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Originally posted by Swamper I read somewhere that podolski wanted to be part of the Poland National team but he wasn't getting much attention over there so Germany scooped him up. Not sure of the accuracy of any of that but it's easier to stomach than seeing him as a 'traitor'.

Heard that as well. They didn't think he had the talent to invest in him, so instead they told him to play in the Polish Soccer League for Warsaw. The Polish National team has a rep for stupidity and team politics. Now they get to deal with him beating their asses every game.

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Originally posted by Swamper I read somewhere that podolski wanted to be part of the Poland National team but he wasn't getting much attention over there so Germany scooped him up. Not sure of the accuracy of any of that but it's easier to stomach than seeing him as a 'traitor'.

maybe..but is that an excuse?

he's made enough noise in the club circuit that he would have owned the team now...

would you rather go against your own country or not play at all? whats the motive there, if its attention and fame thats weak..once again not from a professional team but a national standpoint...


also Germany and Poland fucking HATE eachother ppl say that was 60 years ago read articles or watch documentaries from the last 5 years even on and off the field alot of them would kill eachother literally...

he would have been better off playing elsewhere if he wanted to displace himself from his national team

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Originally posted by Capo di tutti he would have been better off playing elsewhere if he wanted to displace himself from his national team

He might've already had a German passport. Heck, he probably lived in Germany for a good part of his life like a lot of Poles do.

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Originally posted by Sasha DO YOU HAVE CANADIAN CITIZENSHIP?

A question for the ages.

soccer is serious business!!

doesn't poland have a black guy on their team?

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Originally posted by Engine9 doesn't poland have a black guy on their team?

Nope. I asked my gf, he played for legia warsaw if i spelled that right...

but let a black guy play for them who gives a fuck as long as he's born there or spends an X amount of time in the country...

it shouldn't matter if you were born in the country or even live in the country. If you have citizenship then you should be eligible to play for them.

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Originally posted by infinity HiGH Heard that as well. They didn't think he had the talent to invest in him, so instead they told him to play in the Polish Soccer League for Warsaw. The Polish National team has a rep for stupidity and team politics. Now they get to deal with him beating their asses every game.

sounds kinda like what happened with the CSA and Owen Hargreaves and Jonathan de Guzman

anyways .. LU LU LU .. LUKAS PODOLSKI!

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Originally posted by Capo di tutti but let a black guy play for them who gives a fuck as long as he's born there or spends an X amount of time in the country...

He wasn't born there or didn't spend X amount of time lol they gave him a wife to marry so he became a citizen. He doesn't speak Polish or anything. So with the OP crying about a Pole playing in Germany, Poland did the Same thing with a Nigerian player.

The United States has a defender of French ancestry named David Regis. Japan has a midfielder born in Brazil. And Poland has Olisadebe.

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Originally posted by Capo di tutti a player form brazil who may not be able to achieve the playing time he could at his position as he could in lets say in Spain can become a spanish national.

Deco is a good example of that

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Originally posted by Invasionmix He wasn't born there or didn't spend X amount of time lol they gave him a wife to marry so he became a citizen. He doesn't speak Polish or anything. So with the OP crying about a Pole playing in Germany, Poland did the Same thing with a Nigerian player. The United States has a defender of French ancestry named David Regis. Japan has a midfielder born in Brazil. And Poland has Olisadebe.

i've never seen him play national, never knew, i thought he only played club