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I have to disagree with you on that. I dont think Fabregas is a poor pick. If you think Hazard will score 40-50 points from pens alone (thats like atleast 6-7 pens), i think Fabregas could aquire atleast 10-12 more assists from setpieces. I see little difference in Fabs/Hazards open play assist potential, but ofcourse Hazard has more goal threat from open play. Fabgreas has some, though. Hes always scored a decent number of goals, and hes pretty streaky.

I cant see Hazard scoring close to 20 goals this season (which is kinda what youre predicting?)

Idk, Hazard just doesnt tempt me as a FPL player. I think the diffrence between the two at the end of the season will be less than 50 points.

Oops meant 200, bloody phone

Fab has never played def mid before though.

Hazard scored 14 last year with only three pens so yeah I think he'll get north of 15 goals this season.

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Fab has never played def mid before though.

Hazard scored 14 last year with only three pens so yeah I think he'll get north of 15 goals this season.

Hes not really playing def mid now either, hes playing centrally alongside Matic. Which allows Fabs to pretty much do what he wants, with a little bit of defensive responsibility. He played very a very similar role in his time at Arsenal, iirc.

I think Hazard is less likely to reproduce last seasons goal tally just because they have Costa this year. Last season he did everything for them. I dont really see the killer instinct in him, yet. He wants everything to just look so good, when a lot of the time, you just have to do the easy thing.

I couldn't disagree with you more. He played no10 with arsenal off rvp.

Hazard is a year older and most young players improve as they get older. I see hazard at least matching last year's total and more than likely smashing it.

I think it is only a matter if time before hazard hits three weeks in a row like Sanchez has just had and everyone will be getting him in but each to their own I guess.

Ps yeah I know fab is not strictly def mid but he has almost zero attacking threat in his current position.

Thought he played more in the double pivot, much like Ramsey does now. Pretty sure of it.

Sure, players improve when they get older and mature. But smashing it? I`d be surprised if he even comes close to his numbers from last season.

I just dont see Hazard beeing able to find that level of consistency. I also disagre with you on zero attacking threat from Fabregas. Regardless of his starting position, he always lurks up the field and wants to be involved in dangerous areas. Just because hes not as agile and good of a dribbler as Hazard, doesnt mean hes not attacking.

3 shots in the box for fab over the last 4 means virtually no goal threat imo. I know stats don't always tell the whole story but that is abysmal.

I also think Sanchez is a better pick anyway, even if he plays wide. He`s just more interested in getting into scoring positions, and has better ability to do so than Hazard.

For me, this is Hazard when he`s on "real form". Playing really well, producing a whole lot of almost. Prime option, for me just not top of the drawer, considering his pricetag.

Sanchez is the same as hazard if played out wide except he doesn't have pens. Both excellent picks in current position but I'd take hazard over Sanchez if Sanchez gets pushed out wide

Sanchez is much more direct. he goes for goal and can score from outside the box.

Except Sanchez used to play striker in Italy, and is much more of a natural finisher than Hazard. He has that ability to drift into those positions that goals often come from, whereas Hazards goals more often than not come from very good attacks/solo runs. And ofcourse the penalties.

Sanchez wasn't getting anywhere near as many chances when playing out wide as he is thtough the middle. I don't think it is any coincidence that he has started to bang them in since the formation change that put him up front?

His stats are up, but not drastically. That could very well just have something to do with the fact that he played a long world cup and was adjusting to a new league/new team. Something thats hes said himself, as well.

When i watched the Swansea game, he was pretty much playing over the entire front line in a free role, from what i could gather.

And like i said, hes much more natural when it comes to scoring goals, and he is much more direct like someone posted above. I`d be surprised if Hazard got half of Sanchez`s goals, if you dont count penalties.

11 goals from play for hazard last season. No way is Sanchez getting 22 if he is playing on the wing

Like ive said many times. Last season was different. Chelsea had literally NO other attacking threat last season. They had Ba, Torres. They never scored. That led Hazard to do a lot of things on his own whereas now he can pass it to Costa who will do much more. IF Hazard scores 15 without penalties, i`ll eat something ugly while thinking of you.

I don't think he will score 15 including penalties.

Haha fair enough.

If anything hazard should score more now as he has someone to play off and someone creative in cm to thread through balls to him. There should be more space now as it will be more difficult for teams to double mark him and still deal with Costa threat and close fab down in cm.

but of course, if he starts banging in the goals... I would get him 🙂

Oh ofc, and completely forget this whole conversation 😀

I mean, Siggy didnt do much against Arsenal either, except that incredible freekick. But i guess thats what he can do, and i kinda knew it. I`ll get rid of that problem after this gw, think im ditching Tadic and upgrading Pellè.

Good moves I reckon

Hmmm, ya. Tadic for me is like another Hazard case. Great stats, still not sure hes the real deal, FPL wise. And Soton`s fixtures are just so disgusting. Actually monitoring Sturridge, if he/Liverpool can put up a single decent performance, im pretty sure im shifting him in.

Tadic had his chance with easy fixtures and didnt deliver. Think its time to get rid alright. Sturridge an interesting differential but will be very hard for him to justify that price tag.

Yeah. I wanted Tadic a couple weeks before his 23 point haul, and after that i just said fk it and got him anyway. It turned out to be a mistake, but im not regretting the transfer. Hes gotta go now though.

Sturridge would be an amazing differential, and hes a proven goal scorer. Thing is, like youve said, hes very expensive and hes playing for a team that absolutely sucks atm. He could be the one to reinvigorate us though. But im definitely waiting for some form from both before i get him.