Chelsea Fancast

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd join Johnny Burrow to discuss Chelsea's fantastic victory in the Europa League Cup Final against Arsenal last week.In beating Arsenal in the Europa League Cup final, Chelsea picked up their 16th trophy in 16 years, proving that they still have the 'Winning Mentality' and the club specialises in turning chaos in to trophies, but how does Chelsea do it time and time again?If the truth is to be told, very few of us expected such a superb performance by Chelsea in the destruction of Arsenal in the final, but were we finally witnessing Sarriball and what prompted the stunning second half turn around? While Chelsea showed pace, passing and ruthless finishing did Arsenal crumble at the first sign of trouble?Support the Chelsea FanCast and become a Patron:Become a Patron!As we all hoped, Eden Hazard bowed out in a blaze of glory but with his post-match comments of “I think it’s goodbye” it really does look

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Joe Tweedie and making his FanCast debut, Dean Mears to preview Wednesday night's Europa League Cup Final between Chelsea and Arsenal.On the show tonight we ask, having heard his indignant press conference last week and heard the rumours about Juventus this week, is Sarri in or Sarri out? And if he is, is Frank Lampard really a viable alternative?In part two, we look ahead to the Europa League Cup final against Arsenal. Will Chelsea’s injury crisis cost us? What will the likely starting 11 be? Will it be a last hoorah for Eden Hazard? Will Jorginho be pivotal? How do we see it all going and just how important is winning the Europa Cup for Chelsea?Support the Chelsea FanCast and become a Patron:Become a Patron!In part three, we discuss Petr Cech being rumoured to become Sporting Director at Chelsea; and are Chelsea banned from making transfers or not – what’s happening with the appeal to CAS? And with Derby losing to Villa in the Championship play off, what now for C

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd join Johnny Burrow to digest the week's Chelsea news and look ahead to the Europa League Cup Final against Arsenal next week.Liam Twomey, Chelsea correspondent for ESPN joins us on the phone to discuss whether Maurizio Sarri will get the boot if Chelsea lose to Arsenal the Europa League Cup Final or will Sarri walk out and join Juventus? But has the treatment of Sarri been fair or unfair by both the fans and the club? And looking ahead to next week's final, Liam picks up on the Chelsea Supporters' Trusts statement criticising UEFA and Chelsea for not doing more to help supporters make the trip out to Baku to support the team.With Petr Cech set to join Chelsea as Sporting Direcor and Frank Lampard rumoured to be in the frame for the manager's job should Sarri leave, are we seeing a 'Return of the legends'? Are they ready to return and are they right for the role or is it more important that they hav

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Clayton Beerman to round up this week's Chelsea news including the match in Boston and Ruben Loftus-Cheek's season ending injury.On the show tonight we ask was Chelsea’s trip to Boston last week necessary and given Loftus-Cheek’s injury should it have been played at all? And was Sarri’s absence from any media appearances a message to Roman Abramovich?In part two, with Ruben’s injury adding to a long list of key players currently side-lined with injury, is it just bad luck and coincidence or should Sarri’s training and playing methods be questioned? The transfer window has now opened, but with uncertainty due to the CAS appeal what’s going on? We discuss the likely ins and outs. Uefa’s stupid decision to have the Europa League final in Baku is making it very difficult for Chelsea fans to make the trip, but over and above that, how important is it for Chelsea to bring the trophy back home and will it make a difference as to whether Sarri survives as manager or not?

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge and Clayton Beerman join Johnny Burrow to look back at Chelsea's week, including a trip to Boston to support Roman Abramovich's 'Final Whistle on Hate'. Chelsea played a match in America against New England Revolution last week in support of Roman Abramovich's campaign against anti-semitism, but with a European Final a matter of week's away should the team have been playing this match at all? It seems that Sarri thought as much given his public absences but was he sending the club a message?The foolishness of the match was put in to sharp focus with a season ending injury to Ruben Loftus-Cheek, but what does this say about Chelsea's current injury crisis with injuries to Ruben, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Rudiger, Kante and Ampadu? Is it just bad luck or is there a pattern emerging that may have something to do with Sarri's training regimen and lack of squad rotation.With the transfer window officially opening this week, we

