🇧🇪 Eden Hazard

[kellzfresh 7,229]

20 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

I'm still ruing that game against United.

Ashley Young and his fellow thugs did a number on Hazard that game and he hasn't recovered his early season form since.

Hazard's form dropping has turned us from title contenders to struggling for fourth place, possibly even worse than Arsenal, at least at the moment.

He's clearly our most influential player. He's inconsistent and once he's not having a good period, we struggle. We used to have Costa's goals to rely on to carry us over the line but we don't have this anymore and it shows. We badly need a striker and more players in the team without obvious weaknesses everywhere.

[FabHazard 655]

Don't know what has happened to him...he has been off recent games... where is the player that is scoring for fun in first few games...He lacks killer instinct and consistency of players like Messi and Ronaldo..He should buckle up

[Johnnyeye 7,579]

28 minutes ago, FabHazard said:

Don't know what has happened to him...he has been off recent games... where is the player that is scoring for fun in first few games...He lacks killer instinct and consistency of players like Messi and Ronaldo..He should buckle up

i might get crucified for saying this but Hazard is not a Ballon D'or caliber player and never will be. He doesnt take games by the scruff of the neck often like Messi and Ronaldo do, he's simply not ruthless enough and he couldnt care less, if he thinks he's the best let him go to Madrid and see what happens.

[DDA 10,204]

Could you imagine what Hazard would be acheiving if he was playing for City right now!!! 

Go mate, just go for the sake of your legacy. It will break my heart but as a player and human being, he deserves more. He has been soo loyal. This is bullshit.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

He is not great right now, but anyone saying we should sell him should rethink about watching football.

Hazard is still regardless head and shoulders ahead of anything at the club, specialy now that Kante and Azpi dont play as great as they used to. It is hard to replace him right now, and absolutely impossible to do it with our current clueless board.

People saying our burnley game was most complete and Hazard didnt play, well great, lets just stick with Pedro and Willian for next 5 years then. Also having someone like Eden out injured is completely different to not having Eden in club at all. The players react differently. 

Just look at Real, they didnt seem bad when Ronaldo was out injured/rested, because they wanted to prove themselves. Now that Ronaldo is actualy no longer at the club, all pressure is fully on other players and they are dogshit. 

Without Eden we wont be even near CL, especialy when you look how ambitious the club is, targeting fucking Ruganis and Hysajs...

[DDA 10,204]

33 minutes ago, BlueLyon said:

He is not great right now, but anyone saying we should sell him should rethink about watching football.

Hazard is still regardless head and shoulders ahead of anything at the club, specialy now that Kante and Azpi dont play as great as they used to. It is hard to replace him right now, and absolutely impossible to do it with our current clueless board.

People saying our burnley game was most complete and Hazard didnt play, well great, lets just stick with Pedro and Willian for next 5 years then. Also having someone like Eden out injured is completely different to not having Eden in club at all. The players react differently. 

Just look at Real, they didnt seem bad when Ronaldo was out injured/rested, because they wanted to prove themselves. Now that Ronaldo is actualy no longer at the club, all pressure is fully on other players and they are dogshit. 

Without Eden we wont be even near CL, especialy when you look how ambitious the club is, targeting fucking Ruganis and Hysajs...

Without Eden we will be no better than Everton. No joke. We would literally be a mid table club bur you could not blame him in the slightest for leaving. He has been nothing but loyal to us. Absolute gem of a human being.

[Johnnyeye 7,579]

3 minutes ago, DDA said:

Without Eden we will be no better than Everton. No joke. We would literally be a mid table club bur you could not blame him in the slightest for leaving. He has been nothing but loyal to us. Absolute gem of a human being.

his loyalty to us should have prompted the fucking board to surround him with quality players to match his ambition, but we keep getting deadweight players

[robsblubot 3,595]

I'm actually very curious to see him play elsewhere, because I'd put money down that it's NOT going to be a whole lot different.

The thing that bothers me the most about Eden is precisely when he's off form like he is now though.

Say, when I compare top players who aren't, for one reason or another, able to influence a game (or many games), I still pay attention to what they are doing on the pitch. What is the work rate? How hard do they try to help their struggling teammates? Do they run into spaces? Pass more and more quickly? Mix things up? Do they get annoyed when things are't going their way?

No I don't think he does well or tries nearly hard enough when he's off.

[Blue Armour 4,710]

2 hours ago, Robguima said:

I'm actually very curious to see him play elsewhere, because I'd put money down that it's NOT going to be a whole lot different.

