Eden Hazard

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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 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

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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

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.

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[mikeholiday 209]

Maybe this has been said before.... but i just thought of it... Eden as the vice captain next year?

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I love this debate because everyone has their own opinion

I think Hazard by far is the best player in epl

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My top 5 is

1. Messi

2. Ronaldo

3. Hazard

4. Suarez

5. Robben

[hamad138 190]

Messi ronaldo robben are top 3. And u have to note that unlike hazard, the others face parked bus all the time

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He's clearly better than both Robben and Suarez. Neither could do what Hazard has done this 2nd half of the season.

I don't think people realize how exceptional a talent Hazard is. His stats would be far greater under a different team.

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I think at this point in time he's better than Robben. Suarez, though, I'm not so sure. That's a tough one.

Still laugh when I go to ANY opposition forum or any football related website for that matter and everyone but Chelsea fans say that both Neymar and Bale are better than Hazard. I've even seen people say that Neymar is "in a whole other league than Hazard." I know which one I'd have.

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He's clearly better than both Robben and Suarez. Neither could do what Hazard has done this 2nd half of the season.

I don't think people realize how exceptional a talent Hazard is. His stats would be far greater under a different team.

Suarez did that for Liverpool. Goals galore and assists. I am not saying they are better than Hazard but did you see how good Suarez was in the second half of the season? He carried Liverpool.

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pat nevin on Hazard

Which of course brings us to Eden. The other week on this page I said with good team defending, it was likely that Eden Hazard will be the man who wins the league for us if we make it to the top of the pile at the end of the season. His influence has become so pronounced it is basically accepted wisdom now that he is the one opponents have to stop above all others. Remember other managers know this and they still cant seem to do anything about him. Fouling, doubling up, sometimes trebling up on him, trying to stop service getting to him or trying to get his marker to push him up the other end of the pitch making him defend. They quite simply have tried every trick in the book and none are having the desired effect so far.

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You have to sit back and sometimes just enjoy watching a brilliant player performing at the very top of his ability. Sure there will be ups and downs as his career continues and I still think he will improve, but right now it is a special time. He seems to be carrying no injuries and is playing with such a youthful, joyful lack of inhibition that I would say there are only two other players in world football clearly entertaining on that sort of level.

Messi is fabulous but even Ronaldo for all his greatness seems less joyful, more professionally honed than our star. Maybe it makes the Portuguese a better all-round player, but this professionalism and drive has taken away some of the off-the-cuff genius moments, replacing them with the tried and tested. The Portuguese is a wonderful player, but I love the totally instinctive brilliance that only youth and its joyous naiveté can bring. Long may Eden stay injury-free, young at heart and also playing for a team that allows him to do exactly what he wants as soon as he has the ball at his feet!

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When people say Hazard is the best or w/e, are you guys meaning this season alone or in general?

If it's just this season I can understand, but in general, Hazard is not top 3 player in the world, especially if everyone is fit.

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I don't know about you guys... but I'm sick and tired of all these rankings... Hazard is Hazard, Messi is Messi, Robben is Robben en Ronaldo is Ronaldo... Different players... no need to constantly rank them!

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Suarez did that for Liverpool. Goals galore and assists. I am not saying they are better than Hazard but did you see how good Suarez was in the second half of the season? He carried Liverpool.

Eh? His best form was in the 1st half of the season.

And no he didn't carry Liverpool. Not when he was playing alongside another 20 goal season forward and with Sterling who was ridiculously good in their run-in. Hazard has been our best player in every big game this season while Suarez went missing in them last season.

Also, it's easy to rack up goals/assists when playing in an ultra-attacking system that's built around you. At Chelsea we're content with just the 1 nil, while Rodgers had Liverpool going for 4 or 5 each game.

[iseah100 5,612]

Eh? His best form was in the 1st half of the season.

And no he didn't carry Liverpool. Not when he was playing alongside another 20 goal season forward and with Sterling who was ridiculously good in their run-in. Hazard has been our best player in every big game this season while Suarez went missing in them last season.

Also, it's easy to rack up goals/assists when playing in an ultra-attacking system that's built around you. At Chelsea we're content with just the 1 nil, while Rodgers had Liverpool going for 4 or 5 each game.

