Eden Hazard

[Bacika 188]

He should have been rested...he's got no fuel!!! Rest him for fuck sake...and why is Ivanovic playing every game?

4 games and we've scored 4 goals...just awful..let's see if we can play some football soon...

[Jase 43,479]

Am rather frustrated that he isn't taking defenders or opposition players on more often when he can do so and it puzzles me that he has not struck any attacking partnership with Cole on the left flank..

[Magic Lamps 11,449]

Yes, should have rested. Another reason to start KDB. He was not 100% anyone could see that. He faced 3 men most of the times on the left, so he had no real chance and moved backwards. Though he got tackled most of the times so I'd agree with Barbara adn Bluesmaster and encourage him to take them all on. He can do that and he just got as much chance of losing the ball than moving backwards so better try.

Btw "Iden" is only how you pronounce his name in English. As it is a French name I'd say "Edäin , the äi making a nasal e. People who never learned french often struggle to make that pronouncation so no wonder he is called Eddie.

[Jack Uzzi 54]

Strange he stays on 90 minutes after coming from injury.

[Blue Armour 4,164]

Am rather frustrated that he isn't taking defenders or opposition players on more often when he can do so and it puzzles me that he has not struck any attacking partnership with Cole on the left flank..

Well its not the same Ashley Cole who used to link up with Malouda...these days Cole provides a good shift in defense but hardly anything with the ball. Plus he doesn't get forward as much..

[Gorando 184]

Btw "Iden" is only how you pronounce his name in English. As it is a French name I'd say "Edäin , the äi making a nasal e. People who never learned french often struggle to make that pronouncation so no wonder he is called Eddie.

You could pronounce it like the Irish name 'Aidan' Thats how its pronounced in the north of Belgium

[kellzfresh 7,226]

I hope he just watched how messi helped his team win today against sevilla in the last minutes, take the ball, dribble past even one player (he never did this today) then fire the shot or lay the pass for your player.

He doesn't take enough responsibility for our team when things r not going well. (This is why people say bale is better than him)

No urgency to create danger from him when we are attacking. I don't think he created anything apart from the shot in the begining of the 2nd half.

But ashely cole was partly the person that caused a major part of this. This was one of the worst ATTACKING peformances I've seen from Cole since he joined chelsea. Hazard was left all alone most of the time and Cole's crosses never found anybody, horrible.

But this doesn't take away the problem that hazard doesn't know how to dribble again in this match.

[bluesman2610 1,226]

I dunno i feel he links up better with bertrand just from watching them when played together

[polo 18]

Strange he stays on 90 minutes after coming from injury.

normal there is nobody else at his level

[replika83 14]

Didn't he got an achilles-injury, just a week ago (during NT-matches), which needed a good 3 weeks of rest to heal?

[didierforever 7,349]

poor. he has been the hazard of old in only one match - BAYERN. which was actually not that suprising. in that match he played against rafinha with barely any defensive help from robben on the wings whatsoever. in PL, he gets doubled up against every team.

united - valencia and jones

eveton - naismith and coleman.

he really should pick his moments of trying to dribble his way out and concentrate more on link up play. i remember a moment late in the match when he tried to take on 4-5 everton players on the edge of the box, lost the ball and dint even run to retrieve it.

[Barbara 15,149]

I keep expecting and saying to myself: today is going to be the day Eden will flourish... I keep being disappointed *sighs*

but I'll wait patiently because I know the day will come.

Yes, should have rested. Another reason to start KDB. He was not 100% anyone could see that. He faced 3 men most of the times on the left, so he had no real chance and moved backwards. Though he got tackled most of the times so I'd agree with Barbara adn Bluesmaster and encourage him to take them all on. He can do that and he just got as much chance of losing the ball than moving backwards so better try.

He needs help not to find himself stuck between 2,3,4 players all the time, and he also needs to just step up and face them off a few times.

Well its not the same Ashley Cole who used to link up with Malouda...these days Cole provides a good shift in defense but hardly anything with the ball. Plus he doesn't get forward as much..

yeah, if I had to blame anyone for the lack of link up it would be Cole, but also Oscar and Mata. It's not only the LB that can link up with him, but also the CAM and even the striker. I think there are two issues right now: he's not confident enough (or whatever is the reason) to pass by opponents, by dribbling or running (preferably both) and he's too isolated in our left side, except when he's near the corner. Players should approach him a bit higher - by the upper corner of the box and link up with him there. So I partially blame him and partially blame the rest of the team that seem to just expect him to work his magic and simply get rid of 3-4 players all by himself.

poor. he has been the hazard of old in only one match - BAYERN. which was actually not that suprising. in that match he played against rafinha with barely any defensive help from robben on the wings whatsoever. in PL, he gets doubled up against every team.

united - valencia and jones

eveton - naismith and coleman.

he really should pick his moments of trying to dribble his way out and concentrate more on link up play. i remember a moment late in the match when he tried to take on 4-5 everton players on the edge of the box, lost the ball and dint even run to retrieve it.

ITA.

That's what I mean in the posts I had earlier the week. I want to see a bolder Eden that isn't afraid of facing off the opponents. He's been playing sub-par to his own level, but somehow he still accounts to himself at least MOTM 15 votes for each official match we played this season

[The Skipper 20,593]

He does need to step up. It's early days though, so I'm not too concerned.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

He did look a bit tired and unfit, but he was triple-marked throughout the game; not sure how people expected him to dribble past all three of them.

[iceboy 992]

To many Einstein's here

[Goemaere 131]

"step up" what did you expect with jose as a coach for this team. Laudrup would have been 10 times as good for the chelsea we have now. Jose is the best coach in the world but not the best coach for this team.

[Ainsley Harriott 2,732]

"step up" what did you expect with jose as a coach for this team. Laudrup would have been 10 times as good for the chelsea we have now. Jose is the best coach in the world but not the best coach for this team.

Best coach for this team would've been Klopp IMO

[Special Juan 27,101]

So he may have an injury going into this game but he still played 90 minutes, and he was very poor IMO and ineffective.

Needs to step it up, I'm sure he will.