Anyway, back on topic, is Origi expected to be first choice for Belgium?
Lukaku is expected to start for Belgium against Italy. After that, it depends on his performance in that game I guess. He has been piss poor, just like the rest of the Belgian team to be honest, but he scored three goals in the three friendlies we played.
Origi didn't start any of the games as our striker:
Against Switzerland: came on in the 67th as a second striker when it was 1-1, decent cameo.
Against Finland: started on the right, decent first half, completely disappeared in the second, substituted around the hour mark.
Against Norway: came on in the 80th minute on the left, did nothing worth mentioning.
Wilmots sees him more as a winger, but he is completely wasted out on the right. He has played as a left winger plenty of times for Lille and he's okay there, but I'd much rather see him as a striker. Lukaku is perfect if we want to play counter-attack football against the likes of Spain, Germany, ... but most teams just sit back against us. We dominate most of the games and Lukaku is absolutely useless then.
As a striker, Origi is third choice behind Lukaku and Batshuayi at the moment and for any of the spots behind the striker, he's behind Hazard, De Bruyne, Carrasco (beast of a player!) and Mertens (Napoli) in the pecking order. Unless Wilmots has a change of heart, I doubt we'll be seeing much of him at the Euros. I'm sure he'll have a few appearances as a substitute, but he won't be starting any games I think.
If I were manager, he would be my second choice, with Batshuayi just edging it for the starting spot.
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