Eden Hazard

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I get your point mate but you're not getting mine. Read my comment again, i said 'Hazard is not bad at all'. What i dont like about him is that he can be MORE but sometimes just fades away.

And you're right, having Torres in the team doesn't help either. Believe me brother, same as you, i wish that Hazard becomes the world best player ever but i hope he leaves these best-friend kind of things out of the pitch.

This generation of footballers look like sissys to me. They all can be friends outside the pitch but inside i want a battle (metaphor).

I hope he get his head up high and instead of dreaming being best player he trains hard and achieve that.

The jersey thing wasn't clever, but these interviews are done immediately after games, so it's either he has a shirt on or not. He can do more, yes he can, but so could Ibrahimovic yesterday. The thing is we played well in the first half and as a consequence, Eden was our best player. We were poor in the 2nd and he faded away. Football is a team game afterall

[Eligius 121]

Hazard touch the ball once when he slotted in Oscar's central position.

Granted, Oscar was irrelevant the whole game (minus the dive), Hazard was irrelevant in the second half.

[Strike 7,217]

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It's just funny when people analyze games based on meager one liners like this one. It's obvious that he was "invincible" in the 2nd half because Chelsea as a whole were awful and got outclassed by PSG. Football is a team game, and you can only look as good as the team you play for.

apart from the service tanking he changed from left wing to CAM and right side. didn't really get that

[Henrique 9,133]

Sad thing is we sold two players he actually has a great understanding with (Mata & KDB) for no reason whatsoever. You're supposed to build the team around your best player and maximize his talents yet we've been doing him no favours.

I also long for the days of the Cole, Lampard and Malouda partnership rather than watching Eden being forced to carry the attacking load by himself.

There are few players in the world that are so good that you build a team around them, perhaps only Ronaldo and Messi.

Hazard is not that kind of player. Same argument were used in Torres favor: we needed players to improve Torres.

This is not Hazard FC. Stop the madness.

[TrippingStep 336]

I prefered him under Benitez.

Oscar was also better under Benitez.

There's no pattern in how to break defences.

Look at his Real Madrid team last year against Manchester United who was just sitting, putting no pressure on Real Madrid Players and all they were doing was passing sideways in front of them waiting for a Manchester United error. No team play and quick rehearsed movements to stretch and put real pressure on them.

Real Madrid are also playing better this year.

Mourinho I think is not that great for players that would play best in a spanish possession team with quick combinations and passes.

This year it's the same high and low that he had at Lille. He was much more consistent the last 3-4 months under Benitez.

I hate the low line of our defence, the slow passing between our defenders and midfielders.

[TrippingStep 336]

That's what happens when you have to force your best attacking player to come deep and defend... Completely negated in the second half.

Bullshit. It's not like Eden and Oscar did not have to track back last year. It's just that when we have the ball, if we can't counter-attack quickly, we are clueless.

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

Bullshit. It's not like Eden and Oscar did not have to track back last year. It's just that when we have the ball, if we can't counter-attack quickly, we are clueless.

Actually it was a smart point. In the first half Ramires and Luiz were pressing very well along with Hazard, Willinan and Oscar. After the yellow card and 5 mins into the second half, Ramires and Luiz were not pressing as much. Possibly worried about the red card. Hazard, Willian and Oscar were forced to sit deeper. That is how we lost the control of midfield area that we had in the first half. But as far as counter attacks are concerned, we were slow like you said in the second half. Simply because you had a striker, who doesn't know how to run, when to run and where to run. Defenders don't need to make much of an effort to cover him.

[FabHazard 655]

He will be much better in a possession based system...we need to have the ball for him to be effective..

[FabHazard 655]

He will be much better in a possession based system...we need to have the ball for him to be effective..

[Shaan 263]

Wtf Eden? wandering around in their kit when our side have just lost on an important CL night against them,not funny :rant:

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Needs to be more arrogant in his play, there was a 2 on 2 situation where we broke and he tried to pass instead of driving in and shooting.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Bullshit. It's not like Eden and Oscar did not have to track back last year. It's just that when we have the ball, if we can't counter-attack quickly, we are clueless.

I agree with your latter statement, but still that doesn't exclude my point... Hazard was poor in the second half because we lost grasp of the midfield because we weren't pressing high anymore and our intensity dropped a lot. We dropped our wingers back, they both defended deeply... And because there was no intensity in our counter attack from any of the front four in the second half (like we wanted to just go home with the 1-1/2-1 instead of trying to kill the tie off, wrong approach from the team), Eden was anonymous.

