Eden Hazard

[Corner 456]

The belgian that should be playing for Chelsea is called Fellaini.

Are you implying a team should one have one Belgian? Nonsense!

[Henrique 9,133]

Are you implying a team should one have one Belgian? Nonsense!

No, I saying its time to stop spending big money on young players like Hazard, and spend less money on players like Fellaini. we are becoming a u21 team, even in this forum I used to read this kind of nosense, "this player is too old, he is already 27 years old".

[Corner 456]

No, I saying its time to stop spending big money on young players like Hazard, and spend less money on players like Fellaini. we are becoming a u21 team, even in this forum I used to read this kind of nosense, "this player is too old, he is already 27 years old".

I don't believe in not buying young players just for the sake of it. There are advantages to having young players in your team. Every team needs to find the right balance between experience and youth... and dismissing a player because he is too young is ridiculous when they have the ability like Hazard.

Truthfully, Hazard is ready to play almost every week for any top club in Europe. And if Chelsea didn't buy him this summer, he would have been snapped up by another big club. Then he becomes some other club's asset and not ours. And Chelsea can't just let a player with that much potential slip through their grasp. It would just be bad business.

[Henrique 9,133]

I don't believe in not buying young players just for the sake of it. There are advantages to having young players in your team. Every team needs to find the right balance between experience and youth... and dismissing a player because he is too young is ridiculous when they have the ability like Hazard.

Truthfully, Hazard is ready to play almost every week for any top club in Europe. And if Chelsea didn't buy him this summer, he would have been snapped up by another big club. Then he becomes some other club's asset and not ours. And Chelsea can't just let a player with that much potential slip through their grasp. It would just be bad business.

Yeah, Chelsea will turn into a u23 team, and in 4 or 5 years this team will be invencible.

[mediator 2,026]

Yeah, Chelsea will turn into a u23 team, and in 4 or 5 years this team will be invencible.

I Agree. May be next year we will see something very promising.

[OneMoSalah 8,798]

I don't want to wait a year or two to see us become "what Arsenal could have been"

[YouNameIt 1,511]

I don't want to wait a year or two to see us become "what Arsenal could have been"

What are you implying? Change takes time, it also takes time to adapt. We're playing a completley different style of football when what we used to, and that wont change over a few weeks.

Regarding Hazard... The guy is still young, however, Im noticing a change of style. He's no longer challenging as he used to in his first games. He caused lots of danger for the defenders, got penalties etc. He's not quite doing that anymore. There has to be a reason for it. Maybe he was instructed (for some stuipid reason) not to?

He just needs to do what he is best at, challenging, dribbling and rushing/cutting forward and in. He sort of "slowed" down recently...

[OneMoSalah 8,798]

What are you implying? Change takes time, it also takes time to adapt. We're playing a completley different style of football when what we used to, and that wont change over a few weeks.

Regarding Hazard... The guy is still young, however, Im noticing a change of style. He's no longer challenging as he used to in his first games. He caused lots of danger for the defenders, got penalties etc. He's not quite doing that anymore. There has to be a reason for it. Maybe he was instructed (for some stuipid reason) not to?

He just needs to do what he is best at, challenging, dribbling and rushing/cutting forward and in. He sort of "slowed" down recently...

No I mean as in signing 16 year olds with potential like Aaron Ramsey, Fabergas, Walcott etc and waiting 3-5 years for them to come good.

[YouNameIt 1,511]

No I mean as in signing 16 year olds with potential like Aaron Ramsey, Fabergas, Walcott etc and waiting 3-5 years for them to come good.

We have U21 players, players on loan, the acadamy etc...

I know what u mean but we cant just sign 16 year old randomly. First of all it might take quite long untill they develop. Secondly, when they are good enough they might want to move back to their native country. That risk is pretty high id say.

And Chelsea isnt really in need of making 6m on a player we bought for 1m 5 years ago.

[Wiillowhobo 28]

Couldn't agree more, Imagine if we had a proper centre-midfielder. Someone who could play decent attacking balls and actually pick out our attacking trio.

You have one. Just put Oscar there..

[whinni09 37]

I do think that Hazard should play as our CAM. We've had more opportunities with him there and Mata has som decent crossing, better then Hazard imo. Put down Oscar as CM and play Marin as right wing.

[Jase 43,479]

OptaJoe ‏@OptaJoe

39 - @hazardeden10 has won more fouls than any other player in the Premier League this season. Bruises.

[Milan 17,862]

[Jase 43,479]

Moses is like "What's so funny?!".

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Huge respect to Eden over this: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/soccer/wires/11/30/2020.ap.soc.euro.u21.protest.israel.136/index.html

[Corner 456]

Huge respect to Eden over this: http://sportsillustr....136/index.html

Indeed. Massive respect.

[BlueLion. 21,491]

This man is going to be the new Chelsea pin-up, replacing Drogba. He is just an iconic player - he has that Ronaldo-esque look. Not to mention he's an incredible player. I genuinely believe that if we keep this guy for four to five years, that we'll have had one of the great players of this generation.

[Hostedenis 556]

I thought he played well today. He was dangerous a couple of times, a shot was saved and a lob over the keeper unfortunatly went over the goal as well. Him and Moses, together with Cahill and possibly Mata were our best men on the pitch. Those two didn't deserve to be substituted.