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Squad Watch: Week 6.

September 29th, 2008 | By: tomasz | 14 Comments »

Just have a look at how Polish players performed before the call ups for next qualifying games are handed.

Goalkeepers:

Artur Boruc (Celtic Glasgow)- 90 minutes against Aberdeen
Lukasz Fabianski (Arsenal London)- on the bench against Hull
Wojciech Kowalewski (Iraklis Thessaloniki)- 90 minutes against Panthrakikos
Tomasz Kuszczak (ManUtd)- not in the squad against Bolton, injury
Mariusz Pawelek (Wisla Krakow)- 90 minutes against Arka, note 6
Sebastian Przyrowski (Polonia Warsaw)- 90 minutes against Lechia, note 6
Lukasz Zaluska (Dundee United)- 90 minutes against Hearts

Defenders:

Barosz Bosacki (Lech Poznan)- not in the squad against LKS Lodz, injury
Grzegorz Bronowicki (Red Star Belgrade)- not in the squad against Hajduk Kula, injury
Seweryn Gancarczyk (Metalist Kharkiv)- 90 minutes against Vorskla Poltava
Pawel Golanski (Steaua Bucharest)- on the bench against CFR Cluj
Mariusz Jop (FC Moscow)- 90 minutes against Rubin Kazan
Adam Kokoszka (Empoli F.C.)- illegible to play
Marcin Kowalczyk (Dinamo Moscow)- 90 minutes against Krylya Sovietov
Tomasz Jodlowiec (Polonia Warsaw)- 90 minutes against Lechia, note 6
Piotr Polczak (Cracovia Krakow)- 90 minutes against Slask, note 5
Arkadiusz Radomski (NEC Nijmegen)- 72 minutes against Heracles
Marcin Wasilewski (Anderlecht)- 90 minutes against Standard Liege
Jakub Wawrzyniak (Legia Warsaw)- 90 minutes against Piast, note 6
Grzegorz Wojtkowiak (Lech Poznan)- 90 minutes against LKS Lodz, note 7
Michal Zewlakow (Olympiakos Pireus)- on the bench against OFI Crete

Midfielders:

Tomasz Bandrowski (Lech Poznan)- 90 minutes against LKS Lodz, note 7
Rafal Boguski (Wisla Krakow)- 28 minutes against Arka, note 6
Jakub Blaszczykowski (Borussia Dortmund)- 90 minutes against VFB Stuttgart
Dariusz Dudka (AJ Auxerre)- 8 minutes against Le Havre
Lukasz Gargula (GKS Belchatow)- 90 minutes against Odra, note 6
Roger Guerreiro (Legia Warsaw)- 90 minutes against Piast, note 6

Przemysław Kazmierczak (Derby County)- on the bench against QPR

Jacek Krzynowek (VFL Wolfsburg)- not in the squad against Karlsruher SC

Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk)- didn’t play against

Wojciech Lobodzinski (Wisla Krakow)- 75 minutes against Arka, note 6
Radoslaw Majewski (Polonia Warsaw)- 45 minutes against Lechia, note 5
Rafal Murawski (Lech Poznan)- 90 minutes and a goal against LKS Lodz, note 7
Szymon Pawlowski (Zaglebie Lubin)- 90 minutes and a goal against Odra Opole, note 8
Michal Pazdan (Gornik Zabrze)- 90 minutes against Polonia B., note 7
Sławomir Peszko (Lech Poznan)- not in the squad against LKS Lodz, injury

Attackers:

Pawel Brozek (Wisla Krakow)- 90 minutes and two goals against Arka, note 8
Dawid Janczyk (CSKA Moscow)- didn’t play against Tomsk
Michal Janota (Feyenoord Rotterdam)- didn’t play against Groningen
Ireneusz Jelen (AJ Auxerre)- 77 minutes and a goal against Le Havre
Robert Lewandowski (Lech Poznan)- 90 minutes and an assist against LKS Lodz, note 6
Lukasz Piszczek (Hertha Berlin)- 23 minutes against Energie Cottbus
Grzegorz Rasiak (Watford)- not in the squad against Sheffield Utd, injury
Marek Saganowski (Aalborg)- 40 minutes and a goal against Bronshoj BK
Ebi Smolarek (Bolton Wanderers)- 17 minutes against ManUtd
Artur Wichniarek (Arminia Bielefeld)- 83 minutes and a goal against Eintracht
Tomasz Zahorski (Gornik Zabrze)- 90 minutes against Polonia B., note 5
Maciej Zurawski (Larissa)- 90 minutes against Panserraikos FC

Summary: Sorry, but I don’t have a constant internet connection at the moment (I’m sitting in the library) and I don’t have time to write a comprehensive summary. Good for Saganowski to score his first goal in Denmark. Another great game by Kuba Blaszczykowski, who was nominated by Kicker to the weekend’s starting lineup. Artur Wichniarek and Ireneusz Jelen once again try to prove Leo wrong by scoring more goals. Pawel Brozek returns to form with two goals against Arka Gdynia. Radoslaw Majewski got injured and will probably be unavailable for a month. Maciej Zurawski, on the other hand, returned from injury and played 90 minutes for Larissa. Zewlakow and Golanski lost their place in Olympiakos and Steaua starting lineups respectively.

