ThisDrinkingLife and The World Cup: Poland

Of the eight top seeds in the World Cup, Poland in my mind are the ones that might not even make it out of the group stage. Ok it is a relativity easy group, with Senegal, Japan and Colombia making up the other teams, but any of those teams on their day could beat this Polish team.

For sure Robert Lewandowski is the one to watch, but I have never been convinced about him. Yes he bangs in the goals in the Bundesliga but in my mind he has never performed at the big stage, be that an international tourno or the latter stages of the CL. He was simply atrocious in the last Euros, bad form and an ever worse attitude. As captain that seeps into the rest of the team and what I see any time Poland plays is a cynical team and doesn’t offer much in the way of excitement or free flowing football. If a team can get Poland’s back up then they can definitely beat them, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Senegal in the opening game could cause them all sorts of problems.