List For Ukraine

Bilic announced his 24 today, so lets see who goes and who stays:

Goalkeepers: Pletikosa, Runje, Subasic
Defenders: Corluka, Kovac, Simunic, Drpic, Vejic, Cale, Pranjic
Midfielders: Juric, Vukojevic, Pokrivac, J. Leko, Modric, Srna, Kranjcar, Rakitic, Gabric
Forwards: Olic, Petric, Klasnic, Mandžukic i Kalinic

Good news: Kranjcar obviously made the list..and that’s about it.
Bad news: Krizanac is out, Eduardo’s on standby (should be included if he passes a late fitness test), loads of our players look out of shape.

To be a bit more precise: Pletikosa, who is our number one GK choice has been caught napping a few times on the good old Spartak Moscow reserve bench; Rakitic, who looked like he was about to reach a new high this season, has also spend far too many hours loitering on the bench; the likes of Petric and Klasnic look toothless upfront.

But! Yes there’s a butt in all of this, and that’s the fact that some domestic players could be given a shot in all this mess. The likes of Mandzukic & Gabric have been on top form for the last couple of weeks / months and it wouldn’t be a surprise if one of them gets a fair amount of time in our attempt to beat down Ukraine.

But not to get ahead of myself, there’s still loads of time till kick off, so it’s pretty much all a guessing game till then. Who knows, maybe our fortunes take a U-turn in the meantime (Messi a half-Croat? Anyone?).