Pastore adds one goal, Hazard adds one assist.
Hazard was better today however. Pastore missed most of what he tried and made bad choices.
Hazard was his usual dominant self even though he still hasn't hit his peak form.
Pastore adds one goal, Hazard adds one assist.
Hazard was better today however. Pastore missed most of what he tried and made bad choices.
Hazard was his usual dominant self even though he still hasn't hit his peak form.
So Pastore missed most of what he did...he still scored the game winner, hit the post once and should have drawn a penalty kick. Pastore may not look as dominant as Hazard but he's an absolute game breaker.
Absolutely.
Still in the first games, you felt he always took the right decision. Not yesterday. And that does speak a lot about his talent that he could have scored 2 or 3.
Interesting stats :
Hazard has played the last 77 Lille league games.
He's had a hand (of foot really) in 7 ot the last 9 Lille goals. That's not counting the penalty he drew against OM and one assist that the league keeps on not giving him (Cole's goal).
At half time, Auxerre leads 1-0 against Lille at home and looks like a good bet for 3 points with Hazard on the bench.
Bad news, Hazard comes in at half time.
The wonderkid takes over the game, Lille dominates completely, and Hazard delivers a nice assist to Payet for the tie.
Cole comes in, makes a nice one two with the best L1 player, shoots, goalie stops, Jelen pushes it in. Hazard with a "secondary" assist. Lille will score on a penalty at the 90th.
3-1 Lille with Hazard once again showing his magic.
At half time, Auxerre leads 1-0 against Lille at home and looks like a good bet for 3 points with Hazard on the bench.
Bad news, Hazard comes in at half time.
The wonderkid takes over the game, Lille dominates completely, and Hazard delivers a nice assist to Payet for the tie.
Cole comes in, makes a nice one two with the best L1 player, shoots, goalie stops, Jelen pushes it in. Hazard with a "secondary" assist. Lille will score on a penalty at the 90th.
3-1 Lille with Hazard once again showing his magic.
Bottom line: Lille are ****ed when Hazard (and potentially Cole) leaves at the end of the year. Eden was equally impressive for Belgium in the Euro qualifying () campaign.
Chelsea must get this guy. They pretty much passed on Aguero and that's going to bite us in the ass, Hazard cannot be taken lightly.
Both guys had weak outings, especially Pastore who seems to be exhausted these last few games.
Hazard was invisible in the first half tonight, played much better in the second, but wasn't at his best.
Don't really follow L1 religiously but I've been looking out for Cole this season... and its lovely to see him doing the business.
I was so happy when we signed him only to see what happened... happen. The guy is real quality and if he doesn't do it at Anfield, I'd love to see him tear it up somewhere else.
Franlky, even though he's not at his best level, I've been completely amazed at his turnaround.
When Lille loaned him, I thought they were crazy. To me, he was done.
Well, he surely plays well. ot overwhelming, but he's decisive in front of the net, which is huge. And he shows tremendous enthousiasm.
Bottom line: Lille are ****ed when Hazard (and potentially Cole) leaves at the end of the year. Eden was equally impressive for Belgium in the Euro qualifying () campaign.
Chelsea must get this guy. They pretty much passed on Aguero and that's going to bite us in the ass, Hazard cannot be taken lightly.
Pretty weak outings for both players.
Hazard had one dangerous play in the whole game and that was easily his worst game of the season.
Pastore also had a weak game, but ended up with one goal (nice outside footed shot), so this week's game is for him.
How has Niang looked? Can't watch on tv and only have stats to go by. Started 6 times and came off the bench 4 times in Caens 12 league matches so far. Only made it 90 minutes once and has been subbed off pretty early in all the other starts. 1 goal and 1 assist.
How has Niang looked? Can't watch on tv and only have stats to go by. Started 6 times and came off the bench 4 times in Caens 12 league matches so far. Only made it 90 minutes once and has been subbed off pretty early in all the other starts. 1 goal and 1 assist.
Fantastic. He's the real deal. Dumas doesn't want to rush him, but anytime he needs a goal late in a game, he sends Niang. He knows he's special.
It's not only about the goal scoring, he works hard, and is very talented with the ball in his feet.
The other day he was on the right side against two Dmen. Remember this is a 16 year old extremely tall guy we're talking about. Well, he made an elastico and humiliated his defenseman. The second reached out and got enough of the ball to put it away, but it was almost a magical moment there.
This Niang is something.
Sakho wasn't that impressive against Bordeaux, poor first touch on few occasions, not the best passing, wondering out of position a bit too much and wasn't it him who lost the header to Gouffran, which lead to goal.
Pretty good game otherwise, and that Sirigu save looked great in slowmo replay: shot heading into to a top corner, but he gets a strong hand into the ball just in time and manages to steer it over.
