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doesn't sound too different to pelkas to be honest

Kolouri broke one on one, tried to round the keeper and failed. the pitch looks unplayable, very dangerous for all the players with the ball sticking at certain points due to there being so much water. didnt we have a game with them last season where the pitch was extremely heavy as well?

partizan have just been banned for 3 years from European competitions due to outstanding debt by Uefa. If we seriously want Leonardo now is the time to through the kitchen sink at him

somewhere, Igor Tudor is smiling

pelkas did not score or assist v fiorentina. That was rodrigues In fact pelka looked off the pace when he came on in that game and turned the ball over a few times. He scored the winner vs Levediakos last week and he missed a bucket load of chances vs pas on the weekend. In short he is not starting material for the NT, not yet anyways. Does he have a spot in the squad? perhaps.

dont mind the expansion, but can't say that im thrilled with drawn matches going straight to pens. Although nothing is confirmed, ive read that even knockout games that end in a draw will go directly to a shoot-out. Not the way football is, especially knockout tournaments. Draws are part of the game. It's like they are trying to make it more appealing to the non-football fan? I would think the world cup has a big enough following/revenue as it is, no need to drastically alter the game to attract more fans/sponsors.

i just saw the highlights. and let me say wow. I agree 100% with everyone we need a striker, and have needed one for 18 months. Pererya was our last competent striker in his first and this season for some reason he rides the bench until the last 5 mins. BUT what happened last night was insane, pasxalakis (pas keeper) was amazingly good. Combine that with some poor finishing at times (pelka) and some bad luck and it happens. Last night was just a freak game. In saying all that in all games where we have dropped points (except maybe vs PAO) we have missed a bucket load of chances, the problem is obvious for anyone to see. Except for Ivan apparently. If Savvidi actually did start screaming at Ivic, Glyko, canias and klaus it just shows how little he knows about football. If he saw the game, and has watched us this season he would know what he has to do. The team is 100 better than last year except for one spot.

not so sure about the winners mentality, publicly perhaps but apparently the reason he has been banished from us because leading into the fiorentina game he was saying to the other players and some staff there is no way we can win in Italy. And this was coming from one of the most senior players on the team and our vice captain. Not the kind of thing you want any player saying let alone someone with his standing in the squad.

introduce it on the first date pash, if she can't take you as you are, then she can watch you as you go

Started and scored the second goal in a 0-2 win for Benfica last night. Apparently he was involved in the build up for the first goal as well. Starting to find his scoring form again

his stats across his career are impressive, goals to games ratio. At a good age so wouldn't mind him. But before anything happens with Leonardo, Rodrigues needs to leave. For the love of god can they sign a striker. We've needed one for the past 18 months.

since joining he has made 13 appearances, not sure if he's been a starter or off the bench. Karlsruche sit just above the drop zone. With the ethniki struggling for wingers thought it was worth a look to see what mavria has been up to, this season. Don't think he's been called up since Skibbe took over but maybe someone to consider given we are playing full backs and dekaria out wide. Still only 22 (will be 23 next month) so has time on his side, but admittedly playing for a club struggling to for survival in divi 2 of germany isn't ideal for his ethniki hopes. In saying that diamantakos gets called up playing at the same team, so maybe Skibbe is just anti-wingers?

we are being liked to the Cypriot striker Sotirou from APOEL. I know he scored a couple of goals in the europa league but can't say I've ever seen him play. Anyone know what kind of striker he is?

would be a big loss if he were to go... i guess it would mean we go extra to sign vieriniha.

as the rumours about Vierihina intensify, apparently Kyriako Papadopoulo wants to come on loan for the rest of the season. He's loan at Lepzig hasn't gone well, between a few injuries he's had and the team doing really well and sitting 2nd in the Bundesliga, he has played once off the bench this season. NOW it feels like the transfer season :)

Drawn with Panotolikos in the round of 16. First leg will be away sometime between the 10th-12th of jan

me too re eagle. I'm a huge liverpool fan, ending my euro trip next year, in England in August and if all goes well gonna catch up a game at anfield

something needed to be done, the last 2-3 years was a joke with injuries. whatever they are doing is working and there's been a pretty big swing in form with players like Rodrigues, Leovac and Cimirot all who missed big chunks last season looking a lot more solid without being interrupted by injury

scored 2 in a 3-0 cup win today. hopefully he gets a look in back to the starting XI with those goals

agree defense and mids have upgraded. That night at toumba we had skondra playing left back. Katsourani and Vitor at centre back. Lucas/Stoch v Rodrigues/Djalma? Lucas is probably the better footballer than all of them, but at the time he wasn't producing what he has over the last 2 seasons. I'd argue our current wingers will cause more damage on the counter.

fair to say our midfield is better than what is was then. Tzioli/Kace v Canas/Cimirot I know who I'd take

don't know much about them, they topped there group which contained Villareal. They are obviously decent but never the less a winnable tie

Just having a quick look at there squad and (on paper at least) they don't look any better than what they were when we played them 3 years ago. The question is, are we a better team? probably yes, hard to say. Clean sheet in the first leg at home and we'll be in with a fighting chance

gonna be tough either way One of schalke or Beskitas now F*** and its schalke

olympiako just got omianspor or whatever, that will be interesting