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3peat posted:cant they play Lukaku and Origi at the same time?
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I keep reading these news stories that are all 'Wilmots doesn't know what he's doing he can't even pick his best striker, plus they keep scoring after 70 mins/with subs'. Well, idk about you guys but I think this is a thing called 'squad depth' and 'being able to put on actual good subs instead of shithouse bastards like half the teams in the competition'. Just a thought. Thanks sports media. Though maybe it would be a good idea to score earlier and take advantage of that 'double points for goals scored in the first half' rule that everyone seems to think exists, I guess.
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Vando posted:I keep reading these news stories that are all 'Wilmots doesn't know what he's doing he can't even pick his best striker, plus they keep scoring after 70 mins/with subs'. Well, idk about you guys but I think this is a thing called 'squad depth' and 'being able to put on actual good subs instead of shithouse bastards like half the teams in the competition'. Just a thought. Thanks sports media. Going to extra time tires your team more than finishing it off in the 90. So, there is an advantage to that. The way the tournament is going though every game will go to extra time, and by the final everyone will be running in sand.
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Vando posted:I keep reading these news stories that are all 'Wilmots doesn't know what he's doing he can't even pick his best striker, plus they keep scoring after 70 mins/with subs'. Well, idk about you guys but I think this is a thing called 'squad depth' and 'being able to put on actual good subs instead of shithouse bastards like half the teams in the competition'. Just a thought. Thanks sports media. Then again, I doubt that's actually the point many sports journalists are making because sports journalists are generally idiots.
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Did Belgend die? Re: Wilmots: I think all his team selections are defensible/explainable and the 4-3-3 tactic is sound and fits the players we have. Us not winning more convincgly against really defensive teams like Algeria and Russia isn't that surprising since even Germany, France and Argentina struggle against teams like that. We have a great defensive record and we always create enough chances, just the finishing is often bad (and that's not Wilmots' fault). Fair enough about Lukaku, but I still think they share the blame for his matches this world cup and I'm just not convined that sticking to one proven strategy that has given us way more success than any other in the last 25 years is a bad thing. In the end, the results are all that counts and the results have been great. He's obviously not the type of manager that plans the whole offense tactically (defensively I think his guidelines are pretty solid), but I can't fault his mental coaching and our attacking players are good enough to benefit from the freedom he gives them. I also can't really think of somebody who would certainly do better and would want the job.
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I think Hazard and De Bruyne don't really play together too well, you can see them giving each other bitch faces after every bad shot or failed dribble. They also play rather similarly where they both try to take on their defenders at almost every opportunity, luckily they both defend rather well so it's not a total disaster and the team creates enough chances.
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Jul 2, 2014 19:04
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Walh Hara posted:Did Belgend die?
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emanresu tnuocca posted:I think Hazard and De Bruyne don't really play together too well, you can see them giving each other bitch faces after every bad shot or failed dribble. They also play rather similarly where they both try to take on their defenders at almost every opportunity, luckily they both defend rather well so it's not a total disaster and the team creates enough chances. They're really different players though. Hazard likes having the ball himself while De Bruyne likes passing it around. Should work well together.
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Jul 2, 2014 19:06
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It's goddamn ridiculous how in only a couple of years we went from tying with loving Azerbaijan to becoming, as of yesterday, one of the best teams in the world.
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It's a strategy that started years ago centered around finding very young talents in Belgian clubs and encouraging them. Now we are seeing the results. And it's probably only the beginning.
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:It's a strategy that started years ago centered around finding very young talents in Belgian clubs and encouraging them. Now we are seeing the results. And it's probably only the beginning. tbh we've had that pool of talent for about 4-6 years now as a result of this programme, but they never seemed to play together effectively as a team until the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup. I do agree that this system is at last producing results, and it's interesting that some other countries are doing it too, e.g. Switzerland has been trying something similar, but it's a pity for them that their potential player base is limited by their population.
