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i would like the NT to schedule a few home friendlies at venues like AEL Arena and Harilaou.....nice boutique football stadiums with good atmosphere...a good opportunity for Skibbe and the players to reconnect the NT with the people... it will help bring back passion a and soul to the team's mental approach in matches..

My lineup would be players who we should start most games. The core players are Karnezis, Manolas, Sokratis, Torosidis, Samaris, Mitroglou. Everyone else has to earn their position in the team. Players like Fortounis and Tachtsidis should start also. It will be hard to choose over Ninis and Pelkas. Im a fan of Ninis i think he should be in this team cause he is at the right age and has some sort of expirience in the Ethniki. He has over 30 caps. He has more caps than Lazaros and Kone and also more goals. Our biggest problem is our LB position. So far we have Holebas. I think in 2-3 years Stafylidis will take his position, but both are weak defensively. Attacking, they are both reliable but the question is who do you start right now leading into the WC qualifiers. Do you stick with Holebas or do you go straight to youth. Players like Kitsiou, Maniatis, Lagos should be given a shot at the LB position. These players are good defensively especially the last two. I think we need to fix this problem at LB because Holebas is turning 32 i think we should find a replacement in the future. It might be a good idea that mold someone in that position. Also Torosids but he is more reliable. In my opinion the equal problem to that is where Kyriakos Papadopoulos plays. Does he play over Manolas? i dont think so. (Siovas has a place aswell.) Does he play DM? He hasnt got the passing for it but has got the aggression and tackling to stop plays. Does he come in as as a sub? I think its a waste. These are problems that should be fixed before starting the new era under the new coach. For now we should just have Moras and Tziolis there for expirience to balance it. Also have youth in the team that we want to include also. Players like Pelkas, Kapino, Mantalos, Karelis and Tzanetopoulos. If anyone has to prove themesleves andplay its the strikers. MItroglou, Athanasiadis and Aravidis. All 3 should be included in the squad. But this is another problem aswell. This is where the new coach has find out how the midfield is going to link up with attackers and create goals for the strikers. For the Luxemborg match: Karnezis © Kapino Sifakis Torosidis © Kitsiou Manolas K.Papadopoulos Sokratis © Moras Holebas Stafylidis Lagos Tziolis Tachtsidis Samaris © Ninis Kone Mantalos Fortounis Mitroglou © Athanasiadis Karelis Aravidis. Other mentions for the future: Vellidis, Maniatis, Lazaros, Fetfatzidis, Pelkas, Glykos, Siovas, Tzanetopoulos.

your lineup might actually work great panatha bit dicey to leave out Manolas & Samaris two of our best players hands down. admittedly they have been s%$#! for the ethniki

I understand Manolas and kpaps are overall better players. The reason I chose Siovas is because he has done great for Olympiacos in the CL, was outstanding against arsenal. Also before the World cup Sokratis and siovas were great together and so reliable.

fortounis should start over ninis if anything. ninis vs. pelkas is more debatable but even still i'm slightly for pelkas ninis as a sub for sure though. I don't get the Siovas? CB pecking order 1. Sokratis 2. Manolas 3. Kpaps 4. Siovas IMO

Ninis still plays soccer?

-----------------------Karnezis------------------------- Torosidis--------Sokratis----Siovas--------Holebas -----------------------Tachtsidis------------------------- ----------Ninis---------------------Mantalos------------ -----------------------Fortounis-------------------------- ----------------Pelkas------------------------------------ ----------------------------Mitroglou--------------------- I know this team seems to attacking, however I think it would work. Against Hungary we saw how good Mantalos, Fortounis and Pelkas played together. Ninis could play in Samaris's position and create with his great passing. All I know this line up would create a lot of chances. Probably to attacking but we should try this out against Luxembourg.

Samaris was a late starter he is 26...turns 27 before the WC qualifiers start.... he will become well rounded at Benfica.....and be an asset...

I would just be happy if he scored v Luxembourg first..

there is much about Tsanas not to like.... however he has been the 'mastermind' behind our under age NT success for many years.....so he knows young greek talent and has achieved excellent results... many here have had a long standing view that greece has good underage talent but this gets lost at a certain age...(for many reasons)...If the Tsanas/Skibbe link helps this by 5% we are on a winner.

we have enough talent to finish second in the group... what he needs to instill in the team is confidence and passion.... I think he will play a basic formation...... our best 11...best 14..best 18 essentially pick themselves...so there is no rocket science required... its the confidence, belief, passion, focus on results that he needs to pass on to the players... toro, holebas, k.pap, sokratis, manolas, fortounis, karnezis, taxi, samaris, mitroglou, kone will be the core of the team in the initial stages...5 of them speak german...add to it petsos, klaus. tzavellas (depending on what he thought about him at Eintracht)..