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raumdeuter:
Am I saying something bad about any Chelsea player? Actually I am the one defending a Chelsea player Ivanovic and the entire defence here when your fans are screaming for his head

that is what i am saying. U are using Gary Neville's analysis to prove ur point. U nw agree wt hm. Bt, if he anoda analysis in favour of hazard, u wl nw say it is his opinion nd that it doesn't count. U wl then remind us of hw Pele once said a certain player wl b d best in d world and it didn't happen. Why do u nw want me to believe or accept Neville's analysis?

raumdeuter:
Below was Nevilles opinion. He is a professional footballer and defender reputed to be one of the best analysts in England

had it bn dis same person said sumtin gud abt hazard, would u quote it 4 me? Even if i quote it u, wl u agree to it?

AirborneLacer:
My street team would beat that Maccabi side, but then, anything for the three points and morale fix!

did you knw that they are responsible 4 basel nt being in the ucl dis season. They won their league nd cup last season and are unbeaten dis season. Cn u also say that schake 04 can defeated by ur street team?

airmark:
That's the point. You are called a defender because you are expected to face attacks. You are not just in the defence line for window-dressing, Ivanovic was only busy folding his hands at the back avoiding hand ball against crosses into danger zones, even when far away from the box. For the first and the 3rd goal, no one read Naismith's runs in the box. Zouma fixed his eyes only on the ball, stayed freeze rather than trying to thwart Naismith movement, mou needs to talk to everyone in the team.

apart 4rm oscar nd cahill, the rest hv nt bn themselves dis season. Bt, iva has bn d worst.

raumdeuter:
My observation.

1. The ineffective pressing from Costa and Chelsea. Its either you want to press or not. sending one person uptop is a waste of energy. WHat was the coaching instruction on pressing?

2. Barry carried the ball for acres of space unchallenged. Defence doesnt start in your box, Its starts from the top. what were the midfielders doing to allow Barry that much space?

3. Mikel and Matic were wasted by a Naismith move and he approached the defence forcing the entire defence to move out of shape. Naismith move meant Kone, Lukaku Galloway and Naismith faced 3 Chelsea defenders. 2 central and Ivanovic who had to shift his attention to the middle and thus leaving Galloway free. If 2 DM's in Mikel and Matic are going to be wasted in a move then you have more problems to look at

4. Galloway had time to pick the cross because Ivanovic had to attend to the danger in the middle. (A symptom of bigger issues in the build up play

5. Naismith ghosted past 2 Chelsea CB and Matic who has now recovered to score an unchallenged header

WHich of these do you disagree with and how is Ivanovic to blame here

in every match, mistakes must be made by every player. The fact that all of those mistakes do not lead to goals depends on d ability of d opponent and d ability of a teammates to save and cover d mistake, that is how a team work.
Bt, in dis case, ivan has nt tried to cover 4 any1 despite hm being covered by others for 2 gud seasons that he has bn playing that RB position. Abt d everton match; what stops ivan frm trying to block dat cross 4rm galloway?

Hawlahscho:

To all DIEHARD Chelsea fc fans out there.

This is just to remind us that we TheBlues are not supposed to be arguing UNNECESSARILY/BLINDLY with the "enemies" other FCs' fans. It is high time we watched them say whatever they like until they deserve a response while the issue in the team is being fixed.

This is the time to discover the true fans and recognize the 'winning teams supporters'.

Let's all know that life is full of UPs and DOWNs probably we're experiencing our down period now which is not everlasting.

Remember: Nothing, I repeat. Nothing, lasts FOREVER.

#SkyRemainsBlue
#RightToPlay
#GallantBlueSoldiers
#BlueBloodRunsInOurVein



Hawlahscho

true fan. Your head dy dia. Blues 4 life.

All of una wey dy talk all sort of tins abt hazard nw, una go soon swallow una words. Hope u guys knw wat he is capable of wen in form; he is a delight to watch. Well, it is just a matter of time. He has passed through dis situation b4 and he came bk stronger.

barackohandso:
If you truly watched the match from start to finish, then you're not saying the truth. Losing the ball to griezmann once doesn't mean he had a bad game. It took defenders to block his goal bound shot twice (one with a hand sef) to prevent him from scoring and you come here to say he played rubbish just because you want to feel consoled about the rubbish Hazard and Chelsea played yesterday. Having a preference is one thing, lying to prove your point is another

becus he was able to score, nw he played wonderfully. U wl see that neymar took two shots prior to scoring d goal, bt u wl nt c dat of hazard bcus he could nt score. It nw seems to u that hazard played rubbish bcus chelsea did nt win. U guys are always biased, analyse a players game without sentiments.

