Eden Hazard

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Hull's James Chester, who'll be facing Eddy with Wales :

“I’ve not come up against Gareth in a match but Hazard gave me my toughest 90 minutes on a pitch in my first season in the Premier League. It opened up my eyes to the ability the top players have. He could hurt you anyway he wanted really and it opened my eyes that I needed to improve and dedicate myself to the game fully. I am pretty sure he would be doing that and I knew I would have to work even harder to improve myself and compete against the players at that level.

“Since then, I’ve felt that when I have come up against him I’ve handled him better than I did the first time. We know we will have to be at the top of our game to keep him quiet because he’s such a great talent.”

Chester, who was born in Warrington but qualifies for Wales through his mother, was asked what it was about facing Hazard that made him realise he had to go away and work on his game. “Just how difficult it was to try and stop him,” he said. “The manager [steve Bruce] wanted me to show him down the line but I knew he was quick enough that if I did that he would just run past me! So it was a difficult learning curve but I needed to experience it to improve.”

[Hamilton 2,120]

http://voetbalflitsen.be/wtf/fgkd1f/video-eden-hazard-krijgt-slappe-lach-wanneer-ploegmaat-tekst-vergeet

Lol ?

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"I want to score more goals," he told the club's official website.

"I scored 19 this season, the season before I scored 16, so 19 is good, especially as I’m not a pure striker, I’m a winger."

"But the fans always want me to score. I work hard on that in training but it’s not easy. It would be nice if I could maybe get 25 goals next season."

http://www.goal.com/en/news/9/england/2015/06/11/12632492/hazard-i-want-to-score-more-goals-for-chelsea?ICID=HP_BN_4

Eden and I have this crazy physic connection (he scored 17 last season though). 25 is exactly what I was thinking he should aim for next season (+/- 15 assists). That would be amazing. If he can manage that, and Diego plays 40+ games next season, scoring 25+ goals, that's already a nice return from the star men up front. But Oscar, Willian and Cuadrado have to step up. Oscar and Willian both need to hit 10+. Willian with his 4 goals per season average is just sad. Cuadrado hopefully scoring 5-10 goals.

[Sheva. 5,373]

Willian with his 4 goals per season average is just sad

It's actually pretty funny

Oscar can score 10 goals, but he most likely will be in and out of the team again. While Cuadrado is not also a goal scorer...so really Chelsea need more goals from Costa, Hazard and Fabregas.

Anything else is a bonus.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Why's this thread quiet, is he playing poorly for Belgium against Wales?

[Sheva. 5,373]

Why's this thread quiet, is he playing poorly for Belgium against Wales?

He's more involved than last game, but nothing special so far.

One thing I noticed though is Benteke's hold up play is nothing like DD (which I've seen some people claim here) he can hold the ball when it's given to him, but doesn't do those quick 1-2 with the AM's.

[Shaan 263]

Why's this thread quiet, is he playing poorly for Belgium against Wales?

belgium losing 1-0, hazard tryin but looks lil tired...

[kellzfresh 7,229]

He's more involved than last game, but nothing special so far.

One thing I noticed though is Benteke's hold up play is nothing like DD (which I've seen some people claim here) he can hold the ball when it's given to him, but doesn't do those quick 1-2 with the AM's.

belgium losing 1-0, hazard tryin but looks lil tired...

Thanks, I can't watch it but my friends are buzzing my phone about how bale is outplaying him so I was wondering.....

[DYC. 7,542]

He's more involved than last game, but nothing special so far.

One thing I noticed though is Benteke's hold up play is nothing like DD (which I've seen some people claim here) he can hold the ball when it's given to him, but doesn't do those quick 1-2 with the AM's.

He's big and black so he's obviously comparable to Drogba. Such lazy comparisons. Benteke plays nothing like him. He's quite static. He resembles a player like Llorente a lot more than Drogba. And I keep hearing about his technique, but I've never been able to see it. He's a good striker when you feed him with crosses, but you have to really look for him.

Hazard (and De Bruyne) doesn't receive the ball nearly enough, and definitely not quick enough. And who in his right mind would play Kevin wide right, far away from Hazard, limited to delivering crosses. You'd think the first thing a manager would do, would be to get his two creative men to link up and cause havoc. Kevin should be playing in the middle, especially with his shooting (with both feet).

De Bruyne's supposed lack of work rate is a complete myth btw. The guy has a fantastic engine.

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It's unreal how much Belgium are relying on Hazard to start attacks so far in this match, he's basically doing it on his own.

[hamad138 190]

Hazard looks tired and de brune too, the latter came back from an injury.

Both having a mare like the rest of the team

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He's big and black so he's obviously comparable to Drogba. Such lazy comparisons. Benteke plays nothing like him. He's quite static. He resembles a player like Llorente a lot more than Drogba. And I keep hearing about his technique, but I've never been able to see it. He's a good striker when you feed him with crosses, but you have to really look for him.

Hazard (and De Bruyne) doesn't receive the ball nearly enough, and definitely not quick enough. And who in his right mind would play Kevin wide right, far away from Hazard, limited to delivering crosses. You'd think the first thing a manager would do, would be to get his two creative men to link up and cause havoc. Kevin should be playing in the middle, especially with his shooting (with both feet).

De Bruyne's supposed lack of work rate is a complete myth btw. The guy has a fantastic engine.

I'm fully aware that, despite recent improvements, Hazard is not (currently) the same player for Belgium as he is for Chelsea. The player himself IS at least partly responsible for this state of affairs, but regardless of this fact, it really is shocking how often he is ignored when Belgium are in possession.

In this game against Wales he kept finding good pockets of space in which to operate, and was even completely free on the left on a number of occasions, but failed to receive the pass time and time again; it was done so often that it seemed as if Witsel, Vertonghen, and Nainggolan had been instructed to pass to anyone but Hazard. Midway through the second half, they even began to ignore De Bruyne as well; incomprehensible.

If Wilmots thinks that he's going to transform Belgian NT Hazard into the player he is for Chelsea simply by handing him the vice-captaincy but continuing to allow him to be marginalised by his own teammates when on the pitch, he's totally wrong (obviously).

As to your other two points, I totally agree; Benteke lacks dynamism and is fairly overrated, and De Bruyne is a much harder worker than many Chelsea fans seem to realise.

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We need to get rid of wilmots.

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De Bruyne was tired and sloppy in his passing today, Benteke was tired too. Hazard played decent. Only good player was Denayer today.

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Belgium, great individuality, no more.

They SHOULD have a TOP trainer. They are wasting good years of a golden generation with a mediocre like Wilmots.

[Stingray 9,441]

Belgium, great individuality, no more.

They SHOULD have a TOP trainer. They are wasting good years of a golden generation with a mediocre like Wilmots.

I completely agree. With a coach like Mou: no more complacency. We belgians rely on individuality. It goes good for 20 minutes. Then we get a bummer goal (thanks Naingollan) and shit falls apart. No leadership. It is clear to me Eden really needs a strong coach.

But more so: that entire team of young talent no longer needs a motivator like Wilmots. Now they need someone to weld that team into a tactical tank.

That is what Mou does. He does that brilliantly.

Its the dark side, but we cannot only have romantic bullshit. Not only. We can dream though but in the end a team has to be perform. Belgium tried and pushed a lot, but got outsmarted by that goal. They failed at something Fellaini surely would have done.

I think Eden indeed needs to put up his game. No more altruism galore. He can, if he would.

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strange to say but Felaini was badly missed today

[Sheva. 5,373]

strange to say but Felaini was badly missed today

Clearly. He would have scored one of the million crosses they put in the box.