Chelsea's frailties exposed again in late Sunderland defeat

Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show

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Sports, Chelsea News, Chelsea Fc, Soccer,, Chelsea

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Five wins in a row is a myth...

Matt Davies-Adams is joined by Sam Parkin and full debutant Cerys Jones to look back on the late 2-1 defeat by Sunderland at Stamford Bridge.

We begin with the verdict of Simon Johnson direct from the press box in SW6 - before dissecting some of the finer points of the disappointing performance and result including the struggles of Joao Pedro and Marc Guiu, Enzo Maresca's somewhat perplexing selections - and the lack of defensive stability which is causing concern.

We've got a midweek trip to genuine crisis club Wolverhampton Wanderers in the League Cup last 16 to look forward to - offering our predicted starting XI's ahead of a game that now feels like it's grown in importance with the visit to Tottenham just around the corner.

We'll be back on Monday with all the fallout from Saturday evening's trip across to our old friends Spurs - and to look ahead to the long trip to Qarabag in the Champions League!

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HOST: Matt Davies-Adams

WITH: Cerys Jones and Sam Parkin

PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva

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0:00.0	The Athletic FC
0:03.3	It's Chelsea
0:06.5	Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea,
0:10.3	Chelsea, Chelsea!
0:15.0	It's straight out of Cobham, a show about Chelsea FC from the Athletic.
0:18.9	Today, a Sunderland stunned Stanford Bridge. A reality check,
0:22.8	a minor wobble or something bigger, we'll investigate, and wolves away in the Carabalca.
0:27.7	Available for free wherever you get your podcasts and via The Athletic app, this is Straight Out of Cobham.
0:36.1	And it is maybe a slightly gloomy Monday in the world of Chelsea Football Club after that defeat.
0:43.0	But we're going to try and find some positivity to inject into your ears listener.
0:48.1	It's me, Matt Davis-Adams.
0:49.1	I'm joined by former Chelsea Academy Man, Sam Parking.
0:53.0	How are you doing, Sam?
0:54.2	Really good. Yeah, it was a bit of a ble How are you doing, Sam? Really good.
0:55.1	Yeah, it was a bit of a bleak Saturday, wasn't it?
0:57.4	No tubes, light drizzle.
1:00.0	I walked all the way from Putney as well.
1:02.2	And I did the same on the way back, just thinking about what I just witnessed.
1:07.2	And, yeah, poor out him, wasn't it?
1:10.0	All round.
1:11.0	Yeah, I walked all the way to South Ken Tube, only to get there and find it had been temporarily closed.
1:16.2	It's a tough life for us listener in this game.
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