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

Those poor performances are tied to said injuries, outside of a few games last year he's been stuck in this cycle of trying to get fit, getting re injured.
Objectively the signing has been terrible so far, i don't think anyone has denied that but it's important to point out why that has been the case something some of you don't want to do.

 

Either way. He is lucky that he has the support of the coach. So he will have a chance to redeem himself and I, despite how harsh i am on him, think that he can and he will. I just don't think he will reach his Chelsea prime performances

 

Maybe, maybe not but i'd reserve judgement until he is fit again.

 

Agreed, i was trying to say the same but i guess my wording was clumsy, but that's what i thought you meant

 

He has had some legit bad luck injuries and then caught covid after a great comeback. Its not even like he is injury prone, he has had no injury troubles before.

This transfer has been a disappointment so far, but we didnt buy a washed up player hiding injury troubles or a player not at the level we expected him to be. He had arguably his best season for Chelsea in his last year there. Hopefully he can be fit again and more importantly confident. We have seen for a few weeks before the PSG injury what he can do for us when he is fit, fearless, and in his groove, we can only hope he gets the chance to get into that rhythm again.

 

I have had no hope for this guy and never saw the player the people here are saying he can be. Not even when he was at Chelsea.

Wish he does prove himself but whatever. This is a write off signing for me that was only made to convince Zidane to come back.

 

I'm talking about people expectations at this very moment, you being a former athlete knows this more than most, when a player is coming back from a major injury ( several in Hazard's case ) it's a bit irrational to expect excellent performances from them right away, Hazard is barely fit enough to play 60 minutes, both he and Zidane understand this.
We're all disappointed with how the transfer panned out so far but we have to be realistic.
if a fit Hazard still isn't performing well then that's another matter.

 

No it is irrational, it doesnt matter how much a player cost, if they're not fit then they're not going to perform at their best, period, they don't cease to be human because they were transferred for more cash.

 

I don't disagree with anything you've said here actually, however the cost should have very little relevance to how we should expect players to perform when they aren't fit.

 

Kaka was once considered the best in the world.
Hazard never reached that level.

 

I just hope he starts playing a bit more direct, way too passive in the few games he’s had. Dude has talent and I’m okay with him losing possession a few times by going at the defense, some of this plays will create something ala Vini.

 

I hope Eden has the best game he ever had so far tomorrow.

 

fair enough, question, do you have a time frame for him to get fit? and what do you define as "fit" how many games in a row does he have to play to be considered fit?

 

Ten games, 60 mins each game...so that Vini can also get decent minutes.
We have to lower our expectations, he is not the talisman we expected, hopefully turns out to be a decent squad player.

 

I'd take Robben when we had him over Eden.
At least Robben doesn't need much time to regain form.