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Pedronicus wrote:It's a football thread!
I wish we could make polls that have a cut off date, so people can only vote before a ball is kicked.
Phatscotty wrote:Is it possible Greece could play Spain in the final?
nagerous wrote:Phatscotty wrote:Is it possible Greece could play Spain in the final?
Battle of the bail outs?
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.
Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
GreecePwns wrote:If you want a star player for this tournament, Samaras.
If you want a national hero from the 2004 one, Gekas or Charisteas.
If you want Greecepwns, Papadopoulos (Papadopouli?).
thegreekdog wrote:GreecePwns wrote:If you want a star player for this tournament, Samaras.
If you want a national hero from the 2004 one, Gekas or Charisteas.
If you want Greecepwns, Papadopoulos (Papadopouli?).
There are two Papadapouli on the team...
I'm definitely buying a jersey. I think I'll go with Charisteas. I want to make sure everyone knows it's Greece, so maybe I'll go with Papadapolous.
thegreekdog wrote:Question: I want to purchase a Greek jersey. Whose should I purchase?
thegreekdog wrote:I read an exchange between two ESPN writers that had little to do with soccer, except that the one guy noted that big countries like the United States don't have good soccer teams (for example), while smaller countries like the Netherlands do. Why is that (he posited). He thought it was because smaller countries take care of and hone their players.
Chariot of Fire wrote:As for GreecePwns.....yeah, what? A massive debt. Get a job you slacker.
Viceroy wrote:[The Biblical creation story] was written in a time when there was no way to confirm this fact and is in fact a statement of the facts.
thegreekdog wrote:I read an exchange between two ESPN writers that had little to do with soccer, except that the one guy noted that big countries like the United States don't have good soccer teams (for example), while smaller countries like the Netherlands do. Why is that (he posited). He thought it was because smaller countries take care of and hone their players.
Aradhus wrote:thegreekdog wrote:I read an exchange between two ESPN writers that had little to do with soccer, except that the one guy noted that big countries like the United States don't have good soccer teams (for example), while smaller countries like the Netherlands do. Why is that (he posited). He thought it was because smaller countries take care of and hone their players.
Well lots of small countries have shit leagues and teams. There are lots(way too many for me to list) of factors that come in to play. I know Holland has a really great setup, one of the most respected, when it comes to young kids. They have acadamies set up and they bring them in at a young age and hone their skills. I'm sure money comes into play. Maybe government funding to improve facilities for kids and provide coaches. When Scottish pundits talk about the state of Scottish football that's all they every talk about. The kids aren't getting the support, the funding, the access to facilities and trainers, etc, and unless that changes the quality of players produced in Scotland will never improve. Back in the day Scotland produced a lot of great talent, but that was before countries spent money on introduing infrastructure to help produce kids with talent, something Scotland didn't do, and now we pay the price for it. We never qualify for the big tournaments. On the rare occasions that scottish teams do well in European competitions the teams are filled with foreigners.
Sniper08 wrote:ah well any hope of advancing is gone now , best we can do is third which is unlikely as we will probably lose to spain and italy.
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