[Mufassir08 2,400]

The thing is opposition teams now understand how to stop us,Put 3 men on Eden and we cant do shit.Thats how much we are dependent on Hazard.Players like Willian and Oscar are in the team more because of their pressing and defensive ability rather then their offensive prowess which has become very frustrating for me.Having a competent striker alone wont solve all our problems because we need the likes of Oscar,Willian and Schurrle to stand up and take the load of Eden also having more dynamic fullbacks wont be bad.

[Mohammed Seif 1,451]

The thing is opposition teams now understand how to stop us,Put 3 men on Eden and we cant do shit.Thats how much we are dependent on Hazard.Players like Willian and Oscar are in the team more because of their pressing and defensive ability rather then their offensive prowess which has become very frustrating for me.Having a competent striker alone wont solve all our problems because we need the likes of Oscar,Willian and Schurrle to stand up and take the load of Eden also having more dynamic fullbacks wont be bad.

Though I agree with you that Eden's teammates need to improve and step up, having three players covering Eden is not a bad thing. It means three players are going to be out of position (or atleast two) and there is space that they left and we should take that to our advantage. But yes like you said it requires Willian, Oscar, Schurrle to step up and ofcourse Eto and the strikers.

[Special Juan 27,424]

He plays alongside an average Eto'o or a crap Torres or a very poor Demba Ba.....he is also flanked by a very under-performing Oscar, an in and out Willian and Schurrle who is in and out both of form and the team.

T.E.A.M....means this

Together Everyone Achieves More

[yuvala 2,167]

The thing is opposition teams now understand how to stop us,Put 3 men on Eden and we cant do shit.Thats how much we are dependent on Hazard.Players like Willian and Oscar are in the team more because of their pressing and defensive ability rather then their offensive prowess which has become very frustrating for me.Having a competent striker alone wont solve all our problems because we need the likes of Oscar,Willian and Schurrle to stand up and take the load of Eden also having more dynamic fullbacks wont be bad.

Yea.. No one can create anything except for Hazard. get 3 players to mark him and we're dead in the water.

It's been pretty clear to me that except for the fact that Oscar and Willian are not really good enough yet, our system and our lack of attacking full-backs are a HUGE problem and have a big impact on our game (bad impact, ofc).

[Mufassir08 2,400]

Though I agree with you that Eden's teammates need to improve and step up, having three players covering Eden is not a bad thing. It means three players are going to be out of position (or atleast two) and there is space that they left and we should take that to our advantage. But yes like you said it requires Willian, Oscar, Schurrle to step up and ofcourse Eto and the strikers.

Ofcourse It's a good thing that 3 players of the opposition are worried about just one of our player and we all know Hazard in full form can dominate even while being triple marked but our problem is that the rest of our attacking players are not on the same wavelength as Eden and dont make use of the space they will get.It's a big problem.

Yea.. No one can create anything except for Hazard. get 3 players to mark him and we're dead in the water.

It's been pretty clear to me that except for the fact that Oscar and Willian are not really good enough yet, our system and our lack of attacking full-backs are a HUGE problem and have a big impact on our game (bad impact, ofc).

The thing is people are quick to criticize Hazard by using the likes of Ronaldo and Messi's consistency as an example.There are however two problems with that a)Messi and Ronaldo are ruthless and merciless freaks of nature b)Even though Messi and Ronaldo are out of this world and none of the current young stars(Gotze,Eden,Neymar) look like they will be reaching their level anytime soon,They still have an amazing nay World class supporting cast.I mean Messi plays with Iniesta,Xavi,Neymar,Sanchez,Busquets,Pedro,Alves while Ronaldo has Di Maria,Benzema,Bale,Alonso,Marcelo,Luka fucking Modric,Isco.While do you know who Hazard is playing with?Ramires and Fucking Torres yet people still expect miracles from him.Eto'o and Mata are two players with great intelligence and technique and Hazard wasnt too bad with them now was he?

[Henrique 9,133]

Needs to be more arrogant in his play, there was a 2 on 2 situation where we broke and he tried to pass instead of driving in and shooting.

and there was a situation where he had to pass but instead tried a stupid shoot that was easily blocked by a PSG defender.

Its about decisions making, its not a matter of being more or less selfish.