Ivan Rakitić - Midfielder - Schalke 04 (2 Viewers)

[Gamaro]

I watch Bundesliga,he is not bad at all,especially if free.But what remains still undiscussed is,will he cope with Italian football?

I have a real phobia regarding this issue,as many good players failed to adapt in Italy,in fact i doubted Krasic to succeed in the beginning but eventually he proved me wrong.

The other thing is,we are making the same mistake every year,we apparently do not need any reinforcement in Midfield,but we are in desperate need to do so in Attack as well as Defence.

 

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[Alen]

I watch Bundesliga,he is not bad at all,especially if free.But what remains still undiscussed is,will he cope with Italian football?

I have a real phobia regarding this issue,as many good players failed to adapt in Italy,in fact i doubted Krasic to succeed in the beginning but eventually he proved me wrong.

The other thing is,we are making the same mistake every year,we apparently do not need any reinforcement in Midfield,but we are in desperate need to do so in Attack as well as Defence.

Culturally ex-YU players find Italy close to what they're used to at home. It's more or less a neighboring country with a very similar mentality. As for the playing style I understand your concerns and I can't give an answer how quick and will he adapt at all. History teaches us though that ex-YU players do better in serie A than in any other big league.

 

[javi_berti]

Culturally ex-YU players find Italy close to what they're used to at home. It's more or less a neighboring country with a very similar mentality. As for the playing style I understand your concerns and I can't give an answer how quick and will he adapt at all. History teaches us though that ex-YU players do better in serie A than in any other big league.

so that means he will be a total flop in serie a since he was born an raised in switzerland..

 

[Alen]

so that means he will be a total flop in serie a since he was born an raised in switzerland..

Yes, we must have that possibility in mind. But I would guess that, like Zlatan in Sweden, he was growing up with his immo friends so he will adapt easily

 

[Suns]

Yes, we must have that possibility in mind. But I would guess that, like Zlatan in Sweden, he was growing up with his immo friends so he will adapt easily

Zlatan is more Swedish and has a different mentality than Rakitic though. Rakitic wanted to play for Croatia while Zlatan chose Sweden and he barely even speaks Bosnian or whatever you guys speak down there.

 

[Oggy]

Zlatan is more Swedish and has a different mentality than Rakitic though. Rakitic wanted to play for Croatia while Zlatan chose Sweden and he barely even speaks Bosnian or whatever you guys speak down there.

What a BS, he offered himself to Bosnian NT before he chose Sweden, he wanted to be starter immediately and he was rejected by our FA (also not to mention that we have the worst FA in the world). And did you saw his father and his behaviour, he is typical Balkano's

And did Rakitic signed for some club or we still have a chance theoretically?

 

[Zlatan]

Zlatan is more Swedish and has a different mentality than Rakitic though. Rakitic wanted to play for Croatia while Zlatan chose Sweden and he barely even speaks Bosnian or whatever you guys speak down there.

We have hrvatski, bosanski, hercegovački, srpski, crnski i gorski


A lot of languages now

 

[Suns]

What a BS, he offered himself to Bosnian NT before he chose Sweden, he wanted to be starter immediately and he was rejected by our FA (also not to mention that we have the worst FA in the world). And did you saw his father and his behaviour, he is typical Balkano's

And did Rakitic signed for some club or we still have a chance theoretically?

Thats BS in itself. Zlatan was asked about that and he said that that wasn't true and that he never had any intentions of playing with Bosnia. In fact, he was actually closer to Croatia than Bosnia.

 

[blondu]

We have hrvatski, bosanski, hercegovački, srpski, crnski i gorski


A lot of languages now

is there a big difference between them?

 

[Lorena]

is there a big difference between them?

There are big differences in Croatian language...I speak purgerski and don't get a thing when Alen speaks tovarski so yes,there are differences

 

[Gian]

There are big differences in Croatian language...I speak purgerski and don't get a thing when Alen speaks tovarski so yes,there are differences

Croatians speak German too
http://www.croatiantimes.com/news/G...erman_language_only_after_waking_up_from_coma

 

[Alen]

Zlatan is more Swedish and has a different mentality than Rakitic though. Rakitic wanted to play for Croatia while Zlatan chose Sweden and he barely even speaks Bosnian or whatever you guys speak down there.

I wouldn't say "barely speaks". He speaks our language ok, but it can be noticed that he rarely communicates in Serbo-CroatiaN so most of his knowledge is a leftover of his Molme days. But he speaks fairly well, mixing up some things with the grammar now and then

 

[Alen]

There are big differences in Croatian language...I speak purgerski and don't get a thing when Alen speaks tovarski so yes,there are differences

Don't exaggerate. We understand each other 100%.

 

[Zlatan]

Don't exaggerate. We understand each other 100%.

Yeah, we all understand eachother, although the new Croatian ha some utterly ridiculous words

 

[Lorena]

Don't exaggerate. We understand each other 100%.

When we speak english there is no problem

Yeah, we all understand eachother, although the new Croatian ha some utterly ridiculous words

Those ridiculous words are spoken only in Zagreb and I can't help myself not to speak like that

 

[Gian]

Since we are talking about the Balkan let me ask this question which I google couldn't help me with, before the war broke out and Yugoslavia still excisted did you guys referred to yourself as Serb/Bosnian/Croat while Yugoslavia excisted or was is just Yugoslavian?

 

[Lorena]

Since we are talking about the Balkan let me ask this question which I google couldn't help me with, before the war broke out and Yugoslavia still excisted did you guys referred to yourself as Serb/Bosnian/Croat while Yugoslavia excisted or was is just Yugoslavian?

I wasn't born then but I know that we were always Croats and never liked the regime and treatment we had in ex-state.

 

[Alen]

Since we are talking about the Balkan let me ask this question which I google couldn't help me with, before the war broke out and Yugoslavia still excisted did you guys referred to yourself as Serb/Bosnian/Croat while Yugoslavia excisted or was is just Yugoslavian?

Abroad as Yugoslavs, but inside the majority still referred to themselves as Croat/Slovenian/Serbian etc.

During the censuses only a small minority referred to itself as Yugoslav. I just checked the results from the 1973 census. Only 1.2 millions called themselves Yugoslavs (Out of around 22.5 millions).

 

[Alen]

I wasn't born then but I know that we were always Croats and never liked the regime and treatment we had in ex-state.

And yet, with 379 000 Yugoslavs, we were the ex-Yu republic with the highest number of "Yugoslavs".
Don't believe what the current "regime" says how we never liked it.

 

[Gian]

Abroad as Yugoslavs, but inside the majority still referred to themselves as Croat/Slovenian/Serbian etc.

During the censuses only a small minority referred to itself as Yugoslav. I just checked the results from the 1973 census. Only 1.2 millions called themselves Yugoslavs (Out of around 22.5 millions).

Thanks for answering my question