Never was a fan of him as a coach (loved him as a player). He's a motivator, nothing more. And the way he kept ignoring Nainggolan but took Defour to the world cup was a horrible miscalculation on his part.
The Witsel move, laughable. If Fellaini ain't there he still tries the same shit. That being said, the NT has too many positions where it actually lacks a truly good player. Wingbacks and striker being the most glaring once, 'though I like Origi. Too bad Juve couldn't snap him up, he reminds me so much of Morata.
Agreed, wich is why we need a good coach. We got alot of talent, we should find a gameplan that compensates for the weaknesses. Striker is indeed an issue. So dont use Lukaku/Benteke. Use Origi like Real is using Benzema. Keep Hazard and De bruyne out of the goddamn center initially, but cut in the space around Origi.
We dont have a genuine CAM. Currently we see Witsel walk towards the player with the ball, and ask a pass of 2 meters. Meanwhile the wings are in the middle and everything is clogged. No one is making runs into space.
I hate our passing. I'm used to juventus, no cam, players dont "ask" for the ball, (except pirlo from cb's), players try to create space to receive the ball.
Imo, belgium should start hazard and de bruyne wide. play with Nainggolan, fellaini and witsel centrally. Origi centreforward. keep the pitch wide, try to get witsel to infiltrate and send a winger trough the defence by combining with Origi.
But currently, we just run with the pass, and try combinations when we suddenly have space. We need a plan to create space when there isnt any.
Our wingbacks, are decent if they dont commit to attacks, cause they got a pretty shitty timing to get back in time. Like when Vertongen against argentina. Keeping high to long, and see lavezzi and messi in the space he left. Could have been behind after like 2 minutes