Team V Zagreb

[dzg]

This should be interesting.

We (Dinamo) won our first game so we'd be more than happy with a draw here. That would more/less put us in next round.

 

[SpurSince57]

Can you give us a run-down on your players, dzg? Who we need to watch out for, etc?

 

[stevenqoz]

-----------Gomez
Hutton Dawson Woodgate Bale
Bentley Huddlestone Jenas Modric
--------Campbell Bent

 

[Yid-ol]

Eddie Bailey is smart enough to understand the A & B lists. I'm just bemused & mystified.

However, it's to do with "homegrown" players, and number of years at the club etc. Fabregas is on the goons' Player List B as well (because bizarrely he qualifies as homegrown):

http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/club=52280/competition=1/index.html

If a player comes through the youth training for 2 years or is a home grown player then they are classed as group B, think we need to have so many goup B players in out squads now or coming in soon.

 

[ravo]

As much as it would be nice to rest some players, we lost our first game and thus have to play our strongest team on Thurs. Mine would be:

Gomes

Hutton
Woody
King (if fit) / Dawson
Bale

Bentley
Hudd
Jenas (if fit) / Zokora or O'Hara
Lennon / GDS

Modric

Bent

 

[dzg]

Can you give us a run-down on your players, dzg? Who we need to watch out for, etc?

Sure :beer:

We will most likely play 4-5-1 (with 2 strikers tho).

Kelava - Etto, Drpic, Biscan, Ibanez - Badelj, Vrdoljak, Morales, Mikic - Mandzukic - Balaban

Butina (our goalie) and possibly Etto (returning after injury) might not play.

I'd say that best part of our team is our attack (attacking midfielders and strikers). In last 2 Euro matches we scored 6 goals. On other hand we also concieved 5 goals because our defence can do miracles sometimes and i'd say that defence is bad part of our team.

Names you might know are Igor Biscan, Bosko Balaban, Mario Manzukic and Pedro Morales

Biscan and Balaban used to play in EPL, Manzukic is Cro NT player (entered against England and scored) and Morales is Chilean NT player.

Also there are 2 probably best prospects in our league, 18 years old Milan Badelj and 19 years old Luis Ibanez

Biggest danger? Letting our full backs and attacking wingers (Mandzukic, Mikic and Ibanez) push forward. If you stop them you stoped 80% of our attacks.

Our game against Sparta Prague in 1st round of UEFA Cup

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbVO8RZcMJA

Game in 1st group stage game against NEC Nijmegen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzBtoU2wYJ8

 

[markie]

Gomes

Gunter
Woodgate
Corluka
Bale

Gio
Jenas
Hudd
Lennon

Modric

Bent

I think we should give GIO a chance as well as giving bentley a rest ready for the man city clash... This is a good opportunity for Gunter to get 90 minutes as well as Bale..

 

[Coyboy]

Biscan, not the best player in the world if I remember correctly but didn't he pick up a CL medal? Can whoever started the thread edit that O'Hara is suspened, I forgot, and he is in loads of teams.

Gomes
Hutton
Dawson
Woodgate
Bale
Bentley
Huddlestone
Jenas
Lennon
Modric
Bent

Subs

Cesar, BAE, Zokora, Campbell, Gilberto, Bostock, Dos Santos

 

[Chimbo!]

anyone but zokora

 

[riversmonkey]

I would rest King, Jenas and Bent for our next league game. I'm not keen to play Lennon at LW but with Bale struggling with form/confidence he will need to feature there often until January.

Gomes

Hutton---- Corluka---- Woodgate---- BAE

Bentley ------Hudd----- Zokora---- Lennon

----------Modric----------------------

------------------Pav----------------------

 

[markie]

anyone but zokora

LOL :cheers: I'll drink to that!!

 

[DC_Boy]

I would rest King, Jenas and Bent for our next league game.

pav is unavailable (as is Corluka) so bent may have to play

I would also rest king Gomes jj and bentley

these 6 are vital to our team and I want them ready if possible for Sun (no sure how much JJ is injured - depends if it's a broken toe or not I guess whether he can play - but the miracles of modern medicine etc

 

[riversmonkey]

Zokora has had some fine games for us in Europe, his ability to play pretty much anywhere, albeit in a Jack of all trades master of none capacity has helped us out on more than one occasion.

 

[DC_Boy]

Zokora has had some fine games for us in Europe, his ability to play pretty much anywhere, albeit in a Jack of all trades master of none capacity has helped us out on more than one occasion.

yep deffo play zoko on thurs and gunter

 

[riversmonkey]

I would rest King, Jenas and Bent for our next league game.

pav is unavailable (as is Corluka) so bent may have to play

I would also rest king Gomes jj and bentley

these 6 are vital to our team and I want them ready if possible for Sun (no sure how much JJ is injured - depends if it's a broken toe or not I guess whether he can play - but the miracles of modern medicine etc

Doh! Forgot about them being cup tied. In that case Dawson and Campbell in for those two.

 

[Kendall]

I would rest King, Jenas and Bent for our next league game. I'm not keen to play Lennon at LW but with Bale struggling with form/confidence he will need to feature there often until January.

Gomes

Hutton---- Corluka---- Woodgate---- BAE

Bentley ------Hudd----- Zokora---- Lennon

----------Modric----------------------

------------------Pav----------------------

Charlie and the Roman are cup tied pal.

 

[markie]

Zokora should be kept in the basement and fed scraps

 

[Kendall]

Doh! Forgot about them being cup tied. In that case Dawson and Campbell in for those two.

in before me

 

[markie]

Gomes

Gunter
Woodgate
Corluka
Bale

Gio
Jenas
Hudd
Lennon

Modric

Bent

I think we should give GIO a chance as well as giving bentley a rest ready for the man city clash... This is a good opportunity for Gunter to get 90 minutes as well as Bale..

Forgot about Corluka being cup tied...

Swap corluka for hutton and keep the rest the same... Anyone but Dawson..

 

[riversmonkey]

Speaking of Dawson, do you guys think Harry can salvage his career?