Eden Hazard

[iseah100 5,612]

to win the ballon d'or and to be the best player in the world , in 2014 he must score a lot of goals , do i speak chinese , russian ?

Yea, cause Zidane, Kaka, and Canavarro scored shit ton of goals huh? Messi/Ronaldo have 3 more tears winning balon d'ors then Hazard will be in his prime and win it over Bale and Neymar.

[zolayes 14,489]

Just enjoy him, he's a unique talent and there isn't a player like him. Not to mention that he's extremely charismatic.

He's the type of player that can create magic at any moment anywhere on the pitch.

He's been creating the most chances of any player in Europe and completing the most dribbles of any player of Europe.

He was one of the Ballon D'Or 23 last year because those who vote recognize the brilliance of his play and that he can do things that no other players can do.

we know he is great ,,,, who cares that Arse think wilshere is better or that Scousers say Sterling .

We have possibly our best team ever and he is ONE of the stars ,,, FUCK THEM ALL .. We are Chelsea

[CHOULO19 24,332]

For sure, I remember Rupert (the Rafa lover) got discarded pretty promptly, but atleast he made an effort to present himself properly and backed up his opinions most of the time.

Papito almost makes me pine for the return of Phil Driver.

Haha. To be fair, Rubert lasted almost 6 months here!

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Papito has been banned, so at least the mods are taking care of the trolls swiftly. Trolls like Papito just lower the quality of what is otherwise a brilliant CFC forum, IMO the best out there among many.

As for Hazard, one thing I've noticed while sifting through the internet is that fans of rival clubs, especially some fans of Man United, Barcelona, Liverpool and to a lesser extent, Arsenal seem to be very jealous of him. It' actually quite humorous. They say he's "overrated" (absurd, I know), the latest one is "he's had 1-2 good games this season". These idiots just keep coming up with more and more nonsense and Hazard continues to prove them wrong.

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[Tomo 21,681]

Who is this Phil Driver character I keep hearing about?

To sum him up Lampard could do no wrong, Mikel could do no right and he could barely string a cohesive sentence together.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

To sum him up Lampard could do no wrong, Mikel could do no right and he could barely string a cohesive sentence together.

Then you should just rename him into Phil Tool haha

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Fact is of the 9 games (excluding Bolton) we've played so far, Hazard has ranged from very good to excellent in 7/9 of them. The two where he was not good was :

vs Everton were they bossed possession and were he had to track back a lot and deal with Coleman's incessant overlaps (fullbacks overlapping like mad, basically typical Everton ball), so he struggled to have an impact offensively but still managed to produce a moment of Hazard magic for the "own goal".

vs Aston Villa which he was poor in. There can be no excuses as as just seemed he was void of any energy whatsoever and coasted through the game. Mourinho was right to sub him out early, probably the first time Mourinho has ever done that to Hazard.

He's been brilliant so far, playing with a hunger and drive and desire to run at players anytime he receives the ball, certainly Mourinho's influence. Definitely a better player than he was 2 years ago. WhoScored (far from perfect but very useful, I know) have him as the 3rd best player in the division so far behind Diego Costa and Di Maria (played some easy opposition so far and 2 less games than Costa and Hazard) . It's probably the best start to a season in his career so far, but he's been slightly overshadowed by the Costa and Fabregas tandem and rightly so because goals win games. It's only a matter of time he starts to score regularly again to befit his performance level.

[nyikolajevics 2,422]

what red font?

Your response to BlueLyon was written in a big red font, now it's white.

[bababoom 4,478]

IMO Hazard is without a doubt our most talented/best player.

