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Dhellake:
He does not need to improve any longer, he's almost as good as Robben

Let's not get ahead of ourselves here. Hazard has a lot to improve on to become a Robben. Robben is what Hazard wants to be firstly, then much more.

Dhellake:
Nateevs, I'm sure you don't want Hazard to be another Robben

What kind of talk is that? What's wrong with Robben?
I want Hazard to be all of Robben and more.

Noah13:
He is a good player and still developing, agreed. But he is 23 and not getting any younger, but the fact that he doesn't shoot or cross the ball at the right time is the problem.
I mean come on he is a winger and has to deliver at least 10 crosses per game.

He is not a pure winger who hugs the line, runs the channels with little or no technique and puts cross after cross in. Hazard is not a Navas or Valencia, Schurrle or Salah. Hazard is an intelligent all round play-maker, depsite playing from the left; a player very capable of playing in the hole behind the striker unlike conventional wingers.

This means that he will, at certain points in the game, attempt to influence the game by coming inside to attempt shooting on goal, taking everyone on by himself or just finding the best positioned player.

There is no "problem" with Hazard. There is only a process. A process of development that includes the belief of being able to do it all by himself.

I ask you again, did you watch Robben at Chelsea?

Noah13:
Hazard has got to work on his finishing. He doesn't cross the ball or pass when he is supposed to, he always want to make sure he dribbles every defender and even the goal-keeper before taking the shot - it's just pointless.

If this guy doesn't improve on his finishing as time goes on, either one of Sallah or Schurrle will have to leave the club and maybe we could get someone like Reus.

It's not pointless. It's called a process. Hazard is 23 and at the stage where he is developing all aspects of his game. And just like he is putting huge efforts in developing his defensive side of his game, he is improving his shooting.

I wonder what people want from him. If Hazard could shoot well, he will be 3rd best player in the world already. It's like y'all want a fantastic player out of the box. No one wants to ride the trying times when he doesn't get all things right.

Everyone wants Robben now but I remember as clear as day when Robben was 22 at Chelsea and was considered very frustrating because he never seemed to know when to pass and never scored enough.

Good run by Shaw.

Come on Palace

Bimfo:
I think City already played Liverpool.. Ended 3-1 in favour of City..

City was home. I said Liverpool and Arsenal away.

AirborneLacer:
We're Chelsea - We're Men.

3points in the bag.

Unto the next one.

Crucial 3 pts in the race. I see City dropping points away to Liverpool and Arsenal. Places where we have picked max points. Those are the crucial games for the title. Especially if we don't drop points against the Leicesters of the league.

Nihilist:
Of course....Bale isnt even better than Ashley Young...

Abi bros. U sef dey see?

coogar:
bale isn't better than di maria.

Hehehe. Of course he isn't.
Bale isn't better than Januzaj sef.

3pts.

AirborneLacer:
That awkward moment when Mikel comes on and the team witnesses a remarkable mental shift.
In our quest to lock up, we only end up conceding late.
Dejavu...
Let's win this, I'd be pissed if it ends a draw.

Hehehehe.
The Mikel Mental Shift.

coogar:
who is benzema?
benzema will not start at old trafford, how's he world class? he's not even village-class. if you are going to use the word loosely then be my guest.

di maria
robben
ribery
ronaldo
silva

are all better than hazard!

azpiculeta is the best chelsea player.

Ronaldo, Robben, Ribery, Bale are all better Di Maria . . .

I can name 3 players better than Di Maria. .

Oh! I already did.
So . . .

AirborneLacer:
Albeit I agree with this I don't think Oscar has done enough today to still be on the pitch.

Willian
in the hole and Ramires down the right woulda made much sense to me.

It makes less sense from the point of view of creativity. Oscar's presence on the pitch is always better than Ramires'



Gooooaaallllllllll

coogar:
if you have 3 players ahead of you in your position then you are not world class. of course, the term world class is constantly abused by the media...but i don't see hazard getting into a 23-man squad of planet earth.

Hehehe. No longer 5. Now it's 3. Go have a lie down mate. I can name 3 strikers better than Benzema. . . .

coogar:
eden hazard is just shyte!
3 players were waiting for his pass there. cheiiiii, babu football intelligence....



i know 5 wingers better than him in europe alone. how is he world class when he has 5 seniors?

How is he not world class because he has '5 seniors' ?

AirborneLacer:
Willian coming on for Ramires.

I don't understand this call.

It should be Oscar.

Why Oscar? Willian will match Ramires' work rate and bring creativity to attack. It's a positive change.

coogar:
he's too inferior to be a world class player. una go wait till he clocks 30 before he wins that ballon d'or y'all are coveting.

Hehehe. He's already a world class player.

I need Hazard to grow the clinical side of his game like yesterday.

AirborneLacer:
Curbing Sterling whilst we have the midfield battle lost?

We ain't losing no midfield battles. Because it's positional issue and not personnel. The DMs just need to be tighter. On the contrary if you give Sterling room to operate, you might as not turn up for the game.

This is how JM is thinking and it's the right call.

We need to make these chances count. We could have put at least 2 more in.

Nihilist:
Abeg move oscar out wide, Fab to 10, and drop Rami to the middle.

Too much space in that centre

Then Sterling will have far more room to operate on our right. Currently, Ram's curbing Sterling.

It does make you wonder why this tech took this long to take off. 2 years ago, that would not have been a goal.

Goaaaallll line tech.

You see, those are the touches Oscar needs to get right. He has to put Haxard through there, rightly.

How did he get that much space?

So Ramires is drafted in to take care of Sterling's pace.

Let's go there.

Keky:
It's not by dribbling 10 players and scoring the occasional penalties. Dribble. Assist. Score. Lift team. Be Sanchez.

And sanchez was doing all this when he was 23 right?

Dhellake:
He looked left just when he was about kicking, and played to the right


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wlab6MRYyo

You can see that he looked left from that video?

Dhellake:
Yeah

No he didn't. I surprised you missed that.

It's over. We could have won it. Hazard missed two clear chances. 5hit happens.