Eden Hazard

[JDY 1,290]

That's the worst I've seen him since Sunderland away last season. Hopefully the break does him good

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

That's the worst I've seen him since Sunderland away last season. Hopefully the break does him good

Will he even get a break?

They play Bosnia on thursday in Belgium, then on the weekend they go all the way to cyprus to play.

[JDY 1,290]

Will he even get a break?

They play Bosnia on thursday in Belgium, then on the weekend they go all the way to cyprus to play.

Few tricky fixtures there, didn't realise. Perhaps some time away from the club over the next week and a bit will do some good for all the players, especially with the negative press and atmosphere at the moment.

[Magic Lamps 11,692]

let's hope he feigns injury to stay away from these superfluous internationals. who needs this shit anyways? belgium will qualify and hazard will lead them at the euro. end of story. no need to play some meaningless games against kasachsatan, azerbaijan, moldova, gibraltar and other joke football countries.

[robsblubot 3,595]

Looks chubby... better let him play often to lose the extra weight...

[Muzchap 8,966]

His lack of enthusiasm is most certainly tied to the complete and utter bollox that surrounds team selection and training

I really don't blame the guy - has attacking skills in abundance and his first priority is defending.

No his first priority should be attacking and his second priority is team defending.

He needs to stay higher up the pitch.

Stick this lad in City, Real, Barca or Bayern and he'd rip defences apart.

At Chelsea he is muzzled and on a leash. Why!?! Because of Jose Mourinho and his fucking desire to defend a one goal lead.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Messi & Ronaldo have both been poor this season. So have Sanchez & Aguero. Hazard is getting more criticism than all 4 combined though.

[termninja 5,290]

He stopped running at defenders almost completely. Like he's afraid of dribbling. Dafuq!?

Please come back Eden!

[kellzfresh 7,229]

He stopped running at defenders almost completely. Like he's afraid of dribbling. Dafuq!?

Please come back Eden!

This is the plain truth.

Nothing like this excuse of he's been forced to defend because it's a lie. He just doesn't want to dribble anymore, Willian has infected him.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Professional ghost.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Looks tired and disinterested. It's time for you to step up now son, where is the best player of epl last season?!

[It's too big 625]

I would say rest him, put in Kenedy and Oscar.

Pedro - RW

Oscar - CAM

Kenedy - LW

Give Hazard a couple games rest.

[!Hazard! 3,394]

I would say rest him, put in Kenedy and Oscar.

Pedro - RW

Oscar - CAM

Kenedy - LW

Give Hazard a couple games rest.

I agree with this. Now is the time to give chances to the squad players/youth when our stars are underperfoming massively.

On a sidenote, we need to start playing proper attacking football soon with more players committed to attack throughout the game. There are around dozen teams in Europe right now where Hazard could shine and perform on another level simply because their football is all about the attack. Eden is going to leave Chelsea if he has too keep playing in a clueless attacking side like ours. I have never seen such a static attacking play as Chelsea's in the beginning of this season.

However, I think Pedro, Oscar and Hazard have the potential to play amazing football together but they need the midfielders and more importantly the full-backs to give them more width and options in attack. Then Costa wouldn't need to drift to the winger positions and leaving the box empty of Chelsea attackers.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

I agree with this. Now is the time to give chances to the squad players/youth when our stars are underperfoming massively.

On a sidenote, we need to start playing proper attacking football soon with more players committed to attack throughout the game. There are around dozen teams in Europe right now where Hazard could shine and perform on another level simply because their football is all about the attack. Eden is going to leave Chelsea if he has too keep playing in a clueless attacking side like ours. I have never seen such a static attacking play as Chelsea's in the beginning of this season.

However, I think Pedro, Oscar and Hazard have the potential to play amazing football together but they need the midfielders and more importantly the full-backs to give them more width and options in attack. Then Costa wouldn't need to drift to the winger positions and leaving the box empty of Chelsea attackers.

He needs to let the fullbacks go forward consistently. And they should be cutting back crosses for shots from the edge of the box or crossing between the keeper and defenders for Costa or Falcao.

When I see the relationship between sterling and kolarov, Ronaldo and marcelo, robben and lahm, ribery and alaba I cringe at why we don't do ours too. Every team does it except us.

Each time I see the map of Chelsea's average positions, we're cramped in the middle because we have no wingplay combination. The irony is its easier to create from wings than the middle as long as you play with high-tempo.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

He needs to let the fullbacks go forward consistently. And they should be cutting back crosses for shots from the edge of the box or crossing between the keeper and defenders for Costa or Falcao.

When I see the relationship between sterling and kolarov, Ronaldo and marcelo, robben and lahm, ribery and alaba I cringe at why we don't do ours too. Every team does it except us.

Each time I see the map of Chelsea's average positions, we're cramped in the middle because we have no wingplay combination. The irony is its easier to create from wings than the middle as long as you play with high-tempo.

Have you not seen Ivanovic's 'lemme hit the first defender' crosses?

Then we have an inverted RB at LB which doesn't help our wing-play at all. Azpi actually has decent crosses in him, but as long as he's forced to play LB, i can't/won't blame him. Another reason i want Baba to be trusted and starting as soon as Everton away.

Let's get a natural Left-footed LB to hopefully form a partnership with Hazard on the left. Please Jose!