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Is Eden Hazard The One That Got Away?
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avoidconfusion
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Yes. And in a year we will say the same about Isco.
Newbie first post so be gentle with me guys!
First saw Hazard in the flesh at the CC game at Villa - he didn't exactly shine and I remember thinking that maybe we didn'miss much. How stupid was that. So yes he was one that got away. What worries me is that he's not the only one. If I recall correctly we didn't land Pepe because they were asking £5m more than we were prepared to pay and we backed off Mangala and Fernando at the 11th hour for money reasons also. Sure other clubs are going to ratchet up the cost when we sniff around but maybe that comes with the territory for us now . I think PSG are wanting Mangala now, so the price won't be coming down in the summer. So yes we could do with a Hazard but for me someone to play beside Kompany is a bigger priority. But we should have had him (a CB) by now (and maybe another couple of players) and it worries me that we haven't.
First saw Hazard in the flesh at the CC game at Villa - he didn't exactly shine and I remember thinking that maybe we didn'miss much. How stupid was that. So yes he was one that got away. What worries me is that he's not the only one. If I recall correctly we didn't land Pepe because they were asking £5m more than we were prepared to pay and we backed off Mangala and Fernando at the 11th hour for money reasons also. Sure other clubs are going to ratchet up the cost when we sniff around but maybe that comes with the territory for us now . I think PSG are wanting Mangala now, so the price won't be coming down in the summer. So yes we could do with a Hazard but for me someone to play beside Kompany is a bigger priority. But we should have had him (a CB) by now (and maybe another couple of players) and it worries me that we haven't.
Difficult to see that atm as he is hardly getting playing time.avoidconfusion said:Yes. And in a year we will say the same about Isco.
Gabriel
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When we didn't get him, we turned our attention to Scott Sinclair. Quite a drop off.
Definitely one we should have made a greater effort for. Offers crosses, goals, dribbling, through balls and a great work ethic. If we had him we would create chances galore. Can't get him now though and I would go for Draxler who is another very good AM.
kun
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Several have 'got away' from us since the takeover starting with Berbatov, Terry, Kaka (3 dodged bullets IMO), Villa and Eto'o. Followed by De Rossi, Sanchez, Krasic, Lavezzi, Hazard, De Rossi again, Martinez, Van Persie, Isco, Cavani, Pepe and most recently, Fernando.
The bottom line is, you miss out on players. With Hazard, we didn't want to be held to ransom with ridiculous, extortionate agents fees and bonuses. He may well turn out to be worth it, and probably is right now, but we didn't sign him and we have other players. We have Nasri, Silva, Navas and Milner. We have Aguero, Negredo, Jovetic and Yaya Toure. We have Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Kompany and Hart. Are these the players that got away from Chelsea? or United? or Arsenal? No. They are just our players, and Hazard is Chelsea's player. And until he runs down his contract or becomes available for transfer it will remain that way.
The bottom line is, you miss out on players. With Hazard, we didn't want to be held to ransom with ridiculous, extortionate agents fees and bonuses. He may well turn out to be worth it, and probably is right now, but we didn't sign him and we have other players. We have Nasri, Silva, Navas and Milner. We have Aguero, Negredo, Jovetic and Yaya Toure. We have Zabaleta, Fernandinho, Kompany and Hart. Are these the players that got away from Chelsea? or United? or Arsenal? No. They are just our players, and Hazard is Chelsea's player. And until he runs down his contract or becomes available for transfer it will remain that way.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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I'm hoping that Jovetic will provide what we were expecting from BioHazard. We do need someone who will run at players, beat three in the space of two yards and play someone in. Our game is currently 99% passing and one percent over the massed ranks of oppo defenders, and too often passing to a person sideways, or backwards in an attempt to 'rearrange' the eleven players between us and their goal. The three orthodox ways of getting past - dribbling, passing and over the top - are insufficiently employed, in that we have nobody to utilise the first as BioHazard does for CFC, Messi does for Barca and FakeRon does for Real!
"BioHazard" ha thats somethingDave Ewing's Back 'eader said:I'm hoping that Jovetic will provide what we were expecting from BioHazard. We do need someone who will run at players, beat three in the space of two yards and play someone in. Our game is currently 99% passing and one percent over the massed ranks of oppo defenders, and too often passing to a person sideways, or backwards in an attempt to 'rearrange' the eleven players between us and their goal. The three orthodox ways of getting past - dribbling, passing and over the top - are insufficiently employed, in that we have nobody to utilise the first as BioHazard does for CFC, Messi does for Barca and FakeRon does for Real!
Ducado
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Just what is the point of all this "navel gazing"?
We have lost a game and drawn one, and all of sudden some of us go into a form of deep depression, thinking about what we have missed out on, the mistakes made, it's all in here this weekend.
It's life, you win some you lose some, we sign some good players, we sign some duffers, we miss out on good players, we sign some good players.
We really need to toughen up a bit, and learn to take it on the chin, instead of going from one extreme to another
We have lost a game and drawn one, and all of sudden some of us go into a form of deep depression, thinking about what we have missed out on, the mistakes made, it's all in here this weekend.
It's life, you win some you lose some, we sign some good players, we sign some duffers, we miss out on good players, we sign some good players.
We really need to toughen up a bit, and learn to take it on the chin, instead of going from one extreme to another