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Goallllllllllll Pavlidis!!!!!

Greece score again but offside wow..

Pavlidis!!!!!!!

Goalllllllllllllllllllll

Wow so lucky there..

It’s going to be very difficult to try and get better chances than that.. Really needed to be up by 1..

Oh man that’s 2 chances fkkkkk

Just heard Ioannidis will miss the match with England.. Big loss..

Players called up for the game against England. Goalkeepers: Vlachodimos, Mandas, Tzolakis Defenders: Mavropanos, Hatzidiakos, Koulierakis, Giannoulis, Vagiannidis, Tsimikas, Rota, Retsos, Ntoi Midfielders: Bakasetas, Mantalos, Zafeiris, Kourbelis, Chatzigiovanis Forwards: Ioannidis, Masouras, Pelkas, Tziolis, Konstantelias, Pavlidis, Douvikas

Greece moved up 6 spots they are now at 48.

This win was HUGE for us to stay in pot 2 in the WC qualifying draw..

Goallllll

Greece are so lucky right now. If they don’t make a change ASAP they are going to concede and this time it will count…They look terrible..

Playing with fire…

Rota is going to cost us.. he’s already given the ball away twice..

Damn my steam is down. Any good streams

Oh boy what a terrible line up. This guy is suppose to be very familiar with the Greek players??? Not a good first impression. Bakestas, Mantolas, Bouchalakis, Pelkas all starting.. with the exception of a couple players this might be one of the worst lineups I've seen in the last few years.

Looking forward to seeing a fresh start and some new faces in the line up. I have to agree with so many on here i personally think our lack of making it to tournaments has been our midfield which has been our weakest position ever since our last world cup appearance. Finally having someone that has some pace and skill in the midfield will be huge for this team. In regards to Backseats i went from not being able to stand the guy to admiring him for his passion for the Ethniki you can see it in him. Although he has produced many important goals he still can't be the starter on this team, for what he makes up with his powerful shot he lacks in speed, passing ability and overall creativity. i don't mind him coming off the bench i think he's at least earned that right to have a spot on the team but that's as far as it should go with him. I still would have loved to see Fortounis on this team as we are still lacking someone with his talent to be able to create space and thread passes. Now its up to the new coach to find a style of play that fits these players. I still have a feeling in this first game he will start some of the guys like Bakasetas and so on, so we may need to give him some slack the first few games. Overall I'm pretty excited but again we NEED to finish 2nd in the Nations League we have to assume we will have a very difficult WC qualifiers draw based on our FIFA rankings. I'm at the point where i don't think i can handle another missed tournament especially when i believe we have enough talented players to at least make tournaments.

Curios to see who Jovanovic calls up and what style he prefers to play. Is he going to play it safe and have a very similar line up we've seen under Poyet the first couple of games. Most important here is we take 2nd in the nations League as England will most likely advance directly through the world cup qualifiers. We need this 2nd chance as our current FIFA rankings will most likely not give us a favorable draw in the qualifiers.

First press conference. He was asked about Fortounis and says he wants to reach out to him as he's too talented to leave off the team. Looks like its up to Fortounis now. Anyways here is the press conference if anyone wants to watch..

Its Official the Ethniki has hired Ivan Jovanovic as the new head coach.. Thoughts?? Εθνική Ελλάδας: Νέος προπονητής ο Ιβάν Γιοβάνοβιτς (sport24.gr)

Lets see if they hire anyone before Junes friendly match. Anyone have any idea who the EPO is considering for his replacement?

Pretty good read, I agree with a lot of what is said in this article as it discusses the last few coaches including Poyet and what the teams needs going forward if any wants to give it a read. The Ethniki needs a cultural shift to a build a winner (hellasfooty.blogspot.com)

I'm with you man. He had so much time to prepare for Georgia, what's even more concerning is this to me was one of the worst performances I've seen under Poyet In a must win game. He hasn't done a good enough job to warrant a stay. He did the same thing in Holland when we got smoked 3-0 in a huge game for us in our fight for 2nd. Yes in between he does have the team pull off some good performances and did build some unity with the team but it means nothing when you lose to teams like Georgia to make the Euros. I'm done with seeing guys like Pelkas on the wing when we have so much better options, Or even guys like Mantalos. Bakasetas i can't really say anything negative as he's been our leading scorer and plays with heart but he can only give you so much and i think Poyet is asking him to do more than he's capable of. I'm not confident in a new coach either anymore as it just seems everyone that takes the job just keeps recycling the same players and hoping for a different result. Bottom line Poyet had one of his worst performances as a coach in the biggest game this team has had in years and he has failed. He needs to go.