Ellada2004

Yes Sokratis did come out on live air interview post game after the Armenia loss and called out Ange for his lack of preparation and he said that the way the Ethniki was going he could not see them qualifying for Euro 2020. Furthermore he did say changes needed to occur & he said if that even meant him being dropped from the NT for the good of the team moving forward then he would step aside. Now I think he could have approached Ange in private with EPO present or some other way but the guy loves the NT so much and seeing them lose to Armenia in Greece going down 2 nil inside 30mins and losing 3-2 was utterly shocking. The previous game vs Italy which there is no shame in losing but the matter in which they lost that game was troubling. A 3 nil loss were the team looked lost and I remember Fortounis playing as the #9 and some other questionable lineup decisions. Ange aside from a great 2nd half in Bosnia were we came back from 2 down to draw did not have the team ready & prepared to play during his short tenure. He was in charge for the NL loss to Estonia that ultimately ended up costing us a playoff spot. In retrospect it would have been better to just let Skibbe continue on through Euro 2020 qualifying.

It would be interesting to see Sokratis sit down with the new coach. He wants to speak after years of silence on the NT matter. I would like to see the Ethniki give him a proper send off the guy has been a warrior for the NT and he gave everything when called upon. As for Manolas he has to return to the NT and help us top the NL going into Euro qualification. LA LIGA and Bundesliga teams were recently after him and back in 2019 ManU, Chelsea and Arsenal wanted to throw 30 million to acquire him. Its criminal that he was not called up for the World Cup qualifiers.

We will need all our top players fit and in form, 4 games in a span of 10 days. The team will have to be focused and ready to go we cant have any slip ups.

That is awesome. They came together against FIFAs proposal of holding a wcup every 2 years.

Yes N Ireland will not be an easy away fixture so a draw there would be a good result and then beat them in Greece and we should get the top spot. Does anyone know if winning the NL group means you get a playoff spot for the Euros if needed?

For sure @J1078look at one League A group that consists of Italy, Germany, England & Hungary. Greece have to get up to league B and play some tougher opponents. In the glory days we would have been fighting it out with the heavyweights of Europe.

Greece have to get 4 out 6pts vs Northern Ireland and then max points off everyone else. That’s it. We must top this group.

Got Kosovo again that’s good..

Northern Ireland GREECE Kosovo Cyprus/ Estonia

Thats great news for Manolas and Olympiakos and now it looks like he will return to the Ethniki.

I want Turkey it will motivate the team playing a rival! As for the rest I hope its Kosovo and Faroes. The new coach will show JVS 6 out of 6 points vs Kosovo something he failed to do on two occasions!! Faroes will get theirs too as they should have in 2016 Euro qualifying. PA ME ELLADARA!!

According to Sportime Greece technical director has been in Germany and he seems keen on hiring a German coach for the Ethniki. A name being proposed is Thorsten Fink he was in consideration for the PAO job before they hired Jovanovic. Any thoughts on him?

Both of you guys make great points. @Alphonse for sure JVS initially had a nice attacking style of play and high pressing keeping the opposition on there heels. JVS went away from it in the qualifiers vs Kosovo & Georgia and sat back and played to defend first as if we were playing Spain and of course it ended up costing us 6pts. As for our midfield Bouchalakis doesn’t have the pace and does not move the ball quick enough. Zeca runs hard and covers a lot of ground defensively but I agree with @Dean97he doesn’t have the vision to play nice through balls. As for Bakasetas we have all said he should not be in the starting eleven. Period. Going forward Alexandropoulos has to be given a chance to lead the midfield. Hopefully Fortounis will come back from his injury and be the player he was. Not having him for this campaign really hurt our chances and his absence showed how he is our most skilled & creative midfielder. As for Galanopoulos he put in some good performances & I would not mind seeing him get some game time and even Ninis who still has the ability to create in the attacking third of the pitch.

Good draw for PAOK! Another Danish side.

I want Turkey too! They will be really intense fixtures and that is what this team needs. I wish the Skopians were not a Pot 2 team so Greece could get them as well. I would like us to get the Faroes and go and blast them as we should have when that useless over hyped coach Ranieri was in charge. Greece have to TOP whatever group they get. Bulgaria is a Pot 1 team ahead off us. Oh my God. We have to get back on track its crazy how we have got to this point.

Good for Pavlidis. I just want him to be more clinical with the Ethniki.

That is a fair point. It would be good interesting to see them up against a Greek coached side. I think Leicester, Marseille and Braga would be the worst match ups.

I think from those teams Sparta Prague or Celtic would be the best options.

Copenhagen up 2 nil

Goal!!

Antwerp deserved the win Olympiakos was really sloppy in possession, lots of giveaways and they only generated a couple good chances. They will have to be way more focused in the playoff vs the CL opposition.

just tuning in, how is PAOK playing? have they created lots of chances?

Terrible first 20 minutes from Olympiakos. Way too many sloppy giveaways.

Vaclik big save. OLYMPIAKOS need to get into the game.

Cisse got a touch on the shot with his head and it slightly changed direction & beat the goalie.