Photo: Haberier
Former Croatia international and manager, Slaven Bilić, didn’t have to wait long to find a new job after parting ways with Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow this offseason. Bilić has officially been announced as the new manager at Turkish club Besiktas. Besiktas finished third in Turkey last year, behind Galatasaray and Fenerbahce respectively, but have been banned from European competition by UEFA this season due to a match-fixing scandal.
After six years at the helm for the Croatian national team, Bilić announced in 2012 that he would leave the Vatreni for club football, signing a deal with Lokomotiv Moscow, bringing in Croatian defender Vedran Ćorluka and goalie Dario Krešić in the process. However, Lokomotiv finished ninth in Russia, only winning 12 games this past season. Now the 44 year-old Bilić will try his luck with Turkish giants Besiktas.
Although we all look for Bilić to succeed in Turkey and possibly bring his new club to the Champions League, another stint with the Croatian national team is inevitable, with the coaching pool so small. Should Croatia not qualify for the World Cup in Brazil alongside Besiktas having an average season, would you welcome Bilić back with Luka Modrić and company?
Bilic to coach Melbourne Heart.
byt that i mean im a raging alcoholic btw
when im not on any drugsi m a depressed mess
nah i dont smoke but i am known to drink the odd bit of vodka… just the odd bit, here and there…
@Iggy
Get off the diazepams and the temazepams. They warp your sense of reality.
I have sleep issues too mostly because of rocking it to hard during the early 2000’s and it took alot of effort to kick the temazepams. They also made my sleep paralysis worse.
Do you smoke choof?
I’m going to Croatia in about a month. But won’t be visiting Dubrovnik or sibenik. I’m heading direct to Zagreb then pozega then to bosna ( kiseljak ) then crossing the border to srbija (Vojvodina), then back to hrvatska ( benkovac) and then back to Zagreb.
Can’t wait, I havent been for a few years, I know my liver ain’t looking forward to it, but I know I am.
God bless.
Inter still owns 50% of him, I wouldn’t rule it out.
@Poglavnik…..clubs are required to release players during official FIFA release windows when qualifiers or friendlies are scheduled. They are not required to release them for this tourney.
@Mate Cleveland…..I would be shocked if Livaja ever agin plays for Inter.
anyone in Croatia? I will be in Dubrovnik for the next week or so then 2 weeks in Sibenik. Shoot me an email at
denis@croatiansports.com
nobody cares about YOUTH world cups i meant to say * ^^^ up there i think u knwo what i meant
:_(
cmon guys i move from efexor to zoloft to lexapro with diazepman like tic tacs and temazepam to sleep at nights i realise im fucked in the head dont be mean im your fellow counytryman after all :_(
on the u20 it would have been really nice if we had sent ou r best team dont u think? i know nobody cares about world cups these days but u do still hear about the 87 jugo team a lot after all and we know how many of our players were in that that went on to be great national team players..
if we had the 4 guys missing we could arguably be one of the favs to win the thing considering we’re cruising now with them all missing !
@croathrvat
I agree iggy’s posts are tiresome and he needs his mouth washed out with soap. His comments have no meaning, always exaggerates croatian sports peoples chances with unrealistic spaz remarks that always backfire right after he posts them.
@Iggy
Use some logic before you blurt out word vomit.
It’s like you are a 12 year old Kidd with ADD that had to much sugar and rants and raves incoherent BS just to get some attention.
Please, Please keep it to yourself and just shut up for once.
iggy scotland was supposed to be easy victory for the old boys as well;)
i would think a guy like kovacic would be pretty dominant now against the younger guys since adding a bunch of big boy experience to his resume in the past little while
Iggy! Your a mad cunt, I’m following u on this
well as an aussie i can tell u aussies never use to be released by their clubs year ago and many many games aus played were missing their best.
and that was fucking bullshit. to say oh the clubs pay so its their decision is cunty ziva, what about whats for the good of the game etc of course thew clubs can do it but it makes them cunts for doing it
jack – funny u ask i start a new job on monday !
anyway NZ will be an easy victory should get a few goals too and win the group
I always thought clubs had no say in releasing players…
Otherwise why wouldn’t clubs hold back all their players when National teams come calling for friendlies in the middle of a European season.