Chelseafan1:
I'm telling you, maybe Mou is trying to get him to score or get more assists by playing close to goal....abeg, he should free him to play in his preferred position o, that was where he played last season.

thats nt d issue. The issue is that if he remains dia, defenders stay close to hm and try to keep hm away 4 dia box. Then, they reduce d probability of his teammates passing d ball to hm.

Chelseafan1:
My only problem with Hazard is, he no longer stays on that left wing, he's been moving to the middle, he has stopped his dribblings and take ons, now, everyone is calling for his head.

y u are nt seeing him making those dribbles nd runs is becus, teams no longer gv hm d chance to do that, they crowd his route to the box nd stay tight on him. He only gets the ball wen he cums out of his wing and pick d pass. Even if he starts making d run frm midfield, they wl bring hm down b4 he gets to d box. That is d epl for u.

FBS:
we cannot hide from the truth. Hazard has been nothing but rubbish this season and defending the indefensible is nothing but a futile exercise.
Its either the EPL is lacking big time players (cos I just dont understand how he could have won so many awards last season) or me know nothing about football. Personally, I think its the former.

it is nt as if hazard has bn 2 bad like d way u guys are making it look. He created sum chances today, bt they could nt b converted, he took shots, bt they were blocked. I knw that he has nt been playing lyk d hazard we knw, bt he has nt bn shit. It is just that we are losing games nd he has nt gotten a goal and u guys are nw luking 4 ppl to blame. Chelsea hv sum problems, bt they hv also bn unlucky. I stil believe we cn win d title.
Finally, all of una wey dy yarn anyhow abt our players, forgeting wat they did 4 us last season, i wl see wat wl b ur comments wen d boys pick form again nd get bk to winning ways. Though, i still tink mou is fucking iva, fab nd costa's wives.

Ibime:
Based on 4 matches alone, DD became a legend that season. The UCL was the yardstick that season not the league where we performed woefully. Example, someone just said Sturridge was the poor performer, yet he was joint top scorer in the league with Lampard. Lampard also scored 16 goals that season and Mata made 20 assists or so. Yet no one cares what you did in the league that year, Ramires goal vs Barca or DDs header in Bayern would far outweigh any performance over the season.

BTW, Mikel was the best player in the final. That does not stop me calling him crap.

For the last time, Ramires cannot pass the ball anywhere near the standard required from a central midfielder. Posting youtube videos from a season you missed and caught later on highlights only shows that we watch and understand football while you watch highlights

abeg, dnt even call mikel crap oh. Mikel is beta than ramires in every aspect of midfield play. If you call mikel crap, u are calling nigeria nations cup glory in 2013 crap. How cn u call one of our best players in 2012 a crap.

Ibime:
Ask around, I have pinpointed how rubbish Ramires is since 2010. At a time I was one of a very few number of ninjas on this thread who understood the function of a central midfielder and how Ramires was not fulfilling that function.

That 2012 season you are talking about, Ramires took the central midfield to 6th in the league table. The big performances you refer to against Barca and Napoli, he played right-back and left-wing respectively. He was a woeful central midfielder then, as he is now. Nothing changed. Me and FBS were the only ninjas speaking against Ramires then when unseasoned football watchers thought he was the best thing since sliced bread. Now 99% of Chelsea fans concur that he is crap, even his greatest supporter dyabman.

It's the same with Oscar. The faults in his game are the same in 2012 as in 2015 ie wayward touch, poor vision and little possession continuity. His strengths are also the same ie great cross and great shot. The same shot he used against Juve to make unseasoned football watchers hanker after a "return to the form of 2012". He was still playing the same nonsense in 2012 that he is playing today.

if you say oscar lacked possession continuity, wayward touches, u just can't say oscar lacks vision. That is a lie. Oscar used to be a very intelligent player in 2012/2013. That is one of the reasons that make me to like him as a player. The kind of brilliance nd experienced he played wt was above his age that made me nickname hm small bt mighty (odi mkpum mkpu n'eme ire). Oscar on his day wl retain possession very wel, make incisive passes nd a very good marker. Have u easily forgotten the "mazacar" mata, hazard, oscar combination that was deadly even without a good striker. Chelsea were unbeaten until they were robbed by man utd. Those boys played very attractive football wt possession, which mikel was d master of our midfield then under di matteo. That was because d owner of chelsea said he wanted his club team to play like barcelona. Abeg, respect oscar. I know d oscar i watched in his first season.

