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  1. 2 points
  2. Reaper, even though I agree with you, I still feel like you are falling into an all too common trap that Greek political discussions succumb to. Greeks have created political divisions among themselves through their allegiances to the WORDS Left and Right rather than the values that accompany each word. This is the dangerous path towards indoctrination, that plagues Greek politics and has done so for years. Rather than acknowledge the shortcomings of individual policies , we tend to group them all together under one word or ideology. What I am saying is that the problem in Greece is not necessarily the lack of a right wing party. One can easily make a case for PASOK being more right wing than left wing if we point out their privatization programs, laisez-faire tax free haven for the ultra-rich, laizes-faire businessmen havens where the state aided in hiding dirty money abroad, lack of regulation in anything business related etc. One can even make a case for fascist like police behavior. Ironically even fascism is considered ambiguous and not the quintessential ultra right wing mascot it once was (many consider it a leftist ideology). Even Anarchism has been called a right wing ideology by some. Most of us might think of the collectivist "W'ere all equal and free" anarchist approach as Left wing but some make points about it being right wing because of the lack of governance. Of course off of paper and into the real world Anarchists are extreme leftists, but what I'm trying to say is that on a broader scale, political boundaries have been skewed greatly. That is why it is so hard and ultimately pointless to try to decipher whether a country is made up of predominantly left wing or right wing ideologies. Do I have a problem with a lot of leftist principles? Sure I do. Do i think left wing principles have hurt Greece? Of course I do. But at the same time many right wing principles have harmed the country as well and if we fall into the polarization trap, we'll only end up talking in circles rather than discussing individual issues and solutions. I think it would help Greeks greatly if parties were voted on based on individual policies rather than what political extreme they belong to. Ultimately Greece's biggest problem is not the left or the right but rather corruption, and corruption has no allegiances or directions. Hopefully one day a party can get voted into Greek parliament because their immigration reform works, or because their economic policy both helps protect the workers while at the same time inviting investment. Hopefully one day Greeks focus on policy and individual reforms rather than which party is "leftist" or "rightist" or which party is "anti-mnimonio" or "pro-mnimonio....etc.
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  3. yep, and imagine how he feels going from scoring at the nou camp to driving past the katsikia on the way to playing against xanthi or PAS
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  4. Entaxi, no toys but no German boot stuck permanently in our back side either. Irlandos has hit the nail on the head. We need our own currency back. If the EU was run properly ie. as a union for the benefit of all countries, then maybe it could work, but the way it's run is just plain wrong. Not flexible enough and as long as the core is all right, to hell with the rest.
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  5. Oly & Pao will/have strengthened their roster so we need to do the same if we want to finish top 2. I will be happy with anything in top 5 for our first season back, hell we can even win the title "IF" we show consistency, Oly will win their games as they usually do but if we do the same and we pinch 4 points off them next season then you never know what can happen but I would rather not talk about winning the title for now and focus on us just being top 5 and having a chance of CL football....
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  6. 1 point
  7. MVP of last year yes, but no way this year. This year has to go to Aravidis or Mantalos, in half a season Mantalos had some insane stats and our performances dropped without him.
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  8. The post game press conference by Dellas will be streamed live on AEKFC page on youtube following the game
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  9. D'Acol as a dekari was the reason why we lost to Olympiakos, we couldn't hold any possession when he came on for Mantalos. He always gets hurt too
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  10. Rodgers is an idiot. Lives to listen to himself talk. Ridiculous management of the team all Season and he's living off the Suarez and Sturridge's euphoria of last Season. Has committed so many sackable offenses this year that he has no business being allowed to continue on. Lost the players is an understatement. Yesterday was the worse Liverpool performance and result in 60 years. Gerrard must be wondering on his way put " where the hell did all the good players go ? " I've never myself witnessed such a lame effort by any Liverpool XI. Lose 6-1 at Stoke from a team with the transfer budget of Balotelli. F*** off Rodgers. Last April he told the media " if you spend over
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  11. good for him indeed. he had good first season. he also assisted the 1-0 for benfica. http://www.flashscore.com/match/rPLM1QEp/#match-summary
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  12. was left on the bench for last weekends match against brugge , maybe a small injury but not sure. charleroi lost 2-0. the 28th and 31st they play against mechelen. http://www.flashscore.com/match/lnGLRKas/#lineups;1
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  13. A point even would be perfect as a couple of days later we have them in leoforo all the pressure is on paok..I want us to win and wrap these playoffs up so soon! The momentum is high we shall continue that way :)
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  14. I'm not certain they'll sack Rodgers. But they were ruthless with previous managers like Dalgiesh and considering how bad Liverpool were in EPL, Europe and the cups its hard to see how they can keep him on. Rodgers seems to have lost the players, they've stopped showing any fight in the last few games and that was clear yesterday.
