Straight Outta the Super League
Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show
The Athletic
4.9 • 871 Ratings
🗓️ 21 April 2021
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Chelsea experts - Simon Johnson, Dom Fifield and Liam Twomey alongside him to *try* and sum up a extraordinary 72 hours in football.
We discuss the who, what, where, when, why and how of the short-lived Super League - and take a closer look at the Blues' involvement, plus what the longer lasting ramifications could be.
Amid all the drama off the pitch there's also time to reflect on Tuesday night's sideshow - the goalless draw with Brighton - and look ahead to Saturday's clash with West Ham.
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:10.8 | This is straight out of Cobham, the Chelsea FC podcast from The Athletic. |
| 0:15.5 | On this episode, Chelsea do the Super League Hokie-Kokey, then drop points against Brighton |
| 0:20.5 | in a blow to the |
| 0:21.2 | blues hopes of qualifying for the competition they spent 48 hours trying to get out of. |
| 0:25.9 | Confused? Me too. Luckily, I've got some clever colleagues to guide us through it. |
| 0:29.4 | Available for free wherever you get your podcasts and add free on the athletic. This is straight |
| 0:34.2 | out of the Super League. Cobham. I mean straight out of Cobham. Well then, what a crazy time in the history of Chelsea Football Club. Yeah, you know what I'm talking about. Who'd have thought we'd see Reese James play left wing back? Ha ha ha ha. It's me, Matt, by the way. I'm joined by the Athletics. Three Chelsea Wise men. Hello, Liam Tumi. |
| 0:54.8 | No Tammy Abraham in the squad again. The game is truly gone. |
| 0:59.2 | Morning, Simon Johnson. Hello. And a hoi, Dominic Fyfield. |
| 1:04.5 | Hello. Simon's not very with it. He should apologise to everybody in advance, I think. |
| 1:09.4 | Yeah, Simon's had his COVID job and is feeling the effects. |
| 1:13.0 | So, yeah, we appreciate him playing through the pain barrier. |
| 1:16.7 | Right, we look back on a forgettable game against Brighton later, |
| 1:18.9 | but first, an unforgettable 72 hours in history of English football. |
| 1:24.3 | It is surrounding the entrance that the team's use have now been taken over by the assembled crowd. |
| 1:36.2 | Plans for a football European Super League are in disarray after all six of the English clubs signed up to the competition pulled out. |
| 1:44.0 | We've just made history. We've just made history. The European After all six of the English clubs signed up to the competition pulled out. |
| 1:45.7 | We've just made history. |
| 1:47.6 | We've just made history. |
| 1:53.5 | The European Super League then a half-baked stinker of an idea that was kicked into the long grass as quickly as it surfaced. |
| 1:55.1 | Let's go chronologically. On Sunday night with Blue supporters still basking in the glow of the FA Cup semi-final win against Manchester City, |
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