So here we go again, time to step into the spotlight.
Speculations & The Magic Trio
As mentioned in a previous post, a lot of speculation was brought up as to who should be included in our starting eleven against Germany. And with Bilic keeping his cards still hidden, I guess there’s nothing more we can [...]

I imagine as soon as the referee blew the final whistle on our match vs. Austria, journalists and fans alike started toying with all kinds of solutions and potential changes Croatia should endorse in our match against Germany this Thursday.

Wow, I imagine that wasn’t much of a match for a neutral to see. Also, I’ll be honest and say though I am somewhat disappointed with our team’s overall performance (which further emphasizes the great result we pulled out), I’m much more disappointed with the general reaction that seems to be common after the game.

Here’s a little photo album of what Vienna looks like these days:

So it’s pretty much the same team that clashed with Hungary last Saturday. Only slightly more motivated of course. Let’s see what difference a proper motivation can make. I hijacked a little picture that shows the Austrian starting eleven as well. So here’s how it looks on paper (right click + view image for a [...]

I just stumbled across this and couldn’t resist putting it up. Always brings a smile to my face.

Here’s Meet Your Croat, volume V:

Name: Vedran Corluka
Born: 5. 2. 1986.
Position: Right Back, Wing Back, Centre Back
Club: Manchester City
National caps: 20(0)

Or of course, Welcome Croatia!
Seems we always hit the friendliest and warmest places to camp our players in. That’s the kind of impression our players surely got upon arriving to Bad Tatzmannsdorf (let’s refer to it as “BT“), where a crowd of 4.000 showed up at the town square to meet them.

You were warned.

If this was Star Trek, we’d probably be at “Yellow alert” by now. “Shields up” and everything.
As it turns out, a wave of pessimism has spread all throughout Croatia after our Saturday’s poor showing against Hungary. A number of articles seemed to pinpoint our lack of quality upfront and the diminishing influence our creative [...]