1905: The Chelsea FC Podcast

Chris and Joe build their full 26/27 squad for Xabi Alonzo — position by position. Exits that feel overdue. New faces that could make the difference. And a squad that, read back, actually sounds like it might surprise a few people. _____________________________________ * Support the Show * Write us a 5 star review Follow the show ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Instagr...

The season is over — and not a moment too soon. Chris and Joe hand out the awards nobody wanted to give. Goals, moments, and one word that perfectly sums up the whole sorry affair. _____________________________________ * Support the Show * Write us a 5 star review Follow the show ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

Tenth. Same distance from relegation as from fourth — and that symmetry tells you everything about the season. Chelsea didn't just miss Europe, they didn't fancy it. Chris and Joe go through the rot: the red cards, the mentality, the managerial failures, and what Xabi Alonso is actually inheriting. Plus, is Enzo Fernandez already gone? Voicenotes on all that and more. _____________________________...

Chelsea beat Spurs. Again. Six in a row, three doubles in three seasons, 11 wins in the last 13. Enzo Fernandez produces an absolute worldy and reminds everyone exactly why you don't sell him, Hato announces himself as a future monster, and Delap is - again - an absolute car crash up front. Europe is still up for grabs... do we want it? Voicenotes on all that and more. ____________________________...

The reset button has been pressed — and with the appointment of Xabi Alonso as manager, not head coach, are BlueCo finally admitting their mistakes? Chelsea lose the FA Cup Final 1–0 to City, undone by a moment of magic and two penalty calls that won't survive a rewatch, but the bigger story broke minutes after the final whistle. Chris and Joe dig into what the Alonso appointment actually means: t...

AMan City haven't lost a domestic game since January 17th. Chelsea have lost six consecutive Wembley finals. On paper, this shouldn't be close - but Chris and Joe aren't ready to write it off. The Cup Final preview covers the team selection that gives Chelsea their best chance, why Levi Colwill is the one player who can change the dynamic against Pep's system, and what a Palace-style smash-and-gra...

A point at Anfield shouldn't feel like oxygen. And yet here we are. Chelsea draw 1–1 with Liverpool and for the first time in what feels like months, there's something flickering. Levi Colwill returns and immediately looks like the player this squad has been missing all season — commanding, organising, captain material in everything but the armband. Enzo's goal, a Cole Palmer finish chalked off, C...

Forest come to the Bridge and leave with three points they barely had to work for. A major clear-out is needed this summer. That's where Chris and Joe land after further embarrassment. The bigger question is whether the sporting directors who built this squad have the self-awareness to admit it. Chris and Joe are running out of things to say, and that might be the most damning verdict of all. Voic...

Chelsea channelled the spirit of 1970 at Wembley - direct, aggressive, unafraid - and suddenly this season has a pulse again. Enzo Fernandez's header broke the goal drought and sends Chelsea to an FA Cup Final. Chris and Joe break down a 1–0 win over Leeds that finally looked like a team that wanted it: Joáo Pedro outstanding, McFarlane's directness vindicated, and the Fabregas chants ringing roun...

Four years in, and BlueCo's managerial record reads: Potter, Pochettino, Maresca, Rosenior. Chris maps that against Abramovich's first four years — Mourinho, back-to-back titles, Cobham built from scratch — and the gap is brutal. With Rosenior gone and Calum McFarlane holding the fort at Wembley, the summer appointment feels like the most consequential Chelsea have made in years. Chris and Joe run...

Five games in a row lost and without a goal. The last time Chelsea managed that, the Titanic had literally just sunk. Chris and Joe are past angry. This is embarrassment. Malo Gusto, Enzo, Neto, Liam Delap — nobody escapes. Trevoh Chalobah's post-match interview gets both barrels from Joe. Liam Rosenior should never have been put in this position - and it was time for him to go. Voicenotes on all...

Chelsea lose 1-0 to a dreadful Manchester United side and the most alarming thing isn't the result, it's the silence and emptiness of a season draining away... Chris and Joe process six defeats in seven games, Cole Palmer's growing invisibility, and the moment Estevão went down — taking the last flicker of threat with him. There's also a financial timebomb quietly ticking under all of it: a billio...

