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Yeah but he makes mistakes at times. Koutris from what I saw hardly made any mistakes.

I’d go with Koutris.

Ofcourse he is 10x better than Bakasetas.

I agree.

Bouzoukis would be great for this team.

You can’t have both Zeca and Kourbelis in the same midfield for starters. You need someone who is a bit more attacking. Mantalos would be good there.

That’s what I was thinking. We need to work on our finishing and headers towards goals. It’s like we rely on just set pieces to score. It’s disgusting for a team like ours. We actually do have talented players. It’s just that we can’t finish. Mitroglou is inconsistent in this aspect aswell. Something we need to improve on fast. Also not to mention our midfield. There is no attacking mindset. Hopefully Galanopoulos plays in the future. We need something.

Hmm Fetfatzidis is the guy your after. Also Donis.

Pelkas made a poor decisions. Mantalos no better. We are looking better with Anastasiadis though.

In all honesty I hope we see a 3-5-2 because that means Bakasetas won’t start.

Yeah Karelis and Bakasetas don’t deserve to be called up. Same could be said for Mantalos and Pelkas.

I agree with that aswell. We need to start being a team again.

That’s what i was thinking aswell. Finland have to lose there last match and we have to win to get any sort of chance of topping the group.

I would like to see this for sure. I’m sick of having 1 striker up top. It hasn’t done us anything. We are lucky to have Mitroglou but even he is not capable sometimes. Again why would you call up Koulouris if your not going to use him? Regarding Fetfa. Fetfa and Koulouris play 2 different positions file. What Fetfa can bring to the table is enough for this team. He can put the ball on the plate for our striker. He can take players on with speed. He has flair and skill. The only problem with him is he can’t finish. Koulouris on the other hand can. That is the only good thing with Koulouris is that he can score. His touches and passing aren’t at the level of say Fortounis or Fetfa but is definitely a poacher. He reminds me a bit of Gekas. He is still young and has an impressive tally so far. It depends what you mean by killing it in the GSL. Koulouris is killing by scoring goals but that’s it. If your looking at all round play then Fetfa is the man. Fetfa also had a very impressive game in the Europa League.

I am very curious to see what formation he will play this game. If you look at the selections he has called up 4 cbs, 4 fbs, 4 dms, 4 ams and 3 out and out strikers. There are no natural wingers, Masouras I think is more of a striker than a winger. It wouldn’t be that shocking if he goes for a 3-5-2. I wouldn’t think he called Koulouris for no reason. I think there the formation should be the same for the Greek national teams too. That is what I think they will do. We could see a 4-2-3-1 for all the levels such as the u19s,21s and men’s. I think that’s what Basinas was referring to in the interview. It’s a good idea as it will be easier for the younger player moving up. Also how does Karelis deserve a spot? Bakasetas shouldn’t be there at all. While Pelkas and Mantalos are questionable. Fetfatzidis and Lazaros deserve to have a spot in this team but it is early days so we should rightfully give it time. With Euro qualifiacation in March we could see players like Chatzigiovanis in the team as Angelos is looking forward into integrating players from the 21s. I would actually wouldn’t mind seeing a 3-5-2. Out defence is our strong point and you can’t go wrong with playing to your strengths. I do though at the same time would like us to be more dangerous in attack such as our build up. Also our finishing needs to improve aswell.

I’ve got a question though... What will Basinas bring to the table that Vryzas didn’t?

Yeah I’m feeling positive about this interview aswell. Hopefully the players that don’t perform are benched for ones that should be given a chance. Eg. if Fortounis is having a bad performance than put Fetfatzidis in and so on and so on.

I believe Fortounis and Mantalos should be our main CAMs in 4-2-3-1. With Fortounis as 1st choice. I want to see Pelkas either as an 8 or on the wing. Pelkas should have been trained to play on the wing in his career. If Pelkas and Zeca are in the middle I believe that we will see a lot of running in the middle and more creativity. With creativity being a priority. Zeca can hold and be the destroyer. Regarding Holebas I believe he won’t be back. He is 34 and looks as if he is done with Greece. Regardless that he is in form. Let’s give Koutris a chance. I’d go something like this: Vlachodimos Retsos Manolas Sokratis Koutris Zeca Pelkas/Kourbelis Donis Fortounis/Mantalos Fetfa Mitroglou

I think you may be right. I believe we do have 3 or 4 players that are very good and that’s about it. The rest are either poor footballers or average and don’t deliver for the national team.

IMO Karnezis doesn’t have to be there. We have a lot of depth in GK position. Don’t forget we also have Dioudis who is performing well. I would have like to see Gianniotas there instead of Paschalakis. I think Anastasiadis will play 3-5-2. He should allow the wingbacks to attack with freedom but they must come back. Mitroglou will probably play with Koulouris upfront. I am for playing 2 strikers but I don’t think Koulouris should be playing. He should be with the u21s.

This is a good team selection. But, Mantalos, Pelkas and Bakasetas don’t deserve to be there especially Bakasetas. They haven’t performed and Lazaros and Fetfa deserve more of a chance. Happy to see Koutris, Siovas and Vlacho in the team. Koulouris is a questionable selection. I don’t know why he is not with the u21s. I also don’t think he is good enough anyway. I hope he proves me wrong and scores for us though. Hopefully when the u21s win and all our players are healthy we can have a solid 23 man team.

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Thanks for the reply @PaoOle. I was thinking the same. I’d like to see him in the senior national team in the future. His passing and vision is definitely his strong points. He is also strong but he still needs to develop further in order to be even better than what he is now. Also his shooting is great aswell.

That’s what I have been thinking as well. He has played on the wing too. What do you think is his best position?

I don’t think he is the same player like he was back in 2013 where he was scoring goals for fun. Anything he touched turned into a goal in Bothell the league and champions league. His overall game is not that good, he destroyed some of our attacks in the nt with his poor touches and sloppiness in general. I don’t think he i crap, he has an eye for goal at times but his distribution and touches are not up to standard sometimes and that’s why I think playing him with Donis upfront in a 3-5-2 or 4-4-2 would benefit him and Donis. He shouldn’t play up by himself anymore. I believe he should have someone next to him. This would mean he would have less pressure on him because Donis is next to him and is fast. Mitroglou can hold up the ball well and allow others to make runs or give him support.