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If you think he’s getting sacked while putting up results right now you are living in a dream world. Yes the call ups are not ideal in some cases I get it..The difference between me and you is I call it as I see it, I’m not a straight up hater, I give the coach credit when it’s warranted and I criticize when I see fit.. You have been hating from the start wether they play good or not.. Homie I don’t see anyone “Hidden” as you say, It’s almost like you want this team to lose just so JVS can get fired so you can some how feel inferior.. I’ve said it from the beginning I may not like the guys call ups but if he’s slowly rebuilding the team and wining at the same time then I’m okay with that even though I do get frustrated with his selections.. But I’ll tell you straight I never liked Skibbes selections and the other 3 coaches before him anyways.. So why don’t you put your ideal line up down here for everyone to see, let’s see what a team of Boxou looks like.. And There’s a difference between someone bashing you and someone Disagreeing with you..

I was also disappointed in his response especially when he said "Mantolas and Bakasetas were here from when I took over the team" So what does that mean? they should be automatic starters just because they were here when he took over the team?? That's a bad way of thinking. He also mentioned that Fortounis is not getting playing time with his club team (so that's why he's not starting) Then why is Staf an automatic starter when he's healthy?? he doesn't play regularly for his club team.. He also wants the old crew gone but yet he invites and plays Tzavellas.. I see a lot of hypocrisy and contradictions. I will praise and defend JVS when he's right but I will also call him out when I think he's wrong. At the end of the day we never agreed with all the coaches selections post our last world cup appearance and that's the frustrating part because I think we all believe here that we still wont reach our full potential as we are not fielding our best possible line up.

I hope JVS realizes a few things after tonight game; Before we got the penalty we were not creating anything we were making passes with no guys moving and through 40 minutes I don’t think we had a shot on goal, Not sure what the result would have been if Moldova didn’t lose a player. When Fortounis and Fountas came on then you started seeing the team play good ball as they created a lot of chances once the changes were made. Mantolas even tho he scored should not play on the wing, other then that goal he was not effective. Vlacho needs to be our regular starter enough with Barkas. Fortounis needs to start, when he’s on his game he is a very effective player, and Fountas needs to start on the wing alongside Liminos.. This has come down to a two man race between us and Slovenia and if we don’t get three points against kosovo we are in jeopardy of not finishing first as you have to assume Slovenia will beat Moldova on Wednesday.

Save Vlacho

Omg Rota penalty for Moldova

We need to win by at least 3 against a minnow with one man down..

I get what you are saying but no matter what we all want to see the bottom line is this coach is not calling those guys up no matter what we say wether we agree or disagree with JVS decision. I’m not a fan of his selections or who starts or doesn’t start either but the reality is he has been getting results.. We haven’t just played well against Armenia and Kosovo we also beat Bosnia who is in a much higher group then us along with Finland, we also played Italy very well with JVS and could have had a better result but were unlucky.. After suffering so many years I’m okay with change as long as the selections are somewhat logical..

Omg Baka scores for the NT..?

Red card

Penalty

Take Mantolas off for Fountas and Bakasetas off for Fortounis. Need more skilled players on.

Every pass is coming at a stand still no movement no speed in any of the passes. Very easy to defend against right now.

Seriously man Baka has such a heavy foot, he can’t beat anyone one v one and can’t make solid passes, Why is he such an automatic starter and worse captain of this team. Tzavellas starting is another head scratcher that I don’t get..

And who exactly are you talking about when you say “That sums up your football knowledge”

Official lineup. Vlacho Hatzidiakos Svarnas Tzavelas Giannoulis Zeca Kourbelis Liminos Baka Mantalos Pavlidis not sure why Mantolas is on the wing, also I know a lot of guys here disagree but not sure why Bakasetas is starting. I really wanted to see Fortounis in this game as well as Fountas and I would have tried Rota today.. I don’t like how JVS was a starting to play guys out of position again..

Then why call him up?? If you can’t trust to play him in a friendly against Austria or a team like Maldova then what’s the point?

Now that Bakakis is ruled out of the upcoming games Rota will start for sure.

A few things are starting to concern me. -We have not played anywhere close to how we finished the last euro campaign, we don't have the same energy or attacking, we've looked sloppy and confused at times and aren't plying with the same flow. -Way to many changes and faces, i understand you want to try new guys but at some point you need to stick with a core group of players and let them build chemistry. -We need to find a better combination of midfielders which is our age old problem. Still not sure who is the best combo -Our defenders are fine against weaker teams but the minute they play a better opponent they will be in trouble. in a perfect world yes we would have Manolas and Siovas on the team but it seems like that ship has sailed so who fills that role? I think JVS s looking for guys in the back that can move the ball and help create counter attacks as well as good passers but are those type of players good enough to shut it down wen they need too? -Maybe JVS is just using these friendless and Nations league games to prepare for 2020 Qatar and he's using these games to find the team he wants to move forward with.

After seeing what our D core looks like against a slightly above average team i have to admit if we continue with this current defense core we are screwed.

Embarrassing defensive performance for us tonight

2-1 Austria

We have let there players consistently get behind our defence tonight. Sloppy in the back but that’s expected with the players we have back there tonight.

Goal Fortounis

I understand this is a friendly but we are playing some ugly football.. No control and scrambling all over the place.