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Something tells me that Brandon has got himself a girl. The lad is on fire.

Happy new year!

On the contrary I would say it is good for us too.

Merry Christmas all!

Felipe Soares going out on loan (apparently).

I can just imagine our guys during the negotiations: "He has all the qualities we are looking for, but he isn't injured. No longer interested."

He needs to retire at the end of the season. He went to a World Cup, he played in Europe but he was always more interested in flirting with women on Instagram. He could have been a huge player.

Just saw the penalty. What a joke. The hatred for that team has no limits. It is a cancer.

Funny quote I saw today: Η αγωνία στο κατακόρυφο μέχρι να μάθουμε με ποιον Άγιαξ θα κληρωθούμε στην επόμενη φάση.

A trip to Amsterdam is never a bad idea.

It's a shocking decision.

This is the third player we have acquired from Scandinavia that has not worked out for us. Papagiannopoulos (who probably was good enough), Pereira and now Nasberg. Time to step away from this market.

Παίξτε μπάλα ρε μαλακισμένα!!!!!!

Their goal was 100% clean.

Huge win, which allows us to focus our efforts domestically from now until the end of February. It also means some of the lads with less playing time can get a run-out against HJK. Looking forward to the away day in March!

The game is tied 0-0 then in the 85th minute Antonio comes on and scores the winner. You heard it here first! Παίξτε μπάλα ρε κοπρόσκυλα!!!

The same agenda is being pushed in almost every new film being made. Go woke, go broke!

Couldn't get a ticket so will be watching this one at the fan club. A win means we can play a second-string side against Helsinki.

I did say that my view would never come into play. The fact that countries are now so 'diverse' is one of the reasons why. Again, I have stopped watching national team competitions and am happy with my decision. The fact is that while indeed some countries like Germany, England and Australia (even Ireland now has black players!) are now a mixed bag, I prefer the days when you looked at a starting 11 and saw 11 names that were native to that country. Now it is like club football. Each to their own!

But isn't that something clubs do? If PAOK go all the way in the Conference League isn't that a testament to the players and football we produce? This is exactly what I mean with national teams and clubs being conflated.

We agree to disagree. At the end of the day I am fully aware that my views on this will never come into play, so I just stopped watching national teams.

In my view you would have played for Greece. This may be the case in normal everyday life but it just isn't the case in football. Do you honestly think that Baldock would be putting on a Greek jersey if he were good enough to play for England? The same goes for Zeca - he shouldn't even be playing for Greece in the first place as he isn't Greek. It becomes a joke when players can pick and choose which country they represent. It might as well be club football. His parents are from Togo so he should play for Togo. The fact that he was a product of German football does not mean he should play for the German national team. His blood is Togolese. Going by your logic, European clubs can bring in 11-12 year olds from Africa or South America, train them up then say "Well, we taught them how to play so they should play for our country". I thought the whole idea of a national team was to display talent that is native to the country, not imported or inherited. To prove how inconsistent it is, you can even look at examples where brothers played for different countries. Jerome and Kevin-Prince Boateng (Germany and Ghana), Granit and Taulant (Switzerland and Albania), Pogba bros - these examples prove that players choose their country based on how to progress their career (ie. get a transfer). It's ok and it is understandable - a player wants to earn as much as possible (we all do). But don't expect me to sit and watch a World Cup or Euro where nearly all players in the French NT are African, there are two Swiss players amongst the Serbs and Albanians, Germany is literally a World XI, with many more countries like Greece and Spain following suit. Huge respect for players like Hakimi, Armando Broja and Aubemayang who chose their true identities over a potential transfer. Aubemayang especially, as he is proof that as long as you are good you will get the move you want.

You are 100% correct, but that's not the point. The point is that you should be playing for your roots and not for a transfer.

How it should be. The way it is going, national team competitions are becoming like any other. Players are pretty much picking and choosing who the represent rather than being forced to by their blood.

What will happen to Nea Mesimvria?