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cosmicway

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  1. City face sanctions: http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/manchester-city-face-heavy-fine-and-cut-in-champions-league-squad-050614?cmpid=tsmfb:fscom:foxsoccer I 'm in two minds. If Greece of 1960 was like Greece of 2000, we would have no national football history whatsoever. Who is Kostas Nestoridis people were going to say ? Ah yes, that Juventus player and he also played for a Greek side for half a season, did he ? But I have also lived through a total ban period, in 1967-74 This thing made the top teams weak but only for a short while and they more or less dominated again - before the ban was lifted. On the other hand we would never have signed Thomas Mavros, the other great living legend, in AEK Athens had the ban persisted.
  2. Everybody is against England because no trophy since 1966. But there were some good efforts in between as well as pretty dismal ones. Last time round in South Africa it was a dismal one (Algiers 0-0 and I walked out after that). Stevie was there. I don't know ... Greece is also dismal imho. FIFA site quotes as good players Mitroglou who either failed at Fulham or is injured and Karagounis who fought the Turks back in 1821. Their journalist could not find a third good player to mention.
  3. Rare exceptions. There is a law in statistics that says "the best has yet to come" (also "the worst has yet to come"). That means if you find a man who is 2.40 meters tall, you will one day find another one even taller. The strikers can't do it past the age of 30, I mean in the role of power forwards. One of our best, Mimis Papaioannou, played up to 35. Against QPR he performed some of his speedy runs down the left flank and because he was short, the QPR fans were fooled and they were saying "look at that youngster". But he was 34 and his days of glory were behind.
  4. Do you know that stirkers seldom play after 30 years of age ? Only goalkeepers can play up to 40.
  5. A Jewish woman goes to see her rabbi and asks: "Ben and Ariel are both in love wih me. Who will be the lucky one ?". The old wise rabbi replies "Ben will marry you. Ariel will be the lucky one ...".
  6. Losers kaput. Forgot all about it with them Kentucky things.
  7. He was one of my premier players this season. Given that the doubt always exists when somebody moves upstairs, I approve. He looks like an Essien clone I 'd say.
  8. Dedication song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54JSY9uNceY#t=41
  9. Against Scousers-M.U.-City it did n't quite look that way. Some breakdown, notably after the City away game, but what precisely ? There was the 6-0 against Arsenal in this period, but that was an exception, also Arsenal crumbled from the 6th minute.
  10. They did not give them a penalty as well - our player missed the ball then tripped their player. Could n't Wednesday's ref fall asleep instead ?
  11. The Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch-ites are dangerous.
  12. No we have n't. We still have to avoid an FA penalty at Cardiff. On a title decider Sunday once, one of the teams involved was punished for unsporting contact. Was thus: Two Athens teams playing against one another, but they were going to fix things as they both hated Panathinaikos, the almost certain champions. But Panathinaikos for some reason became involved in some sort of fist match in some other town where they were playing. But, by order of the association of Greece all telephone lines were cut in stadiums, to prevent wheeling and dealing. No radio also. As a result the other two drew 3-3 and they learned all about it too late, after half an hour.
  13. If Arsenal finish third we will have to play against some Libyan probably side in August.
  14. Visitors in the house. Watched intermittently. One of the same against conference opposition. Imagine having beaten Sunderland and L' pool last week as we did !
  15. we used to do thr Djeko routine to leave school. the hospital was in the town - if the kids do it now they have to go out in the country
  16. City's European redord is abysmal. Scousers can beat many teams.
  17. Friendly, the players away from the ball are walking.
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