.
I can see, actually, that you were like, I'm going to stay well away.
Erin, from Paul, would you have taken up another sport if you were not a footballer?
Would it have potentially been golf?
Yeah.
Golf.
Absolutely no question.
I love my golf.
I love getting out.
Maybe if it was professional, maybe I wouldn't love it as much because I just love it as a casual thing.
Love it for fun, getting out.
Football is a really stressful game.
See, when the games are.
coming. The pressure is, you know,
you can sometimes feel like you're drowning. So I think
getting out, getting into space, into the open
air is really good for my head
and just playing a bit of golf. Like, you hit a great
shot and then a minute later you hit a bad
shot. But I think that's the joys of being
a casual golfer and you're playing with your friends.
Like, you can have such a laugh and I really
don't get that to anywhere else because football's
pretty serious gone. Who do you play
with? I have friend, I'm a
member of a golf club and I have friends.
With golfing friends. Yeah, I do have
golfing friends. That's what happens when you live here.
for the ears now
and guru
I think this is brilliant
from Jackie
have you trademarked
goo raw
like goo raw
oh
no I happen
Erin's not impressed
Jackie
Erin's not impressed
no
I honestly I've been
like thinking about
my celebration
but whenever I score a goal
I just get so happy
so
I just scream
it's just passion
yeah she's got a lot of passion
yeah
you know
let's get a weird
her emotions on her sleeve.
Happy, sad, excited, shocked,
angry. You don't have to ask. You can see it.
You can see it. I could chat to you two
all day. I absolutely
loved having you on. Thank you so much.
Thank you for being honest. Thank you for telling me
stories. I will catch up
with you further down the season. But thank you
so much. I want to give you a little round of applause, but it's just
me so you don't get a whole room full of
applause. Sorry, she can give me some PDA
to finish. There we go.
Thanks so much, guys.
Thank you. Thanks for having us.
Thanks for listening to our first episode of We Are Chelsea.
Each week, we're going to be giving you reaction to games, answering your questions and getting to know the team that little bit better.
So we'll be back next week with a big one, as we'll be chatting to the squad about their match against Arsenal.
Thanks so much for listening to We Are Chelsea.