Eden Hazard

[Neville Kneville]

You'll have to excuse me for skipping all this. This discussion was getting a little monotonous and if you're going to throw an essay at me on top of that then you're pushing your luck a tad bit much.

No problem & very understandable.

You are so far up your own arse it must take quite an effort to come out.

 

[BlueAnorak]

I'm fine if we can't sign Hazard for contractual and other issues that come with a big transfer.

But if one's the type to claim that Mahrez > Hazard when the latter is possible to get, then I'm afraid one is nothing but a quintessential idiot.

Again, fortunately Mr. Pep and the actual decision makers aren't so thick enough so obviously tried for Hazard first, until finding out it can't happen and hence moving on to Mahrez AFTER that. There is a God.

Just checking but did you vote Remain?

 

[Cityisland]

Isn't a tad and a bit the same thing?

Lol! I had this conversation the other day. Basically saying a bit bit.

 

[BlueMedic]

We don’t need Hazard, we have Sané! Younger, faster, getting better all the time, one assist behind KDB FFS!

But we clearly do need an attacker. Currently we have Sterling/Bernardo RW (and I don't particularly like Bernardo as a winger as is, most of us expected he'd be a Silva/KDB rotator), and Sane/..... on the LW. I.e. 2 natural wide men in the squad, that simply isn't enough and we've been "lucky" to get no real injury issues with them this season.

The options are someone who'll be an understudy to Sane/Sterling, which seems highly unlikely given their ages. And we've seen what Pep/Khaldoon have said, we're looking at 1-2 transfers, players who'll improve the team - not squad fillers. Or get someone of a very high level to compete with the guys we currently have.

Not saying we need Hazard in particular, but saying the argument that we don't need him because we have Sane is a flawed one.

 

[mosssideblue]

No problem & very understandable.

You are so far up your own arse it must take quite an effort to come out.

I shouldn't, but that made me chortle

 

[ak93city]

No problem & very understandable.

You are so far up your own arse it must take quite an effort to come out.

Effort and application do need to be incentivized with future reward, which I'd certainly struggle to get from your essay.

 

[Andrew___K]

"As investigated by an episode of Three Minute Myths earlier in the season, Hazard’s production has been consistent in both 2016/17 and 2017/18."

"Hazard’s expected goal contribution is actually higher this season than last. His xG90 has increased to 0.25 from 0.21 and his xG90 assisted is now 0.29 compared to 0.22 during the title-winning campaign.
Despite having started matches in slightly different positions to 2016/17, his output – what he actually does – is extraordinarily similar stylistically."

"In 2016/17 Hazard’s xG90 and xG90 assisted accounted for around 28 per cent of Chelsea’s overall xG. In the first half of 2017/18, this was following a similar pattern, only a little higher at 30 per cent.

After the New Year, this shot up. Driven mainly by an increase in his xG assisted, he was contributing nearly 43 per cent of Chelsea’s xG90 from January onwards.
Because of this increase in xG assisted – it almost doubled – Hazard’s personal emphasis also changed.
Almost as soon as the Big Ben gongs brought in 2018, he moved from a player characterised by their personal shot quality to someone characterised by the chance quality they’re setting up for others."

"Forty-three per cent of a team’s xG output is an awful lot for one single player to be contributing. It plays into the perception that an opposing side only needs to stop Hazard in order to stop Chelsea."

https://www.footballwhispers.com/blog/have-chelsea-become-too-reliant-on-hazard

 

[CityInWashingtonState]

"As investigated by an episode of Three Minute Myths earlier in the season, Hazard’s production has been consistent in both 2016/17 and 2017/18."

"Hazard’s expected goal contribution is actually higher this season than last. His xG90 has increased to 0.25 from 0.21 and his xG90 assisted is now 0.29 compared to 0.22 during the title-winning campaign.
Despite having started matches in slightly different positions to 2016/17, his output – what he actually does – is extraordinarily similar stylistically."

"In 2016/17 Hazard’s xG90 and xG90 assisted accounted for around 28 per cent of Chelsea’s overall xG. In the first half of 2017/18, this was following a similar pattern, only a little higher at 30 per cent.

After the New Year, this shot up. Driven mainly by an increase in his xG assisted, he was contributing nearly 43 per cent of Chelsea’s xG90 from January onwards.
Because of this increase in xG assisted – it almost doubled – Hazard’s personal emphasis also changed.
Almost as soon as the Big Ben gongs brought in 2018, he moved from a player characterised by their personal shot quality to someone characterised by the chance quality they’re setting up for others."

"Forty-three per cent of a team’s xG output is an awful lot for one single player to be contributing. It plays into the perception that an opposing side only needs to stop Hazard in order to stop Chelsea."

https://www.footballwhispers.com/blog/have-chelsea-become-too-reliant-on-hazard

At times last year watching Chelsea, it seemed as if their plan was to shore up defense, pass it to Hazard and let him do whatever he wants on the pitch. Worked out OK a lot of the time.

 

[Divino da Guia]

Lets be honest folks, this guy would be balon d'or contender playing for City.

 

[shak]

Lets be honest folks, this guy would be balon d'or contender playing for City.

Are you kidding? We could sign a player who scored over 100 goals in a single season and still not win the balon d'or.