The thing that bothers me the most about Eden is precisely when he's off form like he is now though.

Say, when I compare top players who aren't, for one reason or another, able to influence a game (or many games), I still pay attention to what they are doing on the pitch. What is the work rate? How hard do they try to help their struggling teammates? Do they run into spaces? Pass more and more quickly? Mix things up? Do they get annoyed when things are't going their way?

No I don't think he does well or tries nearly hard enough when he's off.

You're right. You put Hazard in any top team, he will still pull off fantastic stuff, just like he does at Chelsea.

But he's not superhuman. He will have off-days. 

The real difference is what happens during those off-days

The problem is that the rest of the team can't do shit when he is having an off day. 

kellzfresh hit the nail on the head when he said that we no longer have a Diego Costa to compensate with goals.

[Jase 43,479]

Sacchi on Hazard...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6468609/Arrigo-Sacchi-Pep-Guardiola-Maurizio-Sarri-like-teachers.html

'Hazard is a champion,' said Sacchi. 'He has strength, technical quality and speed but he doesn't always exploit the synergy of the team. He can improve.

'He doesn't play for the team and with the team at all times. He has been free to play as he wants and it can take great effort to change. Generally those who are used to playing alone play alone and do not take advantage of the synergy.'

[Vesper 31,037]

Chelsea star Eden Hazard makes Man City transfer claim after SLAMMING team-mates

CHELSEA star Eden Hazard has claimed Manchester City are only missing him in their side after lamenting his team-mates' lack of movement.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/746926/Chelsea-star-Eden-Hazard-makes-Man-City-transfer-claim-after-SLAMMING-team-mates

The Blues take on the Premier League champions at Stamford Bridge tomorrow but have hit a blip in their season.

Chelsea were in fine form under new boss Maurizio Sarri and at one point were the only unbeaten side in Europe’s top five leagues.

But a heavy defeat to Tottenham at Wembley brought the west London outfit back down to earth.

It was the first top-six side they had faced away from Stamford Bridge and Chelsea’s weaknesses were badly exposed.

A 2-0 win against Fulham helped put them back on track but a shock 2-1 loss to Wolves on Wednesday has brought them back under the microscope.

One star who was in terrific form at the start of the season was Hazard, but the Belgian has now not scored in the league since early October.

Ahead of the City clash, the Belgian has cheekily suggested that Pep Guardiola could do with him in the squad.

He said: “I think City find more solutions in their play than we do.

“The only thing they don’t have is Eden Hazard! That is the difference.”

Hazard has been a key member of Chelsea’s squad over the past six years, but he hinted he is becoming tired of being the difference-maker this season.

He added: “Chelsea have plenty of possession, but we often have to rely on individual actions to score goals.

“City are all about team play. You can see a lot of movement from them that creates spaces.

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[Vesper 31,037]

Eden Hazard transfer news: Man City coach Pep Guardiola rules out move for Chelsea star

https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/manchestercity/eden-hazard-transfer-news-man-city-coach-pep-guardiola-rules-out-move-for-chelsea-star-a4011936.html

 

Pep Guardiola has ruled out any chance of Eden Hazard joining Manchester City – despite describing the Belgian as one of the best players in the world.

Chelsea star Hazard claimed he was the one thing missing from Guardiola’s Premier League champions in the build-up to Saturday’s clash at Stamford Bridge.

The 27-year-old is a player Guardiola has long-wanted to bring to the Etihad – but was quick to dismiss the prospect of a sensational move.

“That is not going to happen,” said the City manager. “I am agreeing with him. He said I’m so good and I am agreeing with him.

“Switch on the TV and look at him. You realise his qualities. He is one of the best players in the world.”

Speaking to Belgian broadcaster Play Sports, Hazard said this week: “City are all about team play. You can see a lot of movement from them. That creates spaces, they get their crosses in, and I think they have more answers that way.

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[kellzfresh 7,229]

6 hours ago, Vesper said:

Chelsea star Eden Hazard makes Man City transfer claim after SLAMMING team-mates

CHELSEA star Eden Hazard has claimed Manchester City are only missing him in their side after lamenting his team-mates' lack of movement.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/746926/Chelsea-star-Eden-Hazard-makes-Man-City-transfer-claim-after-SLAMMING-team-mates

The Blues take on the Premier League champions at Stamford Bridge tomorrow but have hit a blip in their season.

