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  1. Actualy it was B divisiona nd his team moved up to A. There are some good B div teams in Brazil considering teams that win the tittle or runners up get relegated the year later etc.

    Not saying hes amazing but he has to be good and talented for Olympiacos to buy him. They signed him for 4.5 years so hes a long term kind of player.

    Im sure being so young he can develop considering most players are in their primes around 25-28

    I really dont see your point. Just because OFSP bought this kid it automatically makes him a good player? By your logic every player the OFSP has signed for a relatively long period is good.

    I would love to see statistics on the number of players MAN U has signed at a young age who we would have considered "good and talented" because they were signed by MAN U, and then were released or sold to some small club and had a mediocre career.

    Greek teams notoriously overpay foreign players who do not live up to the hype and end up contributing nothing.

  2. That's right. I've also heard that he can't defend for s%$#!. I'm also wondering about whether the "new Roberto Carlos" would be playing in Brazil's B division <_< Maybe he's just cover until Domi and Bravo get back.

    wasnt Bravo supposed to be Real's replacement for Roberto Carlos. The media loves to exaggerate and we love to buy into it.

    Im not passing any judgment on this player but fans of any team should be a little reserved when it comes to these new "Roberto Carlos or Zinedine Zidane"

  3. He's going. He's staying. He's leaving. No, he's staying. Yes, its true! No, its false. He's great! He sucks. He's brilliant. He's horrible. His career is over. Ahh he's just starting... <_<

    His career is starting to resemble that of Charisteas. Every year he'll be on another team and then eventually he'll come to Greece and everyone will herald him as the "big" player who has played on 14 great teams (as opposed to making his mark on one team).

    A player has to prove himself in training to get the respect and trust of his teammates and manager. You can't expect to be given an opportunity if you dont prove yourself in training.

    I think we (the greek media and people) blew him up to something unbelievable without taking the time to fully examine his abilities. Now we are all disappointed that he isnt reaching the level we thought he was already playing at.

  4. Very sad moment and from two of our most senior players, it will be terrible to see Katsouranis leave on this note especially after all the loyalty he has shown the club over the years.

    To be honest the whole benfica set up at the moment is stuffed up, the club is being run like cr@p, Camacho is such a muppet !

    It is terrible to see him leave like that...If i am corect ricardihnio, the greeks had a good reputation at benfica the last couple of year with karagounis and katsouranis? This must of ruined it all.

    Btw does anyone no how much crap luisao got in? He got absolutly NO blame for this. NONE hes barly in crap

    This was the best thing that could have happened to Katsouranis. He has the talent and ambition to play for a better club in a better league. Aside for Benfica, Porto, and Sporting the Portuguese league isn't that great. Moving to Spain is a step up for a player of his caliber.

    Katsouranis has shown that he is a loyal player and respects the team he plays for. He could have easily left AEK after 2004 but chose to stay and help the team. For him to lash out on the pitch in the manner he did tells me that he has been putting up with a lot of abuse and disrespectful behavior.

  5. Kala re paidia...and my comments go for all Greek teams even AEK...what is this obsession with signing foreign players.  Not particularly belluschi but Greek teams overpay foreigners who only want to use Greece as a stepping stone to moving onto bigger teams. 

    I have a friend who's brother played for the junior side of one of Greece's midtable teams, they had him training the whole summer and then the team decided bring in 4 or 5 foreign kids and told my friend's brother and a few other greeks to get lost.  These foreign players aren't even that good. 

    And then we wonder why we have such a hard time keeping good greek players in Greece.  We pay Ribo 25,000 a week, Belluschi 1mm a year and Greek players get a smack in the face.

    File mou, generally I agree with you 100%, but with Belluschi i think it's a bit different. According to reports, he's already started taking Greek lessons and that isn't the sign of someone who only wants to be here for a short time (like Yaya Toure for example)... I'll be honest, I haven't really seen this kid play. I've seen highlights but nothing that would enable me to judge how good he is. I know he has a cannon of a shot and can use both feet, but not much else so i can't say whether he's worth the money or not. So generally I'd agree with you about the xenomania of Greek clubs and fans but maybe this isn't the case wth Belluschi.
    I'm on the brink of changing my mind after i came across this video showing, who appears to be Belluschi, smoking! :blink: All that money for a player that smokes? Florent Malouda criticised Chelsea for allowing their players to drink coke, while Wenger has banned his players from eating anything that isn't "healthy", imagine what they'd say if they saw this!
    Demi smoked 2 packs a day and was a killer up front. The only thing I have to say about Belluschi is that South American players cannot gel that quickly, unless they come from a European team (Galetti)
    Really??? WOW! I didn't know that. I know of many players that used to drink like mad though. But even still, today's game has changed alot since Demi was at his best. Diets are a big part of football now and that's reflected in the way the game has become faster. Will Belluschi be able to cope with the pace of the very top level if he's smoking? I hope so.

    @ paxiotis, here's the link:

    http://www.netc.com.br/video/aRM8IIVqrik/f...a-colombia.html

    I'm not sure if that's really him though, it appears to be and the website claims it is but I'm not sure.

    Oh definitely....Demi was notorious for smoking...Psomiadis showed up to Demis house one day to scold him about his nightlife...drinking, smoking, women, staying out late. Not that it was the right thing to do on psomiadis part but the point is Demi lived a destructive life, at least for a footballer.

