OPEN LETTER TO EDEN HAZARD

Chelsea's Eden Hazard

BY: Kingsley Komla Adom

@kingsley_ komla

Dear Eden,

I sit from my residence here in Accra-nodding my head and tapping my

feet to (       My Time ; Mz Vee ft Lil Shaker ) and then analysing the

Chelsea game! And I have observed many changes to a Chelsea team that

hitherto struggled to score goals the few seasons past.

It has been a refreshing campaign thus far,but there obviously are serious areas of the game that has got to improve.The focus of this letter,is directed at you,Eden.It is unquestionably clear that you are one of the best players around, in this era of the game.

It is equally clear,your potential as a young modern footballer is GROSSE. It is also clear that with time,your game has evolved (defensive duties,added) and it's becoming the more productive.

It again is a fact,that you are one of the key cogs in this Chelsea jigsaw,unlocking defenses,creating something out of nothing for the team,when we seem not to be able to break down stubborn rearguards.

What is boggling my mind momentarily however,is how you try so hard not to match your overall game with the ruthless finishing it deserves.

Many times,you have created goal-scoring opportunities for the team,many times,you have gone past your markers (countless) like they were not there.

Again,many times,you have beaten opponents by a drop of the shoulder

and left many others for dead.The sometimes annoying soccer pundit,Gary Lineker tweeted after

Chelsea's game with Manchester United in October.

"I do love watching Hazard play. Slippery as an eel, an electric eel!— Gary Lineker (@GaryLineker) October 26, 2014

You have also completed 52 + take-ons in the Premier League this season, more than any other player this term,scoring three times  and creating 20 + chances, a huge part of the reason Chelsea are sitting pretty at the top of the table.

You were as of November 12,ranked the PL's greatest dribbler with 5.2 per game this season; and also the most fouled player (3 per game)-football365.com

Everything points to the fact that you are one of the best players around.

What is desperately lacking,Eden,however,I have to say,is your inability to put chances away with the sort of precision you apply to you dribbles.

On many occasions,you have tried to over-complicate things when you could easily,easily,score from close ranges.

My advice : If you're to challenge the Messis,Ronaldos,and co at their game at the moment,and in this era of the game,where it's all goals,goals,goals and goals,that count you among the best, then there's only one thing to do,and it's simple.

Put the chances you create,or other teammates create away with the sort of precision you apply to your dribbles,darts and intelligent play.How do you achieve this? Simple.by doing the simple things.tapping,passing,and stabbing the balls home when you have to,instead of trying the overly complicated

placements,dinks,lobs,rabonnas et al....

Eden,remember,I'm a big fan,but sometimes you annoy me with some of

those things you do,to be truthfully honest.

There have been too many games this season,you could have scored two +

goals,even in the game away at Shalke 04 in midweek game.Had you been

precise in front of goal,you could well have bagged a treble.

I recall the game away at Maribor,and that v Manchester United,and recently WestBrom.Had you taken even 60% of the opportunities you were presented with,you well would have hit 15 + goals by now.

So,as the season grinds into the period,where the real action starts,endeavour to heed my humble advice and be more ruthless in front of goal to make you that complete player you can be,and hopefully challenge Ronaldo,Messi at their game.

Thanks.

Yours truly,happily unhappy fan!

(from my Ashongman residence in Accra-Ghana