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    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

    in Greek National Teams

    Posted · Edited by La Mendel

    4 hours ago, Dean97 said:

    In my opinion Giannoulis is a solid back up to Tsimikas. If Tsimikas is not available then Giannoulis should be playing. I like Giannoulis, non stop running with and without the ball and excellent crossing.

    [All very well, but who will defend? This sounds not unlike Holebas.]

    He needs to work on his defensive side to his game

    [Thats the point!]

    which i don’t think is that bad, but he’s just as good as Tsimikas going forward.

    I would rather play actual wingers than having a LB play there.

    [I would choose rather a left back - even if he would be like Spyropoulos. Again I ask: do we really want a fullback who cant defend? Holebas wasnt much of a success. Torosidis - he wasnt caught out of his position as often as Holebas was, and yet he scored more goals (ten) and gave more assists than Holebas.

    This is, however, mainly a theoretical discussion - we have an excellent left-back, Tsimikas. He is an all-round player like Torosidis was - he can defend and help the attackers.]

    Tzolis is our most inform winger and the coach shouldn’t ignore him. He has scored and assisted more than our other wingers.

    I actually think we have great wingers and LBs who are consistently playing well.

    [Well said.]

    Chatzigiovannis is playing well lately, Masouras is scoring and Tzolis is on fire. Limnios needs to start scoring and assisting for his club as I think he is either been unlucky or slacking off lately for his club and even the last couple of Ethniki games. 

    My main concern is who we play at RB, CBs, CDM/CM/CAM. These positions need to be sorted out. Keeper should be Vlachodimos and at ST anyone who is the most inform. 

    Sorry for the impossible form. Overall good points.

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    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

    in Greek National Teams

    Posted

    I guess Vrousai will be almost always called up in the next 3 or so years. He began recently to play regularly for Olympiacos - like Bouchalakis or Masouras, he will get a call up if he will be available. Cant he play in an AM position? Is he only a winger?

    TL;DR: Galanopoulos and the likes are only possibilities but Vrousai is a probability now.

    Olympiacos-Porto (9 Dec. 2020, Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus)

    in Olympiacos FC

    Posted

    Yes but we grabbed that EL spot, fortunately. Maybe they will play against a weaker opponent and then they have a chance. I hope they will be better.

    Todays performance was sometimes good, but overall Porto was unfortunately better. Bouchalakis did not lose the ball very often, Vrousai put up a good fight. Pity Valbuena wasnt available. Perhaps Fortounis should have been in the starting XI, he gave a good pass to El Arabi. Holebas was just an idiot like always. José Sá tried, he was among our better performers. Masouras was subbed off after missing a great chance - but he is like that, his fighting spirit is however good!

    NT Coaches

    in Greek National Teams

    Posted

    Fortounis being a starter probably means he will start on the wing while Bakasetas starts as a CAM!

    Fun fact: I called Skibbe a "tactically astute head coach" in a former post of mine in 2017! LOL 🤣🤣🤣

    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

    in Greek National Teams

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    But really guys, Samaris has not seen much playing time this season, he appeared in just two league games and played only 57 minutes. Last time (21 Nov) he was in the starting eleven against Paredes in what was possibly a Cup game and even scored the winner but Paredes is an amateur team.

    I would choose Zeca over Samaris. Zeca's work ethic is the best on the team, as PaokCT said here. Samaris tends to be lazy and slow (think of his performance against Croatia in the away loss in 2017).

    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

    in Greek National Teams

    Posted

    21 hours ago, ausgreek said:

    Or Katsouranis and Tziolis, ahh Soula, those were the days!

    Your words make me remember those days and I am smiling now!

    I am surprised you left out Maniatis who played often with Katsouranis and with Tziolis. Or Makos? He was really a terrific player and is still active I guess (he plays for a third league team in Greece, perhaps).

    Makos got thankfully only thirteen caps, tho that Makos - Katsouranis duo against Germany in 2012 was unforgettable. During that game, he was probably found out by Santos who then dropped him. Among all of our defensive/deep-lying midfielders/playmakers, he was probably the most mediocre. Even Patsatzoglou was better. Even Siopis is possibly better!

    Nations League: Greece - Slovenia (18 Nov. 2020, Georgios Kamaras, Athens)

    in Greek National Teams

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    3 hours ago, gsots said:

    Guys.... What good soccer did he have us playing??? Like good soccer compared to before he came in?? Ya that shouldn't have been hard to do considering idk wtf we were playing beforehand, left handed tidley winks maybe, but definitely wasn't soccer. 

