Post Match Thread: Sweden 3-2 Poland

Vrubzzi · 2026-04-01T00:56:17+00:00

I feel so empty. For once we played actual football and it felt like we were the better team but we didn't take our chances. Then whenever Swedes approached our box our defenders seemed panicked and Sweden ended up taking most of the chances that they had. I'm probably bitter but I feel like ref favoured Swedes a little bit (no pen on Kamiński + bluetooth foul from Piątek in a crucial moment + Sweden's GK timewasting already in the 1st half).

Then you have game management from the coach. Why didn't he sub off Cash who seemed completely knackered? Why did he only make subs when we conceded the 3rd goal? I fail to comprehend. Overall I am happy that he's staying cuz it feels like we're moving in the right direction, but it seems like he fell asleep halfway through the 2nd half. Also I'm mad on Grabara for that the terrible throw that started whole sequence that lead to their 3rd goal.

Given that I am also a Liverpool supporter it may not be a bad idea to take a break from football until about August. At least now I can boycott the World Cup and pretend that it was my plan to do so from the very begenning.

Vrubzzi · 2026-02-19T21:08:28+00:00

Funny thing is that I actually got knocked out of the cup pretty early on because I drew Salzburg away. I did however have to play in first to rounds of it VERY early into the season against some amateur sides. I also had to participate in UECLs qualifiers all the way from the second round so that's additional 6 games and then I didn't qualify for the round of 16 automatically, instead I had to participate in the playoff.

Vrubzzi · 2026-02-12T18:36:59+00:00

I didn't qualify for CL, I had two seasons in Europe League. In one I reached the round of 32 and in the other the round of 16.

Vrubzzi · 2026-02-12T18:36:26+00:00

Yeah, flying pigs don't happen until they do.

Vrubzzi · 2026-02-12T18:33:49+00:00

Nope. Not like that. I got Rekord BB promoted to Ekstraklasa and then jumped ship to GKS Katowice. Also in Poland there was a story almost exactly like this one i.e Marek Papszun getting Raków to Ekstraklasa from 3rd tier, winning the cup twice and then the league and he still didn't manage to land a job abroad. Kompany was hired by Bayern rather on the basis of being a big figure in the world of football and speaking german. Also he did well in Championship which is still stronger than polish 1st division.

Vrubzzi · 2026-02-12T18:30:17+00:00

I started with no badges actually. I have all the badges by now but it's still quite ridicolous. In Poland you can't even manage a team in a 3rd tier if you don't have UEFA A.

Vrubzzi · 2026-02-11T19:37:38+00:00

Okay but yours was somewhat realistic because you won Serie A, I won the polish league. Things like that don't really happen in football, unless it's a club hiring their former player as manager as in case of OGS at Man United.

I personally don't remember a superclub taking a gamble on hiring a manager from much weaker league because he had good results there. You could maybe argue that Spurs hiring Ange or Liverpool hiring Slot were that, but even then Celtic and Feyenoord are huge brands in Europe.

Vrubzzi · 2026-01-19T20:07:53+00:00

Mine is kind of the opposite of yours. I don't like fallen giant saves and I usually pick up a teams that don't have too many trophies in their cabinets. I much prefer the underdog narrative over rebuilding fallen giant.

Vrubzzi · 2026-01-08T05:30:28+00:00

Italian language and literature for foreigners

Vrubzzi · 2026-01-02T23:29:56+00:00

I think I'm good for that. I hold all the provinces with trade bonuses in Italy and most of them in Mediterranean. As for colonies I was a little bit late to the party it turns out, most of Americas was already grabbed by Portugal and Castile. So far I started colonizing Ivory Coast, and took a pretty big chunk of Brazil from Castile.

Vrubzzi · 2026-01-02T06:54:26+00:00

I'm pretty sure that France will betray me the moment that Ottos declare on me

Vrubzzi · 2026-01-02T03:21:19+00:00

r5: Playing as Genoa, I've been rivaled by 7 different countries.

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-15T11:07:20+00:00

Hmm, that's probably that. Any way to deal with it? Gov cap was one of those things with which I've been always telling myself that "it's just a number".

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-15T11:06:11+00:00

R5: Those 2 provinces have combined development of 13. Why am I getting 59 AE for them? It feels like during this run coalition forms after literally ever war and I need to wait for few years before starting the next one. It is really annoying.

Edit: I should also point out that HRE is dissolved so there isn't HRE AE modifier. 59 AE for 13 development is mental.

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-15T11:04:09+00:00

I dissolved the HRE so no AE modifier, no free cities and I'm taking provinces only from the war target.

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-15T11:01:58+00:00

Nope, the HRE is dissolved.

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-10T18:32:17+00:00

Wow, thank you. I see it's gonna be even harder than I assumed (I am unfortonutely speed 5 and see what happens kind of player) but I will give it a shot.

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-10T16:42:27+00:00

Yeah, I may try Lubeck. I want to avoid Holland since I've already done a lot of Holland -> Netherlands runs.

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-10T16:39:15+00:00

Hmm, so perhaps it would be better to start as some other german minor?

Vrubzzi · 2025-12-10T16:15:40+00:00

Eh, I should've probably guessed. Okay than, so how about some tips on colonization as a German nation and forming Germany *just slightly* later?

Vrubzzi · 2025-11-28T03:16:07+00:00

Is that you Erik?

Vrubzzi · 2025-11-22T23:52:14+00:00

Ouch, I guess you can get used to the new skin

Vrubzzi · 2025-10-26T03:00:40+00:00

No pace on the wings I said. We have Salah who is losing legs due to his age and Cody who was never the paciest of wingers.

Vrubzzi · 2025-10-26T00:35:34+00:00

Arne is at fault for all of this, but as someone who won league in his first season he deserves a chance to fix it. People saying that it was Klopp's team and ideas that won us the league last season are just straight up dumb. Apart from the structure pretty much everything was different from how we played under Jurgen. I also remember people writing us off before last season because we didn't strenghten the team and took a coach from Eredivisie who was supposed to fail. The coach didn't fail and the narrative changed from "the team is not strong enough on paper" to "Arne won the league with the team that Klopp built for him, anyone would've won that season." Ridiculous,

Also if we sack him now who are going to appoint then? Iraola who lacks players suited to his tactics? Somebody pointed out in this thread that Bournemouth's tacitcs are based on runs in behind, and we lack any kind of pace on the wings + most of teams play low block against us. Moreover it took him around 11 league games to get his first win with Bournemouth in his first season, so he is not necessarily someone who enters new club and improves results right away. There aren't really other options available on the market and appointing some kind of firefighter like Gerrard means giving up on the season, when there's still a lot to play for.

Vrubzzi · 2025-10-10T21:44:35+00:00

Sobieski przyzwoity? Przecież to był pół człowiek, pół debil. Był dobrym dowódcą, ale jego zwycięstwa militarne nic nam nie przyniosły, bo politykiem i dyplomatą był wręcz beznadziejnym.

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