Making the grade
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Is the Premier League back yet?!
Simon Johnson and Dom Fifield join Matt Davies-Adams to pass the time as the international break continues...
We take a look at how the Blues are faring on their travels, shine a spotlight on another win for Emma Hayes' side - and round off our mid-term reports by dishing out some grades for the Blues midfield and attack.
Plus, after the Ballon d'Or nominees were announced last Friday - with plenty of Chelsea representation - we discuss what the odds are of the coveted trophies making their way to SW6.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic |
| 0:02.7 | It's Monday, you know what that means. |
| 0:12.8 | It's time for the first of our bi-weekly installments of Straight Out of Cobham, |
| 0:16.7 | a show about Chelsea FC from The Athletic. |
| 0:19.3 | On this episode, International Roundup, there's a hard-fought win for the women. |
| 0:23.5 | We conclude our mid-term reports, and the Ballon Door, it's the Chelsea thing. |
| 0:27.9 | Available for free. |
| 0:28.7 | Wherever you get your podcasts and add free on The Athletic, this is straight out of common. |
| 0:35.9 | Not long to wait now, listener, until the international breaks over and the Premier League returns. |
| 0:40.1 | Still plenty to discuss in the world of Chelsea FC, though. |
| 0:43.2 | I'm a very bunged up Matt Davis-Adams. |
| 0:44.9 | Joining me to Talk Over Everything Blue are two of the Athletics Chelsea experts. |
| 0:49.9 | Hello, Simon Johnson. |
| 0:51.6 | Hello. |
| 0:52.8 | And hi, Dominic Fyfield. |
| 1:11.9 | It's very perky from Simon, wasn't it? I haven't felt perky for a few weeks, so... I'm a bit as concerned by that. It's the international break. I mean, you know, if you can't be thrilled about the thrills of Andorra v. England, then, you know, there's something wrong with you. |
| 1:14.3 | Well, Ben Chilwell certainly was. |
| 1:15.8 | We'll talk more about that momentarily. |
| 1:18.3 | First, on the agenda today, International Blues. |
| 1:23.1 | That's the Chelsea players who've been representing their country, not a comment on the state of the travel industry. |
| 1:31.7 | So Chelsea were well represented in Sunday's Nations League final between France and Spain, |
| 1:33.8 | specifically in the full-back positions for the losers. |
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