I think it should be more black and white than it is.
@ Dave
Marko Pajac looked good, so did Datkovic and Simunovic
@ Ziva
Inter didn’t let him go but loaned him out so he would play and develop. Would have brought him back if it wasn’t for his shenanigans at Atalanta; Inter isn’t exactly brooding with forwards at the moment. Probably would have not loaned him out if they knew Milito would have gotten injured. Wouldn’t count him out just yet; I’m not 100% sure who owns him to be honest.
Well, the clubs are the ones who are paying these players……If these guys get hurt in the tourney, the clubs still get stuck having to pay the salary.
We are not the only country not taking this tourney seriously.
Uzbekistan has bought the best possible U20 squad to the tournament. BS that we let clubs dictate our NT development.
Rebic has been impressive to me in these last two games.
Steta that we do not have the full crew of MF’s. Never like to see us not be able to pass through the middle of the park.
Jebi ga. It is a good opportunity to for some some young guys to get international experience.
I always enjoy seeing our uniforms out on the pitch.
Need to have an offensive explosion against NZ this Saturday.
@CroatHrvat
I’m good for about three of Iggy’s posts a day.
-Who cares about his Livaja’s hair-just win baby-
-Granted its a U20 World Cup – but its better to do well than lose at any level.
-As for the NT coach- I’m not ready for a non Croat to be manager.
– Regional league- the region needs it (have to invlude Serbs) which makes it difficult- how can you have a league that you couldn’t travel to the biggest games. In time maybe – 25-30 years.
@Iggy:
Do you work?
:_(__ wjhat i do ??
As for NT, I wonder if Prosencki would be interested. A few people I have spoken to in Croatia seem to tell me that the fans want him to be the coach. Also, isn’t Prosencki coaching in Turkey as well??
I wish there was a block button on here, I’m tired of seeing Iggy’s posts.
to anyone who is in aus LIVAJA’s shitty fucked up hairstyle reminds me of Berisha but its EVEN FUCKING WORSE who wants to look like some albanian mug anyway
yessss we came back i went to bed at half time like a mug tho ! lol i shouldve stayed up WE CRSUSHED UZCUNTISTAN
we are GONNA WIN THIS WHOLE WORLD CUP BOYS LETDS GO FELLAS !! !WEEEEEe
Left full back is such a key position!
The only times we’ve ever gone anywhere, or showed promise in tourneys was when we had good attacking play down the left side from fullbacks.
Strinic in ’12
Pranjic in ’08
Jarni in ’98 & ’96
I would love to see us develop a good young one probably more than any other position.
The U20 team is organized but they lack any offensive spark. Of course missing a player like Kovacic will hurt, but I haven’t been impressed with too many of these players. Livaja and Rebic are easily the best and the goalkeeper isn’t too bad. The fullbacks both haven’t impressed and the midfielders aren’t that great either, only Mrzljak is ok on his defensive duties.
As for Bilic, I don’t see him staying at Besiktas for long, Turkish clubs don’t usually keep managers for long. As for a return to the NT, maybe in the future, but not this soon, though I would like to see Stimac sacked, hoping he was sacked since he was hired in all honesty 😀
@ TGC and Dave
While we are missing some key talents, it gives other players a chance to shine. Rebic, Pjaca, and Canadija have done well. Plus the defenders are solid.
Remember, this Tourney is one massive shop window and look to see the stock of these players rise. Tons of Scouts are at these games.
Alos why Inter realized they made a mistake and let him go.
i was impressed with the Uzbeks technical ability. Didnt think they had it in them. A lot of people said they were a team to watch out for heading into the tournament and now I see why. They play some quality football, at least their passing of the ball
“Look at me” Livaja and all his tats scored. Not seeing much from him in these two games so far that would make me think Inter knew what they were doing when they went after him.
I guess that is why pro teams and pro scouts spend months watching players LIVE in game and practice before deciding on an acquisition, rather than 2 games on the tv! LOL
^ exactly what i was talking about yesterday!
good result. Should be able to beat N. Zealand and pending the other results, that could mean first place in the group.
