Akritis_1944

Nick, I was going going to but I was with my koubaro who has had a knee reconstruction so he wanted to sit up high.

OS it's a pretty argument and I wouldn't stoop down to that level. Credit to the Sydney crowd. I was filled with pride towards the end of the game when the active area went nuts with the singing and flags. Showed up the rest of the crowd. Credit to everyone who met them at the airport too.

Yeah Greece as a viable draw card and brand is zero in Australia. I can't see them coming again tbh.

I almost felt sorry for him last night. He was very bad. Didnt look worthy of being on that stage. He's going to be a millionaire I guess so life's good.

He was smashed in that challenge. I don't think it was malicious but the other deserved a yellow.

You nailed it. Illogical choice to start a player who's barely played all season. There's no conspiracy here I would guess, just incompetence.

Ok so as I suspected it was the EPO of 2008 who didn't bother finding out if Giannou was eligible. Thank you, you incompetent failures!

Ela re ausgreek patrioti mou. Me ton Barba Giorgi to Girtziki ta ebales?! Lol Actually I did over hear a conversation with Girtzikis and someone else and he called Frank Lowy a (*nt.

Damn this rain!

He definitely said something about the rain. It was kicked by English and Greek press.

He definitely said something about the rain. It was kicked by English and Greek press.

He definitely said something about the rain. It was kicked by English and Greek press.

Who are these Afghans?

Do you remember that crap that Otto once said after a heavy 4-0 friendly defeat to England? Something like how because it was raining the defeat was due to how it never rains in Greece. Genius kraut! How we won a Euro under that guy I'll never fully understand. Skibbe can use the Otto excuse in the wet weather if we lose.

Les Murray just lost his erection.

The interest and ticket sales is being focused on Greece as a draw card by a lot of bigoted anti-Greeks. If the matches are not a sellout or close to, then the failure is on Australia as a team and not Greece. So idiots will go watch Bangladesh or Jordan but not a former Euro champion nation? Btw I never bothered making the effort back in 2006 to watch the match in Melbourne as I could see that Greek players were here as tourists. I don't get that feeling this time around even if our best 7/8 players aren't playing.

We haven't lost to this minnow yet and they haven't won a match so it's the first time for both scenarios.

What's the point of a feather for a sword? They planning on tickling to death their opponents?

Exactly. Things are changing but there are powerful forces against the sport.

Nick, I got the same email too. Still waiting for the follow-up email they promise to send.

England have world class facilities where they don't play a minor sport like rugby league hours before the England National Team play in the same venue. Only in Australia do "we" relegate our soccer team to second class status. The field will be a mess by Saturday.

The grass is going to be a mess by Saturday for the match. For anyone who ends up watching it outside of Australia, don't be surprised to see a field with patches of paint and clumps of uneven turf. They are playing a sport called Rugby League in the same stadium that Australia v Greece. No country in the world does this. So not only is Greece playing with their B team, they have to out up with a pitch that will resemble a horafi.

^ Masterchef?

Lol. I have to admit that he does seem very miffed. His questions are fair though. Fortounis I believe asked to be excused. He's due to finalise a new and improved contract with Oly in the next few days as a number of prospective suitors are interested in his services.

It's really odd. If it's a failure of EPO then it's the failure of the administration of 2008 that never confirmed his status. He played dozens more matches for the youth teams of Greece than Australia. SDNA want to make it a Girtzikis issue but they are flatly wrong on this. Yes EPO are corrupt and bumbling but the whole world knows what FIFA is. For the the sake of fairness I hope they can appeal because as a procedural issue it goes back to 2008. 8 years ago FFS! Do all those u19 and u21 matches he played in get forfeited to the opposition? Giannou is and never was worth the risk. OK he was picked on form but he can suck a knob. He can't score in China and I'll chuckle to myself if he doesn't go to the world cup and then can have a try out to play for an A-League team. f*cking