Hellas futebol

[Godescalco]

Gattuso will become a cult figure in Crete.

[Faliro]

He would, his advisers told him Greece would be a step back in his career, so he decided to stay away from crete despite agreeing with the president.

OFI now will look to the 'Iberian peninsular' for their next coach.

In other news, Ranieri is now favorite for the Greek national team.

[HJDK]

"Benfica? Olympiakos won't let me talk" - Manolas

Whe use to say Where there's smoke, there's fire.....

[Faliro]

Interesting isn't it?

Inter have inquired and so have Sevilla (they might sell Fazio). I hope he stays personally, for a least one more season. Siovas is also a good defender, about 70% as good as Manolas, but after that, we have no one. Avram is finished since his injury.

[Godescalco]

Avraam is finished?

Isn't he still in his mid twenties?

[Faliro]

He was very good up until 2012 when he blew out his knee, tore his ACL to pieces and was out 8 months. When he returned, he looked half the player. Some doctors told him to retire, he worked hard and came back, but he looks a liability now.

[Godescalco]

I've just checked.

He's still 29 years old. It's a shame.

[Faliro]

Karnezis looks set to go to Sporting. He was at Granada this year.

Zagorakis became an MEP last week.

George Anatolakis, former Olympiakos defender, now an official in the ministry of Education.

[avc10]

Karnezis looks set to go to Sporting. He was at Granada this year.

Zagorakis became an MEP last week.

George Anatolakis, former Olympiakos defender, now an official in the ministry of Education.

wait...what?

[Faliro]

yea, crazy. On the plus side he is right wing so hopefully less Stalin worship in Greece schools.

Ranieri is now favorite to take over Greece.

[H]

I'm glad I didn't watch the match between us two on Saturday, Faliro. Came to see the highlights later on and the first half had only two moments represented, must've been a hell of a game, haha!

I'm done with watching our national team playing silly games with Paulo Bento on command. While I recognize we usually play good on the competitions, our qualification phases and friendlies are always some of the worst matches of the year. In the end it's two hours of life we've lost, where we could've been doing something so much interesting. The team that played against Hellas Saturday, would be lucky to come out of the game against Germany with less than a handful of goals conceded.

[Faliro]

Yea. I can say that Portugal can always have a chance to do something special.

With Greece, I simply can't imagine it unless we have a different team/coach.

I was surprised to see Bruno Alves start, will he start your big games?

[H]

Unfortunately, I think he will pair with Pepe for the World Cup on most games or at least at the most important ones, yeah. I'd like to see for example José Fonte, who apparently did a pretty good season on the EPL with Southampton, have a go with it, since I don't like Burro Alves (small wordplay I like to make, since Burro means Donkey/Dumb in Portuguese, haha), nor Ricardo Costa or Rolando, who I think are all pretty average/mediocre, especially compared with Pepe.

Actually, on the weekend I saw a resume of Portugal Qualification Campaign and there were at least 2 or 3 goals we've conceded on corner kicks, where Burro Alves didn't even jump and just followed the ball with his eyes going to the head of the adversary next to him, and into the goal.

The thing is, we don't have a great team at all, I mean, look at our Front Sector:
Postiga? Hugo Almeida? Even Éder is yet to impress me... Also, Meireles, Varela, Veloso and Nani are guys that could start on the initial squad and are currently players that don't make the difference at all and have been underperforming on the national team for years!

My confidence is based on the performances of Pepe, Fábio Coentrão, Moutinho and Ronaldo. If these guys appear in top shape and Patrício doesn't suffer any brain aneurysm, we might have a slight chance of holding in competition longer than expected.

[Faliro]

If you were manager, what team would you start?

[Velazquez]

If you were manager, what team would you start?

My Team

R.Patricio

J.Pereira(unfortunately Silvio broke the leg)
Pepe
B.Alves
F.Coentrão

M.Veloso(some games William)
Tiago
Moutinho

Nani
Ronaldo
Éder