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The latest name to be linked with Olympiakos is Lucas Neill from West Ham (according to the British press). He's class and available on a free transfer at the end of the season, but his
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Thanks. He's a brilliant player and for Aris he could prove to be one of the signings of the season. I still think Aris needs a right winger and a big target man thoughHi! On Sunday Aris is going to have a new board. He has made an agreement with Ebi. His sign will confirm the deal..
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Apparently Olympiakos are very close to signing Besiktas' striker Bobo. Has Kokkali lost the plot? Bobo is a sub striker for Besiktas. He's scored 9 goals this season and his best ever goal scoring season was 2 years ago when he scored 11. In his career he has a grand total of 38 goals in 118 games in the Turkish and Brazilian leagues. I'm not complaining of course but this is hardly a target Olympiakos should be aiming for. Particularly when you consider that Kokkalis said one of the reasons valverde was ditched was because he wanted players like De La Pena and Ezquerro :whistle:
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Hi gents. Hope you're all well.
I'd heard that Aris are very close to signing Smolarek from Racing Santander (on loan at Bolton). Then I'd heard it was off, and now i've heard it's back on, etc. Can someone shed any light on what's going on? Thanks
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Patsa is going to sign for Omonoia in Cyprus
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Guys stop arguing about Samaras. Well done to the bloke for winning the cup this year, he play his part along the way. DUDE I know where you're coming from but Samaras being highly rated, even if he isnt that good, is hardly going to ruin the reputation of Greek football. js1000, come on mate, dont get carried away with the blokes ability. Have you actually spoken to anyone in the uk that doesnt think he's crap, or maybe average at best? You say name me one Greek player that's acheived as much as he has abroad at his young age, but in reality he hasn't done anything. He played a bit-part role last year and this year he won the scottish cup, it means nothing. From an individual perspective he's flopped at every foreign club he's been too. So although I think DUDE's a little too harsh, you're at the other extreme. By European standards Samaras is at the level that is between "average to crap", we have to deal with that.
You also need to chill out on Basinas mate cos the man is a Greek legend. He's not lazy, he's gotten older and his energy levels have dropped; and yes he was loved by Mallorca fans. He played 75 games in 2 years for them and by many pundits/fans was considered one of the best holding midfielders in the league in his first year. All things come to an end though and 2 years down the line it was his time to leave, he was a great player though (in the mould of Campo or Tugay).
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Gekas didn't even make the bench for Portsmouth's 2-2 draw with Stoke. What is going on? Why on earth did they sign him if he isn't in their plans??
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It's common knowledge that Gekas is unhappy and wants to leave Leverkusen asap. But as far I know the only club that has shown a slight interest is Olympiakos. Has anyone else heard any interesting transfer rumours?
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He scored the first in Benfica's 2-0 win over Guimaraes in the cup.
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Gattuso is injured for the rest of the season, and Emerson can't run anymore. Yes they have Flamini who is a good player, but they also have numerous defensive injuries and Kats can play both in midfield, in central defence and at full back, so he is a versatile option for them. So why not? I hope he goes. It would be good for him and good for the prestige of Greek football.Milan absolultey do not need Katsouranis.
They have enough holding midfielders, they have Flamini, Gattuso, Emerson....Katsouranis would sit around doing nothing, especially seeing how hes gotten to be quite bad (and Benfica are horrid too)
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http://www.goal.com/en/news/1636/reggina/2...porn-movie-role
All I can say about this is :LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
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I'm sorry guys but this news has enraged me: :angry:
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he didnt do quite as well as i hoped but it was his debut right? so considering that he did ok.
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If I'm not mistaken Papastatathopoulos hasn't even featured yet. He's been an unused sub in every game. What's going on?
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I think pretty much everyone here agrees that the Greek league is vastly superior to the Scottish league. Identifying that doesn't mean we won't give Samaras credit, it just means that he must do more to earn it. The moment you stop demanding more is the moment you stop acheiving more. As Oscar Wilde said "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking to the stars". If we want Greece to acheive stardom on the world stage again we need more from our most talented players like Samaras.so do the lower tier greek teams. like i said before we bash our best players and no matter how many he scores he never gets the credit he deserves
I'm editing this post because I've just read the article that Plato-ny has pointed to in the greece forums where seitaridis says in an interview that ninis couldnt last 10 mins in training because he was so unfit. maybe that's why he doesnt play for the nt or for pao at the moment. now ask yourself how the kid could let this happen? could it be because he was so overblown as a player that he began to believe his own hype and started becoming complacent? its dangerous to overblow your players so we're just remaining realistic about samaras.
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Personally I agree with DUDE but I do think he is being abit harsh. Anyone who watches the SPL and the Superleague knows that the our league is miles ahead of the Scottish league, they are incomparable so its silly to over state samaras' acheivements. But sometimes a striker needs to score goals to re-find his confindence. I used to play youth football at quite a high level, when I was at Arsenal I was topscorer for two seasons running (I was a striker), but towards the end of that second season I got injured. I missed the first couple of months of the new season but never came back in the same form. So where i scored 20+ goals in my first two years in my third year i ended the campaign with 4 goals. I was told I wasn't needed any more so I left and went to a non-league (semi-pro team) called Dagenham and Redbridge. I obviously dropped level significantly but I was getting enough goals to get some confidence again and later that season I moved to Crystal Palace. I didn't make it as a pro in the end for a couple of reasons but the moral of the story is that dropping a level isnt always a bad thing DUDE. Samaras played in Holland which is a weak league and he showed promise, he moved to the prem where it didnt work out so he's moved to a weak league again. If he finishes top scorer he may attract enough interest to move to a big league again where his game will improve enough for him to offer something to ellada. Give him time, at the moment he's doing well.
