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    Yugoslavia, what could ve been!

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    Post by bluenine Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:05 pm

    Imagine if Yugoslavia were still in existence, and had sent a squad for this World Cup.... a combined team of Croatia + Serbia + Slovenia + Montenegro + Macedonia + Bosnia & Herzegovina! Maybe it could ve looked something like this:

    Yugoslavia Squad 2010

    GK: Handanovic, Pletikosa, Stojkovic
    Def: Corluka, Vidic, Kolarov, Ivanovic, Lukovic, Rukavina, Simunic
    Mid: Modric, Srna, Kranjcar, Stankovic, Krasic, Pjanic, Misimovic
    Str: Olic, Jovanovic, Dzeko, Pandev, Jovetic, Vucinic
    Handanovic
    Rukavina - Vidic - Ivanovic - Kolarov
    Srna - Stankovic
    Jovetic - Modric - Vucinic
    Dzeko


    And there are so many other quality players I've had to leave out... Yugoslavia would ve been a top football nation by now, perhaps with a World Cup or two under their belt. The unified Czechs or USSR would ve been quite strong too, but not as much as the Yugoslavs.
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    Post by fcb Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:15 pm

    Agreed. Thinking about what this squad could have won is definitely a scratch that needs ic-ing.

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    Post by Fey Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:17 pm

    http://europeanboard.ephpbb.com/the-international-board-f6/yugoslavia-what-a-team-that-would-ve-been-t20938.htm?highlight=yugoslavia

    Yugoslavia, what could ve been! Aah

    But like in your former thread I agree it looks awesome on paper, but working with bosnians, croats and having serbian friends I can tell you it would never work. It's not the same as with Spain and catalans, basks etc. These people really have their own culture, religion etc.
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    Post by bluenine Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:43 pm

    Fey wrote:http://europeanboard.ephpbb.com/the-international-board-f6/yugoslavia-what-a-team-that-would-ve-been-t20938.htm?highlight=yugoslavia

    Yugoslavia, what could ve been! Aah

    But like in your former thread I agree it looks awesome on paper, but working with bosnians, croats and having serbian friends I can tell you it would never work. It's not the same as with Spain and catalans, basks etc. These people really have their own culture, religion etc.

    I thought I had posted it, but wasn't sure whether it was this forum or another...

    I know what you mean... one of my mates is a serb, and she doesn't think too highly of the croats. But theoratically, that would ve been a footballing superpower....
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    Post by debaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:46 pm

    Be quite fun theoretically if you had a world cup of merged nations. Say 16:

    N.America-Caribbean
    Mexico-C.America
    Brazil-Uruguay
    Argentina-Chile
    Colombia-S.America Minnows
    Arab Nations
    E.Asia-Oceania
    West Africa
    Central-Southern Africa
    France-Benelux
    Scandinavia-UK
    Germany-Poles-Czechs
    Iberia
    Italy-Greece (axis of Grease)
    Hungary-Yugoslavs
    All Ex-Soviet


    Obviously you'd need to fudge in some countries here and there, some would be rather shitter than others and it'd be politically suicidal in real life, but you'd get some cool teams Smiley
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    Post by fcb Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:51 pm

    We would need an India/China/Southeast Asia as well...it would be amusing to see 2.5 odd billion people still fail to come up with 11 decent footballers Laughing
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    Post by debaser Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:08 pm

    kas wrote:We would need an India/China/Southeast Asia as well...it would be amusing to see 2.5 odd billion people still fail to come up with 11 decent footballers Laughing

    I was just considering them in the E.Asia/Oceania - thought I'd better let them have the Koreans, Japanese and Australians or they'd have no chance
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    Post by Aristoskank Tue Jul 13, 2010 8:38 pm

    debaser wrote:Germany-Poles-Czechs

    AKA the present Germany team.
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    Post by bluenine Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:35 pm

    debaser wrote:
    kas wrote:We would need an India/China/Southeast Asia as well...it would be amusing to see 2.5 odd billion people still fail to come up with 11 decent footballers Laughing

    I was just considering them in the E.Asia/Oceania - thought I'd better let them have the Koreans, Japanese and Australians or they'd have no chance
    Wink
    Throw in Turkey as well, and we may have a chance Wink
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    Post by Tweesus Thu Jul 15, 2010 1:18 pm

    It would have been like Yugoslavia in 1990 surely?

    A sure bet for a quarter final spot but nothing more...
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    Post by A & K Mon Jul 19, 2010 5:56 am

    debaser wrote:Be quite fun theoretically if you had a world cup of merged nations. Say 16:

    N.America-Caribbean
    Mexico-C.America
    Brazil-Uruguay
    Argentina-Chile
    Colombia-S.America Minnows
    Arab Nations
    E.Asia-Oceania
    West Africa
    Central-Southern Africa
    France-Benelux Algeria-Morroco- Tunisa-Ivory Coast etc...
    Scandinavia-UK
    Germany-Poles-Czechs Turkey
    Iberia
    Italy-Greece (axis of Grease)
    Hungary-Yugoslavs
    All Ex-Soviet


    Obviously you'd need to fudge in some countries here and there, some would be rather shitter than others and it'd be politically suicidal in real life, but you'd get some cool teams Smiley
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