2013-09-25 03:07#135796 Neal : Good win the in the Supercup, and also interesting choice taking the France job. I hope you succeed with them!
Also, CONGRATS!! 10k views
Did I? WOOOOOO!
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NO ROOM FOR MODRIĆ, AS HAJDUK SQUAD COMES OF AGE
ROMANIA 2-2 CROATIA T. KIŠ '30, T. PESIĆ '70
Tomislav Kiš scored once, and assisted a second as Luka Modrić wasn't on the squad. The Real Madrid playmaker retired from international football last November, but Goran Kozlović has the benefit of ALL of Hajduk coming to their ideal ages. Teo Pesić started his first international match on the right side, and was excellent. 3 Hajduk players lined up for the start (and Milan's Mijo Čaktaš), but, there was no one on the pitch better than Tomislav Kiš. Hajduk's striker, who is going for the league record, with a start of 5 goals in 3 matches, opened the scoring with a beautifully timed run on the half hour, and, while Romania came back, and even took the league, it took a much more Hajduk saturated squad to grab the equalizer, as Pero Bašić and Antonio Milić took to the pitch.
It was Kiš who lofted a beautiful ball which Teo Pesić couldn't help but to score on. Kozlović has one of the best squads in the world with Hajduk. It's only a matter of time before they start winning trophies.
The only thing they won't have (shortly) is a goalkeeper. And even Bendiš is concerned about the 32 year old Goran Blažević
ROMANIA 2-2 CROATIA T. KIŠ '30, T. PESIĆ '70
Tomislav Kiš scored once, and assisted a second as Luka Modrić wasn't on the squad. The Real Madrid playmaker retired from international football last November, but Goran Kozlović has the benefit of ALL of Hajduk coming to their ideal ages. Teo Pesić started his first international match on the right side, and was excellent. 3 Hajduk players lined up for the start (and Milan's Mijo Čaktaš), but, there was no one on the pitch better than Tomislav Kiš. Hajduk's striker, who is going for the league record, with a start of 5 goals in 3 matches, opened the scoring with a beautifully timed run on the half hour, and, while Romania came back, and even took the league, it took a much more Hajduk saturated squad to grab the equalizer, as Pero Bašić and Antonio Milić took to the pitch.
It was Kiš who lofted a beautiful ball which Teo Pesić couldn't help but to score on. Kozlović has one of the best squads in the world with Hajduk. It's only a matter of time before they start winning trophies.
The only thing they won't have (shortly) is a goalkeeper. And even Bendiš is concerned about the 32 year old Goran Blažević
2013-09-27 23:21#136051 Pauker : You thinking of getting a child :P?
Hold on Pauker, I'll get to it
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KIŠ EQUALIZES IN 1-1 DRAW AT THE CAPITAL
DINAMO 1-1 HAJUDK T. KIŠ
Bendiš arrived to the Esplanade, Zagreb's nicest hotel, which is coincidentally on the railroad that cuts through the capital city. It is widely recognized as the division of the balkans and "not" Balkans, as would be apparent from the view. On one side of the tracks, a venerable, cultural city. On the other? A reminder of what used to be, where the old factories that produced so much of the glory of Zagreb during the Socialist era lay rotting from disuse, and filled with the homeless.
It was the standard venue for footballers in Zagreb. It was, after all, Zagreb's best hotel, and they were more than happy to valet Bendiš's Ferrari. Bendiš always tipped well... the staff knew who he was and still treated him with respect. And, with his new pay from France? Well, he could afford a tip or two. But his location just at the tracks just was a coincidence. Bendiš had been looking into using his civil engineering degree to buy the land that the old mills laid on, and building an office center. In Croatia, anything was possible, and, banking on another good season, it is possible that Split's legend finally fixes one of the scars of Zagreb.
Bendiš, as he usually did, visited a few friends in Zagreb. He was there every once in a while, and, while in town, he and his fiancé normally didn't see anyone else from the team until the late evening. There was always a good party when Bendiš was in Zagreb.
But they were there for the match, and it looked like it would be a close one. Dinamo had finally found a decent manager in Elvis Scoria, who lead the capital club to a 2nd place finish last season. This year, they are in 4th, but a match against Hajduk could always change that. And then there was Hajduk. Well, nothing could really be said. Tomislav Kiš was storming to his 5th consecutive golden boot. He has scored in every match this season, including friendlies, and picked up an additional goal to beat Dinamo in the super cup.
