Out-Running Leeds, A Future Chelsea Captain & Is Werner A 'Natural'?
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2020
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Host Matt Davies-Adams & The Athletic's Chelsea experts, Liam Twomey, Simon Johnson & Dominic Fifield, reconvene a breathless win over Leeds United...
Is Werner a 'natural' in front of goal, Havertz vs Kovacic, who will take creative responsibility after Hakim Ziyech's injury and are Chelsea nurturing a future captain in Reece James?
Plus, ANOTHER Giroud Renaissance and a big Everton preview as the guys reflect on how it all unravelled for Carlo Ancelotti at Goodison... when he was Chelsea manager!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Straighthouse at Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic. |
| 0:16.4 | This week we're reflecting on the win against Leeds that briefly sent the Blues top of the table. |
| 0:20.6 | We'll look ahead to the final Champions League group assignments, a reunion with a former boss on Merseyside, answer your questions and more. |
| 0:27.5 | Available for free wherever you get your podcasts and ad free on the Athletic. |
| 0:31.2 | This is straight out of Cobham. |
| 0:36.1 | Welcome along then, listener. Matt Davis Adams here with my Chelsea Chaps to talk through another successful week in the world of the blues. |
| 0:42.5 | Liam Toomey is here. |
| 0:43.7 | Hello. |
| 0:44.3 | So do Simon Johnson. |
| 0:46.0 | Hello. |
| 0:46.6 | And not forgetting Dominic Fyfield. |
| 0:48.6 | Hey Matt, how are you doing? |
| 0:50.4 | Before we begin, let me remind you that right now, if you subscribe to the Athletic, you can give another subscription as a gift for free. It's the perfect present for any football fan this Christmas. |
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| 1:23.2 | All right, first stop for us today, Saturday's win against Leeds. |
| 1:32.6 | Thank you. First stop for us today, Saturday's win against Leeds. So the return of one of English football's fiercest rivalries took place on Saturday, |
| 1:37.0 | as Leeds United visited Stamford Bridge for the first time in 16 years. |
| 1:40.8 | 2,000 Chelsea supporters were on hand to witness it live, |
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