Bale vs Hazard

chad4401 wrote:yeah right you know damn well post barca any young players that resembles iniesta or messi, etc, in technique gets super hyped, but as usual not expose oneself who is guilty of it with isco for example, can do nothing in particular in a match does couple skills, still get motm, tell me im lying.

post zidanr, any young AM was compared to him. Post ronaldinho any young brazilian was called new roni, post thuram/desailly any new black french CBs were compared to them. You are stating facts that have perpetuated since the beginning of times in any sports lol. Young players get compared to illustrous veterans of they display something in their game that reminds us of those legends. Iniesta is/was a genius dribbler, so isco was naturally compared to him for example. Varane very early displayed a lot of calm and technique, so he was compared to blanc, etc...

So you are lying lol.

Curtinho wrote:

sportsczy wrote:Who's better? Hazard is just far more technically gifted. So i believe in the long run, he will be proven better.

I feel like the biggest myth in football is that being a better dribbler (into nowhere) means you are more technically gifted.

What about passing? Heading? Shooting? Crossing? Tackling? Protecting the ball? There's so much more to technique than just dribbling which again is one of those silly things that needs to be put into context to properly measure anyway.

I would take Bale.

He's not just a better dribbler... better control, better movement in tight spaces, two-footed, better vision, etc.

Don't let this one season fool you. In Mourinho's last season at Madrid, every single player looked like garbage because they were just emotionally destroyed by the man. It didn't mean that their quality went away... they just needed a change of air.

Why would I just judge Hazard based on this one season? Bale was much better than Hazard when they were both in the EPL together...and he still is.

Valkyrja wrote:Neymar and Hazard are both so much better It's not even a contest tbh. They simply have for faces to their games.

Bale is better than Hazard and it's not even a contest. They played in the same league and Hazard has never approached the same level as Bale was in his last season with Tottenham.

Hazard is a great player, but he's also quite overrated.

I just disagree with you.  Bale was always hype in the EPL despite his goals to me.  At Madrid, he's been worse than i actually thought he was, which i didn't think was possible since i intentionally set my expectation extremely low before he came here

He's been good this year, but not great.  Of his 12 goals, 4 were against Rayo, 3 against Deportivo and 2 against Betis...  so it's very deceiving.  HOWEVER, he's been much better than his previous seasons, where he was putrid, so the difference makes him seem better than he actually is.

2015 Fifa Ballon d'Or

8. Hazard
16. Bale

Bale was very good in his first season, but Hazard has always been a superior footballer

If Bale has been bad at Madrid what does that make Hazard with Chelsea?

Hazard was the best player in EPL last season by a mile and has been very good every year since his Lille days.... so yes, 1 year is an aberration in the context of 6 excellent seasons. Bale was good at Tottenham exactly 2 years and was utter garbage at Madrid until this season. So 2 poor seasons, several average ones and 2 good seasons doesn't really give you comfort about anything.

Bale was not very good in his first year. he had a couple of good goals but even in those games he was horrific for the majority of those games. In sum, he had two terrible years at madrid and so far this year better, but I still wouldn't call it great. Again the comparison should be to Neymar and with that comparison it isn't even a close battle. Neymar being third (should have been second) is all the rationale you need. Hazard in the same timeframe as Bale at Madrid had two excellent years and this year, as with the entire Chelsea team has been awful. I write that off to Mourinho. Hazard was considered by many as 2nd or 3rd best player last year. In comparison to Bale, no contest.

Hazard last season was not as good as Bale's last season in the EPL. On top of this Bale was the best player in the EPL over a 3 year span before his move to Real Madrid, where he was decisive in winning trophies (and the biggest trophy of all). His issue was with how the team is set up to service Ronaldo and he was expected to fit into that role (which isn't the type of player he is).

Even in his worst season, which was last year, he was still more productive on a per minute basis than Hazard in his best season for Chelsea.

