I'm not so sure about that TBH. Belgium to me look better at every position except at striker. Even then, Lukaku is pretty good internationally.England is way underrated when it comes to their talent. They are no less talented than a team like Belgium, yet no one will claim they could win the WC.
It won't matter, Benedetto will end up starting anywaysOkay, I got one. Seems to be a big Dybala love-in around here so I'll dive right in. Argentina would be a better team if they dropped Dybala, moved Messi into his spot, and played Icardi at #9. If they don't do something like that they'll be eliminated very early in the WC.
I don't see how they could possibly be successful with Dybala and Messi in the same team and I don't even understand why they'd try to do it.
I'm not so sure about that TBH. Belgium to me look better at every position except at striker. Even then, Lukaku is pretty good internationally.
That side doesn't seem overly special to me. It's worse than the Spurs XI IMO.England has a lot more depth, I agree that Belgium has a better XI, but England's XI is really good. Very few weak links, and they got a lot of goals in that team.
When you can put out a team like Pickford, Walker, Maguire, Stones, Rose, Dier, Henderson, Alli, Sterling, Rashford, Kane, you got a good side. Only weak link in there is Henderson, and he's not that bad. You could probably even replace Henderson with Winks, and that might be an improvement.
England has a lot more depth, I agree that Belgium has a better XI, but England's XI is really good. Very few weak links, and they got a lot of goals in that team.
When you can put out a team like Pickford, Walker, Maguire, Stones, Rose, Dier, Henderson, Alli, Sterling, Rashford, Kane, you got a good side. Only weak link in there is Henderson, and he's not that bad. You could probably replace Henderson with Winks, and that might be an improvement.
That side doesn't seem overly special to me. It's worse than the Spurs XI IMO.
Belgium have world class players at nearly every position. Their depth is underrated IMO. Yannick Carrasco, a bench player, for example is better than most of the English players in the starting XI. Mertens off the bench is arguably on par with H. Kane the past 2 years.
Edit: The fact that Jack Cork and Jake Livermore are getting call-ups speaks volumes, honestly.
This is crazy.England is way underrated when it comes to their talent. They are no less talented than a team like Belgium, yet no one will claim they could win the WC.
It won't matter, Benedetto will end up starting anyways
Maybe this is another hot-take, but Sweden are definitely on par with England. Head to head they're 7-9-8 vs. them all-time. They rank closely in FIFA ranking nearly every year.I didn't say its overly special, but its a balanced team with depth and a lot of players who score goals. And those players you named were getting caps because like half of their regular team wasn't playing in the last set of friendlies.
People act like England is the equivalent of Denmark or Sweden or teams like that, they are way better than they get credit for. And I know the results aren't there, so if you want to say they aren't good because of results, I might not even disagree, but they have talent to be a next tier side in world football.
I said based on talent. Based on talent, they are absolutely closer to Belgium than Denmark. Thats why I said a hot take though, everyone rags on England, but they have underrated talent.
Also Sneijder (a year ago) is better than Eriksen.
Of course, those are not mine.
Again, just stop posting...I think there should be fact checking involved since Evilo tends to make things up with no proof any time he's embarrassed (the Sneijder better than Eriksen thing case in point among many, many other examples). But you guys like to just take those words and twisting of the truth at face value so...
That side doesn't seem overly special to me. It's worse than the Spurs XI IMO.
Again, just stop posting...
"Sneijder isn't the same Sneijder of 2010, but he's still a legit, quality AM. Two footed, lots of pace and a booming shot. One of only two Oranje international who consistently scores a decent grade, Janssen might be the other. He's better than Eriksen."
http://hfboards.mandatory.com/threa...sion-thread-ii.2122555/page-14#post-122246089
Who's making some stuff up?
Embarrassing indeed. You continue to fall flat on your face.
And don't worry, people have asked me to link to all those incredible posts you made a year ago. Gold throughout the thread. So fact cheking is done. Twisting truth... LOL.