Genea:
awwwwwn so sorry

just help me to thank God.

Genea:
She was Just Walking with Her Sister...There was a Spark(High Tension Wire) from one of the Poles infront of the Entrance of where she was Headed ..... It Fell on Her.....She got Electrocuted ..... We Rushed her to the Medical Centre.... Minutes Later she was Pronounced Dead....

A Lot of things have been going thru my Mind....
1.U don't know ur Dying Day
2.Live Every Moment Like its ur Last...Buh don't Live Fast.....Live Right
I've never been dis Touched in my whole Life....It could have been anybody....Even my Sister or Something......
I got into d Emergency Room..... Lo n Behold She was Lying Cold n Dead..... I almost Fell down .....What a Life.....Just Like Dat....The Agony n Pain emanating from her Younger Sister Killed me Slowly
My Brothers and Sisters abeg Death is REAL..... if i neva believed .....Today is a Wake up Call for ME/YOU....
My Name is ..... abeg if i have Wronged u in anyway Please n Please Forgive Me...... LIFE is TOO SHORT.....
,
Rip Oluchi Acct 300l....Heaven Couldn't wait for U...#BrokenInside#WhataLife#Numb

Remembering that this same thing happened to my mother few weeks ago and she only sustained a minor burn makes me wonder the kind of love God has for my family. Imagine, i would have been motherless by now. Chai! GOD I THANK YOU. I glorify ur Holy Name.

donjazet:
Its not as easy as you think!!! Hunger alone cannot equate success!! Ask Rooney.

When a player changes his playing position, he adapts to his new habitat and reversing it is difficult.
Mind you, Azpi was NOT alternating the positions!! He was permanently at left back for TWO years.

Another point is this, wen we bought azpi, he wasn't an established player. He was a potential talent which we have successfully harvested and utilized and now he has grown into a role which is as a right-footed defensive left back.
In summary: CHELSEA NEEDS A RIGHT BACK BEFORE 12AM 2MORO.

stop saying all dis tins. Azpi was moved 4rm RB to Lb and he adapted immediately. Then talk about his natural position. It is even easier, cus he is right footed. No struggle at all.

Ibime:
I still reserve judgement on Depay but yet to see anything to dissuade me from my impressions about him which I gave when he was signed. I just don't like wingers who don't seem comfortable at interchanging with teammates.

thats just d guy's problem. He does nt do wel in build up play. He just wants to receive the ball and take shots. Thats all about his game.

Nihilist:
Well I have to disagree with my man Nateevs on quite a few points.

1. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having a core squad. Barcelona for example have almost no bench at all(Relatively speaking). That hasn't stopped them from winning the quintuple.City, Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool also had their very predictable squads week in,week out.Let's not forget that this same 'threadbare' Chelsea squad won the double almost too easily last season.

In fact, it was only Terry, Ivanovic and Hazard that played every league game of last season. Costa was out for a few. Oscar very rarely finished games. Zouma and RLC got several chances to impress, and some other youngsters got chances to play in the last few games of the season. So I think that 'playing the players into the ground' is not to blame here.

2. So what is to blame? I remember when I did that analysis of the game versus City and it became immediately apparent that there was a big gap between Midfield and Defence. That gap there in my opinion is the problem. And that Gap is a as a result of a slight change in system.

Jose clearly is still not convinced on the best position for Fabregas. Fabregas plays best(Offensively) in the Pivot, but is a defensive liability. When Jose tries to push him into the hole, he becomes ineffective. Oscar manages to bring out the best in Fab by tracking back, whilst still doing a job upfront. Willian also tracks back, but is clearly ineffective up top..

