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Olympiakos

Post by IanMcL » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:12 pm

Glad to see they showed Tottingham they can play.

Puts us in a good light.

Very much enjoyed Athens last year.

Look forward to next! :D

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Re: Olympiakos

Post by Devils_Advocate » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:23 pm

Looks like they've progressed and got better since we played them in summer 2018 - wonder how they did it?

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Post by Hibsclaret » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:25 pm

We beat Spurs last time we played them...and should have beaten Olympiakos last time we played them....
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Post by dsr » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:36 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:Looks like they've progressed and got better since we played them in summer 2018 - wonder how they did it?
Well, they started off by being an under-achieving team that ought to be doing far better for the money they were spending.

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Post by Devils_Advocate » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:40 pm

dsr wrote:Well, they started off by being an under-achieving team that ought to be doing far better for the money they were spending.
How much were they spending?

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Post by dsr » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:45 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote:How much were they spending?
No idea. But it was more than every other Greek club, and they weren't top of the Greek league.

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Post by Devils_Advocate » Wed Sep 18, 2019 10:50 pm

dsr wrote:No idea.
Business as usual, as you were.

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Post by CrosspoolClarets » Wed Sep 18, 2019 11:17 pm

I see that Podence scored a wonder goal tonight. That was him who got the away goal at the Turf and who did an outrageous dive in Athens right in front of the Burnley fans that was the starting gun for all the half time shenanigans.

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Post by MT03ALG » Thu Sep 19, 2019 1:14 am

Olympiakos awarded a second half penalty. Not difficult to predict this at half-time....
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Post by Woodleyclaret » Thu Sep 19, 2019 6:22 am

Podence is the sort of player we need to be looking at.
Forget the antics re diving he has an eye for goal and playing in the Greek league, well within our much maligned transfer budget.
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Post by Paulclaret » Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:30 am

Woodleyclaret wrote:Podence is the sort of player we need to be looking at.
Forget the antics re diving he has an eye for goal and playing in the Greek league, well within our much maligned transfer budget.
So you think we should try to sign a player who plays for the biggest club in Greece and who is guaranteed European football every season? Really??

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Post by Duffer_ » Thu Sep 19, 2019 7:59 am

Paulclaret wrote:So you think we should try to sign a player who plays for the biggest club in Greece and who is guaranteed European football every season? Really??
On that basis, no-one would ever leave Celtic. 'Money talks...dirty cash I want you, dirty cash I need you woh-oh'.

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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:43 am

Newcastle beat spurs.

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Post by Lancasterclaret » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:45 am

I wanted Spurs to stuff them 6-0, with all six goals being well dodgy.

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Post by BOYSIE31 » Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:57 am

Woodleyclaret wrote:Podence is the sort of player we need to be looking at.
Forget the antics re diving he has an eye for goal and playing in the Greek league, well within our much maligned transfer budget.

I said the same thing last season after watching him last season - greek league or premier league - no contest

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Post by Mattster » Thu Sep 19, 2019 11:54 am

I remember KRBFC telling me Podence was s**t when he was a free agent Summer 2018 after he terminated his contract in the aftermath of the training ground attack at Sporting. I said he'd be at a big club in the top 5 leagues in Europe in 2 seasons time.

Last night he was the best player on the pitch and it'll have been noticed.

Consitent laughing stock is KRBFC.

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Re: Olympiakos

Post by houseboy » Thu Sep 19, 2019 4:33 pm

Strangely there have only been 6 different champions of the Greek league in it's 92 year history and it wasn't held for 9 years for various reasons (the second world war being 5 of them) so there have been 83 champions, 44 of which were Olympiakos. Panathanaikos and AEK won another 32 between them meaning there have only been 7 times that one of those 3 didn't win it. Not exactly over competitive really. Off the top of my head I can only think of Scotland (Celtic/Rangers) and Uruguay (Penarol/Nacional) with less competition and even in Scotland there have been 17 non-Old Firm wins although it is a longer history (123 years).
I suppose it kinda makes the PL/First Division look very open in comparison.

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Post by cricketfieldclarets » Thu Sep 19, 2019 10:03 pm

houseboy wrote:Strangely there have only been 6 different champions of the Greek league in it's 92 year history and it wasn't held for 9 years for various reasons (the second world war being 5 of them) so there have been 83 champions, 44 of which were Olympiakos. Panathanaikos and AEK won another 32 between them meaning there have only been 7 times that one of those 3 didn't win it. Not exactly over competitive really. Off the top of my head I can only think of Scotland (Celtic/Rangers) and Uruguay (Penarol/Nacional) with less competition and even in Scotland there have been 17 non-Old Firm wins although it is a longer history (123 years).
I suppose it kinda makes the PL/First Division look very open in comparison.
Portugal has only had one season where Porto,Sporting or Benfica didnt win it. Even less conpetetive.

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Post by houseboy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:21 am

cricketfieldclarets wrote:Portugal has only had one season where Porto,Sporting or Benfica didnt win it. Even less conpetetive.
Now I didn't know that bud. That has surprised me.

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Post by diamondpocket » Fri Sep 20, 2019 9:27 am

just of interest, what's the Spanish League like? Real, Barca in the last 20 years I imagine have won 95% but before that?

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Post by Pstotto » Fri Sep 20, 2019 10:10 am

Not quite, cricketfieldclarets, CF Os Belenenses won it in 1946 as well as Boavista in 2001.

In Spain, Atletico Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia, Real Sociedad, Deportivo, Sevilla and Betis have all had league triumphs.
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Post by Spike » Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:10 pm

IanMcL wrote:Glad to see they showed Tottingham they can play.

Puts us in a good light.

Very much enjoyed Athens last year.

Look forward to next! :D
The Greek Police spoilt what should have been a more enjoyable trip for us

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Post by Dyched » Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:16 pm

Mattster wrote:I remember KRBFC telling me Podence was s**t when he was a free agent Summer 2018 after he terminated his contract in the aftermath of the training ground attack at Sporting. I said he'd be at a big club in the top 5 leagues in Europe in 2 seasons time.

Last night he was the best player on the pitch and it'll have been noticed.

Consitent laughing stock is KRBFC.
He only has 10 months to get his move to a big club in one of the Top 5 leagues then.

I sense you’ve spoken far too soon.

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Post by houseboy » Fri Sep 20, 2019 1:46 pm

Here's an odd one - there have been 16 different champions in Argentina in the last 29 years. To be fair that is slightly skewed by the fact that for over 20 years they had an Opening and Closing championship, meaning that the team top at the halfway stage were the opening champions and the team finishing top at the end were the closing champions, meaning two champions every season. It was fairer than it looks though because at the halfway stage all teams started on zero points again so it was still a 'championship'. They now have a normal 24 team league (up till two seasons ago it was a 30 team league playing each other once). All very odd but although they have a 'big 5' (Racing, Boca, Independiente, San Lorenzo and River Plate) these are by no means guaranteed to finish anywhere near the top, indeed a few short years ago River were relegated and last season San Lorenzo finish second bottom (they didn't get relegated as they have a relegation table based on average points over 3 seasons, which saved them).

All very unpredictable and very competitive.

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