Dean97

I think @gsots nailed it. We have the talented players to win but the coach refuses to use them.

Does anyone know how many tickets have been sold to this game?

I agree 100%. I think Lamprou is not even in the u21s squad.

Yes I did, i was looking at the positive aspects of his game. His forward runs were good and if you remember Samaris had the ball and completely was too slow to pick him out at times and when he did he stuffed up the pass. I don’t remember Mavrias getting beaten that often. Most of the goals came from the left side and centre. Mavrias would excel in a 3-5-2. He does make mistakes but who doesn’t in the national team.

Yeah that’s what i was thinking too. I just feel that we need someone with speed. I don’t think he likes to play there.

I was thinking how we have somewhat a full squad with no injuries and now he is out. Unbelievable I was optimistic because of how his speed could get us out of trouble. We are going to have it harder now .

Best thing to do now is to have Masouras and Kolovos on the wings. Donis would’ve provided that spark to burst through with speed. I don’t know who else we have to do that. Probably Pelkas.

Your kidding me... I was hoping it was nothing. What are we going to do now? He was our only hope for some speed.

Donis should be fine. I believe we will see a 4-2-3-1. We saw it against Turkey. So he wouldn’t make drastic changes now. My opinion what we will see: Vlachodimos Sokratis Manolas Siovas Koutris Zeca Samaris Pelkas Fortounis Kolovos Koulouris I have a feeling this will happen. Should it happen? No. We need to have our best players playing so I would suggest we play 3-4-2-1. But that’s too drastic for now as it should of already happened. Kourbelis should start over Samaris. I would trust Kotsiras. He seems strong enough and is tall so he can clear headers out of our box. Also doesn’t seem to get beaten easily. If someone could back me up on him because I haven’t seen him play that much.

This is what I believe also. Fortounis disappears against good opposition. We just have to wait and see.

He is injured. He is not good enough anyway. He makes mistakes in defence and gets beaten easily. Torosidis should start instead even though he is 34. Mavrias is ok but would excel at RWB and not RB. Bakakis would be the same too in my opinion. Defensively they are not good enough for this team but can add something in attack and provide good width. We haven’t got a quality RB. Even at LB with the options we have which is a lot still needs to work but definitely the better side than RB.

I agree with this formation but not the personnel. I’ve changed the players around in bold from your post. This is what we should do in my opinion. Mavrias is good. We need him attacking down the right for that width. He suits the RWB role. We need a clever midfielder who can pick our good balls to either flanks when needed to. Fortounis and Pelkas can do well as LF and RF. They can drop deep and collect the ball and also get in behind. I prefer Pelkas getting in behind with his pace.

Yeah I agree. Hopefully with Donis and Kolovos we can somehow get a point.

Yes Manolas and Sokratis are healthy. I wonder what Angelo will do with the RB position. I probably prefer Sokratis at RB. But I don’t want Samaris to start. Kourbelis should start with Zeca in the middle. If Zeca goes RB then we will be in trouble in the middle.

Mavrias started off as a winger and ever since he moved to Sunderland he became a right back. I actually like him there were moments where he got himself in good positions it was just the lack of service from our players to put him through for example, Samaris.

I wouldn’t count on it but I expect the whole team to be switched on. Fortounis dosent do well against good opposition. Italy has good defenders and I don’t see Fortounis troubling them. Samaris will bring no creativity. He is like a log. At least Kourbelis will bring energy and pick out a good ball. Donis, Kolovos and Masouras must start against Italy. They bring what we need and will give Italy something to think about especially with Donis pace.

The line up they put up was wrong. It was this... Paschalakis Mavrias Kourbelis Valerianos Koutris Siopis Samaris Masouras Fortounis Pelkas Koulouris Btw Samaris and Fortounis were trash. Siopis did alright. Played better than Samaris. Koulouris not involved enough. We clearly need more quality in midfield and upfront. Samaris is not good enough. Koulouris hasn’t got enough presence. Kolovos is good enough and so is Masouras. Kourbelis is great to have, I’d give him game time instead of Samaris. Tachtsidis and Lykogiannis should have been called up.

Does anyone know what’s the best streaming site to watch the game against Turkey?

It’s clear that Anastasiadis dosent trust young wingers like Chatzigiovannis, Limnios and Lamprou. In my opinion they should be in the team. At least one of them. If he is thinking of playing a 3 man defence than it’s ok. I’m thinking that he see Kolovos as a winger when he shouldn’t be. He is a central players whether that’s CM, CAM or Striker. Chatzigiovannis has dropped off in the 2nd part of the season but his overall quality and talent is good enough for our squad with limited wingers. He can improve more though. Limnios shocked me with how bad he did against the Saudi’s in a friendly a few years ago. It looked like he couldn’t do anything. It felt like Bakasetas was playing. Maybe I had such high hopes and maybe it was just an off day but he has talent. Lamprou has probably the most potential out of all and playing in a better league in Netherlands. What’s the excuse with him? Id would’ve put Masouras in Kotsiras place just because of the speed Masouras has.

There are only 2 centrebacks that are available for the Turkey match. That’s includes Kourbelis. I wonder what formation Anastasiadis will go with 3-5-2 or 4-2-3-1. He wouldn’t go with the first unless he trusts Samaris at CB.

I’m not sweating it for some reason against Italy. I know they are a strong team but I feel like we can win. It won’t be easy but it’s doable. They are not like a Belgium or Germany. But I do believe we need a full squad.

http://www.novasports.gr/podosfairo/europi/european-championship-qualification/article/454987/stin-ollandia-gia-na-htisei-ruthmo-i-ethniki-pics/ This article is saying that some players won’t be able to make it as their respective league finish in late May. Manolas and Sokratis won’t be able to make the camp in other words.

I’m excited to see Greece play 5 games in a span of 4 weeks. The more the national team plays the better. I just wonder what Anastasiadis is thinking in terms of his starting 11. Vlachodimos, Sokratis, Manolas and Fortounis are definite starters. Siovas and Kourbelis can’t be ignored. Also what does he do with Pelkas and Mantalos? Masouras and Kolovos had good showings and deserve to play again. They are also better outwide. When will the likes of Galanopoulos and Chatzigiovannis be called up? Will we see Tachtsidis return? Do you start Koulouris or Mitroglou? Is Stafylidis worth calling up when Lykogiannis and Koutris are in good form? What about Fetfatzidis? These are all going through my head. You can only pick 23 players. Retsos and Papadopoulos won’t be called up in my opinion.

Is that confirmed though?

Rocky 4 is better man!