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i dont think dude is crapping on him. he's merely saying that the reason samaras doesnt replicate that form for greece is not merely because he doesnt get support from greece's midfield as clover has argued but also because he is playing against weak opposition. he's right too. look at how many goals samaras has scored from being all alone in the centre of the opposition's defence. if he starts performing like that in the champs lge too and for greece we can start getting excited otherwise bigging him up too much is premature. you have to understand that samaras is arrogant too so the last thing he needs is for people to start blowing wind up his ass. he needs to keep working hard because at the moment he's just an average player.We have to make up our mind....Tuff league holland scores some goals...City not 1 but 2 managers not playing him he is done...goes to celtic plays a handful of games of the bench scores...Starts the season en FUEGO,bad league.
Man Karagounis was right we do well people crap on you...is this Greek mentality.
The kid is scoring KEEP IT UP!!!!!
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Gekas continued his return form with a goal in Leverkusen's impressive 0-2 win at Stuttgart.
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Scored 2 today in Celtic's 3-0 win! :tup:
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Is Lua Lua leaving for sure then?With LuaLua out the door, I must agree w/ you... The only problem that I see w/ him is that he's a bit heavy at the moment.. Don't get me wrong great forward but doesn't have that flair, speed, and strenth that LuaLua brought
What do you all think?
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Reyes would attempt to replace Lua Lua and he isn't good enough to do that.luis garcia is class and so is reyes i can't believe either of these players will go to greece. would be great for the super league if they did come
And which Garcia is being linked? Sergio Garcia prob wouldn't come to Greece but there's no reason that Luis Garcia wouldn't. However, he wouldn't get into the Olympiakos team. He plays on the right and there's no way that he's better than Galletti.
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If the rumours are true, he'd be a really good signing. trabzon's best defender.Hi All :)
I am a Trabzonspor fan from Turkey...There are many rumours here that we are close to sign your central defender Antzas...Have you ever heard anything about this issue?Is he a good player?I mean is he fast or good with ball?
Finally how can i watch the previous games Olympiakos?Do you have any idea?
Any ideas will be welcomed :)
Thanks in advance
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Greece striker Gekas prepares to shine on big stage
Reuters, Friday May 23 2008 By Barney Spender
ATHENS, May 23 (Reuters) - Fanis Gekas needed a spell in the Bundesliga to blossom into the striker who will lead the line for Greece in their title defence at Euro 2008.
Gekas, who turns 28 later this month, was always a good goalscorer from the moment he started his professional career with his local club Larissa, who were then in the second division. But he was never the finished article.
He consistently found the back of the net too for Kallithea, with 46 goals in 99 league appearances, and then again for Panathinaikos, who he joined midseason in 2005 on his way to becoming the league's top scorer. But something was still wrong.
His first touch was poor and, in spite of an impressive strike rate of around one every two games, he came across as an inconsistent finisher.
His break came in 2006 when Panathinaikos signed Dimitris Salpigidis from PAOK, with Gekas due to go the other way as part of the deal. However, he put his foot down and managed to secure a loan deal instead to struggling Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.
It proved to be a turning point in his career. Playing in a tougher league and away from the critical eyes and voices at home, the hard-working Gekas moved up a level.
His season there turned him into a fans' favourite as he notched 20 league goals, helping the club secure a mid-table finish and making him the top scorer in the Bundesliga.
Gekas then moved to Bayer Leverkusen where, despite spending more time on the bench, he still managed to score 11 times last season.
In the meantime, he has begun to look more comfortable and confident on the ball in a Greece shirt, especially since German coach Otto Rehhagel started using him in a three-man forward line.
Having made his Greece debut in 2005, Gekas had to wait for his 15th international appearance before scoring in a 2-0 qualifying win over Hungary in Crete last June.
However, he has since gone on to score five more, including a hat-trick against Malta last November, and will be looking to add that tally at Euro 2008.
(Editing by Trevor Huggins)
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They've become a lot more realistic now because the quality of opposition is taken into account. Gone are the days when the U.S. would be in 8th position because of 9 consecutive wins against teams like Hondouras.
Well I don't think they are indicative of anything genuine, but I'd take 8th in the world any time!Exactly as I've told you; Rankings confirmed today:
1 Argentina 1519
2 Brazil 1509
3 Italy 1391
4 Spain 1319
5 Germany 1261
6 Czech Republic 1234
7 France 1205
8 Greece 1187
9 Portugal 1125
10 Netherlands 1124
Ante kai sthn Koryfh ths Eyrwphs meta to Euro 2008!
Now it's much more realistic and as such is reflective of how amazing Otto and the boys' acheivements have been.
Transfers and Rumors
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According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah Besiktas want around 10m euros for Bobo :LOL: Bear in mind we're talking about a bench player whose best ever goalscoring season was a tally of 11, he's not even worth 2m euros! Is this the latest "BAM"? :LOL: