Chelsea Fancast

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 WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter- https://www. wenttomowkingsmeadow.substack. com Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhi

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 Kovacic; does Pulisic’s goal signal a return to form? And after another superb performance in goal by Mendy, we ask how much Chelsea will miss him while he’s away at AFCON.In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Liverpool match; answer some questions from Discord and we have some emails to read out and as a couple of them are on the Romelu Lukaku issue, we’ll discuss it in detail then.In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Chelsea v Spurs Carabao Cup semi-final 1st leg on Wedne

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 comments in an interview with Sky Sports Italia? Tony Evans, former Football Editor at The Times joins us for 'The Opposition View' this week. We talk to Tony about football twitter and the Chelsea-Liverpool rivalry. Is Tuchel modelling Klopp’s style and what of Klopp's support of Tuchel regarding the potential injuries by over working the players? What are Tony's thoughts on the Chelsea v Liverpool match being the first legal safe standing match. How will Liverpool cope without their AFCON absentees and is the htitle

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 of Alonso and Kovacic in the light of injuries to Kante and Silva, with one eye on Liverpool coming next weekend. We also look at Tuchel's comments about Covid and injuries, widely misinterpreted as moaning by the media and ask should the Premier League have a winter break? In part three we have the results of the Fannies for the Villa match, a Discord question and four emails to read out and we wrap up the show in part four with a preview of Wednesday night's match against Brighton. See acast.com/privacy for privacy an

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 off the pitch by the superb away support who made their voices well and truly heard with a fairly comprehensive airing if the Chelsea repetoire. With two more matches against Spurs in the semi-final in January how will Thomas Tuchel manage the overload of fixtures?In part two we talk to Justin Hawthorne from the Up The Villa podcast in 'Opposition View'. What has new manager Steve Gerrard's impact been? What are Villa fans expectations now? How much has Covid disrupted Villa and how does Justin see Boxing Day's match goi

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.In part two we acknowledge that Wolves have been a tough nut to crack recently and commend Chelsea's battling performance under difficult circumstances. We debunk the media invented Chelsea crisis and look at the real crisis: injuries and Covid and ask what happens or what should happen next.In part three, we have a depleted Fannies result, questions from Discord and some emails to read out and in part four we conclude with a preview of the Carabao Quarter Final against Brentford on Wednesday night. See acast.com/privacy

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 Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter- https://www. wenttomowkingsmeadow.substack. com Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears

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 players who have worn the blue shirt with pride, the great managers who have led the club to silverware and the inspirational skippers, from Ron 'Chopper' Harris to John Terry. The book revisits the club's greatest triumphs, its most cherished London derby wins, the biggest thrashings handed out by the Blues, the finest goals scored by the likes of Drogba, Lampard and Zola, and the most gratefully received own goals gifted by the opposition. There's also a host of miscellaneous categories ranking the club's best (and wors

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 point about Chelsea's lack of mental strength and poor decision making and what about contract uncertainty over key players?We discuss today's press conference with Adam and ask is player availability an issue with covid uncertainty? With Jorginho and Loftus-Cheek injured will Kante & Kovacic start? And should games be going ahead at all due to Omicron transmission rate? Looking ahead to the match against Wolves, we discuss the possible team selection, Wolves form and strengths before assessing how we see the match goi

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 can follow Radha on Twitter @RadhalathGupta & @SheTalksBall and Subscribe to her YouTube channel on She Talks Ball - YouTube You can follow Rob on Twitter @RJPJournalism and @TheCFCWSocial   To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subsc

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 was way more important than the performance.In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Leeds match; answer some questions from Discord and we have couple of emails to read out and we’ll be looking at the winners and losers from this weekend’s Prem Predictions league.In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Chelsea v Everton game on Thursday night. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 on Twitter @Mia_Eriksson To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter- https://www. wenttomowkingsmeadow.substack. com Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Dis

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 no concerns about Kepa and it looks like the Werner and Lukaku partnership might just work. We also catch up on Thomas Tuchel's press conference and the latest injury news.Looking ahead to the Chelsea v Leeds United match on Saturday starting with our Team Selection. We also delve in to the origins of the Chelsea v Leeds bitter rivalry and discuss Leeds injury problems and ask how Chelsea will deal with Leeds intensity, runs and man-marking before discussing how we think the match will go. See acast.com/privacy for

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 ask should we re-set our expectations or is this just a blip?In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the West Ham match; answer some questions from Discord and we have couple of emails to read out and we’ll be drawing the winner of our Art of Football give away. In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Zenit v Chelsea game on Wednesday night. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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, Declan Rice, Kurt Zouma and how he rates West Ham's chances against Chelsea on Saturday.And in part three, we preview the West Ham v Chelsea match looking at the possible team selection and how we see the match going. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter- https://www. wenttomowkingsmeadow.substack. com Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx and Dayne @dwhitt9You can follow us on I

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 team and the early impact of Lauren James.  Plus much more.  You can follow Matt on Twitter @MattJBall98  To join our fantasy football league head to ShePlays | Fantasy Football Competition and enter the league code WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter- https://www. wenttomowkingsmeadow.substack. com Subscribe

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 not taking our chances in front of goal or injuries to key players that might deny Chelsea their 6th Premier League title at the end of the season. In part three we have the results of this week’s Fannies for the Utd match; some questions from Discord and a couple of emails to read out and we have the winners and losers from our Prem Predictions League. In part four we round up the show with our preview of the Watford v Chelsea game on Wednesday night. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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 Thomas Tuchel's views on Chelsea's injuries, Utd's appointment of Ralph Rangrik and how good Chelsea's youngsters are.In part two, Aaron Paul from BBC Radio joins us for the 'Opposition View' and talks about Utd sacking Ole Gunner Solksjaer; what went wrong; what he thinks of Rangrik; where do Utd go from here and how he sees the game going on Sunday.In part three, we preview the Chelsea v Man Utd match. What's the likely team selection; who replaces Chilwell; will Pulisic and Ziyech start and does Lukaku come in for H

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 WTMKCFCTo listen to our special series, My Daughter The Professional, sign up today at- https://www.patreon.com/wenttomowkingsmeadow Subscribe to our FREE newsletter- https://www. wenttomowkingsmeadow.substack. com Subscribe to our YouTube channel- https://www.youtube. com/channel/UCK8K2nPoZlH0xqVP_W1I-DQJoin our Discord community via this link https://discord.gg/jVbHw2dJzKFollow us on Twitter @MowKingsmeadow, Dean @DeanMears, Jane @JaneChappellx an