“Look at me” Livaja and all his tats scored. Not seeing much from him in these two games so far that would make me think Inter knew what they were doing when they went after him.
fuckin wallabes
I would never step foot in Turkey…dirty fucks
Nice job drawing the Uzbek Horde. All we need is a draw against the Kiwis and we are through.
full time stats: http://www.xtratime.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=32401&stc=1&d=1372276360
1-1 draw, Croatia solidly in 2nd place. a draw vs NZ and we are guaranteed to move on I think
i think blazevic has been sold to bologna for 500k
unmarked tap in from a Rebic free kick!
Evoga livaja!
GOAL LIVAJA!!!
The carbon tax=tax power company’s=spread wealth to poor=big power company’s raise prices on us. Dummy!
How is that good logic we lose anyway. Learn how that works dafty.
And no I ain’t rich, but I’m intelligent enough to know that voting labor is a ticket to knowhere, it’s a losers bet. At least with liberal you are voting for a better more prosperous Australia and not for a party that will hand me fifty dollars then tax me a hundred.
You can fall for their working class bullshit, its 2013 not 1943. There is no need for labor anymore they have become obsolete.
Labor voters should be lined up and shot, then Australia will be great again.
They’re 20 years old, lots of time to develop their games….
watching the under 20 game. Our attack is so stagnant just like our senior team. Only difference these younger kids hustle to close down and get the ball. Only good player so far is Ante rebic. Can’t see any other guy making the senior squad. Maybe livija but his give away and foul let to the free kick goal.
@GoldenChild I would’ve settled for just Radosevic and Jedvaj
here are the first half stats:
http://www.xtratime.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=32393&stc=1&d=1372272622
No Kovacic and no Halilovic. I wonder how we would have faired in this tournament with both of them on the squad. In any case, we still got a half to go. Here is hoping we get some points out of this match.
FUCKING SHIT FUCK OFF
hahaha.. uzbekicunt
cool im eating popcorn and drinking and wathcing us somash some uzbek shitheads
the defender blocked part put him off anyway we will win its for sure
UZBEKSI fgetting a smshin
Bah uzbekis miss an open goal. Where the fuck was our keeper? Keepers gotta play like a sweeper in today’s modern game.
look at the thousands in the crowd.. lol
nice to see us controlling posession smashinig some uzbeki
anyway enough PLZ i want to watch our BOYS SMASH SOME UZBEKUIS OK LETS concentrate on that for now
“Come down to footscray and I’ll knock that ciggie out from your mouth shit for brains. Skinny pin dick fuck!”
this is just stupid ? are u saying ua re really tough ?
for heavens sake are we 12 year olds having a pissing contest again on this site? grow up
TGC – i was drinking long before !
“Labor had the mining boom but they decided to tax miners, so foreign company’s ran off. Nice move idiots.”
a lie – what u base this on ?
“Liberals know how to run a country, they have business backgrounds.”
Well you’re right they have business backgrounds alright, an even foregrounds.. love the way reinhart (fat jew bitch) and murdoch control the lib party ! wtg !!
What “tax after tax” ?
Are u saying the carbon tax? the one where ALP takes money from big business, spreads it to the poor and introduces a tax as opposed to ABBOTT who just takes 11$ billion taxpayer money and gives it to big business? are u fucking daft? and what about tax-free threshold/superannuation? If you are rich, no worries i have no issues with u voting lib, if u arent rich, you’re just a fucking moron and should be put down IMMEDIATELY.
@iggy
PHD in philosophy. That explains a lot. Don’t worry, it was my major too. I started drinking soon after.
Iggy from one Aussie to another I fucking love you! You keep this site interesting and fun unlike that old dosadan baba ziva. P.S where’s the under 20 article???
@Iggy
And I suppose Anna Bligh was a god send?
Labor gives out money to peabrains like yourself to get their vote. Labor are a spendthrift bunch whom throw money away and spend money they don’t have.
Look at their track record. Labor had the mining boom but they decided to tax miners, so foreign company’s ran off. Nice move idiots.
