Eden Hazard

[Sir Mikel OBE 4,920]

of course but unfortunately there isn't only him. Willian, Eto'o didn't play good and the defense is shit too (2 goals against a weak team). it's not his fault

Wilian was the only thing stopping their fullbacks from putting the sword to us. Look at what happened when he left.

[polo 18]

Wilian was the only thing stopping their fullbacks from putting the sword to us. Look at what happened when he left.

yes but in attack he wasn't fantastic lol

[Belgiannutt 3,201]

A quick look in this thread and yeah i've seen enough.

The words "not this shit again" come to mind

[Tomo 21,736]

He has had a dip in form this season but it wont last forever, he's too good a player.

Count ourself's lucky he didn't have this dip this time last year, the eternal pessimist's and rival fans will have a field day and the media would already be labeling him a flop. They were already frothing at the mouth after the community shield, a bad start to that season i hate to think what would have been said.

[Blue Armour 4,330]

His decision making was way off today...he needs to regain some focus, and go back to doing some of the simpler things he did when he first came here. Its the best thing for him to do against teams that sit back and try to triple man-mark him.

I also wonder how he's handling the pressure of Mourinho's demand to see him transition from great talent to great player. The Bayern match shows he can more than cope with that, so I still have faith that he'll come back to his usual self before long.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Reasons why he's been fucked up so far.

We have put too much pressure on him to become great this season, and he is crumbling under pressure

He still has a nigling injury

He's taking his spot for granted

He's tired from playing every game since preseason.

One of the above

[English Freak 456]

Reasons why he's been fucked up so far.

We have put too much pressure on him to become great this season, and he is crumbling under pressure

He still has a nigling injury

He's taking his spot for granted

He's tired from playing every game since preseason.

One of the above

Hope he gets a rest against either Fulham or Swindon.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Hope he gets a rest against either Fulham or Swindon.

I hope so.

willian can take his place on the left, and kdb on the right with mata in the center.

[TrippingStep 336]

Reasons why he's been fucked up so far.

We have put too much pressure on him to become great this season, and he is crumbling under pressure

He still has a nigling injury

He's taking his spot for granted

He's tired from playing every game since preseason.

One of the above

The fitness.

I think he needs a really specific training programme

I don't know what he's doing but he should stop what he does, it's like he's doing a defender preparation where being strong is the most important thing.

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

The boy had a bad game. He's trying to do too much on his own.

Still one of my favourite players and should start against Fulham.

[Hazardinho 88]

Give this man a free role so he only need to focus on attacking! That's how he ran the show at Lille!

[ChelseasMessiah 304]

Even Messi does not have a free role per se.

The team needs to defend as a unit, so giving players a free role would leave even more gaps for the top sides to exploit.

He's good enough to flourish as is, he just had a bad game.

[Mouri_Matic 560]

Would hate to find out this guy is a one season wonder, please don't do this Hazard.

[English Freak 456]

Even Messi does not have a free role per se.

The team needs to defend as a unit, so giving players a free role would leave even more gaps for the top sides to exploit.

He's good enough to flourish as is, he just had a bad game.

Technically, Barca's style of play gives Messi the freedom to flourish.

At Chelsea, the problem is, we don't really have a style of play yet..and we haven't become a strong unit yet (cause of all the new signings).

Once all the players understand their roles (which will take time), the likes of Mata & Hazard will be able to play their natural game and begin to flourish under Jose.

[Fulham Broadway 16,967]

A lot on here are blaming Hazard's performances. Hazard is an attacker, he is not an attacking midfielder. He is being asked to help out the left back defensively. What a fucking waste of such a brilliant young talent. If he was at United he'd already be one of the world's most feared attackers. Do you think he would have to be helping Evra defend? No, of course not.

[Special Juan 27,512]

At 1-0 he had a great chance when on his left side he decided to lean back instead of getting his body over the ball and hitting across the keeper.

Poor performance for him, needs to pick it up.

[TrippingStep 336]

A lot on here are blaming Hazard's performances. Hazard is an attacker, he is not an attacking midfielder. He is being asked to help out the left back defensively. What a fucking waste of such a brilliant young talent. If he was at United he'd already be one of the world's most feared attackers. Do you think he would have to be helping Evra defend? No, of course not.

I disagree, last year under Benitez, he was working quite a lot, asking the ball quite deep, but the big difference was the system.

At the end, every player knew what they had to do, it didn't always worked but they could rely on a system.

[Fulham Broadway 16,967]

This system has been like a slow death for us. It hasn't worked since Robbie started using it. What is the point of playing a system that, with the full-backs we have been using, means we only have 4 attackers. It is a system that is easy to play against, 2 CB's take care of the 1 striker. The midfield gets flooded to slow the attacking midfielders. These midfielders then start playing too deep and have more players to get through.