georgelaz

for the love of god. don't let the turks win. I'd be happy with a draw after the luxenbourg game then to see that happen. it's going to be really tough. the turks are in great form.

players who are 30+ should not be fielded unless they are exceptional. Karagounis was exceptional. Torosidis you could make an argument. Tziolis, Vyntra, Moras. NO.

tachtsi for tziolis pelkas for aravidis and I'm happy with that lineup. manolas for kpaps when not injured. Manolas uses his aggression, kpaps lets his aggression use him.

what about tachtsi?

Giannou is doing better the past 2 years than Vellios. So Giannou is probably our 3rd. UNLESS Samaras gets a club and scores at least once every 4th game. (This is could very much happen). Vellios will probably steak a claim within the next 2 years though. Iraklis is really going for it. Despite the low table score, their spirit is uncanny. I don't think they'll get relegated for a few years, if not many years.

Same, my gut instinct is telling me this will work really well. We have to wait a few matches to decide BUT he seems very keen to make his Greece campaign THE defining campaign of his career. Good vibes indeed.

The luxembourg game is a really smart idea. If it all works to plans, we can build confidence before the Turkey game.

for Paok? Surely. He also scored that goal against Ecuador (But that was still 4 years ago LOL) it doesn't really matter, he's only called up mostly because Maniatis is injured. Tachtsi and Samaris are our starters for the next 4 years at least. Wow. I almost forgot about Petsos too. I haven't seen him play but obviously more promising than Tziolis now. Better than Tachtsi and Samaris? I'd say no right now, but maybe.

for captains I would probably do 1. Sokratis 2. Torosidis 3. Manolas 4. Samaris 5. Kpaps

really excited for this game :)

our defensive mids go like this imo 1. Samaris 2. Tachtsidis 3. Maniatis 4. Tziolis since Maniatis is injured, Tziolis is a shoe-in sorry to tell ya. not a fan, but he has a nice hard long shot, decent tackling, strength, presence.

I could be wrong but I think there is a difference Fetfatzidis is an AM. He plays really deep into the attackers goal but mainly feeds other players rather than scores. Second strikers are basically strikers but because they are short, they play a bit further from the goal than the main striker since it's their shot, not their headers that are an asset. A defensive mid lays on top of the cb, whereas a sweeper lays behind the CBs. the left/right back I don't think I need to explain cause it's obvious lol

the past 3 going on 4 years asteras finished 5th, ,4th, 3rd and are sitting on 4th again this year. this is a long enough time frame to take them seriously. I think Giannou is proving a point right now. I don't know much about Vellios beyond his stats, which don't impress me. Unless I'm missing something?

Strikers for me are still 1. Mitroglou 2. Klaus 3. Giannou Karelis is a winger/second striker Kone can be a good second striker but he doesn't play there regularly so kinda a waste of a starting spot. it's an option though I'm super confident that if our midfield is the midfield in the hungary 4-3 or something similar like with Ninis/Mantalos, Fortounis, Pelkas, Tachtsidis, Samaris Klaus will score with good service we could also play with two strikers. Mitroglou being strong on the left and Klaus/Giannou strong on the right since none of our midfield is that good at scoring IMO, except Karelis who's borderline LW/CF

Personally, I think Ninis is our best CAM when he's in form. Right now, it's Fortounis. Mantalos has gotta be in the squad regardless, and Pelkas.

yeah before Maicon came into the picture Torosidis I think had a more positive reaction from fans. it's a big contrast bias. toro has a couple more years though, maicon is in the twilight years of his career.

The lineup is a natural progression. Although I can see the rationale for wanting Vyntra, Tziolis, Moras to be progressed faster. I don't mind them, as long as they aren't starters. They'd only start if there's an injury. Giannou got the call up. He's in great form, good height and we really need a 3rd striker. Samaras needs to get his s%$#! together because he's one of our best strikers. Go to Italy for a pay cut dude. This euro campaign should be Samaras's last one as a major figure for us. If Holebas wasn't on the Greek squad, I'd say Tzavellas is our next best LB. He has better free kicks than Holebas, more passionate about the NT, and slightly better defensive skills. He also is very important to a very solid PAOK over the past few years. I feel way more confident with Tzavellas at the back then Stafylidis.

Rankings are a bit funny. Since France automatically qualifies for World Cup, it's kinda hard for them to gain additional points because they play few competitive matches.

with Kace & Berbatov I think Paok would have at least got a draw.

Olympiakos will need probably need to get a point. Arsenal will rally otherwise

one of my good friends says since the EPL has a lot of really strong opposition it weakens the sides for champions league, whereas germany and la liga the top teams are a big cut above anyways Olympiakos was very deserving. could've easily been 4-1 for oly dinamo is a good team, we aren't gunna make them look like levadiakos lol and i'm panathinaikos but in europe i'm every greek team, so I say we lol

Personally, I'm a fan of Mitroglou. I loved his punk ass attitude when he scores. I don't think he has ever hit the form since 2013-2014 again, even at Benfica right now, he's kinda cooled down again but we'll see how the season pans out. I also don't think that he was ever as bad as people were saying he was when he was out of form either. They just weren't playing him at all at fulham, he was scoring lots of goals on the return loan to Olympiakos, it just seemed bad because he was twice as productive in 2013-2014.

No one said Mitroglou is as good as Dzeko. Dzeko is better hands down. But Mitroglou is solid. It's debatable whether Greece or Bosnia is better. I side towards Greece, not even being biased.

they have 2 great players. plus 6 good players. We have 2 great players in Manolas & Sokratis plus 9 good players. Manolas plays with Dzeko and Pjanic, so he can probably read their patterns like a book. On paper, we're the better team, we have more depth. It's a team sport. Belgium is better than us on paper though, but they don't scare me. If the Americans can hold them off into extra time, we can do even better. We've only lost to Bosnia once. We've beaten them 4 times. We've beaten Cyprus 17 times and they've beaten us 3. We've beaten Belgium 3 times and they've beaten us 2. We've beaten Estonia once and they've never beaten us. History is on our side. Let's make the historic dent bigger. historically, this is one of the best groups Greece could have ever landed. Even better than the Euro campaign!

this game will make or break the campaign because I don't think Arsenal is gunna drop anymore points the momentum is with Olympiakos to win it.