So, it's Hellas next as we travel to Athens for the penultimate game in the Europa League.
First thing's first, you don't pronounce the individual letters when talking about our hosts in Greece - you call them "ayek". Not that this will matter one iota when they spank us around the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. Or will they?
They looked absolutely rank when the Everton of yesteryear beat them at a canter back in September. Greek teams on home soil always prove a tougher test though, backed by hoardes of partisan wide eyed ultras.
The Greeks don't do things by half when it comes to their football. You can expect all the usually boss Euro stuff like flares, tickertape, ace chanting that you don't have a clue what it means and comedy hostility. The Greek's chants are obscene. I've been to a Greek game and my mate was keen to translate all the various chants, its fair to say if they are chanting stuff at you - it's likely they're saying bad things about ye mar in there.
The food though, should be superb. Gyros pita all over the show. Saganaki, Souvlaki and Kleftiko all washed down with Amstel. Avoid the Mythos, it's the tourist piss water stuff.
Luckily for us, the result isn't determined by the quality of the snacks available around the ground. What it will be determined by though is by which Everton turn up. Play like with the commitment we did against them lot and we stand a great chance as the Greek league is really poor indeed. Let's be honest, Distin and Yobo isn't working nor is it likely to but it's what we have got at the moment - Heitinga & Neill are still ineligible - and they need to be up for this one. A draw will be a more than favourable result but you go into the recent games knowing that we have to score at least two to win.
On paper, getting the better of AEK and then BATE shouldn't be too hard but at present times were rolling like a Greek ferry, likely to capsize at any moment and it's likely we wont qualify for Europe next season so a nice run would be something to keep the the imagination fired through the winter.
Ella Everton, we can do these. The revolution has to begin somewhere...
First thing's first, you don't pronounce the individual letters when talking about our hosts in Greece - you call them "ayek". Not that this will matter one iota when they spank us around the Olympic Stadium on Wednesday. Or will they?
They looked absolutely rank when the Everton of yesteryear beat them at a canter back in September. Greek teams on home soil always prove a tougher test though, backed by hoardes of partisan wide eyed ultras.
The Greeks don't do things by half when it comes to their football. You can expect all the usually boss Euro stuff like flares, tickertape, ace chanting that you don't have a clue what it means and comedy hostility. The Greek's chants are obscene. I've been to a Greek game and my mate was keen to translate all the various chants, its fair to say if they are chanting stuff at you - it's likely they're saying bad things about ye mar in there.
The food though, should be superb. Gyros pita all over the show. Saganaki, Souvlaki and Kleftiko all washed down with Amstel. Avoid the Mythos, it's the tourist piss water stuff.
Luckily for us, the result isn't determined by the quality of the snacks available around the ground. What it will be determined by though is by which Everton turn up. Play like with the commitment we did against them lot and we stand a great chance as the Greek league is really poor indeed. Let's be honest, Distin and Yobo isn't working nor is it likely to but it's what we have got at the moment - Heitinga & Neill are still ineligible - and they need to be up for this one. A draw will be a more than favourable result but you go into the recent games knowing that we have to score at least two to win.
On paper, getting the better of AEK and then BATE shouldn't be too hard but at present times were rolling like a Greek ferry, likely to capsize at any moment and it's likely we wont qualify for Europe next season so a nice run would be something to keep the the imagination fired through the winter.
Ella Everton, we can do these. The revolution has to begin somewhere...
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