Post by zgembo on Dec 15, 2008 2:52:49 GMT -5
Talk to any neutral person, BIH was the talent factory. (not Serbia or Croatia) And of course I mean including all the ethnicities that were produced in BIH. (players born there)
And why is that? Is there something in the water in BiH that produces a footballing gene? Is there some sort of genetic superiority there that gives birth to prodigies capable of kicking around a ball? Grow up, kid. Athletes are usually a product of their environment (although anomalies exist they rarely repeat themselves), and you cannot think of one environmental factor that made BiH a bigger pool of talent for football than Croatia or Serbia. All you have is a misleading and limited by-product, the ethnic composition of a couple of generations of national teams. I gave you my factors (wealth, population, strength of player development/clubs) and they are evident across Europe. Get over your nationalism and read my post again. I am being neutral and anyone with half a brain that follows football would agree with me.
Saying Bosniaks were equal to Serbs and Croats in football because there were 4-5 good players in one generation is completely misleading.
Saying that Serbs are equal to Croats is also incorrect. What have you accomplished after Croatia left Yugo, almost nothing, you are in the same position as BiH you can't even qualify to a tournament. Croatian players were always the best in the Yugoslavian and if you look at how the rest of the countries are doing you will see that I'm right. Yugoslavia was always in the top 10 of the rankings now Croatia is always in the top 10, where is Serbia?
Let me guess, you barely have a high school education, right? Your lack of logical reasoning makes that evident. I don't know why I ever bother explaining things to the mentally deficient. I guess its a form of charity.
I talked about football talent produced in SFR Yugoslavia and you use national team results after that time era to prove your point. Are you really that stupid that you cannot see the flaw in your reasoning? Serbia has accomplished more in basketball than Croatia after Yugoslavia broke up. How does that prove that Serbia produced better basketball players during SFRY? Jugoplastika dominated Europe for 3 years in a row in the late 80s. 3 of the top 4 players from that era (Petrovic, Kukoc, Radja) were Croatian.
I don't know what more I can tell you. Talent produced is one things. Results by national teams are another (talent usually brings results, especially in basketball, but not necessarily in football which is more of a team game). Different time eras are not comparable, because the normal supply of talent can gel differently, or be accompanied by anomalous once-in-a-generation talents.
I know it is hard for almost everyone here to be objective, but try giving it a shot. Everyones reasoning is so clouded by nationalism, it is ridiculous. No one can even bring a smart argument. You are all only capable of conclusion that are made by the typical casual, dumb football fan.