    We played with big clunky goofy mids (including Baka) with zero forward vision, always looking for back passes and zero ability to take on defenders. Possession, pass% & shots mean fck all if you do nothing with it. We didn't play smooth flowing soccer today, idk what game some guys were watching. We have guys that are capable of it, but they were doing it on their own, Fortou, Tsim, Limn and I'll give mavrias credit cause he was working hard up and down the pitch. There's a lot of potential for this team but this coach refuses to let it shine. 

    He's given Bakasetas the key to the city here and no one on here, in Greece or anywhere else on earth with eyes has any idea why. Absolutely refuses to play 2 wingers at once. Would rather play Fortou out of position than Baka. Won't call up the best cb's our country has ever produced, but will call up and PLAY a hasbeen who is a LB turned cb so he could stay relevant.

    Can someone on here honestly explain why he played Pavlidis as a LW today and tzolis as a ST? He's clueless! I'm convinced he doesn't watch game tapes of our players, he just looks at paper states and minutes player and picks based off that, maybe experience as well (tzavellas/mavrias). 

    Like he wore out Fortou and Tsim today. Tsim was alone on the left side and Fortou was basically setting up our offence cause the guy who is suppose to has no clue how to play the cam position 

     

    There is much truth in the post of gsots! Fortounis builds our attacks practically alone and if it is not he, then perhaps Tsimikas can give an assist. Apart from them, Limnios shows some REAL skills (not the "skill" of a Ninis or a Fetfatzidis) but he was not dangerous enough. Mavrias tried to help him, but Limnios often also was practically alone.

    Yes, Bakasetas should go. Fortounis should be CAM, and Bakasetas cant play on the wing. We saw that often under Skibbe. First, he is too slow. And he is lazy too. With Fortounis as a CAM and Masouras and Limnios as wingers we may perhaps create some chances, even score.

    The absence of any real center forwards (not wingers, second strikers etc. etc.) doesnt help the head coach. Lets face it, Pavlidis was essentially a bicycle kick yesterday. Giakoumakis is more dangerous on paper but couldnt score. Bakasetas: a good shot and one or two passes. Tzolis: a run on the wing and a dangerous cross (it went just wide). Masouras: another run on the wing. Apart from that, none of them could produce anything in offence.

    " Would rather play Fortou out of position than Baka. " - that is the essence of our offensive problems. Not even Pelkas (who plays for Fenerbahce) but Bakasetas should organize everything. In reality, he can hope Fortounis gives him a nice pass and then he can score. What he offers in offence is next to nothing. I do not understand this Bakasetas thing - he has already more than 30 caps under his belt, is obviously average and we have better options (yes even Pelkas is better).

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    Nations League: Greece - Slovenia (18 Nov. 2020, Georgios Kamaras, Athens)

    in Greek National Teams

    Posted · Edited by La Mendel

    gsots has a point about Bakasetas, Mavrias and Tzavellas. And yes, Bakasetas was a DM in the last 10 minutes. LOL.

    The individual efforts of Fortounis were indeed important. Without him, we wouldnt have won perhaps that Moldova game. Bakasetas is practically useless.

    Fortounis should be CAM, Masouras should also start on the wing. He has not many skills but he is a fighter. In the past, we got better results with zero skills and determination (for example, Salpingidis) than with "skilled" but slow and lazy players (for example, Ninis and Fetfatzidis). Tzolis is at this point far too inexperienced to be of any use against a stronger team. Same goes for Chatzigiovannis. Limnios is a neat and swift winger, I dont mind him. Lykogiannis or even Rota would have been a better right back than Mavrias.

    Also JVS chucked quite a few players out now. Manolas, Sokratis, Siovas, Fetfatzidis. I am not sure if even an unfit Mitroglou (who is clearly past it) would be as useless as Pavlidis and Co.

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    Nations League: Greece - Slovenia (18 Nov. 2020, Georgios Kamaras, Athens)

    in Greek National Teams

    Posted

    Just now, Greekoz said:

    Honestly who could we realistically get that would be better? May as well give him the world cup cycle. I doubt even Klopp could make a difference.

    Mitroglou needs to find himself a club, get game time and return to this team.

    I have a bad feeling about Mitroglou, his career seems to be petered out prematurely (like that of Samaras). He has not played a single minute for Marseille this year.

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