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Guys give this a read he explains everything JVS has done from nations league to the World Cup qualifiers. He is spot on. https://hellasfooty.blogspot.com/2021/11/same-mistakes-keep-costing-us.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR04RAqwyd9BtwuJjAcTUMjYSNY8k0JahoDhb9v9VYI4pVdHi7TZsfpTthI

No clean sheet ..again.. I am tired of saying it and so are many others. The reality is what we need is is a coach who can handle all personalities and put our best on the field mixed with the youth as well. Having Manolas and others today could have made a difference defensively.

Best option right now is to keep the current coach. The current players play for him and give it their all. They don't see the national team as a nuisance like some players in the past. Thankfully those players are gone. Only players that want to play on the national team and respect the coach should be called up. Bringing in a Greek coach right now, specially Donis, will be a step in the wrong direction. Another thing that needs to be pointed out is that Greek football is sick. There is no patience to develop the players. In 2004 a lot of the NT players were part of the U21 team that qualified to the U21 final against Spain. What has the current U21 team done lately? They can't even qualify from the group stage. And than you have the domestic leagues, where majority players are foreign based and Greek player don't get any playing time. No wonder the NT coach has to scan 2nd and 3rd division teams in Europe to find players with Greek roots that might be called up.

Yeah it's time to cut JVS loose....not that it's all on him but someone needs to foot the bill and it's gonna be him. I think this failure to qualify has more to do with a combination of injuries, players in leadership standing refusing to participate and a general lack of talent and depth, but JVS's inability to make in-game changes to tactics and players so as to adapt to the game being played is not acceptable at this level and I think that's his biggest shortcoming. Manolas and Papastathopoulos can both suck it and I hope they never get called back....they turned their back on the team and no amount of "player management" will change their crappy attitude....same goes for Siovas. They took themselves out of the picture and for those who don't remember, the NT went through their most embarrassing period in recent history with these 2 as the main CB pairing anyhow....enough said on this issue already. There were good signs from the team but no consistency which is part of the coach's job.....to get a consistently good performance from his players regardless of the outcome....if the players aren't talented, then that's an altogether different issue and at the moment it seems we are lacking in that department. I'm pretty sure JVS didn't tell his players to sit back against Georgia or Kosovo....I'm pretty sure he told them the same thing he said going in against Sweden but the player's just don't have the ability to perform consistently Hopefully Tzolis, Douvikas, and Alexandropoulos will continue to develop because the previous bunch of Pelkas, Fortounis, Mantalos etc. fell well short of the mark. Pavlidis, Fountas, Giakoumakis may prove to be serviceable players but have yet to stamp their mark on the team. Leftback is stacked while I think we need options on the right. I think Hatzidiakos is a talented CB and part of the future plans....Mavropanos needs a little more work but is promising. It's a big let down as far as how things went after JVS took over but from the start he made it clear that his idea of success lay in qualifying for the WC....playing nice football is nice but it means nothing without results.

That's quite ironic. Can I tell you after we couldn't beat Kosovo I jumped on his Instagram and asked him how he could justify 1 shot at goal in the first half against the Minnows in Kosovo in a must win game. Two minutes later I was blocked. Which is effectively what he did to Siovas when he too questionned his methods. So it's obvious the guy can't take criticism in any way shape or form which must be tough for him considering what a failure he's been as a coach throughout his career.

Yes everyone here should read it, very well written and said!

Ο πρόεδρος της ΕΠΟ, Παναγιώτης Δημητρίου, μετά το ματς της Εθνικής με το Κόσοβο στο ΟΑΚΑ που έληξε ισόπαλο 1-1, μίλησε για την εικόνα του αντιπροσωπευτικού μας συγκροτήματος και είπε πως "θα μπορούσαμε να πετύχουμε κάτι καλύτερο και να προκριθούμε. Δεν είμαστε ευχαριστημένοι". Ακολούθως, ρωτήθηκε για το μέλλον του Τζον Φαν Σιπ: "Θα αποφασίσει η διοίκηση. Δεν μπορώ να εκφράσω προσωπική άποψη".

Another botched game, poor starting 11 when you have Alexandropoulos, Saliakias and Tzolis on the bench with plenty of gas to burn but no lets play the gassed guys who struggle to break down these teams... no balls no urgency and the same mistakes as usual - JVS has to go

Saw the game yesterday, it was insane how much better Tsimikas is than the rest of the team. How many times did he have an amazing cross with no one on the other side getting to it or misfiring. If Masouras can finish half his chances, he would be a super star. Our biggest issue is that we can't create real chances. For all our dominance, it seemed like we did not know how to dribble in the final third. Mantalos should not be in this team.

We cant afford JVS for NL if he continues to blow easy matches in League C and it could cost us a possible route through the playoffs that we may need to have at our disposal. The EPO are not to be trusted either I hear you on that, Since Santos its been a crap show with the coaches they have brought on. I would hope for Donis to come to coach the NT he can deal with these younger players and knows Greek football well and I believe he would command respect from the players.

It’s time for JVS to go. He’s had his time. We’ve gone downhill since he took over. These group of players are good enough in my opinion to go to a tournament. A player like Pelkas proved he is better than Bakasetas. Mantalos has regressed so much I can’t believe it. Bouchalakis is too slow. He didn’t play Alexandropoulos who is by far our best CM and JVS doesn’t know it. Tzolis is by far our best attacking player and only gets 30 minutes. Give these 2 a few full 90 minute games and see what happens. But no he has to stick to Bakasetas, Bouchalakis etc. How can he not pick a proper more experienced RB like Kitsiou or Kotsiras. Even though they aren’t the greatest they are RBs who can do the job. Androutsos should be playing CM and be used as a player than be put in any position and a reliable player to cover most positions of need be. He’s good. How can you play 3 or 5 man defence against teams like this. Play 4 at the back from the start and start Limnios, Tzolis and Alexandropoulos. Even though we had a few players out there’s no excuse in not beating these type of teams like Kosovo. JVS has failed. JVS out for me…

I really thought at the start at this campaign JVS would have learned from his mistakes with regards to player selections and in game tactics and that Greece would take max pts of the lesser countries. 2 points from Kosovo is a disgrace and both times we had the lead late on. We cant afford to keep him on and this pattern continues in the NL and it costs us a possible playoff spot should we not qualify directly for the EUROS. He has to go! Look at Serbia they change coach after failing to make the Euro and now they top a group with Portugal, meanwhile we cant beat the Kosovo's of the world.

Anyway.. on another note, another really bright performance for tsimikas and masouras.. which is basically the only positive thing I could come up with.