Hello and welcome to straight out of Cobham episode four. A New Hope, not the way things have been going domestically for Chelsea these past few weeks.

If you're new to the gang, welcome. This is your one-stop shop for all things Chelsea-related, as each week myself, Matt Davis-Adams, and the Athletic's top team of blues buffs chew over the latest news, reviews, and previews from SW6. Alongside me this week, a pair of Chelsea experts. First, his footballers at 50 series has been one of the highlights on the Athletic this past week.

That has made me feel extremely old and washed up. Hello again, Don Flack. And me. And alongside Dom. Last week he told us the tale of how he followed Jose Bissingwa around the Nissan showroom. Hopefully he spent the last seven days looking for Bernard Lam Borda to Lada Garage. It's the one and only Liam Toomey. Sadly not, although I think when we're pitching ideas for the next few weeks, that might well feature highly. Lambord in a Larder, it just rolls off the tongue. Okay, later on we'll get to the bewildering boar fest that was Bournemouth, look ahead to the potentially season-defining game at Spurs on Sunday and reveal our latest cult hero.

But seeing as it's relatively breaking news, we ought to reflect on the Champions League first.

So then, after finishing second in Group H, Chelsea have been drawn against Bayern Munich in the last 16.

A reprise of the 2012 final.

Liam, it was always going to be a difficult draw, whoever it was, arguably the most difficult,

Byron the only team to win all their group stage games?

Yeah, quite possibly, although Byron have got form for this, haven't they?

They generally look incredibly strong in the group stage.

My sort of abiding memory of Champions League group stage football is like Byron beating Bartay or someone about 5-0.

That just, in my head, that happens every week. Whether it's the toughest, I don't know. I personally

wouldn't have favoured Chelsea against any of the potential opponents. We've seen what

a rampantly and or messy looks like.

I would have really liked the Sari Bowl from a narrative perspective.

I think that would have been the best one.

But Byron obviously brings back the memories of 2012.

There's already been some pretty decent banter from Byron's Twitter account on that front.

I hate that.

I hate that.

I hate that. I hate that. I hate that. I hate that. I hate that.

It's going to be fun. Chelsea are underdogs, but they've been underdogs in Munich before. Munich are a club in crisis. They're out of, they don't have a manager. They're fifth in the league. It'll be a doddle. No, you're right. It's a really tough draw.

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