Magic plays it safe

http://www.celticfc.net/newsroom/news.aspx?id='2006-03-03_1011ss'

The in-form striker pulled out of the match complaining of discomfort in the muscle and, in doing so, proved that he’d learned from the mistake that led to him tearing a hamstring against England at Old Trafford, and missing 10 games as a consequence.

He better have learned his lesson. It was a stupid thing he did

 

ehmm... he wants to play for his country! it isnt a stupid thing...

 

Its a stupid thing playing when your clearly injured and making * of your hamstring in the process.

 

hmmm... i disagree

if he will play against rengers with injury u would probably call him a hero...

england NT is for polish people the same what rangers team for celtic

it is a matter of honour

 

Against England he probably thought it was a minor injury he could play through but he was mistaken. He's not the 1st player to do that and has obviously learned from it.

 

His injury against England was worse than a knock, shouldn't play kinda worse and he should have pulled out. I suspect pressure from the manager for him to play knowing the seriousness of the injury.

Yes he's not the first player to do it, he should have learned from others mistakes.

 

hmmm but i think that this injury help him in some way he has a time to settle...

 

I hope you're right. Learn english, adjust to the culture etc. I hope that what he was doing. Get his off the pitch stuff sorted.

In reality, he was probably chasing the women around Glasgow.

 

In most national teams, if you don't play coz. u'r complaining of some minor injury, often the manager will not call you to the squad for the next national game. For Polish player our national team is more important than a club they play for (even if it is where they make their money).

Before the game with England it looked like, Zuraw's injury is not a big deal, that's why he played. The game with USA was just a friendly. An important game, because played 100 days before the World Cup, but still not a qualifier like the game with England.

I will defend Zuraw as he is an intelligent player - he was just unlucky, that something that did not appear to be very serious turned out to be pretty bad. Normally players often lie to the manager even if they feel something is wrong, just to get the chance to play for the national team. I am sure that was however not the case with Magic. I am sure he will score many amazing goals both for Poland and Celtic. We surely miss him here at Wisla in Krakow.

 

Now that's what I call "settling down"

 

This was a wise decision as the last thing both Celtic and Poland need is for Magic to pick up an injury in a friendly match with not long to go until the end of the season and the WC.

 

He was chasing women round Glasgow. My mate saw him with an absolute stunner who he thought was his wife. Then there was a photo of his wife in one of the papers. It was'nt the stunner. Think Magic got into some bother that week

 

Magic and his wife are seemingly in separation and awaiting for divorce.

Doesn't he have a new girlfriend in Glasgow since November?

So he surely was chasing a woman And it was good move because since he is with her he plays better and better

 

sheeeez, what is all that about? I find this 'different culture' gibberish in every other article about Magic...
He's not from Mars, or the Jungle or even another continent. The language barrier may be a drawback, but I suppose football is universal enough, Magic is too goood a player to have problems communicating on the pitch, plus there's Boruc so he's not alone.

But the culture? Apart from the fact that You bhoys drive on the wrong side of the road, get payed weekly or fortnightly and not monthly and that it's almost impossible to buy alcohol after midnight - - the Isles are not that different...

Zurawski has adjusted in no time - for his standards - it took him much longer to get used to Krakow after moving from Poznan. I don't think it was bacause of 'cultural differences' as the only ones I could think of are the way they call potatoes in those places. Magic is simply a shy guy who at the time was nobody and not very selfconfident. This time he was a star from the start.

And about his silliness - he used to ride them race-motorbikes in Germany where there is no speed limit, but they told him not to do it anymore when he came to Krakow Now that could be stupid if he tried to race it down the M8

 

Disagree. When you're moving to the other city or country it's obvious that it takes time before you'll feel good there - you have to know something about customs, places etc. and it can be hard for a shy guy. Of course it's needless on the pitch but it affects his mood and mood affects his play.

 

Roy Keane has even commented that he didnt realise how difficult it is for players like Magic moving to another country( different language etc). He said he found it difficult coming to Celtic and settling in and he didnt have to move far.

 

sure it's hard to move, anyone who changed schools can tell You that.

I'm just saying that blabbing on about some great 'cultural differences' is a nonsense. Especially that it's always mentioned when Magic is concerned - Boruc seems to be from the same culture

Keane spent long years in Manchester and it would be as hard for him to move to say Liverpool as Glasgow. It would be a similar thing if he moved to Bayern Munich - only there You would have to add the language barrier.
But to talk about 'adjusting to a culture' he would have to move to say Saudi Arabia (not a bad thing with the wages there...)

I'm writing all this stuff not because of what Dempsey wrote - but because I found the very same words he used in interviews with 3 bhoys and one with Strachan. It simply made me wonder how those lads imagine Poland.

 

I think culture is a language, customs etc. So 'adjusting to a culture' means to know all this things etc. Maybe it's mentioned to often when Magic is concerned but he's not like Boruc. As I've wrot few post ago he is shy guy so it could have been some sort of problem for him.

 

in today's daily Gazeta Wyborcza Magic's agent mr Sparks says:
"Celtic is as high as Zurawski can get".

Is it me or are those strange words for a players agent?
I'm not saying he should be telling everyone that 'the sky is the limit' for Maciej, but saying that he is not fit for Premiership is harsh...

He says that Magic is ... to shy and quiet and psychologically blocked.

I'll agree with Szuwar and Sparkes on the shy part, but blocked?
How was he able to score those Lazio goals, the one against England, the ones in WC quals or the latest at Ibrox with 40.000 Huns actively hating him throughout the game?

 

We've talked about that on another thread. Well go to * with Sparks he is a *. Well I hope Magic will stay at Parkhead for a long time but I believe he will develop an get better and better.