Pep took it personally in 2021 and Chelsea haven't beaten Man City since. Yesterday felt like a reminder of exactly why. Chris and Joe go through the wreckage of a 3–0 home humiliation — a first half that actually showed something, a second half that showed everything wrong with this squad. Palmer flickers but fades, Caicedo is dreadful and rightly hooked, and Liam Rosenior looks lost on the touch...

Seven games left. An FA Cup semi-final. Chelsea could still finish third. They could also finish eighth.  Chris and Joe sit down in person to preview Sunday's Man City game — the lineup headaches — before turning to the full run-in and going fixture-by-fixture with their predictions. There's cautious optimism, a few hard truths about where Chelsea actually sit in the football food chain, and a tra...

93% of Chelsea fans think this season ends in disaster — and a 7–0 cup win over League One opposition isn't going to change that. Chris and Joe react to the FA Cup quarter-final victory, but the real conversation is about what comes next: a brutal run-in against City, United, and Liverpool that will define Liam Rosenior's tenure. They dig into the Enzo Fernandez ban — was it the right call with Ma...

The receipts are in, and they make for grim reading. Chris and Joe sit down with analyst Roland to forensically examine all 49 BlueCo signings - sorting them into five brutal categories, from untouchables like Cole Palmer, Enzo Fernandez and Caicedo, to the development gambles bleeding the budget dry. Less than a third of signings land in the success column. Arsenal's entire squad costs the same a...

Nobody warned you it would feel like this. Everton 3–0, outrun in every single Premier League game this season, and a fanbase that's stopped being angry and started being numb. Chris and Joe don't sugarcoat it - this is a football depression. They dig into Wesley Fofana's decline, Rob Sanchez's latest horror show, and Cole Palmer's body language that's saying the quiet part loud. The ownership que...

A humiliating night at Stamford Bridge. A record Champions League defeat on aggregate. And a Chelsea performance that felt like a new low. Chris and Joe break down the collapse against PSG, the worrying tactical decisions, the lack of fight, and the growing feeling that the bigger problem now is not just results — but the direction of the club itself. They also discuss Trevoh Chalobah’s injury, En...

Another home defeat. Another disjointed display. Another Chelsea performance that felt all too familiar. Chris and Joe react to a flat, frustrating loss to Newcastle, breaking down the soft goal, the lack of ideas against a low block, and the growing fear that Chelsea are not really moving forward at all. They also zoom out to the wider issues: poor squad building, a lack of experience, defensive ...

For 70 minutes, Chelsea went toe-to-toe with the best team in Europe. They played with courage. They played with quality. At times, they were the better side. And then came the collapse. In this episode, Chris and Joe react to a chaotic night in Paris that somehow managed to be both encouraging and maddening in equal measure. We get into the Jorgensen decision, the brutal turning point that change...

How do you react when your team wins… but still leaves you annoyed? Chelsea are through after a chaotic 4–2 win at Wrexham, but this was anything but comfortable. Chris and Joe get into a flat, disjointed performance, why the lineup and substitutions raised bigger questions, and why this felt like a warning sign despite the result. They talk Josh Acheampong’s big moment, the players who are runnin...

... that's what Ruud Gullit would call it. Chelsea go to Villa Park, concede early, then remember how good we can be. We get into Rosenior’s big call in goal, Garnacho grabbing his chance, Enzo pulling strings, and João Pedro looking like he might be the real deal and the number nine we’ve been crying out for. Following a great midweek for The Blues, we look forward to the weekend and that big gam...

It wasn't pretty was it? A match decided by corners, calamity and cards. We unpack Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea and why we're just sick of seeing us shoot ourselves in the foot time and time again. We give Sarr and Hato their flowers, talk Sanchez doing Sanchez things, and why Neto needs to be made an example of. Plus why Villa on Wednesday truly is... season defining! Voicenotes on all that and more. ____...

Eleven games left. No freebies. Crunch time, whether we like it or not. Chris maps out the run-in and what we'll need to do to qualify for the Champions League. Joe jumps in on the bigger question on what matters more - trophies or qualification. We preview Arsenal on Sunday, Palmer looking like he’s carrying something, and what the back line can’t do at The Emirates. Plus we get the Arsenal persp...

We keep shooting ourselves in the foot. Chelsea v Burnley should’ve been calm, and instead it’s another one that leaves you staring at the wall. Sixth red card of the season. Seventeen points dropped from winning positions at home. We get into why we keep losing our heads, how the game swung, and what it says about this team when the pressure’s on — even when we’re in front. Voicenotes on all that...