Kevin De Bruyne 2016/17

[west didsblue]

Thought his performance was a bit like Sterling's on Saturday. Created two or three of his teams best chances but was shit for the rest of the game.

 

[BlueAnorak]

I totally agree that Wilmots got it wrong.

To play Fellaini at number 10 when Hazard and DeBrune are on the same pitch is bordering on lunacy.

I wouldn't like DeBruyne to be Superman either, I'd just like him to complete simple 10 yards passes, put in a bit more effort, and get involved in general play a bit more.

That's more like the Shaelumstash I normally have common cause with. I'll leave this thread at that.
After all it is Belgium and the sooner they go out the more rest for one if our better players for next season.

 

[Tricky_Trev]

Don't know why people have Belgium as a dark horse. They are shite. A bigger let down than England's Golden Generation.

 

[TCIB]

Don't know why people have Belgium as a dark horse. They are shite. A bigger let down than England's Golden Generation.

Agreed, team of individuals and nobody strong enough to slap the shit out of them and make them work together properly.
Wilmot is the limpest name you could imagine, even if he looks like the hulk if my boss was called Wilmot i may have to slap him on a daily basis :-D
Nah they do need a different manager i feel, Wilmot saying how Italy did not play football shows he is out of his depth to even entertain it as an excuse.

tl;dr The whole team need a wake up slap.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

Thought his performance was a bit like Sterling's on Saturday. Created two or three of his teams best chances but was shit for the rest of the game.

That's about spot on.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

Don't know why people have Belgium as a dark horse. They are shite. A bigger let down than England's Golden Generation.

Golden Generation, certainly in England's case, is often applied to a set of players who aren't as shite as the set before them.

I think had Kompers stayed fit and bottled up the middle a little more, instilling more confidence in those around him, it doesn't half give players further up the field the chance to attempt a little more ambition. It still needs the simple things to be done well, and there were too many cases, de Bruyne is the best example, where those skills that we expect to be standard are strangely missing - passing straight to the opposition, ball bouncing off foot, etc. It was a poor performance from the Belgians, and the Italians demonstrated those things which we have seen in nearly every tournament they are in - clinical finishing, dogged defence and dirty cynical fouls when the occasion requires it!

 

[Deleted member 58678]

Don't know why people have Belgium as a dark horse. They are shite. A bigger let down than England's Golden Generation.

Indeed.

And they play just like England's "Golden Generation"; players played out of position and not a single player in the team is a good passer of the ball so they look dreadful to watch (it's three passes-give it away, three passes-give it away, two passes give it away, one pass-give it away, four passes-give it away).

A very very overrated squad of players with three decent forwards in Hazard, de Bruyne and Carrasco (who didn't even start!).

 

[schfc6]

Indeed.

And they play just like England's "Golden Generation"; players played out of position and not a single player in the team is a good passer of the ball so they look dreadful to watch (it's three passes-give it away, three passes-give it away, two passes give it away, one pass-give it away, four passes-give it away).

A very very overrated squad of players with three decent forwards in Hazard, de Bruyne and Carrasco (who didn't even start!).

I think they're a decent manager and a play maker away from a good side.

If they had a Silva in A&E's position they'd have beaten Italy. If they had a Kroos type player rather than Witzel they'd have won.
They have got lots of very good players.
They just have no one to knit it all together.

De Bruyne has fantastic talents but had someone like Iniesta or Silva been on that pitch the game would have been much different.

This Belgian golden generation much like the English lack two players.
A Silva esk play maker, always wanting the ball, happy to dictate the pace of the game anywhere on the pitch.
A dedicated holding player who is happy to sacrafice himself for the team but still very good on the ball.

De Bruyne and Hazard are great talents but need runners round them. They are great individuals but don't dictate play.
Belgium would be best playing two holding players, De Bruyne Central with Hazard and the Hispanic sounding lad they brought on out wide and sticking with Lukaku.
Sit deeper and go a bit more direct. They don't have the footballers to play like Spain or Germany.

 

[We're not really here]

He may not have had the best game but he put three chances on a golden platter for the two clowns up front.

 

[Blue Whale]

We'll probably have 5 attacking players, all playing in a "free" role.

Not a chance. There's no such thing as a free role in Peps team. Each player has to stick to their position religiously.