Pranjic has a great left foot and he's fast. Did he play so badly at left back in the last game? I'll see the game tonight. Maybe he just had an off day. He was great in left back for EURO 2008.
I'm not sure i agree with Pranjic ahead of Kranjcar. I think Kranjcar when he gets in tandum with Modric helps us to keep the ball better. Ideally we'd not want to drop Pranjic from the line up, but sadly we can't play 12 players. It depends really what we want from the game. If we want ball possession and short range passing we go for Kranjcar and if we want consistent crosses raining in we go for Pranjic. I think Pranjic has a high crossing percentage in a match, but Kranjcar and Modric play those slide passes which can be just as effective. I think Bilic still regards Pranjic as his left back though so at present i reckon we need another left winger in the squad. Sharbini is a great player to just have there on the bench. We know the guy scores goals as well as creates so he's just useful. I'm not sure there is room for Gabric at present. With Srna and then Raki on the bench i can't see where he fits in. Its agreed i think amongst 99% of Croatia fans that Rakitic will always get the nod of Gabric. I think i'd only use a player like Gabric when we have injuries in squad. I am not sure we should call him when we can't see a scenario where we'd need him. I think Lovren should hold his place as he could really do with spending time in the squad to learn from Simunic and Krizanac, but we also need Sablic in the squad to step in if someone got injured like with Krizanac. We was lucky we had Corluka to move agree as Lovren definitely wasn't ready to go into the centre in a big match like that. If Bilic must keep Juric then as well swapping Gabric for Sharbini – Pokrivac would be the other guy to swap for Sablic. Yep 100% agree Klasnic's situation looks really grim. He is out of contention at Nantes now and like Pletikosa its a worry if he'll even get a offer to transfer. I think Budan will be given chances at Palermo and i think if he starts scoring in Serie A that will have to put him ahead of Klasnic. I believe Kalinic is ahead of Klasnic anyway. I think Kalinic will get games at Blackburn. There is even talk of him starting the match at the weekend. If Kalinic bags goals that'll wipe out Klasnic too. Also if Bilic keeps scoring at Gijon i think Klasnic drops even further down the order. Klasnic really should not have made that Nantes move. Really he made too much of the Bremen doctor situation. He is earning enough money to take care of his own healthcare. I think he should have been able to take independent advice. He shouldn't really have got so angry at Bremen as his frustration cost him his career more than the actual illness did. His move to Nantes was clearly made without much forethought. In the end they turned out to be exactly what they were. A bunch of second division players who were just hoping to stay up. I don't know why Klasnic after having a great Euro 2008 would want to join such a small club.
I think against england pranjic cant play defense, i like the back line of srna,corluka,krizanac,simunic. But i think pranjic is a better option in the mid than kranjcar, he can give us more speed on that wing to help simunic, i think rakitic played well and it shows hes alot better on the right, i like the rakitic and srna combo. Also thank god da silva is back, much better tem with him in the line up.
I agree….we have seen the last of Klasnic with the national team barring any injuries.
We will use the same line up against Belarus in a few weeks, but the question is what will we use against England.
If we easily beat Belarus again I don't see Bilic chaning the line up for the Englnd game. But, if we use that line up I think we might be in trouble.
I like the idea of Simunic on the left side, Krizanac (if he is OK) and Corluka in the middle with Srna on the right side. Then the question is do you add Pranjic in the midfield. This gives an attacking look with a midfield of Pranjic, Kranjcar, Modric and Srna pushing up from right back with Vukojevic in his defensive role. I don't know…
One thing is for sure, if we go into a defensive formation against England to start the game we will be blown apart.
As for adding Sharbini to the roster, I dont think we will see him for Belarus or Engalnd. I think Bilic sticks with calling up Juric. Leko and Pokrivac are not playing right now, so you cant use them in case something happens with Vukojevic.
