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I actually thought we were going to have a more attacking style in the team and I was optimistic that we were going to score more goals but how wrong was i. We don’t have a true leader in the team even though I’d like it to be Sokratis. I think he has too much responsibility now since that Karagounis has left. We need a real leader in the midfield because our defence has always been strong. Karagounis was no nonsense and was bleeding for the team. I think in due time Kourbelis will be our ‘Katsouranis’ and Galanopoulos would be our Karagounis.

I can read Greek just fine. Except Yiankos posts that go for 1000 words ha ha. That can be a bit much ha ha. I don’t check out those sites. Mostly just sport24.gr and for a laugh I’ll watch some Raptopoulos, Alefantos and even sometimes Ante Gia. As for the grinia what can I say. Stupid people with stupid analysis. When you have players that have been together for 18 months already that is like a 1 goal advantage. A team like AEK or PAOK need only play good football for 10 or 15 minutes (and often that is all they do) because in that 10 or 15 minutes they can score the goal to get the win. They can defend well enough also because the same players have all been playing together and now know each others game and strengths and weaknesses. That stability counts for a lot but in Greece we like to do 15 metagrafes every summer and 4 in the winter. To be fair, with Aris it’s a bit different because they have to build a whole new team for A Ethniki so I understand why so many metagrafes. What I don’t understand is the grinia. Especially when there are so many positive signs compared to negative signs.

Was just checking my livescore app when I saw the logo of St. Johnstone FC. They also have a double headed Eagle like we have. I did not know that. I knew about the two clubs in the Netherlands: Vitesse (Arnhem) and N.E.C. (Nijmegen). Not a club, but also the FA of the Russian Federation have a double headed Eagle. Do you know other clubs in whatever part of the world (besides the ganoumises of course)?

The loss to AEK will hopefully drive home the point that you need time for the players to know each other. You think you can just scrap together 15 new players and make a team that doesn’t have a bad day ? I am actually surprised how good Aris is playing this year and I hope the *grinia* doesn’t start with the manager who seems to be doing a decent job. He still needs to learn what players are capable of, which player play well with what system, which players play well together, which plays crack under pressure etc. If they start with the sacking of managers then forget it. Back to square one all over again. Let him do his job. One bad game to a team that is very experienced and stable is not the end of the world.

Must have been a seriously slow news day. The player making the comment was a nobody Portuguese player who was probably over the hill when Angel coached Platanias. Talk about a whatever statement from a whatever player for a whatever article. For any manager in the world there will be players that didn’t get along with that manager and didn’t approve of them. Big f##king deal. I am *very* curious to see if Angel shakes things up with his call ups. I am also curious to see how the players react to him. If they don’t warm to him, I can see them putting in two limp performances to bury him. That would be very typical of the Elliniko attitude. I’d drop half the f##king first team. 3-5-2. Vlachodimos as GK. Manolas, Siovas and Socratis in the back. Zeca as a hacker. Everyone else *fight* for your positions..

Looks like Basinas is coming on as an assistant https://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/ethniki_elladas/mpasinas-epistrefei-sthn-ethnikh-ws-vohthos-toy-aggeloy.5350891.html?fbclid=IwAR04bMDNfUgQe48A0Cqf6aCKVD56lLUU49SUk4rKaXtfsoXcqnErqpLsHtM

I'm not making excuses but this was the first time the team played with Basha and Mavraj as central defenders and it obviously failed miserably. I didn't watch the game, only highlights, but was very discouraged with Mavraj's attitude and body language. Many have compared him to Ronaldo, I never remember the Brazilian acting like that, he was pure class. I don't know that it's fair to criticize Basha after one game but he doesn't appear to have the discipline for that position. The first goal reminded me of amateur defenders in the local EPS leagues (ano kerasia vs pefkofito).

Mistakidis just scored his first goal of the season, vs Xanthi

Atromitos dropped two (dio/zwei) points at Panionios. Koulouris scored once again. The final goal was an owngoal by the man with the best name in the SL: Yaya Banana of Panionios.

Oh and Altona East Phoenix here in Melbourne