October
04

Monitor – Eden Hazard

Filed under: Members - Posted by: Mark

Eden Hazard was a Fantasy force of nature in the opening weeks of the season. The Belgian simply swept through defences with pace and trickery that tempted tackles and earned him a string of early assists. Huge Fantasy investment followed, making him the most sought after player in both the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) and Sky Sports games in the opening fortnight.

Since then, however, Hazard has dwindled as a source of points. Three consecutive blanks have offered scant reward for his investors and with the likes of Gareth Bale and Santi Cazorla now tempting acquisitions, Hazard’s owners are contemplating the merits of holding firm for a run of testing fixtures to come.

In this latest members article, we examine Hazard’s statistics over the opening three weeks and run a comparison with his recent form for both goal threat and creativity. Crucially, we also focus on Chelsea as a whole in an attempt to identify why the Belgian has declined and whether this indicates an immediate concern for his frustrated Fantasy owners…

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608 Responses to “Monitor – Eden Hazard”


  1. October 4 at 7:40 pm

    Wild Rover says:

    Poor from Caulker and Dawson…

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  2. October 4 at 7:40 pm

    SUPERMAN says:

    New post
    http://www.fantasyfootballscou.....ameweek-7/

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  3. October 4 at 7:40 pm

    mutatedllama says:

    Who to bench this gw?

    Hazard Kagawa Fellaini Barfa Sterling
    Tevez Graham Ba

    Cheers lads!

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    1. October 4 at 7:46 pm

      pinkfish says:

      Sterling
      Ba

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  4. October 4 at 7:40 pm

    Dr. Ex: Managing Genoa CFC says:

    Townsend on for Lennon.

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  5. October 4 at 7:42 pm

    Count Of Monte Hristo - Heisenberg 1 Gus Fring 0 says:

    Pick 2 midfielders to have from this lot

    a) Nolan

    b) HBA

    c) Gervinho

    d) Jarvis

    e) Ramirez

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    1. October 4 at 7:43 pm

      Evs says:

      C)

      B)

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      1. October 4 at 7:45 pm

        pinkfish says:

        Not Frey Bentos

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    2. October 4 at 11:44 pm

      bdaomz says:

      C and E

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  6. October 4 at 7:47 pm

    SuperGrover says:

    “Hazard was rested to the bench for Tuesday’s Champions League tie, handed a late second half sub role to keep him fresh for the Canaries clash”

    Really? That is why he was benched? The logic is that De Mateo is benching his best players for UCL matches to ensure they are fresh for home clashes against Norwich?

    Yeah, not buying.

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  7. October 4 at 7:47 pm

    dileno says:

    Hey fellas, who would you captain?

    Hazard, Michu, Barfa, Tevez
    Sahin, Cazorla, Fletcher

    Cheers.

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    1. October 5 at 9:34 am

      tjostolv says:

      I will captain hazard. Norwich are very poor defensively

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  8. October 4 at 8:45 pm

    mrdaykerry says:

    I have 3 forwards and 2 slots available, who should I field?

    Ba, Fletcher, Jelavic

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    1. October 4 at 8:45 pm

      Evs says:

      Why do you only have 2 slots available?

      Problem with your web browser ?!

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      1. October 4 at 9:07 pm

        mrdaykerry says:

        Thanks for the input

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  9. October 4 at 8:48 pm

    Cubillas says:

    Any concerns that the three EPL teams, ‘pool, Spurs and Newcastle, playing Europa today, Thursday, may rest some of their players for the upcoming EPL matches?

    I would suspect that there may be some disappointed EPL managers when their players don’t get in or, worse, make short cameo appearances on the weekend.

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  10. October 4 at 10:21 pm

    bank1881 says:

    what do you guys think of my eleven for the weekend

    baines coleman verthongen
    dyer bale michu pieenar
    defoe(c) mirallas ramirez

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  11. October 4 at 10:21 pm

    tadtman says:

    Hey guys,

    A little new to this, but I wanted some advice on who to bring on this week. I am trying to decide between finally bringing on Leighton Baines, a different goalie or trying to snag a forward so I can play a 3-4-3 instead of a 3-5-2 (which I’m currently using). I have 3.5 in the bank so I have some room to work with, I can also risk it and save my FT. Any advice would be greatly appreciated…my team is below:

    Schwarzer (Rudd)
    McAuley Cole Reid (Clyne, Pearce)
    Bale Hazard Santi Cazorla Michu Noble
    Torres Fletcher (Pogrebnyak)

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    1. October 4 at 11:26 pm

      shamerock robin says:

      Wildcard

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    2. October 5 at 11:09 am

      jonqwe says:

      I have a feeling Matta is going to be a high scorer this week, but I don’t want to sell santi Carzola to bring him in. Any thoughts?

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  12. October 5 at 9:18 am

    saggzz says:

    time to play the wildcard?? any thots people??

    my team that has been firing blanks the past 3 weeks

    vorm
    clyne/verm/mcauley
    santi/hazard/yaya/michu
    rvp/lambert/fletcher

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    1. October 5 at 2:53 pm

      kokotkoCZ says:

      I think too soon for WC in GW 7….maybe GW 10-12

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  13. October 5 at 2:52 pm

    kokotkoCZ says:

    here is my team:
    Foster-Federici
    Ivanovič-Lescott-Rafael-Demel-clyne
    Kagawa-Hazard-Guthrie-Fellaini-Michu
    Tevéz-Podolski-Berbatov

    I want to give max 4 points for this gameweek
    out:Podolski/Berbatov/Kagawa/Lescott???
    in:Suaréz,Mata,Bale???
    have 1,4 in bank

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  14. October 5 at 5:36 pm

    MRalham says:

    pliz help me MATA or Hazard or BOTH?..coz recently mata is on form

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  15. October 6 at 10:56 am

    Soggysock says:

    Is EVERYONE bringing in Hazard? Thoughts on Mata instead?

    Cheers boys

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