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very sloppy start.

starting lineup: Βλαχοδήμος, Λύρατζης, Χατζηδιάκος, Μαυροπάνος, Τσιμίκας, Μπουχαλάκης, Σιώπης, Πέλκας, Μπακασέτας, Παυλίδης, Δουβίκας.

Tell me you guys noticed the minute Bakasetas came on our offence went to s%$#!, no flow and sloppy passes.

Perfect cross by Rota!

Nice goal!!

Ridiculous…

Hahaha 5 minutes later they say no goal…WTF???

Goal!!

Ya I guess. .… We know what Mantalos brings to the team which is not much, I wanted to see Alexandropoulos start.. Any idea of the status of Fortounis?

Mantalos, Pelkas and Rota??? Why FFS🤦🏻‍♂️

Regarding Manolas, Soivas Korubelis the plan was to call them up but they have a busy schedule so he left them sit out of the friendlies but plans to have them for the Nations League games in June.

Staf made no sense to me either. It would have been nice to see Manolas and Siovas even in the friendlies though so they can have a few games to build some chemistry with the team. I do like how Poyet said in the press conference he needs to have his core starters that start all the time and then they can sub out a few players here and there. From the list of players the midfield still looks to still be a very big problem for us but that's obviously not on Poyet but rather the lack of talent we have in that position.

This explains why Manolas and company were not called up. Εθνική Ελλάδος: Χωρίς Μανωλά, Σωκράτη οι πρώτες κλήσεις του Πογέτ, έκπληξη με Κουρφαλίδη (sport24.gr)

Looks Like Poyet wants Monals, Siovas and Socrates part of the team. whether he chooses to call them up for the friendly remains to be seen but he definitely wants them part of the nations League and Euro.. Εθνική Ελλάδος: Θετικό το κλίμα για Μανωλά, Παπασταθόπουλο και Σιόβα (sport24.gr)

Does anyone know when Poyet is going to announce his call ups?

After reading that I'm concerned as well. Lets hope it works out.

He talks about Manolas, Socrates and Siovas.

When is Poyet going to do a press conference? I'm curios to hear what he says.. Also when a new coach usually comes in he my start his first couple games with a very similar line up that the previous coach had so he can evaluate each player unless he's familiar with Greek soccer and the players...

Anyone know if Poyet is going to do a press conference? i know his signing is officially tomorrow..

“New Ethniki Omada assistant coach is 37 year old Gerard Nus The Spaniard is former assistant of previous Ethniki coach John Van't Schip at Melbourne City in 13/14 season. One year before, he was Brighton's academy coach when Gus Poyet was in charge of the first team”

Poyet is younger so maybe more in touch with todays game, in saying that i don't know much about him at all. Anyone know what style of play he prefers?? Curios to see if he reaches out to Siovas, Manolas and Soctrates.

I think their seems to be a bigger issue here as the EPO do not know what direction they want the team to go and what they want their identity to be. From the names listed since the firing of JVS we’ve heard Defence minded coaches and offensive minded coaches. The EPO can’t just look for whoever is available they need to first find what the identity of the team is and then find a coach that fits there style or else this revolving circle of team failure and firing and rehiring of coaches won’t stop. A coach needs to come in and first see what style suits the team best and only play the best players available in their natural position, we can’t have guys playing in one position for their club teams and then moving them to a different position for the NT and think they will be as affective.. I think we have enough talent if we use our very best to be able to qualify for tournaments but the need to address the midfield will be crucial in my opinion.

From the names listed i think i would go with Donis but it seems like they are leaning towards the coach from Azerbaijan which I'm not a fan off.