Man United (H) - Enzo's reintroduction? Any interest in Iraola?! And planned protests
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
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🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Four Premier League defeats in a row for just the second time this century? Surely not?!
Matt Davies-Adams is in the company of The Athletic's Cerys Jones and Liam Twomey for a look ahead to the visit of Manchester United under the lights at Stamford Bridge on Saturday night.
We discuss what kind of team we're expecting to see face up against Michael Carrick's side with Enzo Fernandez in from the cold, how much pressure there is to get a result in front of expectant home fans and whether this is a must win for any hopes of a top five finish - or whether there's still plenty of room for slip ups in the run-in...
Plus - would Chelsea make a move for Andoni Iraola? What kind of crowds should we expect at the pre-match protests before Saturday's game? And can you name the last 10 men to play for both sides?
We'll be back on Monday with a look back at events at the Bridge on Saturday evening - and a look ahead to Tuesday night's trip to Brighton as the season enters its final stretch.
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HOST: Matt Davies-Adams
WITH: Cerys Jones and Luke Bosher
PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic F.C. |
| 0:03.3 | It's straight out for cover. A show about Chelsea FC from the Athletic. |
| 0:18.6 | Coming up, Man United necessitates men united. |
| 0:22.1 | We'll preview the latest must win slash must not lose slash must give us some hope to cling on to match and round up the rest of the blues news. |
| 0:29.8 | Matching other Chelsea legends to takeovers of EFL clubs, this is straight out of Cobham. |
| 0:37.5 | Yeah, Joe Cole to Shrewsbury for me. |
| 0:40.5 | This is off the back of the news that John Terry looks like he's about to become an investor |
| 0:44.3 | slash owner in Colchester United. |
| 0:47.6 | Interesting, we'll keep an eye on that one. |
| 0:49.0 | But we're here mainly to look ahead to the big game on Saturday night at Stanford Bridge |
| 0:52.8 | against Manchester United. |
| 0:54.7 | I've got two of the athletics, Chelsea experts on board to talk about it all. |
| 0:58.8 | How are you doing, Kerry's Jones? |
| 1:00.3 | I'm very well, thank you. |
| 1:01.8 | Good. Liam Toomey's back with us as well. Are you okay, Liam? |
| 1:04.8 | Yeah, I'm good. I'm looking forward to Chelsea playing a team that has less convincing available centreback options. |
| 1:11.7 | Yes, we shall see how that shakes out on Saturday. |
| 1:15.1 | Right, before we get to our premature adjudication, |
| 1:17.1 | to remember you can find us on X and Blue Sky at Socom pod, |
| 1:19.7 | if you want to get in touch, |
| 1:20.7 | or you can email us, socat theathletic.com. |
| 1:24.1 | We'd love it if you could spare a second to leave us, |
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