🇧🇪 Thibaut Courtois

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

I don't particularly agree, but according to Mr. Sacchi he could have reacted a whole lot better to the first goal. Still, I think there was little to be done from him on that first beauty.

[Steve 10,227]

On 6/16/2016 at 2:10 AM, Stingray said:

Exactly. Easily man of the match for Belgium. We would have conceded 5 without him. Embarrassing.

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Maybe so, but his decision making was atrocious at times. 

[Stingray 9,441]

Maybe so, but his decision making was atrocious at times. 

Indeed, it says a lot about how bad the rest was ....

[xPetrCechx 13,570]

Heard the he said:  “I will never finish my career at Chelsea Football Club”.

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

5 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

Heard the he said:  “I will never finish my career at Chelsea Football Club”.

I wouldn't be surprised  Belgian footballers being belgian footballers.

[Jase 43,479]

22 minutes ago, xPetrCechx said:

Heard the he said:  “I will never finish my career at Chelsea Football Club”.

 

15 minutes ago, Blue_Fox_ said:

I wouldn't be surprised  Belgian footballers being belgian footballers.

http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/voetbal/Euro2016/2.4765/1.2694925

That came from the caption of the video in the article. I can't claim to understand a word in that article but it seems people are losing their shit over Courtois because they Google-translated that text and it came off as 'I will never finish my career at Chelsea...". If you google-translated the entire article, you will see that he never spoke anything about his future at the club. He was mainly speaking about the impact of Brexit and what might happen to his future because of it - https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fsporza.be%2Fcm%2Fsporza%2Fvoetbal%2FEuro2016%2F2.4765%2F1.2694925

[bababoom 4,478]

 Don't really care if he's sold, said it before and I'll say it again, he's most definitely replaceable. Conte loves to play out from the back, so Courtios better learn how to pass a ball. 

[pHaRaOn 2,131]

Sounds a bit different when in context

Talking about his dream clubs when he was young:

TBO: I didn't have one, in Spain I watched a lot of Madrid and Barca, in Germany I watched Bayern and Dortmund, in England Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and in Italy Juventus and Milan. There wasn't one favourite but I always wanted to play at those clubs.

Journalist: So one of those clubs is still on your radar? (asking if he wishes to play at those clubs in the future)
TBO: not necessarily a desire to play there, I'm already at a beautiful club, Chelsea which I always admired. But we will see.

Journalist: so you'll stay at Chelsea for the rest of your days?
TBO: Hard to say. (pause) That'll never happen, I don't think I will end my career there.

But yeah, he should have swear allegiance to the club that almost kicked out their most successful captain ever. Oh, and 1 year contracts are dream for every over-30-years-old player.

On a serious note, as a Chelsea supporter I don't like this words, but I appreciate his honesty in the era of cliche-answers. His interviews are never dull.

[Jase 43,479]

9 minutes ago, pHaRaOn said:

Sounds a bit different when in context

Talking about his dream clubs when he was young:

TBO: I didn't have one, in Spain I watched a lot of Madrid and Barca, in Germany I watched Bayern and Dortmund, in England Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea and in Italy Juventus and Milan. There wasn't one favourite but I always wanted to play at those clubs.

Journalist: So one of those clubs is still on your radar? (asking if he wishes to play at those clubs in the future)
TBO: not necessarily a desire to play there, I'm already at a beautiful club, Chelsea which I always admired. But we will see.

Journalist: so you'll stay at Chelsea for the rest of your days?
TBO: Hard to say. (pause) That'll never happen, I don't think I will end my career there.

But yeah, he should have swear allegiance to the club that almost kicked out their most successful captain ever. Oh, and 1 year contracts are dream for every over-30-years-old player.

On a serious note, as a Chelsea supporter I don't like this words, but I appreciate his honesty in the era of cliche-answers. His interviews are never dull.

Funny thing is, people always like to focus on the negative side whenever comments such as that are made. I guess that's human nature but for all we know, he could easily have a change of heart and decide to stay here for the rest of his career.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

I have seen the interview, and that line has been pulled completely out of context. Said nothing negative about Chelsea. In contrary, he was very positive about Chelsea.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

Goalkeeper of the tournament so far for me, Neuer and especially De Gea just show how completely overrated they are. De Gea is a joke the whole EC so far.

[Melanicus 5,208]

23 minutes ago, MCM4PR3Z said:

Goalkeeper of the tournament so far for me, Neuer and especially De Gea just show how completely overrated they are. De Gea is a joke the whole EC so far.

Are you talking about Neuer who kept his clean sheet every game at EURO? Who are you joking, Neuer is a total different class.

[milka 3,394]

sell  him   

[Blue_Fox_ 2,086]

4 hours ago, MCM4PR3Z said:

Goalkeeper of the tournament so far for me, Neuer and especially De Gea just show how completely overrated they are. De Gea is a joke the whole EC so far.

That's only because Gigi hasn't had much to do  Courtois has been far from excellent, only one of the best keepers. Not THE best.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

5 hours ago, Melanicus said:

Are you talking about Neuer who kept his clean sheet every game at EURO? Who are you joking, Neuer is a total different class.

If you have seen the games, you would notice that Neuer was in big troubles a few times because of taking too much risk. Even one time a horrible control over the middle of the field while he had nothing to do there, if Poland was chasing the ball for 1%, it would always have been a goal that situation.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

But as I said, especially De Gea is a complete joke at the EURO. Neuer is just not quite that good because of a few mistakes.

[Tomo 21,751]

Put behind a decent defense and he gets three clean sheets in a row, funny that.

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Tomo said:

Put behind a decent defense and he gets three clean sheets in a row, funny that.

Alternatively - play against shit teams and he gets three clean sheets in a row.

[MCM4PR3Z 411]

Fabien Barthez: "I've seen a lot of good goalkeepers at the Euros, but Courtois is at another level than the rest of them. I have a big sympathy for Belgium because of him. I like Courtois, he is a good goalkeeper and a good person.".

 

Seems like he supports Courtois a 100 times more than the average Chelseafan that sleeps in a red shirt. Could have said the Man Utd goalkeeper or the French one, but remains neutral. Class!

[Tautvix 1,321]

8 minutes ago, MCM4PR3Z said:

Fabien Barthez: "I've seen a lot of good goalkeepers at the Euros, but Courtois is at another level than the rest of them. I have a big sympathy for Belgium because of him. I like Courtois, he is a good goalkeeper and a good person.".

 

Seems like he supports Courtois a 100 times more than the average Chelseafan that sleeps in a red shirt. Could have said the Man Utd goalkeeper or the French one, but remains neutral. Class!

Well I personally support Chelsea FC, not Belgium national football team. Courtois has been good in this Euro but he is playing for Belgium so I don't care. And he had a bad season for Chelsea. This what should matter for Chelsea fans. But since you are from Belgium you will always defend him no matter what. You can't even admit he had a terrible season with Chelsea.