tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post3963954614409426258..comments2009-10-05T17:45:08.256-07:00Ante Kvartučhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16437052886249645504croatiansoccerreport@gmail.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-18551237555396010262009-10-05T17:45:08.256-07:002009-10-05T17:45:08.256-07:00Quatar and Kazakhstan are good games to bring in a few new faces to the squad. I&#39;d like to see Delac in goal as he should be our goalie of the future if Chelsea thinks he is worth something and see Jelavic start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-24834434083959589982009-10-05T16:21:38.123-07:002009-10-05T16:21:38.123-07:00Petric is out for Kazakhstan. Consider Nikica Jelavic a starter as of right now.<br /><br /><br />By the way, Sunderland are eyeing Jelavic for transfer?<br /><br />http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1218209/Sunderland-Rapid-Vienna-stars-Yasin-Pehlivan-Nikica-Jelavic.htmlIvicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08790730367065020781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-34160702271322196882009-10-05T15:09:40.347-07:002009-10-05T15:09:40.347-07:00@vinko Mustapic,<br /><br />Mario Galinovic is in the dog house at Panathinaikos. He was left on the bench again today in a 4-0 Panathinaikos win. For those of you interested in Greece, Rukavina came on in the 74th minute of play. Unless Runje goes down to injury, Runje is our man.<br /><br /><br />@Dinamofan<br /><br />Yes, I would start Subasic against Qatar. If RUnje goes down, who starts for Croatia in a potential playoff? Two capless keepers or an againg and out of form Galinovic. Bring back Butina? haha<br /><br />@ Slaven,<br /><br />Thanks for the links.<br /><br />@Petar Radman<br /><br />&quot;The common denominator in all of the problems that Rakitic has had for the past 3 years has been Ivan. He has had 3 coaches now, every single one has had a problem with him. Maybe a move away and a change of scenery will do him some good. The kid clearly has a poor work ethic and attitude.&quot;<br /><br />This clearly summarizes the Ivan Rakitic soap opera. Everyone seams to blame the manager. However, like you said, Ivan went through three managers and all three rarely played him. <br /><br />Maybe Ivan just likes picking up the checks and doesnt give a damn about playing. Something is going on behind closed doors that we don&#39;t know about.<br /><br />A change of scenery would do wonders for the kid.Denis Svirčićhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199200149694073276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-6380979167302443962009-10-04T00:46:05.489-07:002009-10-04T00:46:05.489-07:00Since when did anyone see Rakitic do anything with his left foot. He barely even uses it. I don&#39;t agree at all that he is always on left side. Yes he occasionally is on the left here and there, but that&#39;s where he&#39;s had all his worst games. When Raki was in his first season in Germany he was on the right. I used to watch Bundesliga each week in the first season and Raki was ever hardly on the left. Last season Schalke&#39;s team was a mess so can really discount the position Raki was playing. Everyone was all over the place. Bilic uses Raki on the left as he doesn&#39;t dare drop Dario Srna and cos Kranjcar has been injured or filling Modric&#39;s role. However coincidence maybe that when he had them all fit for once then he used Rakitic on the right wing in the first match against Belarus - and Rakitic in response flew down the right wing and set up Eduardo. If we play Rakitic on left wing he&#39;ll only come inside as he&#39;s right footed. He can&#39;t hit the left byline and cross with his left foot as that&#39;s usually impossible. If you constantly play right footers on left side then they always come inside. Kranjcar does it, but it don&#39;t matter regards Kranjcar cos he is playmaker rather than a winger anyway. Its rare Kranjcar every goes to the byline at all. Even if he was on the right he&#39;d try to cut inside.<br /><br />If we play Rakitic down the right wing we will get the best out of him. But when everyone is fit Rakitic will be on the bench anyway. Also if we regard Rakitic as a left wing then there is no room for Anas Sharbini. That means Drago Gabric should be in Croatia&#39;s squad ahead of Sharbini.dinamofan:)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-83884932050199206602009-10-03T18:20:28.710-07:002009-10-03T18:20:28.710-07:00I keep on hearing people mention that Rakitic is naturally right footed and that is where he belongs. Felix Magath is by far the best coach that Schalke has seen while Rakitic has been there. This is the 3rd straight coach, 4th overall (one was a caretaker manager when Slomka was fired) that has continued to use Ivan on the Left side. If we count Bilic, that also makes 5 managers. I have to wonder if they know something we dont. Danijel Prskalo is a young Croatian forward that was bought by Schalke in the summer. This guy was hand picked by Magath himself. He is out with their reserve team now, but, this may be the Croat that makes a lasting impression on that club.