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Ben SFC 
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 Topic: Croatia preliminary squadPosted: 10 May 2012 at 11:32pm |
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Never realised just how good a side they have. Fancy them to pip Italy out of the group, if we don't obviously!
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 6:43pm |
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What has that got to do with the Croatia squad? You know aswell as i do , Gibson won't start ahead of those two ffs.
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rainpaulo
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 6:32pm |
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Hope we play Gibson and Whelan or Gibson and Andrews......Whealan and Andrews are poor together.
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 6:29pm |
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their entire list of defenders are quite poor
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rolo
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 5:49pm |
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Do you blame them?
Every team targets specific games to get points from. We're looking at getting 4 points from Italy and Croatia. Can hardly expect them to be aiming for a point against Ireland and to beat Spain or Italy. Croatia will not have an easier game in the group stage than us.
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"I'm off to see the Queen tomorrow too, don't forget that"
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 5:27pm |
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The general consensus amongst Croatians is that we are a surefire 3 pointer.
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 5:10pm |
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Which won't happen.  Backs to the wall, conceded the midfield, repel the advances = 0-0.
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Catman
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 4:57pm |
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As we say before every game, central midfield need to step up to the plate big time and not let them walk all over us
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The sequence now is, should he miss this, and Ireland's next penalty is scored, then the match and the progress are Ireland's....Timofte against Bonner.. |
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SuperDave84
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 4:51pm |
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If they have 70% possession, we'll be doing well to create any chances. |
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 4:45pm |
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looks like a good side going forward but the defensive side of it is nothing special and if we setup right we will create chances against them
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rolo
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 4:09pm |
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Look at that fooking squad!!!
If that doesn't reign in some of the lofty expectations on here, I don't know what will!!
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 4:05pm |
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Pletikosa in goal has 90 caps to his credit but he was deemed not good enough for Celtic who duely went and brought Fraser Forster back. In Defense Pjanic is only playing in reserve for Bayern , Simunic is well past at this stage i never rated him too highly at Hertha and he's now playing in the Croatian League , Corluka got flogged by Spurs to Leverkusen mid season on loan as he wasn't delivering the goods for the past part of a season. Lovren of Lyon is a good young player but they had a poor enough season + Srna will probably play in midfield and not at right back!
For all of Croatia's attacking qualities , we shouldn't fear them imo.
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 3:52pm |
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 3:42pm |
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Quote from Bilic regarding the Ireland match, after naming his squad:
"With all due respect I feel for them, we want to start the tournament with three points. They are our chance" I can understand why he would say this. The Ireland match is the best chance for Croatia to get 3 points. They waltzed through us in the friendly last year and we got away with a 0-0. But I think Trap will go into the first match looking for a draw. He's Italian, after all. They always do that. Draw v Croatia Loss v Spain Win v Italy Through with 4 points!
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 3:39pm |
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Bilic is quitting after the Euros was announced at lunchtime not really the best news for any team a month before their first game.
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 3:28pm |
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Was at Villa v Spurs last weekend and Modric was awful, but some of his first touches were subperb.
He's a class player, but just as capable as having an off-day as anyone else.
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Catman
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 3:20pm |
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We're always going to be defensive and cautious but if we show a little bit more adventure in this game, which I think we will, grabbing a goal or two here, with our defence, gives us a great chance of an opening win and we'd be going into the Spain game sky high.
Having said that, his analysis "Their organisation is good, but it is not impossible to get a 1-on-1 situation with the goalkeeper." is spot on |
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Posted: 10 May 2012 at 2:33pm |
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Need something from the game. Think it's our best chance of getting 3 points though
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