Bananas

The name ... what's in a name ? My take, I wouldn't even give them a compound name. Not after the way they've behaved since 1992. The only name I would give is "Makedonski" spelt and pronounced exactly like that. That is their name and they can have it. You know, I think the problem has always been the attempt to rewrite their history that is the essence of the problem. The name dispute is just a manifestation of this. If the ... Makedonski had no historical claims to Macedonia or Greece, they probably would've got the name "Macedonia" back in 1992. I don't think anyone in Greece would've minded. But once they began laying claim to Greek History they crossed a line and now it's too far gone. I don't even know how this can be resolved. The bizarre thing is this obsession with rewriting history. I mean, it's actually embarrassing. Making claims on things that existed 1000 years before you did ? A ... Makedonski, if asked the question "Are you a descendant of the Ancient Greek Macedonians ?" should laugh and say "Of course not you idiot". But instead, they either believe it, or push for it regardless. It's actually quite bizarre. And why is there this sudden push to resolve the name all of a sudden ? Is Greece being pressured in some way ? Or is this just a pet project of Tsipras or Syriza ?

If this isn't a cut and dried case for points deductions I don't know what is. If this isn't such a case, how do we define such a case ? When there are "x" number of fans on the pitch ? When there are "x" number of punches thrown ? When there is "x" dollars of property damage done to the stadium ? End of the day, it has to pass the common sense test, and that is, do we want this sort of thing discouraged or not ? If your answer is no i.e. you are all right with this sort of thing happening any time, then sure, there should be no points deductions. But then those who complain of the poor state of football in Greece in general can stop their complaining or their calls for improvement. Greeks being Greeks, with cynicism in our blood, will say "Of course Olympiakos had points deducted, Savvidis owns EPO and he wants to win the league". And you know what, they may be right, but of what relevance is this ? Should Olympiakos feel aggrieved if there is a points deduction because in the past they would have gotten away with it ? Is the implication that if Marinakis controls EPL then there would not be a points deduction ?! The implication is that no one in Greece believes in a fair and just system. They believe that the only way to get justice is to control EPO. You either control it and have ... a better brand of justice ... or you don't and you have no justice. Either way, it reflects poorly on Greeks and Greece as a nation. It's actually embarrassing. Olympiakos should cop it. And cop it sweet, and the same should happen to any other team that has a similar incident where there is a violent (violent being the operative word) pitch invasion. You can't let incidents like this go unpunished and anything short of points deductions is a slap on the wrist.

Yes. Once you said it, I agree. Much better to take the pressure of now. If it was still there by the time we play Olympiakos the media would have been in a frenzy.

Solid result away from home. Here's hoping Olympiakos vs AEK is a draw.

Now is the time to get Biseswar on to steady the game.

Well I suppose sometime before the heat death of the universe Paschalakis was going to concede a goal. Nice header by the Giannina player.

Now I'm getting worried ha ha.

I'm not sold on the fact that he plays better as a winger. Happy as always to be proven very very wrong.

Nice shot there by Vieirinha. I wasn't sure about him playing left back but he's been doing really well there. At least in terms of his attacking play.

I thought aklautoi was reliable ? On a side note I'd have to say this is probably our strongest 11 on the pitch.

Yeah, I wish I found in earlier. Missed the entire first half pretty much.

I'd put Biseswar on. He needs minutes and he could come in handy next week.

http://cdn.livetvcdn.net/webplayer.php?t=ifr&c=864604&lang=en&eid=618213&lid=864604&ci=26&si=1 Just found this. Just one add in the middle. I was able to click it off.

He he, me too. i've been battling it this whole time. It's pathetic.

I keep meaning to get an aklautoi account but never get around to it. Which reminds me, I need to also register with PAOKTV.

Good lord he's already squealing like a pig each week.

Thanks man. I haven't checked out bianconero in the longest time.

Still looking. The most painful part of my week.

They were concentrating on the wicked witch. They didn't want to vote for her. I can only presume they didn't realise they were voting for a baboon.

That igloo looks CRAZY!

Thanks man. I'll have to check them out sometime. I normally just check inpaok.com and sport24.gr.

I'd add Varela to that list. He was all right last season, pretty good, but this season he's been excellent.

Handshake agreement. Ha ha, shake my ****** more like it.

Who are we talking about ? I don't really check out those sites ... and I'm lazy.

What little I do know of clean coal indicates it's a pipe dream. Google "clean coal power plant over budget" to get an idea. Read here http://reneweconomy.com.au/flagship-clean-coal-project-abandoned-despite-10bn-investment-84327/ A snippet from the article. The 582-megawatt plant, initially projected to cost $US1.8 billion, has so far run up a bill of over $US7.5 billion ($A10 billion) in construction and engineering expenses. In comparison, a typical 700-megawatt natural gas plant would have cost roughly $US700 million to build.