Schoolboy

Chelsea's defending against Hull City wasn't just bad — it was schoolboy stuff, the kind you'd bench a nine-year-old for. A 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge that should've been a rout turns into another damning day for Xabi Alonso's back line.

Morgan Rogers' early strike had Chelsea cruising, but Jorrel Hato's mistimed header and a helpless Malo Gusto at right-back gifted Mohamed Belloumi two goals inside six minutes. João Pedro's finish off a Cole Palmer assist rescues a point, but the story is Chelsea sitting bottom of the league for shots conceded — and a Reece James proposal that could fix it.

Plus: the Frank Lampard-to-Thomas Tuchel parallel, why Jordan Henderson might be the midfield answer, and the corner routine that's biting Chelsea from both ends.

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Chapters

0:00 Final score reaction — "extremely disappointing"
1:00 Morgan Rogers opens the scoring
2:00 Schoolboy defending — Hato and the first equaliser
3:00 Six minutes later — Belloumi's second
6:30 Palmer to Pedro — Chelsea level it up
9:00 Reece James's legs and the defensive lapses
16:00 Chris: Lampard-to-Tuchel and the fix that worked before
23:30 The Reece James solution — back to right-back
27:00 Why Jordan Henderson could start soon
32:00 Set pieces — the corner routine cutting both ways

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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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