WhatsTheMatic?

He dragged us from 6th place and the Europa League to the title within 2 years. Only our second title since he left the damn club 10 years ago too mind you. How in the christ is that premature? He's taken a team that was struggling badly in the league and essentially living off the CL win and transformed us back into the best team in England.
Our team for the for the final league game of the 2011-12 season (just 3 years ago remember):
----------------------Turnbull-----------------------
--Ivanovic---Terry---Hutchinson---Bertrand--
--------------Essien--------Ramires--------------
-Lukaku-----------Meireles-----------Malouda-
----------------------Sturridge----------------------
Subs: Hilario, Cole, Ferreira, Romeu, Piazon, Drogba, Torres.
Our team now:
--------------------Courtois--------------------
--Ivanovic---Terry---Cahill---Azpilicueta--
------------Matic-------Fabregas-------------
-Willian------------Oscar------------Hazard-
------------------Diego Costa-----------------
Subs: Begovic, Zouma, Mikel, Ramires, Moses, Falcao, Remy.
Look at the difference between those squads (I know we were resting a few people that game but even bringing in Cech, Luiz, Kalou and Lampard don't help the squad look that much better). The difference in strength (and age) is massive.
He definitely deserves the new contract because he is by far the best manager for us at the moment. We are incredibly lcuky to have such a great manager that truly loves the club and its fans as much as we love him. Hopefully he stays for years to come and forms a dynasty here.

*pops caffeine pills* anything to see Mikel play

CL kits from the back

Problem is that people suddenly expect that a youngster will perform some kind of Messi-esque magic in his first start with the senior team. Do you even understand how nervous he must have been? A terrible performance in this kind of game and there is a risk that youre falling behind even further in the pecking order.

He was strong in possession, won several balls and intercepted others, had slightly poor positioning at times (due to being out of sync with the others) and looked up for it. I am happy with his debut, and absolutely think that he has a future here. It is really hard to impress in this type of game in his position.

I checked the thread over at redcafe, and everyone that mentioned him there (fans of other teams) said he played well and was promising. I can only agree with that.

Few people slagging him off already.
Unbelievable.

Welbeck and Arteta both voted for Hazard

Lampard: "I told him 2 years ago he was the best"

Bow down for the King !!!

I hate the way people on this forum constantly fail to understand what a football team needs to succeed it really frustrates me and one of the reasons why I don't post much anymore. The problem is statistics are so misleading and can support many arguments !
Ruud Van Nistelrooy would get 25-30 goals per season but the whole team would be geared towards him achieving those statistics which is why they only won 1 league title in 5 seasons at united during his time as their centre forward. Van Nistelrooy required too much support for him to score those goals to the detriment of the team and it was no coincidence Man utd won a glut of premier league titles and a champions league as soon as he left the club ! Man Utd carried Van Nistelrooy because of his selfishness and also his vastly inferior physical capabilities in other words he wasn't the quickest or most physical of forwards.
Fernando Torres was a star at Liverpool... why ? Liverpool geared their whole team around providing Fernando Torres the ammunition to score goals to the detriment of their whole team.
Kalou was one of the most productive wingers lol ''statistically'' in the league during his time but for him to achieve those numbers he lost the ball more times then I can remember to the detriment of the team. Kalou had a prodcution rate of 10 goals and 10 assists for like 4 seasons lol 20+ overall production rate haha and he wasn't half the player Willian is.
You always have to look and evaluate why someone is scoring so many goals or assisting so many and work out if hes doing it in a cost effective way or if he's doing it to the detriment of the team.
Willian gives us great balance in the sense that he is a very sound footballer and he always gives us that crucial stability that we need to win games.

To be fair, if you are realistic, Hazard is never gonna be a big a star as Messi, CR7 etc., they were way more prolific at 24 than Hazard is right now and Hazard is never gonna be a goal scoring anomaly so the chance of him being a legend at a club as big as Real Madrid is very slim imo.

Offcourse it's very human to give it a try nonetheless but as i said i judge Hazard to be a player who is content with what he has and he might want to settle with being one of the best PL stars ever.

Its fantastic for hazard. He's already performing at the level of ribery's prime year right now and he's still young and becoming better in his finishing. I can't wait to see his full potential. Will probably overtake zola as the most gifted Chelsea player ever.

I was thinking Robben as well, I think you're right which top 5. Thats pretty good for a 24 year old, his development lately has been great

Suarez even proved his worth with an average Liverpool team with 30 epl goals in 32games without penalties while completing 14 assists last season. I say hazard is 5th, behind Messi, Ronaldo, Suarez, Robben.

I personally think Suarez is just ahead of him maybe at the moment. Only just, Hazard needs to do it in Europe to go to the next level

Is it just me or is he infinitely a better finisher with his left foot rather than it logically being the other way round?

I don't think signing a "galactico" per say is really the best option. If you look at clubs that like to do it, it's not necessarily brought success. It's great for the fans and generates excitement but most of the time there is a cheaper alternative that has the same utility. Look at sides like Atletico, Juventus and even Manchester United under Fergie, they proved a team with some big names with a number of players that aren't huge names but fill the role the coach needs can still outperform a team of superstars. Im not trying to say that Schneidelin would be better for Chelsea than say Pogba. But historically, there is a lot more value with the cheaper alternatives. Look at Madrid for example Bale for stupid money or would you say Griezmann would have been a better alternative? Maybe we are looking for gems like him.

Take a fucking chillpill.
Your analysis isnt even close to reality.

He isn't having a better season than Suarez did last year, not even a question.

If we can't get Varane for a decent price then I'd be happy with that!

Mangala 32m

What have I just read??
I honestly don't understand some people on here. Words fail me.

Honestly, its embarrassing. They're acting as if Costa isn't good enough to play for Sheffield Wednesday

That's just not true. There's plenty of times where Hazard rides challenges and carries on.
Hazard doesn't need to do anything it's the referees that need to do their job and realize that they have to start pulling out the yellow card sooner.
You say look at Messi and CR but those two get plenty of protection from the refs.