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In this episode of Football for Dummies by Dummies, Jason opens by roasting “Jeffy Double Down” for confidently demanding nine points from Leeds, Bournemouth, and Everton—then watching Chelsea stumble through a grim week where they looked second-best in every match. The guys process the emotional whiplash of going from smashing Barcelona and drawing Arsenal down a man to getting battered by Leeds and playing a lifeless 0–0 at Bournemouth, where only Sánchez kept them alive.

The heart of the episode is about how much Chelsea depend on Moisés Caicedo. Geoff goes deep on the defensive midfielder’s value: interceptions, killing passing lanes, breaking up counters, and letting everyone else play higher and freer. Jason, watching more by “eye test,” just knows that with Caicedo on the pitch, the game flows; without him, everything falls apart. They look at the table drift (from 3rd to 5th with the pack right behind), talk about realistic expectations for the season (top 4, cup run, not a title), and preview Atalanta and Everton with a mix of dread and shrugging optimism.

Along the way they detour into: laughing at Liverpool’s wobble and Mo Salah’s apparent exit trajectory, grumbling about the bloated 48-team World Cup and its “top three advance” nonsense, and a quick “who actually wins the league?” check-in (Geoff reluctantly says Arsenal). The episode closes on pure buddy-pod energy: complaining about fat-free half-and-half, realizing they should probably plan episodes more, and agreeing to reconvene after Atalanta to see which version of Chelsea shows up next.