I am unsure if Corluka in the centre is any better than Krizanac and Simunic. I'm interested by that Srna right back, Corluka centre defence and Rakitic right wing formation as i know that Raki is a right winger. He's only really ever played at club level on the right. I think he should never be on the left again as we don't need to do it. I do worry a bit about Srna as a right back. He does defend like a midfield guy and looks for too many cheap free kicks. I think regards Juric we need to readdress the numbers in the squad. We need two left wingers and two right wingers. Srna and Rakitic as right wingers and Kranjcar and Sharbini as left wingers. I think we either drop Juric or we drop Gabric cos we do not need 3 right wingers either. We need an extra centre back in the squad. I have total confidence in Cale. I think the only reason we're not playing him is cos Pranjic gives us more attacking threat against smaller sides and 70% of the games we play in this group we can get away with playing Pranjic. The England match is the one that could be important for us though. Basically attack wise we know it all now. We know we need Eduardo partnering either Olic or Petric. We also know we are better attacking threat and better passing side when Kranjcar is on left and in our team. I believe England will destroy us again solely down Pranjic's side so we need to change it. Thats how they have advantage over us. Personally i'd send Simunic over there to do a man to man job on their right winger be it Walcott or Lennon. Simunic did excellant in the previous two games against England as a left back and am sure he'd solve the problem. The issue would be who we use to replace Simunic in the centre. I think we could see how Corluka's form and confidence is. We can judge this through watching him at Spurs. If he is in top form we could risk Corluka in centre and Srna to right back. If not then we'd need to give Sablic and Cale match practice before hand to work on things. I agree Knezevic can come back in squad if he performs at Livorno and Mikulic similarly at Standard. Drpic is a none option. He was only is cos he's Bilic's friend – not really cos he's a decent player. Great to see the back of him as a Dinamo fan and Bundesliga 2 should ensure he doesn't feature for Croatia. Also i think even Andre Mijatovic will outperform this season in Bundesliga 2 which should put into perspective for Bilic how rubbish Drpic is. Lovren is useful in the squad. He's still only 20 and i definitely don't think he's a safe centre back at the moment, but he can do a job as a right back or left back. At present we're not even sure what Lovren is gonna be at Dinamo. I think ultimately he'll be a full back. I also think 4 is the right number for strikers in the squad. At present i think we have the best 4 in the squad right now. Guess there is little point in a 5th. Also this under 21 team of ours needs sorting out as would be great to see them qualify for something at some point. Kramaric is being wasted. Team him up with Kalinic, with Bodul on the bench and strikeforce would look lots better. Sadly i think Ivan Klasnic's days in a Croatia shirt are over. He needs some injuries and miraculous turn around in his fortunes to get back in. I think there is still opportunities for Kalinic, Budan and Mate Bilic to attract Slaven Bilic's attention though.
Good result for us, no doubt. It's difficult after the summer, and with all the injuries that we've incurred. It's nice to see our full arsenal on display (pun intended!).
It's also nice to see that the boys have finally figured out that they need to "bank" it in off of Olic 🙂
I think that's the first time that I've ever seen Olic score with his head though, and that's hopeful.
Definitely having him and Pranjic at Bayern will make a big difference for us, both in the short term and the long term. If we repeat a similar result in Zagreb, I'll take it.
If I remember correctly the goal difference(and points, obviously) from the bottom placed side doesn't count. That means the Ukraine can score 12 v Andorra and it won't matter…
@Dinamofan I think we are missing some great young defenders. Right now we're very strong in the midfield and forward for the next 5 years. I really don't know who will take the place of Simunic, Kovac, and Krizanac. Corluka is a great defender but we don't have many great up and coming defensive players. It will be interesting to see who the next national team coach will call up once the three look to retire. I'm not a big fan of Drpic. If Drpic was quality he wouldn't be playing in the German 2nd division. We'll see how Knezevic does at Livorno this year. Cale had a solid season last year in Turkey so hopefully he can keep it up. Cale and Knezevic are outside backs. Hopefully Lovren will keep improving at Dinamo. I guess Srna can play right back like he does at Shahktar. Then, Corluka would move to the middle. Then we could shift Kranjcar/Rakitic right and Pranjic left. We may have to look at young Croats in Australia and Germany. There are always talented Croats coming from those countries.