But, after Zdravko Mami? went into his usual rant, it was, rather luckily, Dinamo that took the lead. Without Ivan Kelava (sold), Dinamo looked shaky in the back, and the defense wasn't helping much. But Adryan got an excellent look on goal, and, perhaps from offside, scored a tap in for the opener.
Kiš wasn't having it... he was let through inside for a beautiful chance before being brought down by a defender by the name of Eduardo. Rather controversially, Dinamo fielded only two Croatians in the starting XI, while Hajduk, was fielding 10, yet again. But Eduardo had made the mistake, and Tomislav Kiš, as usual, was there to make him pay. He sent the vice-captain the wrong way, and took the equalizer.
They could have gotten a second in the dying minutes of the match, but, with Franko Andrijaševi? just a bit short, it will have to be next time, as the Croatian defending champions are on 10 points from 4 matches.
JAN BOND STAYS IN HOLLAND 31.VIII.2018.g.
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Bendiš flew on the direct flight from Zagreb to Amsterdam. It wasn't a cheap flight, but the transfer wasn't going to be anyway.
For 2 years, Bendiš had been chasing this goalkeeper. And, for the last three months, Heracles had finally buckled. The Dutchman had left a written transfer request, and Bendiš was there for the pounce. It wasn't going to be cheap. Bendiš had to go to the bank and request a transfer for 21 million euros. It was huge for Hajduk. 5 years ago, they were in debt that much, but now, Bendiš could look at it in the bank and think for the future.
Sure, he haggled a bit. He tried to get Bond for 18, for 19. But Heracles was firm. Their captain wasn't going for less than 21. Bendiš had it though... he had 39 to spend... and... well... Bond was one of those.
So, after getting borrowing a Mercedes from a friend, Bendiš drove to Almelo to pick up his goalkeeper. To get Hajduk's new legend between the sticks..
And, to be honest... he tried... he really did. But, as quickly as he flew into Holland, he was back in Split... where the press were waiting... disappointed that there as no goalkeeper next to him.
"But, why, Mr. Bendiš?" they implored. Bond was an amazing player, and the press had been drooling over him for all of the ten hours they knew of him.
"Look, I am not tripling Kiš's wage to sign an ungrateful bastard to play between the sticks. We have a philosophy here, and it's worked. Let's face it, Blaževi? has deserved his spot, and while Bond might be good, there's no telling he's going to be amazing. I honestly don't care.
"To be honest, we were runners up in the champions league. THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE... he should be paying us..." before whispering under his breath "fucking mercenary..."
"If he thinks that he can WALK into this squad any time he fucking wants, then he's got another thing coming. This is HAJDUK. We are AMAZING. We gave him a chance last season to come, and his agent wouldn't even discuss it. So, as far as I am concerned, he's not coming. Jan Bond will NEVER play at Hajduk. He can rot in that suburb if he wants, but he's NEVER going to play here..."
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Bendiš flew on the direct flight from Zagreb to Amsterdam. It wasn't a cheap flight, but the transfer wasn't going to be anyway.
For 2 years, Bendiš had been chasing this goalkeeper. And, for the last three months, Heracles had finally buckled. The Dutchman had left a written transfer request, and Bendiš was there for the pounce. It wasn't going to be cheap. Bendiš had to go to the bank and request a transfer for 21 million euros. It was huge for Hajduk. 5 years ago, they were in debt that much, but now, Bendiš could look at it in the bank and think for the future.
Sure, he haggled a bit. He tried to get Bond for 18, for 19. But Heracles was firm. Their captain wasn't going for less than 21. Bendiš had it though... he had 39 to spend... and... well... Bond was one of those.
So, after getting borrowing a Mercedes from a friend, Bendiš drove to Almelo to pick up his goalkeeper. To get Hajduk's new legend between the sticks..
And, to be honest... he tried... he really did. But, as quickly as he flew into Holland, he was back in Split... where the press were waiting... disappointed that there as no goalkeeper next to him.
"But, why, Mr. Bendiš?" they implored. Bond was an amazing player, and the press had been drooling over him for all of the ten hours they knew of him.
"Look, I am not tripling Kiš's wage to sign an ungrateful bastard to play between the sticks. We have a philosophy here, and it's worked. Let's face it, Blaževi? has deserved his spot, and while Bond might be good, there's no telling he's going to be amazing. I honestly don't care.
