Green Cross Code Man
Wunt be druv
Hold the nerve!Jonathan CALAMARI
[Albion] Charalampos Kostoulas
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Birdie Boy
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- Jun 17, 2011
- 4,704
No he hadn't.
Super Steve Earle
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Minteh hadn't played a first team match in England before we signed him?
Greg Bobkin
Silver Seagull
- May 22, 2012
- 17,860
It's taking a while to get this Greek fella in.
It's clearly a Marathon, not a sprint.
It's clearly a Marathon, not a sprint.
Washie
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It's Dwayne. Him disapproving makes me even more confident he will be a success.
Justice
Dangerous Idiot
He went with a local girl and caught Hephaestus which delayed the deal.
Scappa
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- Jul 5, 2017
- 1,894
I hear a dab of yoghurt can help sooth thatNormally I would agree with you and you are 100% correct based on past Greek players (and I am Greek).
The main reason we have this wave of talents all of a sudden, is that when our League hit rock bottom (where it still is), and with the financial situation in Greece 15-20 years ago, all of a sudden team had to rely on their youth. Because somehow offering shitty money to play in a shitty league wasn't attractive to foreign players
And the older "star" (again for Greek level) players had security, paycheck with minimal effort.
So the past years the teams paid more attention to their academies, and also many 13-15 year olds that their parents could afford it, they went to academies abroad.
Biggest example Pavlidis (Benfica now, but maybe not for long despite a 100M buy out clause) who went to Germany at 14 with 0 german knowledge.
So from this generation just in the 18-23 year old range there are many players that could make it or even have a bigger breakthrough in almost any League:
Karetsas, Kostoulas, Koulierakis, Konstantelias, Tzolis, Tzimas, Mouzakitis, Zafiris, Tzolakis, Mandas, Vagiannidis
