Leaderboard

The game was calling for Konsantellias especially in the last 20 minutes when the Dutch were under pressure. Poyet didn’t play him and even Alexandropoulos but he puts ion Bouchalakis? Overall Poyet has definitely improved the NT by winning the Nations League and beating the country’s we are suppose to unlike under other managers. All that said he has fallen short in the matches vs Holland. If we got 3pts from them we would have qualified for the Euros directly. A Holland team which was there for the taking especially in Greece where they missed seven starters. Now Poyet has to get the job done in the playoffs. I hope he calls up Fortounis and begs him to comeback!

If we can't progress through the playoff route, we are not ready. In these qualifiers, the only game we looked like we didn't belong was the first Dutch game. The games against France and the Netherlands (at home) we lost on penalties. That says something. One concerning aspect, against those teams, we did sit back too much (outside of the last 15 minutes yesterday) and it led to too much contact in the box. Against France, we could have easily been called for at least one more.

Got my tickets and will be going to this with Scotsman. Hoping we make this 3/3 but I think it will be a tough game.