So We Can Attack AND Defend... But Can We Challenge?
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2020
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Host Matt Davies-Adams & The Athletic's Chelsea experts, Simon Johnson, Liam Twomey & Dominic Fifield, reconvene following a fourth consecutive clean sheet!
Could Thiago Silva and Kurt Zouma stake a claim for being the best defensive partnership in the league? Is Mason Mount better when deployed as an '8' and Tammy Abraham - the false 9?
Plus, the guys cast an eye over upcoming games against both Stade Rennais and Sheffield United and discuss whether or not Chelsea will sign Declan Rice in the January Transfer Window?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to straight out of Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic. |
| 0:16.4 | This week we're discussing clean sheets and away wins, a pair of upcoming home games. |
| 0:20.3 | We'll answer your |
| 0:20.9 | questions and round up the rest of the news in and around the club, all in the company of the |
| 0:25.5 | Athletics Chelsea experts. Available for free wherever you get your podcasts and add free on the |
| 0:30.4 | athletic. This is straight out of Cobham. Hello listener. I hope you're doing well managing your minutes in the dumpster fire that is 2020. |
| 0:43.9 | I'm Matt Davis-Adams. Every week, me and the athletics, Chelsea Japs, convened to discuss all the latest blues news. |
| 0:49.9 | Having blown us away with his cheeriness last week, we're all on tent hooks to see how Simon Johnson kicks off today's show. |
| 0:55.6 | Hello, Simon. |
| 0:56.6 | Hello. |
| 0:57.7 | Very good. |
| 0:58.7 | Liam Toomey also joins us. |
| 1:00.4 | Hello. |
| 1:00.8 | I know the listeners can't see us, but we're in a 433 formation today. |
| 1:05.1 | It's proven very successful. |
| 1:06.7 | Dominic Fyfield is also on board. |
| 1:08.2 | Hi, Dom. |
| 1:08.8 | Am I the holding midfielder? |
| 1:10.9 | Always. |
| 1:11.7 | Let's get started. |
| 1:12.6 | Our first port of call is Saturday's win at Burnley. |
| 1:22.3 | Three and easy for Chelsea in the Northwest on Saturday. |
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