Friendly Preview: Hungary

N KOVAC SCORED BOTH WAYS LOL

GOTTA STEP UP

PETRIC OLIC JUST SLEPPERS

I’m sorry but I think our beloved Croatia has no chance of getting out of the group stages unless the other teams are worse.We have steadily gotten worse since we qualified and the last 4 friendlies have been terrible.
Modric had his worst match ever and looks tired and we don’t have a striker who can score consistently so the faith in our forwards has gone I think, and it shows.I think they’re all worried where the goals will come from???
Thank God Eduardo’s back this year.Personally i would start playing Kalinic now to prepare him for the next qualifying tournament because Olic and Klasnic have no chance of playing if we want to qualify.
I’m very concerned about the team after the last 2 weeks.

Let’s just calm down and look at this in a larger perspective. Croatia yes did play bad but it was a friendly and we were unlucky the hungarian goal stood plus we weren’t awarded a penalty. If it ended 2-0 we would be singing there praises.
The game was a good thing now at least we know what wont work.

No, it wasn’t the score which would have mattered.It was the performance of the players a week out from the tournament which has been ripped apart back in Croatia.They should be close to their best at this stage yet Bilic today changed the formation because he had to after a poor first half.It got worse.I admit the players in midfield had an off day but they now go into the competition uncertain.The strikers haven’t scored for months.Defensive midfielder Kovac having to bail the team out twice with the strikers not even looking close to scoring.That’s a real problem.Like I said, they will struggle to make it out of the group becaus ethey have no striking depth,until Eduardo comes back.He did win us half the matches.

@jero: I agree, our form has been deteriorating ever since the England game.
Eduardo was a key 3x player in our qualifiers and there’s no way for any of our current strikers to fill that gap. They probably bring other things to table but it’s nowhere near as important to this team as Eduardo’s end product was.

@Milan: You’re right when you say it’s a good thing, meaning Bilic will sit down and analyze what went wrong and how to correct it. The only trouble is they have just a couple of days now to do it. The way I see it, friendlies are a way to either experiment or simply further “oil the machine”. I’m just not sure which approach Bilic had yesterday.

I’ve read many new articles today and Bilic sounds very concerned about the strikers.It’s making the news everywhere that he thinks the team from the midfield forward is out of form and now there are wispers of not getting out of the group unless they step up.Do you guys truly have faith in Klasnic , Olic and Budan to get us out of trouble??? I don’t.I honestly believe Kalinic should get a look in.At 20 he wouldn’t have the fear and he’s a genuine striker.He was also out of form the last part of the season but he’s no worse than the others.Maybe not against Germany but I’d give him a run against the others at some point.We know what the other guys bring, they’re all 27 plus, but he might bring something else.It won’t happen though and we’ll be gone early I think.

I have no doubt the Bilic is worried about the last few performances but im shore he is capable in rectify it. Petric has shown he is more then capable and Im am certain he will step up when it is needed. Olic has shown in the past that he can score important goals. Our midfield was the main problem over the weekend. The strikers received no service so we can’t expect them to do much without the ball being placed in areas where they can capitalize.