Debate : Building the team around EH10 ? If yes, how ?

[Barbara 15,149]

In my opinion the team is already pretty much built around Eden, he is the player with the most freedom to express theirselves in the team.

Like I disagreed with someone else in another thread, I'll disagree with you. The team isn't remotely close built around him imo. For me, having a team built around a player means two things: 1) he has total freedom; 2) his teammates seek him all the time. Eden takes matters into his hands many times, but he still has defensive responsibilities and Mourinho keeps demanding it from him - and when he fails, Mourinho points it out.

He doesn't receive the ball enough to have the team around him. When a team is built around a player, his teammates seek him out. It happened with Mata here, it happens with Ronaldo, with Messi, Neymar (for Brazil).

He sometimes carries the team and he's the brilliant player in this squad, but I can't for one second say the team is already built around him. I think it will in the future - but José won't do it until he's consistent enough and we have balance enough elsewhere - but I don't see it now. I see him being the player that makes a difference. But then again, so do Costa and Fàbregas.

Also I feel Fàbregas right now controls our performances more than Hazard does. It has nothing to do with controlling tempo, but controlling the performances. If he's playing well, we mostly do play well as a team, if he isn't, we don't. And that's when Hazard has come to rescue a few times. I'm in no way implying the team is built around Cesc - it isn't - but our quality definitely has been. More often than not when a team is built around a player, it becomes dependable on that player. So many times when that player doesn't have a good day, the whole team feels it and many times struggles. Of course RM and Barça have many other resources, but you can say that when Ronaldo or Messi have bad days in the office, their performance isn't anywhere close to the norm, unless some other player in the squad really shines. In that sense - collectively - I feel Chelsea are more dependable on Cesc than on Hazard right now.

[lionsden 4,689]

You build the around 1) The most important player in your team, II) The most productive and consistent player. Hazard doesn't qualify under this terms. The team should be built around one of Costa, or Fabregas

[kellzfresh 7,229]

Costa is consistently banging goals, can't be ignored.

Fabregas is having the most touches in the team and completed passes stats are high.

When things are not going smoothly, then hazard takes matters into his hands at times.

The team is built around Hazard, fabregas and Costa imo

[lionsden 4,689]

Costa is consistently banging goals, can't be ignored.

Fabregas is having the most touches in the team and completed passes stats are high.

When things are not going smoothly, then hazard takes matters into his hands at times.

The team is built around Hazard, fabregas and Costa imo

I agree mostly with this. You build the team around your matchwinner(s)

[Styles 9,790]

Building the team around any one player (however good they are) is a recipe for disaster.* We need players who can operate within an overall team game and that can carry their own weight playing both sides of the game (defensively and in attack). If a player needs special treatment from the manager / team and requires too many adjustments to be made for him then he's more of a hindrance than a bonus.

Team > individual

*For example, the idea that the team is or should be built around Fabregas - a guy who can be easily nullified by a Fellaini - doesn't sit well with me.

[the wes 7,212]

this team will win chelsea the CL

[chelseafc9010 224]

this team will win chelsea the CL

Hate the back line. It should be Luis, Cahill, Ivan and Azpi.

[tiby2979 175]

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Without Sergio Aguero's goals this season, Manchester City would be 11th in the Premier League table.

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For those of you asking. Without Diego Costa's goals this season, Chelsea would be 2nd in the Premier League table.

We scored 28 goals by 12 different players.

IMO, Costa, Hazard and Fabregas highlight because of their skills, not because the team is built around them. The team isn't built around anybody.

[BlueLyon 9,359]

The only thing that worries me is that Cesc is being invisible in big games, therefore I dont see him as matchwinner like Lamps was...and it could be concern because Cesc is one of key players now and wonder how will his performances affect our team in big CL games.

[illmatic 901]

this team will win chelsea the CL

Sorry, I cant control me, imagine this.