js1000 Posted March 27, 2014 Posted March 27, 2014 just won another scottish premier league title with celtic :gr: :tup: :nw: :tup: :gr: his contract is up at the end of the season, he's currently on a basic salary of
js1000 Posted August 22, 2014 Posted August 22, 2014 samaras has joined west brom on a 2 year contract, he's back in the english premier league, risky move though as it wouldn't be a surprise if west brom go down.
js1000 Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 samaras has joined saudi arabian club Al Hilal for the next 3 years. His newly contract will bring in a total of $14m ($3,5m the first year, then $4,5m and finally $6m) paid by the club?s multimillionaire owner Abdulrahman bin Musa?ad.
Chris Tsamados Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 I read on Al Hilal website that he has picked up a back injury (bad bruising) but did travel out to the Hungary game, presumably as moral support for the team.
Greek Style Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Still a successful Greek player, possibly the best club wise of his era of those who traveled OS.
kbxk508 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 Yeah, I aggree. Samaras, probably is the most recognised Greek footballer. He's had 11-12y in Europe, incl. a good 7 years at Celtic, Champions League, Europa, 2 WCs and 2 Euro's by age 30. I fully understand his decision to go to Saudi as he enters the final years of his playing career. Samaras, still has a role to play for the NT, but just may not be starter every match. 1
Original 21 Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 (edited) If samaras didn't have the hair he wouldn't be nearly as recognized around Europe. Edited April 3, 2015 by Original 21 1
Koro Posted April 3, 2015 Posted April 3, 2015 haha Taxman I just noticed what your interests are, can't disagree with that :tup: 1
Greek Style Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 You too! I know we hardly ever agree on anything but I'm happy you're here :) Get a room you two! :P
Greek Style Posted April 4, 2015 Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) I may as well give it up....it's me, Pame teloiko. Good to see all you guys in here. Looking forward to not being threatened with suspensions here when the admin doesn't agree with me. :artist: Edited April 4, 2015 by Greek Style
Akritis_1944 Posted April 11, 2015 Posted April 11, 2015 I read 9 years of posts to get to the most recent one and tbh I think Samaras will probably go down in history as an underachiever. I called it in 2010 but I think I was more disappointed that he never kicked on after Manchester City at the time. He'll be remembered by the diehard Celtic fans and obviously in Greece but there will always be a touch of unfulfilled promise for me.
Chris Tsamados Posted April 12, 2015 Posted April 12, 2015 I still think he has more to offer. I think we're see him in some capacity against Faroes. Hopefully starting if he's recovered from the bruised back injury that stopped him playing in the Hungary game.
Dean97 Posted April 13, 2015 Posted April 13, 2015 i agree with what your saying i get very frustrated most of the time when i see him lose the ball over and over again he trys to add the extra too much when he could play a simple pass. he would look like a better player if played more simple i think and also do those runs with ball where he just gets passed the player i believe he knows very well how to get passed a defender its just his decision making.
Greek Style Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Basically Samaras was a poor man's Vryzas. Absolute m*****es re. Two totally different players for starters.
Nikitas Posted April 28, 2015 Posted April 28, 2015 Any news lately? Our good friend Nikitas? lol i found out that he was injured and is done with his treatment and now started his rehab program. http://www.alhilal.com/en/news3833.html
La Mendel Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 Samaras' production was not always outstanding, but he was nearly always solid and he played very well in major tournaments against Russia, Nigeria or Ivory Coast. He played a pivotal role in our advancing to the second round at the Euro and the WC. In the previous years he was nearly the only option for our left wing I think (Ninis and Fetfatzidis are right wingers, their rival was between 2008 and 2014 Salpingidis and not Samaras ). Even now I dont see who could replace him, in time - read after years - it will be probably Christodoulopoulos, we have not so many talented left wingers. The contribution of Ninis in 2012 was IMO insignificant (he was subbed after the first half against Germany and Poland for a production which was bad enough), and he was mediocre against Argentina too (at the WC 2010).
La Mendel Posted April 30, 2015 Posted April 30, 2015 I still cant understand that there are Samaras haters. Thats like when some people in 2010 and 2011 wanted Karagounis to retire.
Chris Tsamados Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 I'd dispute that 9 assists stat it sounds like bs to me. As for Samaras, depressingly I've watched many of our games where he has been the ONLY attacking threat, upfront with a stationary Gekas and an ineffectual Salpingidis. He has literally been our talisman over the years and his performances have been the difference between us winning or losing. I'm not sure how people can't see that?
Chris Tsamados Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) To prove that site transfermarkt is BS I did a quick Google and discovered Samaras got an assist against. Bosnia (3-1 loss in 2013) which wasn't in their stats, I'm sure there's many more: Edited May 1, 2015 by Chris Tsamados
Chris Tsamados Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 (edited) In that case check here: http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2008/matches/round=2241/match=83886/postmatch/report/index.html He definately has not been credited for this assist on that website. Edited May 1, 2015 by Chris Tsamados
Chris Tsamados Posted May 1, 2015 Posted May 1, 2015 I'd love to know how many assists he's actually got, I may go through all 81 of his games and cross reference them with youtube highlights to check, maybe when I next do a nightshift at work. As it was I literally went through the first five games he played where we'd scored to find a discrepancy. But yeah he has always given his all and even English commentators (who usually treat us with the utmost contempt), comment on how he's our match winner. He may have slowed down in recent years but honestly I don't see we have a natural replacement for him yet, and if we need to score goals against Faroes we'd be foolish not to play him.
La Mendel Posted May 2, 2015 Posted May 2, 2015 He could be useful now IMO, against the Faroe Islands together with Mitroglou (thank God he is healthy now, last weekend he actually scored against Panionios). Christotoulopoulos didnt played well against Hungary, and Athanasiadis was horrible.
Chris Tsamados Posted May 13, 2015 Posted May 13, 2015 Done his back in just before the Faroe Islands game.
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