3. The fullback situation. Jose mostly played Terry in defence. If you have 2 fullbacks bombing forward, you expose Terry's lack of pace to pacy counter attackers. Hence, Jose attacks with one FB to offer some relatively decent protection. That being said, Iva is rinsed each game and Jose has clearly looked to rectify that. Our last two games(v Westbrom and Palace) Azpi has been the more attacking fullback and Ivan's runs down the right have clearly been reined in. If you have the chance, look up the average position for Azpi and Iva over the last two games and you will see that Azpi has been in more advanced positions. That being said, Hazard created the most chances in the league last season, and he is joint 2nd for chance creation this season, despite the relative lack of support.

4. Last season Fabregas was the most dribbled past player in the Chelsea squad, and the Matic-Fab pivot was the most dribbled past combination in the league. Fabregas's propensity to go missing defensively, and Matic's over aggressive defensive play(Most tackles in the league) were mitigated against by a relatively weak league opposition. This season we're playing against some significantly upgraded teams. Against Swansea, we faced up against Jonjo Shelvey(2nd Most created chances in the league this season ), Cabaye(Cabaye lol) and the (Yaya toure/Silva/Aguero). We've also played 2 of our last 4 games with 10 men. So it's not as bad as it actually looks.

We've conceded 23 chances from the right flank(Highest in the league so far) so Yes Ivanovic has to go. But we've also conceded 17 chances from central areas(the 5th worst in the league). We also recorded the joint highest number of defensive errors in the league.

There is already a replacement ready for Iva, so thats a minor problem. That Midfield though is a big big big problem. And in my opinion is the main reason for our loss of form, and not because anybody has been played into the ground.

this is the best analysis i hv read. I like dis. What i am sure of is that we nid more players in our defence totally and midfield to bring strong nd healthy competition.

lordfalcao:
i dont know if they are just plastics fans that only wants success without hard times... Or just this our nigeria. Mentality

i honestly do nt undastd them.

Mourinholic:
We will be back,we trust the players....That's how the scummies ended up 7th with no European Football for a year and 2 years without trophies

wich yr was dat?

nateevs:
What you are failing to take into account is that while we were "winning" last season, some of us were quick to point out the papering over the cracks. The true state of events was that we were only grinding out results. Some of us were quick to say that JM was heading down a very dangerous path, encouraging a system of untouchables AGAIN and playing a first 11 into the ground.

He plays with a small squad and keeps only a few fringe players as back up because he is afraid to experiment. His cautious methods are very successful, no doubt but I have never been shy to point out the potential huge flaws to his methods.

You see, Jose's methods are very effective but only for the first two seasons at any club. If Jose has to stay longer at than 3 seasons at any club and he doesn't spend hugely, the flaws in his methods will be exposed on a grand scale.

Jose plays only a few players into the ground season after season. Jose ignores the injection of healthy competition. Jose does not build a dynasty when he doesn't introduce young players in the unnecessary games. Jose is afraid to experiment. He picks one way of winning and sticks with it. If that method is found out, as it has been now, he will struggle.

That horrible form carried on into the pre-season. I remember stating my displeasure at our play and especially method of attack and predicted that we will have problems this season.






Barely four games in and the cracks have appeared seriously. You only needed to have seen the games.




Granted, there are management induced problems Jose has to contend with. There are many other problems that are predominantly Jose induced. Sold Bertrand and bought Filipe Luis. Failed to play Luis. Sold him back. Now he's gone out and bought Rahman yet still plays with Azpi at LB. Why? Why would a top European team, for 3 seasons, insist on playing football without an attacking left back, constantly leaving Hazard alone to do it all by himself? . Why so conservative?

Last season, he was telling the press, "My Ramires is back" Ramires?

Persists with Iva at RB when people like Ibime and I have been shouting for a better part of 3 seasons how much of a liability Iva is.

He will never play a young player in the League for 90 mins. My point - if RLC is not good enough to play alongside other good Chelsea players, against Watford, then screw it. Close down the academy and send all the boys to other teams who need them. This will normally be the side JM leans on; Oh! I don't want to give up a possible 3 points from a mistake by a young player.

However in stark contrast to this belief, Chelsea trailing 1-2 to Crystal Palace, he throws in RLC and Kennedy to salvage a point. It doesn't make any sense. How does he expect them to salvage anything? Especially when you didn't give these players 90 mins in preseason, didn't pick any of them for the community shield, wouldn't give them game time against the weak teams in the league. All of a sudden he wants them to be heroes.

It's a classic case of someone who only becomes inventive when their back is against the wall. Example, when all defenders were out and he had to rely on Tomas Kalas for 90 mins against top flying Liverpool. The boy gave a wonderful account of himself and almost scored a wonderful goal on his league debut. Where's Kalas now?

