Liam Tharme

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1,662 appearances 10 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5d ago

Liam Tharme’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Athletic FC Podcast · Why have Chelsea changed their transfer strategy? · 6 Aug 2026 podcast

Yeah, I just had some friends that said it look looks good, should go for it again. matched

So I thought thought why not? matched

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Kind of. matched

But an interesting point that was being discussed in the office earlier with Connor O'Neill, one of our data writers, was in bringing in those players, how much they also actually need to play in order to have that kind of on field experience. matched

It's not just kind of the in the dressing room on the training ground, how they can benefit young players, but actually the kind of the on pitch leadership when you look at Chelsea's disciplinary record or kind of, you know, points dropped from winning positions, how did they actually go about impacting the game? matched

And now if you've then got Danny Wellbeck starting matched

25, 30 games in the season. matched

Same for Jordan Henderson. matched

I know he kind of phased out a bit towards his time at the end at Brentford. matched

But if they're there playing regularly, is that then becoming a problem in terms of minutes for those young players that you spent kind of big sums on? matched

I think you need to work out quite clearly what the role is, what the hierarchy is. matched

Otherwise, you just end up in a bit of a state of overcorrections, I think, of saying, okay, we've brought so young, now we have to buy really, really older players and experienced players that you don't want to make the same mistake. matched

at the other end of kind of that continuum. matched

I think it's a different role though, right? matched

You're talking kind of a month for a a major tournament where part of the reason you need that is because you don't have a group of players that spend all kind of season together. matched

You're trying to basically manufacture that club environment at international level. matched

Okay, if there's any club that kind of is matched

near to an international team for kind of how quickly players are being churned out. matched

It probably is Chelsea, so it's probably the the closest example to it. matched

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