What does the future hold for Lech Poznan?

Lech Poznan seemed to be headed straight towards their 6th Polish league title with what is arguably the best Polish club squad since the Wisla Krakow club which made a long run in the Uefa Cup in 2003. Some would even argue this Lech Poznan team is better. After 20 weeks of the Polish Ekstraklasa, Lech Poznan sits in first place with 43 points, three points ahead of Legia Warsaw. Lech Poznan also made a nice run in the Uefa Cup which just ended last month to Udinese. Despite their success, Lech Poznan has been battling headlines in newspapers concerning about possible transfer speculation that may effect the club this summer.

Enough with Wichniarek. Enough with the past. Enough with Leo!

Earlier this week, Poland’s head coach Leo Beenhakker said he is still considering striker Artur Wichniarek for  National team callup. Yes, the “big mouth” of Polish football is still on Leo’s radar. Remember, Wichniarek called Leo an “idiot” in a interview with Sport Bild after he was omitted from the Euro Cup squad. He was upset because despite scoring at least 10 goals two seasons in a row he was not considered useful by the coaching staff. Yet, this is the same King Arthur who criticized Jerzy Engel in 2002 after he was not call-up for the games in Japan and South Korea.

Poles abroad: At least they played

Usually our boys abroad rarely or never play, and when I say never, I mean never. Instead, they take the role of bench warmer, or hell, bench warmer in the stands… if they can find a good seat that is. Well, at least this time around they played and have made some sort of impact for their respective clubs. Artur Boruc seems to be regaining his superb EURO 08 form,  and even guys like Mariusz Jop helped out their clubs. Not bad, especially since we will be facing the Czechs and Slovaks next week. Oh wait, I suppose I should say if we will be play them. The decision whether we still stay in the World Cup qualifiers is to be revealed tomorrow!

UEFA matchday excitment!

Alright, so the first two match days of the UEFA Champions League have finished, while the first round of the UEFA Cup just started.  How did the Poles in the Champions league do? Well, guess… nothing special at all. Not that this is a bad thing. First starting out with Anorthosis’ Lukasz Sosin who started off their campaign against the Germans Werder Bremen. Sosin unfortunately did not play the entire game, a pity because he is his clubs most dynamic striker, and when he did come on he had very little service to show off his talents. Sosin, who recently has been getting his name tossed around in the PZPN to get a call up for the NT will have to earn the hype he is getting.