Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dayne Whittle and Sam Inkersole from Football.London to look back at the 1-0 defeat away to Man City and ahead to Tuesday night's match against Brighton. On the show tonight, in part one, we look at Tuchel’s questionable team selection where the defence worked but we struggled up front with poor performances from Pulisic and Ziyech. In part two we look at the good and bad of Romelu Lukaku who had a poor game on Saturday, before drilling down on the...
Jan 17, 2022•2 hr 33 min
This week Jane and Dayne are joined by Rob Pratley from The Chelsea Social to look ahead to Sunday's WSL clash with Everton. We discuss potential injuries, the importance of staying close to Arsenal and much more. Plus we hear from Peter J Macca from Everton Women Fan TV Podcast to give us the lowdown on all things Everton. You can follow Rob on Twitter @RJPJournalism and Peter @PeterJMacca & @EWFCTV To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and ente...
Jan 14, 2022•46 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dean Mears to look back at the 1-0 victory against Spurs in the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg and ahead to Saturday's big match against Man City. Adam Newson from Football.London joins us in part one to look back at the Spurs game where Rudiger was just outshone by VAR as the man of the match. Referee Mariner was woeful but it didn't stop Chelsea from reaching their 9th League Cup final. Adam was at today's press conference so we catch up with a...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 23 min
This week Dean, Jane and Dayne are joined by Medicine to look at all things transfers as the winter transfer window opens up. We learn more about new signing Alsu Abdullina, discuss Jorja Fox's move to Charlton, assess which areas of the pitch we'd most like to strengthen, debate the importance of Emma Hayes' ability to convince top level players to join the club and hear from some of our listeners on who their dream signings for Chelsea would be. You can follow Medicine on Twitter @EEMedicine T...
Jan 13, 2022•52 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at Saturday's FA Cup victory over Chesterfield and ahead to the Carabao Cup semi-final 2nd leg against Surs on Wednesday night. On the show tonight, in part one, we applaud a fine debut by Lewis Hall and Chelsea getting the job done with a minimum of fuss and Tuchel getting the opportunity to give some much needed rest to key players. In part two we discuss the curious case of Lewis Baker, the great foo...
Jan 10, 2022•2 hr 11 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and guests to look back at the 2-0 victory against Spurs in the Carabao Cup semi-final 1st leg and ahead to Saturday's FA Cup match against Chesterfield from the National League. Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us in part one to look back at the Spurs game where the bit part players like Saul, Sarr and Ziyech really stepped up in a dominant win over shambolic Spurs. Out of necessity Tuchel went with a 4:4:2 which worked well ...
Jan 07, 2022•1 hr 33 min
This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson for another instalment of Talking Tactics plus a look ahead to Chelsea's first WSL game of 2022. We look at the success of the FA Cup final and discuss the reasons for the downfall in Europe and much more. Wishing all our listeners a very Happy New Year. You can follow Mia on Twitter @Mia_Eriksson To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFC To listen to our special series...
Jan 04, 2022•54 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Marco Worrall & Dan Silver to look back on an eventful week in the annals of Chelsea FC culminating in a fighting 2-2 draw against Liverpool. On the show tonight, in part one, we look at Mane’s assault on Azpi, a familiar story of poor finishing and worse defensive lapses and an unfamiliar story of a Kovacic worldy and a Pulisic goal and a great fighting performance by Chelsea for Tuchel. In part two we applaud the midfield axis of Kante and ...
Jan 03, 2022•2 hr 35 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dayne Whittle and guests to look back at the 1-1 draw against Brighton and ahead to Sunday's match against Liverpool. Adam Newson from Football.London joins us in part one to look back at the Brighton game. Chelsea are clearly running on empty but does that excuse the performance? With Reece James and Andreas Christensen going off Chelsea now have even more key injuries. And while Lukaku's performance was a positive, what do we make about his com...
Dec 30, 2021•1 hr 48 min
Stamford Chidge & Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan to look back at a decent 3-1 win over Aston Villa an dahead to Wednesday night's match against Brighton at Stamford Bridge. On the show tonight, we discuss Pulisic taking one for the team as a false number 9; the return of a proper number 9 in Lukaku; Hudson-Odoi putting it in literally and metaphorically and we ask is Jorginho Chelsea's best ever penalty taker? In part two we conclude the review of the Villa match looking at the form...
