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  2. Monastirlis suffered a 'second degree' sprain and will miss at least some game time. Tsiftsis, Balomenos, and presumably Beleris will make up our group of keepers.
  3. Today
  4. Absolutely not. He needs to be gone today. Or at the very worse after the Serbia game.
  5. I honestly have no words after that performance. Absolutely humiliating. I agree with others who believe Jovanovic isn't the right coach for this team, and my opinion isn't based solely on this disastrous result. I've had my doubts for some time. But that game is over now. What interests me more is how this team responds. Do they completely collapse and lose to Serbia, or do they come out with pride, determination, and a point to prove, earn all three points, and advance? Beating Serbia at home won't be easy, but this is where we find out what this team is really made of. If we can't beat Serbia on our own turf, I don't see how you can possibly justify moving forward with Jovanovic as head coach.
  6. Serbia losing two players might be just the boost we need considering their absolutely shocking performance today. Also a plus that Zivkovic will get slightly less wear and tear on his legs, I suppose.
  7. Zivkovic got himself sent off after coming on as a HT sub. He will miss the game against the Ethniki in Volos as a result.
  8. Horrendous performance, we've taken 2 step backwards today. Losing is part of football but it's about how you lose and today was disgraceful from coaches and players alike. Whether we qualify in the top 2 isn't important IMO. We have already secured the most important thing that this Nations League campaign had to offer, that is finishing top 3 and securing our place in pot 1 for the Euro 28 qualifiers. Anything else was/is going to be a bonus. Important to keep that perspective. There is a bigger issue at play, this is the 4th time that the Ethniki under Jovanovic has capitulated and produced an awful result. Twice against Denmark in WC qualifying, and away to Scotland in the same qualifiers. There is enough evidence there to tell us, he can't get this team right to take the next step. All 4 of these games have been high pressure with plenty riding on them. We have failed all 4 tests. The match in Scotland for the NL playoffs in March 25 was the only cutthroat match where Ivan's Ethniki performed and got a result. Only a few months later at the same stadium the team would collapse when leading 0-1 and we kissed our WC hopes goodbye. Now ultimately this Ethniki might not be good enough in midfield and defence to get results against more competitive nations. That remains to be seen. Clearly tactics and structure have a part to play in that. After all the Dutch just about scored the same goal 5 times, walking the ball into the net after finding unmarked players deep in and around our 6 yard box. There comes a tipping point and the coach is the one who needs to fall on his sword. We have reached this point IMO. You can't be confident with Jovanovic heading into a big qualifying match, or even a potential NL quarter final which we may still qualify for. His results in do or die matches just don't stack up.
  9. Yesterday
  10. Can only hope this beat down didn't hurt their confidence too much for Serbia. As disappointing a start as you can have considering we many players available for this window. Humbling really.
  11. I mean, you do raise a good question. Do we want him to be there in the spring when Euro qualifying begins?
  12. It’s our second worse loss ever. The team has given up on him. The players see him picking his favorites like Ionnidis they are clearly discouraged. Idc if he “presses harder” there is 0 AND I MEAN 0 logic or sense behind starting him over the LEADING GOAL SCORER OF THE CHAMPIONS LEAGUE. We as a country were so desperate for success we missed the fact of the matter, which is this. We only beat Serbia from that same Douvikas giving a stellar finish in added time. Beat a heavily rotated, young, new coach Germany and fell apart against a Dutch team who was missing almost HALF their starters bcuz he wanted to sit back in the second despite any fan could see we needed possession to keep them at bay. Kostoulas not even on the squad when he can play as a 10 or on the wing if need be. Come on guys we got to this point because of the players we have, not from coach. You can thank his tactics for getting out of Pot B sure, but that is where it should have ended for him. It’s not “one loss”. He melts at every major game. Scotland, Georgia, Dutch last qualifying campaign. Come on
  13. Final Dutch substitution: Lang IN Summerville OUT All changes have been made
  14. As bad as this is.....and it's BAD, this doesn't undo the whole campaign
  15. Our biggest defeat in history is 11:1. There is enough time to set history today.
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