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From: mplume
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Date: 12/11/2017 5:19:10 AM
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Hi all,

I know this topic is created very late but it's still better than nothing.

So, Belgium is out from the consolation tournament against Israël. This season, we have win all our easy games and lost all our hard ones. Nothing special...

My popularity is droping further and further (63%) and it's clear it's time for me to end my job as NT coach. During the last 4 seasons, I've tried to do my best but results were average. IMO, I've done correctly my job but with the mention "nothing special".

I hope my successor will be able to give smthg more to our NT.

Thanks again for giving me our trust during those 4 seasons, it was a funny experience.

Last edited by mplume at 12/11/2017 5:19:57 AM

From: aaeeoo2

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290975.2 in reply to 290975.1
Date: 12/11/2017 5:48:15 AM
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Hey mplume,

Imo you did a good job trying to implement younger players a bit earlier then others would. but definitely with good results i don't think anyone else could've done "much" better.
And if you do decide to rerun, chances are pretty big my vote would go to you.

From: Dartreb

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290975.3 in reply to 290975.1
Date: 12/11/2017 6:49:45 AM
Kelmis Spartans
BBBL
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Second Team:
Eupen Scythe
Thank you for your time and dedication to our NT, mplume !

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290975.5 in reply to 290975.1
Date: 12/13/2017 1:52:24 PM
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there is a time of comming and a time of going. As someone who knows how demanding that job can be (did it for 12 seasons) 4 seasons gives you a good prespective of what you are doing. Also, you were forced to go through somewhat of a rebuilding period. Our "golden" generation was running on it's last legs. you had to bridge a period hoping for better to come around in the near futur.

Despite that, your results have been nothing but spectacular! you narrowly missed the 2nd round of europe with an aging roster. you missed the KO stages in your first consolation tourney after facing 2 CT's (Wales & Dominican republic) & a loss to a team who should be at worlds (Spain). An argument can be made that you could have forseen one of those CT's, but consolation tourney is a lottery and you didn't get very fortunate in yours.

Last season, you were once again close to making the second round. This time, it was a 30 point difference which meant you weren't going. and then during this season, you seem to have made 1 mistake (against Singapore).

So if i summarize, you have kept Belgium in the european subtop or as close as it can be. You seem to have made 1 tiny mistake, which is a lot less than i did in during my time as NT coach. All in all, you can reflect on a very good tenure! You did our nation proud & you did it with a smaller talent pool to select from.

The belgian NT job isn't a very gratefull one. Not selecting a player often earns you a negative review. And even if you preform as well as can be expected, you still don't get any or hardly recognition. so don't worry about a dwindeling popularity! Add to the fact that the current format is very unmotivating imo (you should be able to see a post on the U21/NT fora of a suggestion i did to change the format) and i can understand while you would be calling it quits. i just hope you'll be able to still do some work at a U21 or a NT lvl!

Congratulations on a good run! If anything, you should be proud of your results!

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290975.6 in reply to 290975.5
Date: 12/13/2017 3:08:14 PM
Kelmis Spartans
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Eupen Scythe
One good thing also is : take a break while tou can and still aren't disgusted with the job, letting also the door open for a later come-back.

The worst thing to do is to thin the rope until you're completely fed up with NT jobs, player formation or even worse, the game itself.

I remember that I went a mandate too far last time and I still haven't gotten my interest for NT back - I hope this will be back anytime soon.

From: mplume

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290975.7 in reply to 290975.6
Date: 12/14/2017 2:31:19 PM
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Yes it's exactly like that, I'm sure one more mandate will be the one I'll regret so I prefer to stop just before...

Thank you for all your kind words guys!

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290975.8 in reply to 290975.6
Date: 12/15/2017 8:32:16 AM
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One good thing also is : take a break while tou can and still aren't disgusted with the job, letting also the door open for a later come-back.

The worst thing to do is to thin the rope until you're completely fed up with NT jobs, player formation or even worse, the game itself.

I remember that I went a mandate too far last time and I still haven't gotten my interest for NT back - I hope this will be back anytime soon.



yh, my last mandate was one too many too :P i've managed to come back for our U21, but i was happy as hell that Benovic was willing to take over. it has given me a new opportunity ^^

From: AnGi77

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290975.9 in reply to 290975.8
Date: 12/22/2017 5:12:40 AM
Estrellas Absurdas
III.2
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Almost Innocents
You did a great job... I never expected us to go that far and to score these results!
Respect!