La Mendel
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This is hopeless, teams in this group are too strong for AEK. AEK is clearly as weak as they seemed to be against Vidi, Celtic and the likes. A Jimenez type coach could perhaps do something, but as long as Ouzounidis is their coach I guess they wont win a single game in the Champions League.
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On 10/26/2018 at 12:56 AM, J1078 said:
I don't think it will be a disaster... I mean Raneri was a disaster and Skibbe was horrible as well.. I only see an improvement over the past guys we had.. Now if we see Tziolis and Tzavellas called up then I will retract my statement.. Lets not judge the guy on the first game either as with anything there will be a transition period..
On second thought I also think Anastasiadis will be better than Skibbe was. He is a strict and demanding coach and will want to see a disciplined team. He wont tolerate lazy guys on the pitch. Probably what the Ethniki needs now is a coach of the Anastasiadis type.
Rehhagel and Santos were also no-nonsense men. Otto was a control freak and under Santos players were more disciplined than since 2014 theyve EVER been. Nice guys like Skibbe Iordanescu Ranieri are not for the Greek NT I guess.
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Haha I am so funny because I am glad Skibbe eventually got the sack
#letsstarttheparty #swag #yolo #thisisgoingtobeperhapsanevengreaterdisaster
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We need Malezas
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11 hours ago, georgelaz said:
they might actually just be good this year. eg) iceland that was decent but historically is not. maybe they have a slight golden generation. Lod was very good at pao and their defense was quite solid and organized too. wouldn't put it past them.
Icelands head trainer was Lagerbäck. During his tenure they reached the World Cup playoff in 2013 and qualified to Euro 2016.
The Finnish golden generation was IMO Litmanen Hyypiä Forssell Jääskeläinen and Co (2004-2006) but they achieved nothing.
Perhaps Finland can repeat the performance of Northern Ireland between 2014-2016 tho. Finnish head coach Kanerva was in 2015 only a caretaker manager. They sacked their former head coach Paatelainen, and didnt find a new coach yet. His statistics were quite good then (3 wins, one against us in Athens, 2 draws zero losses). Then they had a Swedish coach who couldnt win a single game (out of thirteen). In 2016 Kanerva was appointed again, and he has already 10 wins beside 5 draws and only four losses. He may achieve something with this team, you are right. But Im afraid they will qualify via Nations League if they will.
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11 hours ago, J1078 said:
Apparently the Epo is on a tight budget (damn crooks) so they are in no position to pay out Skibbe and pay for a new coach..
The money could be found presumably under the mattresses of Grammenos and his ilk.
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11 hours ago, georgelaz said:
monaco's coach got sacked. we might be able to get him for cheap. got monaco a title and CL final I believe
Yes, Leonardo Jardim would be great! He was coach of Olympiacos so he knows Greek football rather well. Also he adopts usually a defensive style that would fit us.
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4 hours ago, Ellada2004 said:
Lets say if Greece finish 2nd to Finland do we still have a chance to go through Nations League via playoffs?
A very small chance. Torontoblue is right, Finland isnt good enough to do that.
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Unfortunately Agonasport says Skibbe will apparently receive one more chance from Grammenos:
http://www.agonasport.com/agonasport-allnews/reports-suggest-skibbe-could-receive-final-chance
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Guys I know its irrelevant but a hilarious incident happened today. I googled the word "Skibbe" cos I wanted to see whether he had gotten the sack or not and a title of an article really freaked me out: "Skibbe gets 30-day continuance". However, it was about some town supervisor who had to appear before the court "on a felony drunk-driving charge".
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As you said Villas-Boas is not a cheap trainer. I think they want somebody in the line of Iordanescu Daniil Markarian Tsanas and Co.
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I hope in reality they have a better candidate than those mentioned in the press.
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Sack Skibbe!!!
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I wanted Tziolis called up during Ranieris tenure. I guess it was Markarian. Yes, I clearly remember now that he was in the starting XI against Poland which was the last game of Katsouranis for the Ethniki. Katsouranis was the best player on the pitch while Tziolis was... well, good enough. To be fair, he didnt play against Faroe Islands when we lost to them under Markarian. And he didnt play against Hungary.
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19 minutes ago, J1078 said:
Something we've been saying since the beginning with this coach..
I thought that he could be the solution. Not a Rehhagel, of course, but a reliable head coach. *headdesk*
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I always supported Skibbe. Until the Saudi Arabia game. Even after our win in Tallinn, I thought he could perhaps manage it and make us qualify for the 24-teams new Euro. But its clear we must get rid of him, the sooner the better. Unfortunately, those who have always doubted have been right all along.
