# Renewed hope for a top five finish after João Pedro's Villa Park hat-trick Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/renewed-hope-for-a-top-five-finish-after-jo-o-pedro-s-villa-park-hat-trick Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/renewed-hope-for-a-top-five-finish-after-jo-o-pedro-s-villa-park-hat-trick.md Podcast: [Straight Outta Cobham: The Athletic FC's Chelsea show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125) Published: 2026-03-05T15:22:41+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fcs-chelsea-show/episodes/renewed-hope-for-a-top-five-finish-after-joao-pedros-villa-p Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/681ccb505acb8b715f1f1330/e/69a99fc1b49eecc0b754ca0b/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/episodes/renewed-hope-for-a-top-five-finish-after-jo-o-pedro-s-villa-park-hat-trick Duration seconds: 3218 ## Resource You can't stay mad at them for long... Matt Davies-Adams has got The Athletic's Liam Twomey and Luke Bosher with him for a look back on Wednesday night's 4-1 win at Aston Villa - to take Chelsea back to 5th in the Premier League table. Simon Johnson sends us his post-match dispatch from the press box - before we discuss the bold decision to drop Robert Sánchez, the continuation of João Pedro's sensational form - and whether this game was proof that playing the big teams in this difficult upcoming run could actually prove to be in Chelsea's favour. Next up - Wrexham in the FA Cup! The Athletic's Wrexham reporter Richard Sutcliffe drops by to give us the lowdown on Saturday's hosts - who are going for back-to-back-to-back-to-back promotions - and will certainly be up for the cup when they welcome a Premier League side to the Racecourse Ground - aspiring to be in the top flight with them next season. We'll be back on Monday to discuss that fixture AND look ahead to the small matter of PSG in the Champions League round of 16 1st leg on Wednesday night! HOST: Matt Davies-Adams WITH: Luke Bosher, Liam Twomey & Simon Johnson PRODUCER: Lucy Oliva Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/episodes/renewed-hope-for-a-top-five-finish-after-jo-o-pedro-s-villa-park-hat-trick/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/straight-outta-cobham-the-athletic-fc-s-chelsea-show-259125/renewed-hope-for-a-top-five-finish-after-jo-o-pedro-s-villa-park-hat-trick.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.