Farces, big misses and Villains
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Let's get back to business...
Matt Davies-Adams is joined by Sam Parkin and Simon Johnson to talk all things Chelsea as the Premier League returns.
We round up the international break - including the unexpected issues surrounding Thiago Silva NOT going on his travels - before attention turns to the visit of Aston Villa at The Bridge on Saturday.
And as is now tradition, Matt's Thursday quiz causes anger and despair for the lads...
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:10.8 | This is the Thursday edition of Straight Out of Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic. |
| 0:16.2 | On this episode, we round up the international news as the break draws to a close. |
| 0:20.3 | Tiago Silver falls foul of international griping. |
| 0:23.3 | There's a look ahead to Saturday's game with Aston Villa and plenty more besides. |
| 0:27.4 | Available for free. |
| 0:28.2 | Wherever you get your podcasts and ad free on The Athletic, this is straight out of Cobham. |
| 0:42.9 | Hey, listener, it's Matt Davis-Adams, back in your ears again, joined by the Athletics Chelsea correspondent Simon Johnson. |
| 0:45.8 | Hello? |
| 0:47.0 | And Blues Academy graduate turn broadcaster, Sam Parking. |
| 0:50.8 | Hi, Matt. |
| 0:52.2 | Hi, Simon got the most sprightly hello there. |
| 0:55.4 | Faking it. |
| 0:57.8 | All right, later we'll talk the return of the Premier League, but first let's round up those international blues. |
| 1:07.5 | Plenty going on on the pitch Chelsea-wise during the last few days' worth of international football, |
| 1:12.2 | but it's a man who didn't go away with his country who's made the headlines. |
| 1:15.5 | Tiago Silver won't be available for Chelsea's game with Aston Villa on Saturday, |
| 1:19.5 | nor the Tuesday Champions League Open it against Zenit. |
| 1:22.3 | Simon, can you tell us why? |
| 1:24.6 | Well, it's this farcical, the farcical story of the international break where because of the quarantine rules, |
| 1:33.1 | supposedly all Premier League players go to Red List countries, Premier League clubs who got together and said they weren't going to travel. |
| 1:39.7 | Of course, this goes against FIFA rules of you must release players. |
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