Sakho is coming off injury and has been solid but not much else in the first games back. I'm not worried, he'll come back to his usual level soon.
It was Tiene who lost the header to Gouffran, though the main problem on the goal wasn't that header but the 30 meters given to Tremoulinas who's a clinic for this type of cross. PSG was simply awful in that game, but collectively and individually.
Sirigu has been amazing in net. He isn't very impressive in the air and usually stays deep in net, but he's made some incredible saves there.
One guy who's coming back very well from a long term injury is Gourcuff. He hadn't played in 6 months and he has looked very sharp in the games he's played since his comeback.
He's made passes that only him can make (and think), and that means he might just come back to his previous level.
For an example, see Briand's goal against Lille and Gourcuff's assist.
Watched the Lyon-Toulouse match and a few questions came to mind.
I don't have much insight to what makes a good /great goalkeeper, but I wondered why this Ahamada youngster seems to have won the starting job for Toulouse, permanently now, it seems. He and the team have good stats, but I just don't see anything special in him, even for his age.
I mean, Yohann Pele was good (if not very good) a couple of seasons ago, and now he hasn't played a league match in over a season. These are supposed to be his prime years, I can't imagine him being happy to be a bench warmer for the rest of his career. Basically career over at 28?
And wasn't Remy supposed to be at least a starter in Ligue1 by his current age. These two guys can't be on such low salaries (at least by Toulouse's standards) that they will be worth sitting on the bench for the next four seasons until their contracts run out.
I know there are some recent examples (Charles Itandje, who was a regular starter until 25) who went from a established Ligue 1 starter to a bench warmer and derailed career, so maybe Pele and Remy are now facing a similar faith.
If anyone has seen any recent interviews from/on them or how the situation got into this, I appreaciate any relevant info.
Watched the Lyon-Toulouse match and a few questions came to mind.
I don't have much insight to what makes a good /great goalkeeper, but I wondered why this Ahamada youngster seems to have won the starting job for Toulouse, permanently now, it seems. He and the team have good stats, but I just don't see anything special in him, even for his age.
I mean, Yohann Pele was good (if not very good) a couple of seasons ago, and now he hasn't played a league match in over a season. These are supposed to be his prime years, I can't imagine him being happy to be a bench warmer for the rest of his career. Basically career over at 28?
And wasn't Remy supposed to be at least a starter in Ligue1 by his current age. These two guys can't be on such low salaries (at least by Toulouse's standards) that they will be worth sitting on the bench for the next four seasons until their contracts run out.
I know there are some recent examples (Charles Itandje, who was a regular starter until 25) who went from a established Ligue 1 starter to a bench warmer and derailed career, so maybe Pele and Remy are now facing a similar faith.
If anyone has seen any recent interviews from/on them or how the situation got into this, I appreaciate any relevant info.
Pele unfortunately has a career threatning injury.
He is waiting for his latest medical report before retiring...
As for Rémy, yeah I've always thought he was good, sometimes great. But I don't think he's worked hard enough in practice beecause he is usually good in matches but doesn't impress his successive managers.
Ahamada was simply awful yesterday, but his start of the season was tremendous.
With goalies, it's really hard because part is talent, but a huge part is opportunity/confidence.
A guy like Costil was arguably the best goalie of his generation at age 17. Then, he sucked big time and his first pro games were simply AWFUL. He was loaned and didn't play well, and then was dumped by Caen. A few years later, he's L2's best goalie, he signs with Rennes, and except for a couple of shaky games, he's been among the top 5 goalies in L1.
Pele unfortunately has a career threatning injury.
He is waiting for his latest medical report before retiring...
As for Rémy, yeah I've always thought he was good, sometimes great. But I don't think he's worked hard enough in practice beecause he is usually good in matches but doesn't impress his successive managers.
Ahamada was simply awful yesterday, but his start of the season was tremendous.
With goalies, it's really hard because part is talent, but a huge part is opportunity/confidence.
A guy like Costil was arguably the best goalie of his generation at age 17. Then, he sucked big time and his first pro games were simply AWFUL. He was loaned and didn't play well, and then was dumped by Caen. A few years later, he's L2's best goalie, he signs with Rennes, and except for a couple of shaky games, he's been among the top 5 goalies in L1.
Thanks for the Pele info, I had somehow missed it. If I understood it right, the injury is some sort of blood cot in lungs, which sounds threatening indeed. Didn't follow Toulouse that much last season.
As for the positives from yesterday, I thought Sissoko was good and influental, willing runner and taking people on, even though I'd like him to bulk a bit more still.
Sissoko is really underused I think. Most of the time, he's played on the right side, etc...
Sissoko and Capoue should both be in the middle with a creative player in front.
The thing is, Toulouse is exactly the contrary of creative. And you can't expect Sissoko to be, he has other qualities.
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