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Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter I wanted to write something summing up the last week for Poland, and the friendlies which have decidedly soured the mood for many who follow the national team. My primary argument against this would be that we’re in such a healthier place both in terms of the mood around the Polish national team, not to mention the quality of football we’re seeing for the most part, than this time a year ago. Not everyone sees it this way, however, and the

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Goals from defenders Kacper Potulski and Przemysław Wiśniewski were the highlights for Poland against Nigeria, with a 2-2 draw in Warszawa featuring plenty of scrutiny for Poland’s defence away from their goalscoring exploits. There were so many similarities to Sunday’s ponderous loss to Ukraine that it was easy to feel like you were suffering deja vu. There were pleasant differences, the scoring of some Polish goals for one, but so much wh

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Poland were guilty of poor errors in defence and sloppiness in attack as a determined Ukrainian side were able to cruise to victory in Wrocław. Goals from Roman Yaremchuk and Andrii Yarmolenko saw the visitors take a 0-2 lead into the break, and it would be hard to argue they were substantially threatened by Poland in the second half. Let’s just say we can be glad this was a friendly. However, friendly or not does not excuse the fairly basi

Image via @LaczyNasPilka on Twitter Yesterday, Jan Urban named the players he has seen fit to call up for Poland’s upcoming friendly matches against Ukraine and Nigeria, with plenty of inclusions (and exclusions) worth talking about. Now, normally at the end of the season, I would write an article detailing which Polish players have had the best individual seasons. For a variety of reasons (both myself and my computer overheating due to the UK’s current heatwave, a sense of