Sam779 Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 (edited) http://www.swfc.co.uk/page/News/0,,10304~1978569,00.html Simek receives international call Posted on: Fri 26 Feb 2010 Sheffield Wednesday defender Frank Simek has received a call-up to the USA international squad for next week's friendly encounter against Holland. The game takes place in Amsterdam on Wednesday March 10. Simek will leave to join the American squad on Sunday and will return to England on Thursday. Simek has five caps for the USA under the belt and last featured on the international stage in 2007, when he played against Mexico in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final. The Missouri product exclusively told swfc.co.uk: "I'm extremely happy to receive this call-up and hopefully I will play a part in the game. "First and foremost, the important thing was to get back playing for Wednesday and that has led to me being back in contention for my country. "I know it will be a difficult match against Holland but one that I am really looking forward to. We have plenty of good players in our squad and we know that we are capable of beating most teams on our day." Simek will now have an eye on the World Cup finals in South Africa later this year, when the USA open Group C with a crunch clash against England. Edited February 26, 2010 by Sam779 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlg Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Cool - very well done, Frankie - that's some comeback, after the frustrating past few months you've had. Well done - you're a real pro. A few of of our team should look at him and learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WC1Owl Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Brilliant news. I hope he makes the World Cup squad and has a great tournament. And then I hope we can hang on to him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest normski Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Good luck frankie, this might be the kick up the backside he needs to get him back to his best.U.S.A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave angel Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 well done to the fella, this could do us some good aswell, theres surely a chance this'll give him a reight old confidence boost n may well help bring back his top form for us a la frankie of old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest carlg Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 well done to the fella, this could do us some good aswell, theres surely a chance this'll give him a reight old confidence boost n may well help bring back his top form for us a la frankie of old. And jolly handy timing whilst in late-stage talks with USA-centric potential investors, as it happens ... :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaser Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 weren't people praying for the return of Lewis Buxton just the other week after the Donny debacle, saying Frankie had lost it ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 (edited) weren't people praying for the return of Lewis Buxton just the other week after the Donny debacle, saying Frankie had lost it ? This thread was in danger of being possitive! good work Glaser, we dont want any of that happy clapping gonads on OwlsTalk! Edited February 26, 2010 by Donny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beholder Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Aaron Lennon is gonna have a field day when we play USA in the WC. No offense to frankie....bur he aint the player I remember from a few seasons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWFCtillIdie Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Really pleased for the lad, hopefully it will give him a confidence boost. It's bad news for us in a way though. We have a rearranged fixture against West Brom on 9 March which he won't be available for now and with our lack of defensive cover at the moment it will leave us extremely light on numbers. It shows just how important that signing of Eddie Nolan was. Anyone know whem Buxton is due to be available again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glaser Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 This thread was in danger of being possitive! good work Glaser, we dont want any of that happy clapping gonads on OwlsTalk! can you tell Beholder off as well please dad ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russy Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 weren't people praying for the return of Lewis Buxton just the other week after the Donny debacle, saying Frankie had lost it ? Surely no one actually wanted Buxton back?! But I agree he isn't as good as he was. Pleased for him though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYCOWL Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Aaron Lennon is gonna have a field day when we play USA in the WC. No offense to frankie....bur he aint the player I remember from a few seasons ago. This. Sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest callmepele Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Really pleased for the lad, hopefully it will give him a confidence boost. It's bad news for us in a way though. We have a rearranged fixture against West Brom on 9 March which he won't be available for now and with our lack of defensive cover at the moment it will leave us extremely light on numbers. It shows just how important that signing of Eddie Nolan was. Anyone know whem Buxton is due to be available again? Game is actually on 3 March according to ussoccer so he won't be missing any games. Be interesting to see if he plays as I think Spector from west ham is the prefered right back with Cherundolo injured. Hope it gives him the confidence and performance boost he needs tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWFCtillIdie Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 (edited) Game is actually on 3 March according to ussoccer so he won't be missing any games. Be interesting to see if he plays as I think Spector from west ham is the prefered right back with Cherundolo injured. Hope it gives him the confidence and performance boost he needs tho Hope you're right mate but Wednesday's official site says 10 March for Holland v USA and 9 March for WBA v SWFC. Edited February 26, 2010 by SWFCtillIdie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Blue&WhiteBen Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 hopefully it will give his confidence a boost getting called up again, but they are playing holland, so they/he might get destroyed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 I really like Simek. Not only is (Os was?) he a fantastic player, but when everyone else like Whelan, Brunt, Bougherra couldn't wait to move to a better team, he stuck with us and signed a contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JonTheOwl66 Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 Simek to play against England in World Cup? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewowl Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 I really like Simek. Not only is (Os was?) he a fantastic player, but when everyone else like Whelan, Brunt, Bougherra couldn't wait to move to a better team, he stuck with us and signed a contract. Couldn’t agree with you more Out of the shower we have, he is one of only a few true pro’s we have in the first team I remember the first injury he suffered; the pitch was still wet through from the floods (if my memory serves me correctly) Hopefully those days are behind him now, and he will be like the “new signing” in defence we have been craving Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeroswfc Posted February 26, 2010 Share Posted February 26, 2010 USA! USA! USA! Nice one and congratulations Frankie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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