Dec 27, 2021•2 hr 8 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover to look back at the Carabao Cup Quarter Final against Brentford and nlook ahead to Boxing Day's trip to Aston Villa. In part one we look back at the 2-0 victory over Brentford in the Carabao Cup Quarter Final. Tuchel threw in the kids in the form of Soonsup-Bell, Vale and Simons and they did not disappoint. Chalobah showed that he is a leader in waiting and Kante in just 15 minutes that he is still pure class. But Chelsea were matched o...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 34 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver and Alex Churchill to look bag at a foggy 0-0 draw away at Wolves. On the show tonight, we discuss a game which arguably should not have gone ahead with 7 Chelsea players out with Covid and others injured or returning too soon from injury. A depleted Chelsea side made hard work of it in the 1st half before dominating the 2nd, with Saul surprisingly making the difference. But it was not enough to create chances and actually score though. ...
Dec 20, 2021•2 hr 5 min
This week Dean and Dayne sit down to reflect on the past year and talk through some highlights as Chelsea became domestic treble winners and made their first ever Champions League final. Plus we look ahead to what 2022 might have in store for the team and what we might expect to see play out in the final months of the season. To all our listeners we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a safe and prosperous New Year. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competit...
Dec 20, 2021•1 hr 3 min
Stamford Chidge talks to Clive Batty about his new book: 'The Top 10 of Everything Chelsea' Stamford Chidge talks to Clive Batty, author of 'Kings of the Kings Road' and 'A Serious Case of the Blues' about his new book - 'The Top 10 of Everything Chelsea'. Brimming with Blues trivia, facts and stats, The Top Ten of Everything Chelsea covers every aspect of the club's long and colourful history in dozens of ranked lists. A star cast features the best of the British, European and South American pl...
Dec 17, 2021•27 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Adam Newson from Football.London to look back at the 1-1 draw against Everton and ahead to the match against Wolves on Sunday. A failure to finish and defensive errors cost us again in the 1-1 draw against Everton. Does this mean that squad players such as Barkley, Saul, Pulisic and Alonso are not up to it? How culpable was Tuchel? Should the injuries and the circumstances around Covid be taken into account? Does Matt Law have a poi...
Dec 17, 2021•1 hr 26 min
This week Dean is joined by Radha Gupta and Rob Pratley to pick the bones out of Chelsea's 1-0 defeat to Reading on Saturday lunchtime. We ask if Emma Hayes was right to call out the squad players she gave a chance to, if Chelsea's attacking game plan was their ultimate downfall and praise for Reading's set up, Plus we look ahead to the crucial Champions League Group Stage game against Wolfsburg in which Chelsea need to avoid a defeat by two or more goals to qualify for the knockout stages. You ...
Dec 15, 2021•40 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Martin Wickham and Dayne Whittle to look back at the win against Leeds United on Saturday and ahead to the match against Everton on Thursday. On the show tonight, in part one, we look back at the Leeds match and discuss the penalties, Mounts goal and why nothing beats a last-minute winner against a bitter rival. In part two we discuss why money can’t buy Rudiger’s shithousery, why the Leeds players and fans are equally horrible and why beating them...
Dec 13, 2021•2 hr 25 min
This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Mia Eriksson to look back at Chelsea's 0-0 draw with Juventus and look ahead to their WSL clash with Reading this Saturday. We ask if Emma Hayes has any trust issues with some of her squad, look at how Juventus were able to frustrate Chelsea and tackle the big topic of the day, Kerr vs Pitch Invader. Plus we look at the form of Reading ahead of Saturday's game and break down how Chelsea can come away from the game with all three points. You can follow Mia o...
Dec 10, 2021•48 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Liam Twomey from the Athletic to look back at Chelsea's 3-3 draw against Zenit and ahead to Chelsea's big grudge match against Leeds United on Saturday. With Chelsea drawing against Zenit in their last Champions' League game meaning they finished second in the group, did Tuchel's gamble backfire? Is our squad depth not as deep as we thought? Are some players just not good enough? On the other hand it was good to see that there are n...
Dec 10, 2021•1 hr 26 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver to look back at a very annoying defeat to West Ham. On the show tonight, in part one, we discuss the defensive errors that cost us and the freak goal that killed us and applaud the fact that Mason Mount is back. In part two we discuss how Moyes’ changes worked and ours did not; how we lost the midfield battle and bemoan the fact that we are still wasteful up front. We also discuss what amounts to an injury crisis; Tuchel being grumpy and...
