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Nice response to shut up the management!

Well let's be honest here, they are right. He's either irresistable or he disappears. He's a typical "9" whose only contribution is to get goals, so when he goes through a goal drought, he doesn't offer much more. He probably needs more time to settle but he hasn't taken the league by storm like we expected. Having said that, Voller & Skibbe have no right to criticise him! It's not like they went out and spent loads of millions on him and he's flopped (i.e. Shevchenko at Chelsea, Reyes at Arsenal, etc). Support him you idiots!!! How he reacts to this is imperative. A true great will answer them back by finishing top scorer this year again, a "flash in the pan" striker will drop his head and fade into the background.VGALE TOUS TA MATIA PAIXTARA MAS!

How you doing little dude?Yes he's a free-kick specialist from a direct freekick (i.e. shooting), I'm not sure about his indirect freekick ability. He has an absolute hammer of a left foot, but he isn't the quickest winger around. He is sort of like Ketsbaia was but you might be too young to remember Ketsbaia in his prime. I don't think he's quite as good as Ketsbaia was but he's the same sort of player. ELA STO LIMANI PAIXTARA MOU GIA NA SIKOSEIS K'ESI TO EUROPAIKO FETOS!

Samaras had his first start today in a long time. But apart from playing a horrendous pass on the edge of his own box which nearly led to a goal he did nothing and was subbed. Yet another poor game.

In other words, this supports exactly what I've been saying all along... if the issue isn't a skill, injury or personal problem then what else can it be? Work-rate and physicality are the only possible conclusions. Get the guy in the gym gamoto!!!

Ela re file, pou he helped! :D He headed the ball backwards to another City player, who headed it sidewards to Ireland who hit a 30 yard volley into the top corner. All he did was touch the ball! lol.I hope he goes to Lazio, that would be a good move for him to help find his feet.

I question his work ethic not his character. To use the old cliche, the proof is in the pudding! Just because his coaches don't criticise him publicly doesn't mean s%$#!, that fact that almost every coach he's played under has dropped him from the starting 11 does.

I wonder why that is!

If they're so desperate for strikers that they want Samaras then there's no way they're knocking Olympiakos out ;)

what exactly has bianchi contributed this season ? he's hardly played hasn't scored and theres talk of him going back to italy in january. i know you don't like samara but be fair. as for mpenza he's done very little also, ok he's scored but i've seen him miss some sitters. if he was given 10 starts in a row then perhaps we could judge him.petrov and elano and good defence are the reasons for man city's impressive start When Bianchi first came his performances were very promising. He's scored 1 goal in the league and 1 goal in the Carling Cup (which he was also man of the match in!). All the pundits were saying he was the new Berbatov, then he then got injured for a month and has struggled with the pace of the Premiership since. He's also started moaning that he's homesick and will probably leave in January but when hes was fit and playing he got 5 starts and scored 2 goals.Mpenza gets goals for City and he works hard, closing players down, good movement, wins aerial challenges despite being small, etc. He's got 3 goals in 8 starts. He too has had his injury problems though. Last season he scored as many goals as Samaras despite only playing half the season as he only arrived in January. Vassell isn't a great forward, but Sven loves him. Even from the England days he used to stand by him. I'd prefer Samaras to Vassell. Bojinov hasn't had a chance yet because of injuries. So when he comes back Samaras will fall further down the pecking order. Yes Elano, Richards and Petrov have been City's best players, but they are not the only reason they are doing well. Man City are a great unit where every players workrate contributes to the side. Samaras is so lazy that he doesn't contribute to general play. Mpenza does! I'd love him to do well but anyone who is trying to make a case for defending his performances at Man City is seriously blinkered. 2 managers (Pearce and Sven), various pundits (Shearer, Gavin Peacock, etc), and the Man City fans have all said that he isn't good enough for the Premiership. Yet, you guys think he is. Nothing more I can say. You guys rate him, I don't, we'll have to leave it at that.

Good luck tonight, would love to see you get a result and qualify.

You're right, we shouldn't get into this again. But I will say that Sven doesn't use him as a left sided forward. Everytime he's played under him he's played in the middle. He was given 3 games. 2 as a sub and 1 start and he didn't have a shot on goal. That's a ridiculous stat.As for Man City's strike force... they have a 100% record at home this year and are 3rd in the league. Bianchi & Mpenza have contributed to that, Samaras hasn't. Also, Bianchi & Mpenza have been suffered with injuries this year, Samaras hasn't. Against Turkey Samaras had a good game, but go on to my link and see how many easy chances he missed. A striker can't afford to miss chances like that because if he does, he won't be getting any goals, i.e. just like now at Man City. Samaras' goal scoring record was never that good, he was bought in the hope that he would help CREATE but he doesn't even do that. Games just pass him by. As for him being the most talented of all the Greek strikers, maybe (although I think Lybe is), but is he the most effective? Or rather, is he the BEST striker we have? ;) Talent is 40% of the equation. Denilson is the most talented player I've seen, where does he play now? Samaras isn't good enough for the Premiership, and however many times you say that he is or try to undermine my opinion, it won't change that fact. The proof of the pudding is in the taste! He is, to put it bluntly, USELESS!!! He offers NOTHING for Man City.

He only did well in his first ever season where he averaged 1 goal every 2 games (not bad). Last season he had a nightmare and this season he's done nothing when given the chance. I love Greece and I love Greek players and there's nothing more that I'd love to see than Samaras taking the league by storm. But I'm not going to give a blinkered view because he's Greek. All that matters in football is effectiveness, talent alone doesn't mean anything. Look at his rival striker tonight, Kenwyne Jones. He isn't talented but his amazing aerial ability and work rate make him effective and a headache/goal threat whenever he plays. Then compare him to Samaras.... Is he talented? Very! Is he effective? No! He's so ineffective it makes him a s%$#! striker. He's been one of the worse Premiership buys in recent years (remember he was bought for

So what? If he can't get goals at City he definitely won't get them at Boro! He just isn't good enough for the Prem.

Do all Benfica fans share your love for him or is your admiration a personal view?

Finished 4-0, 2 for Gekas 2 for Barbarez. Shame he couldn't get his first hatrick for the club. Does anyone have a link for the goals?

Apparently SGE wants Alfonso Alves from Herenveen and SGE is planning to give them money plus Samaras for him.Its on Goal.com :) I reckon Samaras should leave and got to Italy,Spain, or Germany Goal.com chat more s%$#! than Kokkalis' transfer-propaganda agents!

Coventry are 3-1 up now but Stoke's goal was a penalty anyway so it's practically a clean sheet. Does anyone know how he got a first team game? Was the other keeper injured in midweek or did Konstantopoulos just win his place back?

I haven't read any such rumours anywhere, I hope they aren't true. In January he was wanted by Middlesborough, Betis and Benfica, and now he's going back to Holland? Ma toso m#$%!s einai?

I've heard some great things about Pavlis.

Are you sure he played well? I was following the commentary updates on BBC Sport on the net & it didn't mention his name at all. If Loup didn't mention it on here I wouldn't have known he played. He didn't even committ a foul! lol.

The highlights of the game didn't even show him get a touch of the ball.

Leverkusen are losing 1-2 at home to Dortmund with 30 mins to go, but Gekas scored for Leverkusen.

Great to hear he's a left back since we have no strength in depth in that position nationally. Is he better than Spyropoulos? How about the current crop at Oly? Is he better, or potentially better, than Domi and Raul Bravo. Is he a defensive left back (like Fyssas) or an attacking left back (like Georgatos)?