Hellas futebol

[Faliro]

The young defender of Schalke don't play?

Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
I wish, he is the best player we have.. unfortunately he dislocated his shoulder after coming back from surgery...he is going to be on the couch this summer.. 

We play Portugal on May 31st... please break Tziolis's and Katsouranis' legs...

[Festivus]

The young defender of Schalke don't play?

Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
I wish, he is the best player we have.. unfortunately he dislocated his shoulder after coming back from surgery...he is going to be on the couch this summer.. 

We play Portugal on May 31st... please break Tziolis's and Katsouranis' legs...

I wonder if we can finally beat Greece after all these years.

[PsychoFan]

The young defender of Schalke don't play?

Kyriakos Papadopoulos.
I wish, he is the best player we have.. unfortunately he dislocated his shoulder after coming back from surgery...he is going to be on the couch this summer.. 

We play Portugal on May 31st... please break Tziolis's and Katsouranis' legs...

With Pepe and Bruno Alves, there is that possibility.

[Faliro]

Greece has announced it lambs to the slaughter in Brazil.. well many are too old to be lambs..  but you get the idea:


Goalkeepers: Orestis Karnezis (Granada), Panagiotis Glykos (PAOK), Stefanos Kapino (Panathinaikos)

Defenders: Vassilis Torosidis (Roma), Loukas Vyntra (Levante), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Borussia Dortmund), Kostas Manolas (Olympiakos), Vangelis Moras (Hellas Verona), José Holebas (Olympiakos), Georgios Tzavellas (PAOK), Giannis Maniatis (Olympiakos)

Midfielders: Alexandros Tziolis (Kayserispor), Kostas Katsouranis (PAOK), Giorgos Karagounis (Fulham), Andreas Samaris (Olympiakos), Panagiotis Tachtsidis (Torino), Panagiotis Kone (Bologna), Giannis Fetfatzidis (Genoa), Lazaros Christodoulopoulos (Bologna)

Forwards: Georgios Samaras (Celtic), Kostas Mitroglou (Fulham), Fanis Gekas (Konyaspor), Dimitris Salpingidis (PAOK)

[Jotenko]

[Festivus]

 Faliro, I recall you mentioning that several Greeks don't support the NT due to being against the federation's policies and interests. What about you? Do you support Greece's NT?

[Faliro]

When we play Katsouranis, Tziolis and Karagounis in the middle - I want us to lose to teach Santos a lesson. However Santos doesn't care - and always makes excuses when we lose like 'we lost concentration..'

So I still watch Greece play (unlike most Greeks who don't bother) but it is like watching a car crash in slow motion. I just throw insults at the players from my seat. I just swear at the TV and laugh. What else can I do? I want the team to make me proud.. but they don't even run!!

[Jotenko]

When we play Katsouranis, Tziolis and Karagounis in the middle - I want us to lose to teach Santos a lesson. However Santos doesn't care - and always makes excuses when we lose like 'we lost concentration..'

So I still watch Greece play (unlike most Greeks who don't bother) but it is like watching a car crash in slow motion. I just throw insults at the players from my seat. I just swear at the TV and laugh. What else can I do? I want the team to make me proud.. but they don't even run!!

Do you care most for the NT or Olympiakos?

[Festivus]

When we play Katsouranis, Tziolis and Karagounis in the middle - I want us to lose to teach Santos a lesson. However Santos doesn't care - and always makes excuses when we lose like 'we lost concentration..'

So I still watch Greece play (unlike most Greeks who don't bother) but it is like watching a car crash in slow motion. I just throw insults at the players from my seat. I just swear at the TV and laugh. What else can I do? I want the team to make me proud.. but they don't even run!!

Classic Fernando Santos.  And some people would like to have this loser back. 

A few people here don't support the NT either due to federation politics, naturalization of Brazilian players and BS, but they're a small minority. I can't say I've met more than a couple of people who didn't support the NT.

[Faliro]

Santos is a shit coach, seriously.

When I was a young boy in Greece I was confused why everyone hated the Greek national team. They actually didn't 'hate' them, they simply did not care. Not even a bit. That is because our team has always been about status and internal mafias of players making sure their friends are selected - rather than the best player for the position.

When we play Katsouranis, Tziolis and Karagounis in the middle - I want us to lose to teach Santos a lesson. However Santos doesn't care - and always makes excuses when we lose like 'we lost concentration..'

So I still watch Greece play (unlike most Greeks who don't bother) but it is like watching a car crash in slow motion. I just throw insults at the players from my seat. I just swear at the TV and laugh. What else can I do? I want the team to make me proud.. but they don't even run!!

Do you care most for the NT or Olympiakos?

Olympiakos.

Even the Greek national team don't support the Greek national team.. no one does. There is usually a fan with a trumpet and some drummers. Most the fans of the Greek national team are Greek australians and Greek americans trying to show how Greek they still are by supporting the ' Greek nt'

The German Greeks (Hellas Fan Club) are pretty much the most hardcore supporters of the Greek national team.

[Festivus]

Seems like you Greeks don't take any shit from anyone. I like that

When I tell others that I care more about Benfica than Portugal when it comes to football, they always say "Dude,  come on now!" or "What? Seriously?"

[Faliro]

Ask any AEK, OSFP, PAOK, Aris, PAO fan who they support more, Greece or their club. Less than 1% will say Greece. Of course, when Euro 2004 happened, there was some madness in Greece for a while.. people just ripped off all their clothes and celebrated in the streets.. it was madness..

[Festivus]

Ask any AEK, OSFP, PAOK, Aris, PAO fan who they support more, Greece or their club. Less than 1% will say Greece. Of course, when Euro 2004 happened, there was some madness in Greece for a while..

Well, if you ask most people on this forum, I'd wager that 70% of them would pick Benfica over the NT. But only the most passionate fans join forums of their favorite team. I bet the whole country would be pretty split between club and NT.

And btw, that image looks like some 300 parody set in modern times.

[Faliro]

That picture always makes me laugh because greece had just won euro 2004.. and this guy thought...'' i'll get my moped.. and... errr.. yea.. my helmet and spear - like in ancient times!!!''

[Festivus]

 Some of us, regardless of supporting the NT or not, still haven't forgiven them for losing the 2004 final in our home country after all these years.