Barbara 15,149 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I think it's interesting to note that his best performance with us in a while came when Bertrand was playing behind him instead of Ash. Ryan, for 60 mins, made forward runs in every single attack, often making overlapping runs to stretch the Cardiff defense. He kept at least one of those two defenders on the right (our left) occupied and gave Eden more room to work with while when Cole plays and rarely makes supporting runs, Eden is left double-marked most of the time.Not saying that it was all down to that, just that it might have been big factor. to be honest Cole has done the same in the two previous matches (I remember seeing him doing that while I was scouting them), but you do have a valid point about Ryan dragging opponents with him. The problem starts when we decide to actually pass him the ball - as imo he's really limited linking up and crossing, but he can drag defenders and he can pass backward.If Cole can carry his attitude from the last two games he played, Hazard will benefit a lot not only from him dragging opponents like Ryan did, but a slightly better linkup. But it does feel a shame that we have two amazing LW in Eden and André and not a great LFB to keep up with them. Ryan was decent though - which is much better than I expect from him. He seems to be progressing. The only place to be 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hazard has been the lucky one this season, I think all of his goals came after GK mistakes:-Bayern.-Norwich-2 goals against Cardiff. Korea 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hazard has been the lucky one this season, I think all of his goals came after GK mistakes:-Bayern.-Norwich-2 goals against Cardiff.Well, you need to try to get lucky which is more than our strikers do most of the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesGodfrey 87 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 I think it's interesting to note that his best performance with us in a while came when Bertrand was playing behind him instead of Ash. Ryan, for 60 mins, made forward runs in every single attack, often making overlapping runs to stretch the Cardiff defense. He kept at least one of those two defenders on the right (our left) occupied and gave Eden more room to work with while when Cole plays and rarely makes supporting runs, Eden is left double-marked most of the time.Not saying that it was all down to that, just that it might have been big factor. Totally agree with this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_juan 64 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hazard has been the lucky one this season, I think all of his goals came after GK mistakes:-Bayern.-Norwich-2 goals against Cardiff.Would agree that he needs to work on his finishing. He has been found wanting particularly in 1v1 situations with keepers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippingStep 336 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Hazard has been the lucky one this season, I think all of his goals came after GK mistakes:-Bayern.-Norwich-2 goals against Cardiff.It's quite funny. It's like all the lucky ugly goals he didn't score the years before that nearly all players have have come now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Goals a goal, doesn't bother me just hit the net. DJames, Barbara and Stingray 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mufassir08 2,400 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Goals a goal, doesn't bother me just hit the net.This really! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizy 18,917 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 This past game was how I expected him to be EVERY game coming into the season. Hopefully he keeps it up.We see how he's nearly unstoppable when he's running at and attacking defenders and moving with pace. When he has urgency and intent in his play we see performances like that rather than when he gets the ball at walking pace and just passes it away immediately.I know Eden doesn't quite have the pace of Ronaldo/Bale/Walcott, but I wish Jose would just tell him to dribble with ball as fast as he can at the fullback as often as possible and put constant pressure on the opponent. Just look at how effective that kid at Spuds Townsend has been over the past few weeks. He looks almost untouchable because he uses his pace and dribbling to just run right at players. Exactly what Hazard needs to do. Stats 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrippingStep 336 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 This past game was how I expected him to be EVERY game coming into the season. Hopefully he keeps it up.We see how he's nearly unstoppable when he's running at and attacking defenders and moving with pace. When he has urgency and intent in his play we see performances like that rather than when he gets the ball at walking pace and just passes it away immediately.I know Eden doesn't quite have the pace of Ronaldo/Bale/Walcott, but I wish Jose would just tell him to dribble with ball as fast as he can at the fullback as often as possible and put constant pressure on the opponent.Just look at how effective that kid at Spuds Townsend has been over the past few weeks. He looks almost untouchable because he uses his pace and dribbling to just run right at players. Exactly what Hazard needs to do.I've seen him against Aston Villa yesterday, Aston Villa were not parking the bus and were leaving him a lot of space.Nothing impressive. When Cardiff were opening up, we saw that Oscar, Hazard, William could run very quick counter-attack.The problem we have now is that we play much slower from the back, no intention of setting play from the back where one could drive with the ball to open the opposition defense. Cardiff on Saturday, could defend with 9-10 players against 6-7 players as the opposition is happy to leave our central defenders 15 meters away from the other players.If we would play the ball quicker from deep right to left with threats of drive of Luiz or full backs coming inside, it would mess the midfield line of the opponent, opening angles of space and some space for the attacking midfielders to play. sureshot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haranr 485 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Eden perform tonight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tapa 11 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 he's the best ever, a mix between Ronaldo and Messi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Flash 1,144 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 he's the best ever, a mix between Ronaldo and MessiYou talking about Eden? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belgiannutt 3,201 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Always use your left foot to finish Eden. Bir_CFC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jase 43,479 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Finally, he got his first goal in the Champions League! Pacquiao, Stingray, Rmpr and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Driver 503 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 This boy is class and will be for years as a Chelsea player ,brilliant tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 First CL goal. But what a performance to go with it! Simply magical at times. Clear MOTM for me. Mufassir08 and The_Flash 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sutro 1,026 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 We got a lift off between jose and eden ,he's been great lately The_Flash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Anyone have a gif or video of him scoring and celebrating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 NOW, he is playing like EDEN - fucking - HAZARD should. brilliant in both the games (against cardiff, schalke). hope he can make clichy/kolarov his bitch and score a couple. Stingray, nyikolajevics and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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