Andre and Maryam breakdown the 3-0 win over Brighton and talk all things Mayra Ramirez - Chelsea FCW's hottest new signing...

Maryam and Andre react to a Lauren-James-orchestrated 3-1 over title rivals Manchester United at Stamford Bridge...

A special pod from Mia and Maryam talking all things Elisabet Gunnarsdottir. Could she be the new Chelsea women's manager?

Maryam and Andre sift through a chaotic 3-1 FA Cup win over West Ham, as well as talking shop on all things Manchester United and the managers in the running for the soon-to-be-vacant head coach job...

Well 2024 did not start in the best way for Chelsea FCW. Maryam & André are here to talk about just how sad Sam Kerr's ACL rupture is (the football gods are the cruelest!), whether Chelsea should turn to the transfer market, and what changes we might see as the team faces the rest of an important season without their world class striker. Then we we…

Maryam and Andre breakdown the 3-0 victory over Bristol City, as well as reviewing and previewing the Champions League group stage fixture against Hacken...

Andre and Maryam do a quick-fire review of Chelsea's 4-1 defeat to Arsenal at the Emirates...

Maryam is a bit under the weather so André welcomed Harry Edwards to the fight club! If you've seen an incredible stat about CFCW tumble across your timeline there's a good chance it came from Harry. He joined to wrap up Chelsea's two big wins before the break against Paris FC and Leicester. Then they take a step back and use the international brea…

Andre and Maryam get to the mic and chat all things Chelsea including today's 5-1 hammering of Liverpool, a review of the chaotic midweek trek to Spain, and the kinesthetics of having a piggyback ride on Millie Bright...

Maryam and Andre pick apart Chelsea's 3-0 win against Everton, including a chat on FA Player shout-outs, and why this next month of fixtures could be make or break...

Maryam and Andre review the 6-0 demolition of Aston Villa, and dissect the shock news of Emma Hayes leaving at the end of the season (whelp)...

In lieu of a game review this week, Maryam and Andre tackled the UCWL draw, did some more previewing of Aston Villa, and also went through your mailbag questions - including whether Andre held up to the height and physique of NBA phenom Victor Wembanyama.

Maryam and Andre review Sunday's 4-2 win over Brighton, laud over Sjoeke Nusken's hat-trick, and natter about squad rotation and slippery formations ahead of the international break...

Maryam and Mia dissect the 2-0 victory over West Ham, including discussing the rampant attacking midfield, and a sneak peak at next week's lunchtime clash with Brighton.

Manchester City 1-1 Chelsea Chelsea earn one of the weirdest points you'll see, thanks in some part to some of the weirdest refereeing you'll see. André Carlisle and Mia Eriksson discuss lineup choices, cardapalooza, time wasting, and Chelsea crossing again and again and again and again and...you get the point. In the end, a point from one of our m…

Maryam and Mia review the 2-1 win over Spurs on the opening day of the season, as well as delving into the depth of our squad, and a quick sneak peak of predictions for this Sunday’s clash with Manchester City! Please listen, subscribe, rate and review! #CFCW💙💙 =============== Follow Mia: Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@mia_eriksson⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us: Twitter …

Maryam welcomes Mia Eriksson back to the fight club to review Chelsea's 3-2 preseason win over Roma! We talk about formation tweaks, Sjoeke Nüsken's debut, Lauren James back with a bang, what it means to have Super Fran Kirby back on the pitch, and lots more. Please listen, subscribe, rate and review! #CFCW💙💙 =============== Follow Mia: Twitter - ⁠…

Maryam & André are back for a fourth (4th!) season and with a bunch of #CFCW news to react to. Emma Hayes has been busy in the transfer market (and might not be done) so we review every signing so far, and allow André to gush about Catarina Macario & Ashley Lawrence. Then we move onto trying to make sense of the goalkeeper signings and situation (h…

C H A M P 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆 O N S Emma Hayes' Chelsea topped Reading 3-0 on the final day of the season to secure their FOURTH consecutive WSL title! It was a coronation more than a match, and the party got started eighteen minutes in, thanks to who else but Sam Kerr! Maryam, Mia Eriksson and André react to the match, discuss what it means to win 4 consecuti…

Chelsea turned London blue yet again with a 2-0 win over Arsenal, with Magdalena Eriksson scoring in her final appearance at Kingsmeadow! André is joined by Mia Eriksson to discuss the match and the moment. They also talk about the Manchester Derby and rooting for Gareth Taylor to get a result for one (1) day, then look ahead to the final match of …

Magdalena Eriksson and Pernille Harder's Chelsea exits became official so André had to bring in our resident Swedish football expert, Mia Eriksson, to talk about Magda's Chelsea legacy. We discuss Magda's journey and growth with Chelsea, which coincided with Chelsea's growth to dominant team in England, to a force in the Champions league. We also l…

