Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Liam Twomey and Luke Bosher alongside him to reflect on the 2-1 win over League Two AFC Wimbledon in the second round of the League Cup. By the time you listen to the podcast this *whole* section may be completely redundant - but with just over 24 hours to go in the transfer window we talk through some of the latest done and potential deals - including Cole...

Three whole points for Chelsea Football Club... It's a Bank Holiday bonanza as Matt Davies-Adams, Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey bask in the glory of just a second win in 17 games for the Blues. We reflect on the 3-0 victory over Luton - and celebrate another sensational performance from Raheem Sterling who bagged a brace for Mauricio Pochettino's men. There's the obligatory transfer talk as we cou...

Anything but a win...and it's crisis talks already? The Athletic's Chelsea experts Dom Fifield and Liam Twomey are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to chew over the latest Blues news. Things get *a little bit heated* as we go through yet another transfer round up - including why Lewis Hall has been allowed to leave, why the can't shift Hudson-Odoi or Lukaku, and why they seem intent on spending more an...

Well, the positivity was fun while it lasted... Simon Johnson and Luke Bosher are back alongside Matt Davies-Adams to dissect that 3-1 defeat at West Ham. There's penalty nightmares, set piece meltdowns, goalscoring problems, more injury scares, pointed substitutions and much to discuss after an afternoon to forget at London Stadium. Next we check in on the latest transfer tittle tattle as we ente...

What do we talk about now the Caicedo saga is over?! Simon Johnson and Luke Bosher are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to wrap up another quiet, dull week in the life of Chelsea Football Club. First up - transfer talk - with Lavia imminent, Olise incoming (umm yeah - about that...), Hall potentially out the door, some confirmed loan deals and the ongoing efforts to shift Ziyech and Lukaku... Then atte...

1-1 on the pitch, a win for Chelsea off it... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Blues experts Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson alongside him for our first pod of the week - and there's reason to be positive as it looks like a certain Ecuadorian is FINALLY through the door... The Athletic's Football Correspondent David Ornstein sends us a voice note with the definitive update on the Moisés Caic...

Here we go... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey alongside him to kick-off the 2023-24 campaign. We start with the terrible injury news for Christopher Nkunku - and what the knock-on effect could be in terms of transfers. There's the latest on Caicedo, Lavia and Kepa - and concerns around attacking options if there was anymore injury misfortune.....

Not long to wait now... Matt Davies-Adams is joined by The Athletic's Simon Johnson and Luke Bosher to round up the latest pre-season talking points and transfer to-and-fro as we enter the final stretch before the 2023-24 season. We've got Lionesses reaction after the red mist descended for Lauren James, a Liam Twomey special from the beach in Chicago, the arrival of Robert Sánchez - and an update...

We're back! Matt Davies-Adams is joined once again by two of The Athletic's finest - Liam Twomey and Dom Fifield - to get stuck into a typically quiet and uneventful summer for Chelsea Football Club (!) We check in with Liam's adventures Stateside as the Blues win the Premier League Summer Series - and hear from Ben Chilwell who gives a fascinating insight into life under Mauricio Pochettino in pr...

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Goodbye and good riddance, 2022-23... For the final time this season, The Athletic's Chelsea experts Liam Twomey and Dom Fifield are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to round off a year to forget for CFC. But we start with some good news! For just after we finished recording (of course) it was *finally* confirmed that Mauricio Pochettino is the new Blues boss. Liam pops back to talk us through the anno...

We've so nearly stumbled over the finishing line... We begin with our latest edition of 'Why hasn't Mauricio Pochettino been announced as the new Chelsea manager yet?' Then, there's a round up the exhibition match at the Etihad as the Blues were beaten 1-0 by Manchester City's B team. The less said about that the better - so we move on swiftly and instead try and be upbeat about the trip to Old Tr...

Waiting for the official confirmation to drop like... The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to round up the latest Blues news with the 2022-23 season mercifully only two weeks from being over. We start with the latest on the Mauricio Pochettino arrival - and why it's *still* yet to be announced by the club. The good news is we'll always have S...