"To be honest, we were runners up in the champions league. THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE... he should be paying us..." before whispering under his breath "fucking mercenary..."
"If he thinks that he can WALK into this squad any time he fucking wants, then he's got another thing coming. This is HAJDUK. We are AMAZING. We gave him a chance last season to come, and his agent wouldn't even discuss it. So, as far as I am concerned, he's not coming. Jan Bond will NEVER play at Hajduk. He can rot in that suburb if he wants, but he's NEVER going to play here..."
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Shame though really, he looks great and has an epic name 
2013-10-02 04:58#136499 Pauker : My name is Bond.. Jan Bond
Would be funny if you would sign him later in his career..
Only to ruin his career. I might do that just to spite him. Throw him to the reserves...
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HAJDUK DEADLINE DAY
Hajduk made only one more signing on deadline day in Croatia, taking the 16 year old Andrej Medari? from his home-club: Osijek, for 275 000 €. Medari? joins Hajduk's youth setup.
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But the biggest news of deadline day was Hrvoje Maji?'s 1 M € deal to Wisla Krakov. The 21 year old had a magnificent season on loan in Caen in 2016/17, where, at the age of only 19, he was the 4th top goalscorer in the French Ligue 1. That brought him to the grandest of stages, before another loan move to Pescara proved it's point. Despite being injured for vast swaths of the season, Maji? still managed to score 8 goals in 21 apps for one of the worst clubs in the league. Unfortunately, the striker was never going to find space in Hajduk, next to Kiš, Ljubi?i?, and Džoni, so for nothing short than a million euros, Wisla found the cash to splash on Hajduk's talent.
Hopefully, he doesn't become Hajduk's "one that got away"
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HAJDUK DEADLINE DAY
Hajduk made only one more signing on deadline day in Croatia, taking the 16 year old Andrej Medari? from his home-club: Osijek, for 275 000 €. Medari? joins Hajduk's youth setup.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2i6djqg.jpg
But the biggest news of deadline day was Hrvoje Maji?'s 1 M € deal to Wisla Krakov. The 21 year old had a magnificent season on loan in Caen in 2016/17, where, at the age of only 19, he was the 4th top goalscorer in the French Ligue 1. That brought him to the grandest of stages, before another loan move to Pescara proved it's point. Despite being injured for vast swaths of the season, Maji? still managed to score 8 goals in 21 apps for one of the worst clubs in the league. Unfortunately, the striker was never going to find space in Hajduk, next to Kiš, Ljubi?i?, and Džoni, so for nothing short than a million euros, Wisla found the cash to splash on Hajduk's talent.
Hopefully, he doesn't become Hajduk's "one that got away"
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OH MY GOD, WHAT A GAME
HAJDUK 4-3 OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE M. LJUBI?I? ('49, '65, '72), A. MILI? ('59)
Many, many people ask Bendiš the exact same question in the mornings. It's a good reason to have an office in a coffee shop, people find you more relatable. Rather than seeing him as a distant icon, they see a man, an actual person. And, because Bendiš is a charming son of a bitch, they normally become somewhat friendly. It's part of the reason half the city loves him, and his café is full. But still, they ask questions. They ask about how the club is run, and recently, they ask, "Why the hell are you still playing Ljubi?i??"
It was easy to pick Tomislav Kiš. Hajduk's talisman had scored in ALL NINE GAMES that opened the season. Literally, against every team in the league, Kiš had scored at least one. This was far from true for Mario Ljubi?i?. Last year's Golden Boot runner-up (to Kiš's magnificent 7 goal match) had failed to score in ALL nine of those games. This was a player who deserved goals, even forced own goals... but he hadn't been given the credit.
But Bendiš stood by him. Sure, Ivan Džoni comes on as a sub towards the end for a bit of rotation, but Bendiš starts Ljubi?i? in every game. And the city, nor Ljubi?i? for that matter, haven't the foggiest idea why.
And then comes the match agains Marseille. Hajduk hadn't started off the Champions League season all too peachily. The runner's up had posted a debacle against Vienna, 3-1 for the home team, so they were pretty much with their backs to the wall to get some sort of result against the French.
The 2016 European Champions...
The only people in France within a shout of beating PSG...
