1905: The Chelsea FC Podcast
A Chelsea FC fan podcast delivering passion and perspective from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand. Hosted by lifelong Blues Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin, 1905 brings you match reactions, transfer talk and fan perspectives on Chelsea Football Club every week. It is the No.1 rated Chelsea FC podcast on Apple & Spotify.
Episodes
Chelsea v Spurs Preview | Step Up
Mike Penders gets his chance against Spurs on Saturday night, with Emi Martinez out and the Chelsea number one shirt there to be taken.
Chris and Joe measure him against Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois at the same stage and ask what ten games in goal would need to look like for Xabi Alonso to think twice about Martinez. Joe pleads for patience if a mistake comes.
Plus Josh Acheampong’s contract
160. Everton 0–2 Chelsea | Grown Up
Chelsea grow up at Everton: a 2-0 win that ends the hosts’ unbeaten start and delivers a first league clean sheet in nine months.
Pedro Neto’s second-half brace takes the headlines, but the bigger story is a side that stands up to a physical away day and looks like men rather than boys.
Josh Acheampong has his best game in a Chelsea shirt, Jordan Henderson and Moises Caicedo hold the base, and
Everton v Chelsea Preview | Overdue
Chelsea haven’t scored at Everton since a Jorginho penalty in August 2022, and last March’s 3-0 at the Hill Dickinson Stadium didn’t help the mood.
After the 5-1 Bournemouth win, Alonso’s side finally look balanced: a back four with the ball, a 4-4-2 without it. Acheampong’s height against Everton’s set pieces, Estevão stepping into Pedro Neto’s role, and Colwill and Lacroix as a settled pairing
Chelsea 5–1 Bournemouth | The Hendo Show
Jordan Henderson, 36, scores twice on his home debut as Chelsea beat Bournemouth 5-1 at Stamford Bridge. A right-foot finish off the post and a free kick into the top corner bookend a masterclass in game management.
João Pedro makes it five in five, Morgan Rogers scores inside three minutes again, and Henderson and Caicedo look like a proper midfield pair, though the set-piece wobble at 3-0 is s
Chelsea v Bournemouth Preview | 22 Days Later
After 22 days without a game, Chelsea are finally back, and Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge feels like a must-win for Xabi Alonso.
Moisés Caicedo is training again, João Pedro's knee is the worry nobody is talking about, and Joe isn't convinced Bournemouth are the soft touch their league position suggests.
Before that, Pedro retires, Lawrence Stewart leaves as sporting director, and Romeo Lavia
Asterisk *
Man City's sham contracts of £830m might be the biggest football story of our time. We ask what it means for Chelsea: how we feel about it, how it compares with our own case, and whether we'd even want the trophies.
Then the big one, the best punishment from a Chelsea point of view, with relegation-battling Hull, Coventry and Spurs watching closely.
Plus the postbox: Stamford Bridge or a new st
Brentford 3–0 Chelsea | 22 Days
22 days to sit on Brentford 3-0 Chelsea, 22 days for Xabi Alonso to find a plan B, 22 days to restart the season.
A perfectly decent first half unravels when Jaidon Anthony nods in from a back-post corner, and the familiar Chelsea collapse follows: one goal down, crosses going nowhere, no answer.
Chris backs Alonso and asks for patience, while Joe wants the back three binned, Estêvão on the pit
Brentford v Chelsea Preview | The Fix
Chris and Joe reveal their fix for Chelsea's leaky defence ahead of Friday night's trip to Brentford — chasing a first league win at the Gtech since Ben Chilwell's solitary goal there in 2021.
Off the back of a frustrating draw at Hull, they run through why Levi Colwill is under pressure, make the case for Reece James dropping into a back three, and back Jordan Henderson and Romeo Lavia to start
Chelsea 2–2 Hull City | Schoolboy
Chelsea's defending against Hull City wasn't just bad — it was schoolboy stuff, the kind you'd bench a nine-year-old for. A 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge that should've been a rout turns into another damning day for Xabi Alonso's back line.
