Clemdog 39,389 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Shamefully stolen from Eurosport's Facebook page. Staying away from the political situation and such, what a side they would have been. The first World Cup I can remember was 98' and their side was more than decent then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bighouse 1,012 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Slobodan Milosevic was the Craig Whyte of the balkans. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetland Bear 433 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Such a good team. So good that someone like Jovetic can't make their starting XI Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,759 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Pandev. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Hilts 12,819 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 decent but not world class. probably quarter finals of the World Cup at best Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 decent but not world class. probably quarter finals of the World Cup at bestTheir midfield is World Class, up front isn't far behind and neither is their defence. I suppose with the current Belgium side you can say a group of individual doesn't make a team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlBear. 8,499 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Surprised there's no Vuckic... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Surprised there's no Vuckic...Close call between Pjanic, Pandev, Weiss & Vuckic.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,759 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Close call between Pjanic, Pandev, Weiss & Vuckic..I am so sorry but I am 99.9% certain that Slovakia was never for a former Yugoslav state. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 I am so sorry but I am 99.9% certain that Slovakia was never for a former Yugoslav state. Fucked it after too many beers. Mixed them up with Slovenia. Surely I'll get a job with our programme editors now? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Yet the heart of the great Yugoslavian teams of the past, Serbia, are really struggling these days. Funny how times change. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I am so sorry but I am 99.9% certain that Slovakia was never for a former Yugoslav state. Slovenia Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,759 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Dejan Stankovic has represented 3 different nations in 3 World Cups! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 When I was into PES, I created a unified Yugoslavia 98 Classic team.That team would have pissed over Eurosport's puny pretenders. From a great height. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGers 96 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Pretty good, but I think the Holy Roman Empire XI would wipe the floor with them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I can't get the PES 2008 to load up on the PS2 or I could have posted a screenshot.Will have to try from memory.First XI would have been something like: KraljJugovic Bilic Mihajlovic JarniDragan Stojkovic Boban Prosinecki Savicevic Mijatovic SukerThey could well have won the 1998 World Cup as I think the last youth team of 1992 either won the Youth World Cup or got to the final.EDITed to add subs:Mrmic, Stimac, Simic, Soldo, Tudor, Dejan Stojkovic, Asanovic, Vlaovic, Milsosevic, Kovacevic.Mostly made up of Croats but I guess that is mirrored by their third-place performance at France '98.At that time, I think the Serbs and the Montenegrins(?) along with the Slovenians, Macedonians, Bosnians and Herzogovinians(?!) were still part of Yugoslav football association, if not the political country.Croatia were first to go, a fiercely proud nation, and the break-up actually had a football flashpoint when Hadjuk Split (or Dynamo Zagreb) played Red Star Belgrade and Zvonimir Boban attacked the Serb Polis for attacking Croat fans. After that, Arkan of Milosevic's Tigers recruited football hoolgans to do their bidding (ethnic cleansing and general cannon fodder).If I have offended any Croats of Serbs or anyone else I apologise in advance. My memory isn't what it used to be. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibrox_Nights 429 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Thought I'd missed something with Slovakia there for a minute They had some smashing teams over the years, while it was still very much Yugoslavia.Of course, had the whole thing in the Balkans not gone tits-up, then we wouldn't have even seen Denmark at Euro 92', being there as the lucky loser. Funny how things work out in football / sport sometimes Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Share Posted June 13, 2015 Pretty good, but I think the Holy Roman Empire XI would wipe the floor with them The fact I got you to post means the most!P.S After all this time your Cowboys still blow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone 7,678 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Shamefully stolen from Eurosport's Facebook page. Staying away from the political situation and such, what a side they would have been. The first World Cup I can remember was 98' and their side was more than decent then.The former Yugoslavia was probably the best producer of talent in Europe, they never had a great national team down to the different factions within the country and players not wanting to burst a gut for a country they couldn't identify with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlCapone 7,678 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 I am so sorry but I am 99.9% certain that Slovakia was never for a former Yugoslav state.Correct, Czech Republic and Slovakia were the former Czechoslovakia.... The easy way to remember Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 Pretty good, but I think the Holy Roman Empire XI would wipe the floor with them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 It was the 1987 U-20 World Cup that Yugoslavia won.The squad contained names like Boban, Prosinecki, Jarni, Mijatovic, Suker... And our very own Gordan Petric. Scott Nisbet also bagged two goals in the tournament for Scotland, one of them in a quarter-final against West Germany.Changed days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasGers 96 Posted June 13, 2015 Share Posted June 13, 2015 The fact I got you to post means the most!P.S After all this time your Cowboys still blow. NFC East champs my man!Thought I'd poke my head in here with all the manager stuff going on- been busy with new job, grad school, and the ball & chain....(who am I kidding I've just been furiously J.O.-ing ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,932 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Dragan Stojkovic Boban Prosinecki Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 decent but not world class. probably quarter finals of the World Cup at bestTo be fair, most teams who reach a World Cup quarter-final are pretty much world class with the odd exception like Costa Rica, Ghana and England.The last eight is usually made up of teams like Germany, Argentina, Spain, Italy, Brazil, France and Netherlands and a couple of surprise packages.And who would deny that some of these surprise packages (Bulgaria and Romania in 1994, Croatia in 1998, Poland 1982 and Belgium 1986) were driven on to these heights by a clutch of world-class players amidst their ranks...? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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