ONE TROPHY DOWN! Chelsea weather Manchester United then Pernille Harder and Sam Kerr deliver the winning goal to give us a third consecutive FA Cup trophy in front of 77,390! Maryam & André grabbed the mics to immediately react to the win. We discuss our feelings coming in, coping with United's early intensity, waiting for the Pernille Harder sub, …

André welcomes back Mia Eriksson to discuss all things Chelsea ahead of the FA Cup Final against Manchester United. We talk about everyone somehow being surprised that Chelsea score lots of goals in the WSL, Pernille returning to the pitch with a vengeance, playing at Wembley, who has the psychological advantage, and how we want to see Chelsea play…

A couple days after Chelsea's UWCL semifinal exit to Barcelona, Maryam & André chat to process the tie. We begin the pod by exorcising frustrations about opportunities that could have reshaped one or both games, and therefore the tie, but then pull back to think about Chelsea's performances as a whole. We contextualize the effort across both legs t…

Maryam and Mia chat all things Barcelona, dissecting the 1-0 semi-final first leg loss at Stamford Bridge. They also look ahead to the second leg on Thursday with some interesting predictions... Please listen, subscribe, rate and review! #CFCW💙💙 =============== Follow & Listen to Mia Eriksson: Podcast - ⁠⁠⁠⁠Their Pitch⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter - ⁠⁠⁠⁠@mia_erikss…

André & Mia (not Magda) Eriksson sit down to discuss Chelsea's patchwork squad getting by Aston Villa and booking a spot in another FA Cup Final! We discuss some performers, including the appearance of Vintage Magda, address #TheDiscourse, and break down the winning goal. Then we turn our attention to the first leg of Chelsea's semifinal against Ba…

André couldn't wait to talk about Chelsea's outrageous, insane, ridiculous, amazing escape over Lyon so he gets straight into it and brings Mia Eriksson along for the ride. We review an absolutely wild UWCL quarterfinal moment by moment to relive an iconic Chelsea win. We also spotlight some immense performances, and wonder just what the hell is fl…

Well, that wasn't great. Maryam welcomes Fran Kirby's Fight Club's adopted cohost Mia Eriksson to the pod to discuss Chelsea's no good very bad day in Manchester. CFCW suffered their second loss of the season in a 2-0 match versus Manchester City. Maryam & Mia discuss what went wrong, how Emma tried to cope, and what it means for the title race. Th…

Maryam & André quickly review Chelsea's 3-1 win over Reading in the FA Cup before shifting focus to the return of the UEFA Women's Champions League! Chelsea have been given the task of getting by Lyon in the quarterfinal round, so we preview the first leg, which will be played in Lyon on Wednesday, March 22. We look at Lyon's history of dominance, …

Chelsea FCW took six points from Brighton and Manchester United to put themselves two points clear at the top of the table and with a game in hand! André welcomes Mia Eriksson back to the fight club to talk about it all. First they get into the midweek Brighton match, the loads of rotation, getting over a difficult opponent, and Johanna Rytting Kan…

Well that sucked. Chelsea play a weird, annoying, bad and frustrating match versus Arsenal, having a considerable hand in all three of their goals after going 1-0 up in the second minute. It was a shock and not at all what we're used to from this team. So Maryam & André do their best to talk through it. We give our theories on why this might have h…

Our brutal stretch of games began with a 2-0 win over Arsenal. That's 1 down, 6 to go! Maryam & André turn on the mics to discuss clinical Chelsea defeating toothless Arsenal just days after the end of a major international break. We discuss Lauren James' impact, Ève Périsset and Niamh Charles, Jelena Čanković's player of the match performance, and…

MARYAM'S BACK! The OG pod returns with André welcoming back Maryam, who shares some exciting life updates before we get on with our Q&A episode! We asked for questions on Twitter and got a range of good ones! Thank you to Theo, Mülla, Vince, Carl, Mary an Randy for sending in questions. We discuss a possible minutes restriction for Lauren James, th…

The fight club is growing! In this episode André welcomes a brand new member to Fran Kirby's Fight Club, Louisa Okolobe from Chelsea Perspective! Louisa joins the pod to talk about Chelsea's 7-0 flawless victory over West Ham. We discuss a perfect outing, Sam Kerr's hat trick, Magdalena Eriksson & AKB's return to the starting XI resulting in the re…

André & Mia Eriksson review Chelsea scoring three goals against Spurs (again), conceding silly goals (again), but coming away with the 3-2 win and all three points. We get into Magdalena Eriksson, who's suddenly gone missing from the Chelsea backline, and it shows. We also discuss Jess Carter's Sam Kerr impression, Lauren James in God Mode and us l…