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Liam Twomey, Chelsea correspondent for ESPN, to look back at the last match of the Premier League season against Leicester and the nail biting Europa League semi against Eintracht Frankfurt.On the show tonight we ask was Chelsea’s dull draw against Leicester a foretaste of what life will be like without Hazard and with our diminutive Belgian looking very likely to be on his way to Real Madrid, we ask just how big has his contribution to Chelsea been this season and for the last 7 years. We also wonder what competition Chelsea won to end up with Gonzalo Higuain as the prize, as the big Argentinian missed a sitter against the Foxes and can we get a refund?In part two, while Chelsea have hilariously shithoused their way to 3rd in the Premier League to be the top team in London, we ask how much credit does Sarri deserve or was it more down to the failings of Arsenal, Spurs and Utd? Has there really been any improvement on last season? We look back at the good, the ba

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver join Johnny Burrow to look back at Chelsea's nerve jangling 2nd leg of the Europa league semi-final against Eintracht Frankfurt which saw Chelsea reach their 6th European final after a penalty shoot-out. We also look ahead to the final Premier League match of the season away to Leicester City on Sunday. Liam Twomey, Chelsea correspondent for ESPN joins us on the phone to discuss another final for Chelsea, but how much praise do Chelsea & Sarri deserve? With Blue eyes now focused on how to get to Baku, Liam reports on the travel & ticket allocation nightmare the fans now face.Kepa & Hazard were the penalty shoot-out heroes as Chelsea reached their 6th European final (that's now 19 finals in 19 years), Chelsea made very hard work of it, but found a way. But why was Ruben Loftus-Cheek subbed? Why was Cahill snubbed when Christensen went off? With some poor 2nd half performances is it Sarri or t

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Tony Glover and Joe Tweedie to discuss Chelsea's wins against Watford and Eintracht Frankfurt and try to figure out how they are 3rd in the Premier League.On the show tonight we look at Chelsea’s Jeckyll and Hyde performance; Kepa’s world class save; Kante’s injury; Jorginho’s improved performance and Ruben Loftus-Cheek increasingly looking the part.In part two we ask how on earth have Chelsea ended up in the Top 4 and does Sarri deserve some credit for this? We give thanks to Gary Cahill as he bows out and ponder the future without Eden Hazard. With the last home game of the season representing something of an end of term, we discuss the real meaning of following Chelsea week in week out and how it differs from the echo chamber of following Chelsea via social media.In part three we look back at last Thursday’s Europa League semi-final 1st leg away to Eintracht Frankfurt and ahead to the 2nd leg this Thursday. With Rudiger and now Kante out, and Frankfurt expecting

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Alex 'The Girl Who Likes Balls' Churchill join Johnny Burrow to look back at Chelsea's promising draw away to Eintracht Frankfurt in the 1st leg of the Europa league semi-final and look ahead to this weekend's Premier League match at home to Watford.Dom Fifield, London Football correspondent for The Guardian joins us on the phone to talk about Chelsea's performance against Frankfurt. Was Sarri's decision to rest Hazard too much of a risk and did it pay off? With Loftus-Cheek imposing himself on the match, will his back condition need to be managed carefully? With only 2 fit central defenders currently how will this impact Chelsea's remaining matches and will Luiz be offered a contract extension?We discuss the Eintracht Frankfurt v Chelsea match and the 'Hazard Gamble', did it pay off for Sarri and is 1-1 a good result or not? Are Frankfurt as good as we feared and why did they run out of gas? Grea

Join Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Clayton Beerman as we look back at Chelsea's first point away to a top six side this season in the 1-1 draw against Man Utd.On the show tonight we look at the positives and the negatives from the draw with Man Utd, before concluding that it was indeed a poor game from two poor sides.In part two with one of the most inept performances I have seen from a Chelsea striker in recent times, and let’s face it there’s been plenty of choice recently, we ask where does Higuain rank in rank Chelsea strikers and what on earth is Sarri smoking if he thinks he should lead the line at Chelsea next season? We also question Martin Atkinson’s questionable refereeing and assess Chelsea’s chances of finishing in the top four.Support the Chelsea FanCast and become a Patron:Become a Patron!In part three we look ahead to Thursday’s Europa League semi-final 1st leg away to Eintracht Frankfurt – who will Sarri pick and what would be a good result in what promises to be a very tough

