Eden Hazard

[LukakutoStamford 779]

2 hours ago, Sir Mikel OBE said:

This is as active as any thread has been on this forum all year.

That’s because there are absolute weapons posting

[ccheongf 211]

Its time to CASH in on Hazard. His performance is not going to improve anymore. At least 6 of the current team got to be ship out. Conte is playing asking to be sacked. Dnt think his heart is at Chelsea anymore, since his views are not with the board of Chelsea anymore. Time to bring in youths from the academy and give them chance to shine. What do you get from buying BAKO at 40 plus million pound ?????

[Alabama 1,992]

Is he gone? Please just sell him and let him go enjoy his football somewhere else... Posters thinking without Hazard we will be in 18th or 19th position...cash on him and reinvest d money on a more ruthless attacking player....

[sutro 1,026]

Instead of getting to his so called "prime " years  i got the feeling that he's already declining.

[Superblue 6,370]

2 hours ago, Mana said:

Had to be “since Aug 2016”. Also that tweet is old. Jan this year. Aguero, Kane, Mane, Sane definitely at least bettered or equalled Hazard's record now, and after Dele's double against us - Dele is above Hazard.

Anyway, how many goals did he score against a top 6 side this season?

...1. Against Arsenal. From a pen.

Willian scored way more than him this season against top 6. Even Alonso as well.

Hazard defenders here are getting a little bit over their heads now.

How can you continue to say positive things about Hazard when he has poor game after game - especially against Spuds when he didn’t turn up?? He goes missing for the majority of the game against any big side this season! (Whoops, sorry except Atletico I guess)

If Hazard is a legend, to me he is much as a legend as... Willian. Or Costa if he didn’t leave us.

He is nowhere NEAR the legendary status as Drogba, JT, Cole, Zola or even Lampard’s.

I agree with a couple of the points but I do think that's going completely the other way now to be honest. Hazard has given much more of his career than Willian and Costa and as I was trying to make the point last night, he has been a big player for us and was very instrumental in the two recent title wins. His record holds up against most other Chelsea players and for me, he will go down as a legend.

It's the constant barracking people receive on here if they openly criticise Hazard. For me, he does have issues with consistency because he can quite easily go a month or two with near constant unplayable performances, followed by a few weeks where he is quiet and anonymous at times. In recent weeks we've needed him more than ever and he's failed to step up and kick on and I do think that should leave him open to criticism and questions being asked. Having your Chelsea allegiance questioned or being labelled a 'casual fan' I think is quite frankly pathetic and out of order.

Everybody who posts on this forum has something to say about Chelsea and are entitled to their opinion whether others agree or not. Despite what some would like to think, peoples opinions on any player are exactly that - opinions, not facts and should be treated as respectfully as possible as a result.

[Superblue 6,370]

1 minute ago, Mana said:

Very instrumental? I think Costa was very instrumental in our recent title wins as well, without his goals we wouldn't have won those titles.

Hazard came at 2012, Costa came at 2015. The only trophy Costa missed out with Hazard was the Europa League trophy.

Thats why I said if Costa didn't leave us, he is as big as a legend as Hazard. Costa was very involved in all our recent trophy wins too. If Hazard leaves for Madrid next season, Costa = Hazard in terms of legendary status to me. He didn't provide anything extra against Costa bar having the advantage of staying longer.

Purely based on trophies I can't argue with you. Hazard was also injured in the Europa League final and missed it too.

However those three years, Hazard has still produced a number of match winning performances in that time period prior to Costa and had a more than reasonable goal and assist output during that time. That extra longevity needs to be considered and whilst there may be this media flirting with Real Madrid that all the Belgian's seem to love to do, he has shown far more commitment than Costa who openly wanted to leave pretty much as soon as he walked through the door.

But it is where a balance needs to be with regards to Hazard. He can't be blamed solely for not winning trophies in some of those seasons, otherwise it could be argued that Zola wasn't as much of a legend as he didn't win the major trophies that Hazard or Costa have and he is an obvious legend. He has at times had to play with a standard of players below his level and put in match winning performances to pull us through. But on the flip side he has to be questioned when he's not performing in important games where we've needed him to step up. That has been the case recently and rightfully should be questioned as a result. Has he checked out already? Is he playing within himself before the World Cup? Has he decided to not play for Conte anymore? Is he happy to see someone like Willian putting in some big performances lately and decided he doesn't need to step up as a result?

[DDA 9,690]

I can unserstand people defending his ability but to defend his performances this season is madness. I guess if you feel completing 3 out of 6 backheels on the spin is an acheivement.. then yh he has been immense.

[Styles 9,790]

1 hour ago, sutro said:

Instead of getting to his so called "prime " years  i got the feeling that he's already declining.

This wouldn't be the case if he was at a top club and/or had a good manager.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

51 minutes ago, DDA said:

I can unserstand people defending his ability but to defend his performances this season is madness. I guess if you feel completing 3 out of 6 backheels on the spin is an acheivement.. then yh he has been immense.

Madness ? 15 goals and 8 assists. Leading goalscorer, in all competitions, for us this season. He's been off form these last 4 weeks but that doesn't mean we should forget what he's done before that.

 

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

1 hour ago, Belgiannutt said:

Madness ? 15 goals and 8 assists. Leading goalscorer, in all competitions, for us this season. He's been off form these last 4 weeks but that doesn't mean we should forget what he's done before that.

