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How did Koulouris get called up over Manias and Giakoumakis (Levadiakos )? Koulouris only has 2 goals in the league this season and they were both from the penalty spot! Meanwhile, Manias has 8 goals and Giakoumakis has 7. Furthermore, they were both good last season too, especially Manias. Last season, Manias had 10 goals in a half a season.

There could be many reasons as to why Fetfa hasn't been called up for years. Maybe he's a negative locker room presence. Maybe he's lazy. Maybe he's not on point with the team's tactics. Maybe he doesn't have rapport with the team etc.. Remember, the ethniki is supposed to be like a family. It doesn't matter if you're as good as Hazard or Muller, one rotten apple can ruin it for everyone else. There are countless examples of this in sports, where a world-class player is toxic and the team does poorly as a result (i.e. Cousins on Sacramento Kings, Balotelli etc..) However, I must clarify that I'm not accusing Fetfa of being a toxic person. I'm just saying that it's one of many possibilities lol

The motive behind fifas decision to ban manolas could be to give Croatia an advantage. However, there could another reason(s). For instance, maybe fifa wants to disuade players from intentionally getting yellows for time-wasting and, consequently, getting suspended against minnows like Gibraltar. Unfortunately, manolas was used as an example. There are many other possible reasons.

They also have Poulsen, who is dangerous and may cause us problems. Defensively they have Kvist, a defensive midfielder who's had a solid career, and kjaer, who plays for sevilla. Their goalie is schmeicel of Leicester. He was instrumental in their title run in the 2015-16 season. They definitely have other good players that I don't know of. Denmark are in excellent form, having beaten montenegro, Poland and Armenia recently, the latter 2 in convincing fashion. If we draw them, I would say our chances are 50/50.

I calculated the October rankings for the playoff teams: Seeded: Switzerland/Portugal Italy Croatia Denmark Unseeded: Sweden Northern Ireland Ireland Greece We have a good team, but I don't like our chances of going to the world cup. Hopefully we draw Denmark or Croatia. Note: even if Sweden beats the Netherlands, they will be unseeded.

Italy aren't ranked very high, hopefully they will be unseeded. I agree that fifa wants Italy at the world cup..they attract TV ratings, fans, merchandise sales, they have big name players etc... fifa will get more money and viewership. whoever draws them may have to deal with the referee as well.

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Assuming Donis and Samaris are out, my starting 11 vs Cyprus would be (4-2-3-1): Karnezis toro Sokratis manolas Tzavellas Zeca Kpaps Lazaros Mantalos Stafylidis Mitroglou -Kpaps over Tachtsidis because he scores more goals and is far better defensively. Also, he is tougher and more of a leader. -Mantalos over Fortounis because Mantalos is more tenacious, can chip in defensively, and is in excellent form. He can finally play his natural position. Also, Fortounis is kinda soft, he hasnt played much for Olympiacos recently and his set pieces have been piss poor this campaign. Fortounis is an excellent option off the bench with his technical ability. -Lazaros to start because he gives us that "x-factor" offensively. He's in amazing form and has chemistry with most of the players in the starting lineup from when he was a regular member of the NT. However, Im concerned that he is not up to speed with the team tactics/structure...hopefully he can learn quickly.

I wouldn't be surprised one bit if certain players are called up, played, or excluded due to corrupt reasons. Certain players in the past, such as Amanatidis, have hinted about that in interviews. Perhaps player agents bribe to get their player called up, or the EPO wants certain players called up etc... Skibbe's hands may be tied. Chalkias starting in Euro 2012...Vyntra starting in world cup 2010 instead of kyrgiakos...tziolis starting important matches even though he is mediocre, at best...the list goes on and on and on. Nicolo Macchiavelli said to always assume incompetence before conspiracy. Most of the baffling squad decisions were/are probably due to negligence. However, something is wrong here. Greece is also a corrupt country, so corruption has irrefutably extended to the soccer domain. On a brighter note, if Greece beats Cyprus and Gibraltar, I like our chances of being one of the top 8 second place teams. Lol

Greece are winless in 5 games (4 draws 1 loss), scoring 2 goals and conceding 3. Problem: Clearly, scoring goals is the problem. Bakasetas, Vellios and Diamantakos have a combined 19 appearances, 0 goals for the NT. Also, our CMs/CDMs are all terrible at scoring goals...every single one of them. Solution: We need to insert goalscorers into the squad. Observations/Opinion: Lazaros should be a regular in the team. Pelkas, Mystakidis, Masouras, Manias, Giakoumakis (AEK) and Nazlidis are all players that get playing time, score goals, get assists and are generally involved in the build-up leading to goals..they all had better seasons in 2016-17 than Bakasetas, Vellios and Diamantakos...some of them should have been called up over the past year.

this is what I would field against estonia: Donis sTAFYLIDIS Fortounis Mantalos samaris zeca Tzavellas Manolas K paps Maniatis Karnezis This lineup does not include players coming off of injury (i.e. Tachtsidis) and players who have had no playing time this season, with a couple exceptions.

I'm not convinced that Vellios and Diamantakos are even good enough to play for the Canadian national team, nevermind the Greek one

I expect Greece to stay put or drop in next month's ranking. This is because our very good world cup 2014 performance will be devalued next month. Other teams that performed well at the world cup 2014 and euro 2016 will also have the results at those tournaments worth less. For instance, I think that france, who performed well at both tournaments and lost to Sweden a few days ago, will drop in the rankings.