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I really like his passion and love he has for the NT and the fact that it is a dream come true for him.. Glad to see that Basinas said he will be working with the under 21 team to develop one system that the Greek teams will be accustom to playing so that way when they transition into the NT the young guys don't feel lost. Every successful football nation does this. As a Greek coach and with Basinas there they will implement the importance and honor for being on the NT and if guys don't show they care they will not be called up.. All in all a positive press conference..

I'm surprised by laz or Fetfa not being called up either but I will give the new manager the benefit of the doubt and wont judge him until I see the team play for a bit... I will be disappointed if Bakasetas starts though..This first game against Finland may be a very different game style we play as we will be chasing goals.. I wonder if the coach will play an all out attack to try to get goals and stay alive in the Nations league or will he juts try to implement his style and get them ready for the Euros???

Does Angelo play an all out attacking game against Finland knowing we need 3 goals to have any chance or does he play the style that he wants to see the team play going forward and into the Euros??

Very pleased to see Tziolis and Tzavellas finally done.. unfortunate that Donis misses AGAIN due to injury.. Not a fan of Bakasetas but glad to see this coach make changes... look forward to see what system he plays and who he chooses to start..

Here are the players that have been called up... Donis still injured.. Goalkeepers: Vasilis Barkas (AEK), Alexandros Paschalakis (PAOK), Odysseas Vlachodimos (Benfica). Defenders: Kostas Manolas (AS Roma), Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Arsenal), Dimitris Siovas (Leganes), Vasilis Lampropoulos (AEK), Michalis Bakakis (AEK), Vasilis Torosidis (Olympiacos), Leonardo Koutris (Olympiacos), Dimitris Giannoulis (Atromitos). Midfielders: Andreas Samaris (Benfica), Andreas Bouchalakis (Olympiacos), Petros Mantalos (AEK), Dimitris Pelkas (PAOK), Anastasios Bakasetas (AEK), Konstantinos Fortounis (Olympiacos), Dimitris Kourbelis (Panathinaikos), Carlos Zeca (FC Copenhagen), Giorgos Masouras (Panionios). Forwards: Konstantinos Mitroglou (Marseille), Efthymis Koulouris (Atromitos), Nikos Karelis (PAOK). http://www.agonasport.com/agonasport-allnews/vlachodimos-siovas-and-koutris-in-ethniki-roster

Ya I just read that as well... I thought it was official a couple weeks ago... Tsanos is also not part of the team which is great.. http://www.agonasport.com/agonasport-allnews/official-epo-confirm-anastasiadis-appointment

I thought he was announced my bad... what are they waiting for? I mean the money has been agreed upon and the guy is going to coach the team within the next week or so...

The team will look different in the euro qualifiers then it will in the last 2 games of the Nations league due to the fact that he will allow the U21 to finish their campaign.. I still think we will see a different team in the next two games as I expect Tziolis, Tzavellas, Karnezis gone. I'm hoping he reaches out to Holebas.. Don't expect miracles in the first two games as the team may not look that good until they adjust to the way the coach wants them to play.. I'm taking these next two games as a way to get ready for the Euro qualifiers.. A press conference with the new coach would have been nice...

New coach calls up Vlachodimos and Samaris for the upcoming games.. http://www.agonasport.com/agonasport-allnews/benfica-confirm-vlachodimos-and-samaris-in-national-team-roster

Its a very simple game plan for any team playing against the NT, all they have to focus on is suffocating Mitro and that pretty much eliminates the Greek team from scoring... If you want to get the most out of Mitro then you need to create space for the guy so adding another striker will free him up.. We all know Mitro is slow and can be very ineffective in games but he is the only player you have that only needs 1 chance and he can score more then any other player on the team. For a team that doesn't score goals sitting Mitro is NOT the answer but rather finding away to free him up is what they should be looking at and adding another striker is the only way..

This article says big changes are coming and Tziolis,Tzavellas will not be called up again either will Karnezis.. he is looking at adding Tsamikas,Gallanopoulos and others... http://www.agonasport.com/agonasport-allnews/20181016-8ygrj

https://www.sport24.gr/Columns/Charlie/ethnikh-elladas-o-anastasiadhs-exei-galanopoylo-lampropoylo-se-prwto-plano.5352463.html

Apparently big changes coming.... He has completely changed the coaching staff, and apparently Tziolis, Tzavellas and Karnezis will not be part of the NT going forward.. He is also going to be working closely with Nikopolidis in regards to the young guys... If this reporting is accurate then things are definitely looking up... I hope he does a press conference soon.. EPO is so unorganized as they should have had a formal press conference with the new coach and his plans before he starts the nations league games in 2 weeks..

Glad to see Basinas join the team And Tsanos looks like he’s on his way OUT!! Let’s hope this coach and his staff finally start to turn this team around..

