Man City, team tinkering and a captaincy conundrum
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
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4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Matt Davies-Adams has got Luke Bosher and Liam Twomey for company for a look ahead to the visit of Manchester City to Stamford Bridge on Sunday afternoon.
Who the heck is going to be in the starting XI?! What chance do Liam Rosenior's side have of frustrating Pep's men like they did at the Etihad back in January? And can they avoid losing 3 successive league games without scoring for the first time since 1998?!
Plus - a deep dive on who we think will be wearing the captain's armband this weekend - and whether we're going to have to reopen the never tedious starting goalkeeper debate...
Oh - and neither Luke or Liam cover themselves in glory when tasked with naming the last 10 footballers who've made at least one Premier League appearance for both Chelsea and Manchester City.
We'll be back on Monday (probably slightly later in the day because Producer Lucy may or may not be on holiday, sorry!) to capture all the fallout from events at the Bridge on Sunday.
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HOST: Matt Davies-Adams
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PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic FC |
| 0:03.3 | It's |
| 0:04.2 | Chelsea |
| 0:06.5 | Chelsea's Chelsea |
| 0:08.2 | It's |
| 0:09.6 | Chelsea |
| 0:10.2 | It's Chelsea |
| 0:11.1 | It's Chelsea |
| 0:12.1 | It's |
| 0:12.6 | It's |
| 0:13.8 | It's |
| 0:14.7 | It's straight out to common |
| 0:16.4 | A show about Chelsea |
| 0:17.4 | FC from the Athletic |
| 0:18.6 | Coming up |
| 0:19.4 | Chelsea's community |
| 0:20.3 | spirit to be tested by good citizens. |
| 0:22.9 | It ends no, so who goes in midfield? |
| 0:25.5 | Elsewhere, Berman Banger sets up a semi and lots more besides. |
| 0:29.3 | Getting up to speed with the permutations for six-place equaling Champions League, |
| 0:32.9 | just in case this is straight out of Gobham. |
| 0:38.0 | And this is our second show of the week. |
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