Chelsea FanCast

This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Medicine to look back at Chelsea's progression to the semi-finals of the Conti Cup thanks to a 4-2 win over West Ham.    Plus we look ahead to Sunday's WSL clash with Brighton and Hove Albion.    You can follow Medicine on Twitter @EEMedicine    To join our fantasy football league head to  ShePlays | Fantasy Football Co...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd look back at the 1-1 draw against Brighton and look ahead to another crunch match against rivals Spurs. Adam Newson from Football. London joins us in part one to look back at the Brighton match. Was the lacklustre draw down to just a poor performance, or was it due to physical and mental fatigue as Tuchel claimed? After the spat between Lukaku and Ziyech are we...

This week Dean is joined by Tracy Brown, Co-Chair of Chelsea Pride to look ahead to Wednesday's Conti Cup Quarter-Final clash with West Ham   We discuss whether this long break will be a help or be a hinderance, talk Bethany England having the pressure off, whether Emma needs any forward thinking with her team selection plus much more.   Plus Tracy gives us the latest from all the goings...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dayne Whittle and Sam Inkersole from Football. London to look back at the 1-0 defeat away to Man City and ahead to Tuesday night's match against Brighton. On the show tonight, in part one, we look at Tuchel’s questionable team selection where the defence worked but we struggled up front with poor performances from Pulisic and Ziyech. In part two we l...

This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Rob Pratley from The Chelsea Social to look ahead to Sunday's WSL clash with Everton.   We discuss potential injuries, the importance of staying close to Arsenal and much more.   Plus we hear from Peter J Macca from Everton Women Fan TV Podcast to give us the lowdown on all things Everton.   You can follow Rob on Twitter @RJPJournalism and...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dean Mears to look back at the 1-0 victory against Spurs in the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg and ahead to Saturday's big match against Man City. Adam Newson from Football. London joins us in part one to look back at the Spurs game where Rudiger was just outshone by VAR as the man of the match. Referee Mariner was woeful but it didn't stop Chelsea...

This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Medicine to look at all things transfers as the winter transfer window opens up.    We learn more about new signing Alsu Abdullina, discuss Jorja Fox's move to Charlton, assess which areas of the pitch we'd most like to strengthen, debate the importance of Emma Hayes' ability to convince top level players to join the club and hear from some of...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at Saturday's FA Cup victory over Chesterfield and ahead to the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg against Surs on Wednesday night. On the show tonight, in part one, we applaud a fine debut by Lewis Hall and Chelsea getting the job done with a minimum of fuss and Tuchel getting the opportunity to give some mu...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and guests to look back at the 2-0 victory against Spurs in the Carabao Cup semi-final 1st leg and ahead to Saturday's FA Cup match against Chesterfield from the National League. Sam Inkersole from Football. London joins us in part one to look back at the Spurs game where the bit part players like Saul, Sarr and Ziyech really stepped up...

This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson for another instalment of Talking Tactics plus a look ahead to Chelsea's first WSL game of 2022.   We look at the success of the FA Cup final and discuss the reasons for the downfall in Europe and much more.   Wishing all our listeners a very Happy New Year.    You can follow Mia on Twitter @Mia_Eriksson    To j...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Marco Worrall & Dan Silver to look back on an eventful week in the annals of Chelsea FC culminating in a fighting 2-2 draw against Liverpool. On the show tonight, in part one, we look at Mane’s assault on Azpi, a familiar story of poor finishing and worse defensive lapses and an unfamiliar story of a Kovacic worldy and a Pulisic goal and a grea...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dayne Whittle and guests to look back at the 1-1 draw against Brighton and ahead to Sunday's match against Liverpool. Adam Newson from Football. London joins us in part one to look back at the Brighton game. Chelsea are clearly running on empty but does that excuse the performance? With Reece James and Andreas Christensen going off Chelsea now have...

Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan to look back at a decent 3-1 win over Aston Villa an dahead to Wednesday night's match against Brighton at Stamford Bridge. On the show tonight, we discuss Pulisic taking one for the team as a false number 9; the return of a proper number 9 in Lukaku; Hudson-Odoi putting it in literally and metaphorically and we ask is Jorginho Chelsea'...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover to look back at the Carabao Cup Quarter Final against Brentford and nlook ahead to Boxing Day's trip to Aston Villa. In part one we look back at the 2-0 victory over Brentford in the Carabao Cup Quarter Final. Tuchel threw in the kids in the form of Soonsup-Bell, Vale and Simons and they did not disappoint. Chalobah showed that he is a le...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver and Alex Churchill to look bag at a foggy 0-0 draw away at Wolves. On the show tonight, we discuss a game which arguably should not have gone ahead with 7 Chelsea players out with Covid and others injured or returning too soon from injury. A depleted Chelsea side made hard work of it in the 1st half before dominating the 2nd, with Saul sur...

This week Dean and Dayne sit down to reflect on the past year and talk through some highlights as Chelsea became domestic treble winners and made their first ever Champions League final.   Plus we look ahead to what 2022 might have in store for the team and what we might expect to see play out in the final months of the season.   To all our listeners we wish you a very Merry Christmas an...

Stamford Chidge talks to Clive Batty about his new book: 'The Top 10 of Everything Chelsea' Stamford Chidge talks to Clive Batty, author of 'Kings of the Kings Road' and 'A Serious Case of the Blues' about his new book - 'The Top 10 of Everything Chelsea'. Brimming with Blues trivia, facts and stats, The Top Ten of Everything Chelsea covers every aspect of the club's long and colourful history in...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Adam Newson from Football. London to look back at the 1-1 draw against Everton and ahead to the match against Wolves on Sunday. A failure to finish and defensive errors cost us again in the 1-1 draw against Everton. Does this mean that squad players such as Barkley, Saul, Pulisic and Alonso are not up to it? How culpable was Tuchel? S...

This week Dean is joined by Radha Gupta and Rob Pratley to pick the bones out of Chelsea's 1-0 defeat to Reading on Saturday lunchtime.    We ask if Emma Hayes was right to call out the squad players she gave a chance to, if Chelsea's attacking game plan was their ultimate downfall and praise for Reading's set up,   Plus we look ahead to the crucial Champions League Group Stage game...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham and Dayne Whittle to look back at the win against Leeds United on Saturday and ahead to the match against Everton on Thursday. On the show tonight, in part one, we look back at the Leeds match and discuss the penalties, Mounts goal and why nothing beats a last-minute winner against a bitter rival. In part two we discuss why money can’t...

This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Juventus and look ahead to their WSL clash with Reading this Saturday.    We ask if Emma Hayes has any trust issues with some of her squad, look at how Juventus were able to frustrate Chelsea and tackle the big topic of the day, Kerr vs Pitch Invader.    Plus we look at the form of Readi...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Liam Twomey from the Athletic to look back at Chelsea's 3-3 draw against Zenit and ahead to Chelsea's big grudge match against Leeds United on Saturday. With Chelsea drawing against Zenit in their last Champions' League game meaning they finished second in the group, did Tuchel's gamble backfire? Is our squad depth not as deep as we t...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver to look back at a very annoying defeat to West Ham. On the show tonight, in part one, we discuss the defensive errors that cost us and the freak goal that killed us and applaud the fact that Mason Mount is back. In part two we discuss how Moyes’ changes worked and ours did not; how we lost the midfield battle and bemoan the fact that we ar...

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver to look back at the midweek game against Watford and ahead to Saturday's clash against West Ham. In part one Adam Newson from Football. London joins us to look back at the ugly win against Watford in midweek and to pick up on today's press conference with Thomas Tuchel and to round up this week's Chelsea news. In part two Will Pugh from We...

This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Matt J Ball from World Wide Chels to preview this Sunday's FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Arsenal.    We ponder who'll play as the middle centre back, which partnership will make up the midfield pivot and if we'd risk it with Pernille Harder.    You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattJBall98    To join our fantasy football le...