Liberals know how to run a country, they have business backgrounds. Labor are teachers at heart and that’s what they should stick too.
Broken promises, boat people fiasco, tax after tax, failed schemes, mismanagement are labors way and knumbscull halfwits like you fall for their garbage.
You have no clue on what’s going on do you!
Labor morons likeyourself should suffer their failings but to bring down decent hard working Aussies with you is what pisses me off.
Come down to footscray and I’ll knock that ciggie out from your mouth shit for brains. Skinny pin dick fuck!
thanks! watching from vancouver
Hrvoje Milic to join forces with Stipe in Rostov:
http://www.24sata.hr/nogomet/olic-i-pletikosa-prodali-su-hrvoja-milica-u-ruski-rostov-321050?ticker=8
wtf
howard raking in record money from the mining boom and giving it out to kids u can get $5000 just for fucvking and having a baby theres a grea tpolicy u must be fucking jkoking the amount of middle class welfare howcuint dished out is shit
btw u dickshit of an abbott voter i actually like the following
Gonski
NDIS
NBN
etc.. what do u think cuint abbott is gonna do whgen he gets in? MOVE TO QUEENSLAND U DICKHEAD and look what campbell did to this state lowest unemployment to highest in the country withiin 6 months cos libs just sack sack sack fucking cuntrashes bnelong in america abbott needs to fuck off u scum cunt
oh as for links thats easy
http://www.firstrow1.eu/watch/192845/1/watch-croatia-vs-uzbekistan,-wct—u20-.html
why am i having to post links for everything? can u cunts just get FIRSTROW and bookmark it ffs
@Tone if you are outside of the US: http://firstrowus.eu/watch/192845/1/watch-croatia-vs-uzbekistan,-wct—u20-.html
@Tone if you are in the USA: http://www.espn3.com
any links for cro-uzb u20 match?
@Iggy
K.Rudd was the reason those boat people are coming in their droves. K.Rudd is the reason why this country went down the shitter.
I blame all you labor fucks for choosing such a knob jockey for prime minister, we had a great Pm in John Howard, the man knew what he was doing and made Australia great again. That all changed when you socialist labor supporters decided we needed a change.
Well I hope you happy, Australia is now a basket case and billion of dollars in debt.
Come try living in footscray and see all the refuge I deal with everyday because you voted for Labor. Nice one!
Now you want to vote for the dudd once more?
Some people never learn.
Voting liberal is the only thing that can remedy the mess labor has made.
roflol
i know u guys would laugheis ur count
cunt off to think im not a dick for braisnm but this is me
http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/faculties,_institutes_and_centres/theology_and_philosophy/schools/philosophy/research/phd_and_mphil_programs
ilija kolar
im a phd researcher despite my duckhsads..
dickheadedness rofl so im all intoe xistential stuff i love sartre neiztssche camus heidegger freud jung adler rank et al ! lolol
@Iggy
A deliberate, thought-provoking, existential meditation on the curse of creating a never ending heaven on Earth. Nothing is quite as it seems.
loldun we all ?
the human predicament is a troublesome thing man
the way ur cunt goes ona bout oh good parenting bad parenting this or that..
the only difference is one is a higher level of repression or civilised repressiont has all
at base fundamentals all humans re mega fucked up man its a matter of recognising that fuckedupness and being maanger of it than anything rlese
man, you need help.
fuck u ziva ucuntfucking motherdick up an arse
he had a chance to make quarters or so this time maybe even semi u piece of serb (i realise this is more of an insult than anything else)
fucking arsehole ziva.. shitcunt
im not bothered anyway by the fact i lost ym, entertaintment for the evening now i whats the point i cant fuck..
enteratain myself for hurs for the u20 game thas not goinng ahappen fucking shit
well mister PEACE BELL u should vote ALP cosd if u dont i will fuckn smash u because tony abbott is the biggest cunt on earth
also i knew about that movie THE BOTHERSOME MAN thats why i mentioned it i found it really interesting u cant commit suicide fucking horror for me in a purgatory afterlife if theres ont thing u want its too be able to suicide fucking fucked up movie full of fuck love it tho lol
Australian politics is fukd. either party is shite. Its like choosing between pepsi or cola
Quit crying about Cilic. He wasn’t going to do any damage.
