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FT Croatia 2 Serbia 0. That's gotta hurt!

Oh and at half time it is Bosnia 2 Greece 0. Bosnia now in a very strong position to qualify for its first major competition. Bring on Brazil.  :beers:

As it stands 3 points clear of Greece in 2nd, and 5 points clear of Slovakia in 3rd. Already played Greece away too. Lovely.

None of you care, but I do. Buzzing my tits off.

Good for you. But I honestly couldn't give less of a shit :)

Yeah, go Croerbia.

SSSSSSH, England game's on.

3-0!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bosnia would beat England on current form, and that's not a rose tinted view either.

Haven't you got some homework to do?

Fuck no

He has still got 10 hours until it needs to be handed in

(That ones just for you Nev x)

My deadline was midnight, made it by 18 minutes. Started at 7am this morning so fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. I've had 9 hours sleep in 3 days, I'm off for a well earned sleep.

I've probably done more work this week Fred than you've done in a month.

Well thats your own fucking fault isn't it

soapy tit wank

Probably, but I have earned more than you could imagine in the same period.

Who's the mug ?

 :clap:

Like I have said before, come back to me when you have an MBA and I will say touché

Until then I suggest you hold your water

Yeah but Fred you ain't got a bike :)

 :D :D :D

At least the Croatian fans didn't unfurl their "Vukovar 91" flag this time. I watched the game online with a great sense of foreboding which turned out to be well founded  :cry: The wall of noise at the Maksimir was immense but that will be as of nothing compared to the cauldron in Belgrade come September, where atonement is assured 8)

Here is a fascinating article which drew attention to the respective managers' long-standing mutual antipathy. They grew up 20km apart. Highly reccomended reading. Also shows how friends can become avowed enemies when even the flimsiest of ethnic differences are agitated.

http://www.wsc.co.uk/forum-index/27-football/777492-a-history-of-hate-cro-vs-srb-22-mar-2013

Bosnia flying. Good luck to them. Will you make it to Brazil if they complete the extraordinary? Too irresistable to miss!

Brilliant read that article/post.  But it does highlight the insanity of nationalism. They both sound like a couple of bellends.

Yes, a really interesting post.  Don't know if you'd call it reconciliation or just acceptance but it seems some are now moving in that direction.  Wouldn't mind being in Belgrade to experience the "atonement" however

I preferred Yugoslavia - much more civilised

That was very interesting , i remember seeing a documentary about the war and the aftermath , where people who fought each other are now living back alongside one another but the hatred and suspicion still survives .

You'd think people would learn not to bite by now.  :fishing:

A good read that. I'm going to Brazil with the family if Bosnia qualify. Bosnia will be the best represented team at the tournament, we've waited 20 odd years for the dream to come true. Recent away support includes approx 25k away at France, 15k at Belgium, 20k against Germany. Wouldn't surprise me if there were that number in Brazil! (If we make it). Oh and in 2 of the last 5 away games Bosnia's support has outnumbered the home fans, in Liechtenstein (hardly an achievement) and in Slovenia.

Pah !  :D

If the Balkan Wars hadn't happened would Yugoslavia be favourites for the World Cup 2014?


COACH: Safet Susic

GK: Begovic (BOS), Stojkovic (SRB)

DEF: Srna (CRO), Subotic (SRB), Spahic (BOS), Nastasic (SRB), Mujzda (BOS)

MF: Modric (CRO), Misimovic (BOS), Pjanic (BOS), Kovacic (CRO), Lulic (BOS), Rakitic (CRO)

FW: Jovetic (MON) Vucinic (MON), Dzeko (BOS), Ibisevic (BOS), Mandzukic (CRO), Petric (CRO)

Plus, maybe they'd have Ibra too. he'd qualify, and it would probably be more appealing than sweden.

Still happens here....many Scots remember Bannockburn,plenty of Irish remember the potato famine.....and the Welsh just fucking hate us for anything.

Are you sure! With an average life expectancy of less than 80yrs it seems a bit unlikely they'd be anyone who can remember a battle fought in the early 14th century.

Slightly different to a conflict that only happened a decade or two ago.

 
It was a tongue in cheek comment bud ::)

That's less than Celtic take away. Pathetic support.

I'd have to agree, would definitely be in the top 5 teams in the world.

This is inside the stadiums.

Yeh but take out the players with names ending in "ic" and Yugo would be struggling even to field a team.

Pandza, Mujdza, Vranjes, Medunjanin, Svraka, Sesar, Dzeko, Visca, Pletikosa, Srna, Corluka, Schildenfeld, Lovren, Vida, Badelj, Sammir, Ademi, Eduardo, Kolarov, Rukavina, Basta, Bisevac, Ignjovski, Fejsa, Basa, Volkov, Beciraj, Kasalica,

Then you have the Macedonians and Slovenians...  :D

GK: Handanovic (SLO) Begovic (BOS) Stojkovic (SER)
 
DEF: Spahic (BOS) Srna (CRO) Corluka (CRO) Pranjic (CRO) Savic (MON) Ivanovic (SER) Kolarov (SER) Vidic (SER) Nastasic (SER) Subotic (SER)

MID: Misimovic (BOS) Pjanic (BOS) Lulic (BOS) Modric (CRO) Rakitic (CRO) Perisic (CRO) Kuzmanovic (SER)

FW: Pandev (MAC) Matavz (SLO) Dzeko (BOS) Ibisevic (BOS) Olic (CRO) Petric (CRO) Mandzukic (CRO) Jelavic (CRO) Vucinic (MON) Jovetic (MON)

Fucking hell! The strength in depth of the strikers in particular is scary. It's kind of ironic that the best defenders are Serbs, I always thought they were better at attacking...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lURq8wMjhcY 1.31 provides you with an idea of the scale we're talking, compared with poxy Celtic.  ;)

who were the ones that were on the Nazi side?

I think most of us supported di Canio.

Great additions Visočan. I can see the two Ferrari's upfront for Montenegro, Jovetic and Vucinic, causing England plenty of problems tommorow in Podgorica. Here's hoping  :nod:

Very impressive crowd scene too. Would I be right in thinking most of the Bosnian contingent at those matches you cited (France, Germany and Belgium) actually reside in those countries, ? Nonetheless, still very commendable and vocal following. 

A lot of it would be diaspora from the Western European countries but you do also get a large travelling contingent from Bosnia.

Reminds me of this (no offence chaps)  ;D

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