Myself 793 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hazard was fucking brilliant today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 He looked a lot sharper today than he did last preseason. Good sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheva. 5,373 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Ba and Luiz are gone. These were hazards fellow jokers/comedians in the team maybe Mourinho wants to forge hazards mentality or I'm I watching too much movies? Lol:https://vine.co/v/MV0jHpzE0bg(don't know how to embed vine ) Mustafa 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustafa 885 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Not too surprised he was top quality when he came on today. I've noticed this many times before. Whenever Eden comes off the bench to play the last 30 mins or so, he generally plays well and is a joy to watch because he plays with freedom and just takes on whoever is in his way. I think this is because he doesn't need to worry about preserving energy for the rest of the game or for the games to come. He just goes out there and has fun. Sparta at home comes to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper 20,609 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I always say that if Eden gets a bit of Robben's mentality (the right bits obviously) he'll be an absolute threat. Glad to see he's being more direct so far. kellzfresh, Blue Armour, sdrcfc and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stats 7,142 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Hazard had a very good season last season but I just want to see more repeats of that Sunderland game last season where he simply takes over the game and goes solo. He was simply unstoppable that night. Probably is best ever performance in a Chelsea shirt. sdrcfc and kellzfresh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustafa 885 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Lol:https://vine.co/v/MV0jHpzE0bg(don't know how to embed vine )What language were they speaking ?? Hmmm MrExcalibur100 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 What language were they speaking ?? HmmmCosta speaks both Portuguese and Spanish and Eden speaks French and English, so I'm not sure. Probably some really basic form of English. The Chels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueGuy 1,552 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Costa speaks both Portuguese and Spanish and Eden speaks French and English, so I'm not sure. Probably some really basic form of English. Belgian can speak Dutch as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bethos1 802 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Belgian can speak Dutch as wellHe can't, he's from the French part of Belgium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Belgian can speak Dutch as wellOf course. And German as well. But I've never heard Hazard speak Dutch before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Build the team around him, give the other ten players a structure and let Hazard do what he wants. Coop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Build the team around him, give the other ten players a structure and let Hazard do what he wants.I don't want to bring up the comparison but didn't people complain about that when RDM, Benitez did the same with Mata..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomo 21,751 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I don't want to bring up the comparison but didn't people complain about that when RDM, Benitez did the same with Mata..? Without meaning to start another Mata flame war, Hazard is on another level to Juan.Plus RDM didn't really build the team around Mata, Benny did which imo was the right thing to do at that moment. The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Without meaning to start another Mata flame war, Hazard is on another level to Juan.Plus RDM didn't really build the team around Mata, Benny did which imo was the right thing to do at that moment.Hazard may be on another level compared to Mata but it's still practically doing the same thing. The latter was still devastating in his own way we played him as the No.10. The Mak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myself 793 Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Costa speaks both Portuguese and Spanish and Eden speaks French and English, so I'm not sure. Probably some really basic form of English. Eden: Yes.Costa: Good. Do you like dogs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbara 15,149 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Hazard may be on another level compared to Mata but it's still practically doing the same thing. The latter was still devastating in his own way we played him as the No.10.Hazard is stronger, faster, has better work rate and defends better. The comparison is a poor one, even if we build the team around him. Also Mata is 100x more easily dispossessed than Hazard is. So there's no common ground to comparenow the funny part*something insanely funny happens during the match*Hazard mentally: 'imagine if we could understand each other'Hazard speaking: 'very funny, I legh hard'Costa mentally: 'we'd have so much fun. Can I say fuck off as an answer to this? It's the only thing I know how to say in English'Costa speaking: 'si, si, yes'Costa mentally: it was good while lasted. I want to say more things, but I don't know how, I'm growing shy, let me cover my mouth.Hazard mentally: He could replace David Luiz's as the joker, I just need to figure out how to understand what he says and make sure to never get in his bad side ChelseaFSee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop 114 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 No compilation of his last night performance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Hazard is stronger, faster, has better work rate and defends better. The comparison is a poor one, even if we build the team around him. Also Mata is 100x more easily dispossessed than Hazard is. So there's no common ground to compare Of course if you compare the two, playing Hazard as the No.10 and giving him a free role sounds like the sanest of ideas but you are still effectively doing the same thing by doing that - telling all the other 10 (or 9) players to do the dirty work and giving one a free role. On its own, think you know why Hazard hasn't been played much at all in the No.10 role under Mourinho and if he's going to trust Hazard and give him a free (or freer) role in the team, never mind the position he's playing in, then he needs to be more consistent and influential in matches first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParNolio7 285 Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Don't think a free role is really necessary. Just play him as a left forward instead of a left winger. Subtle yet vital difference. I think Hazard would work best in 4-3-3 or 3-4-3. Maybe the latter even better because he'll have more midfielders in support.Don't really like him as a n°10 because in that position your most important quality is to be able to play, connect, switch really fast and for me Hazard is more about getting the ball, driving forward, skipping past a defender, etc. A lot more difficult to do that in a n° 10 position where he'll constantly have at least two defenders breathing down his neck. Coming from the side against just one defender he's always bound to get the better of the opponent. Daniel1980, Peace., Barbara and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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