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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 10:17am

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Just checked his IP,it’s Tuff Paddy ffs!

Its Athens!! LOL

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 10:34am

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The worst case scenario would mean a 3-5 hour drive if not Athens with many people in the same boat so probably plenty of options to get a bus together. Think i'll just take the risk on Athens

Worst case scenario is Crete! They'd planned to play games their recently and it fell through.

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 10:45am

Would be great for tourism! Maybe not great for Greece as it would be like a home game for ireland!!!

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 10:49am

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Would be great for tourism! Maybe not great for Greece as it would be like a home game for ireland!!!

Be a bollocks for those of us with flights booked to athens mind!

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 10:51am

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Worst case scenario is Crete! They'd planned to play games their recently and it fell through.

9 hour ferry it is then.

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 11:24am

nvidic wrote:

t_rAndy wrote:

Would be great for tourism! Maybe not great for Greece as it would be like a home game for ireland!!!

Be a bollocks for those of us with flights booked to athens mind!

Ferry down from Pireaus takes about 12 hours....big bag of Mythos, the only man... LOL

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 4:31pm

Anywan been to any of the islands off Athens?

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 9:24pm

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Hi guys, Greek here. Awful draw for both teams but at least we got the advantage of a playoff spot and that's the real goal of the team.

Regarding which stadium we're gonna host the Irish team, we have recently moved from Olympiakos' ground because of a rivalry between Olympiakos and the federation and we don't play games there anymore.

Oaka looks like the most probable case for me even though it's huge and we barely fill the half of it, afaik players don't seem to prefer it.

There's also the new AEK stadium around which is based in Nea Filadelphia and I think it gets a huge chance to host some of this campaign's games.

Stadium which we hosted NIR is old and doubt we would use it in crucial games as well as every other stadium outside of Athens.

So pretty much nailed on Athens ?

Yeah I think the stadium rotation was just for the NL games so people in the county would get the chance to watch the NT. Although just yesterday the FA president was asked what's going to be if Poyet asks the team to move to Olympiakos' ground, he replied (in a rather unconvincing way) that they will do it id Olympiakos agrees (which is also why I pointed out that I exclude this option)

Also the players don't really like moving outside of Athens.

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 9:34pm

Is there much interest in Greece? The attendances seem really, really low

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Posted: 11 Oct 2022 at 9:44pm

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Newryrep wrote:

[QUOTE=Diavol]Hi guys, Greek here. Awful draw for both teams but at least we got the advantage of a playoff spot and that's the real goal of the team.

Oaka looks like the most probable case for me even though it's huge and we barely fill the half of it, afaik players don't seem to prefer it.

There's also the new AEK stadium around which is based in Nea Filadelphia and I think it gets a huge chance to host some of this campaign's games.

Stadium which we hosted NIR is old and doubt we would use it in crucial games as well as every other stadium outside of Athens.

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So pretty much nailed on Athens ?

Also the players don't really like moving outside of Athens.

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Posted: 12 Oct 2022 at 12:19am

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Is there much interest in Greece? The attendances seem really, really low

Well recent failures have made people really dissapointed and when you include the obnoxious and passive way we've played since 2014, it's not an encouraging factor for someone to go and watch the team.

After topping the NL group seems interest has grown with the possibility of making it through the playoffs where Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg are potential opponents.

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Posted: 12 Oct 2022 at 12:19am

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Anywan been to any of the islands off Athens?

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Posted: 12 Oct 2022 at 12:51am

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Anywan been to any of the islands off Athens?

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Posted: 12 Oct 2022 at 7:31am

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Is there much interest in Greece? The attendances seem really, really low

After topping the NL group seems interest has grown with the possibility of making it through the playoffs where Turkey, Georgia, Kazakhstan and Luxembourg are potential opponents.

Good to hear, albeit not from an irish perspective!

Hope we play in thr AEK stadium, looks a beautiful stadium

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Posted: 12 Oct 2022 at 8:55am

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Anywan been to any of the islands off Athens?

Was in Ios about 10 years ago at the tail end of our interrailing trip. Was great craic, real party island. About a 5 hour ferry from Athens. Don't think I'd be fit for it now though LOL

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Posted: 12 Oct 2022 at 9:25am

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BigStrongMan wrote:

Anywan been to any of the islands off Athens?

Was in Ios about 10 years ago at the tail end of our interrailing trip. Was great craic, real party island. About a 5 hour ferry from Athens. Don't think I'd be fit for it now though LOL

I said off Athens,not bleedin 5 hours away Big smile

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Posted: 12 Oct 2022 at 11:05am

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BigStrongMan wrote:

Anywan been to any of the islands off Athens?

Was in Ios about 10 years ago at the tail end of our interrailing trip. Was great craic, real party island. About a 5 hour ferry from Athens. Don't think I'd be fit for it now though LOL

I was there about 20 years ago. I handed over money for the privilege of getting hit on the head with a hammer by a barman whilst I did a Tequila Slammer. This was a pre planned assault of which I was fully aware and gave my consent. People were lining up to partake.

These days you can't hit customers on the head with hammers. Its this new woke culture I blame.

EDIT: Punters are provided with a crash helmet before getting a smack of a hammer which is very decent of the barmen.

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