Akritis_1944

Not Stan Lazaridis! Although he admitted to me that he was a proud Pontian when I met him once.

Nano's been injured I read. He's also not the youngest going around but then again he's younger than Rat of PAOK.

Excellent result. Kali sinexia.

Irakleio97, Kala ta eipes. Melissanidis is a thief?

Phew. Not about Olumpiakos, but the sissy-fit that your club and PAOK had with Asteras about a 3 year old recording.

Exactly. Like people he would never have expected (ahem....Karagouni, he's talking about you!)

Expensive yes. Asteras has done very well recruiting this pre-season though.

How about we get rid of Karagounis and keep Markarian until he himself picks the next coach? Karagounis has done way too much damage in his current role than the last 2 years of his time as a player.

Asteras' signings so far are better than Gavros by most measures.

Get Karagounis and his klika away from the NT. I can't understand how he didn't think Michel was worthy of the job. Man, he's lost a lot of credibility. No one has the right to trash something that's bigger than them and means a lot to many people.

Welcome Niko. I love the Tzigger line. A lot of bad blood there. I knew Gate 13 were annoyed with him but I had no idea it was so strong.

Yes in my opinion the Ethniki set up and player selections don't allow our defense and defensive anchors in midfield like Samaris the ease of performing like they do for their clubs. Samaris is not the same player for the Ethniki because we invite opposition pressure and can't transition to attack the way a well set up team like Benfica does.

^ racist, illogical post. Not wasting my time.

Lol...OK I was just checking. I'd agree with you.

These massive wins against inferior opposition doesn't indicate much. Too many examples in the past that suggest Tachts may not be in serious contention. We'll see I guess.

Not sure he was the one that gave the penalty away. There was 2 Benfica players in the tackle and I thought it was the other guy who brought the PSG guy down. I watched a lot of the match. Samaris was very good. He's range of passing is very impressive. Not sure who the guy playing for the Ethniki is. It was a friendly and PSG were essentially playing a B team. No Zlatan or the South American Internationals.

^ Crying with happiness!?

It's a problem. The only real solution is if a Greek player is wanted by a number of Greek clubs, they need to explore their options and not get lured by a bigger contract and the carrot of playing UCL and sign for anyone else. Diamantakos, Goutas, Bruno, Bouchalakis, Gianniotas, Kolovos, Tzandaris and Karamanos can play for any other club but they sign for the Gavs and their careers suffer for it. All these players would be better at AEK for example.

So nothing serious about where he'll end up? He should retire.

True, but aside from 1 bad half it's not all doom. They're 19 yo kids.

Did he hear something from his own Skai TV broadcasts? You know the parallel universe where they seem to report "news" which is more....let's call it editorial rather than actual reality. Let's see what transpires within the week shall we.

Exactly. On paper it's the best draw but so was Standard Liege last year and look how that turned out. The team seems to be in a better place than they were this time last year so let's hope.

Come on PAOKARA! Ena gol kai pernate!

Statistically PAOK dominated them. More shots, corners, 63% possession. They'll park the pulman at Toumba but surely you'll get the result.

It's a token gesture I know, but I'm not buying anything that's German owned or German made. I'm not shopping at an Aldi etc. Anything that I currently have I will continue to use but I'm not making any new purchases. I was planning on a trip to Europe next year which was to include a Berlin leg. This isn't going to happen now. 8t will be mainly Greece and possibly Paris, France and Madrid.