evalagoal Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 Just read this..... This was posted on the 4th of July... **************************************************************** Philipakos contract option exercised Chad Winger Yanks-Abroad.com Olympiakos has picked up the first of two extension options on the contract of American midfield phenom Peter Philipakos, a move that will see the New York native remain at the club through at least 2007. "Olympiakos has renewed Peter's contract for another 2 years," co-agent and brother Ted Philipakos confirmed to YA on Monday. "A renewal was necessary because the contract he signed with Olympiakos contains options after the first and third years." The news will come as a confidence boost to the 22 year old as Dusan Bajevic, who originally signed the ex-American University standout in 2004 while at AEK Athens, resigned on June 1st. Philipakos will now hope to impress new boss Trond Sollied who led Club Brugge to last season's title in Belgium. The Norwegian has replaced Bajevic at the helm of O Thrylos after claiming two championships in a four-year reign at the Jupiler League side. Debuting for the first team during a January 19th Greek Cup contest against Iraklis, Philipakos would go on to make three appearances for the domestic doublers. He also dressed for three UEFA Cup matches against Sochaux and Newcastle United, seeing his first European action against the Magpies in the second leg at St. James' Park. As winners of the National League, Olympiakos will enter this fall's edition of the Champions League in the group stage. Philipakos will report back to Olympiakos on July 9th for routine medical testing with the full opening of preseason training two days later. The Young Yank will also get a chance to test his mettle against Claudio Reyna and Manchester City in a preseason away friendly set for August 6th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Protathlitis Posted July 7, 2005 Share Posted July 7, 2005 do you think he'll play for Greece or no? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evalagoal Posted July 11, 2005 Author Share Posted July 11, 2005 do you think he'll play for Greece or no? This is something that's going to depend on his parents, performance, and more importantly team politics....As We All Know!! (Sad to say) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted July 11, 2005 Share Posted July 11, 2005 This is something that's going to depend on his parents, performance, and more importantly team politics.... As We All Know!! (Sad to say) can we all see if he can actually play soccerhe has done nuttin so far to even deserve this discussion let him attempt to perform first and then we will see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 can we all see if he can actually play soccer he has done nuttin so far to even deserve this discussion let him attempt to perform first and then we will see I agree with you Olympiakos11.Can he play or was he signed as novelty value because he is an American Omogeneis who was cheap? Do the US national team/s want him or asking about his progress? Is he, or does he have the potential to be better than DaMarcus Beazely or Landon Donovan? Will he ever force his way into the Olympiako side? I have seen this time and again with the Greek-Australians (or Australians in general) who leave the Australian league and go to Greece with big wraps and speculation and then just fade away. Here are just a few that come to mind, I wonder if Philipakos will suffer the same fate: Ante Covic (GK)- Paok Alvin Ceccoli (Def) - AEK Travis Dodd (Mid) - Panionios Andrew Vlahos (Mid/For)- Pao Con Boutsianis (Mid/For) - Pao Steve Refenes (Mid/For) - Pao? Kostas Salapasidis (For) - Akratitos? <--- Scored all 4 goals against Argentina in a WYC match. Huge Potential but has done very little since injuries etc Jason Pollak (Mid) - Pao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH-Thrylos Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 i dont want to offend anyone, but i'd say that it is very difficult for a player coming from leagues and teams from australia and the usa to greece. these leagues are even weaker than the greek one and a player who wants to play here must be very good. sure, there are some players in better leagues than the greek, but they are bought by better european teams right away. i'd say a player a greek team can afford getting from australia or america isnt much better than a young greek talent signed from a mediocre team. filippakos seems to have become a bit bigheaded since the good critics he got for the few matches/minutes he played. and to be honest i dont want characters like that in our team, who think they made it after one good match. if he would have the right mentality he would be working even harder now, to secure a spot in the team. but like oly11 said, he hasntshown anything so far yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 i dont want to offend anyone, but i'd say that it is very difficult for a player coming from leagues and teams from australia and the usa to greece. these leagues are even weaker than the greek one and a player who wants to play here must be very good. sure, there are some players in better leagues than the greek, but they are bought by better european teams right away. i'd say a player a greek team can afford getting from australia or america isnt much better than a young greek talent signed from a mediocre team. filippakos seems to have become a bit bigheaded since the good critics he got for the few matches/minutes he played. and to be honest i dont want characters like that in our team, who think they made it after one good match. if he would have the right mentality he would be working even harder now, to secure a spot in the team. but like oly11 said, he hasntshown anything so far yet. each new player we sign means the end for Philipakos i don't really see him playing at all this season for the most part we have already signed 3 other players near his age which have shown more promise at this point if i were Olympiakos i would try to loan Philipakos to some team in the Greek league he will at least have the opportunity to play on the first 11 and Olympiakos can get a better understanding if he is truly Olympiakos bound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almamatter Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 Didn't Filipakos said no to a call in the U-21 Greek National team because he wanted to wait to be called to play for the USA Naional team... and when Kokalis found out he told him you will either join the Greek U-21 Greek National team or you are out of here... :tup: I think he is going to be given on loan to a lesser club to get more play time. By the way I think he is good for something in the right side. I saw him play for one half with Bajevich and he did very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CH-Thrylos Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 ...and when Kokalis found out he told him you will either join the Greek U-21 Greek National team or you are out of here... :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: the critics in the papers said the same. but i think he isnt ready to take over the right side yet. he has to work a lot untill he will be able to. but i think since giannakopoulos left we (gavroi) have very big expectations of the next player who will fill that gap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted July 13, 2005 Share Posted July 13, 2005 :LOL: :LOL: :LOL: the critics in the papers said the same. but i think he isnt ready to take over the right side yet. he has to work a lot untill he will be able to. but i think since giannakopoulos left we (gavroi) have very big expectations of the next player who will fill that gap. but nobody has filled that side as of yet Georgadis was suppose to do so and we all know wut happenned Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Vasili0s Posted September 2, 2005 Share Posted September 2, 2005 It's an ignorant American thing, good riddance. At 24 having played nearly no ball we should fear the worst for him, I think it's safe to add him to Akritis' list. Suprise , suprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Akritis_1944 Posted September 3, 2005 Share Posted September 3, 2005 hmm I have no ill will towards the guy and I really hate being proved right on these things. But maybe whatever decent press he got went to his head, as some have suggested here. So he can't sign for a Greek or other Euro club now till at least January. His European career might well be over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYC_Olympiakos Posted September 4, 2005 Share Posted September 4, 2005 the guy i think was living in Long Island he started is college career in St.john's then left to another school where he prospered but i guess that was the end of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montoya040 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 one of my cousins told me that he was a little wise ass, and he smoked like a pack a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evergreen Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 That was the new Giannakopoulos, ay? :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pao123 Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 i played vs this guy when he layed at his club team in li...if he can pla for oly then i can play for real madrid becuase the kid was good, but not that good...he played for st jonhs then later for american...i think we already had this conversation didnt we?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vasili0s Posted September 6, 2005 Share Posted September 6, 2005 Actually yes we did Pao123, and you could simply tell what kind of character this kid had just by looking at him on the bench Total NY "thug" that somehow found his way to Piraeus. montoya : I wouldn't be suprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcl_jcl2002 Posted September 7, 2005 Share Posted September 7, 2005 http://www.yanks-abroad.com/content.php?mo...=news&id=001040 Interesting...bust up? Already? :LOL: oh Gavroi :LOL: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masters Posted September 8, 2005 Share Posted September 8, 2005 Phillipakos has just been asked by Olympiakos to find a new club. Not wanted anymore. maybe he will try gridiron.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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