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20 hours ago, Ellada2004 said:
ya I couldn't believe it, when I saw he was about to sub off Mitroglou with a half an hour to go, our best striker and when the team needs a goal. It was like watching Venturo manage Italy during there playoff debacle vs Sweden.
You mention Ventura and the playoff. He was sacked right after that game. Lets hope Grammenos will do the right thing...
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14 minutes ago, georgelaz said:
la mendel I agree with all you said aside from pelkas not hustling. he hustles and is an engine. he has bad decision making for NT in final third. he seems to assist prijovic a lot but he's not doing the same for mitro. two times mitro seemed open and he chose to take inaccurate shots. seeming more concerned opening his NT scoring bank account than actually winning the game. I remember again when we tied croatia the last game where he skies the shot as everyone sings the national anthem. 3 times he did it now.
I admit I was wrong bout pelkas cutting it as a winger.
donis/lazaros/fetfa it is
and if gianniotas/manthatis get form they should too
On second thought, you are right. I was too strict on Pelkas. More engine-like players in the Ethniki! Gone are the good old days with Karagounis, Katsouranis and Salpingidis. Even the tenacity of an Avraam or Maniatis would be great now. Some of these new blokes are so listless spineless etc. etc. as if they wouldnt give a F*** for the NT and the fans.
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5 minutes ago, Molon Lave said:
As I watched the two goals we copped, defensive lapses was the cause. Mainly from Tzavellas.
First goal was hilarious. Tzavellas looked like a clown.
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2 hours ago, gsots said:
We need to start flooding the national teams Instagram, Twitter and fb with "fire skibbe!". I'm not kidding! If u don't have those accounts, make them and let's do this. He needs to go now. This is worse than Ranieri. We had no left side, tsimikas was by himself all game. Tsiolis kept f'ing up and kept passing the ball back even when he had guys going forwards.
Tzavellas, tsiolis and skibbe have ruined this team.
Nothing can be worse than Ranieri. I agree with you though in all but this.
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2 hours ago, Dean97 said:
No Fetfatzidis hahahhaahah. I hope he gets sacked.
We all hope he will be.
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Ive probably broken the record for amount of times using parentheses (8 in 9 sentences).
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2 hours ago, J1078 said:
Koulouris set to come on..
Skibbe should be sacked ONLY because of frequently using Koulouris. Dammit, Karelis was even on the bench. This guy (Koulouris) isnt ripe for the Ethniki, possibly he never will be. Skibbe has tried to use Rehhagels blueprint (Otto literally gave him some advice years ago) and has thus opted for the "closed club", an idea of Ottos, that means he selected 16-17 players as a core who would be always called up (except theyd be injured, suspended etc. etc.) and the extra 7-8 spots would be given to in-form players. This was the idea. But Rehhagel was a genius. Skibbe, however, selected quite the wrong guys as members of the closed club. He dropped Siovas off, he chose Bakasetas (an average CAM and not a born fighter, to put it mildly), Tzavellas, Tziolis (how can somebody choose him instead of Maniatis? the latter has at least a proper club, not to mention his pace and work rate, while Tziolis plays for a holiday Saudi team), Kolovetsios (only as a squad member), Oikonomou, Vellios, Diamantakos, and recently has chosen Bouchalakis, Kourbelis, and worst of all, Koulouris. Inexperienced young pussies, glittering mediocre players who cannot really hustle (Bakasetas Mantalos Pelkas, Im looking at you), even something in the line of Avraam Aravidis Maniatis Zaradoukas (who are in all probability past it) would have been more difficult to beat.
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Skibbe gave an interview before the game:
A particularly interesting snippet: "I never said that we’ll play in a defensive manner. In Tampere, we will try to push higher up the field, press the opponents and have a good balance." That means we will struggle again to play some "balanced" attacking football. Lets hope the Finns will open up a little. They will practically win the group if theyll win. Maybe they are inclined to play a little more aggressive before their fans at home (it would be silly for them ofc). Can you imagine that the first half of our win against Hungary will be repeated in Helsinki? We will try to push but wont get as much as two or three shots on goal while our adversaries will develop their counterattacks? (Remember in the first half our attacks wernt more threatening than Hungarian attempts at counterattacking!)
Nations League - Game #5 - Greece V. Finland (Olympic Stadium, Athens) - November 15, 2018
in Greek National Teams
Posted · Edited by La Mendel
I have a good feeling about this game. We can manage it, perhaps even score a second.