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd join Johnny Burrow to look back at Chelsea's frustrating draw against Burnley and look ahead to Sunday's crunch match against Man Utd.Liam Twomey, Chelsea correspondent for ESPN joins us on the phone to report on the Press Conference with Maurizio Sarri. We discuss the importance of the Man Utd v Chelsea match; get an injury update and discuss what Sarri had to say about Liam's question to him on Chelsea's poor away results against the top six this season. Also, what did Sarri think about Eden Hazard not being selected for the PFA's Team of the Season.The 2-2 draw at home to Burnley was undoubtedly a 'Game of Two Halves' with two great goals by Chelsea interspersed with some terrible defending to concede two poor goals. Burnley’s dark arts made life difficult for Chelsea but is it a valid excuse and should the referee take action? Why can’t Sarri make effective in-game changes? Is Chelsea’s squad g

Stamford Chidge is joined by Tony Glover and Joe Tweedie to grimace and gurn over Chelsea's latest monument to frustration as they fail to capitalise on their top four rivals mishaps by dropping points at home to Burnley. Plus a look back at the Slavia Prague match and a look ahead to Man Utd this weekend.On the show tonight; another match, another game of two halves but how much did the injuries to Hudson-Odoi and Kante; the woeful refereeing from Kevin Friend and Burnley’s overall shithousery cost Chelsea?In part two we ask why Sarri can’t make innovative changes during the match and confirm what Tony has been saying for months. Chelsea have become Arsenal. After dropping points at home to Burnley we revisit Chelsea’s chances of finishing in the top four; take an objective view on whether or not Sarri has improved Chelsea and take a look at which Chelsea players are actually good enough.Support the Chelsea FanCast and become a Patron:Become a Patron!In part three we look back at last Thursday’s squeaky bum

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd join Jake Watson to look back at Chelsea's win against Slavia Prague and look ahead to Monday's match against Burnley.Oliver Harbord, Chelsea correspondent of Football.London joins us on the phone to look back at the 4-3 win against Slavia Prague which sees Chelsea reach the semi-final of the Europa League. Having roared in to a 4-1 lead, Chelsea let Slavia back in to the match with two second half goals giving rise to a tense last 20 minutes. Was it a case of from the sublime to the ridiculous and what on earth does Sarri say to the team at half-time? Given Chelsea's proclivity to switch off in the second half this season, it begs the question.Vote for Chelsea FanCast as Best Podcast in the Football Blogging Awards! Voting ends midnight on Sunday April 21st. Vote here: https://footballbloggingawards.co.uk/vote-now/ We discuss Chelsea's apparent complacency and ask whether it is more evidence

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Dan Silver and Tony Glover to digest a a very unpalatable defeat to Liverpool at Anfield which may have helped Liverpool's quest for their first title in 29 years.On the show tonight we look at Sarri’s tactics, inept refereeing, Salah cheating, Rudiger going off, Chelsea perennially leaking goals between the 45th and 60th minute to try and explain what went wrong and could it have all been very different.In part two its operation ‘get the vote out’ for the FBAs and we announce the next Hyundai Extra Mile winner and have an interview with him, before asking are Chelsea simply not good enough; have we become too entitled or does it just hurt like hell losing to Liverpool and can we still make the top 4 in spite of yesterday’s defeat? We also look at some foul behaviour by both Liverpool players and their fans.Vote for Chelsea FanCast as Best Podcast in the Football Blogging Awards! Vote here: https://footballbloggingawards.co.uk/vote-now/ In part three we look ah

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Mark Worrall join Johnny Burrow to look back at Chelsea's wins against Slavia Prague and West Ham last week and ahead to Sunday's crucial match against Liverpool up at Anfield.We kick off discussing Eden Hazard and announce this week's Chelsea quiz: which players played for both Chelsea and Liverpool - we found 18! Plus a plug to vote for us as Best Podcast in the Football Blogging Awards.Vote for Chelsea FanCast as Best Podcast in the Football Blogging Awards! Vote here: https://footballbloggingawards.co.uk/vote-now/ Jan Pikous, Football Writer for EuroFotbal.cz joins us on the phone to talk about the Slavia Prague match from a Czech perspective, as Jan was at the game. Slavia played well just as Jan predicted this week but are Slavia feeling confident for the 2nd leg? Sarri felt that Chelsea showed some fight, but was it more down to bringing on Hazard and Kante? And while it was a disappoi

