Belgium

[PearLBLacK]

He's really good; he's got pace, technique, a great shot,... He can play as a central midfielder, attacking midfielder and a winger (being able to play in different positions is always useful) and he's work rate is also impressive.
Apparently, Killian Hazard is also good.

Wow first time I hear about Killian. Just googled a little and read the Hazard parents are both sport trainers, and the father was a player himself. All four of their sons are involved in football, with the elder three playing professionally. What an interesting family.

 

[Jenks]

OptaJoe ‏@OptaJoe 7m

54 - 54 of the PL goals this season have been netted by Belgian players - only Spanish & English players have scored more. Waffle.

 

[SwiftGuyver]

---------------------------Courtois----------------------------
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Alderweireld-----Kompany-----Vermaelen-----Vertonghen
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--------------Witsel-------Fellaini-------Dembélé------------
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Benteke-------------------Lukaku--------------------Hazard

SUBS
Mignolet, Van Buyten, Defour, Mertens, De Bruyne, Mirallas etc etc etc...

WHAT a team.

Germany & Spain are my picks for the World Cup but Belgium look like a really good outside bet...

 

[0n0mat0p0eia]

Agree, SwiftGuyver, Belgium are my outsiders too - and not that much of an outsider either, they have a v fine group of players at the moment.

 

[Ode to Django]

---------------------------Courtois----------------------------
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Alderweireld-----Kompany-----Vermaelen-----Vertonghen
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------Witsel-------Fellaini-------Dembélé------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Benteke-------------------Lukaku--------------------Hazard

SUBS
Mignolet, Van Buyten, Defour, Mertens, De Bruyne, Mirallas etc etc etc...

WHAT a team.

Germany & Spain are my picks for the World Cup but Belgium look like a really good outside bet...

Needs more Nainggolan.

 

[Cule4life]

Needs more Nainggolan.

This

 

[Yannick03]

---------------------------Courtois----------------------------
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Alderweireld-----Kompany-----Vermaelen-----Vertonghen
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------Witsel-------Fellaini-------Dembélé------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Benteke-------------------Lukaku--------------------Hazard

SUBS
Mignolet, Van Buyten, Defour, Mertens, De Bruyne, Mirallas etc etc etc...

WHAT a team.

Germany & Spain are my picks for the World Cup but Belgium look like a really good outside bet...

Witsel as defensive midfielder, Fellaini on the bench, De Bruyne and Dembele as central midfielders. Lukaku bench, Benteke striker and Mirallas or Mertens at the left wing and you got our best team.

Though, I still hope we will discover some big talent for left and/or right back, that's our weakness.

 

[Meitux]

Witsel as defensive midfielder, Fellaini on the bench, De Bruyne and Dembele as central midfielders. Lukaku bench, Benteke striker and Mirallas or Mertens at the left wing and you got our best team.

Though, I still hope we will discover some big talent for left and/or right back, that's our weakness.

yeah Alderweireld isnt a RB,Vertonghen from the other can play well on the LB also

 

[Yannick03]

yeah Alderweireld isnt a RB,Vertonghen from the other can play well on the LB also

Sure, Vertonghen is good enough. I hope Vermijl from Man Utd or Cavanda from Lazio explode next season giving us a valuable RB.
Still, in modern football, top teams can make the difference with their RB and/or LB, something we really lack.
With all that quality, we can easily not qualify for Brazil. Croatia will probably end on top in our group and in the barrages we could get some countries like Portugal, France, Denmark, Greece. I'd not be very confident if we have to play against one of those.

 

[Wouterinho]

---------------------------Courtois----------------------------
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Alderweireld-----Kompany-----Vermaelen-----Vertonghen
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--------------Witsel-------Fellaini-------Dembélé------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Benteke-------------------Lukaku--------------------Hazard

SUBS
Mignolet, Van Buyten, Defour, Mertens, De Bruyne, Mirallas etc etc etc...

WHAT a team.

Germany & Spain are my picks for the World Cup but Belgium look like a really good outside bet...

Amazing team indeed, although using Benteke as a winger is a bit weird. He'll certainly play as a centre forward.
I'd put either De Bruyne, Mertens or Mirallas on the right wing, depending on their form and the opposition.
As someone mentioned, De Bruyne can also replace Fellaini, but I think we need Fellaini against strong opponents.
The great thing is that their next generation also has so many exciting talents.

@ Yannick03: I'm hoping Cavanda either transfers to England (as some rumours suggest) or gets more playing time as a right back, he could really be the solution.
I'm also watching Meunier closely, he's nowhere near the national team-level yet, but once he gets his defending (especially positioning) sorted out, he might be. He's got technique, speed, power, he's big enough, he can cross,...

 

[Yannick03]

Amazing team indeed, although using Benteke as a winger is a bit weird. He'll certainly play as a centre forward.
I'd put either De Bruyne, Mertens or Mirallas on the right wing, depending on their form and the opposition.
As someone mentioned, De Bruyne can also replace Fellaini, but I think we need Fellaini against strong opponents.
The great thing is that their next generation also has so many exciting talents.

@ Yannick03: I'm hoping Cavanda either transfers to England (as some rumours suggest) or gets more playing time as a right back, he could really be the solution.
I'm also watching Meunier closely, he's nowhere near the national team-level yet, but once he gets his defending (especially positioning) sorted out, he might be. He's got technique, speed, power, he's big enough, he can cross,...

Yeah, Cavanda is in some sort of trouble cause he didn't want to extend his contract at Lazio. He desperately needs to go to another club, I think Everton was interested.
Meunier is indeed playing good at RB since he used to be a right winger. He has every attacking ability a RB should have in modern football but he's defending and positioning has to improve. My hopes are entirely on Vermijl, Fergie said he was the best RB or LB he had seen in years at his age so yeah, next year is it all or nothing for him.
And few will believe it but I think our next generation is even more talented than this one, you got Bosschaerts (Man City), Vermijl, Januzaj, Perreira (United), Musonda (Chelsea), Henen, Praet, Bruno (Anderlecht), Schrijvers (Genk), Raman (Gent), Lestienne (CLub Bruges) and Bakkali (PSV). Some guys at Ajax, another one at United and I'm probably forgetting a few. Finally, we're doing something good in youth development.

 

[ShandyFFM]

belgium having some insane players at the moment, 3 hazard brothers, de bruine, courtois,verthongen,lukaku,kompany and many more.. just wow for such a little country

 

[kingleo]

My money is on Belgium to win the WC next year! they have an incredible team, i think they can do it!

 

[MrXavi_The_Midfield_King]

My money is on Belgium to win the WC next year! they have an incredible team, i think they can do it!

Got a nice young team, but I think the Germans, Spain etc all are still comfortably better for time being in terms of quality and especially experience, then you have to take into account the change in weather condition which will affect the belgium players and possibly even other european countries

 

[Galning]

They have a great team but World Cup winners? I honestly don't think that's going to happen. There are a few teams who are better & have more experience as well.