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-53993467047203214692009-10-03T01:00:55.844-07:002009-10-03T01:00:55.844-07:00Magath wants to give a young Georgian guy named Kemia a chance. If we look at Schalkes league position we can hardly argue. Also just like at Spurs and Hajduk there seems no planning to the signings Schalke made. They had Asamoah who plays right side, Altintop plays right side, Farfan plays right side and Rakitic plays right side. You can&#39;t have like 4 first team players who all play on the same position. Magath is trying to bring balance to do the team and although that&#39;s not suiting Rakitic it is the best thing for Schalke cos there team was all over the place last year. Rakitic would fit perfectly at Hamburg. A winter transfer would be excellant. In contrast to Schalke Hamburg are short on right sided players. They have Pitriopa who works hard but is not Rakitic standard. Also they have Jarolim who is 32 now. With his friend Petric there as well, he&#39;d fit perfectly in Hamburg. For the national team i don&#39;t think he should be dropped cos his output since Euro 2008 has still been high. He hasn&#39;t been at his best all games, but much of what has been scored so far has come through him.dinamofan:)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-46829334334066532612009-10-02T21:32:49.281-07:002009-10-02T21:32:49.281-07:00The common denominator in all of the problems that Rakitic has had for the past 3 years has been Ivan. He has had 3 coaches now, every single one has had a problem with him. Maybe a move away and a change of scenery will do him some good. The kid clearly has a poor work ethic and attitude.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-54705976845269796882009-10-02T15:21:26.202-07:002009-10-02T15:21:26.202-07:00He has even less chance of being lights out on the bench. The coach is pretending to be oblivious or maybe he&#39;s just that naive.<br /><br />I agree with you Andrej, he needs to move on if he&#39;s not even starting. Same with Pranjic, Klasnic, Kranjcar, Pletikosa (after he heals up), etc. Even if they take pay cuts, it&#39;s better than rotting on the bench.Slavennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-67373668461169251632009-10-02T15:09:21.346-07:002009-10-02T15:09:21.346-07:00Rakitic is a decent player and for him not to be a starter in schalke is kind of embarassing he needs to move on if he cant make first team there. He is only 21 and he has alot of potential im not saying he is top class or anything but there are many teams there are better then schalke who he could make the starting line up for and do a decent job. He is very good with ball and decent playmaker i never understood why bilic put madzu in over him vs england i was so madAndrejnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-79462204657210443312009-10-02T15:03:03.885-07:002009-10-02T15:03:03.885-07:00well, in the coache&#39;s defense, its not like Rakitic has been lights out with his form this year.ziva istinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-30597124025593135902009-10-02T14:35:20.522-07:002009-10-02T14:35:20.522-07:00Stupid Magath, doesn&#39;t he know what damage Rakitic could do? Is this the same kind of self-destructuctive mentality that Hertha&#39;s old mouth-breathing coach did to Simunic? I could go on but I digress.Slavennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-73072897922374960552009-10-02T14:31:36.039-07:002009-10-02T14:31:36.039-07:0082nd minute.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-64959540210665017062009-10-02T13:53:48.888-07:002009-10-02T13:53:48.888-07:00what time did they put him into the game?matt_mamichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15703597781627084900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-25398205113873318342009-10-02T13:26:57.091-07:002009-10-02T13:26:57.091-07:00Watched the Schalke game this afternoon. Ivan Rakitic was key in Schalke getting the penalty. Perhaps it is enough for him to regain some faith with Magath.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-61771835914723175822009-10-02T12:05:21.987-07:002009-10-02T12:05:21.987-07:00Ivan Rakitic sitting on the bench again today.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-66511082818325274652009-10-02T11:01:02.210-07:002009-10-02T11:01:02.210-07:00Ragged, sorry.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-86156021807365123632009-10-02T10:58:56.140-07:002009-10-02T10:58:56.140-07:00@ Ziva Istina - I never heard height mentioned as far as comparisons to Boksic go. Its the fact that both forwards have exceptional footwork for a forward. I will use the compliment of exceptional footwork very loosely, for Jelavic. I have not seen enough of him to shower him with such praise. I have followed Boksic since I was very young, he was my all time favorite Croatian player. The only player I can compare him to today would be Mirko Vucinic or to a lesser extent Wayne Rooney. Players that are willing to do some hard work in midfield and play comfortably with the ball at their feet. Neither needs to be set up for an easy goal like the classic poacher. Both can create their own opportunities or opportunities for their team mates. When healthy, Alen ran Italian and French defenses raged. Definitely was ahead of his time, he was a Hybrid between a striker and a midfielder.<br /><br />Again, I use all those comparisons and praises very, very loosely with regards to Jelavic.