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Santos was a fuk'n knob too Never giving any young guy a chance. It took him 3 games to realize samaras could play st. Then when we could have beaten CR he decides to bring on katsouranis and make the game a retirement tour instead of getting on another am or winger which would have been the difference since holebas and lazaros were slicing through they're d which also led to the red CR got. He also started an injured karnezis against IC and had to waste a sub on him early. Then he played him still injured against CR which severely cost as well. Ya he won a euro cup, but he also has the best player in the world on that team, and don't think for a second that Ronaldo doesn't get a say in call ups and tactics ect.

That line is a fuk'n joke just like this coach. Bakashitas is so f'n garbage I never wanna see that mf anywhere near the team again. Samaris needs to be sat down for a bit. If you have zeca out there, you don't need Samaris as well. Can these mf coaches just put 2 actual wingers on at once?! Whys it always 1 winger and one cm out of position. Are these bozos on f'n crack?!

No one can sit and defend a bazillion scoring chances for 90 mins wtf?! In a normal game you have your o minded players take possession, gett some chances, which moves/forces the opposition back into their own 3rd for periods of time, which shifts momentum, which gives the d break and which allows us to break down chances with more ease since they would be able to sustain 5 and 6 players up high. But because we only had 3 guys up top, 2 of which were constantly tracking back to defend, the Italians could stay up and press constantly, which is why when Greece tried to move players up field, we got fed. We tried that makakia with Germany, with aregentina, with Croatia away, it doesn't work. Put your best player in each position on the field, and go. In 04 we played defensive, but we still had our best players on the fired, zagorakos basinas, stelios, katsou, Kara, tsiartas. All except tsiartas were great at tracking back, but could make really nice passes and get up field to support the attack. We have good cm's with good passing ability, but they aren't utilized. Yes we've had a few coaches, but they all try the same thing and fail miserably. Anyone who truly knows this team and truly understands soccer, saw that line up yesterday and thought what on f'n earth is this idiot doing now. Then he sits there picking butterflies while the Italians pummel us with chances. Then he subs off a winger for a dm and a rb instead of adding to the attack. And never brings on koulouris or durmishaj, epically mind boggling. We know more about the talent greece posses than the coaching staff, that is a guarantee at this point, not our opinions.

Zeca Manolas sio sok koutris Fortounis samaris Masouras kolovos Koulouris This would have made sense in a defensive scheme. Fortou in with the dm so he can make a quick up to the forward and actually catch the Italians on the counter. To player counter attacking football, you need player who can counter, which means someone who can make quick breaks and someone who can get them the ball. It would force the Italians back and give us room, they wouldnt be able to swarm us the way they were.

I don't understand how some guys on here think it's not the coaches fault and somehow the players are to blame. He had 7 defenders on the field out of 10 f'n players!! What f'n planet do you have to be from to think that's logical or that this was our most talented options for this game?!?! We didn't even have a striker on the field! That's logical? K question for the people who say not the coaches fault. You start this line up, you go down 2-0 (for the 3rd straight game, which should already give you pause about your choices or lack there of) what is your move? Sit and wait or make adjustments? 2nd question. Now your down 3-0 at ht, what are your moves? You're down by 3 at home, so you need to score, generate some offense. Who you taking off? Logic says take off defensive players for offensive minded players. Instead he takes off a winger and takes off kourbelis and puts mavrias at rb. Rb wasn't the reason we couldn't generate chances, even someone with half a soccer iq could see that. We needed a striker and another am out there instead of 2 dms. We're down 3 so we're not defending a lead. That line up is what you play in the last 5 mins when you're holding on to a 1 goal lead for dear life lol not what you start a game with and try to play for 90 mins lol

The feeling that we've all become all to familiar with.

Depending on when he made them it would have made a difference of course, could have swung momentum, prolonged time with possession in the Italian 3rd

Fuk man seriously! Lol

Like look, its ok to try a formation and a strategy and have it not work. But have a back up plan ready incase what your trying falters

I thought the same thing man! Looked like he had figured it out, instead he just got lucky. He must have talked to skibbe after lol

What the subs should have been. Koulouris and pelkas on, Samaris and kourbelis off. Zeca to dm, sok to rb, kou to st and pelkas to interchange with fortou as a cm/am. That would have pushed the Italians back and made them respect the counter. And for the people in the back who think we don't have the talent... We do have the talent, these coaches choose not to use it. Now I understand that's hard to understand, because why on earth would a coach do that? ? And my answer is we're still trying to figure that out, it's become one of the wonders of the world. 3 straight games now this coach has gone done 2-0 early and he continues to just pick butterflies instead

This coach is doing the same s#it skibbe was doing...