Stamford Chidge is joined by no lesser man than Joe Tweedie to discuss a very satisfactory win against West Ham this week on a night when Eden Hazard reminded us how much we will miss him when he goes.On the show tonight we delight in Hazard’s performance against West Ham and muse over the bitter sweet farewell that looks increasingly likely.We've made the finals of the Football Blogging Awards for Best Podcast. You can vote for us here: https://footballbloggingawards.co.uk/vote-now/ In part two we discuss the turn round in Chelsea’s performances since Sarri started both Loftus-Cheek and Hudson-Odoi; and ponder what back to back wins which now leave Chelsea in 3rd mean for the run in and our hopes of a top four finish.In part three we look ahead to Thursday’s Europa League 1st leg quarter final against Slavia Prague and have an interview with journalist, Jan Pikous who writes for Czech football website eurofotbal.cz and knows Slavia Prague inside out. All this plus this week’s parish notices and in

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd joining Johnny Burrow to look back at Chelsea's wins against Brighton and Cardiff last week and ahead to Monday night's match against West Ham.We kick off discussing Roman Abramovich not enjoying Chelsea's Hospitality; empty spaces at the Bridge and the Chelsea FanCast being nominated for Best Podcast in the finals of the Football Blogging Awards. Plus this week's Chelsea quiz: which players played for both Chelsea and West Ham - we found 37!Dom Fifield, The Guardian's London Football Correspondent ESPN's joins us on the phone to talk about Friday's press conference where Maurizio Sarri answered questions on possible squad rotation and team selection for the West Ham & Slavia Prague matches; Loftus-Cheek & Hudson-Odoi impressing for Chelsea against Brighton; the atmosphere at Stamford Bridge and the future of Gonzalo Higuain.Looking back to the Chelsea v Brighton match we ask are happy day

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd and Joe Tweedie to discuss a very lucky win for Chelsea against Cardiff City, aided and abetted by Craig Pawson and the Assistant Referee.On the show tonight we muse over the fact that one of the worst offside decisions shouldn’t let Chelsea get away with a poor performance.Support the Chelsea FanCast and become a Patron:Become a Patron!In part two we experience de ja vu all over again with Chelsea offering no creativity, no goal threat and bite or goals from midfield. With chants of “we want Sarri out” we ask is Sarri the most unpopular manager of Roman Abramovich’s reign and can we draw any real positives from what was after all a win for Chelsea and is there a way forward?In part three we take a quick look ahead to Wednesday’s match against Brighton before the usual parish notices and part one of a bumper crop of emails this week.In part four JK and Stamford Chidge read out the remainder of this week’s emails.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-o

Chelsea FanCast on Love Sport Radio - the only 100% Chelsea show on the radio! Stamford Chidge, Jonathan Kydd and Dan Silver join Johnny Burrow to look back at the last week's Chelsea news which has been dominated by Callum Hudson-Odoi and look ahead to this weekend's match against Cardiff City.Liam Twomey, ESPN's Chelsea Correspondent joins us on the phone to talk about Friday's press conference where Maurizio Sarri answered questions about racism in football; Callum Hudson-Odoi's performances for England and his future with Chelsea and Chelsea's chances of finishing in the top four.Rounding up the rest of the week's Chelsea related news we discuss the injury to Pulisic and Higuain's retirement from International Football and ponder the chances of Callum Hudson-Odoi staying at Chelsea with interest in signing him widening to include Liverpool and Manchester United.With Chelsea's last 8 matches in the Premier League season about to start we look at the 'Run-In' and discuss Chelsea's chances of finishing in th

Stamford Chidge is joined by Jonathan Kydd, Clayton Beerman and Joe Tweedie to digest the week's Chelsea news and discern fact from fiction.On the show tonight we take a look at Callum Hudson-Odoi and Ross Barkley’s performances in impressive wins for England against Czech Republic and Montenegro and ask is it easier to play for England than Chelsea, has Hudson-Odoi’s selection made a mockery of Sarri and are international breaks a help or a hindrance?In part two we round up the Chelsea news from the week and see if we can discern fact from fiction. Is it all just fake news or is there no smoke without fire when it comes to Chelsea? With all the negativity around Chelsea at the moment, we take stock to look at the good things about supporting Chelsea.In part three JK takes us for a trip down memory lane to talk about some of his favourite Chelsea matches, players and people and we try to solve the conundrum with Chelsea’s youth and also have a look ahead to next weekend’s match against Cardiff.In part four we