Will Leo Axe Boruc And Zewlakow?

(continuing from previous comment)

Is football really the most popular sport in Poland? Weird, I always thought it would be winter sports and martial arts (the former due to a Polish ski jumper being the best of all time, the later due to Polish succes at the Olympics with sports like judo, and the world boxing champion is a Pole if I’m not mistaken. Also isn’t there a Polish driver in Formula 1?)

Still, that’s nothing really to worry about IMO. It’s better to have a well-balanced team with players playing in good leagues willing to play for their country, than loads of world class players that have attitude problems. Look at Greece in 2004: None of the players were world class, yet they managed to win it, due to hard work, heart and dedication. I would love seeing Poland do the same in 2012, if the Netherlands fail AGAIN.

Posted from  Netherlands

goose, you didn’t offend. I was just trying to clarify that I wasn’t whining. I understand what you’re saying, its just most other’s don’t give smaller leagues the time of day. Like someone else said, if you ain’t Man U, you ain’t nobody. And with the world cup happening once every four years, its hard for there to be big strides in different teams winning, so just making it there should be an accomplishment. But for some reason, people only point out the winners of prior tournaments. They rarely may a big deal about how a Trinidad and Tobago team even made it to the big stage. That’s a victory in and of itself. And my argument uses Poland because its closest to me, but there are a number of other leagues and countries that get thrown under the bus.

I think it really would be dumb to axe Boruc. He was without a doubt the hero of euro 2008, and deserves a lot more slack. I would try to get him back onto the national team as soon as possible so that he may rebuild his confidence and become a team leader once more. As for Zewlakow, I think we need to keep him. Frankly we just don’t have good enough defenders at the moment to replace him. Hopefully he’ll recover from his crappy games with the national team, and once more become a solid defender.

I don’t think its too bad to leave these two out of the squad for the June friendlies. If we were scheduled to play a more competitive opponent it would make sense to have these two on hand because they are two of our best players recent performances aside, but since we aren’t playing football giants it is fine to experiment a little. In the case with Zewlakow especially, to establish a young backup or two at the center-back position. He is our captain, and he can show good leadership by taking this gracefully and bringing his A game in the fall when we resume qualifiers. Boruc needs to straighten out his personal issues, and keep getting good performances on the club level so he can get back his confidence. I honestly think that when he is fit and confident he his one of the best goalies out there, he showed it at EURO 2008.

As long as Leo is not cutting these two out of the squad for good , and e keeps them in the loop with whats going on then everything will be fine.

Go Polska!

I have no objection to Zewlakow — experienced defenders are certainly an asset. But I am not so sure about labeling him ‘our captain’. The captain needs to keep it together more than all others and especially keep the team focused and in synch. I’m skeptical after N. Ireland. Please explain why you believe he’s the man. Is Zewlakow demonstrating leadership ability with Olympiakos? Will he be able to preform at his best even if he is not captain?

Posted from  United States

Also — Sorry: if Zewlakow is captain, he needs to be there for the preliminary/friendly NT games.

Posted from  United States

Okay, maybe you (Leo) don’t take away the arm band after one disastrous game. A good captain keeps his team relaxed but focuses and most all should exude (provide a strong atmosphere) of confidence. If Zewlakow can do that — great. (alright i’m finished with my rant).

Happy Flag Day and Labor Day – Have a great weekend — Go Polska!

Posted from  United States

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Posted from  Australia

Going back to the last thread, I have to agree with the person who suggested that Poles whine a lot. I’m constantly stunned by all the whining I see in the comments section of Polish news articles; even in an article discussing something that should make us happy, the majority of commenters seem to be striving to find some negatives.

For example, a couple months ago, I was reading an article on Bartosz Salamon that suggested he has the potential to be a world-class player. Pretty reasonable, even though he’s not a regular starter, he is getting a surprising amount of playing time for someone his age. And Italian sources have been suggesting for almost a year that he has the potential to be a star.

Instead of being happy, the majority of Polish comments was just whining and criticism along the lines of, “if he’s so good, why isn’t he already playing in Serie A” and “he’s not noteworthy at all, there’s lots of 17 year olds who are getting playing time in the first team” (that’s just false. If you look at a list of the brightest talents in Serie B, the ones in Salamon’s age group have usually not even debuted in the first team, only a couple have racked up as many minutes as he has).

This is just an example. Look at pretty much ANY article, the comments section is always dominated by negativity. If there was a World Cup of Whining, Poland would undoubtedly coast to an easy victory. Seems to be the Polish national pastime.

Posted from  Canada

I can understand leaving Boruc and Zewlakow at home for these friendlies, these matches should be used to give their back-ups some much-needed experience so that they’re ready to step in if there are injuries etc. This is especially important in defense, we really need to start preparing for the future as Zewlakow is getting old. When it’s time for the qualifiers, Boruc and Zewlakow will be back in the team, I have no doubt.

Posted from  Canada

Janczyk scored his 5th goal of the season today
Krzynowek got an assist in a 2-0 victory over Bochum

Go POLSKA

I think Janczyk deserves to start one of these upcoming friendlies. Lubanski is working wonders on this kid. If he keeps it up maybe some Dutch, French, or German team will pick him up. Even stay at Lokoreen anything but cska. But the russians are gonna put a pretty high price tag on him so it might be hard for him to transfer out.

I too would like to see janczyk in the NT soon, mostly because he’s a different type of an attacker than brożek and lewandowski. with all three, leo would have a range of options and we could have a strong attack for may years. but i really hope janczyk get transferred to a league better than belgium, which from the highlights seems not a long distance from our ekstraklasa. bundesliga would be perfect IMO, as there is a lot of adventurous attacking play and a very decent level, plus it’s pretty close from there to the top european clubs.

as for our veterans supposedly to be axed, i think boruc should be given a long rest, at least a few months.
żewłakow’s case is a bit different and I wouldn’t like to see leo making a scapegoat out of him. he wasn’t the only one crap against the nortern ireland, and I don’t think we have classy replacement for him. didn’t jodłowiec give wawy a penalty agains san marino last time he played?

Posted from  Poland

Well Fabianski played against Portsmouth today for some reason. Kept a clean sheet, but did make a few mistakes.

Apparently a Brazilian with a Polish passport, Marcelo Dluzniewski is about to sign a four-year contract with Steau Bucharest. AS Roma, Bolton and Everton have also been keeping tabs on him. He was born October 13, 1989 and plays as a midfielder.

http://www.reprezentacja.com.pl/index.php?plik=wstawki/news_caly&numer=80634&kat=2&nazwa=Brazylijski+Polak+w+Steaule+Bukareszt

Posted from  Canada

Speaking of passports, apparently Obraniak still needs to submit a couple more documents proving his grandfather’s Polish origin… I don’t understand why the President doesn’t just approve his citizenship, we need him desperately for the NT and it’s obvious Obraniak has Polish roots, why are they making him go through this never-ending saga…

Posted from  Canada

http://news.poland.com/result/news/id/2234