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CSM posted:It's goddamn ridiculous how in only a couple of years we went from tying with loving Azerbaijan to becoming, as of yesterday, one of the best teams in the world. lol edging out loving algeria, south korea, russia, and america
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Sorry, friend. You seem to be mistaking this for the Bad Thread for Idiot Fuckers, when it's actually the thread for cool and good posts in support of the Belgian team. Please take your bad posts and *motions towards the door of the thread*
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the jizz taxi posted:tbh we've had that pool of talent for about 4-6 years now as a result of this programme, but they never seemed to play together effectively as a team until the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup. I do agree that this system is at last producing results, and it's interesting that some other countries are doing it too, e.g. Switzerland has been trying something similar, but it's a pity for them that their potential player base is limited by their population. Well, Belgium has a small population as well... Switzerland has 8 million and Belgium 11 so that's fairly close.
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spankmeister posted:Well, Belgium has a small population as well... Huh. You're right. Why did I think there were only like 5 million Swiss?
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Uruguay are like 3.5 mil, and they are constantly good...
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Mister Blueberry posted:Uruguay are like 3.5 mil, and they are constantly good... That's because they eat people to consume their powers
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Mister Blueberry posted:Uruguay are like 3.5 mil, and they are constantly good... Constantly good? They finished fourth in 2010 but missed three out of four World Cups before that.
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Bobby Digital posted:Constantly good? They finished fourth in 2010 but missed three out of four World Cups before that. Failed to qualify after losing a playoff to Australia, big time fail
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This article has been posted before but it's a good read about the reasons for our golden generation. http://grantland.com/features/world-cup-2014-belgian-national-team-vincent-kompany-eden-hazard-marouane-fellaini/Borsche69 posted:lol edging out loving algeria, south korea, russia, and america Well, which teams did your country's football team beat recently? Unless you're Costa Rican, which I doubt, it's probably not that impressive either.
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The Thai albino porcupine has eaten: (That little guy is my favorite Paul knock-off  )
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Kurtofan posted:(That little guy is my favorite Paul knock-off Kevin de bruine WKavia is the best.
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Walh Hara posted:This article has been posted before but it's a good read about the reasons for our golden generation. http://grantland.com/features/world-cup-2014-belgian-national-team-vincent-kompany-eden-hazard-marouane-fellaini/ Thanks I enjoyed this. I lived in Belgium for a year when I was a kid and we'd always support Belgium back then in the WC (before the US qualified). Hell, I want them to win it this year.
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what's up with Fellaini and his disgusting hair. is it still acceptable in europe to look that way
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Go Belgium! Lionel Messi will be the best player on the field, but after that the next three or four players might all be Belgian.
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Ginette Reno posted:what's up with Fellaini and his disgusting hair. is it still acceptable in europe to look that way Fellaini's hair rules and is the second best afro at the World Cup after Carlos Sanchez's 70s style short 'fro
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CSM posted:Quite funny to call a team poo poo that won its three games. Something which only three other countries did. Inside every single one of those doors was a helpless baby.
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Ginette Reno posted:what's up with Fellaini and his disgusting hair. is it still acceptable in europe to look that way Um are you seriously saying that it's not acceptable for an African persyn to have a natural African hairstyle? I can't believe am reading such opinions in 2014, disgusting.
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Fellaini washes his hair often, this info is from a source close to the team in Brasil.
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Fellaini's a regular at the hipster bar I used to work at. He's a good lad, enjoys a pint of Amstel, hustling his smaller-afro'd brother at pool and bigging up moyes for sticking by him. Good tipper too, hope he scores a poo poo header against the argies.
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World Cup 2014 05/7 MDT - The Belgians who stare at Argies
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Surfer Rosa Parks posted:Fellaini's a regular at the hipster bar I used to work at. He's a good lad, enjoys a pint of Amstel, hustling his smaller-afro'd brother at pool and bigging up moyes for sticking by him. Good tipper too, hope he scores a poo poo header against the argies. Belgians drinking Amstel, shameful
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Nyarlothotep posted:Belgians drinking Amstel, shameful
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Nyarlothotep posted:Belgians drinking Amstel, shameful 
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SpaceGoatFarts posted:I'd rather drink a Cara pils than an Amstel That's not saying much is it
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