Eden Hazard

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

He was just amazing! I have never seen this fight in him before. He was jumping a foot higher than he ever had, won headers, did everything he could do to bail out our defence. Almost did it too, if the defence was even marginally good we would have won.

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

My worry is that he will grow here, as he has, and then move elsewhere for the glory the way Ronaldo did.

The people he playing with, in the front, are not good enough. He wouldnt want to waste his prime playing next to Oscar and Willian. Or even spending all his energy running back at full speed to make sure his back has cover. He does not have to do this if he does not want.

Some where, aka Catalonia or Madrid. That is why we need to sign the likes of Reus soon imo if we don't want this guy to depart so he can play alongside James, Iniesta, Modric...etc

[Styles 9,790]

My worry is that he will grow here, as he has, and then move elsewhere for the glory the way Ronaldo did.

The people he playing with, in the front, are not good enough. He wouldnt want to waste his prime playing next to Oscar and Willian. Or even spending all his energy running back at full speed to make sure his back has cover. He does not have to do this if he does not want.

Honestly, I wouldn't blame him at all.

[Gilvorak 3,734]

Exactly. At Barca and Madrid he'll earn more money, boost his PR image, improve his statistics, reduce his defensive workload and play amongst better players. The only real downside is he won't be the "main man" at either of those clubs.

[Elran 58]

We would've lost 0-5 without him today. Shocking

[sutro 1,026]

jep he turned into god mode recent weeks, long may it continue

[MrBlueGuy 1,552]

Exactly. At Barca and Madrid he'll earn more money, boost his PR image, improve his statistics, reduce his defensive workload and play amongst better players. The only real downside is he won't be the "main man" at either of those clubs.

Naaa if we force Madrid/Barca to make a 120m-150m bid he will be. They will have to sell someone like Suarez/Neymar/Bale...etc to accommodate him.

[Stats 7,060]

I am desperate for us to sign Reus so we have another player of similar quality who can really help Hazard. The extent of inferiority of some of our attacking players compared to him is amazing. Hazard and Reus, I just dream to see that combo. Please!

[BlueLion. 21,491]

Eden Hazard is the new Mr. Chelsea.

Even though we were awful, he was again majestic.

[The Skipper 20,593]

Hope he continues to take the initiative like this more often. Mouthwatering performance.

[Sheva. 5,373]

If anyone has gif/vine of his stepovers before the pass to Salah, please share. It's rare to see him doing that.

Also, that was a top finish by him - 2 straight games now. Hope he can get another good rest before the next league game.

[Magic Lamps 11,677]

No can't blame him for not signing an extension. There are a few players in this team that are not even close to his level. We have a well balanced team with very good players in every position but only a few of those are worldclass, none of our attackers is. You would not see guys on the level of Oscar, Willian, Brana or Cahill anywhere near the starting lineup of Real Madrid (oscar might have the excuse of his tender age). If better players would have saved us today, I don't know but replace some of our fringe players with guys like Hummels or Reus we would probably be still a fair amount of points above City. Hazard is the level we should aim for. We might not be a club of the size of real Madrid but we should fight to keep him and not surrender to the notion of losing him to RM. We have the money to offer him the same salary, we compete for the biggest titles. All what it takes is for the club to show the ambition go in for the very top players. True we don't have the same funds Real or Bayern have, but no club generates so much income through loan fees and player trading as us. We should establish more club cooperations and trade an army of loanees every year.

[Rapkun 668]

This man didn't deserve to be in the losing team today. I swear for a moment I was thinking "this guy is too good for us". You're a star Eden.

[Barbara 15,149]

My worry is that he will grow here, as he has, and then move elsewhere for the glory the way Ronaldo did.

The people he playing with, in the front, are not good enough. He wouldnt want to waste his prime playing next to Oscar and Willian. Or even spending all his energy running back at full speed to make sure his back has cover. He does not have to do this if he does not want.

