Ellada2004

Terrible way to lose this match

Swiderski coming In

PAOK are hemmed in their own end!

What crap defending

PSV big chance

Come on PAOK

I wish JVS well..

Hopefully OLY get 3rd place.

Olympiakos lose 1 nil. That was a hard game to watch. Way to many sloppy giveaways and OLY couldn’t hold the ball in the midfield. City have to much talent though.

Greatest footballer ever...Best goal ever scored vs England in 86 World Cup when he went through almost all the eglesi! RIP Diego

Will be a tough match for OLY with all the players they are missing but they need to get something out of this game.

Lets hope he puts Fortounis in his natural position. Bakasetas at most should be a substitute!

Donis would be a great choice should JVS not start of well in the qualifiers. Donis knows the players very well and I hear that the players really enjoy playing for him and respect him alot. If he were to come in the fold Manolas and Siovas would get reinstated.

Congrats to Olympiakos fans from a PAO fan. PAO almost equalized late in the game. TBH I was expecting a 3 nil for OLY. Great goal from Fortounis, one of my favorite players in all of football.

Definitely an issue since the 2014 WCUP along with the not having a real #9 since Mitroglou hasn't been with the NT. Zeca I dont mind him in there he will hustle his arse off and win a lot of challenges but last game vs Slovenia he was sloppy with the ball and turned it over needlessly to many times. Greece cant have Bouchalakis or Kourbelis along side him we need a change.

I did as well. I have no idea what went wrong with him.

Samaris had lots of promise after being called up to the NT by Santos. He scored a memorable goal at the wcup vs Ivory Coast and I thought he would be an important part of the team going forward. Most of his performances under Skibbe were woeful and he made to many stupid giveaways bad passes etc.

We need Galanopoulos back for the qualifiers in March!

Looks like a good lineup. I would like to see Galanopoulos in there once he is fully fit. Masouras could be utilized at RB as well and Kotsiras. Fountas will be our best option at striker. I think ive seen enough of Koulouris and Pavlidis I would use him as a sub late in games. As for Manolas maybe JVS will reach out to him as he is a world class back and will be needed vs a tougher pot 1 or 2 team. Sokratis i believe is done as long as JVS is the coach. I doubt he would take a chance with him seeing how he blew up on Ange and in the manner in which he did it. I will always love how he competed and loved playing for the Ethniki. Its a shame that it ended up that way.

One thing I agree with is if a player is older it’s irrelevant if he’s playing at a club and in form and contributing. Karagounis was effective up until the end of his career at the World Cup and Gekas was still scoring goals late on. As for Mitroglou if he was playing more at Marseille and more over the past few seasons I would say call him up and give him a chance.

Yes group winners are qualified. The 2nd place teams go into playoff with the top two Nations League group winners joining the playoffs.

I agree going to Pot 3 was huge good thing we didn’t give up a late goal and lose to Slovenia and drop to pot 4. I was more nervous about that during the 2nd half. From Pot 1 avoid France, Spain, and Belgium at all costs. From Pot 2 don’t want Switzerland or Ukraine. Serbia is also a good side and personally I like them so I wouldn’t want to face them.

Pot 1. Denmark (Croatia next choice) Pot 2. Romania (Slovakia next) Pot 4. Bulgaria (Belarus) Pot 5. Andorra (Cyprus it’s a friendly) Pot 6. San Marino (anyone is ez here)

If only coach Ange and the team had got a result vs Estonia and we had a playoff ticket, i think Greece would have had a good chance to get through. Hungary have improved alot recently and deserve there spot. Scotland got lucky on penalties with Israel and then with Serbia who played terribly for the first 70 minutes before getting it going and leveling the score. Serbia with there talent should have easily beaten scotland. Today Serbia beat Russia 5-0.