RED SHERIFF

very ordinary footballer...

My comments were not dismissive or rude.. I just don't see this as being possible in a realistic nor practical manner..... In australia today they are after the 'marketable' big ticket opponents to sell tickets.... Greek clubs would not come here for pre season unless its properly funded....its too expensive otherwise... Aussie clubs would not go to greece as its too far .... so its unlikely.. although..Oly ,Iraklis and AEK have been here twice in the last 40 years.. PAOK once so too Aris,(1980s) and Atromitos....(1970s). South Melbourne did play in Greece in 1991.. Any possible match ups would be limited to ALeague...the difference between GSL clubs and NPL clubs is beyond any meaningful/realistic match up.. Having said that...I am not a fan of meaningless exhibition friendlies...they don't gauge anything....they are a PR exercise.. Be great if Australia joined UEFA...And MVFC played a UCL game at Karaiskaki or OAKA.... :D

a lot of 'down time'....?

where are all the others?? el Cid etc?

or the 'soot the boats mentality'...of some down under.. RESPECT....for human life above all..

i bumped into a junior coach at a family function last week. he has worked with MVFC youth set up and two NPL clubs... He said I am one of the few people that 'gets it'... the NPL clubs need coaches with certain qualifications....to be part of the NPL...So they 'fund' this by parents forking out huge dollars... The clubs do not invest on juniors...as they have no incentive.. Can't sell players nor get promoted...so they have no money to invest in juniors... the clubs are forced to play the system...'the dutch system'........ out to the no.6 etc etc.... yet the kids do not have the same grounding as the kids in Holland.... In Holland the clubs cull kids at age 7/8....we are still in the 'well done Johnny' phase at age 12/13.....'don't make them work too hard..don't make them cry...mummy will give you a hug'.... Brimbank Stallions brings out Juve accredited coaches for school holiday programs...the coaches are shocked at the standard... He told me there are kids in the MVFC youth academy, with great talent an d ability...but they 'don't fit the system'??? we can go on forever on this...

are you kidding?

would not help Greece.... just look at the politics and economy...people do what suits....and they get by.... Yes Greece e needs a Thatcher to clean up Unions, Rd tape, education, law and order/// no point trying to clean up football if you don't clean up law and order....who will police things....?

I know we have issues in the no.10 position....and the attacking half of the pitch... but I don't see him better than Mandalos, Fortounis, kone in that role?

maybe he realised he was NEVER going to play for Germany...I assume Vlaxodimos junior would now love a Skibbe call up???

am surprised no one noticed that the great Spanoudakis actually played for the u19s v Czechs last month.....

they played at Leoforo.....

I am sure a lot of uefa stadia in 1990 were of similar standard,,,,

don't worry about him..... we won;t be capped.. neither will Viyafenez who is also eligible...

big win.. what was the crowd? How bad were Florina United?

is he not in Swiss league??

well until the club addresses and fixes this issue properly.. everything else is virtually irrelevant....

not many doubt his importance to Greece IN THE 2009-2014 PERIOD... However he is essentially now an ex footballer who has not played a match for a long time.... 1) is he healthy? 2) is he healthy mentally? 3) can he get healthy? 4) where will hr sign in the summer? 5) will he find form at club level? 6) does he have the will to play at this level? until these questions are answered he is not an option.... as it stands today...... .......................karnezis............................... toro.............sokratis........manolas........holebas ...........................samaris.......................... ...............XXXXX...................fortounis.............. XXXXXXXX...........................................XXXXXXXX .............................mitro............................

no PAOK are more concerned with giving prominence to figures like Garcia because he represents the Communist ideologies of their crazy ill informed influential supporter groups...

would webe discussing budgets in this thread if our best and most expensive footballer...Roberto had caught a ball that a 4th division Fyrom league GK would catch in his sleep?

I dont think the facilities in top half GSL are that bad.... some of these GSL teams have decent training set ups..

Actually no..... Anderlecht type teams will likely be seeded.....so will we.... likely to face teams more the Molde, Malmo, Litex, standard.....and that won't be untl; 2017.....

Zikos????? geez you guys choose to hold grudges for decades.... players in all leagues including Greece...bring the game into disrepute all the time with their comments..... when in recent times...say last 5 years was a GSL player banned for bringing the game into disrepute because of comments made at an interview? many a time a player makes inflammatory statements...

we are the underdogs in this tie... I doubt we can get thru......we have not been that good this season...and our team is not 'european prepared'....

and........how does this differ from the attitude and response from AEK/PAO/PAOK etc when they lose...... They are all as bad as each other....yet some here condone actions depending on color..... I love the one of how we killed Fetfas career......but we hear support for AEK ruining Tzanetopoulos....