Of course. But Bendiš went onto Poljud and was nothing but optimistic. And Ljubi?i? made the pitch again. And then, as quickly as possible, Marseille had scored 1, then 2. James Rodriguez was killing them, before... at the brink of halftime, he finished off his hattrick to give Marseille a 3-0 lead at Poljud.
Bendiš was so close to pulling Ljubi?i? off. He was going to reshuffle everything, try to go for a draw... this was his last chance. But it went away when Mario Ljubi?i? said, "Please boss, give me a few more minutes..." And Bendiš stopped. He looked up, looked at him in the eye, and said "fine", before sending his players out like they were winning 3-0, rather than losing.
Ljubi?i? made it count. He scored a magnificent curling effort into the top right corner for the first goal of the season, before he lofted a corner to Antonio Mili?'s head 10 minutes later. Hajduk was just a goal down, with half an hour to go.
Bendiš was still nervously pacing.
And then, it happened. Andrijaševi? put a simple through ball which Kiš couldn't get to, but Mario Ljubi?i? could, and he did it with all the flair in the world, putting Hajduk level to Marseille, before closing out his account, his hattrick, and the game in the 72nd with a perfectly taken one-on-one. Hajduk were back in the group with a shout...
The next day, on the sign in front of Bendiš's café, where specials are normally written... or the score... there was a single word: "Zato", which, in Croatian is a simple way of saying, "That's why"
OH MY GOD, WHAT A GAME
HAJDUK 4-3 OLYMPIQUE MARSEILLE M. LJUBI?I? ('49, '65, '72), A. MILI? ('59)
Many, many people ask Bendiš the exact same question in the mornings. It's a good reason to have an office in a coffee shop, people find you more relatable. Rather than seeing him as a distant icon, they see a man, an actual person. And, because Bendiš is a charming son of a bitch, they normally become somewhat friendly. It's part of the reason half the city loves him, and his café is full. But still, they ask questions. They ask about how the club is run, and recently, they ask, "Why the hell are you still playing Ljubi?i??"
It was easy to pick Tomislav Kiš. Hajduk's talisman had scored in ALL NINE GAMES that opened the season. Literally, against every team in the league, Kiš had scored at least one. This was far from true for Mario Ljubi?i?. Last year's Golden Boot runner-up (to Kiš's magnificent 7 goal match) had failed to score in ALL nine of those games. This was a player who deserved goals, even forced own goals... but he hadn't been given the credit.
But Bendiš stood by him. Sure, Ivan Džoni comes on as a sub towards the end for a bit of rotation, but Bendiš starts Ljubi?i? in every game. And the city, nor Ljubi?i? for that matter, haven't the foggiest idea why.
And then comes the match agains Marseille. Hajduk hadn't started off the Champions League season all too peachily. The runner's up had posted a debacle against Vienna, 3-1 for the home team, so they were pretty much with their backs to the wall to get some sort of result against the French.
The 2016 European Champions...
The only people in France within a shout of beating PSG...
Of course. But Bendiš went onto Poljud and was nothing but optimistic. And Ljubi?i? made the pitch again. And then, as quickly as possible, Marseille had scored 1, then 2. James Rodriguez was killing them, before... at the brink of halftime, he finished off his hattrick to give Marseille a 3-0 lead at Poljud.
Bendiš was so close to pulling Ljubi?i? off. He was going to reshuffle everything, try to go for a draw... this was his last chance. But it went away when Mario Ljubi?i? said, "Please boss, give me a few more minutes..." And Bendiš stopped. He looked up, looked at him in the eye, and said "fine", before sending his players out like they were winning 3-0, rather than losing.
Ljubi?i? made it count. He scored a magnificent curling effort into the top right corner for the first goal of the season, before he lofted a corner to Antonio Mili?'s head 10 minutes later. Hajduk was just a goal down, with half an hour to go.
Bendiš was still nervously pacing.
And then, it happened. Andrijaševi? put a simple through ball which Kiš couldn't get to, but Mario Ljubi?i? could, and he did it with all the flair in the world, putting Hajduk level to Marseille, before closing out his account, his hattrick, and the game in the 72nd with a perfectly taken one-on-one. Hajduk were back in the group with a shout...
The next day, on the sign in front of Bendiš's café, where specials are normally written... or the score... there was a single word: "Zato", which, in Croatian is a simple way of saying, "That's why"
Unlucky to lose the keeper but another great win
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