Belgium Football Experts

Hey sorry I don't belong in these parts but I'm looking for 1-3 experts on Belgium's current football team AND that are active on BigSoccer. They need to be knowledgeable of the team, fair, and just. I'm doing a little bit of a project at the moment... Thanks!

 

Well I'm trying to put together some world rankings. The idea is to rate every team's player's 1-100 with an expert for every team to give a fair and just review of the their respective team. Obviously you (and anyone else who shows up) would just cover Belgium.

Here's how I would compile the ratings. If the World Cup was in one month and every team had a month to prepare it's squad to play, who would be chosen, what would their ratings be, and how many minutes would they play on average? (This is who you would expect to see, not who you'd want to see.) For example, this is what USA's squad would look like, in my opinion:

81 - Howard (GK) 90 mins
73 - Cherundolo (RB) 70 mins
71.5 - Bocanegra (CB) 85 mins
69.5 - Goodson (CB) 70 mins
72.5 - Johnson (LB) 80 mins
74.5 - Bradley (CDM) 90 mins
76.5 - Jones (CDM) 80 mins
70 - Torres (CM) 60 mins
82 - Dempsey (LW) 90 mins
80.5 - Donovan (RW) 90 mins
74 - Altidore (ST) 75 mins

71.5 - Chandler (RB) 15 mins
70.5 - Lichaj (RB) 5 mins
69 - Parkhurst (CB/RB) 5 mins
68 - Onyewu (CB) 13 mins
69 - Cameron (CB) 7 mins
69.5 - Castillo (LB) 10 mins
69.5 - Edu (CM) 15 mins
70.5 - Beckerman (CM) 10 mins
68 - Boyd (ST) 3 mins
70 - Gomez (ST) 25 mins
68 - Wondolowski (ST) 2 mins

I gave Howard a 81 rating and expect him to play 90 minutes, every minute, while Goodson is expected to play only 70 minutes as the CB spot is still pretty open for the US.

This is what I have for Belgium's current squad, based off FIFA 12's ratings:

74 - S. Mignolet (GK) 90 mins
76 - T. Alderweireld (RB) 90 mins
78 - D. Van Buyten (RCB) 90 mins
85 - V. Kompany (LCB) 90 mins
82 - T. Vermaelen (LB) 90 mins
76 - T. Simons (CDM) 90 mins
79 - M. Fellaini (CM) 90 mins
79 - A. Witsel (CM) 90 mins
85 - E. Hazard (RW) 90 mins
75 - R. Lukaku (ST) 90 mins
80 - D. Mertens (LW) 90 mins

So what needs to change? Are players ratings too high/low? Would you expect a sub to come in and, on average, how long would he play?

You have to factor in long term injuries but current fitness issues you could likely ignore. For example, Stuart Holden will likely make the actual World Cup squad but for now I have to keep him off as he is recovering from a massive knee injury.

This is a big work in progress but here is the "current" overall rankings.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AttujdNBdATWdHI3WVRSM2xDaWcycnZwbnFKTFRoS0E&output=html

I realize this is a big overtaking and should be taken with a grain of salt AND that there's no "correct" answer but I thought it'd still be interesting to compile. If you have any questions let me know!

 

Exactly what I'm looking for. I had to tweak the numbers to total 990 minutes but here's what I have:

78 - T. Courtois (GK) 90 mins
72 - T. Alderweireld (RB) 60 mins
87 - V. Kompany (RCB) 90 mins
80 - T. Vermaelen (LCB) 90 mins
79 - J. Vertonghen (LB) 85 mins
80 - M. Fellaini (CDM) 90 mins
77 - M. Dembele (CM) 70 mins
81 - A. Witsel (CM) 90 mins
85 - E. Hazard (RW) 90 mins
73 - R. Lukaku (ST) 60 mins
75 - D. Mertens (LW) 75 mins

69 - D. Odoi (RB) 15 mins
70 - Pocognoli (LB) 5 mins
73 - Van Buyten (CB) 5 mins
74 - Lombaerts (CB) 10 mins
73 - Nainggolan (CDM) 5 mins
74 - Defour (CDM/CM) 10 mins
76 - De Bruyne (CM/LW) 20 mins
75 - Chadli (LW/RW) 15 mins
68 - Benteke (ST) 10 mins
69 - Vossen (ST) 5 mins

Anyone else is welcome to add input!