Are Belgium players over rated ?

[milo]

They lack mental strength

 

[monkeybarry]

Nothing against Belgium players. In fact, want us to keep all the 4 Belgium players we have now. But we seem to have this "buy youth or Belgian first" policy as if there are no other better players around. Always wonder why we seldom buy good players from the top leagues of Europe : Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Germany and even Portugal. We need players in the mould of Davids, VDV, Klinsmann, Ziege, Ginola and Lloris from these leagues and not unknown players no one knows about.

You mean like;
Vertongen&Eriksen&Chadli
Lloris&NJie
Soldado&Toby
Son
Lamela
Dier

All from the leagues you mentioned and all established when we purchased them. (Lesser so Dier, but was as established as someone like Stones)

 

[metalgear]

going by current fifa rankings belgium is overrated, wales the opposite

 

[Bedfordspurs]

The Belgium players are all individuals IMO which is why they struggle as part of a team In relation to their abilities

Take them in isolation and they have a lot of top top players but put them together and they don't appear to have the "glue" that makes. a Great team

 

[alekaras]

If I remember correctly, Belgium has built a far-reaching scouting system in their former colonies to identify young talent and either develop them locally or bring them to Belgium for further development. Obviously not all the current players are the result of that, but I wouldn't be surprised if they continue to churn out good players for years to come.

 

[papaspur]

at least they're not dutch

 

[diego_maradona]

at least they're not dutch

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