Chelsea were in fine form under new boss Maurizio Sarri and at one point were the only unbeaten side in Europe’s top five leagues.

But a heavy defeat to Tottenham at Wembley brought the west London outfit back down to earth.

It was the first top-six side they had faced away from Stamford Bridge and Chelsea’s weaknesses were badly exposed.

A 2-0 win against Fulham helped put them back on track but a shock 2-1 loss to Wolves on Wednesday has brought them back under the microscope.

One star who was in terrific form at the start of the season was Hazard, but the Belgian has now not scored in the league since early October.

Ahead of the City clash, the Belgian has cheekily suggested that Pep Guardiola could do with him in the squad.

He said: “I think City find more solutions in their play than we do.

“The only thing they don’t have is Eden Hazard! That is the difference.”

Hazard has been a key member of Chelsea’s squad over the past six years, but he hinted he is becoming tired of being the difference-maker this season.

He added: “Chelsea have plenty of possession, but we often have to rely on individual actions to score goals.

“City are all about team play. You can see a lot of movement from them that creates spaces.

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He's not wrong. We lack a lot of movement in attack and that comes down to playing people like willian who likes ball to feet and DOESN'T MAKE ENOUGH RUNS OFF THE BALL, morata who is always getting OFFSIDE or losing the ball and wasting attacks and Alonso who doesn't bust his gut to make runs off hazard creating width like other attacking fullbacks do. When you watch Sane, Aguero and Mendy you see they are in a different level from Willian, Morata and Alonso. So much movement OFF THE BALL and technical quality to match it.

Using Opta's sequences model we can see that they are the only two teams this season to record more than 300 possession sequences of 10 or more passes, considerably more than the other teams in the "big six".

But while a third of City's have ended in a shot or a touch in the penalty area (defined as a build-up attack), only 18% of Chelsea's have, not only a lower proportion than City, but also Arsenal, Liverpool and Tottenham as well.

In simple terms, City's domination of the ball offers epoch-defining penetration, while Chelsea are on the ball a lot, but too often without much end product.

Team	10+ pass sequences	Sequences ending with touch in box
Correct as of 3 December
Manchester City	347	112	32.3%
Arsenal	206	49	23.8%
Liverpool	254	53	20.9%
Tottenham Hotspur	184	36	19.6%
Chelsea	328	60	18.3%
Manchester United	155	20	12.9%

 

And most of our attacks die down due to this lack of movement. RLC's goal against fulham is one of the rare moments of quick movement and selfless runs made off the ball, and Morata's goal against Southampton is another one but the top teams do this 7, 8, 9 times in a match while we do it only once or twice. We cant be holding possession so slowly without running off the ball and expect to break down teams, that's why all our possession doesn't get us into danger areas, few touches in the box where it matters.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

Lol, just like Messi, CR, Zidane, Maradona, Cruijff and Pele, Hazard also has bad periods. What a surprise. People saying that his heart is not here or that he isn't world class now are just full of sh*t.

[Johnnyeye 7,579]

2 hours ago, MCM4PR3Z said:

Lol, just like Messi, CR, Zidane, Maradona, Cruijff and Pele, Hazard also has bad periods. What a surprise. People saying that his heart is not here or that he isn't world class now are just full of sh*t.

his flirting with Madrid doesnt do him any favours tbh, just like big nose before him, if his heart was 100% in Chelsea he wouldnt run his mouth constantly to the media. It must be a belgian thing

[manpe 10,861]

Hazard has a point, it must be tiring playing with statues and being the one man in a one-man team. All the other players are simply too dumb or below required quality to play the type of style that City do.

[Vesper 31,037]

27 minutes ago, manpe said:

Hazard has a point, it must be tiring playing with statues and being the one man in a one-man team. All the other players are simply too dumb or below required quality to play the type of style that City do.

Spot the fuck on

[Special Juan 28,730]

It's also tiring for fans listening to him constantly talk about another team.

[OneMoSalah 9,089]

4 hours ago, Special Juan said:

It's also tiring for fans listening to him constantly talk about another team.

100%

Not sure how that interview came about but not surprised anymore. Won't be last time either he mentions another team this season either lol

[Blue Armour 4,710]

Hazard with that defense splitting pass..changed the game around for us.

 

And today the rest of the team was superb.

See?

It can work

EDIT: Just realized the corner for Luiz's header was whipped in by him too. 2 assists, not bad