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Eden Hazard
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) was joined by comedian Ali Woods to look back at the best and worst moments of a rollercoaster season with the annual United Hour Awards.
Has Ten Hag been sacked yet? We're not sure and we hope not, but it's looking more likely as the days pass.
Who should replace him and why is it taking so long to make a decision?
What a player
We need a player that can do that.
You beauty 
Best player in the leaugue.
Well we have Martial, we also have Sanchez, we also have Rashford, and Lingard. Who needs someone like Hazard? *cries*
Why should we?Remember when Jose fell out with him
Best player in the league. No doubt about it. Wished Sanchez can do half what Hazard doing.
It's funny how much we bend over for players and agents these days...big mistake not paying what was needed to get this guy.
Wasted like 5-6 years of his career under managers with no interest or ability to help him improve. If only Sarri got his hands on him in 2012...
Something about those who forget history being doomed to repeat it, I suppose.
We were warned about the third season meltdown and the core temperature is rising.
If only Jose got his way and they binned him.
So, are you starting to believe he's good enough for us? He'd have been an amazing signing. My only worry is that he's so similar to Isco.
What if hazard & isc0 played the 2 Cam way that Pep has silva & De bryune playing?
Dunno, is there a formation we can fit them both in along with Kroos and Modric? That would be a bit overkill I think.
Well besides all the likely superlatives to be said about Hazard, it strikes me that he really seems to love his job and having a lot of fun lately. He seemed to have had the time of his life with our national team at the world cup.
Lately he seems to be just scoring goals "out of the blue". Against Schotland he had a pretty goal too which tottaly surprised everyone, just a whole class apart compared to the rest on the pitch that day basicly.
Lately he seems to be just scoring goals "out of the blue". Against Schotland he had a pretty goal too which tottaly surprised everyone, just a whole class apart compared to the rest on the pitch that day basicly.
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Went from being the root of all Chelsea's ills to their footballing God in a short space of time corresponding with a manager shift or two. Sounds familiar
What a load of bollox...Hazard false 9?
Not really but I do remember the last time he won PFA player of the season, in 2014/15.Remember when Jose fell out with him
Except that it's not. Di Matteo, Benitez, Mourinho, Hiddink, Conte, Wilmots, Martinez
That is a long list of either very inept or very defensive thinking managers.
Of course he's good enough for us, i never said otherwise. What i said is that he would not improve us enough to justify his cost, even more so when you consider the possible emergence of Asensio and Isco, the work on the stadium, and the apparent need to save up the money to go after Mbappé
I think Hazard might actually turn into everything we'd need him to be this season thanks to Sarri. If he doesn't sign a new contract, that'd be perfect for us. If not, peace.
The time to sign him was 2014 or 2015
Still stings not getting him in 2012.
Watch him score 35 goals this season, then we can have this discussion
Again. Bollox. There’s a bunch of good managers on that list, who have all got good performances out of top attacking players. You win feck all without scoring goals.
Both us and Chelsea could have had very different years trajectory if he had moved for the other direction.
Imagine mentioning Hiddink as a very defensive thinking manager.
A discussion about a footballer coming into his prime at 27 years old? Sure. It won’t be very long though.Watch him score 35 goals this season, then we can have this discussion
Had that same impression he's really enjoying playing football most of the times I saw him. I remember seeing a qualification game some time ago where Belgium was totally hammering some minnow, and he was still fired up and just kept going at them.
Hazard doing Hazard sort of stuff shocker. If you aren't or haven't ever been aware of how frighteningly good he is on his day then you are watching the wrong sport.
Having said that, the term 'consistently' is used very inconsistently when it comes to discussing players. Hazard is unstoppable on his day (as he's shown tonight) but I hope he does it more often because quite frankly it is a joy to watch.
Having said that, the term 'consistently' is used very inconsistently when it comes to discussing players. Hazard is unstoppable on his day (as he's shown tonight) but I hope he does it more often because quite frankly it is a joy to watch.
Seriously, on that list is no one who you would call a very good attacking manager. He needed a specific possession football guy to develop him like Sarri or Pep. Klopp is an attacking manager, but would not have been the perfect fit for Hazard.
Heh. He IS 27 uh? Ok, you were right
But i still want to stand by that post, Sarri would have turned him into Messi if he got him at 21, damnit
What even is this logic?
A player isn't better because he's won trophies, that's a team achievement. Hazard didn't win those cups on his own. It's like saying Gabriel Jesus is better than Kane because the former has won the league, it's just silly.
Ills in what sense?
"Wasted years of his career." Feck me!
Won PL titles, FA Cups, player of the year award, voted in the world XI. Wasted, yeah.
Won PL titles, FA Cups, player of the year award, voted in the world XI. Wasted, yeah.
No, what he needed was a teacher type capable of getting into his head and improve his mentality, specifically one who could convince him to either look at the goal more, or become more incisive with his passing. And stop being so in love with dribbling for the sake of it.
Of those 5 managers, Di Matteo was Di Matteo, Benitez had him for half a season, and is famously poor at man management, Mourinho and Conte got what they needed and thus didn't much care about it, on top of not being the nurturing types, and Hiddink had him for half a season in which he was injured for most of it.
@Pogue Mahone makes a good point about him entering his prime now. But i still think a guy like Sarri, Guardiola, Klopp, Zeman, etc, could have gotten more out of him earlier. The impression i always got from Hazard was a player who was satisfied with what he was. What kept him from -not quite challenging Messi/Cris, but at least coming close, the way Neymar did- was motivation
Only Mourinho and Conte were there long enough and both denied him certain freedoms.
I should say though we played some good football under Benitez. I was actually surprised.
I should say though we played some good football under Benitez. I was actually surprised.
The word i was going for was development"Wasted years of his career." Feck me!
Won PL titles, FA Cups, player of the year award, voted in the world XI. Wasted, yeah.
It was a stupid post, i admit it
Somehow, this thread makes me happy. Can't put my finger on.