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Chievo Verona wanted him, I think someone said 3mm. I'd sell him for that price. He's good but I'd rather some Greeks move up in the pecking order. With Warda starting more often.

If Sokratis' work ethic and attitude, and Manolas' competitiveness rub off on Retsos and Mavropanos, among others, we will be set in the CB position for the next decade, if not more. The talent is there.

You know I am not a fan of Crespo or Canas. But they are solid as backup. And with 50 matches in the season, we need those players. They will actually make a huge difference. You put Canas against Levadeiakos and you put the blondie in Europe and the big matches in Greece.

Honestly, if the team wants to really blow my mind, they'd get Stafylidis on a one-year loan. I know he's on the last year of his contract, but him extending with his current club and then coming here for this season would be perfect for us (at least until Giannoulis is available next year).

Karagounis was fine and so was Salpingidis. Age is not a problem once again. It's performance is what counts. Fortounis can be useless at 25 and I would say the same thing about him. The players that played against Saudi Arabia were proven not ready for the national team. I was the first one to say on these forums that Lazaros nt career hasn't been that good. 1 goal in life 30 matches isn't a massive achievement. I've explained why a player like Gianniotas has talent and there is a reason why he has 2 goals in 8 matches. I agree going back to a defensive style we improved. But you can't just rely on the defence to get you out of trouble all the time. We need a midfielder who can handle the ball well and have presence. Samaris has failed here in my opinion but didn't make many mistakes defensively. I like him though and I think he deserves another chance. I remember thinking when Katsouranis was around and the same time when we were playing Tziolis as well, I was thinking, we have better players than these guys in Samaris, Kone, Tachtsidis and Lazaros. Now we are asking for players like Kourbelis and Galanopoulos instead of Samaris. There is nothing wrong in saying to change players. If something doesn't work, try something else. Pelkas is more of a 10 or second striker. Most of his games were from the number 10. He did play games on the wing but he was more consistent behind the striker.