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We want him to experiment, here is his chance...

12 Andreas Gianniotis 7 Lazaros Christodoulopoulos 5 Kyriakos Papadopoulos 3 Giorgos Tzavellas 9 Nikolaos Karelis 6 Alexandros Tziolis 17 Panagiotis Tachtsidis 25 Dimitrios Pelkas 20 Anastasios Donis 21 Konstantinos Stafylidis 24 Michalis Bakakis Not bad to experiment except for two players...I would have put in Retsos and Kourbelis in their place...

Its on espn 3 for those in the states...

That's not a bad starting line up, that will probably be our line up come September. The key now is to make the subs to see who would fit in with them.

I think the best example is what happened in Germany. Dortmund was having financial troubles and needed funds, Bayern lent them the money because they knew the German league was stronger with them in it!!

I agree but if he serves as a leader and as an example, I guess I can deal with it. If he actually is in the 11, then...Remember Ranieri changed the whole team and we got crushed, we need a steady ship. If that means including a player like Tsiolis to ease the transition, I can deal with that...

Overall, he may value Tsiolis influence on the team. He may see him as a good guys for team culture, similar to Torosidis.

While Tziolis and Tzavellas are not ideal, he did pick a large squad to look at. A lot of guys we have been wanting him to look were selected, with the most notable exception being fetfa. Now if they both play, that's a different story...

Ultimately, I believe he was trying to "handle" the situation himself as the goal should not have been disallowed. Changing the call based on perceived harassment was wrong but that is on the ref. Then Ivan coming down with a gun just destroys his argument. Three things should happen: 1) VAR should be instituted in Greece (take the call away from the refs on the pitch) - this can be even outsourced for the first year or two 2) Any players harassing the refs should be carded 3) Any ownership/management stepping onto the pitch should receive a fine/suspension.

Either way, this incident has escalated internationally. FIFA and UEFA have both said they will be watching the outcomes of EPO's decision. I believe UEFA will be helping with implementing the verdict/new sporting legislation. The truth is the constant invading and hooliganism involved in the derbies is ruining the game. Something has to be done to ruin what otherwise has been a good season for the Superleague.

All these countries have worked so hard to participate in a tourney that happens once every four years, no one will willingly drop out...

How is that any different than municipalities paying for stadiums? It is in everyone's best interest that PAO continues to get stronger. Without a PAO or an OLY, that league will be weaker.

I believe he has said before that he wants to go somewhere where he can win trophies....

I believe he has been caped already by Austria...

He has played ok with the ethniki outside of the last game against Croatia (which he shouldn't have started being that he hadn't played in months).

Savidis probably knows that a PAO in the league is better than them not in it. Bayern did the same thing with Dortmund years ago.

So the format is that we need to win our group for promotion. All group winners from the same level (in our case C), will play our knockout style tournament to decide a place in the Euros. Is this correct?

The further removed from Euro 2016, the better are coefficient will become (considering we keep doing well)...

During the international break in March, they lined up Switzerland. There is time for another game during that break and they are trying to line up another team, Egypt being mentioned as a possibility...I thought the game against the Swiss was away and the other friendly would be at home in Saloniki...

I think he was referring to the context that he is not playing....

Playing today, scored the 1st goal.....

The best players may play in Europe but the money is definitely spread out.....

I liked Santos original idea of putting together a B team which would play friendlies, to try out guys that normally wouldn't play. This never happened but it was a really sound idea.

The national team should not be an academy. That should be done at the local levels. You first get a shot with your team then the national team calls you up, not the other way around. Some of the guys mentioned above have potential but we need to be realistic. Having said that, I still think the young guys deserve more of a shot than someone than Vellios or Maniatis.

Overall, when the qualifiers started, most of us thought that we would finish second or third. Our goal was second which we accomplished. We had a bad draw and got Croatia, which by many experts, is one of the best teams in the world. Their biggest strength is opposite our biggest weakness, midfield. Skibbe's selection for that game were poor but he did lose 4 starters due to injury/suspensions. Beating Croatia was always going to be tough no matter who we played. I seriously doubt that there is a team in the world who loses 4 starters and not lose a step. In terms of call ups, while I don't agree with Tsiolis/Tzavellas, I do agree with 15 out of the 20. Skibbe identified Zeca as a potential call up and he was amazing. Donis, Retsos made their debut as well. What I am saying is that in his lineup, there are probably one or two guys I would change, but not the entire lineup. We are not that deep.