Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

Dreaming of two Premier League wins on the bounce for the first time since March?! Dom Fifield and Luke Bosher join Matt Davies-Adams to look ahead to the visit to Turf Moor to take on Burnley on Saturday afternoon. There's also a huge tie for the women's team - making the trip to Manchester City and hoping to avenge their 2-0 defeat there last season. Plus, Matt tries to redeem himself after a di...

This whole winning malarkey is fun, isn't it?! Matt Davies-Adams is joined by The Athletic's finest Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson to reflect on the 2-0 win at Fulham under the lights on Monday night. Producer Lucy and Simon send an excitable voice note - before we take hear from Levi Colwill, take your questions and round up a hugely positive night for Mauricio Pochettino's side. It was also a goo...

Well, this is a foreign feeling... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Liam Twomey and Dom Fifield alongside him to look back on the goal (!) and win (!) over good friends Brighton in a feisty League Cup encounter at Stamford Bridge. The question is - can they keep it going down the road at Craven Cottage in the Premier League on Monday night? There's a preview of that derby and plenty to pon...

Is the season over yet? Matt Davies-Adams is accompanied by two of The Athletic's finest - Luke Bosher and Simon Johnson - to round up the inevitable 1-0 defeat by Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge. We analyse the performance, Malo Gusto's red card - and Nicholas Jackson's inability to avoid yellows. There's no time to feel sorry for themselves because old friends Brighton are in town on Wednesday ni...

Who needs European football anyway? Matt Davies-Adams is joined by The Athletic's Chelsea experts Dom Fifield and Liam Twomey to look ahead to Sunday's visit of Aston Villa to Stamford Bridge. We start with some... positivity?! As Michael Cox explains why the Blues' start to the season hasn't been as bad as it seems. Plenty on the agenda as we take your questions including why there's so much nega...

Don't you just love a trip to the seaside... Simon Johnson and Luke Bosher are alongside Matt Davies-Adams to reflect on the uninspiring goalless draw at Bournemouth on Sunday. Plus a chance to hear from Mauricio Pochettino - who says he can understand the grumblings from fans already... We take your questions including why there's so little confidence in front of goal, whether the incredible numb...

Chelsea's title charge starts now... The Athletic's Blues experts Liam Twomey and Simon Johnson join Matt Davies-Adams to wrap up the international break and look ahead to a trip to the seaside as they prepare to face tricky foes Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium. We begin with a runthrough of the fortunes of some of Mauricio Pochettino's men on duty with their countries - including more struggl...

There's something awfully familiar about sitting 12th in the table... Matt Davies-Adams has his professional and personal allegiances tested in the company of The Athletic's Simon Johnson and Dom Fifield. We begin by reflecting on the 1-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest at Stamford Bridge. There's team selection dilemmas, performance worries and goalscoring difficulties. Then, a chance to round up the...

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...