Dec 06, 2021•2 hr 7 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Dan Silver to look back at the midweek game against Watford and ahead to Saturday's clash against West Ham. In part one Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to look back at the ugly win against Watford in midweek and to pick up on today's press conference with Thomas Tuchel and to round up this week's Chelsea news. In part two Will Pugh from We Are West Ham podcast joins us for the 'Opposition View' to talk about West Ham's season so far, Decl...
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 42 min
This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Matt J Ball from World Wide Chels to preview this Sunday's FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Arsenal. We ponder who'll play as the middle centre back, which partnership will make up the midfield pivot and if we'd risk it with Pernille Harder. You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattJBall98 To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFC To listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professi...
Dec 03, 2021•31 min
This week Dean and Dayne are joined by Matt J Ball from World Wide Chels for another installment of our Talking Tactics Segment. We look at Chelsea's 6 game period in which the team scored 21 goals and conceded 0, made it to an FA Cup final and pick up two wins away at Manchester City for the first time in the WSL era. Join us as we ponder if the back three has reached its peak level, how the team coped without Pernille Harder, the rise of Jessie Fleming, where Maren Mjelde will fit into the tea...
Nov 30, 2021•26 min
Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Tony Glover and Alex Churchill to look back at a frustrating afternoon against Man Utd. On the show tonight, in part one, we try and explain how Chelsea battered Utd and only came away with a draw. We discuss whether Tuchel will ever make a goal scorer out of Werner. And we talk Jorginho’s atonement and Tommy Tuchel’s dithering. In part two we ask why we can’t beat the worst Utd side in over 30 years; why Utd are a club of ‘Gareth’s’ and will it be...
Nov 29, 2021•2 hr 10 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Dean Mears to look ahead to Sunday's match against Man Utd. In part one, Sam Inkersole from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference and look back at Chelsea's defeat of Juventus in the Champions' League this week. Was this one of Chelsea's best ever performances in the Champions' League? And we celebrate the academy dream becoming a reality and lament the injuries to Ben Chilwell and N'Golo Kante. We catch up on T...
Nov 26, 2021•1 hr 19 min
This week Dean sits down with Tracy Brown and Mia Eriksson to discuss Chelsea's 5-0 win over Birmingham City in the WSL this past weekend. We talk Sam Kerr's back flip antics, Fran Kirby's 100th Chelsea goal, the impact of Lauren James, plus much much more. Tracy also gives us a Chelsea Pride update ahead of their 5th birthday, You can follow Tracy @ChelseaGirl78 and Mia @Mia_Eriksson To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WT...
Nov 25, 2021•56 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Martin Wickham and Dayne Whittle to look back at great performance and win against Leicester on Saturday. On the show tonight, in part one we discuss set piece goals; Kante being special; the subs coming up trumps and Chelsea’s fantastic away support. In part two we discuss James and Chilwell still on fire; has Hudson-Odoi proven his point; the Silva machine; Trevoh being a treasure and ask was this the best performance of the season by Chelsea, explai...
Nov 22, 2021•2 hr 31 min
This week Jane leads an all female panel in a new initiative by the podcast to help empower the voices of more women in the football world. Joining Jane is Kerrie Evans from the Chelsea Women Supporters Group and Meg Aherne from The CFCW Social. They discuss Chelsea’s narrow 1-0 win over Servette in the Champions League and are joined by Chris Ferville from Her Football Hub to give us the opposition view ahead of Sunday’s WSL clash with Birmingham City. Unfortunately due to some technical issues...
Nov 21, 2021•34 min
Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Tony Glover to look ahead to Saturday's match away to Leicester. In part one, Adam Newson from Football.London joins us to report back on Thomas Tuchel's Press Conference. What's the injury status of Lukaku, Kovacic and Werner plus all the discussion on Jorginho, Conor Gallagher, the Rudiger and Christensen contracts and Hudson-Odoi turning down England. We also take a look at the announcement of the Supporter Advisors to the Board where Neil Beard ...
Nov 19, 2021•1 hr 32 min
This week Dean and Dayne sit down to discuss Chelsea's 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City at the Academy stadium. We talk the continued excellence of Jessie Fleming, solving problems of midfield imbalance, clinical second half performance and how the title is now back in our hands. Plus we preview Chelsea's upcoming Champions League clash with Servette at Kingsmeadow this Thursday. To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFC...
Nov 17, 2021•50 min