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  15. Oh ye of little faith. Tha stiloume ton Garcia tora pou girise kai tha ton piasei apo ton afti. Tha erthi kai tha kanei stifteli kiolas ;)
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  16. A win in Toumba is a must!! The faster the playoffs are decided the better!
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  17. Original Sydney, I can picture having a wank in the new stadiums bogs. Good stuff!
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  18. Athinaios, Staying in the euro and signing on to the troika's plan, would be a one-time solution. With her own currency, Greece will have the option of devaluation. The aftermath of the crisis of 2009 would never have to be repeated. That being said, I will comment that things will have to change even after the introduction of a Greek currency. Investment will have to be encouraged, exports will have to increase and the government and school system will have to direct youth in the right direction: the primary and secondary sectors will have to grow to increase exports, as well as the tourist industry. And yes, many will have to go back to working on the ships.
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  19. ^the prick was implying that Ninis is/was a primadonna that expressed his displeasure with not playing as of December last year. The journalist asked him if he would act differently if/when the next time he would be dropped from the starting 11. That was a dick question no doubt. Ninis however said that he never expressed displeasure and also rightfully said that people (journalists) should not conjure s%$#! up.. I'm glad he lashed back at the idiot.
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  20. I feel exactly the same Markarian should know not to start Klaus and Katsouranis. Also starting Ninis is not a good idea even though he had a good match he should come on half way through the second half for an impact. Does anyone know if Karnezis will be playing this match is he injured or not? I don't know about anyone else but i dont know if i could trust anyone else if Karnezis is out in any match but i could be wrong maybe Kapino or Glykos could do the job maybe even Vellidis. Konstantopoulos wouldn't be too bad cause of his experience. Just got to see what happens.
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  21. Good points on both sides of the argument. However, let's assume Greece leaves the euro, and without discussing the effects of this action, this still is going to be one-time fix. Therefore, if there are systemic problems, soon the same problems will appear again. In other words, if I had a magic wand and waived off all of Greece's debt (not a single euro owned to lenders) tomorrow, I ask you, what do you think would happen in a couple years? Let's be honest...
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  22. Mr. Freezer I have told you before to be careful what you read. KARPETOPOULOS STRICKS ( sorry for the odd topic)
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  23. Would like to see ApoloVaz make an appearance as well, always good to have the intel from that league.
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  24. welcome back Pan0s ! :) still missing Dikefalomania, PontiSam, Boston_Thanatos, Athens4, DonConstantino, grevena4, TzimisG4 !
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  25. A forum is just made up of who's in it, and slowly but surely we're all reuniting here. Christ I'm deep.
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  26. Well well well .... nice to see you all again paoktsakia
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  27. ^ that is not acceptable.. The guy is begging to create new jobs.. Alarm bells are ringing...
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  28. Much is assumed here which is incorrect. Should Greece declare bankruptcy, default on loans and go back to its own currency, the entire rest of the world will NOT treat us as a pariah, refuse all trade with us, etc. That has been historically proven in case after case. Eventually, the grocer prefers to have a customer who barters than to have no customer at all. The problem with Greeks is that they want to euro. There will be continual crises if Greece stays in a currency supplied - at cost - by foreign entities at their own pleasure. With their own currency, at least domestic salaries will be paid and the economy will pick up. With it, also tax revenue for the government. This is a no-brainer. We need our own currency and our old markets back for our old products. What we don't need is the EU's constraints in fiscal policy and trading.
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  29. The stink of cologne will be overwhelming
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