1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

As it stands, they've paid an absolute fortune for a return of a single goal LOL

lets not become stat merchants now all of a sudden just because Hazard doesnt play for us anymore... His goals and assists was never crazy for us either, yet the impact he made was huge.

Though for RM he has been injured a lot, but hes been good for them, just not great because of certain situations

42 minutes ago, driller97 said:

lets not become stat merchants now all of a sudden just because Hazard doesnt play for us anymore... His goals and assists was never crazy for us either, yet the impact he made was huge.

Though for RM he has been injured a lot, but hes been good for them, just not great because of certain situations

I think I agree with that sentiment .. let’s not disrespect players who have it their all for this club.. the guy carried the club for 2 seasons.. I just feel this talk of us fleecing Madrid and they not getting what they paid for is disrespectful.. we should thank hazard he didn’t throw a for refused to train like the snake and ended up going for 50 mil..  

22 minutes ago, Jangz said:

I think I agree with that sentiment .. let’s not disrespect players who have it their all for this club.. the guy carried the club for 2 seasons.. I just feel this talk of us fleecing Madrid and they not getting what they paid for is disrespectful.. we should thank hazard he didn’t throw a for refused to train like the snake and ended up going for 50 mil..  

You can laugh about it if you think of it like this....we sold RM a Ferrari, but they don't know how to drive it.

1 minute ago, coco said:

You can laugh about it if you think of it like this....we sold RM a Ferrari, but they don't know how to drive it.

Exactly ... no-one is laughing at or disrespecting Hazard ... we're taking the piss out of Real Madrid ! Not sure why people are getting all twisted up about that LOL.

I doubt there is anyone on here who wouldn't take Hazard back into the fold when he's done out there ...

It must have been a transfer ban premium, the club were most likely willing to actually keep Eden for the final year and he wasn't going to throw his toys out to force the move.

1 hour ago, Sexyfootball said:

Exactly ... no-one is laughing at or disrespecting Hazard ... we're taking the piss out of Real Madrid ! Not sure why people are getting all twisted up about that LOL.

I doubt there is anyone on here who wouldn't take Hazard back into the fold when he's done out there ...

I must be the only one then, we had his best years, got the money and moved on. I want frank to mould this young team around them, not an ex Chelsea legend.

Just now, Kev56 said:

I must be the only one then, we had his best years, got the money and moved on. I want frank to mould this young team around them, not an ex Chelsea legend.

Seconded. There would be no way of knowing Hazard would still be at a very high level when his RM has run out. Plus, if the tactics would have to be arranged to suit his play, we may not have the right players, others may have to make way. Remember, as @Kev56 says, we have a very young team. There are no guarantees of course that they all develop as we hope they will, but to throw all that overboard to get a former great back, no thanks. After all, no guarantees from him either.

2 hours ago, Sexyfootball said:

Exactly ... no-one is laughing at or disrespecting Hazard ... we're taking the piss out of Real Madrid ! Not sure why people are getting all twisted up about that LOL.

I doubt there is anyone on here who wouldn't take Hazard back into the fold when he's done out there ...

Jesus not a f**king chance. He was a great player and I love the guy, but he has no business being in our team again. The guy doesn't look after himself enough to have a career into his 30s. 

2 hours ago, Kev56 said:

I must be the only one then, we had his best years, got the money and moved on. I want frank to mould this young team around them, not an ex Chelsea legend.

We got so much out of Hazard, in every possible way...you could say.

But what's insane is that we just secured some key positions and built a team for the next 10 years for only 200m, it's really impressive.

 

Amazing work from Marina!!

I think i really love her.

39 minutes ago, Ballack & Blu said:

I think i really love her.

Me too, but don’t tell my wife 

I feel like she would eat me afterwards. 

 

 

I feel like she would eat me afterwards. 
 
 

Still worth it. Shes hot.

13 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Jesus not a f**king chance. He was a great player and I love the guy, but he has no business being in our team again. The guy doesn't look after himself enough to have a career into his 30s. 