3-1 is a great result for Croatia. No team is easy to beat these days especially away. France 1- Faroe Islands 0 today. This was a game that was difficult for the players because there under alot of pressure. Its not easy playing games you must win. I was impressed how we played. Yes there were some small defensive breakdowns but we dominated the majority of the game. Our soccer is in another class.
Olic and Da Silva were great up top. Olic is definitely not the traditional forward. He's awkward in many ways. He scores when he other forwards shouldn't and misses when he should score. The first goal was a great finish but the breakaway should have been even easier. You have to give him credit for his hard work. He never stops and often finds himself in the right place. I feel like Da Silva just being on the field gives our team a new confidence. He scored a goal and had a nice back heel to put Rakitic through to assist Olic.
The rest of our team was solid. I agree with you guys that Pranjic is a bit weak at left back. He's definitely a defensive liability. Pranjic is in form and its hard to put him on the bench but I also would not start him in front of Kranjcar. Krizanac, Corluka, and Simunic were solid. Simunic had 1 bad giveaway which turned into a great Belarus chance in the first half. I thought the midfield did well. Kranjcar, Modric, Vukojevic, and Srna did not allow Belarus to connect on alot of passes in the midfield. I thought Rakitic and Mandzukic played very well off the bench. Mandzukic had a great ball thru to Srna which he touched to Da Silva for the goal. Very important moment where we went up 3-1 after Belarus scored a few minutes before. I agree with @dinamofan it would be nice to see Sharbini instead of Juric out there.
Now we must beat Belarus by a couple of goals in Zagreb. We need to keep in mind if we are tied with Ukraine in points the tiebreaker will be goal difference. Right now we are +5 on Ukraine but they are a game behind and play Andorra twice. I think Ukraine will have a difficult time in Belarus. Things will be much more clear next month.
@Ziva Istina I read a post earlier about Denis posting that picture of the Bilic shirt on here to sell them. Instead of offending him and Ante I think you should thank them for creating this website. I enjoy your posts as well as those of others. This is a great place for Croatian soccer experts to share their thoughts and opinions. Their goal is to bring the Croatian team to the U.S. not to sell some t-shirts. @Ziva you should buy a t-shirt to show your support 🙂 I already have one because I played in the tournament where they were giving them out FREE. Denis and Ante thank you!!
By the way finally i think its been shown where Rakitic's natural position is. He must be relieved to finally get onto that right hand side. He's a right footer and can cross more naturally that way without cutting inside. I still think he'll have to go on the bench cos Srna showed he can't defend very well. We've got plenty of attacking talent – there's Badelj and Sharbini yet who are both capable of playing for Croatia at some point. Its a bit worrying that Simunic and Krizanac is actually the very best we've got and they don't look secure. I don't know if Sablic will make it any better. He needs to start playing with Kiev again to break in. I can think of Mikulic as another potential back up player, but not really anyone else. I have no idea what we do to solve the defence. Any ideas??
Belarus was worser than they played against England. I didn't expect that. We looked very fluent going forward with Modric, Kranjcar back in tandum. Rakitic also great player to have from bench. All we need to do now is wave Juric goodbye and we can have another creative option in Sharbini. Eduardo and Olic looked a lot more forward thinking and the team spread out a lot better. We pressured their defence from the front which is what we were doing initially before Eduardo got injured and this Olic-Petric partnership started up. Credit to Olic. Yep he missed chances, but he kept going and didn't let it get to him. Defensively well we can get away with Pranjic in a game like this, but we would be chancing things to do it against England. Prob Srna, Corluka, Krizanac, Simunic against England or Corluka, Sablic, Krizanac and Simunic. How did under 21's do. Cannot believe Kramaric left behind in Dinamo to net a hatrick. The kids 100 times the player of any striker in the Under 21's. Also i can't see Kalinic getting in now Eduardo is back so he may as well help the Under 21's too. Has Sharbinis signed with Hajduk. I notice Cufre will not sign with Dinamo now. I'm glad. we don't want no player that just wants to come to us cos he can't get any football with the Argentine problems. We don't want left overs. He should have came us first or not at all.
