The Athletic. Hello, I'm Dan Bardell. And I'm Floyd-News. And welcome to the Athletic Football

Podcast where every Wednesday, Flo and I will pick one article from all the brilliant stuff that's available on the athletic and we'll put our writers under the spotlight

Although this week Flo we are doing something slightly different arm we yeah everyone has decided that they're going

to take a holiday well we're not taking a holiday so that means we're not going to

be able to chat to the two writers of the piece but we will be chatting to

Chelsea correspondent Liam Toomey is going to talk all about the truth and the evidence

behind Thomas Sookle's brilliant start as Chelsea manager as well as Lukaku's arrival at

Sanford Bridge and how Chelsea are looking like one of the

favorites for the title.

Yeah so a little later on we're going to take a look at dancing double sessions and the

backstreet boys how Tukal got Chelsea ready for the season but just before

we get into that flow let's talk a little bit about the opening weekend in the

Premier League did you enjoy it? Yeah it was brilliant I think top of the list has to be fans being back.

I think that just that just lifts the mood. You were at Rickeridge Road.

Yeah, obviously wasn't quite...

That wasn't quite the start to the season but the

vibes and the away end must have still been bouncing right the train journey all those

bits and pieces that was still enjoyable

the journey back was not because it took me four hours but no but no

but no I take you well yeah being back was brilliant been in the pub with all the

villa fans before the game we took over one of the

Weatherspoons pubs you know it's been 18 months since we've been able to do

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