If he groomed Kalas with 60 mins here and 45 mins there, surely we won't be begging Everton with £40m for an average John Stones. If Nathan Ake had been allowed 30 mins here and there, surely we will have enough depth to prevent a possible shell out of £70m on Pogba.


In fact make I just stop, I have 3 seasons worth of complaints. I no get time.

that iva's part is d one dat annoys me most. Right 4rm d day 1 he started playing RB, he was messing up defensively. Then he was lucky cahill nd terry was covering 4 hm.
Wel, you made sense. The issue nw is that jose is going to stay 4 sum long dis tym around. I tink he wl have to learn d new way. I stil believe in his dynamism.

The problem i hv wt sum chelsea fans on dis forum is the way they forget so easily like the israelites. These guys played dia best last season and won us the league losing only twice prior to securing d title and all of a sudden now, u guys no longer believe in dia talents and ability.
One tin we shld undastd is that you cannot always win. This is the premier league wia anytin is possible. I still have faith that we wl retain dis title. Relax guys, the chelsea u knw wl return, the chelsea dat shld nt be underestimated. My beloveth club that always spring up surprises wen no believe in them. That is the reason i love d club so much. One tin is sure, "we will be back to winning ways"

Greatihex:
‘My first thought is to Palace,’ began Mourinho. ‘They came with everything, their team was ready, their players were ready and they came with a fantastic spirit. They were lucky but they deserved the luck, they fought a lot for that.
‘Secondly my team, I think we deserved more. I am not saying we deserved to win because it is not true, but we deserved more than the result we got.
‘And my third thought is the referee made a big mistake, a clear penalty [not given] for the foul on Zouma with the score 0-0. In the game for me it looked clear and at half-time I watched it on television and it was a clear penalty, unless the pundits who can see the red cards for John Terry and Thibaut Courtois see it differently from me.
‘But I prefer to go in this order and when I say Crystal Palace first it is because they are the most important thing [regarding the result].’
Mourinho was not happy that a lack of good individual displays made it difficult for the team to do well overall…
‘That is the way you work during the week, to perform collectively and to do that you need individual performances. At this level, when opponents are good and well-organised, with good spirit and nothing to lose, you need people to perform. I cannot say I had 11 players performing at the same time.
‘Two or three of them were far from good and I blame myself for keeping one of them on for 90 minutes.’
The manager shared views on Kenedy’s debut as a second-half substitute and Falcao’s headed goal…
‘Cesar Azpilicueta was fantastic but I took him off because I wanted to give more depth to the side and to play without a left-back and with a kid going forward like Kenedy did. He is a good personality and this is what we needed at the time. Kenedy was responsible for an improvement in the team.
‘Falcao’s goal means nothing for the team but for his personal confidence it is good and he is fine. From his reaction after the goal you could see his happiness because he has come from a difficult period.’
It is now a fortnight before the next game with little chance to work with the squad at Cobham due to internationals, but changes to the side are not out of the question…
‘If a player is not performing there are two ways of looking at it. One is I trust so much the player I am going to wait for an improvement, and maybe it comes and maybe it doesn’t. Or even trusting the player, there arrives a moment when you think you have to change.
‘We have eight points less than the leader and in another league I would say game over because in these leagues for top teams it is very difficult to lose so many points. In the Premier League I don’t say game over.
‘The reality is we had a bad start, four points from four matches is a very bad start.’
Mourinho does not see sudden activity in the remaining few days of the transfer window as a solution…
‘I don’t like that. I gave my club the reports of the season and projection on 24 April and don’t think now that I am going to say I want this, this and that. We have to do better, me and the players.’ - Jose Mourinho

with these statement, mou have confirmed that ivan has wasted all his chances and have lost d manager's trust.

