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Like always kontra se olus kai ola!! Pame Panatha mou!! Koraka Pappa Gamiese....

Some news on Berbatov from the Bulgarian media: - For the first 5 days after Berbatov's transfer, there are 14,000 Tshirts with his name sold which makes 838,600 EUR income for the club - half his salary. He is also probably a bit responsible for the negotiations with Sportingbet offering a 2,000,000 EUR sponsorship. - Berbatov is expected to start against Qabala FK on the 17th of September as he's not fully fit yet, having missed a pre-season training as he has been without a club for the whole summer. - Berbatov will earn somewhere around 2,000,000 EUR with bonuses at PAOK, although he will be able to withdraw up to 60 EUR per day from ATMs. :ph34r:

If we don't win... its not bc of pappas and voodoo Its bc of piss poor planning during preseason to overwork your players and pick up a bunch of tourists and butchers along the way that have made no significant impact thus far We have only ourselves to blame if we cant beat a bunch of kids

I really enjoyed meeting you and your parents. The food was great too. Thank you for your hospitality.

Just wanted to mention this. Lafferty on a scoring spree and Berbatov basically paid for himself through shirt sales+ sponsorship deals (I'm sure there were more season ticket sales too) within the first week of getting to PAOK. If you get stingy you make these mistakes.

Remind me to not read your posts with a mouth full of food. Now I have to go change my shirt. What about Greek River Dance ?

This is the problem - both of them (either of them) should be MORE than adequate for 90% of the competition we face. I am very frustrated with Mitroglou but the midfield is what's holding him back, and will also do the same for Klaus, or Aravidis, or whoever else you put up there. This is bleak only because of how the team as a whole acts; I'd be happy with either of them assuming the ethniki plays like a team.

It's actually my cousin Mitso. He's walking on very tiny stilts.

I'm having my doubts that you guys really did sign Berbatov. Sure it sort of looks like him but there's something odd about his hair from what I remember. He seems to have more of it. Not as dramatic a transformation like Rooney but almost. Could he be an imposter? I bet those tattoos are drawn on too.

I think 'new blood' is a very easy cliche to throw around.... most of our current crop are at their peak, age wise and career wise...we have players who play at the highest levels at the peak age of 22-28...... the only possible 'new blood' I would look at are Bouchalakis and Pelkas....because these are the positions that I believe we are hurting the most.

Which month (and which year)?

this to me seems to be our best lineup. these subs in brackets would be good replacements if a particular unit is doing bad. Holebas - Manolas - Sokratis - Manolas - Torosidis (Subs Moras / Siovas / Stafilidis) Samaris Maniatis (Subs Tachtsidis / Petsos) feftfa - Ninis - Karelis (Subs Kone / Fortounis / Lazaros) Mitroglou (Subs Klaus) Greece is still in my opinion a top 20 side, pound for pound, talent wise. we gotta start acting like it. I know a lot of people are Maniatis haters, but he does a lot of the dirty work that Samaris doesn't do. He's a decent engine. Also, if you look at the suitable subs in the attacking midfield, that may be where our problem is. We don't have any clear cut starters as we've shuffled these guys around so much. We got quantity, but not the same quality that we do have in the defense. Therefore, almost always our subs should probably be attacking, the fresh legs and different offensive angles that each of our AM offer can be made up for in quantity rather than quality. Turn the weakness into strength! my 2 cents

Its October almost and we haven't seen him play. He put on 10 kgs of kourabiedes when he 1sy arrived. It's time we something on the pitch. Ante re anthropofage kourastikame pia

Magath creeps me out. We need someone who understands both Greek & World football - much like Santos.

----------------Karnezi------------ ---------Sokratis-KPaps-Manolas--- -Torosidis-------Samaris----------Holebas- --------Fortounis---------Tachtsidis---- -------------Kone---Athanasiadis--- My reasoning: I don't think there is any doubt Karnezis is and should be the starting goalie. I would go with a 3 CB formation. What's the effing point of having your 3 best players be CB's if you are only going to play 2 of them in a game? If you have them, use them. That way I could live with Torosidis/Holebas as wingbacks that would able to bomb forward and overlap (and be somewhat covered with our cb trio covering up). Samaris in front of the cb's in a DM role. I don't get this player in all honesty. I don't think he's as s%$#! as he has shown but for whatever reason he just click with the ethniki. If Maniatis was/is healthy, I wouldn't have any reservations of plugging him in there as a starter. At least I would know what to get/expect with him. For the other mid spots, I chose Fortounis (he finished last season. Strong play continued so far this year) and Tachtsidis (mostly because I think his characteristics fit that formation best). For the forward spots it was basically anyone but Mitroglou. That guy shows no interest in actually playing. He plays sage like he doesn't want to get hurt. I plugged Kone in there knowing he isn't a true forward but he seems like the only one to give a crap on Monday so he currently gets the nod. If Karelis continues his good from for PAO, I wouldn't hesitate starting him either. We honestly don't have many options here so you could just go with the hot hand.

Fantastic result with a completely makeshift backline!! I look forward to seeing the team at full strength once everyone is back from injury/suspension/international duty... they'll be fun to watch!

I agree, it is odd. Without knowing more about this, I'd guess that because they aren't citizens of Turkey, they aren't entitled to certain things and as a result, their lives are in limbo ? Dunno, just guessing. I'm fairly confident Turkey doesn't want them. I don't think it's a hate issue, it's just a financial issue. Trying to care for and integrate a few million people is no simple task. It's probably easier to just make their lives complicated enough that they want to leave. Add to that the sales pitch I'm sure they receive from the smugglers about how great Europe is and there you have your suckers. I don't think anyone would deliberately endanger there family that way. They are, for lack of a better word, foolish.

holy crap whats going on here? i dont have time to read/post anything for a week and when i get back berbatov is playing for paok, season tickets are "sold out," the megastore looks legit and my pizza place is being talked about! Haha food was comped but you ended up leaving way to much money hidden under the plate! Lebanese? from cranston and in school in boston...sounds like your roomate is sarkis! Edit: Ill give you all the free food you want, but there is NO WAY IN HELL im giving out any of my paok stuff. (BTW, my uncle from kato toumba got me one of Lino's actual game jerserys...that guy is surprising small)

Nice pick! 1-2 hours before the match? Mia zwh psema Kai p*****a!