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Στο τέλος του μήνα μαλλον επιστρέφω Αγγλία, φίλος! Λεω να κάτσω κανα χρόνο και μετα παλι εξωτερικό. Περνάς καλά στην Αμερική; Πως είναι η ζωή εκει; Με τον Σπύρο μιλάς καθόλου;

Γεια σου ρε Γιανκο! Να πω την αλήθεια ξενέρωσα που δεν μπήκε και τρίτο γκολ. Ξενέρωσα επίσης οταν συνειδητοποίησα πως στο τέλος θα παίξουμε πλεί οφ. Μεγάλη μ@λ@κι@ το ελληνικό πρωτάθλημα. Τέλος πάντων, με 2-3 προσθηκες το καλοκαίρι είμαστε έτοιμοι να σηκώσουμε κούπα.

Yet another flaw to the Greek cup system. Why the f*** is the draw two weeks after the quarter finals? Why not do it like in England or even UEFA? Do it the day after the last round!

Add the three points we were deducted at the beginning of the season and two more points wasted last week and we would be three behind. Unfortunately I cannot see them losing the title now.

Shocking first half. It can only get better.

Shame that. Also a shame that Da Costa will not be making the trip to our place on Sunday.

The refereeing was fine. If anything they favoured us by not calling offside for our goal. Shocking second half display and I hope Henrique's injury is nothing serious.

Παίξτε μπάλα ρε κοπρόσκυλα!!!!!!!

Εμείς τους ανασταίνουμε όλους. Α ρε ΠΑΟΚ.

He should have admitted his mistake in the first game but generally I am very happy with him. I hope he stays with us for many years.

What will the new qualification process look like?

Guys, one second. We had Pouggaras, Malezas, Kitsiou and Crespo in defence. I count that as four.

Dude! We played with four defenders today!!!

It's like trying to choose which way you want to die.

I think tonight made it cleat that had Ivic played the same formation like tonight (4-5-1), it could have been a completely different story. He showed his inexperience by experimenting in a game like that, especially against Schalke. Good game by Warda and Mystakidis. Kitsiou and Djalma were awful today, I have never really rated Kitsiou anyway. Biseswar was also in bad shape when he came on. It seems these players are only good for the games against Platanias and Levadiakos. Good game by Pouggouras too! I've said it before and I'll say it again. Toumpa is our downfall.

@kozi We are playing 4-5-1, dude. Fantastic first half from the boys. If only we had played this formation in Greece it would be another story. Penalty for me on Mystakidis, not on Djalma.

You are talking about mentalities in Greece. Politics, the people of Greece, society etc and I completely agree with you. In order for the successful re-implementation of the drachma, politics and people's mentality would need to change as well. Thing is, I think starting from scratch is the only hope there is of people finally changing.

You are thinking way too short term. The effects of sticking with euro or leaving it are pretty similar in my opinion. Leaving it may be slightly worse IN THE SHORT TERM. However, in the long term things would be much brighter with a new drachma. Some people may ask, "Why doesn't Greece ditch the euro and take on the drachma again then?" One answer is that this would indeed cause chaos. Greece itself would probably have a setback of 20 years or so, while a brain drain would make the country suffer even more (not that many smart people haven't left the country already). The golden answer, however, is that no government would have the courage to take responsibility for the next 15 years of poverty. That's all what it comes down to. The current and past generation having to (unfortunately) suffer now so that their kids and grandchildren will have a better future.

I don't think Lucas is useless. In pretty much every game he has played in for Arsenal, he has either come up with an assist(s) or scored. It is obvious that with Alexis Sanchez in the team, there is no chance of getting much playing time. I think he has chosen his time to complain perfectly as with a lot of fans getting on Wenger's case, he gives them another reason to shout about.

No real link and 2-0 at half time. I think I'll head out for a walk in the sun

Guys, are your links playing well?

Horrible links today, I don't know why.

On the past three occasions where we have played CL qualifying we should have progressed. Ajax back in 2010 (we missed more chances than some teams have in a whole season), Schalke 2013 (no fans) and Ajax again last summer (again, missed the unmissable). This isn't quite the same now with Schalke this year. As people have already mentioned we played well in the first twenty minutes then dropped.

My questions to you: 1) Do you believe Greece should exit the EU and revert back to the old currency? 2) Why do you think there are a large amount of Greeks who do not want to ditch the EU?

Let's be honest. It is every player's objective to make the national team.