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I can agree with the mentality argument to an extent. However I still believe some players are goal scorers and some just aren’t. For example compare Ronaldinho to R9. Both insanely talented yet nobody ever expected Ronaldinho to use his talent to become an elite goal scorers. It’s the Messi/Ronaldo effect that is causing everyone to expect super talented offensive widemen to put up silly numbers.
Hazard has pretty much been a one man attack, under defensive managers for the last five years or something. There’s a stats bomb analysis of him that explains how his combination of deep progressions (bringing the ball out from midfield to attack) and key passes are virtually unmatched in football. Statistically speaking he’s basically playing Xhaka and Özil’s role for Chelsea at the same time. Like I said: one man attack.
Rather than try to get the most out of his ability most of his managers hve instead used him as a cheat code. Playing un-progressive but defensively solid midfields knowing that Hazard will pick up the slack in the final third. Sarri is the first Chelsea manager to insist he may actually keep him away from the deep progressions and focus on his final third play. We shall see.
Also the Sterling comparisons are unfair because City could have about half of the top ten players in the league. And I’m a Sterling fanboy too. As for Neymar his best goal scoring season was when he was basically playing as a glorified Walcott during that treble winning season. The more removed you are from the build up the better your numbers can be.
Hazard has pretty much been a one man attack, under defensive managers for the last five years or something. There’s a stats bomb analysis of him that explains how his combination of deep progressions (bringing the ball out from midfield to attack) and key passes are virtually unmatched in football. Statistically speaking he’s basically playing Xhaka and Özil’s role for Chelsea at the same time. Like I said: one man attack.
Rather than try to get the most out of his ability most of his managers hve instead used him as a cheat code. Playing un-progressive but defensively solid midfields knowing that Hazard will pick up the slack in the final third. Sarri is the first Chelsea manager to insist he may actually keep him away from the deep progressions and focus on his final third play. We shall see.
Also the Sterling comparisons are unfair because City could have about half of the top ten players in the league. And I’m a Sterling fanboy too. As for Neymar his best goal scoring season was when he was basically playing as a glorified Walcott during that treble winning season. The more removed you are from the build up the better your numbers can be.
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