Croatia

I will be going to Wembley to see England v Croatia. Which players should I look out for?

Luka Modric.

Small, gifted attacking midfielder from Dinamo Zagreb.

Watch out for the England keeper, he always serves up a comedy moment or two. Others to keep an eye on are Micah Richards, a 19 year old CB with plenty of pace and power, though he'll be playing at RB, Rio Ferdinand, a classy CB, and Wayne Rooney, supposedly one of the top young talents in the world.

do i sense a hint of sarcasm?

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:do i sense a hint of sarcasm?

Just making sure, since EMP didn't specify Croatian players only

soz meant more about your take on the players

The-Frank-Tavern wrote:soz meant more about your take on the players

Ahh..nah just kidding a bit, taking the general board view in underrating Rooney, though I normally disagree of course.

saw highlights of hamburg from a couple of weeks ago, olic looked in good nick

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Luka Modric.

Small, gifted attacking midfielder from Dinamo Zagreb.

Ajax should try and get him ..

EMP wrote:I will be going to Wembley to see England v Croatia. Which players should I look out for?

First time at Wembley? It is the best stadium i have ever been to. Even if your seats are not the best, the view is still perfect. The only problem is when you leave, it takes 1 hour to reach the station that is 2 minutes away.
Watch out for Eduardo de silva, Arsenal's Henry replacement

Other names to watch for are Rakitic of Schalke and Corluka (RB) of Man. City.

@ LRD, I had been to the Old Wembley Stadium before, but this is the first visit to the new one.

What style do Croatia play now? When will Croatia play their other match?

their other match is on the preceding Saturday.

http://www.football-lineups.com/squad/?route=562&tor=68&g=0&gp=1
this may help re line-ups

Not sure if he's playing but the best player to look out for is niko kranjcar.
Very talented playmaker who's been on fire for pompey this season, big future ahead of him me thinks

Kranjcar has really upped his game this season and has been superb for Pompey in the games that I've seen

Croatia squad: Pletikosa (Spartak Moscow), Runje (Lens), Galinovic (Panathinaikos); Corluka (Manchester City), Simic (AC Milan), Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Drpic (Dinamo Zagreb), Knezevic (Livorno), R Kovac (Borussia Dortmund), Vejic (Tom Tomsk); N Kovac (SV Salzburg), Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Kranjcar (Portsmouth), Vranjes (Werder Bremen), Babic (Sevilla), Pranjic (Heerenveen), Vukojevic (Dinamo Zagreb), Rakitic (Schalke); Eduardo (Arsenal), Olic (Hamburg), Petric (Borussia Dortmund), Kalinic (Hajduk Split).

Do all three number 10s play?

Raifael wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Luka Modric.

Small, gifted attacking midfielder from Dinamo Zagreb.

Ajax should try and get him ..

I think he could go to a better club than Ajax...

kas wrote:Watch out for the England keeper, he always serves up a comedy moment or two. Others to keep an eye on are Micah Richards, a 19 year old CB with plenty of pace and power, though he'll be playing at RB, Rio Ferdinand, a classy CB, and Wayne Rooney, supposedly one of the top young talents in the world.

lol

Hlebadinho wrote:

Raifael wrote:

Pierre Littbarski wrote:Luka Modric.

Small, gifted attacking midfielder from Dinamo Zagreb.

Ajax should try and get him ..

I think he could go to a better club than Ajax...

Well Bayern have been interested. I know Ajax have been poor these days but if he takes a gamble and certain things get sorted out they can come back. Still its his career a player i rate lets hope he fulfills his talents. Ajax are linked with the Serbian player Miloš Krasić as good as Modric.

Wasn't the rumour also that Arsenal had a verbal agreement to sign him in January?

I think they do Dinamo Zagreb has admitted that. Expect a move in January.

Well, I don't know if it'll still happen, the way Arsenal's central midfielders are playing. They have a lot of them too.

kas wrote:Well, I don't know if it'll still happen, the way Arsenal's central midfielders are playing. They have a lot of them too.

Hes similar to Hleb IMO even though he can play on the left.

I haven't seen enough of him to judge, but could he play on the left of midfield and cut inside and play quite centrally the way Rosicky does? Rosicky is injured all the time and Modric is a similar style player who would suit our team so it is a possibility. There were quite a few rumours flying around about him joining Arsenal next year.

From what i have seen he is a talent. The only problem is he seems light weight. He is more like Hleb than Rosicky but can easily do a similar job to what Rosicky is doing cutting in from the left.

Watch out for Steven Gerrard, the best CM in the world

S4P wrote:Watch out for Steven Gerrard, the best CM in the world

The agenda rolls on

Sheffield gunner wrote:I haven't seen enough of him to judge, but could he play on the left of midfield and cut inside and play quite centrally the way Rosicky does? Rosicky is injured all the time and Modric is a similar style player who would suit our team so it is a possibility. There were quite a few rumours flying around about him joining Arsenal next year.

rosicky to atleti

Owen wrote:

S4P wrote:Watch out for Steven Gerrard, the best CM in the world

The agenda rolls on

Another average performance today (average may be too kind regarding the 1st half performance) in arguably a very big game.