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@PAOTHEGREAT laughing at PAOK is like a homeless man laughing at your curtains!

Top-5 ever non-tournament moment for Greece. Turkey had just embarrassed us 4-1 at Karaiskakis on 25 Martiou. We, as a nation, needed to respond, and that response came in Istanbul. With the 1-0 win, we topped the group and automatically qualified for Euro 2008.

Possibly before your time kiddo. I put it in more for comic relief. The irony is that Anastasiadis does have a football brain. He has an eye for talent and as Achilles said he can identify flaws during a game and adjust. A skill many managers lack. However, he also does come across as uncouth. I don’t know if he’s got it anymore. I don’t know if he’ll win over the players, which is more than half the battle. But either way I’d have him over Skibbe the Uninspired. I’m also hoping he’ll bring back some players into the NT that should be there and change the general mentality of the team which has become woefully accepting of poor performances. Paixte bala pethamena.

The players get part of the blame as well. The first game vs Romania Ranieri called up Mantalos a 2nd div player to make his international debut? in a Euro qualifier? and puts him in the starting 11, surely he could have selected someone else at the time and eased Mantalos into the team. Ranieri after the draw in Finland said the team would be much more focused and better vs North Ireland and pretty much guaranteed a win smiling and laughing with reporters but the team lost in pathetic fashion 0-2. Then came the worst loss in the ETHNIKI history at home to the Faroes with Ranieri looking totally lost during the game on the sidelines on how to make adjustments vs a bunch of fishermen. Ranieri gets a large part of the blame for these results just as Skibbe did with the most recent listless loss to Finland which ultimately costed him his job.

Some blame does go to him as well, fairly or unfairly. Ultimately he is responsible for the team and how they perform. If the player's don't respond, he has to get through to them.

Τι ασχολείσαι με το παιδαρέλι τώρα ρε φίλε... Λογοδιάρροια, ασυναρτησίες και ανοησίες χωρίς αρχή και τέλος. Και μηδέν απαντήσεις. TL;DR και τέλος, όπως του αξίζει.

Was an amazing moment in Greek football! It was so great to beat them in Constantinople and qualify for Euro 2008.

My lineup for this match: --Pashalakis-- --Matos--Varela--Crespo--Vieirinha-- --Canas--Wernbloom-- --Jaba--Biseswar--Warda-- --Prijovic-- Smash these turds between our toes, just like in the weird videos Bananas likes.

Does anyone believe some of the Panathinaikos players should be given a chance in the national team. They are in a roll and have a fighting spirit. They also know how to win and are young. I wouldn’t mind taking out Bakasetas, Tziolis and Tzavellas our and putting maybe Chatzigiovanis, Bouzoukis and Chatzitheodoridis in their place.

Just watched highlights of the win vs Turkey in Euro 2008 qualifiers. Samaras cuts a beautiful pass through the Turkish defence to Amanatidis who finishes the goal and Greece qualifies with the win. He was a big game player.

Ranieri was a huge I mean huge disaster, that loss to the Faroes at home was so embarrassing, losing to a bunch of semi professional footballers. To be fair Skibbe managed to get a result in Belgium and almost got the win there. Lets hope Anastasiadis gets the team selection right and hopefully starts off well vs Finland. PA ME ELLAS!

Definitely an omen. As the holy Oracle said, the wooden walls will rise again to save Greece from the barbarians. The 58 wrecks reveal that on the fifth month, on the eight day, at 58 minutes to noon, the immortal emperor will wake from his sleep to bring fire and brimstone on all who have harmed Greece.

Haha I am so funny because I am glad Skibbe eventually got the sack #letsstarttheparty #swag #yolo #thisisgoingtobeperhapsanevengreaterdisaster

You mention Ventura and the playoff. He was sacked right after that game. Lets hope Grammenos will do the right thing...