Morgan Rogers' early strike had Chelsea cruising, but Jorrel Hato's mistimed header and a helpless Malo Gusto at right-back gifted Mohamed Belloumi two goals in
Chelsea 6–3 Leeds | Madness
Chelsea's night at Stamford Bridge goes from disaster to delirium — 2-0 down to Leeds United inside 48 minutes, then six goals in a second-half spell Chelsea fans won't forget for years.
Nine changes, a makeshift back three, and a miserable first half before Xabi Alonso's four halftime subs turn it on its head: Cole Palmer scores twice in two minutes, Pedro Neto shines at wing-back, Morgan Roger
Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea | Ouch
"Ain't that a kick in the head," goes the famous Dean Martin song — and Chelsea fans were asking exactly that after Gabriel caught Emiliano Martinez flush in the face inside five minutes at the Emirates.
Chris and Joe pick through the incident that split social media, the VAR call that let it go, and why Sky's own pundits couldn't explain it either.
Beyond the flashpoint, Morgan Rogers' 77-seco
Arsenal v Chelsea Preview | 1st Test
Tammy Abraham's winner in 2019. Romelu Lukaku's second homecoming in 2021. You have to go back to a different era for Chelsea's last wins at The Emirates. Could Sunday be our best chance in years to change the script?
Chris and Joe preview the Emirates test before reviewing what might be Chelsea's best transfer window in years: over half a billion raised in sales, a genuine summer profit, and t
Chelsea 4–3 Brighton | Entertainers
Chelsea are many things right now, but boring isn't one of them.
Chelsea's centre-backs played more diagonal balls than five-yard passes at the weekend, and that's the story of Xabi Alonso's Chelsea in one stat.
A 4-3 win over Brighton, three goals inside half an hour from Joao Pedro, Cole Palmer and Pedro Neto, Emiliano Martinez's first game in a Chelsea shirt, and a defence that still has pl
Chelsea 2–0 Luton | Rebuild
One game was all it took. Xabi Alonso watched Robert Sánchez against Fulham and Chelsea signed Emiliano Martínez three days later — £7.5m, two years, mentality monster, no block on Mike Penders.
The case isn't really about mistakes that lead to goals. It's what a loud, confident keeper does for a young back line and a crowd that goes quiet at the first sign of trouble.
Then Luton in the Caraba
Fulham 2–3 Chelsea | 31 Seconds
31 seconds. That's all it took for the Xabi Alonso era to get started.
Chris and Joe are buzzing after Chelsea's breathless 3-2 win at Fulham, with Cole Palmer back to his brilliant best, Morgan Rogers marking his debut with a goal, and Joao Pedro underlining why he might be the second-best striker in the league.
There's still the small matter of Rob Sanchez between the sticks, and the lads di
Fulham v Chelsea Preview | Fear Factor
Xabi Alonso wants Chelsea to put fear back into the Premier League — and Monday night at Craven Cottage is where that starts.
Chris and Joe preview the season opener, picking their lineup for Fulham away, backing the front three to click early, and weighing up whether Enzo Fernández or Romeo Lavia gets the nod alongside Moisés Caicedo.
Plus the latest on the the swirling ownership rumours arou
The 2026/27 Chelsea Season Preview
There's a real buzz around Chelsea heading into 2026/27 — Chris and Joe call it the most open Premier League in years.
Xabi Alonso's aura alone has lifted the mood among Chelsea fans, and the squad finally looks built for the Premier League's physicality.
They dig into the Enzo Fernández saga — Chelsea's £120m Man City deadline — not as a crisis but as proof of how far the club's standing has s
Dark Horses?
Xabi Alonso has two unsolved problems going into the season — goalkeeper and central midfield — and Chris and Joe work through why neither gets fixed by the transfer business done so far.
Robert Sanchez versus Mike Penders gets a proper airing, Tosin Adarabioyo's continued involvement baffles them both, and outgoings (Trevoh Chalobah, Malo Gusto, Pedro Neto, Nicolas Jackson, and more) are weighe
Chelsea Pensioners
Chelsea have signed two grandads — and somehow it feels exactly right.
Danny Welbeck and Jordan Henderson arrive with 71 years of experience between them, the grown-ups this dressing room has been crying out for.