Suarez made Sturridge look great. He made that team better cause of the attention he got.

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Eh? His best form was in the 1st half of the season.

And no he didn't carry Liverpool. Not when he was playing alongside another 20 goal season forward and with Sterling who was ridiculously good in their run-in. Hazard has been our best player in every big game this season while Suarez went missing in them last season.

Also, it's easy to rack up goals/assists when playing in an ultra-attacking system that's built around you. At Chelsea we're content with just the 1 nil, while Rodgers had Liverpool going for 4 or 5 each game.

No. Suarez was excellent for the whole season. Did not turn up in some big games and as much as I love Hazard, if you compare the impact the two had, Suarez had a bigger impact. The difference in consistency with Sterling compared to this season and last speaks a lot. Last season he was consistent through out the season whe he forced himself into the team. This season not so. IMO, definitely because of Suarez as he made that team look great. There is a reason why Liverpool have regressed this season compared to last. Suarez!

If Sturridge was fit for majority of this season I think they would of made a better challenge for top 4 and that is it. The impact Suarez had when he was there and when he was not is massive. 33 goals in the league and 12 assists. Come on. There is no way you can tell me Hazard has had a bigger impact. I think everyone knew when Suarez left, they would struggle to get in top 4 let alone be title contenders. Also he had about 3 bad big games, against us home and away and Arsenal away. He destroyed United, was excellent against Arsenal at Anfield and had an excellent game against City last season despite not scoring.

Remember at the start of the season we were playing very attacking football but the ironic thing is Hazard's stats were not really impressive even though his performances were however he started to score and assist more since we play more conservative. As said, Hazard has been great and is the main reason we will win the title but Suarez was simply brilliant and untouchable last season.

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No. Suarez was excellent for the whole season. Did not turn up in some big games and as much as I love Hazard, if you compare the impact the two had, Suarez had a bigger impact. The difference in consistency with Sterling compared to this season and last speaks a lot. Last season he was consistent through out the season whe he forced himself into the team. This season not so. IMO, definitely because of Suarez as he made that team look great. There is a reason why Liverpool have regressed this season compared to last. Suarez!

If Sturridge was fit for majority of this season I think they would of made a better challenge for top 4 and that is it. The impact Suarez had when he was there and when he was not is massive. 33 goals in the league and 12 assists. Come on. There is no way you can tell me Hazard has had a bigger impact. I think everyone knew when Suarez left, they would struggle to get in top 4 let alone be title contenders. Also he had about 3 bad big games, against us home and away and Arsenal away. He destroyed United, was excellent against Arsenal at Anfield and had an excellent game against City last season despite not scoring.

Remember at the start of the season we were playing very attacking football but the ironic thing is Hazard's stats were not really impressive even though his performances were however he started to score and assist more since we play more conservative. As said, Hazard has been great and is the main reason we will win the title but Suarez was simply brilliant and untouchable last season.

Even at the start of the season, Hazard was Chelsea's best player for me. Strong performances on a weekly basis, but he was barely scoring or assisting. It was the strangest thing.

And I completely agree with you on Suarez. He almost won Liverpool the league. Liverpool had no business competing for the title with that side. He wasn't just brilliant individually, he made his team mates look better. Suarez's 13/14 PL campaign beats Ronaldo's 07/08 PL campaign imo. And his performances in the big games were very underrated imo. He did not score a lot of goals, but he was a strong performer in most of the games. I don't think Suarez will ever enjoy a season like that again in his career.

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My top 6 are

1. Messi

A wide gulf

2/3. Suarez and Ronaldo

A less wide gulf

4. Robben

5. Neymar

6. Hazard

Hazard just needs to keep on improving. Nothing different than what he's been doing. As soon as his shots start going in more often he will overtake robben and start challenging Ronaldo and Suarez.

Edit: Neymar is still ahead of Eden on shooting and goals.

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Suarez made Sturridge look great. He made that team better cause of the attention he got.

You say this confidently yet Liverpool were a midtable team before Sturridge signed even with Suarez. They were awful this season simply because he spent the entire season injured. They're a Top 4 team with him fit.

Sturridge broke the record for most consecutive games scored & won the most points in the League last season with his goals . It's like saying Neymar only looks good because of the attention Messi gets.