I am not withdrawing from anything, but you should more precisely address the person in specific then. If you don't reply to a specific comment, but to the general discourse, then it is better to not quote someone. If you quote me but answer posts from 19 days or 12 ago, how do you expect me to relate to those posts when we are having a discussion right in this moment?

When I get quoted, I take the reply seriously and of course as intended to be related to what I have said. You won't see ne withdrawing from any discourse for no reason unless it is really utter nonsense that someone is writing.

There is some truth to the "this team is on a downtrend (due to age)" quote as Croatia was the 22nd oldest team out of 32 at the World Cup. I haven't checked whether some changes have already been made, but their average age is relatively high and new players will indeed have to be integrated soon. Not every player is as crazy as Modric and can keep that level even at the age of 37.