Eden Hazard

[1905didierblue 748]

53 minutes ago, Blue Armour said:

Not his most spectacular performance, but after setting up Ruben for the first goal and scoring the winning penalty, that's hardly abysmal.

Mate, if willian had that performance, he would be crucified. 

Hazard was anonymous. Uncharacteristically lost the ball a number of times. Hardly tracked back or closed down.

I don't think we should give him accolades for the penalty, it was the bare minimum he could do for us.

Let's just hope it was due to the exhaustion of a long long season. And now he has 20.days to fill up on his energy resources. 

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1 hour ago, 1905didierblue said:

Mate, if willian had that performance, he would be crucified. 

Hazard was anonymous. Uncharacteristically lost the ball a number of times. Hardly tracked back or closed down.

I don't think we should give him accolades for the penalty, it was the bare minimum he could do for us.

Let's just hope it was due to the exhaustion of a long long season. And now he has 20.days to fill up on his energy resources. 

That assist was savage. How many players can do this worldwide? Willian would never be able to do this.

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2 hours ago, Blue Armour said:

Seriously?

Granted you're not his fan, but come on

 

Yeah come on... He hasn’t signed a new deal and wants out... what’s a club to do? Move on and move on already... I wasn’t as much of a fan as others around here, now I’m kinda really sick of him. Hate his demeanor, on and off the pitch.

answering your second point, like many of his fans like to say, the club has been incapable of adding quality around hazard, which essentially proves, to me at least, that having such a player may be detrimental to the squad.

as in, the squad would benefit more from 2 additional good players instead of hazard. The ban is unfortunate obviously, but hope it can be lifted at least for this window.

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43 minutes ago, Robchels said:

Yeah come on... He hasn’t signed a new deal and wants out... what’s a club to do? Move on and move on already... I wasn’t as much of a fan as others around here, now I’m kinda really sick of him. Hate his demeanor, on and off the pitch.

answering your second point, like many of his fans like to say, the club has been incapable of adding quality around hazard, which essentially proves, to me at least, that having such a player may be detrimental to the squad.

as in, the squad would benefit more from 2 additional good players instead of hazard. The ban is unfortunate obviously, but hope it can be lifted at least for this window.

It essentially proves the club made bad decisions in getting players to support him. Not that the club is incapable because he is around

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10 hours ago, Jason said:

AAAARRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!

 

Hazard would make a great politician 😂😂 just can't give you a straight answer 

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4 hours ago, Robchels said:

Yeah come on... He hasn’t signed a new deal and wants out... what’s a club to do? Move on and move on already... I wasn’t as much of a fan as others around here, now I’m kinda really sick of him. Hate his demeanor, on and off the pitch.

answering your second point, like many of his fans like to say, the club has been incapable of adding quality around hazard, which essentially proves, to me at least, that having such a player may be detrimental to the squad.

as in, the squad would benefit more from 2 additional good players instead of hazard. The ban is unfortunate obviously, but hope it can be lifted at least for this window.

I've said a number of times that I think there will be an initial struggle losing Hazard, but I do think in the longer term outlook the club can recover and be potentially better off.

At the moment we are so reliant on Hazard it's embarrassing and having such a reliance on one top player is not healthy. Sarri's Napoli was a team without any real stars (Hamsik and Higuain were the biggest and I don't think neither were considered near an elite level), and the team worked as one. I think Sarri has struggled this season having to adopt his tactics which require the team to operate together as a well oiled machine to players such as Hazard and Willian who are more 'individuals'. Hazard is given a free reign in the team and not expected to track back much which doesn't help with the defensive phase of the team as a unit, resulting in some of the bigger matches him being shoehorned centrally so we can ensure we're more solid defensively.

The pace of play and "pass and move" cycles that Napoli showed under Sarri haven't developed here currently. I do think in recent weeks our playing out the back has shown signs of improvement, and that has also coincided with an upturn in Jorginho's form and the continued development of RLC who seems to be a willing runner in the midfield alongside Kante. However the whole thing dies further up the field. It's hard to knock Hazard, when he has produced so many moments of magic and is such a huge source of goals and assists for us but there is no doubt that him and Willian at times slow down the play or will hold on to the ball longer than I think Sarri would prefer.

The biggest problem next season with the ban in my opinion is not replacing Hazard on the wing, but not being able to buy a top striker to lead the line.

 

[Pizy 18,368]

If I was confident the club would reinvest the Hazard money in a player capable of becoming world class I'd actually be pretty excited to see what the post-Hazard era is like. But knowing our club they'll be thinking Pulisic is the Hazard replacement and that Willian & Pedro are enough.

 

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3 minutes ago, Pizy said:

If I was confident the club would reinvest the Hazard money in a player capable of becoming world class I'd actually be pretty excited to see what the post-Hazard era is like. But knowing our club they'll be thinking Pulisic is the Hazard replacement and that Willian & Pedro are enough.

 

Yeah that's the problem. Liverpool sold what's his face and used money well. We'll just buy average players and act like it's a good deal

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1 minute ago, Laylabelle said:

Yeah that's the problem. Liverpool sold what's his face and used money well. We'll just buy average players and act like it's a good deal

I don't even think they use the Hazard money on a direct replacement. Pulisic will replace Eden, Willian/Pedro for the right side, and Sarri will use Barkley as an emergency LW backup like he did a couple of times this season.

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The appreciation, or the lack of it for Hazard on this thread just because fans are butthurt that he might leave (when he has all the right because the club did nothing to get back on top) is laughable. One might think this is Real Madrid fans page with their zero respect for the players.

If you want to be pissed, be pissed at our board. Hazard is the best player in the PL for years now and we are on decline for years now. 

He did amazing stuff for this club, something every Chelsea fan should deeply appreciate and respect. 

[Laylabelle 9,351]

That's it. Players move on. Unless it's about the money find it hard to hold a grudge against them. Just hope that he can end on a high rather then a wimper. 

And that it goes better for him at Real then has Courtois. 

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2 hours ago, Pizy said:

I don't even think they use the Hazard money on a direct replacement. Pulisic will replace Eden, Willian/Pedro for the right side, and Sarri will use Barkley as an emergency LW backup like he did a couple of times this season.

Ohh please dont give us headache mate......the tought of this scenario is enough to make me go bunkers.

1 hour ago, BlueLyon said:

The appreciation, or the lack of it for Hazard on this thread just because fans are butthurt that he might leave (when he has all the right because the club did nothing to get back on top) is laughable. One might think this is Real Madrid fans page with their zero respect for the players.

If you want to be pissed, be pissed at our board. Hazard is the best player in the PL for years now and we are on decline for years now. 

He did amazing stuff for this club, something every Chelsea fan should deeply appreciate and respect. 

Eden' soul is intact.....Theres no doubt about that.

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He is definitely off. 😭 

I'm going to miss this guy soo much, not only is he an amazing footballer but he is also cool as fuck. 

He has represented our club impeccably.

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 Chelsea goal of the year against Liverpool in carabao cup.

Watching live and nice to see how loved he is at our club.

[Jase 43,479]

24 minutes ago, Hamilton said:

 Chelsea goal of the year against Liverpool in carabao cup.

Watching live and nice to see how loved he is at our club.

Has won the two Player of the Year awards as well. 

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4 minutes ago, Jason said:

Has won the two Player of the Year awards as well. 

Indeed! And he asked for a pen when they shouted “sign the contract” 

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Just now, Jason said:

 

I love Hazard so much, but that does not mean anything. I remember KDB saying after winning Bundesliga player of the season that he will stay at Wolfsburg and weeks later, he went to City.