@Iggy
http://is.gd/qBVZE3
fuck the writeup zach i dont want to see it anymore now that marin lost via walkover
fucking shit
hes the only hrvati with a chance of doing anything at wimbledon its over alreayd fycking shit no tennis viewing anymore fucking bothersome shti cunt like that movie the bothersame man that was fucked up but existnetially pooignant i recoocmend it i thikn it was danish or some scandi cuntry
WHAT THE FUCK WALKOVER FUCK ING HELL
HE FINISHED THE LAST MATCH FINE WTF HAPPENED
FUCK THIS IS SHIT HES 24 YEARS OLD WHY IS HE HAVING KNEE PROBLEMS
FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK
FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
WAY TO RUIN MY NIGHT MARIN WHAT THE FUCKING FUCKFKCKEQBGUHFEQWNI
/WHAT THE FUCK I WAS STAYING UP TO WATCH HIM {LAY WTF HAPPENED TO HIM FUCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
WHAT
WHAT HAPPENED TO MARINM ???????
Tennis write-up coming tonight. Cilic is done 🙁 Knee injury
Looks like Rudd is PM. Another Pommie of course. When are we going to see a Wog finally in charge? And rightfully so.
We need more croats to migrate to Australia and less boat people. Go Rud. Now try stop the boats from coming.
QNEELSNAD SMASHING SOME BLUE CUNTS FEELS GOOD DOWN ME PANITES HEHEHEHE
FUCK IM GOOD
ON FB I PREDICTED EARLY TODAY THERE WILL BE A SPILL AND 60% OF THE VOTE WILL GOTO KEVIN RUDD
I WAS ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON
THANK ME LATER U KINKY CROATS !!!
@Iggy-I know that when a ballot is called that technically the positions are vacated for the length of the ballot,but not before the ballot,so 25 mins before the ballot technically we still had a PM! 😉
I’ve come up with Kev’s new slogan post-kevin 07 to get the GEEK vote
K13VIN <— CLEVER HEY THANK MY LATER YOU BLOODY INGRATES
prediction is more solid than my cock now..
Shorten supporting Rudd, looking like a sure bet now
WOW SO MANY CONTESTS TONIGHT
1) WHO WILL BE PM OF AUSTRALIA IN 30+ minutes !???
2) ORIGIN
3) CILIC VS SOME CUNT WHO WILL BE SMASHED
4) CRO VS MIGHTY UZBEKISS IN U20
WHAT A DAY !!!
anon, no.. we dont
technically when a aballot is called the positions are vacated, meaning there is no current PM of this country, which is why i said the above
prediction: rudd to win, too many spooked mp’s will opt for change
@Poglavnik-At the moment,but in Iggys case ,you are quite correct 😉
@Iggy-We still have a PM you boob.Rudd is challenging Gillard in 25mins at 7pm.Like most,I am tired of our lack of choices at the moment !
hahaha it means at the moment u kinky old fart..
cant believe at your old age you are still talking about ass to mouth u dirty geriatric !
I know you’re sick fuck, but whats with the atm, Iggy?
Are you indicating ass-to-mouth or is that just some Aussie thing?
Exciting political news in AUS atm.. we currently have no PM weeeee
imotski there will be if cilic makes it farther
we’ve been discussing all sports in all threads lol.. u know how this site works
when there is some news or sport u want to discuss u just chuck it in the most recent thread u dont even bother to look what that thread is about
i know thats what i do.. lol
Why isn’t their a Wimbeldon article? Cilic, Dodig, and Lucic made it to the next round…
As many of you well know, I’ve never been his biggest fan, and most certainly hope he never gets his hands on the NT again!
There’s certainly something of an obvious irony with him going to Turkey and all, he’s a good luck charm for them 🙂 Maybe while he’s there he learns something from Fatih Terim!
Nonetheless, wish him the best as he seems to be a good dude, just not a big fan of his coaching.
Bring back SLAVEN to Replka BEST COACH EVR
Bilic > Mourinho
DEJAN LOVREN > Neymar