Honestly, I wouldn't blame him at all.

friendly reminder that he is a professional football player, not you and your friends choosing who's going to play to who in your street football match...

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Eden, who's a father of two, at age 24 and way more mature than the average here, said many times he's happy to stay and wants to stay at Chelsea. The guy is very humble and he's always saying great words about his teammates and always restating how he has to help the midfielders, the strikers and the defenders. There's no self-entitlement on him, he's an amazing player and seemingly an even better man. the plastic, bratty, glory hunters may think he wants or needs better places, better teammates and that he's above defending. But the commitment, humbleness, loyalty, camaraderie and team work spirit I see at this boy are impressive and not easy to find, especially someone his age (as shown by some of the comments in this very page).

All that said - my perspective, not his - I think he deserves better players by his side... he's left alone to save the day every frigging time - although I thought Costa was good today and Cesc has been also very good for us.

I know there are a lot of reasons for bitching about that awful performance... but even more reasons to praise how immense he's been for us this season. He's getting better and better each game, he's owning everyone on his way, his confidence, drive, motivation, fight, are skyrocketing.

He's taking matters into his hands and just exploding.

I feel like his first two seasons here, his best game will come around February and if he's already unstoppable now, I can only imagine then.

It never ceases to amaze me how wonderful he is and what he's capable of. Best player in the league by a lead.

[Styles 9,790]

No can't blame him for not signing an extension. There are a few players in this team that are not even close to his level. We have a well balanced team with very good players in every position but only a few of those are worldclass, none of our attackers is. You would not see guys on the level of Oscar, Willian, Brana or Cahill anywhere near the starting lineup of Real Madrid (oscar might have the excuse of his tender age). If better players would have saved us today, I don't know but replace some of our fringe players with guys like Hummels or Reus we would probably be still a fair amount of points above City. Hazard is the level we should aim for. We might not be a club of the size of real Madrid but we should fight to keep him and not surrender to the notion of losing him to RM. We have the money to offer him the same salary, we compete for the biggest titles. All what it takes is for the club to show the ambition go in for the very top players. True we don't have the same funds Real or Bayern have, but no club generates so much income through one fees and player trading as us. We should establish more club cooperations and trade an army of loanees every year.

Oscar is 23; he's not some 15-year-old prospect (even if he is built like one). He doesn't have the ability to sniff the Madrid bench let alone get in their team. We've overrated him for long enough, it's time to stop kidding ourselves.

[Barbara 15,149]

Twice more people viewing Frank's thread than Hazard's according to the forum main page.

Why do I feel saddened by it? Let the liar, SOB have the recognition and attention he deserves (zero), let's forget him and focus on what we do have. Eden deserves so many complimenting words after what he did today (actually the whole season).

[sutro 1,026]

The majestic Eden Hazard was again the most fouled player on the pitch

People in love with football in this country must be in love with Eden Hazard. The way match after match he is being punished by opponents and not being protected by referees, maybe one day we dont have Eden Hazard [in this country].

Its one, two, three, four, five, 10 fouls, aggressive fouls. They kick and kick and kick, and the kid resists because he is a fantastic kid, strong physically and he is very honest in the way he plays, but I think this is another problem.

Mourinho on Hazard

[Hostedenis 556]

Twice more people viewing Frank's thread than Hazard's according to the forum main page.

Why do I feel saddened by it? Let the liar, SOB have the recognition and attention he deserves (zero), let's forget him and focus on what we do have. Eden deserves so many complimenting words after what he did today (actually the whole season).

Ironic that you're commenting about how Hazard deserves the recognition today (which I fully agree with btw) and then go on to post about Lampard in the Hazard thread.

Leave the Lampard discussion for the Lampard thread, and the Hazard discussion for here.

Hazard was indeed brilliant today. I loved the fight he had in him. Absolutely outstanding, even when we were 4-1 or 5-2 down.

And if you're going to call Lampard a liar and a son of a bitch, do it in his thread because I would love to reply to that but this thread is about Hazard.