iseah100 5,612 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Lol at people saying he was no good. We played defensively, what can he do? blu35_army 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono 791 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Kompany had the green light to kick him all game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeholiday 209 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Anybody see the prematch clip of Hazard and Yaya in the tunnel? where yaya was smacking his head... i found that weird since i dont think theyre buddies at all... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meetdoscar 335 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Obviously hazards best talent is dribbling that's why he focuses on it a lot but a simple pass sometimes is best option something he was reluctant to do in this game (same for willian). I don't want to use the word overhyped but people expect too much from him. He is an excellent dribbler but otherwise a very good player in other abilities(not great). He never shoots despite having the best ability to get into dangerous positions among our team. For me he played very well because I don't overhype him but to those that do he may not have done enough. I love that he never gets injured. With a little more consistency he would do just fine for a 200k a week player may be having 2 very exceptional seasons at an older age but I don't think he is the best at anything among players in the EPL(may be in dribbling he comes really close but not in total skills like Di Maria nor scoring,shooting,assisting) but he will remain among the best though, hopefully consistently and that's ok for me because he cost only 32 million. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special Juan 28,141 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 We didn't exactly play to his strengths yesterday by attacking City. He did enough tracking back and did it well, no need to be harsh on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! 17. Eden Hazard 30 Posted September 22, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hazard - useless performance. Trying to take zabaleta on why he ciuld have passed to csta/willian a number of times. Lost the ball more number of times than torres did in any match I think. Was really bad till the assist....lost many balls.95 % passes completed (team highest), no turnovers, dispossessed only once. Pay attention or don't comment pls.t I don't think he is the best at anything among players in the EPL(may be in dribbling he comes really close but not in total skills like Di Maria nor scoring,shooting,assisting) Yes maybe, just maybe he comes really close in dribbling since he actually got twice the amount of succesful dribbles than the second best player so far this season in the EPL while simultaneously keeping the amount of unsuccesful dribbles low (67% succesful).Also had the highest amount of key passes from open play last season so I think he's pretty good at "assisting". And please define "total skills" lol. mikeholiday, mediator, Mufassir08 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
didierforever 7,349 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 95 % passes completed (team highest), no turnovers, disposessed only once. Pay attention or don't comment pls.another fan boy who dint watch the match, saw the stats and came on to prove the point. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 95 % passes completed (team highest), no turnovers, disposessed only once. Pay attention or don't comment pls.There's something wrong with those stats, because he was dispossessed quite a few times. I don't blame him -- like all of our attackers, he often had little options, since we were sitting in our half -- but he certainly wasn't dispossessed only once. Sometimes stats can be incomplete. xPetrCechx 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! Styles 9,790 Posted September 22, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted September 22, 2014 We need a right-sided AM player that is as good or potentially as good as Hazard. There is a massive gap in quality between Hazard and the likes of Schurrle, Willian, Oscar and Salah and it is apparent in games against elite European teams;the other 4 are basically role players just there to do a job and anything they give us offensively is a bonus.People complaining about Hazard after yesterday make me laugh. We had 40% of the ball and were camped inside our own half for most of the game and yet he still created danger with his dribbling, won free-kicks in dangerous positions and got the assist for our goal with a brilliant pass (his first pass in the build-up to the goal was outstanding too).Another season and most of our attacking threat is carried by Hazard. Without him we'd be nowhere. Stingray, Tomo, Belgiannutt and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 We need a right-sided AM player that is as good or potentially as good as Hazard. There is a massive gap in quality between Hazard and the likes of Schurrle, Willian, Oscar and Salah and it is apparent in games against elite European teams;the other 4 are basically role players just there to do a job and anything they give us offensively is a bonus.People complaining about Hazard after yesterday make me laugh. We had 40% of the ball and were camped inside our own half for most of the game and yet he still created danger with his dribbling, won free-kicks in dangerous positions and got the assist for our goal with a brilliant pass (his first pass in the build-up to the goal was outstanding too).Another season and most of our attacking threat is carried by Hazard. Without him we'd be nowhere.I agree that we have no reason to complain about Hazard's performance, because we played so defensively yesterday, but he's been hardly carrying most of our attacking threat this season, unlike last season. That's an exaggeration. Costa and Fabregas have been doing their share of attacking this season and without them we certainly wouldn't be topping the table now. Hazard has been as important as them, but he's not doing all the work this season. Barbara 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
