Hello and welcome to straight out at Cobham, a brand new weekly podcast from The Athletic

breaking down all things Chelsea FC.

From match reviews and previews to all the big news and happenings from SW6,

plus magical memories and more, this is the go-to destination for those with Blue Blood.

My name's Matt Davis Adams. I'm a commentator and podcaster.

I'm currently in my ninth season of covering every Chelsea first team game for Chelsea TV.

I also follow the Academy and Women's Teams.

Joining me each week will be the Athletics crack team of Chelsea TV. I also follow the Academy and Women's Teams. Joining me each week will be the athletics crack team of Chelsea experts.

This week we're covering Saturday's trip to Manchester and the upcoming meeting in the

Mustaya. We'll also look back on Frank Lampard's time as a Manchester City player.

We catch up with how the other Chelsea teams fared this past weekend and we might even

mention the new Spurs

manager. You may recall he has a history with Chelsea. You can get this podcast and many more,

including David Ornstein and Mark Chapman's brand new show, which will delve deep into football's

biggest stories by subscribing now at theathletic.com. You can even get a 40% discount right now

by using the promo code UK pod.

First up, he looks a lot like former Chelsea Academy member

and current England midfielder Declan Rice.

More pertinently, he's covered Chelsea for a variety of outlets for the past four years.

A very warm welcome to Liam Toomey.

Thanks, Matt. Pleasure to be here. Pleasure to have you. Next up, a veritable veteran of the Stamford Bridge beat. He first followed Chelsea professionally in 2007. It's fair to say, he's seen some things since then. Hello, Don Fifeield. Hello, how you doing? Very well, thank you. And finally, joining Dom and Liam, another ACE reporter who knows how to navigate his way through the oft choppy waters of Stanford Bridge, as well as the legendary press room buffet. His love, question mark, affair with Chelsea stretches all the way back to the turn of the century, it's Simon Johnson. Greetings, Matt. Thanks for that. Yeah, I had to get a buffet, press buffet thing in there. It just so happened to be you. Okay, now everybody knows one another. Shall we crack on? Let's do it. So we're recording this week's show a couple of days after Saturday's defeat against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium. Plenty of positives, but no points for Chelsea to take from the game. Simon, you've written a piece for The Athletic about how Frank Lampard is yet to get the better of one of his big six managerial adversaries.

Is this a big issue as far as you're concerned at this stage of his career?

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