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I know the easy solution. I know what the easy excuse is and I know what many believe is the easy way out and that is to fire Franz Smuda and start all over again with a new coach, because, we still have four matches left in 2010 which is a decent amount of matches before our final year of warm-ups prior to us hosting the European championships in the summer of 2012.
But, you can’t blame it all on Smuda. And, firing him, will not solve anything. The problem goes much deeper then just who is making the selections for the national side or which tactics we are using in our games. The problem goes way beyond Smuda’s control. Poland has a real problem and there is no coach in the world who can fix our mess. Read the rest of this entry »
Another match day for the Polish national team and Franz Smuda, and yet another disappointing ending. In their first game since getting absolutley embarressed by Spain 0-6 right prior to the World Cup, Poland played hosts to Cameroon today in Szczecin, and got just as embarrassed, losing 0-3 in front of the home crowd.
Poland showed little to no life all match. With poor passing and very little attacking, anyone watching the game could just tell that Poland was getting out matched by a Cameroon squad that didn’t exactly send their “A-team”. Besides their star striker Samuel Eto’o, Cameroon picked mostly their reserve players from their disappointing world cup squad, along with several young up and comers. Read the rest of this entry »
Will they, or will they not play? That is the question surrounding the mystery behind the proposed Polish national team tour in the United States, as it was reported by Gazeta Wyborcza on June 29th. The newspaper at the time reported the upcoming 2010 schedule for Poland, including the matches against the United States on October 9th and Mexico on October 12th. The paper, at the time, even reported the sites for the matches would be New York City (Oct.9th) and Chicago (Oct 12th). Read the rest of this entry »
Lech Poznan lost once again on Sunday, this time in the Polish Super Cup Final in Plock to Jagiellonia Bialystok by the score of 0-1. Lech has has a very tough time this summer getting it’s game up to par, especially their offense which for the past several seasons has carried Lech in the league and also in Europe, now seems to be their biggest downfall.
Former national team striker Tomasz Frankowski was the hero for Bialystok on Sunday as his 83rd minute strike gave his team a 1-0 lead, just 8 minutes after entering the match and his side never looked back. This was their first ever Polish super cup title. It was a very even game with not too much action, although, Lech did have more of the chances, however, they just couldn’t finish. Read the rest of this entry »
Polish national team coach Franz Smuda has announced today that he is adding 22-year old Legia Warsaw defender Artur Jedrzejczyk to the 21-men Polish squad who will take on Cameroon.
This is one of the Smuda’s moves that is absolutely out of left field. I don’t think too many people would have expected this call-up, especially this early on, as he’s just trying to get settled in with Legia Warsaw. But, Smuda continues to play around with the little that he has to try to find some kind of hidden talent. But, Jedrzejczyk seems like a very bright prospect for Polish football. Read the rest of this entry »
Poland national team coach Franz Smuda called up 21 players for friendly match against Cameroon which will be played on August 11th. One more player will be added to the team on Monday by Smuda.
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