But yeah, blame Mourinho for Hazard's struggles. Bale is better, and more of an impact player. Hazard would be a better complementary pick up though if you're looking to service a specific player (he would be a great deputy to Bale for example).

Respectively disagree with your opinion. i doubt if you will find any Madrid fans that agree with you.

Curtinho wrote:Hazard last season was not as good as Bale's last season in the EPL. On top of this Bale was the best player in the EPL over a 3 year span before his move to Real Madrid, where he was decisive in winning trophies (and the biggest trophy of all). His issue was with how the team is set up to service Ronaldo and he was expected to fit into that role (which isn't the type of player he is).

Even in his worst season, which was last year, he was still more productive on a per minute basis than Hazard in his best season for Chelsea.

But yeah, blame Mourinho for Hazard's struggles. Bale is better, and more of an impact player. Hazard would be a better complementary pick up though if you're looking to service a specific player (he would be a great deputy to Bale for example).

Mo he wasn't, RVP and Surez were better but Suarez's reputation got in the way. In Bale's final season Suarez was better. Bale was never the best player in the EPL.

Why is Hazard even rated? What has he done to be rated so highly. I dont get it

halamadrid2 wrote:Why is Hazard even rated? What has he done to be rated so highly. I dont get it

Hazard has the same amount of "League Best Player"-titles than Cronaldo, and he just turned 25.

Ronaldo scored as many goals as Hazard when he was 3 years old. Settle down

I'm with Courtinho Bale did more for Tottenham than Hazard has done for Chelsea, the level of Bale was superior imo

and how do you dare compare Hazard with Cronaldo?

Hazard is one of the most hyped players without producing results I've seen in a while tbh. He's a very, very good player but he's not among the top echelon of players IMO despite his fantastic showing last year, which on reflecting really wasn't really THAT impressive when you consider some of the previous winners.

Curtinho wrote:Hazard is one of the most hyped players without producing results I've seen in a while tbh. He's a very, very good player but he's not among the top echelon of players IMO despite his fantastic showing last year, which on reflecting really wasn't really THAT impressive when you consider some of the previous winners.

The problem is that the metric being used here is goals and CR and Messi. I think this has ruined his game. He is more of a mf than a forward and is more like Ribery tbh. he needs to get back to doing what he does best. Now if you are saying he can't be top without goals, I don't know what to say to that.

I don't like Bale he can't dribble and a winger who can't dribble loses much of its danger. In facts Bale always flop in big games. In normal days Hazard is better than Bale.

jibers wrote:

Curtinho wrote:Hazard is one of the most hyped players without producing results I've seen in a while tbh. He's a very, very good player but he's not among the top echelon of players IMO despite his fantastic showing last year, which on reflecting really wasn't really THAT impressive when you consider some of the previous winners.

The problem is that the metric being used here is goals and CR and Messi. I think this has ruined his game. He is more of a mf than a forward and is more like Ribery tbh. he needs to get back to doing what he does best. Now if you are saying he can't be top without goals, I don't know what to say to that.

Hazard is a forward. He's not a midfielder. And he can't carry his team like ribery did

FennecFox7 wrote:

jibers wrote:

Curtinho wrote:Hazard is one of the most hyped players without producing results I've seen in a while tbh. He's a very, very good player but he's not among the top echelon of players IMO despite his fantastic showing last year, which on reflecting really wasn't really THAT impressive when you consider some of the previous winners.

The problem is that the metric being used here is goals and CR and Messi. I think this has ruined his game. He is more of a mf than a forward and is more like Ribery tbh. he needs to get back to doing what he does best. Now if you are saying he can't be top without goals, I don't know what to say to that.

Hazard is a forward. He's not a midfielder. And he can't carry his team like ribery did

Maybe MF isn't the right word, he is more of a creator than a GS if that makes sense. He always moves towrds the ball and his runs aren't very good off the ball. I agree he isn't on Ribery's level but he is a similar kind of player.

when spurs signed bale he was a left back. a lot of people forget that.