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Mantalos is far more technically better than Pelkas. Pelkas brings energy and in space he can be dangerous. But he's a classic inbetween player, not quite a dekari, not quite a striker, not a winger. No problems with Mantalos starting at the 10 with Fortounis injured.

Yep he's been struggling since Wimbledon. Rublev is no slouch and was considered one of the up and coming starts a few years back, not sure if injuries have gotten him or what but he has dropped over the last year or 2. Regardless it was a close match

Bananas stop being so Greek and arguing! Next time we should bend down and kiss the feet of our Dutch opponents, they are Dutch after all! Is there anything more honorable than playing against a Dutch giant like Ajax? They can do no wrong! They are Dutch after all! The Dutch have the greatest moral compass in the world and play the best football in the world! I didn't realise the Dutch were so insecure but our Dutch friend here showed me that all Dutch people are whinny little babies who for some reason need their ego stroked. I thought the Dutch were honorable especially the Dutch of Ajax given they've taken a great Greek warrior's name!!

Greek football is well and truly back, VAR solves nothing and a coach has already been sacked

Ahhhh we want to start the D1111ck measuring contest? I'm down! How cold was is at -23 last season Alphonse?

Add Zeljko Kalac for goalkeeper coach kai figame gia Euro 2020

Williem currently leading Fortuna Sittard 3-2 in the 70th min. Pavlidis with 2 of the goals, Vrousai with the other. I would be very surprised if he isn't called up by Van't Schip

LOL talk about not very bright, Greeks as an ethnic group absolutely can be racially discriminated against. What was his joke? @hminkema Illuminate me as to how it was a joke and how you can dictate what people perceive as racist or not.

Let me just clarify all my ref bashing. I think the first 2 pens are fair enough, a different ref might not give the 2nd one (Biseswar handball) but that's football. The third one I feel is harsh, after watching the replays I think it's given on Crespo for pulling at Hunteelar and not on Matos. Now that happens 40 times a game, most of the time it goes unwhistled. Beyond the penalties he did not give one 50-50 our way, everything was going Ajax's way. This builds frustration as the game goes on players are scared to make a challenge because everytime you breathe on Tadic he's rolling around and wins the foul. Anytime an Ajax player hit the deck he would give a foul, but he wasn't giving those both ways, zero consistency in his decisions and he clearly favoured the bigger team in these moments. Yet to see a replay of the last passage of play where we were appealing for the handball on the edge of the box, from what I understand Dutch TV didn't show a replay during the coverage. Curious to see if it was or wasn't.

I'd love to see Ajax in the Europa League group stage. Better yet I hope UEFA send Mr.Pawson to ref a game at Toumba. I'm sure he'll be welcomed with open arms ?

This ref was a joke, F*** him. Scared of the big team, twat

what a joke 3 penalties in one game

Fatigue clearly setting in now, we are making lots of mistakes and keep inviting pressure. Need to change someone in midfield. As I type Limnios on for Jaba

Pelkas i dont believe it.............

We defs have another goal in us, both teams are very open. Need Jaba to get some final product, Akpom has been quiet also (not his fault) Biseswar and Pelkas our biggest threats. I think we'll get our chances to score, we need to just be patient. Paschalakis has been massive need another big half from him and a little luck when chances fall Ajax's way and who knows

GOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!! BISESWAR!!!!

Lamprou must have some obvious flaws if a 2nd coach is preparing to loan him out. Without having seen him play really, my guess is his defensive side is poor to non-existent. His numbers in Holland last season suggest he's very good going forward, but again that's just based on numbers. I was hopefully he'd come back this season and be vying for a starting place down the left, we shouldn't write him off yet but given he hasn't been included in either of the squads for the Ajax games suggests he might be on his way out.

UEFA don't care about fair. It's all about $$$. What gives them more viewership the 3rd placed team in England (Chelsea) or the champions of Latvia? The issue is these clubs hold all the power now. They are so big as brands that wherever they go the fans and viewership will follow. We've all heard of the rumored "European super league" where all the powerhouses clubs are going to breakaway and form their own league. This is just UEFA trying to keep these big clubs happy and ultimately the small clubs suffer. I too like the way the old European Cup was formatted (before my time never got to see it) Just Champions from every UEFA nation and knockout football all the way. Brilliant concept. But can anyone imagine the Champions league with just one of Barcelona and Real? or one English club? Or just one German/Italian Club?

The loss of legs is a concern, but I think it's normal for this time of year. The other thing we need to keep in mind is that Ajax is a better team, we had to really push and play out of our skin for a half to keep pace and not only keep pace but have them on the back foot. It was always going to be difficult to maintain that intensity for a full game, like it lump it we are not at Ajax's level. Does that mean we can't beat them? Absolutely not. Having said all that, it's a decent result. Especially after conceding early to bounce back and put them under real pressure was a fantastic sign of character and belief the boys have. As others said during the game on another day we could've been 4-1 up at the half with those 2 huge chances we missed. Some misfortune and sloppy defending and we are made to pay, that's football. I'm feeling good about going to Amsterdam next week, we have nothing to lose and we've given ourselves a fighting chance at qualifying.

WHAT A HEADER LEOOOOOOOO

You'd think with Van't Schip at the helm now there's a good chance Pavlidis will get a call up. Not like we're spoiled for choice with strikers anyway. Great start to the season for him hopefully he has a break out year.

Easily could have qualified both times. Who can forget Klaus missing a bucket load of chances in 2016 when were 1-0 up. How that one in particular got away from us ill never know. In 2010 we had a classic Greek team in Europe lapse and conceded 3 goals in 10 minutes and that was that.

It appears it's going to be Van't Schip https://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/ethniki_elladas/ethnikh-proponhths-o-fan-sip-texnikoi-dieythyntes-kwnstantinidhs-fussas.5568953.html

You would think this signing officially stamps Kace's papers and he's out of here. Starting to have some real depth in midfield now. Esiti, El Kaddouri, Douglas Augusto and Misic. Wernbloom stared training fully today and with Maurcio to come back during the season. Is that too many? The 4 will probably remain as there is no guarantee in what type of shape Maurcio and Wernbloom will return in.

Jesus, the Dutch just won't stay away. Going to be tough, but as always I see us really pushing them. They've lost 2 key players over the summer De Jong and De Ligt. @Yiankos this one is for you. ΤΗΝ ΤΕΛΕΥΤΑΙΑ ΔΕΚΑΕΤΙΑ ΠΙΟ ΠΟΛΥ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ ΑΓΙΑΞ ΠΑΙΖΟΥΜΕ ΠΑΡΑ ΜΕ ΤΟΝ άρη !!!