 

4 weeks? Try since January. The most crucial part of the season and he’s been shite (especially in the big games). We shouldn’t let what he’s done before that cloud our judgement either, which seems to be happening far too much. Every player can do better but for someone with his ability and somebody who is constantly backed by the fans when others aren’t he needs to do a lot better.

[Styles 9,790]

1 hour ago, Belgiannutt said:

Madness ? 15 goals and 8 assists. Leading goalscorer, in all competitions, for us this season. He's been off form these last 4 weeks but that doesn't mean we should forget what he's done before that.

It's over, bro. The Hazard story here is finished. The same guys criticising him now will be crying for him when he joins a good team and does well.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

45 minutes ago, OneMoSalah said:

4 weeks? Try since January. The most crucial part of the season and he’s been shite (especially in the big games). We shouldn’t let what he’s done before that cloud our judgement either, which seems to be happening far too much. Every player can do better but for someone with his ability and somebody who is constantly backed by the fans when others aren’t he needs to do a lot better.

4 goals 1 assist in january (7 games). 3 goals 2 assists in february (4 games). 7 goals and 3 assists in 2018.

[LAM09 6,744]

4 goals 1 assist in january (7 games). 3 goals 2 assists in february (4 games). 7 goals and 3 assists in 2018.

7 goals in 19 games certainly isn't good enough for someone that's supposed to be amongst the best.

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

1 minute ago, LAM09 said:

15 minutes ago, Belgiannutt said:

4 goals 1 assist in january (7 games). 3 goals 2 assists in february (4 games). 7 goals and 3 assists in 2018.

7 goals in 19 games certainly isn't good enough for someone that's supposed to be amongst the best.

Either follow the conversation properly or stfu. I said he's been poor in march (4 weeks) onemosalah said he's been poor since january so i then brought up his stats clearly showing he has been performing in january and february.

He still scored more goals then any other Chelsea player in 2018.  Even Willian in the form of his life didn't score as much.

[OneMoSalah 8,776]

9 minutes ago, Belgiannutt said:

Either follow the conversation properly or stfu. I said he's been poor in march (4 weeks) onemosalah said he's been poor since january so i then brought up his stats clearly showing he has been performing in january and february.

He still scored more goals then any other Chelsea player in 2018.  Even Willian in the form of his life didn't score as much.

Okay so hes scored 7 goals, how many against top teams? Arsenal via a penalty? The most crucial run in of our season has been from January to now with big games in the CL and PL and he simply hasn't delivered. Willian in the form of his life played better against bigger teams. Your getting quite jumpy telling other members to stfu think you should chill out a bit. Hes voicing an opinion, like I am. Stats you brought up were almost definitely against the smaller teams, fair enough, but the crucial matches where was he? Nowhere... same yesterday and I can't believe that many other people dont see this as well.

 

18 minutes ago, LAM09 said:

32 minutes ago, Belgiannutt said:

4 goals 1 assist in january (7 games). 3 goals 2 assists in february (4 games). 7 goals and 3 assists in 2018.

7 goals in 19 games certainly isn't good enough for someone that's supposed to be amongst the best.

1 penalty v Arsenal and god knows how many invisible performances vs the other big teams we've played, Barca x2, City, United, Spurs, Arsenal... all since the start of January, also throw in his pitiful performances against Bournemouth and Watford too where he was completely anonymous (yes im aware he scored v Watford but). 

[Jase 43,479]

8 hours ago, Mana said:

Anyway, how many goals did he score against a top 6 side this season?

...1. Against Arsenal. From a pen.

Willian scored way more than him this season against top 6. Even Alonso as well.

You forgot Morata. 

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

1 minute ago, OneMoSalah said:

Okay so hes scored 7 goals, how many against top teams? Arsenal via a penalty? The most crucial run in of our season has been from January to now with big games in the CL and PL and he simply hasn't delivered. Willian in the form of his life played better against bigger teams. Your getting quite jumpy telling other members to stfu think you should chill out a bit. Hes voicing an opinion, like I am. 

 

1 penalty v Arsenal and god knows how many invisible performances vs the other big teams we've played, Barca x2, City, United, Spurs, Arsenal... all since the start of January, also throw in his pitful performances against Bournemouth and Watford too where he was completely anonymous. 

Just pointless discussing things with you. 

Jumpy ? I simply get irritated when people say stupid things but enough, i'm done, wasted enough time. 

 

[Jase 43,479]

3 hours ago, Styles said:

This wouldn't be the case if he was at a top club and/or had a good manager.

He has been here for 6 years and how long more are people gonna put his lack of consistency or goals/assists contribution down to poor squad/manager? I mean sure, having a flawed squad and/or average manager plays a part but it also comes down to the application from the player himself. You only have to look at Kante as an example. Different player and not as talented as Hazard but he consistently puts in the performances, always looking to make a difference with his energy, work rate, quality etc and it's not only on the defensive side of things but also offensive wise. Not devaluing Hazard by any means but has he actually put in 10, 15, 20 consistent, consecutive performances in a season? Like some has mentioned in here, Hazard always does well for 4-5 games and then suddenly goes quiet for the next 10. If he can do it for 4-5 games straight, then why can't he sustain that kind of form for longer period? Blaming the poor quality of the squad or manager only goes so far. Comes down to the desire, mental fortitude and application at the end of the day.