One question remains... What's he gonna change at ht?

Exactly, I can't blame the players here because they shouldn't all be on together. 5 coaches yes, non of whom ever bothered to really understand the talent pool we have and where guys can be utilized. This is all on the epo cause they don't want to spend money on a real coach. The fact this guy called up bakasetas again tells you everything.

I know man, all of us were hyped for this game

Ti les man? He's got 7 defenders on the field, Italy is just coming in waves at us. He's the one that decided to try to stack a wall in front of our goal for 90s. Everytime we get the ball back, there no one to pass to cause 7 guys are thinking defesene first and the other 3 are stranded in no man's land with no chance of getting the ball in counter. We're down 3-0 and he still hasn't adjusted anything. That's on him. We can blame players for losing their d assignments but the whole momentum is on our coach for fielding this m#$%!. Sorry, I don't mean to be combative or anything disrespect, I'm just super pissed at this game right now.

Fire him right after the game... I'd fire his a$$ during the game. He's sitting there yelling... What are you yelling about goof, have a look in the mirror, this is all yours buddy.

Their d haven't even broken a sweat

2-0 lol comical, just another day in the life of the Greek nt, strategic circus. Still no subs lol like hellloooooo earth to anasleepiadis, you awake pal? Your team is down 2-0 again for the 3rd straight game... And as I write this, 3 nill

This coach is a fuk'n doorknob end of story. Everytime we get the ball they swarm us cause it's all dms and cbs on the field. Like does he think he'll melt if he puts on the 4th attacking playing in a starting 11? This is embarrassing on so many levels. Set us up to protect the imaginary lead. All our offensive players are gonna be gassed now by the end of the game like last time. This moron learned nothing from the Bosnia game, same nonsense.

Ya I gotta agree, we should have seen some u-21 wingers by now. Unless they're still playing meaningful games, then I could see why he didn't. Are there important u-21 games go on?

Honestly, he should just put zeca at rb, that way we know at the very least the right side will be sealed up for us. I'd rather have sok in the middle shutting everything down. I'd even put sok as a dm right in front of siovas and manolas. Then put pelkas or mantalos in the cm a bit behind fortou or... And I can't believe I'm gonna type this, even that fu#k stick bakasetas and maybe he gets off a shot from the top of the box and rips one. Tsimikas and staf could both be utilized on the wings, so he's got no excuse to use cms as wingers tomorrow. Let's just hope that this coach has an actual grasp of the players he called up, cause if we see just a bunch of dms all over the field like a donkey show again I'm gonna lose all hope.

It was nice to finally see a coach make the proper adjustments and bring in the right personnel to help turn the game around. We obv had some luck with the red card, but we had already started to turn the tide before that. 2nd half and end of the 1st half, we were a different team. Fortounis was dog s#it in the last 15 mins, gave the ball away at least 8 times, but he busted his a$$ all game and was doing everything he could to make things happen, so I don't blame him. The only thing is he should have brought kolovos and koulouris on sooner to help support fortou and donis so they didn't wear out cause you could see it happening with all the running they were doing early on and into the start of the 2nd half. Hopefully our coach learned today not to play stupid m@lakia line ups, cause it almost cost us. Put on your best starting 11 and f'n go at it. Non of this bs we've seen in the past against Sweden in '08, Argentina in '10 and Germany in' 12. Unless everyone is out injured and you have no choice, play a proper and your best line up, end of story! If this was Skibbe, he would have subbed fortounis and donis off to start the 2nd half! Honestly all I kept thinking today was "don't bring on bakasetas please!"

omg you clown! make another f'n sub! koulouris should have been in already and donis moved to the wing. what game is he watching?!

if we had fielded a regular line up, bosnia might have still gotten some chances. but nothing close to what they got, and we'd have more room coming back up the field. 2 of the dms need to come off to start to the 2nd half. this is already an uphill climb and if we have any chance of salvaging this, we need to go after it for the full 45. we cant afford to waste anymore time with this line up. and if he even thinks about subbing off donis or fortou, he should hang himself!