Eden Hazard

[MAF 162]

Quick translation french interview:

About his integration into the club

yeah it went well, i was well taken care of, found a house quickly etc

When you arrive at a new club youre a bit impressed by the big names, but after a while you realise theyre only people too.

had to sing a song , sang some french rap.

talks about losc, will always continue to support them etc

About his first game: was happy with it, not everything was perfect though, still needs to adapt to english game.

They laugh a bit about his English.

Second game was even better for him because it was at stamford bridge.

Last action he thought to himself his first goal would be for his next match, its not his aim to score the most goals

The supporters were his main motivation to come here, needs that to progress. football really lives over here.

The aim is to win as many matches as possible. would like to win 2-3 trophies this season.

[MAF 162]

Oh yeah they also confirmed him winning man of the match 3 times

[Peppi85 110]

CRonaldo has a valid point. If there's one part Eden can improve his game on a bit, it's his finishing. He'd be unplayable.

mm, dont be fooled with the shots he made for Chelsea so far!

He is a real good finisher from inside the box! His shot from outside the box aint bad either. He has a 'bend it like Hazard' shot on him, hard for the keeper to judge it.

[Hkibou 622]

An interview Hazard did with the French media.

http://videos.tf1.fr...ea-7474066.html

It's in French though. Didn't understand a single thing.

I can translate it later if you want

[Jase 43,479]

I can translate it later if you want

It's alright. MAF has summarized up the interview. Thanks.

[Hkibou 622]

CRonaldo has a valid point. If there's one part Eden can improve his game on a bit, it's his finishing. He'd be unplayable.

CRonaldo has a valid point. If there's one part Eden can improve his game on a bit, it's his finishing. He'd be unplayable.

Hazard is a good finisher. He scored 20 goals last season for Lille, that's something. Plus, in Lille tactics attacking players were switching position all the time, so he played a lot as a striker during games, even if he started'em as a winger or playmaker. He can handle well being alone up front, even if his lack of aerial skills is an issue in that position.

As for the shooting, indeed, it's not a "natural" skill of his. But the nice thing with Hazard is when he decides to improve sthg in his game, he learns so fast. 2010/11 season he was quite poor at long shots, the year later he decided to work on that, especially the "tomahawk" shot like ronaldo, which is the most difficult to master. And yet he's still far from Ronaldo or Hulk, his improvements on that matter were stunning, as if we could see every week he had progressed a bit more.

And don't forget he's only 21... Still a lot of time to get better !

[warnie_666 1,081]

Dont think we will ever sell this guy. We are not a selling club. We give our top players good contracts and they are long term ones.

The last player we sold and got good money on was Robben and that was because he was too injury prone.

Unless Eden few years from now starts acting like a Diva and acts like Ronaldo or Rooney did at Man Utd, there is no chance we are selling him. To think he is only 21 and will only improve, he could go on to compete with Messi and Ronaldo for that Ballon D'or in couple of years

[termninja 5,290]

[Kezza 1,965]

Lets make him sign a 5 year deal EVERY year!

[warnie_666 1,081]

At this point in time, his value already is well above 50 million. 32m is a fucking bargain for this man. He is cocky alright. And I like that about him. Opposition fans talked shit about him cus of the suspense he created on which club he was about to join. They said we shall see if he can back that cockiness on pitch. Well they saw it..

Reminds me of Mourinho. Everyone thought who is this cocky bastard that calls himself Special One. The rest his history.

[cfc93 3]

Can anyone find me the picture of "caution tripping hazard is the only way to stop him" ? Think it was someone's sig? or they posted it on here. Cheers. Oh and while im on here he's one helluva player

[Tomo 21,685]

Opposition fans talked shit about him cus of the suspense he created on which club he was about to join.

It was more denial trying to convince themself he would flop.

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

hazard is just special, how he transformed into the EPL, would think he was a 10 year veteran. he's got the 50mill man happy, thinks of teamates before himself, drifts all over the pitch, and is right footed. i added that last biit because we needed that change think adds nice balance to team. love him already because things happen when he is on the ball, he appears to be that messi--when everyone is tired out of ideas he can just pass by 4/5 players win a pen or score a goal....and those players are priceless.

soo glad we won UCL, just the mere thought of him in a sky blue or as a red devil.......wow

[francozola 2,040]

He's also so sensible as a player. In the last 5-10 minutes especially against Newcastle he dropped deep but was just playing simple passes to the other players. Not going for anything spectacular, just closing the game out with smart possession. Shows his composure and he's not just some flashy player who wants to "prove" his abilities everytime.

That back heel for Torres was glorious. Anyone can do a simple backheel, but he actually held on to the ball (in such a tight space) for a second and then returned it to Torres, and knew exactly where to place it for him.

We've got a gem!

[Spike 12,049]

I'm going update this regularly:

Premier League Hazard stats

Assists (6)

Won penalty that Lampard converted (Wigan)

Pass to Ivanovic (Wigan)

Won penalty that Lampard converted (Reading)

Pass to Cahill (Reading)

Layoff to Ivanovic (Reading

Backheel to Torres (Newcastle)

Goals (1)

Penalty against Newcastle (won by Torres)

MOTM (3)

v Wigan

v Reading

v Newcastle

[TrippingStep 336]

It's Arsenal who must be fuming to have bought Gervinho.

They bought a missile withouth the launcher and the tracking device that was Hazard

Like Pardew said, with his ability to move with the ball easily on his feet, you can time your run off him and Gervinho was one that capitalized a lot on this.

[Jase 43,479]

He's also so sensible as a player. In the last 5-10 minutes especially against Newcastle he dropped deep but was just playing simple passes to the other players. Not going for anything spectacular, just closing the game out with smart possession. Shows his composure and he's not just some flashy player who wants to "prove" his abilities everytime.

That back heel for Torres was glorious. Anyone can do a simple backheel, but he actually held on to the ball (in such a tight space) for a second and then returned it to Torres, and knew exactly where to place it for him.

We've got a gem!

Agree and he also showed that he is willing to do the 'dirty' work too, tracking back and helping the team out defensively. He has a good defensive work rate and proved that he is not a prima donna type of player who thinks he doesn't have to defend just because of his attacking ability.

[Hkibou 622]

He's also so sensible as a player. In the last 5-10 minutes especially against Newcastle he dropped deep but was just playing simple passes to the other players. Not going for anything spectacular, just closing the game out with smart possession. Shows his composure and he's not just some flashy player who wants to "prove" his abilities everytime.

That back heel for Torres was glorious. Anyone can do a simple backheel, but he actually held on to the ball (in such a tight space) for a second and then returned it to Torres, and knew exactly where to place it for him.

We've got a gem!

The back heel is even more genius than that, given that Torres changes the course of his run whil Hazard is focusing on the ball