There was a barrage of reaction to the circus called the super league over the weekend. A number of people came out and stated the obvious after their teams were slaughtered by officials.The media mentioned these comments in passing, preferring to focus on the big stories instead, Cisse's inclusion in the French squad, supposed interest from Inter Milan, Juventus and AC Milan for Ninis (please), Torosidis immanent big European transfer (Arsenal amongst others mentioned), Diogo being loaned out to Botafogo,( Complete shock this one, because Chelsea has been chasing his signature for 2 years now, offering 30m Euros, which Olympiakos has continually rejected,of course), Olympiakos officials expressing outrage at the favouritism and the penalty given to Panathinaikos. ( if there is one team that doesn't have a right to even breath about refereeing ,it's them) Panathinaikos officials expressing outrage at the favouritism afforded to Olympiakos and the penalty that was not awarded against them. Panathinaikos supporters accusing Panionios President Konstantinos Tsakiris of being a secret Olympiakos fan for daring to complain about the refereeing and the non-existent penalty awarded against his team, Olympiakos fans accusing him of being a secret Panathinaikos fan, you get the picture. Both sides playing smoke and mirrors by portraying the other as a beneficiary of the referees and them self as victim.

By attacking the victims, (with the media by their side),they think they can make us forget,what we saw three days ago. And what did we see? We saw Panathinaikos awarded a non -existent penalty which was not a human error from the referee, and Atromitos not awarded a clear penalty against Olympiakos which also was not a human error as the referee was five metres from the incident, rather we witnessed deliberate intervention from the referees of both matches to ensure the correct team was victorious.Panathinaikos may well have gone on to win the match without the phantom penalty, but if the pressure was not released so early, they may not have, we will never know. As for Olympiakos, if Atromitos had been awarded and converted the penalty in the 64th minute, there is now way they would have gone on to win, most likely they would have been defeated, as those watching the game know full well. By attacking the victims you don't fool anyone other than your own supporters.


I always gave Panathinaikos supporters far more credit and respect than Olympiakos, I thought they cared about their team winning the championship cleanly ,but it's apparent after the weekend that they have become so anxious and desperate, having let slip an unassailable 8 point lead a few weeks ago, they are now prepared to descend to the level of Olympiakos to win the championship. Anyone claiming the challenge on Ninis was a penalty, does not warrant a response. ( you have just become a gavro) A championship and the way it's administered is a reflection of a country's society at large, compare England, Germany, France, Spain, in no country other than Greece is the title the personal property of two teams.

It's clear that PAOK will not be permitted to win the title or ever be allowed to become a genuine third force in Greek football, quite simply they fear us because they know how much greater we would be, if we had on field success and duration. You don't fool anyone, we know that you prefer each other to win the title rather than PAOK , and the fact you think that we would be playing to help either one of you against the other shows your diseased mentality and how small you think PAOK is.

We have taken one small step forward, and they're already trembling. PAOK keep winning and force them to ridicule themselves even more.

To repeat the chant of the Panionios supporters on the weekend in their match against Olympiakos:

«Αυτό είναι σωστό, πρωτάθλημα στον ΠΑΟΚ να βάλλεται μυαλό»

Below are the comments concerning the weekend's games, this is just the beginning of what we are about to see...

Tsakiris "The POK (Olympiakos, Panthinaikos, AEK) is a disaster. They all have the same stench."

Panionios President Konstantinos Tsakiris was scathing in his criticism of the POK ( Podosferikes Omades Kentrou - Olympiakos, Panathinaikos, AEK), and particularly against Panathinaikos after Sunday's match ,the cause of his outburst was the refereeing, and the penalty decision awarded to Panathinaikos in their first foray in to Panionios penalty box in the 20th minute of the encounter when the scores were locked at 0 - 0 in a drab encounter where neither side had created anything closely resembling a scoring opportunity.

" We will look at our own performance. As for the refereeing, let someone else concern themselves with it, im bored about talking about the same things year after year. In Greece, we kid ourselves. Panathinaikos is a better team and could have won without assistance because we didn't play well. Panathinaikos came here to take the win by force, the same way Olympiakos secured the three points. They all have the same stench, the POK is the destruction of Greek football. They should leave and let us play by ourselves. If this was a clean Championship, PAOK would have almost secured the title by now. The only game we were favoured this year was against PAOK at home, where PAOK was deprived of 2 points, conversely against Panathinaikos this season, we have had 4 points stolen from us, the same applies for Olympiakos and AEK."

Donis " Its impossible to win a penalty in Karaiskaki"

Atromitos manager Giorgos Donis could not contain his anger about the refereeing after his sides clash with Olympiakos in his post match press conference.
"Inferior teams to Atromitos are in higher places on the table. Our results should not be determined by non existent people. Unfortunately, we know that when we play against the big three Athenian teams, we will not receive equal treatment from the referees. It's impossible to win a penalty in Karaiskaki. The state of Greek football is such, that it's totally logical to me that we will never be awarded a penalty against Olympiakos, Panathinaikos and AEK, as the past has proved."

* It should be noted that Donis is a former Panathinaikos player, and AEK manager.

Karageorgiou " The best team does not always win in football"

Ergoteli manager Nikos Karageorgiou described the result of his sides match against AEK as unfair, highlighting the referees performance.
"I don't think it was a good game by any means, however we controlled the match and I believe we should have won. We didn't put our chances away and the team that scores wins. In football the better team doesn't always win."

In regards to the penalty ( replays clearly show an infringement) that was not given to his side, Karageorgiou replied " The same thing occurs every time, and will occur again the next time we travel to Athens to play Olympiakos, Panathinaikos or AEK. When we play against the big three from Athens we also play against the four officials. Because it's not only the three officials on the pitch but also the fourth , who today whenever we stood up from the bench immediately told us to sit down. But there's no point talking about it, it will be swept under the carpet and we have to pretend it never happened, just like the win that was stolen from us against Olympiakos two weeks ago. That's already been forgotten because it suits those in charge. We have to accept our fate and that of Greek football."

Finally the Ergoteli manager who played for both PAOK and Panathinaikos during his career, when asked said" I wish PAOK all the best for the Championship, they would be deserving winners in most people's eyes, they are the most complete team we have played this year, and their supporters deserve it, but I cant see it being allowed to come to pass."