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Mitroglou's individual highlights vs the Netherlands. In general looked pretty good out there!

Looks like the league with start with match day 3 and match days 1 and 2 will be played around Christmas

I agree. I mean, all the other players in the team played at their very very best.

Did you notice how fit he looked? Seems like he is set for a career season, looks very serious and determined at the moment, he is going to light defences up I feel.

At half-time they are going to find some Pokemon around the stadium. You are to old to join them

LOLOLOLOLOL " Σφαίρα στον Βαγγέλη Μαρινάκη, Κορακάκη Κορακάη" φωνάζουν οι οπαδοί του ΠΑΟΚ!!!

This whole Epo clearing - Gkirtzikis leaving - Referees getting denied - is αναζωογονητικό for the National Team. I will repeat that Skibbe call ups were clearly on point. Stafylidis is clearly not as experienced as Holebas , but whoever saying he is a step down, are we aware where Holebas was playing at his age? Its Munchen 1860 II. at the age of 22, Stafylidis had already picked a starter spot in taems like GSL Paok, Championship Fuhlam , Bundeliga Augsburg and got interest from Bayer Leverkusen. I am not aware how he ll end up, but honestly this is one of the healthiest careers a Greek Footballer has had, left Greece and managed to go to teams where he will and can play/take matches on his feet, even if it was on loan.

Exactamundo. Karagounis had many great qualities as a player, but his best was that he didn't give away the ball cheaply. He could hold onto it, he could shield it, he would get the foul if required. Either way, the opposition didn't get the ball easily. I remember hearing a statistic on Karagounis (never confirmed it) that he was the most fouled player in the CL one particular season. This is back when PAO had a killer team before he left for Inter. The important thing is, that if as a player you have confidence in your team mate, you will make different decisions. Pretend for a moment you are playing and you have the ball. Karagounis makes himself available. What do you do ? You pass it! Because you know he will more often than not not lose possession. Done. Easy. Now let's say you're in the same situation and it's a different player. You think "man, sometimes he does some really silly things with the ball" and you're unsure of whether to pass it or not. You delay 1/10th of a second thinking about this. Oh what! You've been tackled and lost possession, or you didn't make the pass and instead went for a more difficult pass, and lost possession that way. Either way, if a player compensates for a team mate (as I suppose they should) it affects the flow of the game.

^^^ The whole team looks pretty good in those highlights, not just Kosta. I am so impressed with the effort level and high level of skill the team is showing out there. It's amazing the turnaround. They are playing with passion again. I don't know if it's certain players maturing or it's Skibbe but it's vast improvement.

Mantalos played well along with Mitroglou and Papadopoulos. I think this team has good players all round. Maniatis played alright and so did Tzavellas. One of the problems I had watching this game was when Sokratis gave the ball away why weren't Manolas and Karnezis more sharper in clearing the ball. It was a sloppy goal. When I saw Papadopoulos come on and saw the way he played I know he could've done better than Manolas in the 1st goal. It is still a hard decision of who should be our 1st choice keeper as Kapino did well. In what 1789 said who else is there down the line you think is a more technical player to show for the ball and smarter player to draw a foul. I can't think of one. I still believe Samaris should be our main starter in midfield. All in all I was very pleased in what I saw in this game but I still think something is missing.

This should be easy, and no I am not being arrogant. Who the hell is Gibraltar?