RangersMedia 35,961 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 13 minutes ago, Inigo said: Which and when? Probably a question for Jamie. Don't know about winning it, but they certainly should have put the team who went on to win it out in Euro 2016. Got absolutely mugged off by Portugal (as did everyone tbf). Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullyRFC 5,230 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 £16M for Rakitic in a year that Di Maria went for £60M, Suarez for £75M, Rodriguez for £65M, Mangala for £43M etc. What a buy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,705 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 My wee brother is over there just now. Must be bouncing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullyRFC 5,230 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, FlippinEck said: My wee brother is over there just now. Must be bouncing! Check him out Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,502 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 42 minutes ago, wullyRFC said: £16M for Rakitic in a year that Di Maria went for £60M, Suarez for £75M, Rodriguez for £65M, Mangala for £43M etc. What a buy. That's nuts Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullyRFC 5,230 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 1 minute ago, ForeverAndEver said: That's nuts I didnt even google it obv ForeverAndEver 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperPapac05 3,383 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Because unlike Scottish players, those Croats know in order to get better they leave the country and play in better leagues. Scottish players don't seem to want to leave their 'pals' or want to learn a new language in order to further their career in foreign territories. It's Scotland's lazy attitude that's a huge problem. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForeverAndEver 71,502 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 2 minutes ago, wullyRFC said: I didnt even google it obv You are Google Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wullyRFC 5,230 Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Just now, ForeverAndEver said: You are Google Tbf I often question myself ForeverAndEver 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumbGER 24,518 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Iceland is smaller than Glasgow population wise and they are there and held their own against Argentina. Scotland have been doing it wrong for years. Hadron Collider 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 53,789 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 10 hours ago, SuperPapac05 said: Because unlike Scottish players, those Croats know in order to get better they leave the country and play in better leagues. Scottish players don't seem to want to leave their 'pals' or want to learn a new language in order to further their career in foreign territories. It's Scotland's lazy attitude that's a huge problem. It’s a UK wide problem. Very few English players will go abroad because they are happy to stay in the ‘comfort’ of the Premier League and I think that’s a big reason why they struggle when they come up against teams who have players who have been around various leagues learning different styles, tactics, cultures, etc, etc. SuperPapac05 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Soprano 13,964 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 12 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said: SMS too McEwan's Lager 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueAvenger 10,242 Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Croatia will probably make the last 8 but have no chance of winning the World Cup Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,948 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 21/06/2018 at 21:45, Inigo said: Would Yugoslavia have won a WC in the last 30 years if Yugoslavia hadn't imploded? Or at least a Euro? Judging by their phenomenal qualifying campaign for Euro 92, they would have been one of the favourites for that if the country hadn't disintegrated before the tournament. And that was before Suker, Boban and Mijatovic really peaked too, so they would have looked very good for the 94 and 98 world cups. They were notorious underperformers though. Obviously Croatia were great in 98 but I'm not sure just adding the best of Serbia and Montenegro to that team improves it. They were running on a fresh nationalist fervour. Maybe one reason why Yugoslavia was always less than the sum of its parts is that it was decentralised, and most Yugoslavs never had a real overriding sense of Yugoslav identity, except when in the army. Inigo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,777 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Correct me if I’m going but aren’t Yugoslavia back then just a modern day Serbia? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,777 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Carles Puyol was not allowed to be a pundit on Iranian TV because of his hair. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,777 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Fuck sake wrong thread Inigo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inigo 32,532 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 36 minutes ago, G.E.C. said: Correct me if I’m going but aren’t Yugoslavia back then just a modern day Serbia? As in what countries was it made of? It was an amalgamation of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Slovenia. And Kosovo, if that's regarded as separate now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsa 3,906 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 22/06/2018 at 09:55, DBBTB said: It’s a UK wide problem. Very few English players will go abroad because they are happy to stay in the ‘comfort’ of the Premier League and I think that’s a big reason why they struggle when they come up against teams who have players who have been around various leagues learning different styles, tactics, cultures, etc, etc. I think it's two different problems. In England it's because of comfort and money, in Scotland, players simply not good enough to play overseas. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,948 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 1 hour ago, G.E.C. said: Correct me if I’m going but aren’t Yugoslavia back then just a modern day Serbia? Until 1991 Yugoslavia was Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Slovenia, Macedonia and Montenegro. Serbia and Montenegro kept calling themselves Yugoslavia til 2003. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireBlue 449 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 21/06/2018 at 21:24, bluedylan said: Just a pity their supporters are racist nazi loving scum Pity? ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic8ball 27,901 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 21/06/2018 at 21:45, Inigo said: Would Yugoslavia have won a WC in the last 30 years if Yugoslavia hadn't imploded? Or at least a Euro? on paper a good chance . thing is they always had some right good players playing for Yugoslavia, What probably wasn't evident to most of us was the underlying political differences between the region's they didn't just wake up one day in 1990 and decide a on a wee bit of war and ethnic cleansing . playing under Croatia and Serbia have definatley made them into better teams Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monk 3,207 Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Prso was my hero growing up so always had a soft spot for them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eejay the dj 31,964 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 On 21/06/2018 at 21:24, bluedylan said: Just a pity their supporters are racist nazi loving scum Whatever happened to our own Croat of legend ...Dado Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy Vandenbroucke 26,163 Posted June 26, 2018 Share Posted June 26, 2018 3 minutes ago, eejay the dj said: Whatever happened to our own Croat of legend ...Dado Think he's doing youth coaching in the south of France, that was reported a few years ago though so he might have stopped since Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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