Lech Poznan Becomes The Last Hope Of Polish Football.

as for the lech’s victory, there’s one hero you forgot to mention, tomasz, it’s franz! is is all his acheivement that even after such a punch on the face as the 2nd conceded goal was, kolejorz went on going for a goal. i wouldn’t say it was technically the best game since wisła’a play in the uefa cup, but for sure the most remarkable one. and i’m especially happy with lewandowski, and his 1 on 1 play, reception of the ball, and the goal he scored after a few goalless games.

i’m also furious with głowacki, but it would be unfair to blame him for the result. it wasn’t that easy ball to clear, especially with a header, which głowa attempted for no obvious reason. and the whole team blew it up. the spurs were really poor, but wisła had no balls. mr. skorża, here’s to you, you have a few months to fix it, and it’s not only a matter of new transfers coming in. bring some flamboyance in!

finally, the pzpn saga. sadly, there’s no positive side of the story, as far as i’m concerned. i’d sacrifice a tourament or two to claer the mess in polish football, but i’d like to know how our government is going to do it, and i mean some detalis. any new authorities of our fa are gonna be chosen by the same people as in the past and beside that, where will we get the new people from? we need a whole training system with know-how, who is gonna provide it, mr. drzewiecki? getting rid of the leśne dziadki is by all means a great thing, but it’s simply not enough. so far i haven’t heard a word about what to do next.

Posted from  Poland

I hope Tusk stands his ground. We will never move forward as long as Liskiewicz and his cronies are in charge, we’ll just keep sinking further and further. Right now, even leagues from Slovakia, Denmark, Bulgaria are ranked higher than Poland… If we crumble under FIFA pressure, then Finland, Latvia and Bosnia will overtake us in a couple years.

I really don’t care if FIFA cancel the matches against the Czech Republic and Slovakia, our #1 priority should be ousting the Lesne Dziadki. In the long term Polish football will be better off.

There’s been some talk that FIFA will also take away Euro 2012. I seriously doubt it. And if they do, it’s going to cost them too. One of the main reasons they chose us is because they wanted to expand/grow the market in Eastern Europe.

Posted from  Canada

It’s a shame that fucking politics get in the way of the game of football.

Posted from  United States

Our league is getting beat by Slovakia, Denmark, Norway, Bulgaria.
Our national team is afraid of San Marino…
And you still think the Polish government should not get involved???

Posted from  Canada

@ Zaraza
What I really meant was that it’s too bad there are people out there who lead to the type of corruption the PZPN suffers from. I think its great for the Polish govt to make this stand. But it’s a shame politics were involved in the first place… football is a game. Not something for the government to have to deal with corruption over.

Posted from  United States

All signs point to FIFA and UEFA supporting corruption. Nothing seems to say otherwise. Why do they need to get involved in government politics. They think that money gives them authority to do whatever they please with football in Poland. It is not just Poland, other countries were subject to this mafia type bullshit.

The current PZPN is a bunch of incompetent clowns. FIFA and UEFA know this and want to keep it this way. They are able to control them by throwing a couple of dollars their way from time to time to keep the happy. Did you guys see how fucking nervous the assholes from the PZPN were in interviews on the news. I don’t know what is more embarrassing, their stupidity or how shocked and nervous they are to be met with resistance from the government. It would seem like their buddies at FIFA and UEFA will not be able to help them out this time.

As for the corruption or failure to address the issue, shouldn’t some be held responsible? Wouldn’t that mean prison time of major fines for those involved or those who covered it up? I can’t wait to see the final result of this debacle.

Better days are ahead.

Everyone who supports the crackdown on the PZPN should sign this petition:
http://www.petitiononline.com/PZPN/petition.html

I don’t know how effective these petitions are but there’s no harm trying. Hopefully it will make the Polish government realize that there is strong support for this action and that they should not back down.
I doubt FIFA and UEFA will care what the fans have to say, they’re rotten to the core.

Hieronim, sorry I misunderstood your post.

