22 Days

22 days to sit on Brentford 3-0 Chelsea, 22 days for Xabi Alonso to find a plan B, 22 days to restart the season.

A perfectly decent first half unravels when Jaidon Anthony nods in from a back-post corner, and the familiar Chelsea collapse follows: one goal down, crosses going nowhere, no answer.

Chris backs Alonso and asks for patience, while Joe wants the back three binned, Estêvão on the pitch and Lavia alongside Jordan Henderson, who might have been Chelsea's best player on the night.

Plus João Pedro's absence, Levi Colwill at left centre-back, and why Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth always seem to arrive with a plan Chelsea don't.

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Chapters
00:00 22 days to sit on it
02:00 A first half that was fine
03:30 The back-post corner and the same old Chelsea
06:30 What happens when Chelsea go a goal down
07:45 Jordan Henderson in a Chelsea shirt
08:30 Estêvão and the subs that never came
12:00 Why Chelsea have to back Xabi Alonso
16:00 Joe: "an appalling watch"
18:30 Henderson best player, Lavia on the bench
21:30 Brentford, Brighton and Bournemouth have a game plan
28:00 The back three has to go
32:30 Five points behind Arsenal, four ahead of Coventry

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Meet the Hosts
Chris Sheen and Joe Kevin are lifelong Chelsea fans who've been going to Stamford Bridge for over 30 years.
What started as swapping post-match voicenotes has grown into a fan pod capturing the highs, the lows, and everything in between from Gate 13 of the Matthew Harding Stand.

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The 1905 Podcast
Chelsea FC Founded: 1905
European Champions: 19/05
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