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that'd be a modern classic lol. might be boringly effective as hell. I think leaving Fortounis out of the lineup for Maniatis is a minor crime, though.

I'm confident he'll still play a good share of games remaining. Benfica prefers playing with two strikers, and him and Jonas work great together. I think he's just trying to instill some fear in him so he wakes up. also Benfica is the highest scoring team in the Primeira Liga right now. Only 3rd with a game in hand to grab 2nd though.

nikits you can't just copy/paste the article? the websites don't load that well lol

hahahaha kalos

nai kai h toxoi epai3ai megalo rolo, den mporoume na poume alios etsi to eipe kai o karnezis

It's hard to look beyond my pride to objectively say which league is better but I'll do my best. Turkey probably has a slight edge over the whole league. I think Olympiakos is the best team from both leagues, however.

I can see him pop in 10 goals for Larissa for a season or two more if all things go right for him. He's a prolific goal scorer, not the most likable guy though lol.

really strange. Samaras didn't play many minutes either from what stats suggest.. they break the bank to bring talent in and the talent can't even stay healthy?

yeah, my prediction would be similar. I think even win and draw against bosnia lol ;)

yeah, Torosidis is up there for top RB's, but Fullbacks aren't as strong as they used to be 5 years ago IMO. it's just that Roma has abundance in high quality for that position. Maicon is top 10 in the world for RB. Before he came into the picture Torosidis played a big role. Maicon, and his depreciation because of age created a bit of a downward spiral of him. Torosidis is very high quality player though, so he's fighting through it. Heart of gold, fighting spirit.

against Montegro we should try out Velios Mantalos, Fortounis, Pelkas combo with Mitroglou up from. I Wanna see if it can be as consistently good or if the Hungary 4-3 was just a flash in the pan.

good to hear!

if people think the 'Greek Mentality' is bad. Look at any former Yugoslavian teams and we look like Japanese engineers in comparison lol Serbia MASSIVELY underachieves for their talent. Croatia might be the only exception.

The have 3 great players in CM (Pjanic) and Striker (Dzeko) and Goalkeeper. If they get an injury to just one of their 3 players, they're screwed. It's a team game. Karnezis, Manolas, Sokratis, Samaris, Holebas, Mitroglou will all be in their prime. I'd be more surprised if our fortune doesn't change for the greater rather than continues in the slump. The ethiniki is like the economy. It goes up and down, but will probably be on the up and up. Eg) We won the Euro 2004, then missed the World Cup 2006. I'm not blindly optimistic by default. When Olympiakos had Arsenal by the balls, I predicted Arsenal would rally. Even though I would've loved Oly to progress. I want PAO to win the league, but I know we don't have the quality to top Olympiakos barring EXTREME luck. The ethiniki however is a GREAT team. We've seen flashes of this, rallying to score the 4 goals vs. hungary. Keeping Turkey scoreless when they've scored EVERY game the past 2 years and they were out for blood. This botched euro campaign may just be the emotional fuel and chip on our proverbial shoulders to make it a great world cup campaign. It's not that outrageous of a prediction.

do people all around greece care about the ethniki? I haven't been around everywhere I'm kalamatianos, and I know that ppl went wild down there during world cup, euros etc. but kalamata is super affiliated with athens, most kalamatiani have an athenian team they support eg) aek, oly, pao like Klaus is salonikan and he looks like a BEAST, prideful, sharp for PAOK but looks retarded for the ethiniki is there a low grade feeling of separation in greece or are we a big happy family? I know Crete is kinda self-sustaining and has it's own kinda culture going on too

I would only do Athens and MAYBE Thessaloniki if you want to push it. Like 9 games in Athens and one in Thessaloniki MAYBE not completely sold on it though, I don't like the ethiniki being a road show. die hard fans can make the trip to athens

also for World Cup, we'll be pound for pound a better team then Bosnia. It's our qualifier to lose. Belgium is better than us though.

you play the best, able, in form players for the ethiniki. there's no room, or time to develop potential for the internationals. at best, there's about 12 games played a year internationally. the nagging about selections are a bit over exaggerated IMO. Aravidis looked more convincing last year, I don't think it was a b league thing, i think it's a form thing. Klaus isn't looking so hot this year either. whatever. the only time a player is 21 and locks a starting position is when they're clearly the best for the team. eg) C ronaldo, G Bale for ethiniki Sotiris Ninis when he was in form, he has quite a few caps if you look at his resume. he's not as convincing these days, and therefore gets less games.

I'm saying it tongue in cheek. I do think he's or 3rd best CDM, though. Petsos will likely overtake him over the next few years. Great speed, stamina, steals, blocking. His weaknesses are obvious; poor dribbling, mediocre passing, mediocre shooting.

ela re, he's the magka of the ethniki. lol

Tziolis? Yes. Tachtsidis, Samaris are gunna be hard to beat on the DM and a top form Maniatis is pretty good IMO, dare I say lol.

oh man, would love to ###### have him at PAO.

That would be good for him. A less competitive Serie A team where he would be a key player. He's one of the lowest calibre Roma players now, sadly. But still can scrap starts here and there. Genoa he would be a star, and it's still the same league.

Yeah he needs to stay in Southern Europe. Greece, Portugal, Italy, France, Spain is where he would prosper IMO. Makria apo England, Russia, Germany (debatable). I can see him doing really well in Italy where he would tower over most defenders.