Eden Hazard

[bababoom 4,478]

He looks so much faster and quicker to the ball, full of desire and hunger it seems,  a different player to the one a few months ago. A cynic will say it's because of a certain tournament in France next month, but tbh i actually believe Hazard when he says for the past season he's been playing with an injury, Jose demanded so much from him, so it doesn't surprise me.  I hope he shines for Belgium in the summer and plays at this level consistently for us next season under Conte, he at least owes us that. 

 

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Lesson Don't play with an injury, It's worse 

[Luckynotes 17]

27 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

Lesson Don't play with an injury, It's worse 

Good point, but when he gets injured and he leaves the pitch he is called traitor... like he chose to be injured.. its actually very funny to see how opportunistic this forum is. 

[Muzchap 8,966]

3 hours ago, Stingray said:

I hate the idea he flopped/or was a traitor. Every report - even Guus himSelf multiple times said it was injury. Being pushed, having injections, ....

A child could see it, but no, everyone assumes it is a motivational thing, or he wanted to diss Mou. . Even the belgian specialist Lieven De Maeschalck (he is no loser - one of the best!) said clearly Hazard played a season with a hip injury.

So.... Get educated.

Ahh people will never believe the truth, when a conspiracy is afoot  it's the human way. 

I tend to view things like Occam's razor - makes life much easier - injury it is for me

[Fulham Broadway 16,837]

If youre a Chelsea fan then his long dip in form is very frustrating, and his antics against Leicester were of a complete wanker. If your just a Hazard fan, it doesn't matter so much, and youre probably excited by his return to form just before the Euros. To give Hazard slack, hes constantly battered by opposition, and was injured. Also Drogba had at least 3 sets of 6 months when he was not on top form. Zola had one shit season along with Dixon. Osgood took a while to get over injury and change his game .

Bottom line we need to be keeping Hazard without question.

Courtois isn't worth the hassle when there are keepers just as good out there imho.

 

[Captain Ahmed 528]

As long Eden is a player of Chelsea,until the end I will support him.

[Blue Armour 4,278]

Last nights performance was more than just him showcasing his return to form...

He put in a lot of hard work, tracking back several times to win the ball and setup the attack from deep.

[Tomo 21,733]

3 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

If youre a Chelsea fan then his long dip in form is very frustrating, and his antics against Leicester were of a complete wanker. If your just a Hazard fan, it doesn't matter so much, and youre probably excited by his return to form just before the Euros. To give Hazard slack, hes constantly battered by opposition, and was injured. Also Drogba had at least 3 sets of 6 months when he was not on top form. Zola had one shit season along with Dixon. Osgood took a while to get over injury and change his game .

Bottom line we need to be keeping Hazard without question.

Courtois isn't worth the hassle when there are keepers just as good out there imho.

 

Unless we get Navas as part of the deal, I can't think of any realistically attainable keeper that wouldn't be a massive step down.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

12 minutes ago, Tomo said:

Unless we get Navas as part of the deal, I can't think of any realistically attainable keeper that wouldn't be a massive step down.

Matters little if he doesn't want to stay and/or unsettles the dressing room. Team over individuals is the most basic rule to build a successful side over the long term.
There's no proof that he does unsettle the dressing room, however, should that be the case, the manager would do well to kick him out of the club personally.

[Stingray 9,441]

You really don't have to go fanboy on me. Nursing an injury might explain why he underperformed to a certain extent, but it doesn't change what we saw for most of the season. Eden still needs to prove he is the same player, who won the Premier League Player of the Season and used to terrorize defenses all around Europe.

Claiming that the most rational reason for his bad form is injury, is fanboying?

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[cfcs most wanted 657]

6 hours ago, Tomo said:

Unless we get Navas as part of the deal, I can't think of any realistically attainable keeper that wouldn't be a massive step down.

I think only De Gea, Never, Cech and Buffon are the only keepers who are of the same level as Courtois.

These guys are probably the best 5 keepers in the world

[Styles 9,790]

10 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said:

If youre a Chelsea fan then his long dip in form is very frustrating, and his antics against Leicester were of a complete wanker. If your just a Hazard fan, it doesn't matter so much, and youre probably excited by his return to form just before the Euros. To give Hazard slack, hes constantly battered by opposition, and was injured. Also Drogba had at least 3 sets of 6 months when he was not on top form. Zola had one shit season along with Dixon. Osgood took a while to get over injury and change his game .

Bottom line we need to be keeping Hazard without question.

Courtois isn't worth the hassle when there are keepers just as good out there imho.

 

I'm a Chelsea fan and don't think a player is a wanker for coming off when injured. What was he supposed to do exactly? Hobble about on one leg for the remained of the game? This is truly bizarre.

And I totally agree on Courtois btw. I've always had the feeling that Courtois thinks he's doing us a favour by being here. If Real or PSG want to pay crazy money I'd buy his plane ticket.

[Fulham Broadway 16,837]

14 minutes ago, Styles said:

I'm a Chelsea fan and don't think a player is a wanker for coming off when injured. What was he supposed to do exactly? Hobble about on one leg for the remained of the game? This is truly bizarre.

And I totally agree on Courtois btw. I've always had the feeling that Courtois thinks he's doing us a favour by being here. If Real or PSG want to pay crazy money I'd buy his plane ticket.

I don't hate the bloke, he's always come across as likeable in interviews on telly etc. but I'd feel hypocritical for not criticising him for things I feel he deserves to be criticised for. The consensus with fans I associate with was that he, and others were downing tools because of Mourinho at Leicester-so we'll have to disagree on that one. I can forgive anyone bad form but I refuse to sit back and accept lack of effort and that's what I've seen from him most of this season, along with quotes courting other clubs.

He's going to the Euro's on form and any team with the money could bid. Two from Spain if no bans, both Manchester clubs, PSG and maybe Arsenal At Sunderland  Hazard was one of two players to bother clapping the away fans. He is our best player, and the club need to hang on to him.

Courtois hopefully can get himself together, and become the rock at the back ala Cech  - its one position you don't want to be scrabbling around for, we've seen how our competitors have struggled in that area

[Special Juan 27,424]

Got me excited watching him again, I want to see this sort of thing in the Euros.....Good luck to him and Belgium.

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

1 hour ago, cfcs most wanted said:

I think only De Gea, Never, Cech and Buffon are the only keepers who are of the same level as Courtois.

These guys are probably the best 5 keepers in the world

And Lloris. Courtois is not as good as any of them. That is a typo isn't it Never ?.

[Fulham Broadway 16,837]

His talent has never been in doubt, we all saw last season what a special player he can be.
The reality is it makes no difference what any fans say whether a player stays or goes.

Get Conte here, and off we go again

[xPetrCechx 13,563]

Chelsea FC ‏17 minutes ago

Guus says Hazard will be a very important player for Chelsea next season. #CFC

[OhForAGreavsie 5,891]

Between his imperfect English vocabulary and a cautious approach to what he says, Guus's meanings are often communicated more through body language than through the words he uses. He did not mean that we should infer from his comment that Eden will definitely be here next season. He was asked about Eden's form and it's implications for Belgium in the summer and Chelsea next season. Responding to that question he needed to say nice things about Eden, Belgium and Chelsea. That's what he tried to do but without ignoring the contributions of other players too.