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All 3 of those players have yet to play official games so I don't know how good they are.. But I heard alot of good things about Praet, he was at Genk before moving to Anderlecht a year ago..Arsenal were also very interested back then i recall.. And like Steve mentioned Junior Musonda is sounding very promising..

Important information for your Bet, the group for Belgiums WC '14 qualification: Croatia Serbia Belgium Scotland Wales Macedonia Could have been worse if you ask me

Thanks Pete.. It's quite impressive.. this one is pretty funny though: First club to have a church attached to its stadium

Not that i don't believe you.. but where did you get this from? And is all that stuff from firsts nationally or internationally?? about the Everton identity.. i wouldn't really know because the closest i've ever been to Liverpool is Kent I'll try to figure out what it was that drew me towards Everton since i haven't really thought about it yet tbh

I'm still ratter optimistic, don't ask me why though because i saw the Bremen game.. I went with 6th place, but 7th or 8th would be just fine aswell..

I didn't know this.. but i did now you could achieve the same by pushing Ctrl whilst scrolling up or down.. Welcom back btw A.

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I think he will be going out on loan to a bigger (richer) club the next season, And he's good enough to get cech out of the squad eventually.

Today he didn't show up at the traditional fanday friendly game (against Lyon).. because he didn't want to play for another year on loan at Genk like both clubs agreed (and despite saying he wanted the latter multiple times in the past). Apperantly making only half a million euro in a year was to little.. He played at Genk since 1999 and yet so little respect. Oh well, at least we've gotten good money out of it.

I'm not sure.. it takes (roughly) half to have a season ticket in Belgium (depending on wich club ofcourse)

he's a very good Winger, very fast and has a good shot at goal (check youtube for his goal against Bilbao) The only problem is he can't play 10 games in a row without getting himself Injured.. if it wasn't for that he would fit in perfectly at almost any premier league club, including Everton. edit: I just released Legaer was also a standard youth product! According to wikipedia standard saw no future in him, so anderlecht took him of their hands.

Before i write this reply I must say i might not be 100% unbiased in this subject, i'll try my best though As far as youth goes they don't do that much different as far as I know, But they have a new academy build a few years ago, and i recall a journalist said once it's best in it's kind infrastructurewise in Belgium. as far as players produced recently(i hope I'm not forgetting someone) 3 Outstanding players have come true: Carcela, Witsel and ofcourse Fellaini. apart from them i don't think they produced that many useful players for them. Mangala only spent one year in their youth ranks, and Pocognoli has been at standard in his youth but finished his youth career at Genk. I'm not trying to say they did bad, but truly exceptional? I don't know. I find it hard to compare. But at this moment I don't rate the academies of Genk and Anderlecht any less higher than that of Standard. Genk gained the title with 5 players from own academy as regular starters, and Anderlecht have a few very highly rated youngsters on their way.. I think the succes of standard in the last 3-4 years comes from a good transfer policy under chairman Luciano d'Onofrio Primarily, and some good homegrown players secondly. I am not well informed about any promising youngsters on their way at Standard. Maybe Steve-E can share more about the subject, I think he is a Standard fan.

i thought so too for a long time, but you're right. even more, it might just be a advantage to be a little less tall when technique is you're thing

as i realised my error i booted my pc and came online just to correct my post.. don't know where my mind was at the time

yes there are some great ones out there. the "backing up song" is worth a listen as well

a sinful religious figure if he has a line xD

Just watched that show 2 hours ago I can't get enough of this video. I downloaded it and it has been on my MP3 for quite some time

I'll use this thread to talk about a few potentially interesting players to everton.. Mertens singed for PSV today in a package deal. Mertens and dutch promising midfielder Kevin Strootman are leaving Utrecht for Eindhoven. the price for both was 13 million euros, after a previous offer for the both of 10 million euros was turned down by Utrecht. dutch link: http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/buitenland/Nederland/110628_Mertens_PSV Mertens is a left midfielder/winger just turned 24, with a talent for giving assists.. (24 assists in 47 official games last season, also 14 goals scored) imo a big chance missed by Everton. Another (possibly interesting) belgian alternative for the left flank is 21 year old Nacer Chadli from FC Twente. this one is a bit more of a risk as he only played one season on the dutch highest level (coming from the dutch second divison) but he scored 14 goals in his first season. i think he will stay at Twente for next season. let's see how he does..

I'm sorry to dissapoint you

happy birthday

Good news, you don't have to travel to far when Everton are in it. they probably favor it because it is so big and it isn't any teams home stadium..

I'm not sure i like the nickname skippy tbh, and i hope he isn't thinking about retiring to much..

Very strange, I can't believe i missed that part

a late happy birthday tot the both of you

first or second is a bit optimistic but it is looking good for us.. Our backs are a problem though, we'll probably have to put a few of our center backs there, we have alot of good ones of those and as Steve said VDB is a bit of a liability.. also we have a few good left wingers with De Bruyne, Mertens and Chadli.. in my opinion the last two would do more then good at Everton, and they might fit in the budget.. about your team Ten, It's a good one! But i would drop VDB, Witsel and Defour will have to challenge each other for a place in CM. I would place De Bruyne in the middle, Hazard on the Right and Mertens/Chadli on the left.. Where did you find out about Courtois btw?