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My new formation Karnezi Sok Man Retso Bak Siopi Zeca Tsimika Fetfa. Mitro Donis We have a 4 man midfield that can help defensively and are all fast. A front 3 that can score goals. Look at Donis against Bayern at the way he scored. Fetfatzidis can take on players and quick one touch football.

A lot of fans have hoped for a back 3, but skibbe refuses. It’s not gonna happen even though based on our talent at the position we should... skibbe has rarely veered from 4-2-3-1... and considering that he is unwilling to change, this would be the formation we should fit players into..... .....................karnezis bakakis.manolas.Sok.stafylidis ...........zeca............samaris fetfa............mantalos.......donis ................mitroglou I would love mantalos to start playing as a #8 for AEK. Then he could slip into samaris’s spot and that would allow mantalos and pelkas/fortounis to be on the field. the playmaker role should be chosen based on form, and the leading candidates would be mantalos, fortounis, and pelkas..I also have very little faith in stafylidis, since he’s been unable to keep a regular spot. I think having donis and fetfatsidis on the field at the same time could cause some real issues for opposing teams

I have said it for a while Samaris and Taxi are not our answers, If we start with them at mid again we will continue to have the same problems... Samaris makes more mistakes then good plays and he should be a bench option not a starter. Taxi should not be a starter besides his shot and height he offers nothing, He is slow and lazy as f..ck... Since we lack talent in our mod then we need to compensate with guys that work their asses off and have good speed as speed can make up for lack of talent sometimes.. I also would like to see Kone And Fetfa on this team..We need to fill our mid with a couple of guys that have Zeca's speed and work ethic because we know we don't have much talent in that position... Sad to say but if we continue with the same line up we will not qualify for the euros... The World Cup has should us parking the bus does not work and eventually you will be broken down, The Greek team needs to play smart defence obviously but we need speed and guys that can at least make some passes in order to create some chances.. I don't know what the answer is for our mid postion..

While I agree that Tziolis and maniati (think he's okay for depth) aren't the way forward, we can't be penciling in guys like Androutos who aren't starters at club level. He played a total of 521 mins last season. The reality of the situation is we are going to see Samaris(who I know had minimal mins this past season as well but coaches will defer to "experience") and Taxi for a while, until these younger guys start to perform at a good level at their clubs. "Bouchalakis can shoot" is not enough to justify him starting for the ethniki. I understand people want to see something change, which is fair enough but you can't just throw guys in for the sake of it.

All I know is if we want to get better with Skibbe, this is what he has to do: - Never call up Tziolis, Maniatis and Tzavellas ever again. - Do not call up Tachtsidis and Bakasetas for 3 months until they pick up form or if other players are not living up to it. - Bench Samaris. Do not make him a starter constantly. Time for Kourbelis, Androutsos and Galanopoulos to be given a chance. - Mantalos has to play the 10 role. Fortounis is our best but needs to be given a rest as he has not played well.

Watching the WC everyone is coming to same conclusion: Speed and constant running in the midfield is everything. IMO, Taxchidis and Samaris don't cut it. We need to find 2 more athletic midfilders to play along Zeka. This is the key; I hope androutsos shows that he can play at top level, and kourbelis can help for sure. Also a reliable golie goes a long way; I don't see anyone capable of stepping up.