Why did they (with the exception of Croatia) become so shit at football? Poland made the semis twice, Hungary and Czechoslovakia made the final twice each, and now they're almost all sub-CAF tier.
>>155752923this thread popped up a few times, check the archives you lazy fuck.
>>155752923dick too big
>>155752948this
I wanna know as well.
>>155752923Bosnia will beat us
>>155752923Too poor to develop talents. They capitalised on CS:GO and Dota
>>155753083they won't pass the group
>>155753144bosnia are literally guaranteed to advance as a top 8 third place side
>>155753090Poland managed to develop Volleyball talents and Russia was an ice hockey powerhouse.
>>155752923They dont have enough immigrants
Hungary's football was killed by the Soviets invading the country in 1956. Players left the country (including youth players), lost all their talent and knowledge.
>>155752948>>155753030Maybe you should take it out of your ass before playing
>>155753533Shame, they were probably one of the more premier talents in the 1950s. DIdnt they get to two WC finals?
>>155752923you could have put Austria there too, they have been really bad for 40 years all things considered, this current generation of players is okay though
No ngubus :(
>>155752923>white>poor>but still rich enough to afford computers >cold winters >low population count
>>155753533This is a popular but incorrect myth. They were good until the 80s, then the decline began.
>>155753844>No ngubus :(No ngubus :)
the soviets encouraged the eastern bloc nations to put a lot of money into athletics to beat the west. after a generation or two of hangover from that it is gone
>>155753553Gottem
>>155754374>ko uzme kajace se, ko ne uzme kajace se
>>155752923>czech, slovakia latvia, russiahockey nations>serbia, hungaryvaterpolo nations>sloveniaskiing & cycling nation>lithuaniabasketball nation
>>155754760Serbia is a basketball nation
>>155754160>but still rich enough to afford computers What year do you think this is? They probably have cyber cafés in Uganda
Ukraine will get a golden generation next decade
>>155752923>corrupt officials after communism>stagnation due to the transformation to the free-market exonomy crisis>lagging behind in coaching and training system>outdates infrastructure>low domestic leagues capitalisationetc.Croatia is an exception but it only confirms the rule
>>155754323They were good until the late 60s. Still a contender as late as 1966. By the 70s they were mid.
>>155752923Im convinced it has something to do with communism. Especially in the case of Poland and Czechoslovakia.
>>155752923First look at yourself your country is shit playing football
>>155759175The difference is that America wasn't historically good, Czechoslovakia/Hungary/Poland were
