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we had a great first 10 minutes. they dominated the meat 30. then we started playing well last 10 minutes. Mitroglou nearly scored. during the 30 minute brain fog on our part I nearly got a heart attack and our offense looked impotent we could hardly get into the attacking third. they forced our hand with the goal and we started playing better. it's kinda sad that a lot of the best attacking runs were made by sokratis! the way we're playing is gunna give me a heart attack lol I think our line is good. Samaris seems invisible. I expect him to pick up the slack for a missing Manolas since he can play CB well. Kpaps somehow saving our lives and Sokratis.

belgium is a top 5 side right now though. they have world class attacking mids and are solid in every position. we won't fair much better not only that but bosnia is making all the right moves, we seem to be making all the wrong moves. no one on this forum agrees that skibbe is playing our best line up. Holebas, Manolas, Fetfatzidis, Karelis (In position), and No Manolas. Also not utilizing Ninis as a super-sub. Too many mistakes.

this is a rare time that i'm very pessimistic for this game, and if we lose it, I think we'll tank the whole campaign. I'm hoping for a 0-0 until skibbe gets the a*****a to field a real 11ada.

my fifa squad. pretty sure gekas had beef with epo as well and he's still a bit more effective than karelis imo and considered a true striker. no one would put him on the wing. Mitroglou Gekas Fortounis Tachtsidis Samaris Holebas Sokratis Kpaps MAnolas Torosidis Karnezis

lol face palm myself. it would've added to the drama if he was a mussy lol

slightly treachorous of him. I know he's bosnian but we took him in for decades as one of our own. but then again can't expect much from an ethnicity that constantly sides with the turks (half-kidding). this shows they're taking this match way seriously. probably more than us. this is kinda what romania did, calling in experts on greek football to expose our chinks in our armer. we currently have many right now. Weak attacking wings. A diminished cb and sub-optimal selections

if Maniatis was starting for olympiakos I have no problem with him. He was one of our best players against Ivory Coast and he's an engine. Without a club though we have better options. It's not that Tziolis is so bad, it's that he's taking up a slot of a player that can contribute much more. Dzeko scored 10 goals in 12 games this season. I'd be more shocked if he didn't crack our Manolasless defense. He towers over Kpaps.

I'd be very surprised if we won now. confidence and momentum is very important. during our pretty good world cup campaign our friendlies before was a victory against bolivia and draws against poland and portugal. we didn't lose sucker games. when we lose sucker games, we have a sucker mentality going in friendly or not. you play to win. stop disrespecting the fanella with your stupid politics epo.

I don't think we will win if we cant beat belarus. that's a massive blow to our confidence. it''s not like our team is gunna be that much more robust what are the additions? karnezis, mitroglou, mantalos? hopefully we can pull a rabit out of our asses.

this forum has way more intelligent people than some of the vlakies i was reading on the youtube stream for sure lol karelis should have been the striker. fetfa on the wing. kone cf /ninis cam. samaris dm. karelis fetfa /holebas ninis/kone gianniota Tachtsi samaris the politics tho is tziolis has to get his caps. karelis is not a good crosser. not terrible but we need someone naturally fit for it. but of course because of politics no holebas

po po. ninis and kone should've played over diamantakos and tziolis.

fortounis, poitita. with that shot. staf nice hustle. diamantakos keeps messing up silly shots. shoot it on target.

tziolis is not looking too bad actually haha two bullet shots from a good position. and a decent interception

youtube live stream with greek commentary pretty solid. we still have a full half so hopefully we can pop two. we

I'd put mantalos over fetfa and samaris over maniatis if all 3 of our cb's are available I'd play them all instead of tachtsi. fetfa perhaps as a free roaming winger

holebas is 32 and would be 34 anyways for world cup so it doesn't bother me as much, especially now that staf has been playing better.

guys, if we don't have manolas and sokratis our two best players we are severely diminished as a team. it doesn't mean we don't deserve to be in the world cup, it means we're unlucky. what would bosnia be without pjanic and dzeko? that's how vital these two are to us. manolas is one of the top interceptors in the game today and is pivotal to our counter-attack.

they're going to try and dominate us on the wings. visca is insanely fast. not sure we have a reply besides playing deep. I'm alarmed without manolas lol

ibarbo and fetfa on the wings with berg up top would be so entertaining.

could it be a pride thing? cause i'm sure larissa and other mid table greek clubs would be down. mantzios is doing pretty solid at levadiakos

will he be able to play as well with a mask tho? mantalos rarely utilizes his head and basically doesn't seem to head because of his mask now. siovas is 6'4 but we saw that that's not enough to stop a great striker. eg) when we played Antzas to stop Ibrahimovic

oh man we're gunna be in trouble without manolas.he's arguebly our best player. him or sokratis. very unlucky if he doesn't play.

fetfa G. dis the few times he's played for the ethniki he's never dissapointed to my recollection.

vellios is faster than mitro but they're both not fast. good strength tho, both of them. fetfa and holebas would be nice on the wings

the only position they have an edge on us is pjanic but mantalos and fortounis combined is arguebly just as good as just having it in one player. our cb's are better manolas and sokratis vs. spahic. dzeko = mitroglou begovic = karnezis everything else we have an edge over them for the other 6 positions. I agree with greekaroos tho, we have to take the drivers seat and not show fear. face them loud and proud.