‘My first thought is to Palace,’ began Mourinho. ‘They came with everything, their team was ready, their players were ready and they came with a fantastic spirit. They were lucky but they deserved the luck, they fought a lot for that.
‘Secondly my team, I think we deserved more. I am not saying we deserved to win because it is not true, but we deserved more than the result we got.
‘And my third thought is the referee made a big mistake, a clear penalty [not given] for the foul on Zouma with the score 0-0. In the game for me it looked clear and at half-time I watched it on television and it was a clear penalty, unless the pundits who can see the red cards for John Terry and Thibaut Courtois see it differently from me.
‘But I prefer to go in this order and when I say Crystal Palace first it is because they are the most important thing [regarding the result].’
Mourinho was not happy that a lack of good individual displays made it difficult for the team to do well overall…
‘That is the way you work during the week, to perform collectively and to do that you need individual performances. At this level, when opponents are good and well-organised, with good spirit and nothing to lose, you need people to perform. I cannot say I had 11 players performing at the same time.
‘Two or three of them were far from good and I blame myself for keeping one of them on for 90 minutes.’
The manager shared views on Kenedy’s debut as a second-half substitute and Falcao’s headed goal…
‘Cesar Azpilicueta was fantastic but I took him off because I wanted to give more depth to the side and to play without a left-back and with a kid going forward like Kenedy did. He is a good personality and this is what we needed at the time. Kenedy was responsible for an improvement in the team.
‘Falcao’s goal means nothing for the team but for his personal confidence it is good and he is fine. From his reaction after the goal you could see his happiness because he has come from a difficult period.’
It is now a fortnight before the next game with little chance to work with the squad at Cobham due to internationals, but changes to the side are not out of the question…
‘If a player is not performing there are two ways of looking at it. One is I trust so much the player I am going to wait for an improvement, and maybe it comes and maybe it doesn’t. Or even trusting the player, there arrives a moment when you think you have to change.
‘We have eight points less than the leader and in another league I would say game over because in these leagues for top teams it is very difficult to lose so many points. In the Premier League I don’t say game over.
‘The reality is we had a bad start, four points from four matches is a very bad start.’
Mourinho does not see sudden activity in the remaining few days of the transfer window as a solution…
‘I don’t like that. I gave my club the reports of the season and projection on 24 April and don’t think now that I am going to say I want this, this and that. We have to do better, me and the players.’ - Jose Mourinho

tess1:
"When i made third change, i realised i needed the fourth" The clueless one

Indirectly blaming FA/FIFA for not making it four subs in a match.

We need to appeal to FA/FIFA to increase subs per match to four for Mourinho`s sake.

he was indirectly saying that ivanovic is done and wl nt start again. He was referring to iva.

If mou starts ivanovic in our next match, i am going to have a very serious problem wt him as a coach. He will hv to tel me wat iva gave to him. Look at mou of all people that does nt take shit 4rm players.

chrisley024:
who has been better between Hazard and Montero? Be honest.

montero has bn beta. Bt, that does nt mean he is a beta player. Consistency is d key. There are players that have bn beta dn messi in d first week. It doesn't make them a beta player than messi.

SailorXY:
So what has Hidden done so far?

watch football wt open mind if you actually do. Though hazard has nt reached his normal level, bt that does nt mean he has been bad. He has created alot of chances. He even created d most chances against west brom. You are waiting for hazard to score a goal to see wat he has done. Even the montero that has played very wel so and has no goal, what are u using to rate him then?

amodu:
Under Andre Villa Boas when we possess MAZACAR as well as very offensive and he wasn't saddled with defensive responsibilities, what was his return?

"won ki afoju oni ohun sun igba ti o sun kilo ri" (a blind fellow is been greeted but claims to be sleeping, what does he see while awake?)

I won't buy the excuse of having to track back because virtually majority of wingers do that nowadays.

He just needs to improve his decision making and goal scoring abilities.

hazard never played under AVB.

Ibime:
I thought I was the only one who thought the same thing.

I have never seen him control the game as a conventional midfielder. I have seen him dribbling and shooting from the left-wing, right-wing and attacking positions but I have never seen anything to show me he can play effectively in a pivot. His ball retention/recycling and possession control leaves a lot to be desired.

exactly wat i hv bn telin my 5rnds.

SailorXY:
Hidden has been poor, he hasn't done better than Januzaj.

doing beta is it scoring goal? I am just tired of all dis football fans that dnt knw hw to watch football. Who cn also tel me that januzaj has played beta than montero dis season just bcus of a goal. Learn to watch football.

Evry player excels wt space. Bt, hazard plays both wt space nd without space.

amodu:
Hazard excel where there is space because of his quick and incisive dribbling skills and his highest number of successful take-ons was on the flank.

And Hazard is not the only player playing below par this season which Mourinho also testify to.