Polish footy dodgeball, anyone?

10 10 2008

Polish SOCA! LA sent me to Poland on Tuesday to report on the NT training session. I was lucky enough to get a lot closer to some of the real action then some other Polish journalists, and even got to chat up with some of the players. That being said, I have to be brutally honest, I wasn’t expecting much. I knew when I was told I’d be packing my bags for Wronki, Poland that it be nothing like a Brazilian NT training camp, or any of that sort. No it was… well different. Sometimes I was shocked, sometimes I was drunk, because well you have to be to appreciate the Polish NT.

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Ekstraklasa star round-up!

10 10 2008

The Polish Ekstraklasa? Good? Bad? Everyone has their own opinions about it. It may not have the most wealthiest clubs in the world, nor the most expensive players. However, it does have that odd number of flair, technique, and some…erm skill. Most of this of course is through the foreign players playing in the Ekstraklasa, but don’t worry there is a fair share of Poles contributing also! Some may be more helpful then others.

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