yeah, I missed half the 2nd half due to the lousy stream-whatever, I'll catch the repeat on Setanta tommorrow… In truth, I'm relieved more than happy about the result. Even though Dudu looked a bit tired at moments, his presence in the lineup completely transforms our attack. How did Mandzukic do?( I couldn't tell- my stream was that messed up…)
Good result. Good play from Kranjcar and Olic in the first half. All of our action came from the left hand side in the first half. Yes, Olic misses easy chances, but he puts himself into those positions that most forwards do not. Its one of the things that we have live up with concerning Olic.
2nd half we played well and great response in aswering Belarus' goal. The gol we gave up was bad, but we regrouped,
However, a better quality side will make us pay for the backline that we use. Pranjic is not a defender. It works against teams that can ot attack against Pranjic, but if we use that lineup against Engalnd again they will rip us. Our D is very shaky.
second half was great fluid on attack and when we attack we win so much talent in front but weak in back so we have to focus on possession. this game could have been 6-0 belarus goal was lucky srna slipped for and easy finish but i am glad to say we played very well in second half.
End 1st half- Pranjic is getting raped on his side- and Belarus are a lousy side. He can't be the long term solution…Wont talk about Olic because we all know…(I laughed when he went one on one). I hope Bilic brings on Mandzukic soon…
Pranjic has a great left foot and he's fast. Did he play so badly at left back in the last game? I'll see the game tonight. Maybe he just had an off day. He was great in left back for EURO 2008.
I'm not sure i agree with Pranjic ahead of Kranjcar. I think Kranjcar when he gets in tandum with Modric helps us to keep the ball better. Ideally we'd not want to drop Pranjic from the line up, but sadly we can't play 12 players. It depends really what we want from the game. If we want ball possession and short range passing we go for Kranjcar and if we want consistent crosses raining in we go for Pranjic. I think Pranjic has a high crossing percentage in a match, but Kranjcar and Modric play those slide passes which can be just as effective.
I think Bilic still regards Pranjic as his left back though so at present i reckon we need another left winger in the squad. Sharbini is a great player to just have there on the bench. We know the guy scores goals as well as creates so he's just useful.
I'm not sure there is room for Gabric at present. With Srna and then Raki on the bench i can't see where he fits in. Its agreed i think amongst 99% of Croatia fans that Rakitic will always get the nod of Gabric. I think i'd only use a player like Gabric when we have injuries in squad. I am not sure we should call him when we can't see a scenario where we'd need him.
I think Lovren should hold his place as he could really do with spending time in the squad to learn from Simunic and Krizanac, but we also need Sablic in the squad to step in if someone got injured like with Krizanac. We was lucky we had Corluka to move agree as Lovren definitely wasn't ready to go into the centre in a big match like that.
If Bilic must keep Juric then as well swapping Gabric for Sharbini – Pokrivac would be the other guy to swap for Sablic.
Yep 100% agree Klasnic's situation looks really grim. He is out of contention at Nantes now and like Pletikosa its a worry if he'll even get a offer to transfer.
I think Budan will be given chances at Palermo and i think if he starts scoring in Serie A that will have to put him ahead of Klasnic. I believe Kalinic is ahead of Klasnic anyway. I think Kalinic will get games at Blackburn. There is even talk of him starting the match at the weekend. If Kalinic bags goals that'll wipe out Klasnic too. Also if Bilic keeps scoring at Gijon i think Klasnic drops even further down the order.
Klasnic really should not have made that Nantes move. Really he made too much of the Bremen doctor situation. He is earning enough money to take care of his own healthcare. I think he should have been able to take independent advice. He shouldn't really have got so angry at Bremen as his frustration cost him his career more than the actual illness did. His move to Nantes was clearly made without much forethought. In the end they turned out to be exactly what they were. A bunch of second division players who were just hoping to stay up. I don't know why Klasnic after having a great Euro 2008 would want to join such a small club.