Maxence Lacroix completes a defensive rebuild from Crystal Palace, Mykhailo Mudryk returns to training for the first time in 580 days, and Chelsea dodge a transfer ban with a £10m FA fi
Talking Tactics
The tingles are back. Chelsea just dropped £117m on Morgan Rogers, prised from under Arsenal's nose, and suddenly a squad still recovering from 10th place feels like one building something real.
Chris and Joe run through the incomings — Rogers, a possible John Stones reunion, Lacroix closing in from Palace — and the outgoings, with Nicolas Jackson splitting opinion, Garnacho definitely not, and
Match Fit
Five names, one question: who actually turns up fit and firing under Xabi Alonso?
Chris and Joe run through the Chelsea players with most to prove this pre-season — Cole Palmer's search for his old rhythm, Levi Colwill's fitness after a lost year, Romeo Lavia's now-or-never moment, Josh Acheampong's fit for that back-three role, and Pedro Neto's alarming underlying numbers from last season.
Th
New Era
New manager, new swagger, and a transfer window already splitting the fanbase. Xabi Alonso's first day at Cobham brought a calm Chelsea have been missing for years — then the mood shifted fast.
Andrey Santos heads to Manchester United for £50m and the reaction is mixed at best.
Chris and Joe make peace with the sales, welcome Marco Palestra's £48m arrival from Atalanta as a proper old-school r
26/27 Chelsea Squad Pick
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.
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The 25/26 Chelsea Awards
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.
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Sunderland 2–1 Chelsea | 10th
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.
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Chelsea 2–1 Spurs | Again
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.
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Chelsea 0–1 Man City | Reset
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 mean
Cup Final Preview
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-
Liverpool 1–1 Chelsea | Hope
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
Chelsea 1–3 Forest | Rotten
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.
Chelsea 1–0 Leeds | Spirit
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 ro
Emergency Pod! Rosenior Out - Who's Next?
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.
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Brighton 3–0 Chelsea | Sinking
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
Chelsea 0–1 Man Utd | Hollow
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 b
Chelsea 0–3 Man City | Boys 0–3 Men
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 t
The Run-In
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
Chelsea 7–0 Port Vale | Celery
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 wit
How BlueCo Spent £1.5 Billion — And What We Got For It
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 sa
Everton 3–0 Chelsea | Outrun
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.
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Chelsea 0–3 PSG | A New Low
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,
Chelsea 0–1 Newcastle | Progress…?
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, defensiv
PSG 5–2 Chelsea | Collapse
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 c
Wrexham 2–4 Chelsea | Hollywood
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 runn
Aston Villa 1–4 Chelsea | Sexy Football
... 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
Arsenal 2–1 Chelsea | The Beautiful Game
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
Crunch Time
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
Chelsea 1–1 Burnley | Infuriating
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.
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Our Chelsea Stories
No midweek Chelsea? What are we to do with ourselves..?
This week we go off-script, and Chris and Joe share their Chelsea origin stories. First games, old eras, dads taking you, and that moment it turns into a lifelong problem.
We also touch on the Wrexham draw, the club’s silence, a bit of transfer noise, and what we want to see against Burnley.
Voicenotes on all that and more
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Hull 0–4 Chelsea | Lookalikes
What banana skin? 4-0 in the blizzard and it could’ve been more.
We talk Neto silencing the critics, Delap baking nicely and Hato stepping up. This team just feels different under Rosenior — front foot, no fear, no crab football. Actually fun to watch again.
Plus some very important lookalike chat.
Voicenotes on all that and more.
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Chelsea 2–2 Leeds | How?
How have we not won that game?
Chelsea go from 2–0 up and coasting to giving Leeds life with 6 minutes of madness.
We look at Santos speeding us up, Joao Pedro looking like a different player, Palmer finally moving like Palmer again… and still that miss at the death.
Now it’s Hull on Friday. Rotate? Or go again and make a point.
Voicenotes on all that and more.
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Wolves 1–3 Chelsea | Palmer again
...ole ole.
Not a classic, but job done and 4/4 for Liam Rosenior in the Premier League.
