Dean97

Is there a way we can watch the games?

I think it’s not too much because it gives the new players a chance and a look at the same time with the regular players.

That’s a big question mark indeed. International level is different than club. You must have great technique and be simply a faster player to do well internationally. Koulouris needs work still but the number of goals he has scored are excellent.

This is what I was thinking. His time is almost up, I believe he has a little bit left in the tank but by the time the Euro comes around he would already would be done in my opinion. That’s I think it’s important we start grooming someone at RB now so he can be familiar with the team and get game time and also experience. Then when the Euro comes around he would be ready with no questions asked. That’s if we make it, hopefully we do.

I agree with this and I would like to think it would be the case but I don’t think so with some of our players. Manolas and Sokratis are locks in the team. Whenever they are available they will start. Same goes for Fortounis too. The best players should start and the most inform. That’s why I found it odd that Lamprou didn’t even get called up. Anyways I think Anastasiadis and his staff have a plan in mind and let’s hope it works out.

It’s a good headache to have regarding our cbs. We have plenty of them and are secure for the future. Same goes for Gks. We have some good Lbs that can hold down the the spot for a few years, while at RB it’s a concern. Kitsiou has not developed to the player I have wanted. Bakakis has reached his ceiling and is not good enough and Torosidis is our passed. The only player I can think of is Masouras of Panionios. Very fast and talented. Our coach should keep an eye on him. We have CDMs, CAMs, but very little of CMs. What is surprising to me is that we have plenty of wingers coming up the ranks. Which is exciting to see as this almost never happens with Greece. Lamprou, Limnios, Chatzigiovannis, Donis, Manthatis and someone else I’m missing. Masouras aswell. If we want to play wingers then play them because we do have them. As for strikers this is where we are hurting most. Mitroglou is very injury prone and takes time to get back into form. Koulouris is doing well for himself, Durmisaj hasn’t shown enough yet, especially on the international stage. Kampetsis is our future and should be taken care of. We have something in this player that I’m not sure some are aware of. So to sum up RB, ST and CM positions need to be taken care of. We naturalised Zeca to solve our problem in the middle but isn’t the full answer. Durmisaj has been naturalised to be a back up to Mitroglou. I also think Mitroglou won’t be a starter from now on. He is 30 and is too slow to begin with. I don’t mind if he comes on in the 60th minute to do something. I believe we should we should placing Masouras at RB from now on. He has got all the tools to be our RB for the next 10 years. Speed, dribbling, passing, crosses, tackling and so on. Above all he is 22. We should see this down the line.. Vlachodimos Masouras Sokratis Manolas Koutris Zeca Galanopoulos Lamprou Fortounis Masouras Koulouris Galanopoulos hasn’t been used. We should see what he offers instead of playing Samaris all the time and Kourbelis. Donis, Kolovos and Mitroglou can be our super subs.

Most of our players are injury prone. We can never have a full squad. KPaps on his day is very good. I think we still lack some leadership especially in the middle. This is where Samaris and Zeca come in. We need them to be more dictating and organising things. Zeca by the way was a big part as to why we drew Bosnia. His work rate alone saved us in that game.

Not if he is playing well. He still has the ability to be important to the team. He still a good player.

That’s true it should be a privilege. Same should go for Masouras and Kolovos. They had good showings and looked more promising than Mantalos and Pelkas. On his day he is very good. He can also score goals. He is very injury prone and that is what cost his career. I can imagine what his career would look like if he wasn’t always injured.

I wonder what’s going to happen now that Siovas has been named the best defender in La Liga. He had a good showing the last 2 matches for Greece and deserves to continue playing. Manolas and Sokratis are our best but we shouldn’t neglect Siovas. We might go to a back 3. Also to note K.Papa has returned and could also potentially be in the team. We also have our future in Retsos and Mavropanos.

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Does anyone think Pavlidis and Vrousai have a chance of getting into the team?? Has anyone seen them play and also are they good enough??

Let’s not jump ahead too much. We should take each game as it comes. Greece done well the first 2 matches. We still have to improve, especially in finishing.

For sure. Clearly an upgrade from Bakasetas.

Yeah true I just hope we do make it I don’t want to see another tournament without Greece. I’d like to also stick it to the other countries as they are always envious and jealous of Greece and always underestimate us.

I agree I just hope we take each game as it comes and treat like a grand final.

Just a question... do you guys think we will make this tournament and if we do how far??

Yeah but this team has a problem of scoring and Kolovos made sure with his header. He deserves another call up as Mantalos and Pelkas have had so many chances and wouldn’t have scored like that.

I don’t think Mitroglou was ever the same after Fulham in my opinion. He did well at Benfica but was nothing like when he was at Olympiakos.

Yeah I think so. It just went wide. I say give him a chance, he has all the confidence and that’s important for a striker.

I feel like we will back where we belong and that’s the top 20. If our players can work hard play with passion then we can win games. Masouras and Kolovos seem like they are up for it against strong teams. Fortounis seems to be back to his best and Donis speed will be crucial for us. Add Mitroglou scoring goals, Zeca beast like hustle and our usual strong defence we can go far.

He does drop back to help out which is good and does more than what Mitroglou does. He has only scored 1 long shot. A strikers needs to score in different ways. He can score with his head and is dangerous in the box but that’s about it. I hope he proves me wrong though...

Should give Koulouris a full 90. Whether that’s against Italy or not you will only find out if you give him 90 minutes. Again I’m not a huge fan but I’m all for giving him a chance. I see Durmisaj more of an effective striker even though he has less goals. Only because I see other important aspects eg long range shooting, his size, speed and has some flair to his game.

Welcome aboard! Glad to have you. I’m not so high on Koulouris but i see where your coming from. He should be given a proper chance to see what he can do but I can see better players for that position overall. Durmisaj can be a huge positive for us and with further development I see bigger things. Well just have to wait and see.

Durmisaj is more agile than Mitroglou and can hit them from distance. Even Koulouris is more agile and faster and has now scored 24 goals in the league. I wonder what PAOK are going to do with him.