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either will be easier than Lokomotiva

it will be AIK....Swedish teams tough n July

I was talking endlessly about this on the old site for years.... and I got into massive battles when I came up with the phrase 'kefeneio greeks' and 'kafeneio talk'....countless of 'worshipers' were quoting their grandfathers...Sure who was I to be pitted against pappou Mitso from Kastoria who was born in 1917? i was just an upstart from Melbourne with an Anglo tertiary qualification? who was I to question the prophet monk? they know best...Mother Russia and the Brotherhood was all that mattered? the world is jealous of us? Pappou Spiro has spoken..... I still here it today....Russia wanted to help Cyprus but the EU did not allow it? I haven't seen this written in any credible source? But try arguing against someone from Famagusta?

Syriza is running the country..So the communists are running the country.... Communism in the Balkans? Our Che Guevara Hellenic 21st century communism is very different to the Communism preached by Tito and learnt so well by Gruios grandson...

thats a crap starting 11...

at least they will be forced to reform in certain areas...as well as using the 35 billion for growth/investment... for example Elliniko is finally being mentioned ...a master project that should have been developed into a show piece of Athens 11 years ago.

the 50 billion will be held in Greece not in Luxembourg

well seems like a deal has been agreed to for a third bail out... And Tsipra the capitalist is talking about badly needed reforms..seems like he spent time on here reading some of the better posts.. too bad for the Russia backers and the 50 million tourists buying diet pepsi to save the economy and bring back pensions at 47.

Where is Donis? this is the worst Greece youth team in many years....we are now one win away from the Final?????? I don't see any potential in any of these players.

we need new politicians......and we get Marxists N17 supporters....these types have been running greece unofficially for 40 years.. i have not heard one policy for jobs....simply because they have none... @grkjet who said we don;t need to repay the debt if we leave EZ?

no doubt the A League pays peanuts outside the Marquee player... my estimations were based on the assumption he would be the Marquee?

He can make $1 million in the A League......x 3 years...that's $3million... he is only worth 300-400k on the 'real world" he would be crazy to throw away the last chance for an extra 1-2 million...

greece...(Syriza and tsipra) will not and can not make reforms..... I have not heard ONE policy regarding reforms... yeah he may reform pensions from 67 back to 48?

has anyone else noticed how very few violent riots and frenzied destruction there has been in Greece since the election of the N17 party? I have no doubt that Tsipra and his cronies are the ones behind all the destructive riots that we have seen over the years... it's a very predictable 'radical left tool' to destabilize legitimate governments,

do you think that there will be the desire, Will, motivation for structural reforms without the pressure of EZ/EU? After all A Syriza govt. ideologically believes in the opposite.

Tavlaridis is 36 and the next WC is 3 years away.... we have K.Pap Manolas, Sokratis, Siovas, Oikonomou , Goutas, Koutroubis, Moras, why on earth would either Vyntra or Tavlaridis be considered ever again?

It has a lot to do with the debate in the sense that either with the Euro or drachma a political landscape that does not foster or nurture investment or growth will not lead to jobs and a strong economy... ND/PASOK/SYRIZA are only acronyms...Greece has a 'Latin American socialist' view of sociopolitical issues...and now they have a Che Guevara PM to match.. Can you really see no problem with the fact that we are lead by a bunch of guys that admire N17?

and who thinks that the N17 worshipers in government would ever dream of using the military for any purpose......this goes against their ideology... regarding the long standing debate on how left syriza are?? they are a spin off of KKE...

for those concerned we may go to Bulgarian pensions at 250 Euros. What do you think the equivalent will be in Drachmas?

Bulut NEEDS Vellios TYPE NEXT TO HIM

I pay all those taxes too.. however its no longer an entitlement.... the pension in Australia is not for everyone...

I care very little for Germany or Russia or anyone else... I always envisaged and hoped for a modern progressive Greece.....Unfortunately I saw that only being achieved with the direction/guidance/influence/ and strict EU adherence to policies and structures.. I fear that going alone will see us resort to all the bad practices of the 1970s and 1980s......we just simply don't want to reform.. no point having massive resources if PAME, Syriza , KKE are going to stymie every attempt to turn resources into jobs and income... these guys need a massive awakening from their ideological dribble....yes...the oil and gas resources will be exploited by mega rich types like Tzigger, Kokkalis, Marinakis, Savvidis, Meli, Savvidis, Mytelineos etc etc....in conjunction with Shell/BP/UK/EU/USA.....That is how the world functions... the result will be jobs for people ,taxes, investment and growth... KKE/Syriza would rather argue about words in the 'syntagma' to 'protect the lao' from greedy capitalists..

YEAH... Thessaloniki is not a great place for burn outs and drive by shootings...

@js1000 the australian economy and socio economic structure can't be compared to the Chinese... there is nothing inhumane about the government not giving me a pension after 40-45 years of work... the government has provided me and my parents a fertile system that has enabled me to benefit and I don't need a $400pw handout...when I can earn a lot more through my hard work and investments.. @jvc its all well and good to say we have massive tourism and strong shipping industry...agriculture that we can grow and possibly untapped resources... however.....we don;t have the political will to exploit or harness any of this....for all this to work we need to educate the public that the system does not owe you a living...and a free ride..the entitlement and job for life mentality has to end...pensions are at 67....regardless of EZ.TROIKA.MERKEL..

@js1000 the australian economy and socio economic structure can't be compared to the Chinese... there is nothing inhumane about the government not giving me a pension after 40-45 years of work... the government has provided me and my parents a fertile system that has enabled me to benefit and I don't need a $400pw handout...when I can earn a lot more through my hard work and investments.. @jvc its all well and good to say we have massive tourism and strong shipping industry...agriculture that we can grow and possibly untapped resources... however.....we don;t have the political will to exploit or harness any of this....for all this to work we need to educate the public that the system does not owe you a living...and a free ride..the entitlement and job for life mentality has to end...pensions are at 67....regardless of EZ.TROIKA.MERKEL..