Wolves were hopeless, Chelsea were 3–0 up without breaking sweat and apart from (yet) another goal conceded from a set-piece, it was pretty routine stuff from The Blues.
We get into what signs we can see of return of 'cold' Palmer, a refreshing lack of rotation and what we need to see against Leeds on Tu
Arsenal 1–0 Chelsea | Stay Classy
Not the result, but plenty in that performance.
Chelsea went to Arsenal with a clear game plan, stayed in the tie, and looked in control for most of the night.
We get into Liam’s setup, the lack of magic in the final third, lazy punditry that completely missed the point, and Havertz's lack of memory or class.
Then focus turns to a must-win match at the Molineux against rock bottom Wolves.
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Chelsea 3–2 West Ham | Lions
Pride of lions, that.
From as bad a first-half as we've seen all season, to a night to remember.
We get into the changes, the centre-back circus, Enzo Fernandez doing Lampard things in that number 8 shirt and The Bridge rocking once again.
We reveal the one big change we've seen under Liam Rosenior and what the key will be to beating Arsenal on Tuesday night.
Voicenotes on all that and mo
Napoli 2–3 Chelsea | Bellissimo
Napoli hadn’t lost at home for 25 games… and we’ve just rocked up at the Maradona and nicked it.
Enzo stays perfect from the spot, Palmer changes the tempo, and João Pedro goes full main character with two massive goals to win it.
Not flawless, but who cares. We’re into the knockouts and the vibes are back.
We talk through Rosenior's in-game changes, preview West Ham, and get into the big one
Palace 1–3 Chelsea | Samba & Tango
All three goals from Brazil and Argentina, and for once Chelsea put their foot down when it mattered. Estêvão's solo goal is magic, João Pedro bags another important goal, and Enzo sticks away the pen like it’s training.
We also get into the bits that still aren’t right: the early panic at the back, the late wobble (even at 3–0), and why the subs somehow made us look worse against ten men.
Then
Chelsea 1–0 Pafos | Uninspiring
Job done on paper, but this one felt like 90 minutes of pushing treacle uphill.
In this episode we get into the same old story: low block, zero urgency, robot football, and fullbacks being treated like they’re allergic to the byline.
Joe’s not having it with the lack of identity, the dull build-up, and the fact we needed a set piece just to breathe. Chris looks at why it might be 'pragmatic for
Chelsea 2–0 Brentford | Scrappy
It wasn’t pretty. At times it was barely watchable. But Chelsea won a football match, and right now that’s all that matters.
We break down a scrappy 2–0 win over Brentford that could very easily have gone the other way. Big saves from Sanchez, a moment of quality from João Pedro, a cold Palmer penalty, and a whole lot of hanging on in between.
There’s chat on Tosin, Palmer’s fitness, going long
Chelsea 2–3 Arsenal | Giftwrapped
A semi-final, at home, and we basically handed them the keys. 3–2 makes it look close but it didn’t feel like it at times.
We get into the Sanchez build-up obsession, the set-piece defending going backwards, and the fact we somehow kept the tie alive thanks to excellent Garnacho’s two finishes.
Plus a look ahead to what feels like a must-win game against Brentford, and some breaking transfer c
Charlton 1–5 Chelsea 5 | Tosin, leader, legend
The new era starts with a win.
Liam Rosenior’s first game in charge couldn’t have gone much better. Rotated side, clear ideas, and Chelsea in control from the off - even if it was only Charlton. Early signs of intensity, structure, and players actually knowing what they’re meant to be doing.
We get into the fan protest and the Clearlake noise. Why it’s happening, how it looks from the away end,
Fulham 2–1 Chelsea | Fuming
This one hurt. Properly.
We head back from the Cottage with another loss, another red card, and the same old questions screaming at us. Chelsea were on top, playing well… then one moment of madness and it all falls apart again.
Joe’s raw, furious, and not in the mood to sugarcoat anything — discipline, leadership, player performances, and why this keeps happening every single week. Chris tries t
Man City 1–1 Chelsea | Belief
Chelsea give us something to believe in…
In this episode, we react to Man City 1–1 Chelsea — a performance that felt bigger than just a point. A bold halftime shift, players responding, and a late equaliser that actually meant something.
