Sam Hill: "You were at the game [vs Bournemouth], Bob, what did you think of the performance and what do you think it means going forward for Frank [Lampard]?"
Bobby Vincent: "Finally a semi-decent performance from Chelsea. It wasn't what you'd expect from them, but it was much better. There were plenty of positives to take.
"Early on, they were passing the ball well, they had a lot of possession but they never really looked like penetrating Bournemouth, but they did with Conor Gallagher's header. And then, they didn't really kick on from there and they allowed Bournemouth back into the game – like we've seen Chelsea do so many times this season. Then you thought, 'here we go again'.
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"The fans were taking the mick a bit when they went 1-0 up but as soon as the equaliser went in, it went a bit quiet. You could tell they knew what was going to happen. But to be fair, Chelsea managed to get control back in the game.
"I thought they had spells of possession that they haven't had enough of recently. We saw it earlier in the season when Graham Potter was in charge but with a lack of end ball. That wasn't really there on Saturday but they eventually got their goal with Badiashile scoring from a good set-piece. That always seemed the likely route for Chelsea to score.
"At the end, Felix scored as well. It was a great three points for Chelsea and much needed for Frank Lampard. I think it's interesting to see how they react to that because it's been so long since Chelsea have won that you've almost forgotten if they can build momentum or what's going to happen now. It's unchartered territory."
SH: "It's a step in the right direction. It had to come eventually but I didn't really see it coming against Bournemouth with their recent form. A couple of the standouts were the changes Lampard made. Badiashile coming into the defence, he was quite impressive with his passing out from defence and overall play against [Dominic] Solanke who has been in good form.
"Noni Madueke really stood out with his ability to take on players. I wanted to get your thoughts on his performance and whether you think he can build on this into next season, or will he still get chopped and changed out of the line-up?"
BV: "I thought he was really good. He's been really good in the last two games but he particularly impressed me on Saturday. The wingers, Madueke and Mudryk, were really important. They made the pitch very big for Chelsea.
"Madueke would stand virtually on the touchline. In the first-half, he was on the touchline near me so I kept a close eye on him. He was up against Matias Vina, who scored Bournemouth's goal, but he found it really hard to deal with Madueke. He didn't know whether to go tight to him or to back off him. He chose to back off him most of the time and then that allowed Madueke to have a head-start on him and have some momentum when running forward with the ball.
"He just passed him easily virtually every time. He's one of the best at doing that I've seen in recent time: just going past a player effortlessly and making it look so easy. Vina didn't want to show him onto his left foot which is understandable but Madueke was more than happy to go onto his right and find another route to try and eventually get onto his left foot.
"It was genuinely an amazing performance from him, but it's just the lack of end product which has been the problem with the majority of Chelsea attackers this season. I guess he's only 21, so that could come with time. I think he has all of the tools to become a really top winger.
"I hope he keeps his place in the side now. I think that was the first time he's had back-to-back starts for Chelsea since signing in January, so I hope Lampard sees how well he did play. He spoke about how well he played after the game. I hope he gets a start against Forest on Saturday.
"Between now and the end of the season it could be the time for him to put himself into the new manager's plans. Looking like it's going to be Mauricio Pochettino.
"Badiashile, too, I thought he was brilliant. Against Solanke, who's in-form and he's a real nuisance for centre-backs to come up against. He's aggressive and quick, and Badiashile was all of that as well, he matched him up really well. He did really well in the air.
"His calmness on the ball for someone who is 6'4", his speed off it and his agility. It's all really impressive. A lot of Chelsea fans have been crying out for him to start for weeks now; he finally got his start and I don't think it's a coincidence that it comes with Chelsea's first win as well."
SH: "I agree. I think Badiashile and Madueke were the standout performers. The issue with [Wesley] Fofana gave Badiashile a chance. Frank had spoken about him in the week that he was close to making a start, but I do think both of those [Badiashile and Madueke] have to start against Forest.
"I'm just curious to what your thoughts are on what it means for Lampard between now and the end of the season. Obviously there's been reports that he will assist in the handover to the new manager, which looks like it will be Pochettino, but it is still unclear whether an agreement is going to be made this week or anything like that.
"I wanted to get your view on the Lampard situation and what it means for his career going forward. Whether he will be looking for another Premier League job if it comes his way, or if he's shown enough to even deserve that opportunity..."
BV: "Yeah, we were speaking to Lampard last week at Cobham for his pre-match press conference. He was asked a similar question and whether he would think carefully about his next job and whether he would consider it more beforehand.
"He's had some difficult jobs. When he originally took over at Chelsea in 2019, they had a transfer ban, Eden Hazard had just left, so there were really difficult circumstances but to be fair, he did a really good job. He eventually got sacked of course and then he took over Everton who were in a relegation battle and he did well there in his first few months. He managed to keep them up which was essentially his job.
