georgelaz

this starting lineup is so good. I don't find donis up top to be nearly as potent but lazaros/fortounis/donis/pelkas all together i think can pickup the slack without mitro and we have mitro on the bench too so maybe he isn't totally out or keep him fresh for next game since I don't think the knock is too severe

tzavellas is a warrior for greece. if staf is in for sure start him over him or if holebas is still in the picture but tzavellas is not the problem imo. tzavellas marked mertens out for the majority of the 180 mins in the belgium series and got us that vital point vs. bosnia. main problem was not starting in form players and skibbe is learning because kourbelis addition. and negative substitutions at times (still to learn but I actually am gaining faith in him).

probably injured. apparently signed to PAOK though now. Prijo is on fire though for them so will be hard to win the starting spot. Would've rather have him back at PAO Karelis does some things even better than Mitro. Volleys, speed, positioning might be better at those.

kourbelis and bakakis are my favourite new ones that will hopefully become part of the 11. last campaign I liked donis and retsos. next we need a new striker and we're pretty solid. not sold on Koulouris and don't think he's our future.

I think toro should keep his starting position next game cuz he was a beast out there. sub in bakakis in the 60th as he tires. I think by the end of this season we'll have a new good striker. maybe manos or vergos. shame karelis isn't back as he's our only other striker I'd feel comfortable having up top. Donis is great but as a single striker he doesn't give me as much confidence and much rather have him as a supporting role or winger. I think our NT has a curse where it takes players forever to play at their club level. I recall lotsa strikers struggling to perform till about 20-30 caps. Mitro for sure was one of these and I think salps/samaras/gekas/charisteas were like this as well. Bakasetas can be a decent cf but hasn't found his legs yet for the NT. he also has never given a full game from what I recall in his natural position which I think is more a cam/cf between.

was this posted today? Last I checked Skibbz said he'd be good for the game? Think it might be a slight of hand? (I doubt it but you never know Skibbe did surprise me with Kourbelis, Lyko and Pelkas starting). I think he might be actually improving as a coach.

that's mad. the only changes I would make would be zeca for boucha and donis for mantalos.

pelkas brings speed/hustle that fortounis doesn't. fortounis brings technical skill. mantalos is a similar player to fortounis but when both are in form i'd give the edge to fortounis. it should be pelkas fortounis lazaros up top based on current form. fortounis and laz work well together at oly too.

he's been slacking past year actually.

were u watching the game? he was one of our best players the first 60 minutes.

pretty sure he made a terrible pass and then sokratis saved our asses from it. tziolis also made that nice pass to fortounis tho

kourbelis is a beast. such great passing and cutting opposition passing lanes too. him and zeca cm combo will be fantastic. i thought sokratis and manolas looked great as usual saving our asses. torosidis was great offensively a bit shaky defensively. I think he shoulve' got subbed 60 for bakakis as he was starting to tire. fortounis was beast but got a bit selfish after mitroglou was off. you can tell he doesn't like passing to pelkas haha lykogiannis was shaky at first but grew solid as the game went on. barkas was solid. grabbing so many crosses mid air. bouchalakis not as bad as I thought. I didn't like the subs = bakasetas / koulouris / tziolis should've been = lazaros / bakakis / donis

toro seems to always turn it up for the NT. we give him s%$#! but when he was at his peak he was a beast.

lmao torosidis is EVERYWHERE out there he turned into a cf forward to end the half with a header hahah kourbelis looks great. mantalos a bit invisible. laz would been an option. fortounis is great out there. winning tackles. setting up plays and the finish.

toro with some nice crosses

gooooal fortounisss

epsilon not working for me. does it work for anyone else?

mantalos is in better form than donis I think. donis only started half the games so far and the games he did were losses I believe. whereas mantalos is captain and key player for AEKS hearty run into the CL. our right side is gunna be super slow though that's for sure. zeca can pick up some of that slack tho

pelkas is fine as a LM and had some his best games there. mantalos as RM is questionable though he does play there often for AEK under harder opposition than estonia but it's not the solution long-term.

pretty solid lineup by skibbe mitroglou pelkas fortounis mantalos zeca kourbelis lyko manolas sokratis toro barkas would rather lazaros and bakakis on the right but not terrible and at least in form players! (besides toro)

what time is kickoff in toronto245?

your nicknames kill me. we should make a sub thread of our players spotted in mykonos.

yeah serbia i think is better than us. but we could take them too.

only team I fear from that would be Serbia. They have so much quality. Also smoked us 2-0 last friendly we met. man would be so good to have holebas right now. might be the most in form greek player at the moment. lazaros, fortounis also in good form mitroglou in okay form. so I think we'll get the win tomorrow.

pelkas might be in even better form than donis though hmm