Been Waiting For This Moment.. All My Life.. Oh Madrid! - Welcome Eden Hazard

So Neymar takes Bale’s number then?

 

I can’t argue against three champions leagues in a row. I’m not counting but I’m sure we won almost as much as the ‘greatest Barca ever’ of Messi, Xavi, Ineista. At least in trophies that matter, league and European cups. We certainly outdid them to some extent with back to back to back wins.

After that I think it was fair to give Asensio and Isco a shot at becoming a bigger part of the team. They failed at it, and now it is easy to say ‘I knew all along that those players were shit’. When actually they were a big part of something historic. Lucas and Asensio were our super subs. And good at it. Isco came into his own and started running things in our Double winning season. It was only after this that the team as a whole started to play like shit.

 

Like I said I think it was fair to give them a shot. They earned it I think. Never said they were our core players, but they did their job brilliantly for some time. They weren’t always complete shit like some poster was claiming.

 

We can't sell dead weight so it seems. We can sell a usefull Llorente but Isco , LV and Asensio are kept for what ?

 

from CR the greatest athlete ever,first to come to training and last to leave it...to Mariano7 the best first touch in football and fat Hazard

 

Rumors going around that @YOUNGSTARS87 's shit thread title is the reason Hazard had a poor pre-season.

 

Lol, real madrid fans are overdramatic.What fat? Bale did more in attack in those 30 minutes he played? Uhm... No. Hazard is always like this in preseason. I even think he wasn't that bad. It's not like he can help it if Zidane plays him out of his best position. It's been said here before but in the game against roma when vini came on and hazard played as a winger in the second half it was much better.

Also, hazard won't solve everything, the whole team was shit during preseason. There are a lot of issues that won't be solved by buying hazard or pogba or neymar. Buying expensive players won't be the solution.

As for hazard he will be allright when the season starts, quite sure about that.

 

It’s going to be great watching Hazard inevitably make people eat their words as the season progresses.

 

He is gonna bring us the next CL.

 

Agreed.

We need to do more work to get him the ball in a good position.

 

Genuine concerns are one thing but as you said some revels in this, those are the people I’m addressing.

Personally I’m not worried about Hazard, it’s early days, you perfectly highlighted some of the reasons why he hasn’t been great so far, on top of the team overall not finding their feet, when he is actually given the freedom to lead the team and is trusted by his teammate to be that guy ie get him
on the ball often, he’ll shine; of this i have zero doubt, Hazard is an elite talent.

 

We can run the same systems we had with early Ronaldo except that instead of everybody getting out of the way when he gets the ball they have to be making runs into the box; and this stuff is brand new to the players who are used to the old system "pass to Cris and chill."

 

It's so weird, we have two players who are dynamite with the ball at their feet dribbling, and we keep playing the ball into space for them. Ironically, Bale is excellent running into a through ball and he's getting no minutes.

We also seem to love crossing the ball to Benzema who heads the ball like he has a triangle for a head, yet Mariano isn't even called up and he's probably got the best leap and header in the team. I understand preferring some players over others, but minutes to Lucas and how our fullbacks play should mean Mariano, Jovic, and Bale should be options in attack or stop them crossing. Likewise, if we want Hazard and VJ (maybe even Neymar) at their best, play the ball to feet and quit the quick ball up top for them to run into. Benzema chasing a through ball is as sad a sight as Marcelo chasing down a winger breaking though.

 

I get that, it's just ironic that's all. I am 100% behind the personnel change, but it should be a given to adjust playing style to new players no?

 

Having Hazard play with his back mostly to goal should be considered coaching malpractice.

 

Extremely

 

Hazard buys Alejandro Sanz's 11 million mansion in Madrid. Benzema, Raul, Jorge Mendes will be his neighbors.

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Might be an unpopular opinion but man modern architecture is hideous