"Unfortunately, he couldn't really take them any further and was eventually sacked. Now he's took quite a unique job, really, on an interim basis with a Chelsea side who are completely disjointed and the lowest we've ever seen them confidence-wise. Those last three jobs have been really difficult.
"He was asked last week whether he would consider how difficult the job would be before taking it. It will be really interesting to see what he gets next. I think it's harsh to judge him on this interim job because he came in and met a big squad of about 30 players and I'd imagine there are some big egos – most of them are international players and he has to leave a few of them out of the matchday squad every week.
"It's a very difficult job. The fact he's a club legend – in some ways – perhaps makes it even harder because he doesn't want to tarnish his reputation. I don't think it will be because Chelsea fans, whatever they think of Lampard as a manager, will consider him a club legend forever because of what he achieved here as a player.
"I don't doubt that he'll be able to get a job afterwards. It will be interesting to see if it's a Premier League job because the last two permanent jobs, not counting this current role, he hasn't done a particularly amazing job. It will be dead interesting to see."
SH: "We should pick up with Pochettino. There have been reports he wants to keep Mason Mount, who could leave the club this summer. The squad, like you said, it's a huge squad that needs trimming down. Where do you think Poch starts? Does he look at the squad, assesses it and picks out who he wants to keep from there?"
BV: "I think he has to start with identifying the players who he wants. There are a lot of players now who are either going into the final two years of their deal or are going into the final year. Chelsea have this recruitment team now who will have been mulling over it for months who they want to keep and who they want to sell or send out on loan next season because they are going to need to get rid of 10-plus players.
"It will be interesting to see how much of a say Pochettino will have in that. He will want quite a bit, like he did at Tottenham. I imagine that's why negotiations are taking this long because there are a lot of things to sort out. The way Chelsea are run, with a big board, they have a lot of people there. I'm sure Pochettino will be asking for assurances over his role in things.
"Mason Mount, he [Pochettino] supposedly really likes him, so that could be something to either persuade Mount to compromise a bit or perhaps even Pochettino being able to persuade the club to give Mount and his camp what they want. I don't think the Mount stuff is done yet and the Pochettino stuff will have a lot to do with it.
"I think the appointment itself makes sense, on paper anyway. If you have a long-term project and you need the right manager to lead it, then I think Pochettino has proven he can do something like that. He got that Tottenham side playing really good football, he built an identity with a young English core at Spurs.
"He got the best out of Dele Alli, who hasn't been anywhere near that level since Pochettino left. He brought Heung-min Son to the club and got him playing some of his best football, and of course Harry Kane as well. He made that Spurs team a really attractive team to watch.
"He got Spurs to a Champions League final, lost that to Liverpool and in my opinion was harshly sacked a few months later. On paper, it makes sense. It's just whether or not the Chelsea board will give him time because it's not going to happen quickly.
"We saw with Graham Potter, there are going to be tough times. Even though the board kept briefing that Potter was the man and he had their full support, we obviously saw in April that he was sacked. Everything they said proved not to be true. If they are to appoint Pochettino, they need to fully back him and fully invest in him."
SH: "Like you said, it will be a long-term process and it has to start this summer with clearing out the players they don't see a long-term future for. That's the only way they're going to build relationships with the players, trust with the manager and get that core group that Poch shown at Spurs, it can take a club a long way. To a Champions League final, for example.
"It will take time, like it did under Potter, but that didn't work out. But Pochettino comes with a pedigree. He won in France with PSG, he's handled superstar names before in Neymar, Messi and Mbappe. So he's got that experience. He's got the experience in the Premier League, he's reached finals before.
"There is the question mark over the lack of trophies but I think he has the qualities to be able to turn this Chelsea side into a winning side again. He'll be looking on with a lot of interest in how Lampard is dealing with the squad, the opportunities he's giving to the likes of Madueke, who I think would thrive under Poch. The same with Badiashile.
"I suppose we look to the Nottingham Forest game at Stamford Bridge and see if Chelsea can build on their win over Bournemouth. How do you see the result going? Do you see any changes to the team?"
BV: "The injury to Ben Chilwell – it looks like he could be out for the season. We don't know that yet. We'll hear from Lampard on Friday in his pre-match press conference. He's likely to not be in the squad.
"It will be interesting to see what he does at left-back with Cucurella still out. Lewis Hall could take some part. It will be interesting to see if Lampard goes for a back-three because he'll know how good Forest have been on the counter-attack recently.
"Whenever Chelsea play a back-four, they often look susceptible to a team breaking on them. They look a lot more solid when they go for a back-three, but he might want his team to play more on the front foot, like they did against Bournemouth.
"The general shape of the team should be the same, with Madueke and Mudryk. Definitely Madueke, but he might play Sterling because he did well when he came on at Bournemouth and we haven't seen enough of that recently. He set up Felix, who has a shout too. He could go in instead of Havertz. With this Chelsea squad, it's so difficult to predict what Lampard is going to do."
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