24 | Joško Gvardiol - 2024/25

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I’d love him in another position but he’s just so brilliant as a footballer that he can do more than a job at LB.

He’s a superstar.
 
I'd love to see him as a CDM when Ake is back.

Also when we are set up in the opposition box, have him taking shots at goal instead of Dias. He only needs 2 or 3 shots from outside the box.
 
Been saying for a while that he'll go down as one of our great signings if he stays a good while. I think he's that good.

Leipzig knew what they had and that's why we had to pay what we did.
 
I don't agree with the DM calls. He's definitely skilled enough, but he's also a rather direct footballer, which I don't think suits the demands of the role at City. Stones and Akanji are better suited imo

However, it's not like he's too old to learn
 
I'm crossing my fingers Ake can get back to full speed- take up the LB and Josko slides to CDM- I know it's a pipe dream but his control, size, speed, shots from range and vision IMO would be put to good use there.
 
Someone posted about him being trained in the Rodri role could this happen as he is great passer of the ball .
 
vanchi said:
that’s why i want to clone him for my national team, we’d be so good. :/
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Croatia have had, and are still producing, some top players. I'm not sure if its their facilities or under age development but every top European team seems to have a Croatian player in their team.
I'd have loved to have seen Modric playing under Pep.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
Croatia have had, and are still producing, some top players. I'm not sure if its their facilities or under age development but every top European team seems to have a Croatian player in their team.
I'd have loved to have seen Modric playing under Pep.
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Haha got to laugh to facilities comment. Trust me, our facilities are probably the worst in this part of Europe. We have one new stadium in Osijek city (13000 seats) with new training grounds, all other stadiums are ready for demolition. The youth teams on the other hand are up ther with the top Europe clubs. How and why, i don't know. I know if you are young and hope to make it in football in Croatia, the competition is crazy. Beside Gvardiol, just from Dinamo Zagreb you had players like Modric, Kovacic, Brozovic, Šuker, Boban, Kranjcar, Eduardo Da Silva, Dany Olmo, Mandzukic..etc. And then you will hear bunch of stories about some players who were better then all of them but didn't make it. I know there is a bunch of local futsal tournaments that everybody participates and first you have to prove yourself there to be considered top player. Robert Prosinecki would regularly flew from Madrid to play in those tournaments. Kovacic got injured in one of those tournaments while playing for Chelsea i think. If anything is true sport in Croatia defies all logic. I'll give you one example. Janica Kostelic in skeeing won 5 world ski champions, 4 olympic gold medals, 2 olympic silver medals until age of 25 when she retired considered to be maybe one of the best female skiers of all time. Her brother Ivica won 4 olympic silvers and 1 world cup gold. Croatia didn't have one skiing resort or "proper" mountain for professional skiing and they were coached by their father who was a handball coach who drove them around Europe ski resorts in his car, to train on the tracks early (05:00am) in the morning before regular folks wold come on the ski tracks.
 
Xhavenjoe said:
Croatia have had, and are still producing, some top players. I'm not sure if its their facilities or under age development but every top European team seems to have a Croatian player in their team.
I'd have loved to have seen Modric playing under Pep.
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seen Sutalo recommended to replace Kyle as well, we all Croatia soon..
 
Middedon said:
I saw some comment that said he’s the “best striker Croatia has” and thought of you!
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we’re crap at the moment and the idiotic “why doesn’t joško play as good for us as for city” narrative is on its way. erm maybe coz we don’t have world class players and daliban is not pep, just maybe….
 
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