Can Chelsea handle being a ‘project’ club?
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 19 September 2023
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Chelsea were booed by their own fans away at Bournemouth on Sunday but are they actually playing better than results would suggest?
Ayo is joined by Adam Crafton, Dom Fifield and Chelsea writer Liam Twomey, to talk about footballing 'projects' - What they really mean and if Chelsea are really built for one?
Plus, why the fanbase still bear the scars of the Roman Abramovich era and the external pressure for 'Project Chelsea' to fail, because of all the excessive spending.
Produced by Adonis Pratsides
Additional Production: Mike Stavrou
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:03.0 | The Champions League is back |
| 0:07.0 | and the best teams in Europe |
| 0:08.3 | will once again battle it out |
| 0:09.9 | for the biggest prize in club football. |
| 0:16.5 | Two-time winners, Chelsea are not, sadly. |
| 0:22.3 | Sterling in behind, can he finish it here? |
| 0:25.3 | Oh, it's stabbed over by Jackson. |
| 0:28.2 | What a miss. |
| 0:29.7 | Their 14th in the Premier League with five points from five games. |
| 0:33.1 | Boothed off by their own fans for the second time in as many weeks on Sunday. |
| 0:40.5 | How can the Big Chelsea Project succeed when their fan base has almost been conditioned to be impatient? |
| 0:47.6 | Are they actually playing better than their league position would suggest? |
| 0:51.0 | And how long before Pochitino's blues are back amongst Europe's elite. I'm Ayahu Akemolere. |
| 0:56.6 | Welcome to the Athletic Football |
| 0:57.9 | podcast. |
| 1:02.7 | I think the fans know |
| 1:04.0 | if you invest |
| 1:06.2 | the type of, you know, |
| 1:09.3 | the money that the people create in the media, |
| 1:11.6 | okay, it's true, but it's the expectation. |
| 1:14.6 | If you know win, it's normally the fans are not happy. |
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