    But I completely agree....diet and healthy living are a major factor in a player's fitness and success.

  6. Kala re paidia...and my comments go for all Greek teams even AEK...what is this obsession with signing foreign players. Not particularly belluschi but Greek teams overpay foreigners who only want to use Greece as a stepping stone to moving onto bigger teams.

    I have a friend who's brother played for the junior side of one of Greece's midtable teams, they had him training the whole summer and then the team decided bring in 4 or 5 foreign kids and told my friend's brother and a few other greeks to get lost. These foreign players aren't even that good.

    And then we wonder why we have such a hard time keeping good greek players in Greece. We pay Ribo 25,000 a week, Belluschi 1mm a year and Greek players get a smack in the face.

  7. nice set up  :P

    Kostas is playing really well in the champions league so far  :gr:

    It's a shame he doesn't do as well for Greece <_<
    Katsouranis has always been solid for Greece. Otto plays a defensive game and thus we dont see him making spectacular runs like he does with Benfica.
  8. Come on people we all know that Takis was brought to the team to be a technical director and not the coach. His position is temporary and will undoutedly be replaced by another coach...he wont leave the team but merely be given a different position.

  9. What is everyones predictions for his season next year?

    My friend who is a PAO fan and thus a little biased keeps telling me that he wont even score 10 goals next year. His theory being that Gekas scored so many goals with Bochum because they were a small team playing against bigger teams that were exposed in the back and that most of his goals came from long lobs from the back. My buddy says that when he plays with Leverkusen he wont be able to handle tight defenses where smaller teams play with 11 defenders.

    Anyway, I personally think that he's going to have a great season with Leverkusen. he was able to handle close defenses with PAO an he wil do the same with Leverkusen.

    Good luck to him.

  10. PAO surely screwed up with Gekas. He was consistently scoring last season and he continued to perform this season.

    Gekas showed that he could perform on two different level teams. He was able to break down a teams defense when he played for PAO a superior team compared to other greek teams and he was able to do the same when he played on a smaller team compared to the rest in Germany.

    PAO would have definitely been able to benefit from Gekas this year, as Pap wasnt in form for much of the season. Instead they were left with Mantzios who has no sense of where he is on the pitch and couldnt score a goal if his life depended on it.

    Bravo to Gekas for adapting in germany and showing his worth. I hope he continues his great performances next season.

  11. agoraste ton!!!! h paokara tha parei tote 320,000 apo ta 800,000 :D

    Megale thats what i thought but aekrossoponti said that PAOK didnt own any percentage of his rights. I was under the impression that PAOK owned 40% of Gekas rights.
  12. As a Greek i am so proud to see Geka do so good. BRAVO to him!!! I see him leaving Bochum for a bigger club at the end of the year. Again BRAVO!!!! :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :tup: :gr: :gr:

    Going to a bigger club is not necessarily in his hands. PAO still owns his rights and will have to agree to any move. Of course they will agree if the money is right but his attitude at the beging of the season towards managment, although understandable, may come back to bite him in the ass.

    I hope he moves to a bigger team and gains the experience our NT needs but he should be careful with the way he approaches this move. Also, from what i remember PAO gave PAOK 40% of his rights in the Salpigidis deal, how does it work as far as the final decision for any proposed transfer, does PAOK have any rights in brokering a deal.

  13. Call him lazy, call him unimpressive, call him what ever you want. The fact is this kid, and make no mistake about it he is a kid very early in his carrer, is playing for a well known club in the Premiership and has scored 6 goals. Answer this for me, who from the not so Super League in his age can do the same in the Premiership?

    The best of luck to Samaras in the Premiership.

    Megale you are absolutely right. The problem is that the Greek media hyped up Samaras to the point where we thought he was the next Henry.

    The guy has great potential but has to work hard to achieve success in a difficult league. We shouldn't expect him to score 15 goals because he isn't at that point yet.

  14. O Samaras prepei na xipnhsei kai na paixei. Katalabainw ton Stelio giati giernaei

    :(

    Elpizw na er8ei o stelios ston olympiako giati kapou akousa oti 8elei na teliosei thn kariera tou ston 8rillo :nw:

    File, den nomizo einai mono oti giernaei o stelios, apo tote pou eipe tis m*****es tou gia tin bolton kai liverpool oute stin 17ada den ton exoune. Kai kalla na pathi to mounaki pou nomizi oti einai kai gia kalutera.

    Next summer we will see the headlines "O Kokkalis etimazi to megalo BAM!" (opos kai me ton kapsi) kai tha girisi o Stelios. H megali metagrafi to kalokairiou!!!

    Anyway, Samaras has great potential. I think he kind of filled his head up a little this past summer with the ethniki. He should focus and get back to basics. The premier league is where he should want to stay and work as hard as he can to remain there.

    Hopefully, the greek work ethic ;) which appears to have set in will be smacked out of him by Pearce.

  15. diladi apo 700000 euros to 40% einai tpi Paok?

    Entometaxy den einai dynato o Gkekas na kanei tetoio protatlima.Apisteyto,mpravo tou :nw:

    I guess PAO rejection fueled a fire under his ass to play well and stay out of Greece.

    Yiasou re Tzigger megale! You can motivate players away from the team and not those on your own pitch ;)

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