We need someone to bury those goals that Olic would normally miss.
The main thing is, for our WC hopes, Norway thrashing Scotland was a sign of "God really does love us" as now Macedonia is in 2nd place.
Question if someone can answer this: Does Ukraine's +2 goal differential on us (away goals) mean more than our overall goal differential?
I think against england pranjic cant play defense, i like the back line of srna,corluka,krizanac,simunic. But i think pranjic is a better option in the mid than kranjcar, he can give us more speed on that wing to help simunic, i think rakitic played well and it shows hes alot better on the right, i like the rakitic and srna combo. Also thank god da silva is back, much better tem with him in the line up.
I think Sharbini will get called up after the qualifying campaign is over.
Klasnic is done w/ the NT, just a shame that he scored 50% of our goals in Euro 2008 🙂
Kalinic, and Bilic are probably in a pecking order behind whatever comes out of Headquarters Mamic.
I agree….we have seen the last of Klasnic with the national team barring any injuries.
We will use the same line up against Belarus in a few weeks, but the question is what will we use against England.
If we easily beat Belarus again I don't see Bilic chaning the line up for the Englnd game. But, if we use that line up I think we might be in trouble.
I like the idea of Simunic on the left side, Krizanac (if he is OK) and Corluka in the middle with Srna on the right side. Then the question is do you add Pranjic in the midfield. This gives an attacking look with a midfield of Pranjic, Kranjcar, Modric and Srna pushing up from right back with Vukojevic in his defensive role. I don't know…
One thing is for sure, if we go into a defensive formation against England to start the game we will be blown apart.
As for adding Sharbini to the roster, I dont think we will see him for Belarus or Engalnd. I think Bilic sticks with calling up Juric. Leko and Pokrivac are not playing right now, so you cant use them in case something happens with Vukojevic.
Lets just hope all our guys stay healthy.
I am unsure if Corluka in the centre is any better than Krizanac and Simunic. I'm interested by that Srna right back, Corluka centre defence and Rakitic right wing formation as i know that Raki is a right winger. He's only really ever played at club level on the right. I think he should never be on the left again as we don't need to do it.
I do worry a bit about Srna as a right back. He does defend like a midfield guy and looks for too many cheap free kicks. I think regards Juric we need to readdress the numbers in the squad. We need two left wingers and two right wingers. Srna and Rakitic as right wingers and Kranjcar and Sharbini as left wingers. I think we either drop Juric or we drop Gabric cos we do not need 3 right wingers either. We need an extra centre back in the squad.
I have total confidence in Cale. I think the only reason we're not playing him is cos Pranjic gives us more attacking threat against smaller sides and 70% of the games we play in this group we can get away with playing Pranjic.
The England match is the one that could be important for us though. Basically attack wise we know it all now. We know we need Eduardo partnering either Olic or Petric. We also know we are better attacking threat and better passing side when Kranjcar is on left and in our team.
I believe England will destroy us again solely down Pranjic's side so we need to change it. Thats how they have advantage over us. Personally i'd send Simunic over there to do a man to man job on their right winger be it Walcott or Lennon. Simunic did excellant in the previous two games against England as a left back and am sure he'd solve the problem. The issue would be who we use to replace Simunic in the centre. I think we could see how Corluka's form and confidence is. We can judge this through watching him at Spurs. If he is in top form we could risk Corluka in centre and Srna to right back. If not then we'd need to give Sablic and Cale match practice before hand to work on things.
