Eden Hazard

[Ossie the King 634]

2 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said:

Agree with that. His expression shows hes not 100% into it like last season. Shouldnt be written off, but something isnt right, 

The interesting thing about Costa is that in the last few weeks under Jose he was reportedly putting in more work to get fit and was apparently lighter than when we signed him, and it seems to have paid dividends. His movement has improved markedly in recent weeks and he's back amongst the goals. 

This is another bloke whose professionalism has been called into question and who came back from summer having overindulged perhaps, and he's responded perfectly.

[Kieran. 6,317]

ship him off to Real in exchange for Bale. I do question his commitment because he clearly isn't all there. As FB said, you can tell by his expression. He hasn't fucking scored in EIGHT (!!) months! That is just pathetic.

 

But it's easy to say stop criticizing him and gain your 10 likes.

[Fulham Broadway 16,829]

2 minutes ago, Ossie the King said:

The interesting thing about Costa is that in the last few weeks under Jose he was reportedly putting in more work to get fit and was apparently lighter than when we signed him, and it seems to have paid dividends. His movement has improved markedly in recent weeks and he's back amongst the goals. 

This is another bloke whose professionalism has been called into question and who came back from summer having overindulged perhaps, and he's responded perfectly.

 True -Costa came back with a muffin top and has clearly been working out or on the marching powder, Hazards been on the Hoegaardens, chocs and waffles and needs to lose a bit imo.. To give him his due though, I've noticed opponents when they have time stick three on him on occassions

[Jase 43,479]

14 minutes ago, Ossie the King said:

What conspiracy theories? I'm not aware that I've alluded to any conspiracies, theories yes. Conspiracy theories, think you've typed the wrong thing there lad.

As for baseless accusations, wrong again. 

Claiming that he's faked his injury like it's some sort of fact...?

Anyway, since we are just going in circles and never going to agree with one another, we'll just agree to disagree. Ta.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

1 hour ago, Ossie the King said:

Already corrected you on this once mate but it's been muttered about for quite a while amongst the supporters. Some just laugh off his 'slow starts' to the season but others take that one step further and ask why.

Don't misrepresent people's criticism as them turning their backs on them - maybe those supporters don't deserve you criticising them.

No idea why people thought you were TOPTB, you clearly actually are Sam Harris!  

[Ossie the King 634]

22 hours ago, Ossie the King said:

Probably genuine but more concern over doing further damage. He did try and continue for a bit and actually broke into a sprint but then went down on his haunches again.

I wouldn't like to speculate so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt.

 

18 minutes ago, Jason said:

Claiming that he's faked his injury like it's some sort of fact...?

Anyway, since we are just going in circles and never going to agree with one another, we'll just agree to disagree. Ta.

Above's what I wrote at the time. If I wrote that he faked it then I'll apologise. If I didn't, well....

 

 

2 minutes ago, CHOULO19 said:

No idea why people thought you were TOPTB, you clearly actually are Sam Harris!  

I'd have his money, he can keep the reputation.

[Rhino's Skin 972]

just wondering whether this injury is linked to the hip injury from a couple of weeks back.

 

I know from personal experience that when you get an injury to the hip ,  it can be painful in the groin area and you think you have a muscle problem there when infact its the hip.

 

just speculation based on what happend to me before anyone accuses me of being a doctor etc ;-)

[johnnythefirst 1,076]

Reports are Zidane will soon take over as Real manager. Since he's been creaming over Hazard since 2008 or so, you can bet your ass he'll try to make a move. 

[LDN Blue 7,903]

7 minutes ago, johnnythefirst said:

Reports are Zidane will soon take over as Real manager. Since he's been creaming over Hazard since 2008 or so, you can bet your ass he'll try to make a move. 

Premature.

He definitely won't be going anywhere until July at least - No way we sell in January. I also don't believe Zidane will be taking over in long-term capacity by any means, he's only been coaching for 2-years and with the pressure and expectations of Real he'd be smart to reject anything beyond 6 months. Rumour suggest Mourinho will be contacted soon enough too.

[manpe 10,861]

So I take it it's agreed over here that Jose accused Hazard of faking injury? I saw the post-match interview and didn't see it like that, didn't see any reason for Jose to go on a sarcastic rant over him so I didn't try to hear the opposite of what he was actually saying. Anyway, I don't think Jose accused him of anything and I don't think he's faking either.

 

EDIT: Or do you guys mean the infamous season opener Eva incidident? Because yes, there Jose implied he was faking, but not in an accusing way.

[petre.ispirescu 4,928]

Stay tuned for lots of stories now that Zidane is taking over at Madrid. 

[Tautvix 1,321]

Swap Hazard for Bale.

[Ossie the King 634]

If he is going to go it would be nice if he could do something to increase his value rather than decrease it.

Also, his hypothetical departure may well be the first time under Roman's custodianship that we actually sell a player we'd rather keep. That would be a very telling sign of where we are right now were it to happen.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

29 minutes ago, Tautvix said:

Swap Hazard for Bale.

No. But james Rodriguez would be a better deal imo. 

[Jase 43,479]

Admiring a player (an ex-player in fact) doesn't mean one would like to be managed by the same person. It's two completely different scenarios.

[Chelsea Legend 11 4,062]

On 1/4/2016 at 7:12 PM, Jason said:

Find it quite sad that some people are turning their backs so easily on Hazard, the player who won the Player of the Year accolades last season and the one who led us to the title when everyone else had ran out of steam last year, after one bad half of a season. Granted, he has been poor but I don't think he deserves his professionalism to be questioned at all (it only really picked up steam after Mourinho threw him under the bus at Leicester). If some can show a lot of patience with Mourinho, who was in his worst moment and after all the wrong things he's done, then why can't people do the same with Hazard? (heck, even Torres got far more patience despite doing next to nothing!) We are not talking about an average player here. We are talking about a special talent who has played his part in helping us win things in recent years and who will become of the best in years to come. He deserves better support than what he has been shown so far, particularly in his toughest moment of his career.

Whatever... His body language says something completely different. Last year you could see him putting in the necessary effort in to make a difference, this season he looks like he can't be bothered. 

If you can tell me when you watch the games that he looks like he wants to die for the badge then I'll just chalk it up to seeing something different to me, but in your heart, when you watch him play what does it tell you? 

He looks like he doesn't give two shits.

[The Power 147]

I'd find it quite hard to look like I give a shit if each time I dribble around a player, I'll get the shit kicked out of me with maybe a foul given if he's lucky and the fans now questioning his professionalism.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

17 minutes ago, TheYESDragon said:

I'd find it quite hard to look like I give a shit if each time I dribble around a player, I'll get the shit kicked out of me with maybe a foul given if he's lucky and the fans now questioning his professionalism.

Instead of giving up on his main trademark of dribbling, What hazard needs to do is learn how to dive like Ronaldo or Neymar or messi. These players are kicked just as much but know how to fall and win the foul. 

This season has proven what I said earlier last season right. That Hazard needs to add other aspects to his gameplay because without his dangerous dribbling he basically adds nothing  to a high level. He can't put people through on goal like fabregas or KdB can, he can't send passes to pedro making runs when on the dribble like messi and mahrez can, he can't shoot from outside the box while driving in like robben and Bale. So this season, once his dribbling isn't working he's looked ordinary because of it.

Hopefully he adds something else world-class to his game that isn't just dribbling.