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  1. Lots of reports that a Donis transfer is imminent. Looks like a Russian club is willing to pay him a hefty salary to move there. Other clubs allegedly interested are Borussia Monchengladbach, Hoffenheim and Bayer Leverkusen.
  2. Right 1-1. Gekas and Toni the scorers. Can't believe it has been almost 11 years.
  3. I think we all circled this date on the calendar when the fixtures were announced. Key for Greece: come to play from the start. All too often they shell up in the beginning trying to make it a defensive match, and only start playing when they are down 1 or 2 goals. We were fortunate to come back vs Bosnia. Italy will not be as forgiving. Should be a dandy.
  4. Stuttgart lost to Union Berlin today in the promotion playoff second leg and were relegated to 2.Bundesliga. Hope Donis gets out of there and to a top tier club.
  5. He's done this enough times that hopefully he's gotten the attention of some even bigger clubs.
  6. Thought I would give Lambrou a mention. Backup goalie for Ajax, on the bench for their magical Champions League run and just won the Eredivisie. Greece have some good depth in the GK position, but how many would actually make and dress for this Ajax golden generation team? Credit to him.
  7. Stafylidis signed a contract with 1899 Hoffenheim until 2024 that will go into effect on July 1. Pretty good move going to an ambitious club who are still battling for a spot in the Europa League next season. For EL qualification, Hoffenheim hope that Frankfurt lose to Bayern Munich and Augsburg, who Stafylidis still plays for, beat Wolfsburg over the weekend. So some added motivation for Kostas if he wants European football next season.
  8. Would have been a great move, but to where? Newcastle where he was rumoured? Sure, decent club, but it would be a big gamble for player pushing 30 that has already fallen out of favour several times in Portugal.
  9. Because I think our B/C team will lose.
  10. This game will be played with Greece's B/C side. Makes little sense from this angle.
  11. Out of all teams to have a friendly with our B team we choose rival Turkey? How will that be good for the team moral going into the match vs Italy?
  12. A pleasant turn of events from a player that was holding onto his career in top flight football by a thread. Out of favour at Benfica and from the NT, it now looks like he may be playing a significant role for both in the next couple of years.
  13. Arsenal held a clean sheet. He was fine. A bit nervous, but that's normal being a 21 year old with only 1 premier league game under his belt and having not played in almost an entire calendar year. He did not make any costly mistakes. Koscielny, who was injured for a few months and has hundreds of top tier caps under his belt, was very rusty in his first 3-4 games coming back from injury this season. Our kid is more than alright.
  14. I think you make some good points. Definitely wouldn't consider Mitroglou one of our best players anymore; at least in his current form. Greece has more depth and overall positional quality. Difference is the following: Their top-end talent is more spread out in the lineup. They have an elite striker and most importantly an world class midfielder, who applies pressure and dictates the flow of the game a easier more than a CB can. Greece is bottom-heavy with Sokratis, Manolas, and other players who contribute to the depth of the backline. What Pjanic offers is not only skill, but also instills confidence in his teammates and coach to play a more attacking brand of football. A player like that in the heart of the formation makes everyone around them an inch taller, so to speak. When a team attacks; when they go at opponents, they tend to demolish weaker sides, racking up goals and stats are inflated. If anything, Greece's talented defence makes it even more attractive for a coach to play to his strengths and field a more defensive lineup. Hopefully, the last two matches were enough to instil some belief in the players and staff that Greece can be successful with an attack-oriented scheme.
  15. We beat Finland last time out and we clearly were the superior side. As long as players remember and believe that, we should take care of business.
  16. Although we are plagued with injuries, primarily at the back, I would say that we fielded our strongest lineup in the second half, barring Manolas, who is still ahead of Siovas, despite the latter's strong play, and maybe Toro or Retso over Bakakis. Bakaseta shouldn't even be on the team, Mantalo is a sub at best, KPap, Staf and Tsimikas are backups, Mitroglou is irrelevant, nothing more than a super-sub going forward.
  17. He's always had the skill. Just training with the class of Benfica should be good enough technically to earn you starting role. It was upstairs that was plaguing him. Hopefully he has matured into the player that we all anticipated.
  18. I think Kolovo is on the upswing in his career. That was a gutsy, hungry header. I'll wait before I pass judgement on him. He saved us today.
  19. Bosnia should be embarrassed to have come out with even that point. They had no right. Red card or not, the tide had turned a while ago. Their goals were both flukes. We cannot start scared anymore. Get the right players on and make a game out of it right away, for god's sake! How many times will we concede early before we wake up. Same thing vs Croatia last year.
  20. I don't see it. He wasn't at fault for anything and kept things tight all game.
  21. That was unbelievable. Disappointed that we didn't come away with the 3 points, but a thrilling game for a change. If Anastasiadis comes out with the defensive scheme again vs Italy then today's comeback will be in vain. Enough with that garbage loser mentality. It will continue to plague this team. Good on the coach for going for the win in the end though.
  22. Yup. Even if we had Pjanic on our side, Mitroglou's level of effort or lack there of is pretty apparent. He does not run, he does not fight for the ball. He wants the ball at his feet and if it's 3 feet away from him he gives up. Frustrating.
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