We praise Calum McFarlane's impact, why the second half mattered, and how this game has shifted the mood around the squad.
Then we get into the big talking poi
Emergency Pod! Maresca Out - What's Next?
New year, same Chelsea.
Chris and Joe jump on an emergency pod after the news drops: Enzo Maresca is out — and it’s not even lunchtime on New Year’s Day.
Where were we when we found out, did we see it coming… and are we actually that upset?
We look back on the Maresca era properly — the highs (Barcelona, Arsenal, that Club World Cup) and the big, nagging issues that never went away: the drab f
Chelsea 2–2 Bournemouth | The definition of insanity
Chelsea draw 2–2 with Bournemouth and somehow we’re the ones hanging on. Joe gets into the long throws, the passengers, the half-time hooks, and why defending set pieces now feels like a coin flip we always lose.
Then Chris wakes up on New Year’s Eve basically hoping it’s done - because the football’s dull, the management’s stubborn, and the “process” is starting to feel like a loop. Plus: who co
Chelsea 1–2 Villa | Inevitable
One of those games you could see coming… and it still hurts.
Chris and Joe react straight from Dixon’s after Chelsea 1–2 Villa — comfortable for an hour, don’t get the second, then it all unravels. We get into the missed chances, the baffling subs (Palmer off…), another costly defensive moment, and that familiar lack of a killer up top.
We also talk squad drop-off, the summer business, and wheth
Newcastle 2–2 Chelsea | Jekyll & Hyde
Two halves, two different Chelseas.
In this episode, we react to Newcastle 2–2 Chelsea — an awful first half, then a proper comeback sparked by a Reece James captain’s moment and a class Joao Pedro finish.
We get into the sloppy defending, set-piece chaos, the big VAR calls, and why starting games this slowly is becoming a problem.
Then it’s Maresca’s “we need experience” comments again — and
Cardiff 1–3 Chelsea | The B-Team
Not pretty… but we’re in the semis.
Chelsea made it hard work at Cardiff with the B-Team out, looked shaky when they levelled, and for a moment it felt like last week all over again. Then Neto and Garnacho showed up and reminded everyone what actual quality looks like.
We get into the drop-off after the first 15/16 players, who’s just not at the level, and why the rotation is starting to feel li
Chelsea 2–0 Everton | London Buses
Not a game that’ll live long in the memory… but we’ll take it.
Chelsea 2-0 Everton wasn't a classic but after the last few weeks it was exactly what the doctor ordered. Palmer’s back, Palmer’s scored, and for a brief moment everything felt normal again.
We chat through the big bits: Gusto popping up with another one (London buses and all that), why the Fofana–Chalobah partnership is starting to
Atalanta 2–1 Chelsea | Passive
Four games, no wins, and you’re left wondering how we’ve managed to drain all the momentum out of our own season.
Chris and Joe break down a night where Chelsea were passive, slow out the blocks again, and never once went for Atalanta’s throat — even at 1–0 up and seemingly in control.
We get into the patterns creeping back in: sluggish starts, no punch after conceding, and a team that looks com
Bournemouth 0–0 Chelsea | Do we need a striker?
Another reality check on the south coast.
Chelsea huffed and puffed their way to a 0–0 at Bournemouth — and after that Leeds disaster in midweek, it all feels a bit… stuck.
We get into the performance, the lack of reaction, and why December and January always seem to turn us into a different team.
From Delap’s injury and love of a scrap, to Palmer’s return, Tosin being bombed out, and what tha
Leeds 3–1 Chelsea | FFS
From Arsenal pride to Elland Road humiliation in four days. Proper crash back down to earth.
In this episode, we pick through that 3–1 defeat at Leeds — from Enzo Maresca’s team selection and the cursed centre-back pairing, to a side that looked like it couldn’t be bothered from minute one.
The 'young team' excuse gets binned as we talk leaders, standards and why some of these lads are on their
Chelsea 1–1 Arsenal | Big Balls
All square at The Bridge and Chelsea showed some real character. Proper balls.
