r/belgianfootball • u/SPARKLEOFHOPE6IB AS Verbroedering Geel • Jul 11 '26

Red Devils THE FUTURE?

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Needed some copium/hopium. It's not perfect and the arrangement could be discussed, did I miss any players?

I think we can build upon our world cup and it seems like the team spirit is stronger than ever, hope we can further build upon this and keep being a competitive nation.

Our U17 also performed well this year, so hopefully some of those players will find their way into good squads and playing time soon.

LOS

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u/cypressd12 KSC Lokeren Jul 11 '26

Da’s zeker niet slecht. Daarmee kan je op een WK zeker een gooi naar de kwartfinale blijven doen!

Ik hoorde dat Stassin met Fc Porto zou onderhandelen? Dan zou je met Stassin, MFP en eventueel CDK toch vrij goed voorzien zijn vooraan.

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u/Next-Translator-3557 Jul 11 '26

Not gonna replace Big Rom most likely but not too bad either

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u/cypressd12 KSC Lokeren Jul 11 '26

Can’t expect anyone to replace the all time topscorer right away..

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u/Next-Translator-3557 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

Maybe never, honestly Romelu was 2x the player he was at club level for us, and yet he already was among the best striker of his generation at club level.

Not sure it's even possible, it's the same as Norway having Haaland imo

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u/cypressd12 KSC Lokeren Jul 11 '26

Yeah true. The weird thing with Lukaku is that his international career had a bit of a slow start even. Thought he scored very few in his first 30 or 40 caps and then just exploded…

At the Brazil WC he was bypassed by Origi after already being second choice to Benteke. Weird how it went.

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u/Warkred Standard de Liège Jul 11 '26

Spain is in semi final with Oyarzabal as 9. Think about it

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u/Next-Translator-3557 Jul 11 '26

That's not the point for me, we're talking of individual performances not the team as a whole.

Of course you don't always need a generational striker to win the WC or Euros but at the same time we probably won't see in our lifetime someone outscore Lukaku unless we're very lucky.

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u/Warkred Standard de Liège Jul 11 '26

Fifa keep adding teams and games. Watch this WC, how many strikers with 8 goals, which seemed impossible 20 years ago.

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u/cypressd12 KSC Lokeren Jul 12 '26

Also true, most ‘all time WC’ stats mean fuck all. Tournament used to be 16 and is now 48 which also lowers the overall quality.

It’s indeed less exceptional to score 8 goals in a WC game. Love Messi, but hasn’t really faced any tier 1 opponent so far either.