ijjysmith
Calm
A safe ploy I reckon!
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A safe ploy I reckon!
Moyes never really seemed to like it much but if anything Martinez hates it even more!
why, has he lost it Carlos?
Blue Cheese
Mental Patient, GOT Ward
Nail him too the pitch he has to stay. I love watching these young guns tear shiz up, been a long time since Evertonians have had a chance to be genuinely excited and at the moment we have every reason to be.
carlos21
KING OF REP
Lukaka mate you ever seen them at goodison park.
nah. havent been in a couple of years Carlos. Im sure its nice and doesnt run into cyclists.
carlos21
KING OF REP
I nice Bentley mate.
summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Smooth 
Peter g
Player Valuation: £950k
Yeah good point i actually forgot how poor chelsea have been this season and if he was to go it would be to a team offering champions league football at the very least although i still havent given up on us getting there ourselves as the league is so wide open
Lowste
Player Valuation: £30m
Will Drogba Continue in the role when the new manger comes in, most managers bring their own first team coaches with them
Stella Artois
Player Valuation: £25k
You rate Wilmots too low, and don't understand how it works at the belgian antional team with all the staff aroudn Wilmots. Even if Wilmots wouldn't want to, the staff would make it happen, but Wilmots isn't that dense. If he might not start after a few matches it will only be when he doesn't manage to score for us.
Watched Belgium quite a lot in recent years because of the number Everton players that are in it and have to say Wilmots rarely appears to get the best out of a talented squad.
De Bruyne has been excellent but players like Rom and Hazard have seemed much better for their clubs than country and rarely taking advantage of already established club partnerships like Mirallas/Lukaku is a bit surprising - he often plays them as different times.
Playing for Everton would mean more to me too mate - however the role of England captain should be reserved for someone who wholeheartedly wants to play for their country.
He did not. How will England win anything if their best players are saving a percentage of effort for their club? Or, woe betide - retiring whilst still in their prime.
Stella Artois
Player Valuation: £25k
We lack some tactical intelligence at Belgium, we are well aware of that. But there is not so much of an alternative. What Wilmots lacks in tactical genuis is made up in other fields. He is highly determined and a superb man manager. What is more, our players just wouldn't accept a change, they love Wilmots and they choose to have Wilmots. As a result, team moralle and cohesion is extremely good, our players are highly motivated on the pitch and that has it's worth too.
The Belgian national team changed in identity with Wilmots. Before Wimots many of our current players might have stood less of a chance of sellection. Now the Belgian national team has become a symbol of multiculturalism. It's weird but Wilmots has become something more than just a manager, he is becoming something of a National symbol. Belgian nationalism was never a strong thing, Belgium is a rather fractured country politically but our national team has rejuinated "Belgian pride" and gave new meaning to it, it brings community's toghether. Wilmots has always been a fighter for Belgium back in his footballing days, a symbol of determination and fighting spirit, someone who have us some pride in times where being "Belgian" was something of an Oxymoron. Wilmots has lots of political weight, maybe not easy to understand for an outsider.
Also he's not so stupid to not listen to his staff for what regards his shortcommings. We don't have any superb Belgian managers though, coudl you name one that is managing a top club?
yes we don't always get the most of some of our star players. The issue there is also that many of them are stars that benifit from a football system that is more oriented to their needs. We can't build a team around say just Hazard or KDB or Lukaku, bringing all that talent toghether in a perfect working package is not easy, they kinda all want to play their own game logicly. We have some "surprizing" performers at our team, fellaini most notably, even when he was having bad years at Manchester we played them despite laughter from abroad but he always kept providing for us (one of our top scorers) and he brings a certain element to our game that is usefull for the playing style of many of our players, as such it's remarkable how much he can be a miss if he's not on the field.
KDB is our main man, recognized in Belgium as our best player and he will play central in our team. His versatillety means that we can practicly always make him perform both with goals and assists. Hazard is more fitting to a certain pacy playstyle which we cannot always provide for him. We didn't get the best out of Lukaku neither but we are increasingly playing a more possesion based game and Lukaku had some work on that field a few years ago, but has visibly improved in that regard. And it was not like he didn't get his chances in the world cup, and he scored a goal too against USA, but in the first matches he had it difficult to yield for us and we had other options. Origi did very well for us in that campaing and is highly talented too, has a bit of a bad year now but watch that guy for the future.
As it was, we had options at the striker role. We had good strikers, but none really world class. Luka is getting there now though, it's going to be hard to look besides him. It's not an easy thing to put up Belgiums formation, were going to have a few difficult ones onto the EC. What about our captain Vince? He would be a miss but is not in form currently and we have good defenders to replace him. What about Fella? He hasn't got a great year neither but we play good with him, and yet KDB and Radja Naingolan will most likely be starters in the central mid so there is going to be plenty of competition for the last spot, and Moussa is doing quite well too. What about Hazard? Bad season now and we have other options there too.
Long post sorry, just giving you more insight into the Belgian team, and note that it's from the perspective of a relative amateur eitherhow, not saying youre observations don't hold value but this is more like the perspective going aroudn in Belgium. Lukaku will be most likely a starter though, under that beastly stature there is a kind heart and he is well liked in Belgium.
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