I don’t think anyone should say s..t about this coach until he has been given a fair chance.. we’ve had some good name coaches that haven’t worked out... At the very least this coach shouldn’t be judged until he has had sometime with the team.. No player on the NT should have the right to open their mouth about which coach they want becasue as much as the coaches have been to blame there performances has been dreadful and if anyone is going to bring a negative attitude on the team then they should retire from the NT... There is no true leader in this NT at all.. I know Manolas and Socrati are leaders and have heart but this team is missing a vocal leader like Kara, as those guys wore the NT jersey on their heart.. The new coach needs to step in and immediately take control of the team because if he goes in their and shows weakness some of these players will walk all over him.. I’m personally excited to see what he is going to do with the team.. Maybe having a Greek coach after all is what they need to fix this team becasue no foreign coach has been able to do it over than last 4 years..

NT coach waiting to see if Manolas will be available to play the two nation leagues games..... Η Ρόμα το Σάββατο (3/11) παίζει στο "Αρτέμιο Φράνκι" με τη Φιορεντίνα, έπεται ο αγώνας στη Μόσχα με την ΤΣΣΚΑ για το Champions League και η αναμέτρηση πρωταθλήματος με την Σαμπντόρια. Στα μέσα του επόμενου μήνα υπάρχουν και τα δύο ματς της Εθνικής για το Nations League απέναντι σε Φινλανδία (15/11, 21:45) και Εσθονία (18/11, 21:45) και ο Άγγελος Αναστασιάδης περιμένει να δει αν θα έχει στη διάθεσή του τον Έλληνα σέντερ μπακ.

Apparently the new coach will start to implement some of these players to the NT but not during this November call ups as they are playing in the qualifiers... …….To see new blood like Galanopoulos, Chatzigiovannis, Tsimikas, Limnios, Koulouris, and Vlachodimos (if EPO get their priorities straight) in his call-ups for the EURO 2020 qualifiers. Do not expect some of these players in November’s call ups for the Nations League because they will be fighting with the Greece U21 squad against Austria in the qualifying playoffs for a spot in the EURO 2019 finals.

I don't think it will be a disaster... I mean Raneri was a disaster and Skibbe was horrible as well.. I only see an improvement over the past guys we had.. Now if we see Tziolis and Tzavellas called up then I will retract my statement.. Lets not judge the guy on the first game either as with anything there will be a transition period..

I'm reading a lot of negative comments on social media about Anastasiadis, People are saying he's a disaster.. I know nothing about this guy.. Is he that bad??

I just read Skibbe is going to be fired as well today or tomorrow the announcement will follow and Anastasiadis will take over... http://www.sport-fm.gr/article/podosfairo/teleiwnei-o-skimpe-anastasiadis-i-anastasiou-o-diadoxos/3561052

Unfortunately the EPO came out and said that there is no truth to them speaking or having interest in Ang... I completely Agree we need a coach that can pick our best players as I truly believe we have enough talented players to be a class B team maybe not with the Belgiums and the France teams but we should be able to compete with the teams under that level and should be able to beat teams we are currently losing too.. The problem is our players have no game plan and look lost out there and everyone looks like there trying to do everything themselves.. we have no strategy no unity no set plan of which way they need to play.. Skibbe just fills body’s on the field and pretty much says don’t concede a goal.. we need a coach that will bring us structure, play a system that will get the most out of the players.. I’m sick of watching teams like Hungary and Finland out play us not on talent but becasue they have a better system then the NT.. This can only change with a new coach that has a good background and won’t take s%$#! from anyone..

Looks like Skibbe isn’t going anywhere.. looks like the EPO has had a change of heart and are now killing skibbe for the remainder of the Nations league and the Euros... This is so demoralizing to the fans and the better of the the team.. So f..king pissed about this.. only reason the EPO is Doug this is so they don’t have to Buy skibbe our and pay him a big lump of money so for that reason we are stuck with this clown...

lol... Lets be honest though it didn't work well with an Italian in Raneri, a coach from Uruguay and a German coach so why not try a Greek born coach from Australia??

Now we are honestly looking at an impossible task to make the Euros as only the top 2 spots make it. We are looking at having 2 teams that are much more superior to us and if we drop into pot 4 then we are looking at 3 difficult teams.. This nations league was truly our best opportunity in the an easy group... Skibbe should have been sacked after failure to get us to the world cup but waiting this long will cost us another tournament.. I'm starting to read that if he gets positive results in his next two matches he will lead us to the Euros... We are going to be screwed for a long time...

Sibbe will get to finish the Nations League games in November... https://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/ethniki_elladas/me-skimpe-ws-to-telos-toy-nations-league.5341321.html