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He looked like his old self in that game. Who knows what could happen if he keeps up this form.

The thing is he is not as good for country as he is for club. It's frustrating when he plays sometimes because you expect better.

@La MendelYou seem to forget that Donis is still young and at 21 he has done more than Fortounis and Mantalos when they were his age. Also thank you for stating that Gianniotas did more in 15 minutes than Lazaros' 75 minutes. But when you say Donis was better as a backup at Nice than he is as a starter at Stuttgart is completely debatable. As I believe he is playing better this season. He hasn't scored the amount of goals needed to be classed as a solid player but his overall play is much better than Fortounis or Mantalos. I agree that we didn't have fighting spirit in the first match against Croatia as I believe that was the main reason why we lost. Skibbe should of not played Stafylidis, Samaris and Karnezis. Skibbe is apparently keeping an eye on Galanopoulos and Limnios. They could be in the roster for the friendly matches. Also said that Kone could make his return in the team.

Can you imagine Lazaros dribbling towards the defence and Donis making a run through the wing. Talking about creating chances, with Fortounis in the mix we could look dangerous in attack. All we need is for Mitroglou to perform and the midfielders to do their job.

He soon won't be. He probably will sign for Panathinaikos. That's if OFI make it to the Superleague.

So let's just play out of form 2nd division bench warmers who can't play well even when given a chance by Skibbe. By the way I'm talking about Vellios and Diamantakos. Might as well give an inform player a chance. Inform players are Pelkas, Kourbelis, Manolas, Retsos, Paschalakis, Bakakis, Manos, Kyriakopoulos, Papadopoulos and Tsimikas. These players should be given the chance this time around.

Now it's time that we call up inform players and none of this closed club mentality. We need our best players possible. The Ethniki is one big family so all Greeks need to be taken in consideration. Dimitris Manos who plays in the Greek second division is in hot form for OFI and has scored 10 goals with 4 assists. He is clinical. We are very thin in the strikers position. Diamantakos and Vellios don't seem to cut it this season.

The question is what does Lykogiannis offer that Stafylidis doesn't. Stafylidis is a bit faster. But they have good shots on them. Does that mean Lykogiannis replaces Torosidis at right back? And where does Bakakis fit in all this?

Our matches start in September. So the question is how many friendlies will we have coming up to September? We need to be playing games in order to find new a way of gelling as a team. First thing Skibbe should do is to let go of Tziolis, Maniatis and Tzavellas. He needs to also start playing Kourbelis, Bakakis and Pelkas. He should also keep an eye on Fetfatzidis now that Mantalos and Karelis are sidelined. Hopefully Donis can not be the only one carrying the team in attack, so Fortounis and Mitroglou need to lift their socks up and combine with Donis to create and score goals.

Haven't heard of him. Asteras have a few good young players. Douvikas looks like he is doing well also. Emmanoulidis is an up and coming winger to look out for.

Isn't there another friendly against Egypt?

I guess you think Fetfatzidis is done as well when in reality he would put all our attackers on show.

By the way Ninis is having trouble with his club in Israel and is probably going to leave this transfer window. He will then not be able to play for another team in Europe until next season. He has strong ambitions to play in Europe and being in the national team again. I hope he play in the national team again because he has glimpses of greatness.

Do you seem to still favour Mystakidis over him pash?

He Is good enough for RW or LW. We could still use him as a attacking midfielder. By the way I am a Olympiakos fan.

I agree. But does anyone actually think that the u21s will be better than our current group of players later in 2-3 years? Or is it wishful thinking?

Bottom line is we have to replace Tziolis, Maniatis and Tzavellas. We cannot go through another campaign and seee these players. Bakakis, Kourbelis and Siopis should be good enough to start playing for this team.

I'm also referring to what Skibbe said about the friendlies in March about how he doesn't need to play Sokratis and Mitroglou.

I agree. Bakasetas can score. Donis needs to be in this team no matter what position. His best position is LW. Now that Mitroglou and Karelis are out Donis has to be the striker we go with in a 4-2-3-1. We could experiment with a 3-5-2 but who knows what Skibbe has in mind. I also wouldn't count out PAOK.

Yeah he did. Kone is more agile in my opinion. He is more flexible. Bakasetas is not that fast but is still capable. They play similar positions. With our friendlies coming up this could be the chance to try Donis as the striker.

I've always wondered how Bakasetas would do as number 8. He has a very good shot and works hard defensively. Maybe Skibbe can use his brain and put him there. We have no one in our midfield who can shoot like the way he does. Bouchalakis has also got a powerful shot.

I would have not expect him to play the way he did before his injury. That knee injury was very serious and no wonder he was out for 9 months. If anything he needs time to regain that form he had.

I would give Bakasetas another chance if he can continue like this. He has played decent in other matches before this one as well. Players like Stafylidis, Kourbelis, Kapino, Pelkas, Lykogiannis and Bakasetas look like they are late bloomers. They all played together in the youth teams and they are getting better by age. I believe we will see even better performances from them when they hit 27 or even 26.

He is not a winger either but he played their and did well. He started off as a striker earlier in his career.

He played very well against Panaitolikos. I hope he can keep this form going.