Chelsea FanCast Preview Show #921

Stamford Chidge and Jonathan Kydd are joined by Mark Meehan and Adam Newson, Chief Chelsea Correspondent for Football.London to look ahead to this weekends match against Leeds United.In part one, Chidge, JK, Martin and Adam discuss Friday's press conference with Thomas Tuchel. With Kante out for weeks; Broja days; Kovacic still out and Pulisic a doubt, are Chelsea facing an injury crisis already? Should we be worried about Kante’s future…again? Does this prove the need for squad depth and quality? Talking of which Chelsea have signed Casadei from inter Milan; but what about Gordon, Fofana, FDJ and Aubameyang?Like us, Thomas Tuchel is not impressed with Mike Dean’s apology and turning to the match against Leeds this Sunday Tuchel is expecting a high-intensity game, a high-pressing team from Leeds and a very emotional stadium. Is Adam?In part two we preview the Leeds United v Chelsea and look at Chidge's Team selection. Will Conor Gallagher get the nod over Loftus-Cheek in Kante's absence?Leeds have injuries to Ayling, Bogusz, Dallas, Firpo & Bamford, Cooper, Gelhardt doubtful as well as losing Raphina and Philips in the transfer window so will this make life easier for Chelsea at a ground where they have never won back-to-back matches?Tuchel alluded to Leeds press causing mistakes and chaos; is this a worry for us? And it's remarkable to face two of our oldest rivals in our second and third matches of the season, we explain the rivalry with 'Dirty' Leeds and Chidge and JK whip the whippetts out and it all goes a bit Yorkshire parody!We wrap up by discussing how we see it going and give our score predictions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.