17. Eden Hazard 30 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 There's something wrong with those stats, because he was dispossessed quite a few times. I don't blame him -- like all of our attackers, he often had little options, since we were sitting in our half -- but he certainly wasn't dispossessed only once. Sometimes stats can be incomplete.Yes stats often don't mean much but there's little to no ambiguity about the ones I posted. Dispossessed in this context means "Being tackled by an opponent without attempting to dribble past them" (Whoscored). He lost the ball a few times when trying to dribble past defenders as well but not an abnormal amount of times. Point is he wasn't wasteful by any means yesterday. Laugh1ngMan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I thought he had a very good game. A close second for our MOTM after Azpi. He carried our attack single-handedly for most of the match. He's miles ahead of all of our AMs in terms of end product. Belgiannutt, DYC. and Stingray 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Styles 9,790 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 I agree that we have no reason to complain about Hazard's performance, because we played so defensively yesterday, but he's been hardly carrying most of our attacking threat this season, unlike last season. That's an exaggeration. Costa and Fabregas have been doing their share of attacking this season and without them we certainly wouldn't be topping the table now. Hazard has been as important as them, but he's not doing all the work this season.Yesterday's performance shows that in the big games that 1) Costa is going to be isolated 2) Fabregas is going to sit deep and play a disciplined role 3) Ramires will play as a defensive winger.Meanwhile Hazard has to carry the ball, be our biggest offensive threat, run the entire length of the field with the ball to relieve pressure...oh and don't forget to cover the fullback (who gives him virtually no support when going forward) when out of possession, thanks. Mufassir08 and DYC. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Yesterday's performance shows that in the big games that 1) Costa is going to be isolated 2) Fabregas is going to sit deep and play a disciplined role 3) Ramires will play as a defensive winger.Meanwhile Hazard has to carry the ball, be our biggest offensive threat, run the entire length of the field with the ball to relieve pressure...oh and don't forget to cover the fullback (who gives him virtually no support when going forward) when out of possession, thanks.Hazard was pretty isolated, like most of our players, and largely ineffective because of our tactics -- we couldn't commit players to support him in attack. That's why our strategy in big games needs to change, IMO. kellzfresh, Barbara and The Skipper 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laeth 527 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Hazard was pretty isolated, like most of our players, and largely ineffective because of our tactics -- we couldn't commit players to support him in attack. That's why our strategy in big games needs to change, IMO. Last season's results in big-games says we really shouldn't change. We had a unbelievable record against our rivals last season, why change? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel1980 1,425 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Last season's results in big-games says we really shouldn't change. We had a unbelievable record against our rivals last season, why change? There's always room for improvement, IMO. I already expressed by opinion on that in Jose's thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laeth 527 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 There's always room for improvement, IMO. I already expressed by opinion on that in Jose's thread.That's fair enough; for me as long as we don't lose away and win at home (against top four anyways), all is well in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchekitchek 37 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Seems like Kompany knows that Hazard hates defenders rushing on him; everytimes Kompany plays with Hazard, he is very aggressive and tough-tackling, instead of being in "anticipation". I really feel that it was kinda the key to stop Chelsea; just constantly make a foul on Hazard to stop the flow of Chelsea attacks by rushing toward him like a rugby player. The difference being that this season, creativity can pass through Fabregas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! remains of the day 564 Posted September 22, 2014 Popular Post! Share Posted September 22, 2014 The comment about Cesc and Costa carrying our attack is interesting - couldn't 'disagree more with it. Sure they've been key players for us but it's hazard that has actually been the catalyst in the majority of our attacks. It was his dribble that opened up the space for our equalizing goal against Burnley; against Leicester we struggled in the opening mins when hazard was largely anonymous but once he grew into the game we immediately became more threatening, exactly the same thing happened against Swansea, and against Schalke and City it was Hazard that created both goals. Cesc and Costa have gotten the headlines but this kid has been a massive influence in our attacks. Laugh1ngMan, The Skipper, Styles and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iseah100 5,612 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Even with the new attacking talents, he is still asked to carry the team. Doing a damn good job this year too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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