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mantalos gets things done. fetfa is a joy to watch and would love to have him in there as well. he gives defenders fits!

mantalos has that NT x factor that we've been missing since karagounis

a lot of people were paranoid we'd lose this, so to win by 2 is great. the lineup was pretty good but instead of maniatis/tzavellas/staf = holebas/kpaps/karelis should've started. also pretty nice considering we didn't have samaris, so we may only get stronger. sad I didn't get to watch the game, can't wait for highlights belgium is looking scary and bosnia seems to have fallen off. 2nd place is our to lose. we need the stars to align to get 1st

I think we'll probably get the win but we have to concentrate. ninis, kone, and holebas not being in the lineup would be a crime

hummels is sexy as F***, no homo.

there aren't that many defenders better than manolas and sokratis, that's for sure. but obvious one's are = chiellini, ramos, hummels, tiago silva, boatang there's a reason why these guys are known world wide and our boys not as many. you can only count on one hand that has a duo equivalent or better than our duo, namely = italy and germany

yes I recall a point where more people on the forums were for tzavella than holebas holebas is our best lb though now tzavellas is still good tho and good for bench. versatile.

samaris,fortounis, mantalos, taxi, kone, ninis, fetfa should be our main midfielders

yes our classic 1-0's have started to become 2-1's. That's what I expect from this game.

yeah good point and very strange since defense on paper is our strong suit. at least sokratis, manolas, kpaps. I think we should play a traditional line, rather than pressing high. yes sokratis and manolas are fast, but majority of good forwards are still faster. they're just fast in terms of cb's.

we have a lot of in form players = Mitroglou, Sokratis, Karnezis, Ninis, Karelis + that's were my confidence is coming from and on paper we're better than every team except Belgium in this group. I understand the compulsion to be cautious and not let it slide into arrogance, but 2nd place is ours to lose still.

so Samaris is out? that's a huge blow, he's our best midfielder besides Fortounis. Ninis, Tachtsidi, and Karelis should all be new addition starts (in comparison to GIlbratar)

I predict a 2-0 or a 2-1 done decisively vs. cyprus and

lol tziolara

this guy is our second CM next to Samaris.Trust me. they WILL get a chemistry together. He's left footed to, it's a no-brainer. We saw what this guy is capable of vs. hungary 4-3. Can decimate teams with his long passing skills and vision.

yeah at the same time I'm wary of even cyprus. i'm saying we have the raw material to do it. most of our key players are in peak form.

if toro is unavailable and all 3 of our top cb's are available i think we should just slot one of them as rb like sokratis. then if we actually want some more potent attack put in fetfa or gianniota

this guys a stud. been saying it all along.

i'm very positive about this team. I think we will make it to the world cup and go very deep as well. perhaps top 8. we have really good players for every position, as long as we stay injury free we can do this. I think karelis and mitroglou should play together up top. they provide different things as strikers.

sokratis should obviously be the captain though. by the time toro comes out of the picture someone might be a more relevant captain than sokratis very frustrating

grkcdn knows what he's talking about, communication style could be a bit more diplomatic with others, cause we're all brothers here but still i really like his commentary personally I talking about this with my dad, this is why the jews in general are succesfful than greeks. us greeks have been fighting each other since the ancient times (spartans vs. athenians) whereas the jews always look out for each other. we gotta have a stronger brotherhood guys and not throw each other under the bus.

yeah all my non-greek friends still to this day think of greece as a major set-piece threat.

I forgot about that. Yeah Ninis and Mitroglou did work great together, they'd probably be better than ever now with their abroad form. Fortounis is very solid as a LCAM almost double footed so we can play both effectively.

Zikos played at Monaco and was a key player when they made it to the champions league final. his cockyness is sorta warranted

to me it's 1. holebas 2. tzavellas 3. stafylidis what about having kpaps manolas sokratis (as RB) and put Torosidis as LB (he did this for us in his early NT days, can't recall how effective it was tho) Not gunna be good for us offensively, but defensively which is what the focus at the back should be, we'd have other teams on lock down imo