We talk Reece bossing midfield, Caicedo’s red and how 10-man Chelsea still went toe-to-toe with the league’s top side. Sanchez’s resurgence, Marseca’s tweaks, and why this can’t just be a one-off if we’re serious.
Then we look ahead to a big midweek trip to Dirty Leeds...!
Voicenotes on all that and more.
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Chelsea 3–0 Barcelona | Dark Horses
One of those Bridge nights you don’t forget in a hurry. Chelsea didn’t just beat Barcelona — they bullied them.
We get into Cucurella locking down Lamal, Caicedo and Enzo running the game, and Estevão announcing himself on the biggest stage like it’s nothing.
Marseca’s big-game plan, the atmosphere, and what a win like this really says about where this young side is headed.
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Burnley 0–2 Chelsea | Under the Radar
Wasn’t pretty, wasn’t thrilling, but it’s exactly the kind of win you want straight after an international break.
We chat through the 2–0 at Burnley: slow start, odd-looking XI, then two real moments of quality to get it done.
Santos running the game, Pedro Neto everywhere, Delap doing all the hard bits and none of the easy ones, and Tosin still giving everyone mild palpitations.
There’s talk
Overrated
International break and no Chelsea to make or break your weekend.
In this episode, we dive into your listener questions: who should Chelsea buy in January, and who is the most underrated and most overrated player to ever play for us.
We look ahead to the mad run of fixtures to end 2025, try to guess how many points this team has in it, and preview a potentially tough trip to Burnley with a few f
Chelsea 3–0 Wolves | The Garnacho Show
That’s more like it.
A sharp start, a bit of huffing and puffing, then a proper grown-up win. Gusto got his first-ever goal, Estevão lit up the Bridge again, and Garnacho ran the show — direct, fearless, electric.
We get into his performance, the Enzo–Caicedo partnership, and what a settled back four could mean for this team. Plus: a word on Delap, some love for Trev, and how far this side could
Qarabag 2–2 Chelsea | Tinkerman 2.0
Another bipolar Chelsea night in Europe.
Chris and Joe get into the tinkering: too many changes, no rhythm, and a centre-back carousel that keeps inviting trouble.
Big-picture chat on the Champions League league phase and how this result ramps up the pressure for Barcelona, Atalanta and Napoli. Plus the case for a settled pairing at the back, why Estevão has to start, and how much this team mi
Spurs 0–1 Chelsea | Grown-up
A proper derby job. Chelsea went to Three Point Lane and looked… mature.
Controlled, compact, and nasty in all the right ways. Could’ve been four or five, but one was enough.
Chris and Joe get into the game plan: the set-piece tweaks, Sanchez owning his box, and a back four that finally looked like a unit. Caicedo hunted the opener like a man possessed, Enzo ran the tempo, and João Pedro delive
Wolves 3–4 Chelsea | Chaos
Pure carnage at Molineux — all swagger, then squeaky bums.
Chelsea blitz to a 3–0 lead with Andrey Santos running the show, Gittens electric with two assists and an outrageous Estevão chip — then spend the second half surviving the storm.
Set pieces, long throws, panic in the box… and discipline out the window again with Delap’s double yellow. Jorgensen jittery, game management missing, but the
Chelsea 1–2 Sunderland | Clueless
Chelsea somehow manage to lose at home to Sunderland. Garnacho scores early, but it’s the same old story: no control, no ideas against the low block, and then a joke of a goal to throw it away late.
Chris and Joe get into the defending on the winner, the lack of urgency after going ahead, and why Stamford Bridge never feels safe at 1–0. There’s talk on Neto not squaring it, João Pedro going missi
Chelsea 5–1 Ajax | Teenage Kicks
About as close to a perfect Champions League night as you’re going to get. Chelsea smash Ajax 5–1, three different teenagers on the scoresheet, and plenty of players rested up too.
Chris and Joe take it all in: the early red card and instant opener, Enzo and Estêvão sharing pens like it’s five-a-side, Mark G getting off the mark. We get into Estêvão’s swagger, Gittens growing in confidence, and
