Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Mon May 28, 2012 10:01 pm  

Wasn't Hazard the only player other than Messi to score more than 20 and set up more than 20 this year? Or it might have been 15. Either way, for me he is an absolute bona fide stud. Any team that signs him should instantly build around him because he's a future top 5 player in the world. He won't be a Messi, but he'll definitely reach the level of, say, a Kaka in his pomp, IMO. Which is incredibly high praise.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Mon May 28, 2012 10:20 pm  

Wow talk about expectation. With this kid its guna be sky high.

If the lad aint now Messi he might as well go home.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Mon May 28, 2012 10:32 pm  

Ajw71 wrote:

Wow talk about expectation. With this kid its guna be sky high.

If the lad aint now Messi he might as well go home.

Think you're doing him disservice calling him a 'kid'. He's been the best player in France for two years now, he's won everything to win domestically and he's rapidly maturing into a central player that a club can build around. Talent like his doesn't come around often.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Mon May 28, 2012 10:36 pm  

PAUL M wrote:

A lot of Kagawa's stats are from the J league though.

He has maintained his stats in the Bundesliga though. And Hazard's stats are all from France.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue May 29, 2012 4:26 am  

Lord God Jose Mourinho wrote:

He has maintained his stats in the Bundesliga though. And Hazard's stats are all from France.

what's that prove ? so did Didier Drogbas !

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue May 29, 2012 5:47 am  

Wilbred T Pricklepop wrote:

I didn't think ukraine and poland would have alot of money. They're just sh*t eastern european countries that no one gives a f*ck about.

Even for you this is a crass and ridiculous post. All countries have an element of 'scum' as you put it but it's hardly fair to tarnish entire nations because of this. I have visited Poland numerous times and never had a problem. You might want to get yourself a dayrover and get out of leeds for a day believe it or not the world is not full of racist thugs ready to 'do you in'.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue May 29, 2012 6:08 am  

Does this Hazard play a similar role to Mata? i've never seen him play. Didn't they also sign Marin? That's 3 diminutive playmakers in the midfield? Didn't Hazard say he wanted a regular place?

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue May 29, 2012 6:11 am  

Would laugh if this Hazard was the next Kezman, he fancied himself abit too!

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue May 29, 2012 6:22 am  

It's okay, we will sign Nick Powell.

Re: The Football Chat (cont) : Tue May 29, 2012 8:53 am  

United refuse to pay 'silly money', unless of course it's on debt, in which instance it suddenly becomes more than acceptable.
Pay agents' fees for negotiating deals for world class players? Just wrong and endemic of what's wrong in modern-day soccer. Pay your own family for their 'consultancy'? Done. Glazernomics.

PAUL M wrote:

A lot of Kagawa's stats are from the J league though.

35 goals in 54 appearances for his J-League club. 49 Bundesliga games for Dortmund with 21 goals and 13 assists.
German soccer scribe, Raphael Honigstein has said the Kagawa to United transfer is nearly completed with the fee likely to be around £14m rising to £20m.