SQUAD PROFILE: Croatia

[CallumGamble]

It'll be him and Mandzukic up front with Eduardo and Kalinic on the bench I'd presume.
Really hope he knocks a few in so he's in form for the start of the season.

 

[The Equaliser]

Jelavic showed very little v Estonia. Word is that if Mandzukic is fit enough he will start along side Eduardo againts Ireland, if he is not fit then it will be Jelly

Hopefully. With Olic now out for the tournament Jelavic should get a good bit of game time now. As long as it doesn't include next Sunday please.

 

[ventures]

Yep Olic injury is a big blow for Croatia but Jelly should now get more playing time. I bet Bilic now wishes he had put Petric on stand by

 

[SuperTimCahill]

Jelavic was subbed off at half time vs Norway. I turned the match off then.

 

[Alio]

This thread just got more interesting

Here's our 5-a-side team. This is some starting 5 I reckon

Ijjysmith, can you please remember to add the GOT members routing for each team in your match previews please? Or are you just doing the England ones?

Elong
Welton Toffee
Alio
johnnydawg68
Degs62

Suspended for the first match (or is Del Mar back now?)

everton_de_vina_del_mar

 

[ijjysmith]

This thread just got more interesting

Here's our 5-a-side team. This is some starting 5 I reckon

Ijjysmith, can you please remember to add the GOT members routing for each team in your match previews please? Or are you just doing the England ones?

Elong
Welton Toffee
Alio
johnnydawg68
Degs62

Suspended for the first match (or is Del Mar back now?)

everton_de_vina_del_mar

Just doing England mate. Would love to do every match but hey, I do have job where i do work sometimes!!

Might do Italy ones though.

You should do Croatia ones.

On a side note. I played as Croatia on Euro 2012 on FIFA (that does make sense honest), and got out of the groups. Beat Ireland 1-0 - beat Italy 2-1 - Drew with Sapin 1-1 - but lost 4-2 to France in the next round after having my left back sent off.

 

[Elong]

This thread just got more interesting

Here's our 5-a-side team. This is some starting 5 I reckon

Ijjysmith, can you please remember to add the GOT members routing for each team in your match previews please? Or are you just doing the England ones?

Elong
Welton Toffee
Alio
johnnydawg68
Degs62

Suspended for the first match (or is Del Mar back now?)

everton_de_vina_del_mar

Damn well interested in these guys now, serious business! If Jelavic can take his form into the Euros and get on the field, they'll go alright.

Hell of a 5 a side team too by the way, chuck jdawg up front, he'd charm the keeper into submission, like someone in another thread said he's got the same qualities as Jelavic, ie a boss slotter.

 

[Alio]

Just doing England mate. Would love to do every match but hey, I do have job where i do work sometimes!!

Might do Italy ones though.

You should do Croatia ones.

On a side note. I played as Croatia on Euro 2012 on FIFA (that does make sense honest), and got out of the groups. Beat Ireland 1-0 - beat Italy 2-1 - Drew with Sapin 1-1 - but lost 4-2 to France in the next round after having my left back sent off.

Deal

I nominate myself to do the Croatia match previews (unless someone from the opposing team beats me to it) Definitely getting that Croatia shirt now too

johnnydawg68 Pletikosa
Alio Srna
Elong Modrić - Welton Toffee Rakitić
Degs62 Jelavić​

Suspended for the first match (or is Del Mar back now?)

everton_de_vina_del_mar_KranjÄ￾ar

 

[Elong]

Del Mar is back, but he's got to work his way back into first team contention you feel.

 

[Alio]

Damn well interested in these guys now, serious business! If Jelavic can take his form into the Euros and get on the field, they'll go alright.

Hell of a 5 a side team too by the way, chuck jdawg up front, he'd charm the keeper into submission, like someone in another thread said he's got the same qualities as Jelavic, ie a boss slotter.

J Bomb is the cat, but I'm liking your idea here. He'll just bamboozle their strikers with a cheeky wink in the sticks

Here's our games

Sunday 10th June - Republic of Ireland in the late kick off
Thursday 14th June - Italy in the earlier kick off
Monday 18th June - Spain in the late kick off

Christ that's tough, but nothing when you have this man

 

[Alio]

Del Mar is back, but he's got to work his way back into first team contention you feel.

Ahh good man. I thought I spied a cheeky one match ban under his username. He's saved for the big games

 

[Elong]

New Zealand drew with Italy and should have won to be honest at the last World Cup, Jelavic is better than our entire team FFS, it's on!

Love that photo, scored a goal on Saturday for my club team, and yep ran around with the arms out in celebration.

 

[Alio]

It's a simple yet highly infectious celebration isn't, you just can't help but smile when you see him doing it in a photo

Think this is the updated squad and a guess at the First XI

Goalkeepers

Ivan Kelava
Stipe Pletikosa
Danijel Subasic

Defenders

Danijel Pranjic
Josip Å imunic
Jurica Buljat
Vedran Corluka
Gordon Schildenfeld
Ivan Strinic
Domagoj Vida
Darijo Srna

Midfielders

Milan Badelj
Tomislav Dujmovic
Ivo Ilicevic
Niko Kranjcar
Luka Modric
Ivan Perisic
Ivan Rakitic
Ognjen Vukojevic

Strikers

Eduardo
Nikica Jelavic
Nikola Kalinic
Mario Mandžukic

 

[bluejock]

Think Eduardo will get the nod ahead of Niki, even though he's not a boss slotter, or even a boss otter, and he doesn't have an awesome "I'm an aeroplane and I'm much cooler than you" goal celebration.

 

[Alio]

Think Eduardo will get the nod ahead of Niki, even though he's not a boss slotter, or even a boss otter, and he doesn't have an awesome "I'm an aeroplane and I'm much cooler than you" goal celebration.

Yeah, I thought that too, but I wasn't leaving the man out