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Im still trying to find out who should start in the Belgium match Tachtsidis or Maniatis. Maniatis is just a runner and can win tackles. Tachtsidis is just a good passer and smart with the ball. Why doesn't Mantalos play in a deeper midfield position like he did against Montenegro? I also think it's now time to give Karelis more minutes instead of coming off the bench in the last 5 minutes. Give him 20-30 minutes if we are chasing a goal.

Ακόμα νωρίς είναι. Ενάμιση χρόνο είναι στην ομάδα και φέτος κάνει γεμάτη χρονιά. Ας καθίσει φέτος και του χρόνου και μετά να μας τα σκάσουνε για να τον αγοράσουν. Και ας ελπίσουμε ο Θαθατζής θα τα ξαναβάλει για να φέρει καλύτερο.

that photo of him would be appropriate at Easter rather than Christmas time..

This is my take on the team and what I think we should do going forward: First of all the team has no depth. Especially striker. Mitroglou is our only hope and can be very lethal on a good day. Defence is the best part of the team. But the problem is we do not have a back up for Torosidis. Risvanis looks like he is getting better and Kolovetsios needs a chance. Our Goalkeepers are not that good in my opinion. They are very average. Karnezis, Kapino and Glykos are our only choices in the next couple of years. Also we do not have wingers. We haven't got that superstar winger like a Ronaldo, Bale or Neymar. We have Gianniotas and Fetfatzidis. Gianniotas is hit or miss and Fetfatzidis is short and his work rate is not the best. But they are the best we have at the moment. Also Mantalos is not a winger. Bakasetas and Diamantakos are better up front then on the wing and Karelis is better than both of them. Karelis must play striker and nothing else. Lazaros should not be considered anymore. I hope Manthatis and Lamprou shine as they have good potential. Holebas was huge loss but we have to move on. The Central Midfield is my biggest concern as well as Right back. Samaris is decent. He is a holding midfielder who is tall and had a very good passing technique and is strong. The problem with him is his positioning. He must get this right or else our defenders are going to have a hard time continuously. Maniatis and Tziolis should have no part in the team anymore. Petsos is not working hard enough to earn a starting spot. Then you have Tachtsidis whose only strength is passing and vision and can occasionally score a goal. He is slow and not that good defensively. That's why Maniatis gets picked. Charisis and Bouchalakis need to to work harder in order to progress and become better players. Centre Attacking Midfield is loaded with good talent like Ninis, Kone, Fortounis, Mantalos, Fetfatzidis and Pelkas. I also believe we good potential players like Androutsos, Mourgos, Galanopoulos and Donis (he can play striker and winger also). At Left Back Stafylidis looks decent and Tzavellas needs to be a bench option. Lykogiannis is showing something and Tsimikas is a player that in the future will be a star. Retsos is one to look out for as he can play all the defensive positions. Our major problem at the moment is the midfield, striker, winger and full back positions, if we can get more depth there we will be fine. For example call up players like Siopis, Savvidis, Angelopoulos, Vergos, Koulouris, Lamprou, Manthatis, Lykogiannis, Bakakis, Kitsiou and Retsos. Yes some of these of players don't deserve call ups but we need to create more and more depth so we have back ups and a stronger Ethniki in the future.