Eden Hazard

[Tomo 21,681]

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[lionsden 4,689]

I allways think your posts make alot of sense,seems like you know what your talking about, so my question is how do you see his evolution the coming years?

He's already on the right path. He's unlikely to become a goal machine as that's just not his game as he doesn't seem to possess the finishing ability and ruthlessness of players like Ronaldo, Bale, Reus, Neymar et al. He should focus on maximising his strength by becoming more creative and for this his decision making,passing (especially diagonal ones) and crossing will have to improve and I could see him evolving into someone like Robben which would put him right in the elite category in the future. He's added the aggression and directness to his game this season which is a big step in the right direction.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I thought he played really well today considering he was a second fullback and rarely saw the ball in attacking areas. He played a much bigger impact in the game than City's star attacking players Aguero and Silva and those guys saw much more of the ball. Scary to imagine the damage he would have done if we dominated possession in advanced areas like City did today.

[xPetrCechx 13,546]

Was really bad till the assist....

lost many balls.

[Daniel1980 1,425]

I thought both Eden and Cesc were completely wasted today doing defensive work most of the time. Why the hell do we choose to play without the ball when we have so many great creative players that are good on the ball?

[Polo7 3,496]

The pass was immense for the goal. Overall I thought he tried to do a little too much at times. Should have passed instead of trying to take on the whole opposition team. One of the better players today though.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

I thought both Eden and Cesc were completely wasted today doing defensive work most of the time. Why the hell we choose to play without the ball when we have so many great creative players that are good on the ball?

Riddle me that. We would have beaten them if we actually came out to play. I'm sure of that. Not from minute one but at least as the game evolved. We couldn't even control the game with 10 men.

[Bir_CFC 3,455]

Was poor first half I thought, but improved in the 2nd half and gorgeous pass for Schurrle.

[borriske 330]

Based on numbers only, his dribbling is probably already (second) best in the world. Take the game today for example, where i considered him to be anonymous for large parts of the game. He still completed 7 dribbles, and during his last 5 matches for chelsea averaged around 6 a game (whoscored). That is insanely high. Players like robben, ronaldo, bale, silva, aguero haven't exceeded 4 or 5 this season. When Di Maria had a wordly against germany, he reached 6. The only one who can present the same numbers is (unsurprisingly) a little argentine by the name of messi.

[MrExcalibur100 7,124]

It's worth pointing out that Hazard was anonymous in parts mostly because of how we set up to play. i.e little to no attacking ambition in the final third. With that taken into consideration, I he played very well with the scraps he fed off of and was brilliant in the counter for the goal.

[robsblubot 3,218]

He was mediocre - needs to improve as he only did something useful once city had 10 players

[Gilvorak 3,734]

So frustrating that we play so defensively with one of the best talents in football. He was completely isolated but was still our best player.

Not sure which was better. The switch of play or the cross.

[iseah100 5,612]

Lol at people saying he was no good. We played defensively, what can he do?

[nono 791]

Kompany had the green light to kick him all game.

[mikeholiday 209]

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...

[meetdoscar 335]

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.

[Special Juan 27,102]

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.

[17. Eden Hazard 30]

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.