Yeah if we think Kante walsing back in after we done well when he's our was frustrating, imagine tossing Pulisic to the other side where he's not even half as effective to fit Eden back in.

£62m initial fee is incredible. How does she do it?!

Hazard is still a great player, and talent wise he was the greatest Chelsea player we've ever had in my opinion, even though at times I was disappointed he never really hit the next level. At times I felt as though he could've really cemented his place as one of the greatest in the world, up there with Messi and Ronaldo but he didn't really have that drive to score goals and take risks, he would often cruise the game. 

I've said it many times before, and I'll say it again. Madrid was never a good fit for him, especially with Ronaldo gone. They have so many players who can pass a ball, dribble the ball, but not enough players to get on the end of it and score goals from out wide. When I think really, it was Barcelona who he would've fit in with well, I'm really surprised they never felt like grabbing him. 

To be fair to Eden though, before we signed him, he always made it clear that he wanted to play for Madrid, and the Premier League was a stepping stone for him. Whereas Victor Moses, we signed him and he immediately said Chelsea is just a stepping stone for when he goes to Barcelona, completely disrespected the club as we just bought him. 

1 hour ago, Slojo said:

Hazard is still a great player, and talent wise he was the greatest Chelsea player we've ever had in my opinion, even though at times I was disappointed he never really hit the next level. At times I felt as though he could've really cemented his place as one of the greatest in the world, up there with Messi and Ronaldo but he didn't really have that drive to score goals and take risks, he would often cruise the game. 

I've said it many times before, and I'll say it again. Madrid was never a good fit for him, especially with Ronaldo gone. They have so many players who can pass a ball, dribble the ball, but not enough players to get on the end of it and score goals from out wide. When I think really, it was Barcelona who he would've fit in with well, I'm really surprised they never felt like grabbing him. 

To be fair to Eden though, before we signed him, he always made it clear that he wanted to play for Madrid, and the Premier League was a stepping stone for him. Whereas Victor Moses, we signed him and he immediately said Chelsea is just a stepping stone for when he goes to Barcelona, completely disrespected the club as we just bought him. 

We tend to have a culture in the club that makes players grow to love the place, not sure exactly what is in place to create such a feeling, but it's there.

I mean, we even managed to get Anelka to settle down and behave himself 🤣

Edited September 5, 20205 yr by Argo

10 hours ago, Scott said:

I feel like she would eat me afterwards. 

 

 

Luckily i have become impervious to the female of the species, but she can have a nibble, luckily the mrs doesn't read the SE

54 minutes ago, Ballack & Blu said:

Luckily i have become impervious to the female of the species, but she can have a nibble, luckily the mrs doesn't read the SE

Forwarded. She does now. 

50 minutes ago, Kev56 said:

Forwarded. She does now. 

I shall have thee....😎

 

4 hours ago, Argo said:

We tend to have a culture in the club that makes players grow to love the place, not sure exactly what is in place to create such a feeling, but it's there.

I mean, we even managed to get Anelka to settle down and behave himself 🤣

We are THE Chelsea!

What an incredible businesswoman she is. The value she gets for our deadwood players or players that don't live up to expectation is exceptional and the fees we are paying for top, top quality players is frightening. She really does deserve all the praise being turned her way, she's had a massive impact on the way our squad looks. It looks like there's a very joined up relationship there with Frank, Marina, Petr and Roman - how often has all the reports been about our manager being at loggerheads with the club during transfer windows? It's good to see everything working like a well oiled machine for once.

1 hour ago, EdinburghBlue said:

What an incredible businesswoman she is. The value she gets for our deadwood players or players that don't live up to expectation is exceptional and the fees we are paying for top, top quality players is frightening. She really does deserve all the praise being turned her way, she's had a massive impact on the way our squad looks. It looks like there's a very joined up relationship there with Frank, Marina, Petr and Roman - how often has all the reports been about our manager being at loggerheads with the club during transfer windows? It's good to see everything working like a well oiled machine for once.

Hopefully she can move some players out this window as well.

Edited September 7, 20205 yr by Valerie