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Right now there is no advantage between Greece, Netherlands and Ireland. We have to assume that everyone is going to beat Gibraltar and everyone is going to lose to France so even though the Netherlands and Ireland have a loss we are all on level playing ground right now. The advantage will occur in June between Greece and Ireland and who ever can get 3 points. A draw will not help us at all. The draw will benefit Ireland if they come into our stadium and take a point. In a dream scenario Greece beat Ireland and somehow pull off a miracle draw in France, that would really give us a huge advantage.

I don't know why Douvikas and Tzoliz were not called up it makes no sense unless there were reasons I'm not aware of. Poyet now has his core players he's comfortable with but more tinkering needs to be done on the wings and Douvikas needs to be called up in June. We can also see what a difference Fortounis makes on the field when he's playing. The Line up for me looked so much more dangerous against Lithuania then it did against Gibraltar. Siopis has really impressed me with his work ethic, I also thought Rota had a strong game. Mantolas i don't mind in the midfield position since that is our weakest position i think he can do a decent job there.

The matches between Ireland and Netherlands will determine our fate that's why its crucial we get 3 points at home against Ireland in June.

The result is very disappointing but if we can build on these type of performances the goals will come. We played solid and the Lithuanian Goalie made some great goal line saves as we could have won this game by 3 or 4 goals.. We played better today than we did against Gibraltar. Lots of positives to take out of this game..

Fortounis needs to start every game bottom line..

What a fantastic final 5 minutes we’ve played..

Sorry boys not sure what's happening with duplicate messages..

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Hopefully people start coming to this new stadium and start supporting this team as we are really going to need the fans support in June and beyond..

I agree, he may not do everything technically sound and he at times is very frustrating to watch but he's starting to turn out to be a leader and and produce regularly for this team. So for the time being he deserves to be a starter. I more then anyone here has trashed him but he is starting to prove me wrong and i need to give him credit for how he's turned it around for the NT. I see the passion in him he has for the NT. In saying this i still don't think we are starting our absolute best line up. I think our midfield needs to change although Siopis is really working his ass off, and i think we have better options then Pelkas and Mantolas. I'm also hoping Fortounis starts to see regular playing time and think in tomorrows friendly would be a perfect opportunity to give him a chance. No need to have Pelkas and Mantalos play tomorrow we need to slowly move away from them and keep them as a bench option.

Guys we were still terrible we need to see some changes in the 2nd half..

Siopis!!!

I believe the Euros are head to head

This is absolutely terrible.. No one on the field has the ability to break down opposing defenders…

I know we are winning but this is some low energy terrible passing uninspired football so far from us..

This line up would be so much better if Fortounis replaced Mantalos and Konstantelias replaced Pelkas..

Βλαχοδήμος, Μπάλντοκ, Μαυροπάνος, Χατζηδιάκος, Τσιμίκας, Σιώπης, Μπακασέτας, Μάνταλος, Μασούρας, Πέλκας, Γιακουμάκης

Bakesetas will be an automatic starter. I'm not saying i agree with this at all but to be honest the last campaign he produced for us regularly and was a big part why we won the Nations League. You can tell he has the Greek passion and he wants to win with the NT team. I need to give credit where credit is due. In saying that i would love to see fortounis in as I think he can become the main player that controls the game as his talent is miles ahead of players like Bakesetas and company and has the skill to really control the pace of the game and break down opposing defenses. Give Fortounis some capable wingers and a decent striker and i think the dynamic of this team drastically changes. Just my two cents

I agree i think Poyet will stick with what won him the nations league for the most part.

Bakesetas will be an automatic starter. I'm not saying i agree with this at all but to be honest the last campaign he produced for us regularly and was a big part why we won the Nations League. You can tell he has the Greek passion and he wants to win with the NT team. I need to give credit where credit is due. In saying that i would love to see fortounis in as I think he can become the main player that controls the game as his talent is miles ahead of players like Bakesetas and company and has the skill to really control the pace of the game and break down opposing defenses. Give Fortounis some capable wingers and a decent striker and i think the dynamic of this team drastically changes. Just my two cents.

A healthy and in form Fortounis would be a huge asset for this team. I've been hoping to hear some news about him and hopefully Poyet calls him up.

Anyone have any idea when they will announce the players called up for the upcoming matches?

Even though this group is the group of death and chances of us qualifying are slim I really hope we can show progress and hold our own with the Netherlands and France. even the other teams will pose a challenge. It's unfortunate we got this group but until we start climbing the FIFA rankings these are the types of groups we can expect. We know the Netherlands and France will most likely only drop points to each other and i fully expect them to sweep through the other teams and at worst maybe getting a draw against us or Ireland. As we've said before our best and probably only realistic chance to qualify is through the Nations League that's why we would also want Turkey to qualify directly to avoid them as they would be our toughest challenge. But for now lets start of strong and bury Gibraltar.