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-22515770269912023042009-10-02T10:44:44.212-07:002009-10-02T10:44:44.212-07:00Yeah Milan Badelj is Zvonimir Boban. hehe only kidding..dinamofan:)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-22662680893535433762009-10-02T10:43:47.595-07:002009-10-02T10:43:47.595-07:00Newcastle were horribly mismanaged for years. I&#39;ve never heard of a club which is financially rich and not in need to sell players that gets relegated. Owner Mike Ashley did everything wrong including appointing Joe Kinnear when he was off work for years after a heart attack and then they bring him in and guess what he has another heart attack.. In England there was two or three partnerships where the director of football and manager of the team were in dispute. Not only in Newcastle, but Tottenham and Portsmouth when Zajec unsettled Redknapp. It don&#39;t work in England.<br /><br />Keegan&#39;s appointment was a bit of a joke. Newcastle fans are so one dimensional. They only believe Keegan or Shearer should manage the club. Keegan walks away all the time when things get tough, but whats more funny is that he said he didn&#39;t want to come back to football as had other business interests going on. But Newcastle did a Papadopoulos on him and gave him the biggest contract ever. Even now when Newcastle are top of second division they still think they should appoint Shearer even though he get barely any managerial experience. I think Newcastle did same with Xisco. Keegan shouldn&#39;t get anything though cos he walked out.dinamofan:)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-64248707279573519522009-10-02T10:39:53.425-07:002009-10-02T10:39:53.425-07:00These comparison to Boskic are insane. Anytime a tall stricker shows up at hajduk the comparison start right away. Same thing happens at Dinamo a midfielder shows up and they beign comparing him to Boban.<br /><br />The jelavic move is puzzling to me, but I doubt the guy gets any time against Kazak.ziva istinanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-35786399130788909482009-10-02T09:57:52.203-07:002009-10-02T09:57:52.203-07:00winning, sorryPetar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-59924412022340377172009-10-02T09:57:08.817-07:002009-10-02T09:57:08.817-07:00@ DinamoFan - I know you live in England. I do now know who you support in the EPL. However, curious if you have been following the story of Kevin Keegan whining his case against Newcastle for constructive dismissal? Apparently Newcastle wanted him to Ignacio Gonzalez as a favor to two South American agents. Apparently, all Keegan had to look at was a Youtube clip that shows the same two goals from like 10 different angles. Haha, perhaps Bilic may have found the perfect club for himself to coach?Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-56647799031856673142009-10-02T09:57:07.559-07:002009-10-02T09:57:07.559-07:00*****UPDATE********<br /><br />I just updated this post with three videos.<br /><br />1) Jelavic goal<br /><br />2) Hamburg interactive video from Bild.de.... no Petric, but very interesting<br /><br />3) Perisic equalizer. Great running header, however, where is the marking? Either way, a goal is a goal, boosts confidence.Denis Svirčićhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16199200149694073276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-64061664241211632142009-10-02T09:41:55.822-07:002009-10-02T09:41:55.822-07:00I&#39;m calm.. stress balls on standby.dinamofan:)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-679457426573678943.post-75931319946002718542009-10-02T09:34:05.170-07:002009-10-02T09:34:05.170-07:00Honestly, I would have rather seen 4-6 prospects called ahead of Jelavic. that being said, this is a guy that has intrigued me for some time. I have heard the constant Boksic comparisons. @ Vinko Mustapic - You are correct. The style between the two cannot be ignored. I will say this though, A) Perhaps we cannot look at his striking rate alone. Yes, some will laugh and say, well, isnt that how we judge strikers? Nobody on this site, me included has seen more than 4 of his live games in the past 4 years. If you say that you have watched 4 live Rapid Vienna games I will have to call you a liar, assuming that you do not live in Vienna and have season tickets. What I am trying to say is, perhaps he brings other intangibles with him. Yeah, i know I will get blasted for that. I will also say this, <br /><br />I HAVE NOT AGREED WITH MANY OF THE MOVES SLAVEN BILIC HAS MADE SINCE EURO 2008. <br /><br />Okay, that being said, yes, I agree with people like DinamoFan and Ziva Istina. It seems something else is being looked at when some of these guys are getting called up. We cannot ignore the pattern with some of these call ups and then the fact they are completely ignored once they get their move away from the HNL. Its done, the guy has been called up, lets just try and keep an open mind and see if the guy does bring something new and fresh to the National Team. In all likelihood he will not be on the bench. DinamoFan, my friend, you need to calm down a bit. I am not happy with it as well, trust me, you know I have been talking up Ilicevic, Perisic and Rukavina for a long time. Slaven Bilic is going to give you a heart attack at this rate.Petar Radmannoreply@blogger.com