Aaaaaaand we're back! Maryam is deep in NBA coverage so André welcomed the great Mia Eriksson back to the fight club! We get into the debacle of the 6-minute match versus Liverpool, Chelsea's 3-1 Conti Cup win versus Tottenham (plus Kirby's "shhhhhh") and the 3-2 Chelsea win over Liverpool in the FA Cup. We dive into all the sudden competition with…

Maryam and André stepped to the mics minutes after #CFCW's 1-1 draw at the Emirates! While the result keeps the table as you were for Chelsea – three points clear but having played a game more than Arsenal and Manchester United – the match was full of highlights and lowlights, a poor (and costly) refereeing decision, a dramatic late equalizer, and …

Maryam and André are back with another episode as they prepare for Chelsea FCW to get back to action for the first time in 2023. They start off by discussing Arsenal's recent transactions and whether they think Arsenal manager Jonas Eidevall's midfield gamble will pay off in the second half of the season. Then they get into Chelsea, what's been wor…

Maryam & André are back with the last pod of 2022! In this New Year's episode we review Chelsea's final match of the year, the 3-0 win over Paris St. Germain, give a shoutout to the first half MVPs, discuss recent contract renewals, share tearful goodbyes to Bethany England, discuss who we'd like to see the club bring in as a second striker, and gi…

Maryam is under the weather so André welcomed the great Mia Eriksson back to the fight club! André gets the HIGHEST praise Mia can offer before they get into Chelsea's 1-1 UWCL draw against Real Madrid, and a cozy then anything but 3-2 win over Reading in their final league game of the year. We discuss Chelsea's inability to secure three points in …

The fight club is growin! This episode André welcomes lifelong Chelsea fan Sylvs from Shea Butter FC! We review Chelsea FCW's massive 8-0 win over Leicester at King Power Stadium. We begin with our thoughts on the XI then chat about Guro Reiten's 1g/4a day, Fran Kirby playing centrally, plus one of the low key surprises of the season: Sophie Ingle …

Maryam & André keep the guests coming as the great Mia Eriksson joins the fight club! Mia, Maryam and André discuss Chelsea's comfy cozy 3-0 win over Spurs at Stamford Bridge. We chat Emma's return, a surprisingly somewhat standard 343, the Sophie Ingle + Erin Cuthbert midfield partnership, Magdalena Eriksson at LCB vs. LB, Stamford Bridge vs. King…

Maryam & André decided to try something new this episode, so instead of us droning on about what to expect from Spurs in our upcoming match, we called in some real experts! N17 Women, a fan podcast dedicated to Tottenham Hotspur Women, joined us for an in-depth look at next weekend's opponent. Caroline, Sian, Abbie and Rachel graciously allowed us …

Maryam & André react to Chelsea FCW's 3-1 win over Manchester United WFC at Leigh Sports Village! We discuss Chelsea's rather curious approach in the first half, formation shifts, and Sam Kerr & Lauren James breaking the deadlock and Erin Cuthbert securing the win with a third. We also assess Magdalena Eriksson's progression at left back and discus…

Maryam & André hop on the mics to discuss Chelsea FCW's 3-1 over Aston Villa. We discuss Lauren James' continued ascent and how important it is, particularly in matches like these. We also discuss Magdalena Eriksson at left back, and what it costs us to play her there, and if there are any solutions to getting the best out of all three starting cal…

HELLO WE'RE BACK! Maryam & André return to discuss a slew of CFCW wins, including the 2-1 breaking of the Brighton curse! We discuss the different ways in which Chelsea have won their last three matches. We pick out some top performers versus Brighton, including Johanna Kaneryd, Lauren James and Erin Cuthbert, and note why it was so much more than …

Maryam & André jump on the mics to react to Chelsea's 3-1 win over West Ham. We talk about the fear that crept in after conceding an early goal, then the delight of dominating the match from then until the final whistle. We highlight SUPER FRAN KIRBY, Sam Kerr's confidence, Katerina Svitkova and Eve Perisset's first starts, Erin Cuthbert excelling …

Maryam & André react to a much needed 2-0 win over Manchester City! It was a bit of a frustrating watch at times, but a Fran Kirby goal and a penalty from Maren Mjelde sealed our first three points of the season. We react to the lineup including the surprise welcoming back of Ann-Katrin Berger, the gameplan of tactical suffering, and it all working…

Well that wasn't supposed to happen. Maryam & André talk about Chelsea FCW's season opener away at Liverpool, that turned into a bit of a nightmare after an early penalty. Liverpool were awarded two penalties of their own to beat the champions 2-1 so we're here to wonder just what the hell went wrong. It wasn't all bad though, we also pick out some…

Maryam & André do a deep dive on Chelsea's newest and most intriguing signing yet, Jelena Čanković (and apologize for our suss pronunciations)! Then we review Chelsea's preseason results before both getting extremely giddy at the prospect of Grace Geyoro joining Chelsea. We do some heard vs heart analysis and ask if she's really the 6 we need (hint…