Chriskiato Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 the probable line up according to gazetta. manolas is back fit. -------------------------------karnezis------------------------------- ----------------manolas------sokratis--------siovas-------------- torosidis-------mantalos-----samaris-----petsos-----tzavellas -------------------------------fortounis------------------------------- -------------------------------mitroglou------------------------------ something like this with mantalos and petsos probably a little bit more up. article says 3-5-2 but you could also say 3-5-1-1. im not a fan of siovas but lets see. and least no tziolis in that line up. i like this line up but lets hope when we attack mitro won be on an island the whole game. sometimes we need more then one body in the box if we want to score. http://www.gazzetta.gr/football/article/896818/ethniki-elladas-etoimi-na-gyrisei-selida Whats so great about this line up? Where are the wingers?? Too defensive IMO and too many players that play central. Its not balanced. Is Siovas and Mantalos world cup material? Sokratis would make an awesome def mid. I will be curious to see Mitros work rate for Ethniki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 There are no Greek wingers anyways so why play with them... This is close to best lineup we have, we play to our strengths at Centerback allowing Torosidis and Tzavellas to push farther up the field and act as wingers. The only issue I have is Siovas instead of Oikonomou. I guess Stafylidis could have been in over Tzavellas too. If we start the midfield he posted with Fortounis Mantalos Samaris and Petsos it would be the first time in a very long time we'd have so many technically gifted players start at the same time. Mitroglou should have a lot of service for this game with that lineup if he tries. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Samaris and Mitro apparently being rested against Iceland as Benfica requested they not play due to the upcoming matches in Portugal and UCL. So if this the case I expect Vellios to play at least a full match against Iceland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikitas Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 @Chriskiato , i never said that its great plus why would it be great anyway since its just a friendly. dont you remember our ec qualifiers? do we really have wingers or in form wingers suitable for the ethniki and our upcoming wc qualifiers? and how many times did we played with wingers played out of position and failed miserably. like original21 said , lets play to our strengths and thats defensively at the moment if we like it or not. and offcourse this is not our best line up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnikos Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Nikitas Siovas is the laziest defender, and he has a big mouth. I'd rather play Oikonomou, Kolovestsios, Tzanetopoulos, Chatziisaias, Risvanis, etc there (even though only Oikonomou got the call up) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teke817 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I don't get starting Petsos over Tachtsidis though ... Tachtsidis has good vision and is a pretty underrated passer. Anyone know where I can stream the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethnikos Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I feel like Petsos deserves a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikitas Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 i should have said i like this formation. i said that im not a fan of siovas , i dont really rate the guy and i also rather saw oikonomou started ahead of him or at least called up a youngster instead of him. tzavellas is only there because holebas isnt fit. petsos is probably starting since he always plays for rapid and tachtsidis is sometimes used as a sub for genoa. streams for the game probably can be found here. http://livetv.sx/en/ and http://firstrowne.eu/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teke817 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Thanks @Nikitas for the links.... Tzavellas is there because he's been very good at CB all season. Frankly, it's deserved. Stafylidis is probably going to get a long look at LB (or at least I hope) ... Tzavellas as a wingback cannot be expected to cover an entire flank. 100% agree, its time for guys like Oikonomou to get a look. At this point he may be the 4th CB in our rotation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omonoia9 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 How's everyone feeling about this one? Are the nightmare days gone? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 It'll be fine. We should be able to beat Montenegro, and we have enough players getting into form that we should finally start seeing some success. It's worrying that so few wingers are there. Tzavellas is there because he provides depth at LB and, as teke said, he's having a good season. If we play four at the back, Stafylidis will almost certainly start over him (as he should). I'd be more worried about our still-unsettled midfield. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgelaz Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 we have great potential wingers in Kaltsas, Gianniotas, Klonaridis, Mavrias. That's 2 LW's & 2 RW's. The problem is they aren't as proven as the rest of our starters for other positions eg) CDM, CB, ST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teke817 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 @georgelaz - Mavrias career has stalled mightily, unless he gets regular playing time somewhere the NT will be a distant memory. Agree that there is promise in the youth ranks that hopefully will develop and not turn into another Mavrias-Fetfatzidis disappointments. The Greece of two years ago would beat Montenegro, especially if Jovetic and Savic don't play because of injury. But I don't think you can take anything for granted. It's a new coach, a new system, new formation, and very little practice time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1078 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 The Greece team of two years ago would barely beat Montenegro 1-0, but we wouldn't lose or concede a goal. I want to play Montenegros best line up and don't want to play an injured opponent. Now that the horrific EQ is done and behind us we will now see if that was just one of those things that we couldn't explain but if we still play garbage football and don't beat these teams and dominate the play against teams like Montenegro then it clearly shows our problems are not behind us. Iceland should be a good test. There is no excuse not to win this game with what ever line up we start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 From the ethniki's twitter: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omonoia9 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 GREECE 1 Karnezis(GK) 15 Torosidis(Captain) 19 Papastathopoulos 4 Manolas 21 Stafylidis 3 Tzavellas 18 Mantalos 22 Samaris 11 Mitroglou 10 Fortounis 8 Petsos BENCH 12 Kapinos(GK) 23 Siovas 6 Tziolis 17 Tachtsidis 7 Karelis 2 Oikonomou 9 Vellios 25 Papazoglou Manager: Michael Skibbe(GER) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Nice cross by Stafylidis, flubbed by Mitroglou. Goal incoming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omonoia9 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 MONTENEGRO 12 Mijatovic(GK) 4 Vukcevic 6 Tomasevic 19 Saveljic 23 Marusic 2 Scekic 3 Rokic 11 Beqiraj 22 Simic 9 Mugosa 15 Bakic BENCH 13 Petkovac(GK) 1 Poleksic(GK) 5 Basa 16 Radunovic 17 Zverotic 14 Grbic 18 Boljevic 20 Nikolic 7 Zoric 8 Raicevic 10 Jovetic Manager: Ljubisa Tumbakovic(SRB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 first shot on target, by Petsos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teke817 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Does the game start at 2:00 PM Eastern? I can't find an active link at the moment. Yeah its started and the livetv.sx link Nikitas sent works just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omonoia9 Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 Yellow against Stafylidis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argy Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Crazy that we are in 2016 and can't find a stream to watch this match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrappeFetish Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I love the Sokrates shoulder thrusts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrappeFetish Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 I love the Sokrates shoulder thrusts! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teke817 Posted March 24, 2016 Share Posted March 24, 2016 Does the game start at 2:00 PM Eastern? I can't find an active link at the moment. The best stream I have found is an HD youtube stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiehl8tfLJ4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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