Eden Hazard

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

21 minutes ago, Jason said:

Careful now. Alan Shearer said there's only ONE world class player in the Premier League.

Alan Shearer is a bit like Scholes really. Two unbelievable players in their day but when you hear them talk football it's cringe-worthy. 

[Jase 43,479]

Just now, MrExcalibur100 said:

Alan Shearer is a bit like Scholes really. Two unbelievable players in their day but when you hear them talk football it's cringe-worthy. 

IMO, Scholes does talk some sense but Shearer, he mostly talks BS. Sometimes, it's hard to understand how these pundits are pundits.

[Amblève. 4,995]

1 minute ago, Jason said:

IMO, Scholes does talk some sense but Shearer, he mostly talks BS. Sometimes, it's hard to understand how these pundits are pundits.

As "bad" as you think they are they are still miles better than pundits in most other countries. Trust me, I listen to Austria and German football pundits regularly as well as American NBA and NHL pundits

[DYC. 7,542]

3 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Alan Shearer is a bit like Scholes really. Two unbelievable players in their day but when you hear them talk football it's cringe-worthy. 

Scholes makes sense.

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

35 minutes ago, Jason said:

Careful now. Alan Shearer said there's only ONE world class player in the Premier League.

 

12 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Alan Shearer is a bit like Scholes really. Two unbelievable players in their day but when you hear them talk football it's cringe-worthy. 

 

8 minutes ago, Amblève. said:

As "bad" as you think they are they are still miles better than pundits in most other countries. Trust me, I listen to Austria and German football pundits regularly as well as American NBA and NHL pundits

 

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[the wes 7,212]

12 minutes ago, Jason said:

IMO, Scholes does talk some sense but Shearer, he mostly talks BS. Sometimes, it's hard to understand how these pundits are pundits.

Stan collymore is hard to stick he's a complete tosser 

[Jase 43,479]

3 minutes ago, Blue-in-me-Veins said:

 

 

 

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Who actually listens to Collymore?

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

Just now, Jason said:

Who actually listens to Collymore?

 But he still gets the platform to spout his nonsense. 

[manpe 10,861]

Best form I have seen him in. He was as good in his POTY season, but he is in such hot scoring form now it's bordering on Messi.

[DYC. 7,542]

His mentality is shifting. Instead of moving towards the ball, taking that bit of time to weigh his options, dribbling to create space for others and looking for the open man when attacking the goal he is now moving aggressively towards goal, takes shots, dribbles to create space for himself and is less interested in creating for his team mates. From creator to finisher. As his confidence grows, we might see him averaging 4, 5 shots a game.

It doesn't necessarily make him a better player but it will certainly make him more popular.

That second goal was ridiculously good.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

2 minutes ago, manpe said:

Best form I have seen him in. He was as good in his POTY season, but he is in such hot scoring form now it's bordering on Messi.

Messi is not like before. He's lost agility and explosivity and that's why I think right now Hazard is the best in the world. 

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

Hazard's 3rd goal reminds me of the goal he scored vs West Ham with that triangulation of him, Mata and Azpilicueta. 

 

[manpe 10,861]

2 minutes ago, MrExcalibur100 said:

Messi is not like before. He's lost agility and explosivity and that's why I think right now Hazard is the best in the world. 

I understand, I was using Messi as an adjective based on the goal-riddled legacy his name will hold 

[Fernando 6,585]

That second goal kind of remind me of Romario style. Small like Kun, but great close control and good shooting skills like Ronaldo. 

This is what was missing from his game, to take more shots. 

As Messi and Ronaldo go down because of age, Hazard will move up.

Is definitely his time!

[Milan 17,956]

20 minutes ago, Fernando said:

That second goal kind of remind me of Romario style. Small like Kun, but great close control and good shooting skills like Ronaldo. 

This is what was missing from his game, to take more shots. 

As Messi and Ronaldo go down because of age, Hazard will move up.

Is definitely his time!

And so far, Antonio Conte seems to be the great man for Eden. Under Mourinho, it was not like this... But under Conte, he can certainly reach a new level.

[Special Juan 28,141]

Under Jose he was a back up LB, under Conte he is free roaming danger man.

[Barbara 15,149]

24 minutes ago, DYC. said:

His mentality is shifting. Instead of moving towards the ball, taking that bit of time to weigh his options, dribbling to create space for others looking for the open man when attacking the goal he is now moving aggressively towards goal, takes shots, dribbles to create space for himself and is less interested in creating for his team mates. From creator to finisher. As his confidence grows, we might see him averaging 4, 5 shots a game.

It doesn't necessarily make him a better player but it will certainly make him more popular.

That second goal was ridiculously good.

I came to post about the same lines.

But I do think it makes him a better player. He's at that stage of changing where one goes all the way through the other side. Once he develops his killer instinct and becomes more selfish (in a good way and something many of us have urged him to do since he's here), he will have both skills under his belt and he will balance them more. I think he's adding that final thing his game missed and once he's fully comfortable in this role and mentality, I think he will mix up better both the creator and the finisher approaches and we will end up being a complete player. In Eden's case the saying is absolutely accurate: the best is yet to come.

This is what has set him apart from Messi, Ronaldo and more recently Neymar in the Balon D'Or contest. All the other three have always been goal oriented and that's something Eden has been lacking. He's probably more talented than the others (hard call with Messi, but I'll let my bias and my dislike for the Argentinean to move the scale towards Hazard and I'm shameless about it), but they are more deadly, threatening and decisive than Eden has been - even at this best season for us (many of his goals still used to come from penalties). At the end of the day what brings a player to the level of those other three is their ability to win matches for their teams when it's tough and Eden has been instrumental for our early leads. We are yet to take long to score and see how our tactical plan will work in such circumstances - especially if the opponent does what Everton did and give us the ball, but the reason why we haven't been in that position yet is mostly because Hazard put us ahead in the scoreline directly or indirectly in most of those matches (if not all, my memory may be failing me, so I won't set this on stone yet). This takes him to the next level. He's playing in a different position, occupying a different portion of the pitch and moving and acting in a different way. It only makes him a better player imo (although maybe not as entertaining as his plastic plays and dribbles may be less present now, the jury is still out about that).

I can honestly say I have NEVER wished, claimed and asked for him to be sold, quite the opposite, always said he was going through a bad patch, but being the player he is we should keep him. Well, now we should add more years to his contract because I bet at the end of this season teams like Real are really going to come big for him and I hope we can have the means to keep him.

[Captain Ahmed 528]

Hallelujah

[BlueLyon 9,359]

22 minutes ago, Special Juan said:

Under Jose he was a back up LB, under Conte he is free roaming danger man.

And the thing is he is not only better in attack, but also in defense. You cant be absolutely top player (even attackers)  if you are not willing to defend  (because IMO team comes first and you have to contribute to team, not just yourself) And Conte made Eden a player who presses opponents. I love it.

[sir_volrath 61]

Where's the Italian fan that said Hazard wouldn't even play under Conte?