Posted from  Canada

check it out, polish players playing euro 08 soccer on ps3 lol

http://polishsoca.mihopa.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1155:euro-08-with-the-biao-czerwoni&catid=49:image-gallery&Itemid=84

I was thrilled with Lech win over Austria and I was hearing all this hoopla about how great Lech was playing. On Saturday I was able to get my hands on the torrent with the game and finally I was able to see it.
It was gutsy performance by Lech but it was far away from great. We have to realize that it was only Austria Wieden they played against and that not all look that good. Lech is not ready to compete yet with better teams and there were only few player I could give high notes for this game. Tomek you said that Murawski performance should put him into NT. I can’t disagree more. He was one of the weakest players on the field. Sure he did score in last minute and become a game hero but OMG. Don’t tell me he was any good. I was watching reply last night and he looks slow and he had tons of bad passes and lost balls. The 3 best players for Lech were Lewandowski, Renfigio and Peszko. Reiss is an idiot for trying to force penalty in OT. If he did not take this stupid dive he could score EZ goal. Is this is what he wants to teach younger players? Peszko did the same few minutes later but I can forgive him.
The best part about Lech is their fans. Lech supporters are amazing. I think with that kind of fallowing and big stadium Lech is destined to do great things in near future.

Posted from  United States

Lech Poznan can do it. I hope. Arkadiusz Glowacks is a weenie because he loet in an own goal. How fast is the internet in Poland? I told you that there was corruption in the PZPN system. How is Poland doing amidst the financial crisis in America? I hope Tomasz gets good internet at an affordable price so that he can do more blogs.

Posted from  United States

Pawel, the net here is so fast, that when i e-mail myself, i get the message after a few seconds – it has to go around the whole planet to get there, so it’s really fast!

Posted from  Poland

http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=759113.html

Not a bad draw for Lech. One of the better groups in fact.

According to PS Leo has put these players in the starting 11 so far Fabianski- Wasilewski, Zewlakow, Dudka, Krzynowek – ?, Lewandowski, Roger, Smolarek – ?,?. Seems obviously fake with Krzynowek in defense, no Blaszczykowski in RM, and no Brozek. Especially with the last two points, there really isnt a rivalry for Brozek in the starting 11. Lewandowski, and Sosin could have a rivalry but I’d prefer Lewandowski. No Blaszczykowski is just a joke, the squad revolves around him now so obviously hes playing.

I think everything nearly seems to be going Lech’s way this year. Although I feel they are slightly stronger and play more beautifully than Wisla. Wisla were fucked in almost every aspect of the draws this year. Beitar was one hell of a tough draw for a 2nd round qualifying round, then Barcelona (one of the top 5 clubs in the world) in the 3rd qualifying round, then fall into Uefa Cup figuring they could sneak into the group stage but draw a struggling but big Premiership side in Tottenham. Lech has the players and the ability, and the draws seem to be at the least a bit favorable. It was a great draw getting Nancy at home, CSKA would be rather difficult so them being away isn’t that bad, then it’d be nice to have Feyenoord or Deportivo at home, and they did indeed get Deportivo at home. although they are slightly struggling in the league, they are still a rather good Spanish side that shouldn’t be overlooked. the Feyenoord match away will be difficult, but regardless Lech actually have a decent chance of advancing in this group. all they need is 3rd out of 5 sides. there were definitely some tougher groups out there. yet again Lech dodged a bullet, good for them. if only Wisla were able to get that luck. but then again Wisla had the chance and opportunity to finish off Tottenham but managed to fuck that up

Posted from  United States

@Tomasz

don’t worry, i don’t look for excuses when it comes to my boys at Wisla… i was just trying to point out Lech were a bit more fortunate and i am jealous

Posted from  United States

I’m impressed by the fans of Lech Poznan and the 6-0 win over Grasshoppers. It’s definitely a team to take account with. Good luck in the Uefa Cup and have faith.

Posted from  Netherlands