Subject: [NT] Belgïe - Canada

Beste supporters,

Morgen spelen we een heel belangrijk match tegen een verrassende Canada die vorige week tegen Kroatïe gewonnen heeft met een rating van 73.

We rekenen op jullie steun!

GO GO Belgïe !
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Chers supporters,

Demain nous jouerons un match très important contre un surprenant Canada qui a battu la Croatie la semaine passée réalisant un rating de 73.

Nous comptons sur votre soutien!

GO GO Belgique!
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Dear supporters,

Tomorrow, we'll play a very important match against a surprising Canada who won against Croatia last week with a rating of 73.

We count on your support!

GO GO Belgium!

Pilipinas - Australia 0:0

Group is full of 'wtf' results

yeah, pretty tough group, belgium is much better than the rest, and the new engine makes results more random. there should be croatia, who is promoted to WC, but the group will be entertaining till the end

We do have a form crisis in defense and midfield though (at first glance)

nah, there is always sth wrong, to complain etc.
We have a lot of bit weaker players, who do have form for sure - the NTDB hadnt change that much in two months

True. I'm glad Cureghem changed Emmers and Bosuyt on my advice (though I'd never play Bosuyt myself and use Polet or Maertens :p)

Edit: going to post this at the Asso ;-)
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Good things:

- we won against the second classified
- the elastic schema seems to still work with the new ME. I like that.
- the players responded as I expected in most of the cases
- the throw-ins were OK and a few got adapted thanks to your comments (thanks langhe ;) )
- no injuries, no cards

Bad things:

- I HATE this ME!: htf can it be possible to have so many failed 1-on-1's with gk ALWAYS winning ??
- I HATE bloody backpasses that are TOTALLY unrealistic (half of them!)
- there is still some adaptation to do on the elastic length but this depends on how high the opponent's line is. (and this is gamble)
- this game should have finished 7 or 8-0.

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you win, dont complain with this ME :p

backpasses are mostly played to wingbacks, and its time to change the view on requirements for ths postion. maybe its time to use more dani laves`s (less def skills, more att skills)_ instead of markus babbel`s from 90`s?