Czech squad

[bwagner]

Czech Republic squad
Goalkeepers: Petr Čech (Chelsea FC), Jaromír Blažek (1. FC Nürnberg), Martin Vaniak (SK Slavia Praha).

Defenders: Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Radoslav Kováč (FC Spartak Moskva), David Rozehnal (Newcastle United FC), Tomáš Ujfaluši (ACF Fiorentina), Tomáš Zápotočný (Udinese Calcio), Zdeněk Pospěch (AC Sparta Praha).

Midfielders: Tomáš Galásek (1. FC Nürnberg), David Jarolím (Hamburger SV), Jaroslav Plašil (CA Osasuna), Jan Polák (RSC Anderlecht), Tomáš Rosický (Arsenal FC), Tomáš Sivok (Udinese Calcio).

Forwards: Jan Koller (AS Monaco FC), Milan Baroš (Olympique Lyonnais), Marek Kulič (AC Sparta Praha), Martin Fenin (FK Teplice), Stanislav Vlček (SK Slavia Praha).

[bwagner]

Martin Fenin... Traitor :O)

[eirebhoy]

Seems to be full strength.

[bwagner]

Guys do we know if Mintel and vittek are back for Slovakia?

[livehead1]

On paper what you can only describe as a very strong squad.

[Hibs4Ever]

Stanislav Vlček (SK Slavia Praha)



He got both goals for Slavia last night against Ajax. QUALITY Player

[Sligo Hornet]

The England Squad always "looks strong on paper".......but is always a collection of players, rather than "A TEAM".....I think the Czechs are more or less the same at present...imho

[billybunter]

to be honest, I would'nt mind seeing Rosicky pick up a strain. We never seem to be able to get a handle on a skinny, speedy little playmaker. They also tend to draw yellow cards - cos when you tackle them they fly up in the air.... (going back to Luis garcia-aspe in Orlando '94). The wee bolivian #10 in the recent friendly in Boston looked like Adrian Mole, about 6 stone weight - yet he had a field day against us.

[eirebhoy]

The England Squad always "looks strong on paper".......but is always a collection of players, rather than "A TEAM".....I think the Czechs are more or less the same at present...imho

I wouldn't agree with that. With the players England have they should be much more succesful. The Czechs don't have an exceptional squad. Player by player they're not that much better than us.

[youngirish]

On paper its not much different than our squad. Lots of players playing in the Czech league which is pretty poor and for poor European sides in other leagues.

[Hibs4Ever]

On paper its not much different than our squad. Lots of players playing in the Czech league which is pretty poor and for poor European sides in other leagues.

Do you think the Dutch league is poor? Slavia knocked out Ajax last night after beating them home AND away. Sparta have been regulars in group stages of champions league, they were just unlucky this year to get one of europes best teams

[Soper]

It's not the Premiership, so it must be rubbish.

[Paulie]

From the looks of the that it seems to me that their starting 11 is pretty decent but I don't reckon they have a lot of strength in depth.

[youngirish]

Do you think the Dutch league is poor? Slavia knocked Ajax last night after beating them home AND away. Sparta have been regulars in group stages of champions league, they were just unlucky this year to get one of europes best teams

Sorry. My mistake. It's brilliant. I forgot about all those foreign players being brought into the Czech league and all that money that's invested into it to keep the best homegrown talent. I also forgot the fact that on the odd occasion that one of their teams do make the group stages of the Champions League they rarely get near the knockout stages.

I stand corrected, one good result really does make or break a whole national league.

P.S. I reckon Sunderland would beat both Sparta and Slavia Prague and they have plenty of Irish players who can't make the squad. That's about the level I think it's at.

[Ceirtlis]

Guys do we know if Mintel and vittek are back for Slovakia?

Both played in Nurnbergs last game so id presume so.

[Stuttgart88]

How does it compare to Azerbaijan's?

[Ceirtlis]

On paper its not much different than our squad. Lots of players playing in the Czech league which is pretty poor and for poor European sides in other leagues.

The Czech league aint up to much but they might not even be any of the players from the czech league playing.

[Hibs4Ever]

Sorry. My mistake. It's brilliant. I forgot about all those foreign players being brought into the Czech league and all that money that's invested into it to keep the best homegrown talent. I also forgot the fact that on the odd occasion that one of their teams do make the group stages of the Champions League they rarely get near the knockout stages.

I stand corrected, one good result really does make or break a whole national league.

P.S. I reckon Sunderland would beat both Sparta and Slavia Prague and they have plenty of Irish players who can't make the squad. That's about the level I think it's at.

You REALLY are clueless

By the way, I'm still awaiting your responses on the Azerbaijan thread!!

[Theskinloyal]

Tomas Sivok - Top player...in football manager anyway

[youngirish]

You REALLY are clueless

I love when people come out with this sort of rubbish whenever a stupid statement they make is shot down. Shows who really is clueless. As for your Alan O'Brien comment on the other thread yes I acknowledge you have seen him play in total about 200 minutes of football over the last 2 weeks and that of course makes you an expert on him. Get this, I've actually seen him play before he moved to Hibs. Yes he did have a career beforehand playing for Newcastle, Carlisle and Ireland generally playing (with the exception of his Carlisle loan period) against decent opposition and not the donkeys that pass for players in the SPL. I'd judge his Newcastle and Ireland performances as more relevant to his ability as a player than those games against Dundee and St Mirren thank you very much. Remind me again how many full competitive games has he played for Hibernian again since his move there without being substituted fairly early in the game or being a substitute himself? 1 or 2 is it? Willo Flood gets more game time ffs.

Ivan Sproule your last hot tip. Remind me again how is he doing in the Championship? How would you know anything about top class International players when you watch Hibs week in, week out? They are dross.