As for tomorrow’s call ups, there is speculation about the return of Dariusz Dudka. The Artur Boruc case is still unsolved. Lukasz Gargula is very likely to come back, especially after Majewski injured himself. There are also rumours about the supposed call ups for Tomasz Jodlowiec and Lukasz Sosin (talking about desperation).

Sorry about a poor quality of this post. I hope I’ll have all the things worked out till the weekend and be able to return to regular posting.

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Comments

By Brian | September 29th, 2008 at 10:49 am

personally i’d like to see in the middle of our midfield Murawski and Gargula get some playing time in these upcoming qualifiers.

i’d also really like to see Baszczu and Piotr Brozek get call-ups, they have been playing tremendously well and are at positions that need to be fixed, or at the least improved in our national side

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By Alek | September 29th, 2008 at 3:13 pm

I don’t know about Murawski, he never really played well for Poland even though he played well in the league. I especially don’t recommend playing him against Czech Republic.

By MarcinO | September 29th, 2008 at 3:23 pm

Another good game by Blaszczykowski. Another hard foul against him. That is starting to piss me off.

By Hieronim | September 29th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

Finally Saganowski!!!!!

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By Marcel | September 29th, 2008 at 9:10 pm

Jodlowiec with a call up? Can’t wait to see him on the national team scene.
by the way, i found another cool polish soccer blog at http://socasoul.wordpress.com/. good site to go if tomasz is busy and cant write any recent articles

By Alek | September 30th, 2008 at 2:14 am

I’m really hoping now that Leo can somehow convince Wichniarek to play. Don’t get me wrong I never really believed in him but we don’t have many other players to use. I’d say Brozek but he still never convinced for the nt. I also really hope Leo gives up with Krzynowek, I use to love him but if he doesn’t even warm the bench for Wolfsburg then that’s a sign to not get called up. I’d like to know how Piszczek plays on the left, and hell if that doesn’t work Roger can play there too, or if the world actually liked Polish people then Obraniak could but that doesn’t look like its happening.

By tomasz | October 1st, 2008 at 8:15 am

@Alek
I think Leo would lose all respect if he was trying to convince Wichniarek now. And what about the competition in the team? Surely Wichniar would come back only if offered a place in the starting lineup. What about brozek and R.Lewandowski then? All I’m saying is that it’s too late now and both sides are to blame.

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By dezerter | October 1st, 2008 at 11:32 am

At this momement AW is the best Polish striker out there. We can talk about Brozek, Jelen, Saganowski or Lewandowski as much as we want to but 6 goals in Bundesliga speaks the truth. Problem is that Leo was to stubborn to call him in for Euro (I think he was trying to proof that he can do own thing without paying attention to media). Leo is the guilty party here and I’m sure if he made friendly move toward AW it could be resloved but knowing him that is impossible. To much pride and no going back for Leo.
That will hurt our NT in long run and cost him his job.

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By Good Doctor | October 2nd, 2008 at 3:01 am

It’s time for change!!! To develop strong sucessfull football team one has constantly mix young with experience. Unfortunately, Leo lost the plot (may be he never had one)and it’s time to go. Listkiewicz is already going and the same goes for his good buddy Leo. Before it’s too late!!! Leo’s pride in an absolute non-starter but the NT’s results are!!! It has nothing to do with the price of fish. Leo simply does not understand the mentality of the Polish players. More importantly though, Leo is paid for results and no one is interested in his pride. Kasperczak is available and should be taking over today. Consequently, Wichniarek and Jelen (possibly even Mieciel)should be paying in the NT tomorrow. No questions asked.

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By adas | October 2nd, 2008 at 4:09 pm

There’s no reason to sack Leo. The team is in first place in WC qualifiers. He still has team to improve the team. With Kuba and other players getting into form in their leagues, the team could come together. If Leo fails to lead the team to South Africa, I don’t think he’ll have to be sacked. He’ll quit on his own. Until then, he’s not doing a horrible job, so let’s see what happens.

By Good Doctor | October 5th, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Leo is doing a brassco job and should be sacked immediatey. He is having stupid dilemmas with goalkeepers whereas the real problem area in attack is not being addressed at all. Everybody knows that attack should include: Wichniarek, Jelen, Lewandowski and Brozek. Smolarek and Piszczek should be playing midfield. If Leo’s brassco approach is allowed to continue it will cost us the 2010 World Cup. And it will be all over after the Czech and Slovakia games!!! Cheers.

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By Good Doctor | October 5th, 2008 at 9:17 pm

By the way, brassco in Australian means toilet.

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By Pawel (drugi Cristiano Ronaldo i Franz Beckenbauer) i Polski Goral | October 6th, 2008 at 10:18 pm

The Special One has special offers. Poland can get some from him. Maybe Tomasz can post the I’m on Setanta Sports show and Jose can always be arrogant about himself and Sven can say … well… . Polish players need to perform like top players. Are the players overweight because that is what I am getting from this squad action list. If every Polish player was as big as Pudzianowski then maybe Germany would not win every time they play Poland.

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By Arius | October 7th, 2008 at 3:42 pm

Lukasz Sosin (talking about desperation!!!?) has actually been called up to the national squad eventually… Perhaps because he is the only active Polish offencive player that actually plays full time games with his club in local games and the Champions League. After all, I suppose an attacker that has scored twice in champions league this season is perhaps not a despert man’s choice.

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