Eden Hazard

[kellzfresh 7,229]

1 hour ago, Unionjack said:

Thought he had a quiet game yesterday.

Yeah by his standards he was a little bit quiet only 2 dribbles all game. But that assist was magic 

[Jase 43,479]

36 minutes ago, kellzfresh said:

Yeah by his standards he was a little bit quiet only 2 dribbles all game. But that assist was magic 

You are a little obsessed with his dribbling stats, aren't you?

[kellzfresh 7,229]

34 minutes ago, Jason said:

You are a little obsessed with his dribbling stats, aren't you?

As a creative player, he doesn't have plenty assists or get as much key passes as fabregas, KdB, payet, ozil and other attacking midfielders. But hazard is a different type of creative player who depends mainly on his dribbling and not putting costa through on goal like fabregas, so once the dribbling is low, he won't have his normal outstanding match performance. 

[Fernando 6,585]

Don't worry he will turn on the mode big time against Tottenham. 

[LAM09 7,043]

Hope he was taking it easy yesterday to get ready to break Tottenham hearts again. 

[Jase 43,479]

4 hours ago, kellzfresh said:

As a creative player, he doesn't have plenty assists or get as much key passes as fabregas, KdB, payet, ozil and other attacking midfielders. But hazard is a different type of creative player who depends mainly on his dribbling and not putting costa through on goal like fabregas, so once the dribbling is low, he won't have his normal outstanding match performance. 

You aren't wrong but on the other hand, dribbling stats can be deceiving if the players don't make it effective. Hazard could dribble past 3-4 players but if he ended up passing sideways or backwards in non-threatening areas, would you then say he had a good game? Circumstances can also dictate that stats. If he's dropping deep during matches, then he's likely to dribble past players and get those numbers up. But if he's just staying up top, he may not dribble too much because there's less players to beat or there may be space for him to combine with others without having to beat players.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

2 hours ago, Jason said:

You aren't wrong but on the other hand, dribbling stats can be deceiving if the players don't make it effective. Hazard could dribble past 3-4 players but if he ended up passing sideways or backwards in non-threatening areas, would you then say he had a good game? Circumstances can also dictate that stats. If he's dropping deep during matches, then he's likely to dribble past players and get those numbers up. But if he's just staying up top, he may not dribble too much because there's less players to beat or there may be space for him to combine with others without having to beat players.

You're right. The last thing I want is for Hazard to start dribbling aimlessly like Zaha. I always like when he dribbles into the box, which causes confusion and can lead to him cutting inside and shooting, penalties, cutbacks for another to shoot. 

Anytime hazard has a great game we almost never struggle. And that's why he's our most talented player, we need his consistency or another to chip in with goals and take the pressure off him like Pedro and Willian did in the last games.

[Unionjack 7,531]

Little move that puts Charlie Adam on his arse!

 

[Jed 6]

dont know if this is the right place, but Eden needs a better song imo.

Came up with this based on Come on Eileen by Dexies Midnight Runners -

 

Come on Eden, oh you leave em bleedin' 

With your speed, they don't know what they've seen

The moves you possess, oh I must confess,

Verge on dirty

Ah, Come on Eden!

 

Feel free to suggest changes to lyrics, but I think the tune works

[Jase 43,479]

Forget goals. Is Hazard ever going to put in great, consistent performances?

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

7 minutes ago, Jason said:

Forget goals. Is Hazard ever going to put in great, consistent performances?

The age excuse is slowly disappearing too. He'll be 26 in 3 days. Should be entering his prime now.

[PANDOOBIE 1]

1 minute ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

The age excuse is slowly disappearing too. He'll be 26 in 3 days. Should be entering his prime now.

I thought he played a good game.

Maybe he missed two ( one for sure ) chances but he played his heart out and was consistently our one and only threat.

+ I think he got slightly injured. Saw him walking funny and touching his leg multiple times.

[kmk108 1,186]

2 minutes ago, PANDOOBIE said:

I thought he played a good game.

Maybe he missed two ( one for sure ) chances but he played his heart out and was consistently our one and only threat.

+ I think he got slightly injured. Saw him walking funny and touching his leg multiple times.

Happened when he tried to control the ball when Lloris was out of goal. He went for the ball, pulled out and started limping and grabbing his groin area. It seems to keep giving him problems.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

If Hazard played for a better team (i.e a team with more technical players and was comfortable on the ball), he won't have to play with scraps in these sort of games. We all know it. This side isn't giving him a platform to express his ability.  It's pretty obvious.

Hazard, Pedro and Willian all suffer when Fabregas is not playing right now. And it's not just about Fabregas. The entire XI we started with today severly lacks technical quality. For those who watch a lot of other big teams in other leagues, the technical deficiencies in this team is obvious. 

[Styles 9,790]

Embarrassing corners. Pretty pathetic that he can't even beat the first man. No more Hazard corners ever again please.

Missed a big chance that could have changed the game. Average game at best.