[Barbara 15,149]

someday without reading one single post here in a few days I'll come and post about one of the following

Compare him exhaustively to at least one of the following: Messi, Ronaldo, Bale, Robben or Neymar

His lack of goals

Compare him exhaustively to at least one of the following: Messi, Ronaldo, Bale, Robben or Neymar

His Balon D'Or chances

Compare him exhaustively to at least one of the following: Messi, Ronaldo, Bale, Robben or Neymar

Or the latest trend: compare him to his teammates and pick who's the best or most important

Compare him exhaustively to at least one of the following: Messi, Ronaldo, Bale, Robben or Neymar

I'm sure I'll stay on topic without even trying.

This thread became more predicable than French media releasing a new PSG speculation on his transfer every few weeks.

It feels like people can't just be happy for him playing here, or how he's constantly restating he wants to stay or his progress and even his achievements. I even like to discuss his future, his areas of improvement especially now that my concern about his attitude to be a winner has been proved to be unfounded. But there's rarely a positive (even if criticizing) discussion going on here.

So we have a bipolar thread that either makes it impossible to criticize him for the few things that deserve a light criticism or he's downgraded, unappreciated and the loser of all comparisons.

Weird place indeed.

[Chelsea? 892]

Your response to BlueLyon was written in a big red font, now it's white.

yea I know. I changed it after reading your post. lol

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Last season I complained about him slowing down attacks and dribbling towards the wings instead of towards dangerous areas.

Not this season. He is now taking the game to the opposition by attacking the box with his dribbles. As a result, defenders are getting yellow cards more often due to hazard. I don't know if he's been reading this thread or it's the presence of costa and fabregas who have to be marked, leaving space for Hazard has made him free and change his style.

I want him to develop his shooting too but let's enjoy his more aggressive dribbling style for now, the goals will come.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

Last season I complained about him slowing down attacks and dribbling towards the wings instead of towards dangerous areas.

Not this season. He is now taking the game to the opposition by attacking the box with his dribbles. As a result, defenders are getting yellow cards more often due to hazard. I don't know if he's been reading this thread or it's the presence of costa and fabregas who have to be marked, leaving space for Hazard has made him free and change his style.

I want him to develop his shooting too but let's enjoy his more aggressive dribbling style for now, the goals will come.

Completely agree with this. He's one of the best dribblers out there, and it was frustrating to watch him use it mostly in non-dangerous areas. So far, I'm very pleased with his dribbling this season. Of course it does help that he gets a bit more space now that we have Costa and Fabregas, but still, watching him dribble more aggressively is very encouraging.

[ParNolio7 285]

No Mirallas tops him

haha best sarcastic reply ever

[ParNolio7 285]

Going to see Hazard in action tomorrow in the Belgium vs Andorra match. Hope he'll score 15 goals just for the "statanatics" (stat fanatics) to get off his case for the rest of the season and look for another worldclass player to piss on.

[Atlas Lion 1,223]

Think I might be the small majority, but I feel we won't get the best out of Hazard unless he is played centrally behind the striker. A true number 10. Some of his brilliance imo came from him whilst playing in the centre.

[Nike 373]

Think I might be the small majority, but I feel we won't get the best out of Hazard unless he is played centrally behind the striker. A true number 10. Some of his brilliance imo came from him whilst playing in the centre.

Not under Jose.

[kellzfresh 7,226]

Think I might be the small majority, but I feel we won't get the best out of Hazard unless he is played centrally behind the striker. A true number 10. Some of his brilliance imo came from him whilst playing in the centre.

I'm with you on this. That penalty against arsenal was created from his dribbling from the center, the Schurrle goal against Burnley was also because of his dribbling from the center. His ability to dribble through a swarm of bodies is his real talent and doing that will scatter the center of the opponent defense and disorganize them in the process making it easier to break any defense down.

If he is double marked by the CMs, fabregas is free to pick passes. If he is double marked by the DM and a centerback, costa has only one CB on him and we know what happens. If he is marked by a fullback and DM, Willian/schurlle is free.

Hazard will be the fulcrum of our attack, his mare presence will leave his teammates with so much space it'll be impossible to defend us.

Would love to see 5 consecutive games with him there.