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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Suspect that João Pedro will start on Sunday. He has scored in his last two games against Arsenal, and was Man of the Match at the Emirates last season. He will be very important to unlocking their watertight central defence.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Pedro Neto is a dilemma for Ajax. Ideally, I would start him, as he adds maturity to a young attack. However, he played twice for Portugal and started against Forest despite being a doubt. He should probably be on the bench, and enter only if struggling at HT

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Robert Sanchez has continued his steady improvement since the Club World Cup. If not for the Old Trafford red card, I think he’d be getting more credit for his start to the season. He has been solid between the posts.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I will be on BBC Radio 5 Live at 6:20 tomorrow morning to preview Nottingham Forest v Chelsea. Join us if you can!

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Two game plus one off the bench

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Benoit Badiashile out until December. This is really gutting, just as a starting CB combination was coming together. Injuries are a real limiter this season.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Always found it curious that people remember the Stamford Bridge draw against Ajax more fondly. The victory at the Amsterdam Arena was a far more impressive result, and generated last-minute limbs.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Worth noting that Reece James has not missed a Chelsea game through injury in 2025. This is a massive step forward, and allows me to hope for a similar outcome with Romeo Lavia and Wesley Fofana. Remember the club revamped the Medical Department in 2024.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Looking forward to hearing about the availability of Tosin and Andrey Santos for Nottingham Forest. Both should hopefully be back, and would add crucial depth for Maresca ahead of 7 games in 3 weeks. This season will be a squad game more than ever with our volume of fixtures.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Estêvão is the best example of why Chelsea discourse around money spent is futile. The £30m fee agreed in 2024 has been counted by pundits for 18 months, yet he only joined this summer - and only now we’re seeing how good that investment was. Money spent for long-term success.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Marc Cucurella is the perfect illustration of why we shouldn’t write off any of the new players so early. He looked lost in his first 12 months, yet with time he transformed into one of the best LBs in the world. Signings sometimes need time to adapt.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

How would we feel about this team against Liverpool?

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Good to see that Enzo Maresca will be judged over the entire season. I am glad the club are beyond sacking coaches mid-season whenever we have the smallest hint of bad form.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Andrey Santos was really solid last night. He looked bright in midfield, and was dominant both aerially and on the ball. I would like to see him start alongside Moises Caicedo against Brighton.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I hope Moises Caicedo, Cole Palmer and João Pedro don’t even travel to Lincoln. Not worth risking their long-term fitness over a Carabao Cup 3rd Round tie.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

If Enzo plays, I want to see him deeper in the pivot with a full-back overlapping. He needs touches of the ball, and the chance to show his world-class passing range from deep.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

How would we feel about this lineup against United?

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

No shame in losing away to Bayern. In the end, it was three individual mistakes, combined with the individual quality of Kane and Olise, that decided the game. Our lack of experience at this level showed as well.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

You really do have a lot of anger and frustration in you. I genuinely have no idea where it is coming from. I haven’t attacked you personally once, yet you have me multiple times. Look, I don’t know you, I wish you well and hope you can get over this resentment of the club you support.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This response has been absolutely shocking to me. There is no inconsistency at all. Just a bit weird from them.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Disagreed with them many times. Just give them fair coverage when there is clearly no conspiracy such as in this case. I am genuinely flabbergasted at this response from yourself and others.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I think Cole Palmer will hit a new level in the Champions League. European teams haven’t seen him before and he’ll have more freedom to work his magic in the more open games. His best performances will be in this competition.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Definitely was exaggerating for effect that you were literally justifying the comparison one reply ago 🤣 You are good.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Not at all. I just read two statements and don’t see any contradiction at all, as other people have also pointed out. Look, I get you don’t like Maresca and/or the Sporting staff. That’s okay. You could just say that instead of making GOP analogies and straw man arguments.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

You called them ‘the GOP’ but of course nobody compared anybody to the current GOP President of course… You think I’m a complete fool…

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

He hasn’t contradicted himself though, if you read both the statements they aren’t contradictory in any way.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

He was signed as a versatile attacker, as they briefed in your favoured publication The Athletic all summer

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

He isn’t contradicting himself though. He is saying João IS good against a low block, but not as the primary number 9. Very harsh to call him a liar or akin to Donald Trump or the GOP based off that.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry, genuinely.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I would be very keen to know this too. I did not see anywhere what he is suggesting.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

I can’t lie, I find it truly bizarre that people would compare Sporting Directors at a football club to an American political party. Especially on the basis of unconfirmed leaks. There is cynicism, and there is that.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Simon Johnson articles that you think have come from the Sporting Directors (you could be right on that, but who knows for sure) have made you compare Paul Winstanley and Laurence Stewart to the Grand Old Party. I find that cynical and bitter, this is a football club at the end of the day.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Who said that when he was signed? Would appreciate if you could show me, happy to stand corrected if so.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Loaning a player out for development doesn’t make them bad. Pretty sad you’re writing off a 19 year-old.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Let’s see. Brentford was the first game for many of these rotational players. I think they’ll grow pretty fast.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Didn’t say you were. It was the line about Guiu I’m responding to.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Enzo Maresca on Joao Pedro: “I think it's when we face teams that are low block like tonight, I think having a proper No.9 and Joao in behind in the way we play West Ham with Liam [Delap] and Joao and in the way we start against Fulham with Liam and Joao is the perfect situation for Joao.”

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

The Sporting Directors have hardly said anything on the record for you to go comparing them to a political party. It’s just a very cynical comparison in my honest opinion.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

That wasn’t a line I saw at any point. Pedro is good against low blocks, but in behind another striker. And, furthermore, I don’t trash our own players like you.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Injuries happen. The whole thing about money spent is disingenuous imo. It wasn’t spent with immediate success in mind.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Comparing our sporting directors to a political party 🤣🤣🤣

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

No, Maresca said the opposite of that.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Enzo Maresca has admitted that João Pedro is not best equipped to be the main striker against a low block. On that basis, I want Marc Guiu to be involved more in the match-day squad in the next few games. He is our only proper nine, and we need to have him as a viable option.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Chelsea have beaten Brentford (a) just once since they were promoted to the Premier League four years ago. If we want to be title challengers, these are the sort of games that need to become reliable three-pointers.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I think he might be, but honestly not a good judge of such things usually.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I wouldn’t be surprised if Andrey Santos gets his first PL start against Brentford. It looks like Cole Palmer won’t be ready, and I think Andrey will play in the pivot with Enzo further forward. Massive opportunity for him to make a statement.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

Imagine saying publicly that your brand new player signed for a record loan fee has no chance of staying at the club less than a week after signing. Nasty work from Uli Hoeness.

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Tom Overend @tovers98.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Assists for Pedro Neto and Reece James in their respective games today. Add that to goals for Marc Cucurella, Estêvão, and Geovany Quenda. Chelsea players are dominating this international break.

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