makv
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Isn’t Belgium French?
No, it’s German
Ouch. Or Dutch. Double ouch.
Isn’t Belgium French?
No, it’s German
It’s the defence that’s the big worry, the lack of creativity in centre mid can be worked around tactically but you can’t help but look at our centre half’s and not think we are going to be vulnerable up against the better sides.
Or France lolGermany don’t traditionally do well in Russia (ho ho ho).
I'm not so sure....Stones & Walker have just been part of (arguably) the most dominant side in Premier League history. We've a number of capable full backs. And I think Harry Maguire is a player with bags of potential.
I really do think that central midfield is the big issue. You want your players to be either supremely skillful, athletic or physically imposing. So they're either the creative hub of your team, or at very least they're massively disruptive and impossible to play through.
Dier and Henderson are none of those things - they're tidy and efficient, and would work well if you paired them alongside a creative wizard (e.g. Iniesta), a defensive pest (e.g. Kante) or a freak of athleticism (e.g. Pogba) but together, they're just thoroughly blah.
For what it's worth, this is also the reason why I don't Belgium will (or ever do) win - they've all the forward talent in the world, and some mean defenders, but they're going to be rolling out the likes of Dembele, Witsel and Fellaini in CM, and that's just not enough in the most important part of the pitch.
Dembele is decent, the Belgian lad who plays for Roma is good if unspellable and Kevin De Bruyne was the best creative centre midfielder in the world last season, so not certain I would go along with Belgium struggling there.
Was looking at the betting to win outright and just can't decide who to back!
Short memories. There wasn’t much crap about the last World Cup in Brazil.
Spain 1 Netherlands 5, Brazil 1 Germany 7, the performances of Colombia and James Rodriguez, Costa Rica punching above their weight, Suarez getting his teeth into opponents again. Lots of memorable moments. Fans seem to judge World Cups based on England’s performance hence the misty-eyed opinion of the 1990 World Cup which was a turgid affair. I’ll agree that 2006 and 2010 weren’t the most memorable though.
...from an English point of view. We Italians loved '06!
the last (and only) time there was anything resembling a shock winner of the World Cup was 1950!
Without checking and likely to be wrong. Brazil?Have any of the South American nations ever won the World Cup, when the host nation has been European...