Poland v. Croatia [R]

[cookiely]

there aren`t many stories, every player has just one.


It just seems like the polish media seems to confuse them.
:D According to them even Bernd Schneider is polish and his original name was
Arkadiusz Skrzypiciel.

and of course there are players with polish roots in the german team. Poles are the bigest immigrant group here. Fact is they spend most their lives in germany,they went to school here, they have friends here, they learned to play football here and they play for this NT because they choose to.
Since it is a bit harder to get into the german squad then it is to get into the polish squad, they even risk never playing in a EC or WC because they choose to play for us.
I can give you quite a few names of polish rooted players that opted for germany, even though they never quite made it in the squad.

We live in a world that thrives on globalisation, you better get used to it.[/QUOTE]
thanks, captain obvious.


no problem :D I always like to help people who have problems with the obvous
btw
should I explain to you how to post and how to quote a message?

[Gunning4Chelsea]

no problem :D I always like to help people who have problems with the obvous
btw
should I explain to you how to post and how to quote a message?

No thanks, genius.

O-B-V-I-O-U-S - one more time, now say it out loud.

[BMike86]

No thanks, genius.

O-B-V-I-O-U-S - one more time, now say it out loud.

hahaha :p

priceless :D

[Gunning4Chelsea]

no problem :D I always like to help people who have problems with the obvous
btw
should I explain to you how to post and how to quote a message?

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
by Franklin Foer

a great read....hopefully the big words do not trouble you, buddy.

[cookiely]

what can I say? You got me captain typo and saved the world from another
evil misspelling attack. Now I must go and return to my secret layer and concot a new plan to undermine the orthography of the languages of the world.

*evil laugh*
*disappears in a puff of smoke*

[Albirrojo]

How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization
by Franklin Foer

a great read....hopefully the big words do not trouble you, buddy.

They say if one likes "How soccer explains the world" they really are going to love "Soccer against the enemy" which is kindof the same kind of a book, exploring soccer/football around the globe. I think "Soccer against the enemy" http://www.amazon.com/Soccer-Against-Enemy-Revolutions-Dictators/dp/1560258780/ref=pd_bbs_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1214270665&sr=8-2 is considered a classic. It was number one on four four two's all time great soccer books...however, that is still a subjective opinion. Because there are so many soccer books around.

I've read both, I think "How soccer explains the world" is more basic but a very good read. By the way, the amazon reviews are enlightening on it but don't let them bother anyone, I'd give the book 4 or 5 stars.

There can't be a real list of best books out there because it is subjective and some of my favorites didn't even make the 442 list. Obvious picks are books like "Fever pitch" which was second I think and "Brilliant Orange" on Dutch soccer was up there too and compelling.