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he has been voted best CB of the first half of the season on bundesliga.de. http://www.sport24.gr/football/Germany/epishmo-koryfaios-amyntikos-ths-bundesliga-o-papastathopoylos.4505907.html

Nice. I got mine signed by him when he came to New York before WC14.

Here are some highlights. A number of nice attempts by Cimirot that I couldn't make out during the actual game.

Sorry mate but you guys should get on with modern technology...... You and your "mobile" phones....!

I guess the loan must not be 100% official yet so we've put him on the list just in case it doesn't go through? its the only thing I can think of

That sounds more like a malamatina problem

The difference in quality is huge. The gap in competition is a lot bigger, that's the only thing needed to say. I read your post(you mentioned me not doing so earlier) a lot of times to make sure I am not missreading it. Your view is that "I don't care if it attracts better players, I don't care if more money are invested, It's not many levels higher than the Greek Championship because the teams don't do much better in Europe." Your opinion simply αντιφάσκει. The only reason "our" "teams" do well in Europe is because Olympiakos does "well" in Europe. So the real question is, if Olympiakos had not guaranteed he 'd win this year's (every year's) Championship, how better (other than finishing 3rd in Champions League) would he do? How easy is it to go all in for all 3 competitions, Europe,Championship,Cup, if you have teams like aFenerbahce, Galatasaray or Besiktas with clear chances to win the league? *Bigger Budget *Better players (by far better) *More competition *More organization. Players like Eto'o (of course he is old but he was an image signing) Van der Wiel, Meirelles, Sneidjer Aboubakar, Quaresma and so on, prefer to play in a politically unstable country-had a f*cking coup some months ago, than come to Greece. C'mon, I can't believe this whole debating if it's a few steps up or just a little bittle is taking so long. So this is pretty much why I believe you re basing this whole thing on my patriotism. Guess you guys missed the point of who s schooling whom.

You're saying this like I don't watch every game. He's playing LW only because we do not have a better option there right now. There are two new LWs incoming, so I wouldn't expect him to play there much after he returns. Did he do well in getting ahead of their defenders there? Absolutely. But you're missing the point of my argument - he's not appreciably better than another player, who spends more of his time playing in a position that Greece needs filling. Which is not to say I don't like Pelkas. I think he's the bee's knees. Hopefully in the next year or two, BOTH of those players will be no-brainer starters for PAOK. The Ethniki, meanwhile, is utterly dysfunctional and won't call either of them up until they're in their mid-30s.

Just like the stadium its invisible.