I agree Knezevic can come back in squad if he performs at Livorno and Mikulic similarly at Standard. Drpic is a none option. He was only is cos he's Bilic's friend – not really cos he's a decent player. Great to see the back of him as a Dinamo fan and Bundesliga 2 should ensure he doesn't feature for Croatia. Also i think even Andre Mijatovic will outperform this season in Bundesliga 2 which should put into perspective for Bilic how rubbish Drpic is. Lovren is useful in the squad. He's still only 20 and i definitely don't think he's a safe centre back at the moment, but he can do a job as a right back or left back. At present we're not even sure what Lovren is gonna be at Dinamo. I think ultimately he'll be a full back.
I also think 4 is the right number for strikers in the squad. At present i think we have the best 4 in the squad right now. Guess there is little point in a 5th. Also this under 21 team of ours needs sorting out as would be great to see them qualify for something at some point. Kramaric is being wasted. Team him up with Kalinic, with Bodul on the bench and strikeforce would look lots better.
Sadly i think Ivan Klasnic's days in a Croatia shirt are over. He needs some injuries and miraculous turn around in his fortunes to get back in. I think there is still opportunities for Kalinic, Budan and Mate Bilic to attract Slaven Bilic's attention though.
Good result for us, no doubt. It's difficult after the summer, and with all the injuries that we've incurred. It's nice to see our full arsenal on display (pun intended!).
It's also nice to see that the boys have finally figured out that they need to "bank" it in off of Olic 🙂
I think that's the first time that I've ever seen Olic score with his head though, and that's hopeful.
Definitely having him and Pranjic at Bayern will make a big difference for us, both in the short term and the long term. If we repeat a similar result in Zagreb, I'll take it.
If I remember correctly the goal difference(and points, obviously) from the bottom placed side doesn't count. That means the Ukraine can score 12 v Andorra and it won't matter…
@Dinamofan I think we are missing some great young defenders. Right now we're very strong in the midfield and forward for the next 5 years. I really don't know who will take the place of Simunic, Kovac, and Krizanac. Corluka is a great defender but we don't have many great up and coming defensive players. It will be interesting to see who the next national team coach will call up once the three look to retire. I'm not a big fan of Drpic. If Drpic was quality he wouldn't be playing in the German 2nd division. We'll see how Knezevic does at Livorno this year. Cale had a solid season last year in Turkey so hopefully he can keep it up. Cale and Knezevic are outside backs. Hopefully Lovren will keep improving at Dinamo. I guess Srna can play right back like he does at Shahktar. Then, Corluka would move to the middle. Then we could shift Kranjcar/Rakitic right and Pranjic left. We may have to look at young Croats in Australia and Germany. There are always talented Croats coming from those countries.
3-1 is a great result for Croatia. No team is easy to beat these days especially away. France 1- Faroe Islands 0 today. This was a game that was difficult for the players because there under alot of pressure. Its not easy playing games you must win. I was impressed how we played. Yes there were some small defensive breakdowns but we dominated the majority of the game. Our soccer is in another class.
Olic and Da Silva were great up top. Olic is definitely not the traditional forward. He's awkward in many ways. He scores when he other forwards shouldn't and misses when he should score. The first goal was a great finish but the breakaway should have been even easier. You have to give him credit for his hard work. He never stops and often finds himself in the right place. I feel like Da Silva just being on the field gives our team a new confidence. He scored a goal and had a nice back heel to put Rakitic through to assist Olic.
The rest of our team was solid. I agree with you guys that Pranjic is a bit weak at left back. He's definitely a defensive liability. Pranjic is in form and its hard to put him on the bench but I also would not start him in front of Kranjcar. Krizanac, Corluka, and Simunic were solid. Simunic had 1 bad giveaway which turned into a great Belarus chance in the first half. I thought the midfield did well. Kranjcar, Modric, Vukojevic, and Srna did not allow Belarus to connect on alot of passes in the midfield. I thought Rakitic and Mandzukic played very well off the bench. Mandzukic had a great ball thru to Srna which he touched to Da Silva for the goal. Very important moment where we went up 3-1 after Belarus scored a few minutes before. I agree with @dinamofan it would be nice to see Sharbini instead of Juric out there.
