the comment on tomas was again based on one croatian game, the australian one, i get the feeling that game to you was like you've won the wc.
simunic is all around a good defender, he has good positioning, great in the air, good marking, his main problem is his temperament mixed with his average tackling, but that can be improved. i also always found him unpredictable, he can be rash at times and do stupid things. all that aside he's good for the money offered and we gain much with him, simunic when in good form can be solid as a rock, too bad that good form doen't come around as much.

still everyone was saying the same thing about kovač, but he was from bayern so he had a plus there i guess, and kovać turned out pretty good. why not simunic?
take it from me, they are the same type of players, i'd say kovač is better, but when someone like bilic has enourmous confidence in you that's gotta mean something, get that australian game out of your head, it's one game.