Scottish Premier League - Boruc: Personal problems got to me

Eurosport - Sat, 04 Jul 14:02:00 2009

Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc has admitted his personal life affected his performances last season.

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But he insists he is not out of form - just that all his mistakes went punished. Boruc made a number of high-profile errors, most famously when he mis-kicked a pass-back and allowed Northern Ireland to claim a 3-2 win over Poland, while he has also found himself in trouble for breaching disciplinary rules for club and country, following the break-up of his marriage.

"I don't accept all this talk that I'm in bad form," the 29-year-old said. "Last season I made five serious mistakes in games for Poland and Celtic, which is roughly the same as I did the year before."

He added: "But no one said it was my fault then, because those errors went unpunished. A lot comes down to luck - and sometimes your luck runs out."

Boruc was targeted by the Northern Ireland fans at Windsor Park but claims the abuse had nothing to do with him conceding two poor goals.

"My form in the match in Belfast when Poland lost 3-2 to Northern Ireland and the earlier game in Bratislava, when we lost 2-1 to Slovakia, was related to my personal situation," he told the Polish press.

"In Belfast, I wasn't scared of the Northern Ireland fans' taunting.

"I like pressure; I like when the fans are screaming at me.

"The influence on my performances in the Slovakia and Northern Ireland games was not fans, but my personal situation.

"Never mind if you are a worker in a factory or you are a goalkeeper playing in front of thousands of people every week - if you have personal problems it will affect you at work, no matter what you do."

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  1. Artur it could be worse , Jim Torbett could be beasting­ you. Ask Allan Brazil

    From Haunchy P, on Tue 7 Jul 9:43PM

  2. Dave Jones you're a @#$% - Has the blood vessels­ burst after that rant?... Threatening to slit­ people's throats on a computer - How big of you...­ You're calling our mother's scum - Bet your mum­ is so proud of you for bringing a knuckle draggin'­ bigot into the world... Besides, My Mum is a­ Presbyterian, but unlike the hordes of orcs at Ibroke,­ she actually went to a Protestant Church...
    Now, go­ back to playing in the Monkees...

    From NokturnalKelt, on Tue 7 Jul 10:08AM

  3. all you ceptic supporters are low life scum,­ fu%k&ng animals, does any of you work ? are you all­ unemployed ? you bunch of fu%^ing minks, does any of­ you own any clothes apart from your shell suit bottoms­ you low life foul scum, every one of you deserves to di­ e a slow painful de ath, your are all a cancer in­ society, your mothers are scu m for bringing such­ vermin into the world, you fu$c%ing disease ridden­ pieces of sh%t^e, someone should blow up the piggery on­ a saturday afternoon and ki l l 60k of you dirty trash,­ i hope you all fu&c%ing die of cancer, scum scum­ pigs, and singing ginger,stevejones,jinky boy and­ sherbet-d if i ever get my hands on you bunch of low­ life s @#$% i will slit all your throats you­ fu&&king animals, every septic supporter should­ be burned alive, your a disease in society

    From davejones19771000, on Tue 7 Jul 5:50AM

  4. how many European Cups have Rangers­ won??????????????????????????????????????????

    From Andy, on Mon 6 Jul 9:41PM

  5. What are insults comin to these days,your mother is in­ gainfull employment and you're an irish warrior­ with possibly questional parentage. Oh Ayyyah that wis­ very wounding.

    From sherbet_d, on Mon 6 Jul 4:18PM

  6. Big Poof 101 Youre maws a slapper and you're a­ fecking @#$%, Whats your point?

    From sherbet_d, on Mon 6 Jul 4:12PM

  7. 194 do u even kno wat a fenian was bet u dont u thick­ @#$% youz all good at spouting out this pish with no­ idea what it really was ?????????????????????

    From Bazzabhoy!!, on Mon 6 Jul 4:10PM

  8. Big Poof, you are a serious ersewipe spouting your­ sectarian @#$%... What's up, just realised you­ won't have a team this season and the Bailiffs are­ waiting for Sir David Slurry to come oot from behind­ his desk?

    From NokturnalKelt, on Mon 6 Jul 3:13PM

  9. sherbert d ur maws a welder and your a fenian basturt

    From big proof 101, on Mon 6 Jul 3:08PM

  10. he is a fenian basturt i hope he dies in a fireball hes­ a piece of @#$% and if i stood next to him i would­ strangle him wae a celi'c scarf and then torch his­ face with a orange blaster burn in hell ya scummy­ bastart

    From big proof 101, on Mon 6 Jul 3:07PM

  11. Boruc has been class for us,what player doesn't­ slip form and then we get to greyskull and what players­ do hit form!!!

    From tommygunn...Scotlands Elite, on Mon 6 Jul 1:59AM

  12. heid up king artur and go for it this­ season...............still in the top four keepers in­ europe YNWA

    From David, on Sun 5 Jul 5:27PM

  13. Pt183...Sherbet we are dealing with a windae licker­ here who never answers a question and who rates players­ who he has seen on you tube!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From Stuart, on Sun 5 Jul 11:55AM

  14. 183 BRILLIANT sherbet m8 fkn quality i pi shin myself­ laughin here.u surely do kno ur facts...Hail Hail

    From Bazzabhoy!!, on Sun 5 Jul 11:35AM

  15. pauline g,you should stop all your lies,u got caught­ out everytime.u take a verbal
    beating everytime.sherbet­ as u by the short and curlys. hail hail

    From mac, on Sun 5 Jul 10:44AM

  16. Oh whats the news from IPOX today....Oh Wattie has­ again said that nothing has changed since Jan, still in­ loads of debt and that ALL players are up for­ sale....whoops there it is, whoops there it is.........

    From Stuart, on Sun 5 Jul 10:29AM
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    Nae wonder the mc donalds in parlhead has never got any­ burgers

    From Paul G CHAMPIONS, on Sun 5 Jul 9:34AM

  18. Personal Problems haha The only problem he has is hes­ addicted tae macdonalds the fat kipper please stay­ artur! Cheerio 4 in a row x

    From Craigy, on Sun 5 Jul 8:03AM

  19. this site is for football issues ya bunch of @#$%

    From david, on Sun 5 Jul 5:46AM

  20. Youre a diddy Paul you dont even understand whit­ I'm asking you. you quoted a section from a­ document on the companies house site, pertaining to­ requesting for an extension in ARD. The first section­ and first paragraph of the document, maybe you should­ have read the full document and got half a clue whit­ you were on about. Firstly, I never asked you how often­ you submit annual accounts, I asked how often you would­ submit accounts, If you had read on you would no doubt­ have descovered Audit Exempt Abbreviated Accounts.­ Secondly you stated you ran a private firm, I asked­ Private partnership, you said yes. You never said­ Private Limited Company, In which case you would have­ no business to do with Companies House. Thirdly and­ finally, you should really do a bit more research, Than­ reading the first paragraph that happens to mention­ dates,before you call me oot on anything. If I didnae­ know whit ah wis on aboot ah widnae have called you­ oot, Dreamer Boy!

    From sherbet_d, on Sun 5 Jul 5:04AM
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