We are staying up, say we are staying up... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Dom Fifield alongside him to reflect on a very unfamiliar sensation - a win! We analyse the 3-1 victory at Bournemouth - including Mr Johnson in the thick of things in the away end... But we begin with the latest on the new manager hunt - with Mauricio Pochettino still seemingly p...

Five more games, just five more games... The Athletic's Chelsea experts Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson join Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on the latest disastrous chapter in this horrible season. We analyse the result and performance at The Emirates and touch base on where we stand in terms of the proposed arrival of Mauricio Pochettino - and Todd Boehly's latest conference appearance... Normally a...

Make it stop... Matt Davies-Adams is joined by The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey to reflect on the latest dire chapter in this sorry season following the 2-0 defeat by Brentford at Stamford Bridge. It's now five straight defeats under Frank Lampard as the Blues continued the form which sees them sitting just 10 points above the bottom three. We dissect the performance an...

Not to be, listener... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea experts Dom Fifield and Liam Twomey alongside him as the Blues crash out of the Champions League courtesy of a 4-0 aggregate defeat by Real Madrid. We give our thoughts on the tie, the shortcomings of Frank Lampard's side and where it went wrong over the two legs. Attention then turns to what this means for the remainder of th...

Even Super Frank can't get a tune out of them...yet... Matt Davies-Adams is joined by The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey to round up another bonkers week in the life of CFC. We begin with Thursday's news that Frank Lampard has returned to Stamford Bridge until the end of the season. There's a look back at the woeful 1-0 defeat at Wolves - before we TRY and find some posit...

It's never, ever, EVER dull is it? The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Dom Fifield are alongside Matt Davies-Adams for a BUMPER Straight Outta Cobham following the sacking of Graham Potter. We kick things off with Liam Twomey's voice note following the 2-0 defeat by Aston Villa which proved to be the final straw in the hugely disappointing seven month reign of Potter. We then get into...

He's dodged the Spurs bullet... The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey join Matt Davies-Adams to sift through the main Blues news as the international break rumbles on. Thomas Tuchel has a new job - thankfully not in North London - but is he poaching one of his former coaching staff to join him at Bayern Munich? And just how tantilising would a UCL semi-final showdown with hi...

When we grow up we want to be like Guro Reiten... We've got a full house of SOC'ers alongside Matt Davies-Adams as for the final time this season Jessy Parker Humphreys and Sam Parkin lend their expertise to The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson, Dom Fifield and Liam Twomey. Jessy joins us hot off the tarmac to reflect on the women's hugely impressive 1-0 quarter-final first-leg win over Ch...

Four wins in a row would just be greedy... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey alongside him to look back at the frustrating 2-2 draw with the Toffees and Stamford Bridge on Saturday. We question whether dropping more points even matters in the scheme of things, give some love to Enzo and Félix - and highlight the defensive frailties which reared...

They couldn't win four in a row, could they?! Matt Davies-Adams has got Jessy Parker Humphreys and Sam Parkin with him to look ahead to Saturday's visit of Everton. We begin with some of the other Blues news, including the new-look Club World Cup, the fitness of Édouard Mendy and the return of Romelu Lukaku next season... Then it's all eye on that match against the Toffees under the lights on Satu...

Three goals?! Three goals in one game?! The Athletic's Chelsea experts Simon Johnson and Liam Twomey join Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on the 3-1 victory at Leicester. We hear from a couple of the star performers - Ben Chilwell and Kai Havertz - while rounding up the win and discussing the main takeaways from a third straight triumph in the space of a week - for the first time since October! It wa...

Magic... Jessy Parker Humphreys and Dom Fifield are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on the momentous 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund which saw Chelsea progress to the quarter-finals of the Champions League 2-1 on aggregate. We've got a mega voice note from Simon and Liam at Stamford Bridge before rounding up some of the star performers, praise for Potter and a full debrief of the game. Away...