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sokratis donis and vlacho are in form and play at bigger clubs then siovas and kourbelis.

I dunno it's cuz it was just liechenstein they didn't really have much threats. bosnia is a different animal. sokratis has shown he's capable of man marking dzeko out of a game. if he's 100% we gotta start sokratis

siovas and kourbelis (who's a cdm/cb) are both good ball playing cb's but sokratis and manolas are better defensively. sokratis and manolas usually just do conservative passes to the wings.

yeah mitroglou is still our best striker he's not the problem. we need to drop bakasetas and put donis/masouaras on wings fortounis cam and should be okay zeca samaris midfield and bakakis (toro is better but injured cuz he's a good crosser) and staf if he comes back in form after injury

gilbratar yeah just as bad but kazakstan is 18 million population so a bit different.

Liechtenstein is one of the worst minnows so I wouldn't get carried away. Even Donis's goal I think most quality goalies would save that. their population is 40 000.

for bosnia i'd like to see something like this kolouris/mitroglou donis fortounis masouras zeca/kourb samaris koutris siovas sokratis bakakis vlacho so weird that he started bakasetas over donis. baka must be really good in training or has a really good agent koulouris is in form of his life 22 goals in 29 games this season. similar to how mitroglou was in 2013 before the injury

I like 2 the most that's what I'd do given the players available.

like the idea generally. would like Donis though to be in there too though so not sure.

Yeah hopefully that Faroe scar burns deep to realize that the qualifiers are often not one in the derbys, but rather winning the games you're supposed to win on paper. I recall losing to Albania in another qualifier and I think it cost us as well. Bosnia did the same dropping points to Cyprus.

vlachos gotta be our number 1. best greek keeper rn hopefully masouras RW. I wish we could just play Chatz/Fetfa as backup. I actually like Bakasetas as a CAM but never wing. Baka has good technique in a central position. Good through balls and nice power shot but he's like 4th on the list there. Fortounis, Mantalos, Pelkas, Bakasetas CAM in that order.

watch the actual interview you miss a lot of the tone. I wouldn't put what he said that way.

One of the things that's annoying me as a lot of players now seem to put their club ahead of the NT whereas it seemed the opposite during euro 2004 and 2012. eg) if a player has any minor knock now they will miss out on qualifiers. It's not just a Greek thing though, it seems that way with a lot of countries. I think it's because club football is becoming more and more profitable. Whereas in the early 2000s it was somewhat equal

without both manolas and sokratis I don't see us beating bosnia. dzeko is prolific at both club and international level and he's due a goal against us

Mavropanos has barely played this season and he might be injured. Wenger rated him, Emery not as much it seems.

most likely we'll finish between 2nd and 4th. To a lesser extent 1st and 5th also possible.

Manolas out is a huge blow though. he immense presence in the backline. Siovas is quality but not the same. Still wouldn't mind 3atb with wingbacks system

13:40 he said the most stress / anxiety that he has in his life is for the Greek national team and he never has had that on the club level and he's tired.

such a good interview with sokratis katsouranis and demis. kats was basically saying that new coach, (losing a great one in santos) new atmosphere, 4 key players gone (salpingidis, karagounis, samaras, gekas) and there was a bit of arrogance because we did so well world cup 2014. Sokratis was saying he had an idea to come back to greece to close his career but now is thinking more USA or China. He also was saying that he's optimistic about the squad because he feels there are a lot of new players that he can tell bleed for the Greek NT and that's what we need.

yeah he didn't mention in the interview and was talking about taking liechesenstein on and how he's familiar with siovas as a partner. so might be a false rumour or a training injury imo.

Masouras and Donis do that too. Chatzigiovannis does it for Pao. All in form and all possible prospect for NT. The only thing Fetfa brought that these guys don't have is 5* fifa skillz lol.

I think he's letting the Arsenal thing get to his head. If he was on a team like Dortmund I don't think he would retire like that. That's stuff that English, French, etc. players do. Under dog teams like us the players play till they retire ie Karagounis taking us to knockouts beating Russia when he was 35. Sokratis is very frustrated with the NT. The fans not showing support. The greek players with loser mentalities. It's just not fun for him anymore and he feels like he's putting water in a hole with a bucket. I hope he changes his mind but at the same time him publically saying that also is a bad attitude. Much like Messi doing that with Argentina. whereas Ronaldo never has thought of stepping down from Portugal. Ronaldo is always wanting to play for it all and takes responsibility. That's why for me I like Ronald much more then Messi.Ronaldo lifts everyone around him. Whereas Messi is passive aggressive and trys to get player he doesn't like away from the NT.

was sleeping with a Bosnian girl a few years ago that ended on bad terms so I hope we smoke them like 5-0. Please Ethiniki. lol

every coach benches Fetfa. He must be dog s%$#! in training or something.

if you look at my starting 11 it didn't include mantalos or baka all these players are in form and good enough. Mantalos is really good if he plays as CAM or CM. Off the bench for Fortounis if Fortounis gets gassed or Pelkas. Torosidis also good off the bench for 60 mins. So 2 nice substitution options there. Koulouris can come on for Mitro too to confuse the oppositions defense with a different styled striker. mitrogloudonis fortounis masouras zeca samariskoutris siovas sokratis bakakis odysseas