Quote Originally Posted by sinkov View Post
Hi Edra, I'm intrigued that you were deducted 2 points last season, what was that for ?

Also I wonder what your first impressions of your new coach are, I know the league hasn't started yet, but you got past Lucerne easily enough. Will your club and fans give him time, or will they be on his back if he's not instantly successful ? Our fans can be impatient enough, but I would think expectation levels at your club far exceed ours. I would think 3rd place in the league is simply not acceptable, would that be the case ?
One thing is for certain, neither our fans, coaches or players will be under-estimating Olympiakos, your record at the top level of European football speaks for itself, and under-estimating opponents is not something we ever do anyway, Sean Dyche insists every opponent is treated with the utmost respect, it's one of the reasons he's been so succesful. I wouldn't take too much notice of the TM values of the respective clubs, they're a nonsense, apart from OC, no one takes them seriously.
I do like the fact that your stadium is named in honour of a Greek national hero, someone who fought and died for Greek independence. Sadly it could never happen in my country now, there is not the same respect for our country's history, we're more likely to end up with a stadium named after the local supermarket.

Who should we be looking out for in your team, who's going to provide the biggest threat ?

Sorry for answering so late but I was busy yesterday. Yes,last year we were deducted 2 points. It was due to an incident that happened after the match with last year's champions AEK. We were 1-0 at 85th minute and we managed to lose 1-2 with two late game goals.After the match 20-25 furious fans went into pitch. I think there was no beating and only swearing happened.
Now, about our new coach: Personally I really like him. He is hard-worker spending much time for the team. Also, although we are a really new team with almost 20 transfers, we've witnessed some really good performances and beautiful( for a greek team) football. I hope we will give him some time but i think it would be difficult. There is a bad thing when you have won 18 out of 20 last championships. Our fans are like coddled children. They give no time to anyone. The only coach they ve had respect of wes Ernesto Valderde who was here for 3-4 years. We 've fired many coaches due to bad results or non-attractive football. Zardim (current Monaco coach) was fired mid-season, without losing any match (I think in 15 matches he had 13 wins and 2 draws) because we were playing defencively. Also Marco Silva received hard criticism.

To end I would say that the 3 attacking midfielders we have (Lazaros, Fortounis and Podence ) are the biggest threats. Very good technique. Especially Fortounis have >10 assists and goals every year.