diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs
index 70f04593fa..2c94e06fc3 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/Components/MatchChatDisplay.cs
@@ -207,5 +207,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Components
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        public void Contract()
+        {
+            this.FadeIn(300);
+            this.MoveToY(0, 500, Easing.OutQuint);
+        }
+
+        public void Expand()
+        {
+            this.FadeOut(200);
+            this.MoveToY(100, 500, Easing.In);
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs
index 470b7ed479..372087cfcf 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/Gameplay/GameplayScreen.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ using osu.Game.Tournament.Components;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.IPC;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay.Components;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Ladder.Components;
-using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
@@ -32,9 +31,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
         private readonly Color4 blue = new Color4(17, 136, 170, 255);
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
-        private void load(LadderInfo ladder, TextureStore textures, MatchIPCInfo ipc)
+        private void load(LadderInfo ladder, TextureStore textures, MatchIPCInfo ipc, MatchChatDisplay chat)
         {
+            this.chat = chat;
             this.ipc = ipc;
+
             AddRange(new Drawable[]
             {
                 new MatchHeader(),
@@ -83,15 +84,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
                         },
                     }
                 },
-                chat = new MatchChatDisplay
-                {
-                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
-                    Y = 100,
-                    Size = new Vector2(0.45f, 120),
-                    Margin = new MarginPadding(10),
-                    Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
-                    Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
-                },
                 scoreDisplay = new MatchScoreDisplay
                 {
                     Y = -65,
@@ -147,8 +139,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
 
             void expand()
             {
-                chat.FadeOut(200);
-                chat.MoveToY(100, 500, Easing.In);
+                chat.Expand();
+
                 using (BeginDelayedSequence(300, true))
                 {
                     scoreDisplay.FadeIn(100);
@@ -161,10 +153,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
                 SongBar.Expanded = false;
                 scoreDisplay.FadeOut(100);
                 using (chat.BeginDelayedSequence(500))
-                {
-                    chat.FadeIn(300);
-                    chat.MoveToY(0, 500, Easing.OutQuint);
-                }
+                    chat.Contract();
             }
 
             switch (state)
@@ -176,6 +165,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay
                     scheduledBarContract = Scheduler.AddDelayed(contract, 10000);
                     break;
                 default:
+                    chat.Expand();
                     expand();
                     break;
             }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TournamentSceneManager.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TournamentSceneManager.cs
index f3bc12a6cf..7947f94cf9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TournamentSceneManager.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/Screens/TournamentSceneManager.cs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Video;
 using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using osu.Game.Screens;
+using osu.Game.Tournament.Components;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Drawings;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Gameplay;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Screens.Groupings;
@@ -38,6 +39,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens
         private ShowcaseScreen showcase;
         private VideoSprite video;
 
+        //todo: make less temporary
+        [Cached]
+        private MatchChatDisplay chat = new MatchChatDisplay
+        {
+            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
+            Y = 100,
+            Size = new Vector2(0.45f, 120),
+            Margin = new MarginPadding(10),
+            Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+            Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
+        };
+
+        private Container chatContainer;
+
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
         private void load(LadderInfo ladder, Storage storage)
         {
@@ -48,7 +63,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens
                     RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
                     X = 200,
                     FillMode = FillMode.Fit,
-                    FillAspectRatio = 16/9f,
+                    FillAspectRatio = 16 / 9f,
                     Anchor = Anchor.TopLeft,
                     Origin = Anchor.TopLeft,
                     Size = new Vector2(0.8f, 1),
@@ -78,6 +93,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens
                                 winner = new TeamWinScreen()
                             }
                         },
+                        chatContainer = new Container
+                        {
+                            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                            Child = chat
+                        },
                     }
                 },
                 new Container
@@ -135,6 +155,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament.Screens
                 else
                     s.Hide();
             }
+
+            switch (screen)
+            {
+                case GameplayScreen _:
+                case MapPoolScreen _:
+                    chatContainer.FadeIn(100);
+                    break;
+                default:
+                    chatContainer.FadeOut(100);
+                    break;
+            }
         }
     }
 }