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6-1 (that is a nostalgic/mythic score) for the lads with some beauties: free kick and a bycicle kick.

Good points Dean. I personally think Greece are heading in the right direction after the NL with Poyet & the team seems to be unified. It will be a tough Euro qualification group for sure with France & Holland but I think we can battle for second spot with Holland. If we do come up short we have the NL playoff and we will qualify from there. It’s been very tough not qualifying for the last 4 tournaments but let’s not forget Greece came within a playoff for 2018 World Cup but we ran into Croatia and they were a loaded side and eventual finalists. It didn’t help that for the first leg Manolas was unjustly suspended and that gave Croatia a huge advantage. 2020 Euro qualifying we started off well but all the in fighting costed us and losing Fortounis for the last 6 matches was a huge blow also. The last World Cup we had a tough group with Spain & Sweden but we got a result in Spain and not many countries can say that. Also we beat Sweden and should have beaten them again in Sweden but we were unlucky to not score a goal or two after totally dominating them in the first half in Stockholm. As I’ve said second place should have been ours but the previous manager made way to many mistakes that campaign that costed us points. I am really looking forward to the euro qualifiers.

I have to agree with most things you said. I just think with Greece it’s different, most players don’t develop or improve over time. I agree the national team is not a place to develop players but at the same time some seem to have more talent than those who are more experienced. A good combination is what we should look for. But I think it’s better to give players a chance when they are inform or have some momentum. Some young players like Koulierakis and Konstantelias have momentum and are playing well. Might aswell give them a chance to get used to international football as they have the talent and are the future. I also think it’s more about what someone can offer over someone else. In the end though the best of the best should playing. Konstantelias pulled off a man of the match performance recently against Atromitos. He’s skilful and quick and would be useful. PAOK seem like to be the only team wanting to produce Greek players. Also interestingly Bouchalakis hasn’t played much football lately as the Korean midfielder Hwang has taken his place and rightfully so. Kourbelis also seems like a rotational player these days. It hard to keep an eye on the league when there are so many foreigners playing but I’d rather keep an eye on the Greeks and see how they are doing.