Chelsea collapse at PSG as the goalkeeping situation reaches its nadir
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
It was all going (kinda) well for 73 minutes...
Matt Davies-Adams has got Cerys Jones and Sam Parkin for company for a look back on the 5-2 defeat by PSG on Wednesday night.
Liam Twomey was on the ground at the Parc des Princes - and he sends his thoughts on the calamitous end to an otherwise positive performance in Paris.
While PSG can put their feet up for the weekend, the Blues have to navigate the visit of Newcastle on Saturday evening. We've got a look ahead to that - where we hope Eddie Howe's side will be resting players with one eye on Barca seeing as they've still got something to play for in that tie?!
Plus - there's silverware on offer this weekend! CFCW take on Manchester United in the League Cup final at Ashton Gate. We preview the first final of the season for Sonia Bompastor's side.
HOST: Matt Davies-Adams
WITH: Cerys Jones and Sam Parkin
PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC. |
| 0:03.1 | It's Chelsea. |
| 0:03.2 | It's straight out to Colham, a show about Chelsea FC from the Athletic. |
| 0:19.0 | Coming up, pain in Paris is keeper calamity fails to a fillet. The big games just keep on coming, though, is Newcastle next. And the first CFC silverware is up for grabs this weekend. We'll look ahead to the League Cup final. Choosing its number one and sticking to it, this is straight out of carbon. |
| 0:45.9 | And this is not quite the joyous show that we were hoping to bring you for our second pod of the week. Listener, a late collapse in the Champions League leaving Chelsea with it |
| 0:50.5 | all to do in the second leg at Stanford Bridge next weekend. We'll discuss that. |
| 0:55.7 | Look ahead to Newcastle and the League Cup final as well. It's me, Matt. And I've got two of my |
| 1:00.2 | pod pals with me today. The athletics, Kerris Jones, is back with us. You okay, Kerris? |
| 1:04.3 | I'm good. Thank you. |
| 1:06.2 | buzzing for top tens later on, I'm sure. And Chelsea Academy graduate and broadcasting superstar Sam Parkins here as well. |
| 1:14.0 | You're okay, Sam? |
| 1:15.3 | Good morning. |
| 1:15.9 | I'm glad that I'm getting the opportunity to pour over all the action from last night |
| 1:20.1 | because you ran off before we could critique the game last night, rudely. |
| 1:24.3 | Ran off to catch my train, missed it anyway. |
| 1:26.4 | That kind of night, this. |
| 1:27.4 | Now, anyway, wasn't as bad as the one that some of the Chelsea players endured one in particular. Right, before we get going, let me remind you that you can find us on social media at SOCO, Cobb and pod. You can email the show and loads of you have, SOC at theathletic.com. If you want to sign up to read all the great work that carries us and everybody else does, go to theathletic.com slash Chelsea pod and we're |
| 1:48.0 | still taking those lovely five-star reviews. Apple, podcast, Spotify, wherever we get |
| 1:51.1 | your pods all helps us grow the show. We like to start with our premature adjudications. |
| 1:58.2 | I wonder if anybody's got any goalkeeper related ones today. Sam, |
| 2:02.0 | what have you got for me? I have, indeed. And apologies, because mine are becoming increasingly |
| 2:08.0 | difficult to mark, to judge. I'm going to have, within 10 minutes, Jorgensen or Sanchez will play |
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