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Good effort but he'll live off the goal for a few weeks now.Tweet
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Hope he stays fit now for a while (for the sake of our NT)
Good effort but he'll live off the goal for a few weeks now.Tweet
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Hope he stays fit now for a while (for the sake of our NT)
That and the Copa! Only trophies that matter this season
who the feck pissed on your chips?And Lukaku has even more, doesn't exactly say much
even if someone has pissed on chips, you can be sure Lukaku will gladly hoover them up.who the feck pissed on your chips?
I don’t feel sorry for him. Feel sorry for the club and peeved at him. Come to the club fat and unfit twice. When you don’t take fitness seriously, there’s a higher risk of injury, specially with advancing age. Unprofessional twice in two summers.Hobbled off injured again today. I feel really sorry for him tbh, even though it could be argued he is the architect of some of his own downfall.
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I feel sorry for him because, although I don't condone turning up unfit for preseason, he has, to some extent, always done this at Chelsea and he was hardly ever injured for us. These injuries could likely have happened to him, even if he turned up for preseason in tip top shape.I don’t feel sorry for him. Feel sorry for the club and peeved at him. Come to the club fat and unfit twice. When you don’t take fitness seriously, there’s a higher risk of injury, specially with advancing age. Unprofessional twice in two summers.
It sounds to me like he got into a bad habit and now he's suffering the consequences as he grows older and injury resistance decreases.I feel sorry for him because, although I don't condone turning up unfit for preseason, he has, to some extent, always done this at Chelsea and he was hardly ever injured for us. These injuries could likely have happened to him, even if he turned up for preseason in tip top shape.
Not as a rule generally - he was eased in with sub appearances at the start of 18/19 because we had kind fixtures and because he'd logged so many minutes at the World Cup. Perhaps not a coincidence that this was his most productive season.Am I remembering it wrong or was he usually kept out of the Chelsea team the 1st few weeks of the season?
Real Madrid probably didn't take in their account his lack of professionalism when they purchased him.
He has a point though that as you get older you have a higher risk of injuries, and with that a lot of modern players tended to become more disciplined from a health and fitness perspective to count for their ageing bodies. Think Giggs and his yoga to compensate for his hamstrings, or Ronaldo with his personal doctor to look after his knees. Along with his age he's moved to a new training regime and playing a different style of football, all of which will put different pressures on his body. It's plainly immature to just continue what you've always done since you were a kid and hope that it still works out, and unprofessional that when it doesn't work out you continue with an approach that is obviously an additional risk factor in your fitness.I feel sorry for him because, although I don't condone turning up unfit for preseason, he has, to some extent, always done this at Chelsea and he was hardly ever injured for us. These injuries could likely have happened to him, even if he turned up for preseason in tip top shape.
Spot on. My old amateur ass, now 36, can attest to slowing metabolism and more pains in areas I never knew existedHe has a point though that as you get older you have a higher risk of injuries, and with that a lot of modern players tended to become more disciplined from a health and fitness perspective to count for their ageing bodies. Think Giggs and his yoga to compensate for his hamstrings, or Ronaldo with his personal doctor to look after his knees. Along with his age he's moved to a new training regime and playing a different style of football, all of which will put different pressures on his body. It's plainly immature to just continue what you've always done since you were a kid and hope that it still works out, and unprofessional that when it doesn't work out you continue with an approach that is obviously an additional risk factor in your fitness.
He was easily better than most of them it just that he didn't have the consistency to go full season in top form. He was good for like 2-3months then fell of a cliff and was average/decent for most of the season.He was never, at any stage, the best player in the league.
This is a hill I am willing to die on. At no point was he better than other players in the League, even the years Chelsea won the PL.
Joined 2013 season? Left 2019?
Was he better than Bale, Suarez, Aguero, Yaya, Costa, Kante, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Mane, Van Dijk, Salah, Kane, Son etc.
I just never saw it.
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How many appearances did he have against each?!He was easily better than most of them it just that he didn't have the consistency to go full season in top form. He was good for like 2-3months then fell of a cliff and was average/decent for most of the season.
If Chelsea didn't have him i doubt they'd have won some of the title's they have.
His 2014-15 season was world class
Not to mention he was amazing when playing against top english clubs
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I agree. He just never made me say "wow", maybe also because he lacks charisma, personality or simply something unique. At least in my eyes.He was never, at any stage, the best player in the league.
This is a hill I am willing to die on. At no point was he better than other players in the League, even the years Chelsea won the PL.
Joined 2013 season? Left 2019?
Was he better than Bale, Suarez, Aguero, Yaya, Costa, Kante, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Mane, Van Dijk, Salah, Kane, Son etc.
I just never saw it.
I see the similarity but 80% is incredibly generous to Grealish (who is a very good player).——
Funnily enough, the *must have* player who everyone is going gaga over in Jack Grealish is basically Eden Hazard at about 80% of his best during his Chelsea time.
I agree with some of these, He was an attacking number who barely had the numbers to back him up. His goals and assists stats were not eliteHe was never, at any stage, the best player in the league.
This is a hill I am willing to die on. At no point was he better than other players in the League, even the years Chelsea won the PL.
Joined 2013 season? Left 2019?
Was he better than Bale, Suarez, Aguero, Yaya, Costa, Kante, Mahrez, De Bruyne, Mane, Van Dijk, Salah, Kane, Son etc.
I just never saw it.
Who was more "elite" in the prem during Hazard's time?I agree with some of these, He was an attacking number who barely had the numbers to back him up. His goals and assists stats were not elite
Hazard scored more than 15 league goals just twice in his Chelsea career despite being the main penalty taker for the teamWho was more "elite" in the prem during Hazard's time?
We'll have to agree to disagree if you think they were all better than Hazard during his time at Chelsea.Hazard scored more than 15 league goals just twice in his Chelsea career despite being the main penalty taker for the team
If we are to compare other wing forwards in the league like Sterling Salah Mane
In the CL, for example, All his career to date, Hazard had 9 goals (5 of them penalties)