Irlandos

Why is it not easy??? Trading in your dollars, sterling, etc. for drachmas only at the banks was the rule (with some pretty harsh penalties) in 1968 when I left Greece.

Was the penalty legit?

Good luck in the second leg!

Any idea when it will? I keep seeing on the aekfc site that it will be "soon". How soon is "soon"???

Georgios Charalambous Georgiadis and Georgios Savva Georgiadis. PAO also had a player named Georgios Georgiadis in the 1960s.

Help me here: Is that Thanasis Loukanidis in your defense (a right back if memory serves) or did you move Takis from his natural midfield position? Which Lazaridis and which Georgiadis are your attacking midfielders? I assume the latter is Giorgos Charalambous (PAO) and the former is Stan who played for West Ham or am I wrong?

Would that be Tsachouridis (AEK and Proodeftiki) - or - Tsalouchidis (Veria and Olympiakos)?

On the all-time list you have a couple of omissions: Kostas Nestoridis and Mimis Papaioannou up front (hands down, no questions asked!).

Congratulations on the victory! All the best in the return leg

Wake up! We ARE in default and have been for years! And as far as "nobody trusting us", nobody does! Or are you one of these individuals that haven't kept up with the news of the past two months? People don't buy "drachmas v2", they buy exports. Our exports are restricted (thank you very much EU!) and that area needs to be worked at. New markets have to be found (they were there in pre-EU times). Our industry has to be developed - and protected - a buy-Greek campaign needs to start (even in primary schools), our services sector needs to shrink in favour of the other two. Germany and other more developed countries need us just as much as we need them. Don't forget which way the trade surplus stands! You are spewing out doomsday generalities, spoon-fed by the EU and the Greek elite. Please do yourself a favour and think for yourself.

First of all, I don't think they would be printing the old drachmas. It would be a parallel currency alongside the euro. It would mean that public servants get paid and pensions get paid whether there is an agreement or not. Already we are light years ahead of our present predicament.

In the Eurozone, Greece will continue to have problems unless Germany's monetary policy changes radically - very unlikely. The only way OUT of the cycle of austerity and recession feeding into recession is the return to a national currency. Really??? You'd be surprised how many Greeks survived - and thrived - when we had our own currency...

I agree with everything except your last statement: XA - which will take up the mantle of the anti-EU sentiment - will get > 15% in the next election.

If elections were held today, SYRIZA would not go: they would be in government with a clear majority - no coalition partner required. As for going back to a national currency, that is a legitimate alternative and one that should not be dismissed. The thing is: 1. Far too much scaremongering has been going on concerning it 2. That is not what the people want right now.

Well, well! Now the EU powers that be are openly talking about a 30% haircut! After Christine Lagarde said it was necessary, after Varoufakis and Tsipras stood up to them, after the Greek people stood up to them in the referendum. Where are Samaras, Bakoyianni, Evangelos and the

A parallel currency, very crucially, buys time. Salaries will be paid, the economy will keep on going. In the long term: if we stay in the euro, they become obsolete. If we are forced to leave, they become a national currency.

Neither Tsipras nor those of us who refuse to sell off our country are "responsible" for the suffering of our people. Reckless policies by previous governments (Andreas et al), acceptance of genocidal memorandums (Giorgakis et al) and the actions of outside forces (ECB) are what this present suffering is all about.

My personal opinion on this is that the Greek government should better consider the option of issuing Greek euro notes valid only in Greece (similar to N. Irish pound notes which are not valid in England). Make them legal tender throughout the country (parallel to the euro) and forbid any premium in trading with normal euros. That will keep the banks going, the economy going, will not be the radical step of leaving the Eurozone and - most critically - will buy us time. ;)

Greece won tonight. We sent to Europe and the World, a clear message that this country is NOT for sale. It was paid for in blood, we will not sell it for paper.

The same is true of most governments. A writeoff is a necessity but I would like to see an agreement also to encourage Greek exports.

I hate to say it but it's more like: what will the troika do with it. The reasonable thing would be for them to pull in their talons and try a formula that will work. The current debt is unsustainable and the austerity imposed has made the Greeks suffer - as they can now plainly see.

I write "What "sovereign nation" are we talking about when are forced to go against our own interests concerning Russia?" I get an answer: I write: What "sovereign nation" are we talking about when everything is dictated from Brussels and Berlin and Angela Merkel wants us to change our constitution to say foreign lenders get preference over Greeks??? I get an answer - from the same individual: Please, someone explain to me how one argument leads to another? :wacko: How is selling peaches, oranges and apples to Russia related to... the Byzantine Empire? How are foreigners trying to dictate what we should write into our constitution related to...northern Greece? It seems that "yes" voters have resorted to confusion tactics ;)

The Germans, Dutch, Finns, etc. will NOT have it. They want a strong currency and don't care whom they strangle in order to keep it that way.

I lived for years with drachmas and never knew any Greek who starved. Fear-mongering tactics are all you