Now we must beat Belarus by a couple of goals in Zagreb. We need to keep in mind if we are tied with Ukraine in points the tiebreaker will be goal difference. Right now we are +5 on Ukraine but they are a game behind and play Andorra twice. I think Ukraine will have a difficult time in Belarus. Things will be much more clear next month.
@Ziva Istina I read a post earlier about Denis posting that picture of the Bilic shirt on here to sell them. Instead of offending him and Ante I think you should thank them for creating this website. I enjoy your posts as well as those of others. This is a great place for Croatian soccer experts to share their thoughts and opinions. Their goal is to bring the Croatian team to the U.S. not to sell some t-shirts. @Ziva you should buy a t-shirt to show your support 🙂 I already have one because I played in the tournament where they were giving them out FREE. Denis and Ante thank you!!
By the way finally i think its been shown where Rakitic's natural position is. He must be relieved to finally get onto that right hand side. He's a right footer and can cross more naturally that way without cutting inside. I still think he'll have to go on the bench cos Srna showed he can't defend very well. We've got plenty of attacking talent – there's Badelj and Sharbini yet who are both capable of playing for Croatia at some point.
Its a bit worrying that Simunic and Krizanac is actually the very best we've got and they don't look secure. I don't know if Sablic will make it any better. He needs to start playing with Kiev again to break in. I can think of Mikulic as another potential back up player, but not really anyone else. I have no idea what we do to solve the defence. Any ideas??
Belarus was worser than they played against England. I didn't expect that. We looked very fluent going forward with Modric, Kranjcar back in tandum. Rakitic also great player to have from bench. All we need to do now is wave Juric goodbye and we can have another creative option in Sharbini.
Eduardo and Olic looked a lot more forward thinking and the team spread out a lot better. We pressured their defence from the front which is what we were doing initially before Eduardo got injured and this Olic-Petric partnership started up.
Credit to Olic. Yep he missed chances, but he kept going and didn't let it get to him.
Defensively well we can get away with Pranjic in a game like this, but we would be chancing things to do it against England. Prob Srna, Corluka, Krizanac, Simunic against England or Corluka, Sablic, Krizanac and Simunic.
How did under 21's do. Cannot believe Kramaric left behind in Dinamo to net a hatrick. The kids 100 times the player of any striker in the Under 21's. Also i can't see Kalinic getting in now Eduardo is back so he may as well help the Under 21's too.
Has Sharbinis signed with Hajduk. I notice Cufre will not sign with Dinamo now. I'm glad. we don't want no player that just wants to come to us cos he can't get any football with the Argentine problems. We don't want left overs. He should have came us first or not at all.
yeah, I missed half the 2nd half due to the lousy stream-whatever, I'll catch the repeat on Setanta tommorrow…
In truth, I'm relieved more than happy about the result. Even though Dudu looked a bit tired at moments, his presence in the lineup completely transforms our attack. How did Mandzukic do?( I couldn't tell- my stream was that messed up…)
Good result. Good play from Kranjcar and Olic in the first half. All of our action came from the left hand side in the first half. Yes, Olic misses easy chances, but he puts himself into those positions that most forwards do not. Its one of the things that we have live up with concerning Olic.
2nd half we played well and great response in aswering Belarus' goal. The gol we gave up was bad, but we regrouped,
However, a better quality side will make us pay for the backline that we use. Pranjic is not a defender. It works against teams that can ot attack against Pranjic, but if we use that lineup against Engalnd again they will rip us. Our D is very shaky.
All in all….a good win and keeps us alive.
second half was great fluid on attack and when we attack we win so much talent in front but weak in back so we have to focus on possession. this game could have been 6-0 belarus goal was lucky srna slipped for and easy finish but i am glad to say we played very well in second half.
we won
If you are having trouble watching it, allsport-live.ru is working
End 1st half- Pranjic is getting raped on his side- and Belarus are a lousy side. He can't be the long term solution…Wont talk about Olic because we all know…(I laughed when he went one on one). I hope Bilic brings on Mandzukic soon…
jebem ti majku runje sta radis