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Thx buddy. Lol. Even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Good to know, I have a good feeling Greece will challenge Italy for 1st place in the group.

First tie-breaker in UEFA is head-to-head Second is away goals Third is goal differential

Well, you answered the question. Faroe!! No experimenting during qualifying should be done.

if u cant experiment a bit vs liechtenstein dont bother going to the euros

Qualifiers are no time to experiment. Unless you’re out of course.

I like your ideas @Rockafeller Skank but we played a disjointed 3-5-2 or 5-3-2 in the beginning against Bosnia and we conceded 2 goals very quickly. It was only until we reverted back to our usual 4-2-3-1 that we started to get our rhythm and control of the game. Maybe it was the personnel in that formation in the first 20 minutes that caused us to concede. Bakakis for sure is not good enough. He had only 1 good moment in the game and that’s when he took the ball down from a long from Samaris and low crossed it to Fortounis who skied it infront of goal. It’s very important that we press teams higher up the field. We shouldn’t sit back and invite pressure because we conceded 2 goals. We looked more in control when we pressed and fought for possession in a 4-2-3-1. I think the 4-2-3-1 is our best formation. Don’t forget Zeca presses nearly the whole game and assisted the 2nd goal. We are lucky to have him in my opinion. A real workhorse. Kourbelis is a good player, I want to see him aswell ina higher level we can do something with him. He deserves a spot in the team somewhere.

Hope our fans can turn this into a party without a discord. Savvidis wants our last homegame (against Levadiakos) to be played without nets. Would increase the atmosphere. And I see possibilities for a pitch invasion. And a pitch invasion is a tradition and a must. After 34 years. Guys I don’t know how you feel but this is the first championship that I am really conscious of. The first I was nine and not aware. The second I was 18 and just far away. And without internet I was happy that after the championship I could buy a newspaper on the Tuesday after the Sunday (!) at Rotterdam Central Station to read about it and see the pics of players celebrating. Hurray for modern media!

Nothing better than seeing a gutsy performance from your NT. I like what I'm seeing with this Ethniki and looks like we have options in defence, midfield and forward. Squad depth is looking better. It's a start that gives hope and optimism. Can't wait for Italy on 8 June in Athens. Hope EPO organises 1 or 2 friendlies end of May. Greek Super League scheduled to finish 6 May.

Ι told u guys before that Im quitting the NT for a period of time. Of course imma be folowing but not watching the matches and not being pressured about results either. I am at erasmus in fckin Lithuania and there is obviously no place that people would say "Hey lets watch bosna - grekija match." so it helped me not be interested in the mathes. I was making out with a czech sorta gf I found here and I checked the gazzetta livescore commentatory at 2-0 and said meh I don't care anyways. After about 2 hours I saw the match ended 2-2 and well, let's just say that I went for round 2 and I am a guy that never goes round 2. Guess I can't help it. Im too much into the National Team.

Stop calling Mitroglou lazy. Look at his important goals. Of course the problem of having a targetman is that he needs proper service. Fortounis can give it to him but when the whole defence has to focus on 2 players guess what, they re utterly outnumbered. His class is obvious from the fact that he keeps scoring even though he is always marked. You could see at 2nd goal that Nobody gave a f*ck about Kolovos. They didn't even expect him to do that move he made to get in front of teammate (I think Koulouris) and defender and take the cross for himself. They didn't know his style of play. I don't rate Kolovos, even after that. Even though his header was the defitinion of "it was in from the moment it left his head" type of header. Mitroglou needs proper wingers who will run down the opposition and tire the enemy defenders. It's not a matter of laziness, but he always presses opposition when he is asked to. I am honestly still waiting for that 3-5-2 on our full level. I think the coach is hoping for something like that when we dont have injuries. Vlachodimos (terrible match for him in my opinion) 2nd goal is 80% his fault even tho the wall was probably just misscommunication, He could still save it he is better than that. Siovas is a soldier. Good back up for our top 3. Retsos Manolas and Stafylidis are missing from the defence. Koutris is fine offensively so 3-5-2 suits both of our Left Backs. I don't like Bakakis. I think he is a player who produces up to 6 and can never get past it. Sokratis is a leader and a realist. He sais we are s%$#! at this point and the team's efforts prove that we are working our way from the bottom and not the other way around. Samaris Zeka Kourbelis seem the most decent midfield we ve had the last couple of years. I'd like to see Kourbelis try himself in a better team maybe get a more competitive mentality and confidence, as well as recognition. Put Mitroglou and Fortounis up front and I think this is our best tam currently with Donis as a SS. I think a 3-6-1 works great vs better opposition with wingerbacks on the wings. Or 4-4-1-1. But I believe versus teams like Liechtenstein and Armenia we totally need a 4-2-3-1. I would like to see the introduction of Lazaros Lamprou,Bouzoukis, Chatzigiovanis and Lhmnios in the men's side. Second match vs Liectehstein at home we could sort of experiment I guess. So a 3-6-1 could be like Vlachodimos Retsos - Sokratis -Manolas Torosidis - Samaris - Zeka - Kourbelis - Stafylidis Fortounis Mitroglou A 4-4-1-1 could be like Vlachodimos Toro - Sokratis - Manolas - Stafylidis Zeka - Samaris Kourbelis - Donis/Stafylidis/Koutris Fortounis Mitroglou And of course a 4-2-3-1 vs weaker opposition (probably needs testing before using - and my personal preference Vlachodimos Toro - Sokratis - Manolas - Stafylidis Samaris - Zeka Masouras/Lamprou - Fortounis - Donis Mitroglou I left Kourbe out of the midfield because he is more defensively minded than the others and well, this is more like a lineup vs weak states to secure scoring opportunities and maximum possible pressure against their weak defence.

I am huge fun of Sirtaki dance ?

I also like the fact that it seems that both teams are starting to respect one another more. Non of the BS that happened the last time out, saw a few pics of the guys taking selfies together. This group will be competitive, the race for the top two spots may go to the last game.

Greece is second in the standings by virtue of goal difference.