Olympiacos Piraeus

[Faliro]

Terrible appointment.

Apparently, Valverde has twice advised Olympiacos to take this guy..

He's a very good coach. If you give him time, he can do well at Olympiakos.

Let's see. I think Carvahal, for whatever reason was a very bad coach. The players seem refreshed now he has gone. Apparently the locker room was bad.

I don't think Carvalhal is a bad coach per se. He's got a decent career, mostly managing medium clubs. The thing is, he's not an excellent coach. He's not someone who can change your culture and your locker room. He was not a good fit for Olympiakos to begin with.

If you look back, whenever he coached bigger clubs like Sporting Lisbon or Beşiktaş, it didn't really work out. His best stints were at Leixões, Setúbal, Marítimo, Sheffield Wednesday and Braga (his second spell). In the end, when it comes down to it, he's just your regular, average, football coach that you can find in the dozens in any country.

Well described. The pressure is simply intense at Olympiakos. One defeat and your job is on the line. Also there is politics in the lockroom like most clubs. I think Porozo getting injured or not wishing to play was damaging to Carvahal too. Also PAOK are playing excellent at the moment.

Michel today said Oly did well to sign Mandilibar.

Who is the favorite to win the title?

PAOK are so strong this year I can imagine them winning the triple, League, Cup and Conference League..

AEK second strongest and we and PAO are about the same quality. A good coach can have us competing for the title this year. PAOK vs AEK today, one or both of them will lose points.

Paok saved a point at the end of the game.

Seems, no Konstantelias, no party! He is good enough for Benfica btw. AEK played very dirty but very smart, they took advantage of the fan ban too.

[Faliro]

@Faliro is now a dinosaur living in this section.

Nobody visits the english section yet he is still always here, like an ancient with a huge beard living in the woods that shooshes you away if you visit him.

Was raised in a football forum from when the internet started. All the forums slowly disappeared except this one!

[Faliro]

Oly 1
Ferencváros 0

Fascinating game. They are on high form, we.. well you know..

they threw everything at us, but we had our fans back. We got better as the game progessed and by the end could have scored a few more.

Ferencváros will not play a game this weekend to rest and stand a better chance against us. Therefore, we asked to do the same. We needed 10 teams to say yes to delaying our PAOK game on Sunday.. Look what happened:


In favor of the postponement: Olympiacos, Atromitos, Asteras, Volos, PAOK, Panserraikos, OFI

Against the postponement: AEK, Aris, Panathinaikos (even though we voted for them to be able to delay a game recently!)

Refused to vote: Lamia, Kifissia, PAS Ioannina, Panaitolikos.

Hellas.. game goes ahead. 

[Godescalco]

Mendilibar will become a legend at Piraeus.

Remember these words.

[Faliro]

Mendilibar will become a legend at Piraeus.

Remember these words.

He beats PAOK today, that is guaranteed.

[Faliro]

Mendilibar will become a legend at Piraeus.

Remember these words.

LEGEND.

PAOK 1
OLY 4

[Godescalco]

Mendilibar will become a legend at Piraeus.

Remember these words.

LEGEND.

PAOK 1
OLY 4

OLYMPIAKARA MOU!

[Faliro]

Mendilibar will become a legend at Piraeus.

Remember these words.

LEGEND.

PAOK 1
OLY 4

OLYMPIAKARA MOU!

One of the best Podence games in his career. Fortounis good. Rodinei immense. Horta, Hezze and Chiquinho solid. Carmo - SUPERB. Whole ream was brilliant. Coach was incredible.

[Faliro]

Beat the Hungarians home and away and are now in the last 16.




Mendilibar uses Horta, Chiquinho and Carmo as starters.

All 3 are playing very well. Chiquinho has very good close control and attacking vision. Horta covers space very well and has a good touch. Carmo has been a beast. All 3 are enjoying playing for Olympiakos.

Our coach has so far been exceptional.

[Godescalco]

Our coach has so far been exceptional.

I told you.

He's pretty solid.

[Faliro]

Our coach has so far been exceptional.

I told you.

He's pretty solid.

You called it. He knows football.

[Covenant]

Tough win yesterday.

[Faliro]

Tough win yesterday.

Yea. Mendilibar admitted he got the starting 11 wrong! Changed it to the strongest players second half and we won.

I think he will now realise which players are a liability. Navarro, Richards, Iborra etc do not offer enough.

What is hilarious is Kyfissia drew 1-1 at the Leofors with PAO and could of easily beaten them. They hit a post etc with a one on one. If PAO had lost, I think Terim would have been sacked.

[Faliro]

Greek media starting to get attracted to Horta..

https://www.sport24.gr/football/olympiakos-o-orta-toy-96-itan-to-kompioyteraki-ton-erythroleykon-kai-ekane-rekor-kontra-ston-astera.10273298.html

[Faliro]

We win 3-0 vs Volos in Piraeus.

Aris 3
AEK 3

OFI 2
PAO 2

If we hadn't been deducted 3 points for violence we would be 1 point behind PAOK.



We go into the playoffs looking to win the championship.