Eden Hazard

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Excellent (in spells) for 70 minutes, completely invisible for the important last 20. I have absolutely no idea why.

[Nike 373]

Hazard is not meant to be a player like rambo, willian or oscar.

His body is meant for short speed bursts and brilliant dribbling ability and hold up play. Jose is asking him to do something that will not last long term with hazard.

Guys like hazard, cr7, messi are not to be stamina guys where they can run the length of the field and play both ways and be effective.

Messi did it short term, but definitely not after the Pep era. I find it difficult to believe hazard will as well long term.

[Special Juan 27,424]

Everything good went through him today, the problem around him is the running into space when he has it nobody was making a run to support him.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

Hazard is not meant to be a player like rambo, willian or oscar.

His body is meant for short speed bursts and brilliant dribbling ability and hold up play. Jose is asking him to do something that will not last long term with hazard.

Guys like hazard, cr7, messi are not to be stamina guys where they can run the length of the field and play both ways and be effective.

Messi did it short term, but definitely not after the Pep era. I find it difficult to believe hazard will as well long term.

Definitely agree.

That's why I think Hazard 'disappears' sometimes. Because he doesn't have the stamina to do short-speed bursts when he's running around the whole game. The burden on him continues to grow as well because as more and more teams start to sit deep in numbers, the team will look to Hazard to do it himself.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

Excellent (in spells) for 70 minutes, completely invisible for the important last 20. I have absolutely no idea why.

I think it had to do with Drogba coming on. We started hitting long balls into the box rather then play it around and look for an opening.

Fatigue probably had something to with it aswell.

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I think it had to do with Drogba coming on. We started hitting long balls into the box rather then play it around and look for an opening.

Fatigue probably had something to with it aswell.

Yeah, Jose said after the match that when Newcastle scored the second he instructed the players to play direct balls. But still, there were a couple of situation where he had a 1vs1 and I was screaming at my TV "take him on" and he just passed back to Luis to cross it in. Probably fatigue, as you said.

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Definitely agree.

That's why I think Hazard 'disappears' sometimes. Because he doesn't have the stamina to do short-speed bursts when he's running around the whole game. The burden on him continues to grow as well because as more and more teams start to sit deep in numbers, the team will look to Hazard to do it himself.

This is why I find it hard to believe that Jose and hazard will be a match made in heaven long term....

One will leave. Question is who.

i dont blame guys like cr7, messi, ozil, mata or hazard if they dont have good engines because they are not meant to be that type of player.

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Plus it's not only physical fatigue, but also mental because when you try to score or create chances and the goals aren't coming frustration comes into the game and can affect your decisions, and that's not only true for Eden but for all the players.

He (and the others) needs to be more ruthless when we have control. More goal hungry and more efficient in the box. Why did we threw away our great first ~20 minutes of possession like that, i'm never going to understand. It was looking great, he and Willian in particular were looking great and i saw and said to myself that i was sure we were going to score soon.

[Hkibou 622]

Hazard did play all the games with Lille and he seemed fine with it. But Rudi Garcia subbed him quite often around the 80th minute when the lead was confortable and the match practically won.
Also, he didn't have as exhausting defensive duties as he has with Chelsea. By the way he has improved in that aspect in a way I would never think possible before, he's less reluctant to put the foot in and steal more and more balls from the opponent's feet. That's very good, but it has to have an impact on his offensive play, especially at the end of the match when he's more tired.
I also hope Mourinho either rotates him more (Schurrle, Rémy, Salah can also do the job) either frees him of some of his current defensive duties. He has not the stamina and i doubt he will, to do what Mourinho asks of him, 90 minutes week in week out, without any drops throughout the whole season.

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Sell him then, he is simply not good enough for us. Heard that PSG still want him. Maybe we should contact them.

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Hazard did play all the games with Lille and he seemed fine with it. But Rudi Garcia subbed him quite often around the 80th minute when the lead was confortable and the match practically won.

Also, he didn't have as exhausting defensive duties as he has with Chelsea. By the way he has improved in that aspect in a way I would never think possible before, he's less reluctant to put the foot in and steal more and more balls from the opponent's feet. That's very good, but it has to have an impact on his offensive play, especially at the end of the match when he's more tired.

I also hope Mourinho either rotates him more (Schurrle, Rémy, Salah can also do the job) either frees him of some of his current defensive duties. He has not the stamina and i doubt he will, to do what Mourinho asks of him, 90 minutes week in week out, without any drops throughout the whole season.

It's something I don't really understand about Mourinho. Arguably our best defender is Azpilicueta, who plays on the same flank as Hazard, but Hazard's defensive burden still remains high for some reason. I get that he wants to make Eden a more all-rounded player, but this seems a bit excessive..

[The Chels 2,502]

It's something I don't really understand about Mourinho. Arguably our best defender is Azpilicueta, who plays on the same flank as Hazard, but Hazard's defensive burden still remains high for some reason. I get that he wants to make Eden a more all-rounded player, but this seems a bit excessive..

Probably more in preparation for the bigger CL games where Jose's system requires wingers to track their men all the way. But a system in which one defensive lapse in concentration by your most attacking player costs you (Atletico twice last year) is not a very good system in the first place IMO as it relies too much on perfection (and a lot of luck).

[RoyalBlues 4,050]

Looking forward to see freshen Hazard, after his 'holiday'.

[Jase 43,479]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/12/john-terry-chelsea-jose-mourinho

Chelsea, meanwhile, are confident Hazard will sign a new five-year contract in the new year which is likely to establish the Belgian as the highest-earning player at the league leaders. Talks have been protracted over the terms of the contract, with Hazard currently operating without an agent.

“But there are no problems,” said Mourinho. “It will be soon, but I’m not worried because they are almost there. He’s not worried with ‘almost’. The club knows that ‘almost’ will become ‘done’, no problem.”

Didn't know he's operating without an agent right now..

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Eden Hazard contract talks 'almost there' says Chelsea boss

http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/eden-hazard-contract-talks-almost-8280185

The Iranian nuclear talks are taking less time!

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http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/dec/12/john-terry-chelsea-jose-mourinho

Didn't know he's operating without an agent right now..

since the Thorgan and Anderlecht debacle he's been without a manager

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since the Thorgan and Anderlecht debacle he's been without a manager

The what?