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Good read https://hellasfooty.blogspot.com/2021/09/another-shattered-dream.html?m=1

They will win this game just to give everyone false hope. Watch.

The only way Greece still have a chance is if they win all of there remaining games which includes beating Sweden twice and Spain. I cant see that happening at all. Mathematically we are still alive but realistically i see no chance. What would give any of us confidence after seeing a horrible 3 games to start this campaign. Right now we should be sitting with 7 points instead of 3. At best I see another draw in the Sweden game. We are probably going to see JVS not going for it and sitting back playing not to lose so i cant see us getting more then a couple chances to score.

Even when Fortounis was in the line JVS would utilize him wrong. Here is the most embarrassing stat i have heard so far, Since this campaign started Greece have less then 10 shots on target and ONLY San Marino has less and we have played 2 out of our 3 games against Kosovo and Georgia. Its like JVS changed his entire philosophy of holding the ball and attacking and instead decided to play like we were the underdogs. Who the F*** sits back against Kosovo and Georgia what's wrong with him. We should have been pressing and allowed Kosovo to stay high and take chances and we would have exposed them for another goal but instead we sat back like scared little girls trying to protect as if we were playing Spain. And for the record I'm not excusing our players they were absolutely s%$#! but when you have such a limited talent pool how you keep Manolas and Siovas who are better then anyone we have who would have prevented this goal and the Georgia breakdown when we had the lead out of the line up is mind blowing. I was defending JVS i Liked what I saw early on but now I'm at the point where i want him no where near this dreadful team anymore.

I believe this also!

The players are fine, when they have no confidence this is the end result. A coach that sits back against rubbish like kosovo clearly inspires zero confidence in his players.

Is this m#$%! for real? Three shots at goal created in 90 minutes of football. Against minnows Kosovo. We used to beat these team 3-0 under Otto and Santos. Also he cant settle on a lineup. I mean the guy coached A-League FFS. League 2 standard at best. The sooner he's gone and we invest in a real coach the better. Meanwhile we face another major tournament without the Ethniki.

Well said.. In friendlies JVS plays the style that he did when got the job and when we have friendlies. As bad as Greece played today we had the lead and we should be able to see the game out. I thought we could contend for 2nd place in this group but this guy has sabatoged our campaign early on, add to that he couldnt win the NL group so there goes a back up possibility at a playoff spot. IM SO PISSED!!! I want him OUT!

Since the day JVS took over those players you mentioned should’ve been the spine of the team. What’s wrong with picking and rotating CBs like Nikolaou, Retsos, Mavropanos and Hatzidiakos? But no he has to pick 33 year old Tzavellas and a LB like Stafylidis and Giannoulis at CB. Tzolis and Alexandropoulos should be starting every time now. Douvikas, Pavlidis and Fountas should be our strikers. Fortounis and Fetfatzidis are still our most creative players we’ve got. Add Galanopoulos, Bouchalakis, Androutsos, Vlachodimos, Tsimikas and Masouras and you have a team. What’s wrong with that?

Zagorakis... fire him!

He should’ve taken off Bakasetas. Can’t believe the treatment this guy gets.

Truly unacceptable. Being content with a 1-0 against a team like that means the coach deserves to be terminated. Seems like JVS has no faith in the players he’s chosen.

We may as well forfeit now

Neither Mantalos or Bakasetas impressed in midfield. We need someone else...

Greece have always struggled vs Switzerland we played them tough in the 2010 WCUP qualifers but they ended up winning both matches and scored late in those games to seal the wins. I hope we can get a draw here but as @Antaeus7 said winning the 2 qualifiers are the matches we want to win most.

In my opinion we should see this… Vlachodimos Androutsos Mavropanos Retsos Tsimi Galanopoulos Alexandropoulos Masouras Fountas Tzolis Giakoumakis I believe Vlachodimos is our best keeper. Tzolakis and Dioudis should be back ups. Androutsos should be rewarded after his performances in the friendlies, as he was a breath of fresh air especially in possession and when attacking. Mavropanos is our best CB apart from Manolas. He has all the ability to lead from the back. More aggressive than Hatzidiakos and is better on the ball then Tzavellas and Kyriakos. He has performed very well in Germany too. Retsos is my personal favourite. A bit unrealistic that he starts but I believe he should because before his injuries he was in the team all the time. He is also talented and can play across the back line and even defensive midfield. If people have watched him play they’ll know how smart he is and how good he is on the ball. He’s also returned and performing really well. Tsimikas our best LB with Giannoulis as 2nd choice. Tsimikas will also be playing going forward for Liverpool. Midfield and attack is the most important. Galanopoulos is ahead of Kourbelis and Zeca for me. He can do the job defensively and is slightly better going forward than those 2 because he is more technical. Another favourite of mine is Alexandropoulos. This guy should be in our team. He has it all. I also believe he’s better than Bouchalakis. He’s also faster and more skilful. He controls the midfield better also in my opinion. Masouras and Tzolis on the wings. No surprises there. No in is better than them. Fountas I believe has to replace Bakasetas in the 11. I remember Fountas played a nice long through ball to Fortounis to score against Austria in a friendly. He is also currently on fire and has been scoring. 5 goals in 6 games to be exact. Giakoumakis upfront. I would’ve put Douvikas there as he’s had a good pre season. But he can be back up for now. What are your opinions about my starting line up and analysis? We have games coming up in September so we need the 6 points.

Aek loses a penalty shootout to Velez in a second leg they dominated and is out of European competition. Good times.

Biseswar was pathetic, and I don't see him securing a spot at PAOK when he gets back. Having said that though I think he was one of the better Surinam players. At least in the 2nd half that I saw. If he wants to have any chance to compete for PAOK he will need to shed some kilograms as well.

I was looking at whoscored.com - the man of the match was Bakasetas. Every time I look at these sites, he is always "our best player".