Jimmyp
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Just now, Ellada2004 said:
Get to the Wcup 1st I will bet $. U will just go to one of your alias names should you lose that bet.
Just now, Ellada2004 said:Get to the Wcup 1st I will bet $. U will just go to one of your alias names should you lose that bet.
Dude I’m 49 years old. I don’t have time or energy to make fake accounts. I have this one and that’s it.
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4 minutes ago, Ellada2004 said:
Your a big Canaduh fan i see..
Well yes I live here. I will root for Greece and Canada any time. Just like the Australians on this board will root for Australia. No harm in that. So are we on or what
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4 hours ago, Ellada2004 said:
Score 4 on Spain sure keep dreaming!
They would destroy Georgia Kosovo Moldova and Slovenia also. I will say that with confidence. In fact, why don’t we make a little wager. No money. Just a friendly banter wager. I’ll bet you Canada gets to the knockout phases in the World Cup. If I win, you leave this board for a year. If I lose, I’ll leave this board for a year. Great friendly little wager.
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JVS is not a bad guy he made to many blunders with the Ethniki and did not learn from them. As for corruption Canadians and the CSA are shady as well. Kick backs and bribes they are the same s%$#!. You mentioned Croatia they are a small country but they have an abundance of talent but corrupt too.
As for Canada smoking us lol maybe at shinny. Lets see them play Spain and how many goals they eat.
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they may eat 7. But they will score 4. That’s for sure. Way too much talent up too.
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Holy crap! I didn’t know he was born and lived in Canada until he was 11. Wow
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7 hours ago, Dean97 said:
I’m not so sure Santos and Otto ran the team there way totally. Maybe Otto did but I think some of Santos selections were questionable. The core of Santos team were Samaras, Salpingidis, Karagounis, Katsouranis, Torosidis and Sokratis. Everyone else were mixed up. I appreciated how he integrated Fetfa and Ninis a lot.
With JVS, there are a lot of questionable call ups and most of our talented players aren’t there anymore. Players like Svarnas, Bakakis, Bakasetas, Bouchalakis, Rota and Mavrias aren’t really good enough on the international stage. Something tells me they paid a lot of money to get in. Wouldn’t be surprising as there is heaps of corruption in Greek football.
Those players don’t have that kind of money. Have you seen where they play?
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16 hours ago, Ellada2004 said:
Looking at the rankings we are behind the likes of Canada, Paraguay, Saudi Arabia, Ireland and N Ireland absolutely disgraceful. JVS could only muster 2 draws vs Kosovo in world cup qualifiers. After this FIFA rankings release he should just say thank you for the opportunity that was given to him and walk out the door. Enough!
I don’t know about the other countries. I can’t speak for those. But Canada isn’t the Canada of old. They are talented, very fast, and have 3 world class players playing for huge clubs. And starting for them. Lauren plays for besiktas. David is on French champions lille and starts and of course Davies on Bayern. That’s the forward line for them. Not many countries can line up a better attacking 3 than that. JVS doesn’t have very many attacking options. Greece aren’t built to attack. It’s just not in their system. Hasn’t been since I remember. I say find a defensive coach again and play to the strengths.
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54 minutes ago, PaokCT said:
Greece can play attacking football? Name 4 attacking players who scare opponents, and don’t even start with Fetfazidis … Truth be told I don’t think we can play attacking football. We don’t have speed with ball control, we don’t have players who can play under pressure. We haven’t played attacking football since I can remember. Who cares if Santos plays defensive soccer, he wins games and has won games for us in the past. I’d rather play defensively and win than go out attacking and lose 3-1 cause we are susceptible in the back to counter attacks. This isn’t Fifa. You can’t just change your style anytime you want. We have to work with the players we are given, being it’s a national team.
You’re right. To play attacking football you have to have guys that can run. I haven’t seen anyone on the team that can do the 100m in under 30 seconds.
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1 hour ago, Antaeus7 said:
So in the World Cup playoffs for UEFA teams two additional teams Austria and Czech Republic get in because of Nations League results to go with the other 10 group runner ups. If Greece had won it's group from the Nations League and get the top two points, they would have took part in the playoffs?
I have no idea how that nonsense works either.
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They should be able to beat Kosovo without a coach. Geez. It’s Kosovo!!
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50 minutes ago, Bardouuu said:
Are there people here that feel the national team has NOT been moving in the right direction under JVS?
if you feel that the team is moving in the right direction, (fielding some of the youngest teams I recall EVER seeing with the ethniki), why would you replace the coach and start from scratch. I think the coach is starting to really click with the players, and I feel Confident in him moving forward.
i think we really do have an inflated opinion of the abilities of the national team. I think the depth of the team is what has really hurt us. Whenever we have an injury or a suspension it feels like we’re picking people off the street to play the needed positions.
I agree 100 percent. Some of these guys are thinking they have all this magical talented players and it falls on the coach. The players are not Messi Ronaldo. Fati mbappe etc. They have slim pickings. And those of you crying to wanna play in form players then are complaining when bakasetas is playing. I’m not saying he should or shouldn’t be but he’s been arguably the best player in the Turkish league this year. A lot of the problems lie in the selections also. I’m not saying goutas didn’t play well but in my opinion if you don’t have a cap by 23 or 24 forget it. I wouldn’t use them
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1 minute ago, Ellada2004 said:
J1078 I hear you on the point that JVS has integrated more youth into the squad and that is one of the best things he has done. We have been thin at striker since Mitroglou & Gekas were on the NT but why did he not call up Giakoumakis & Fountas recently to try and solve our scoring woes. JVS in the beginning of his tenure did bring an up tempo and attacking style which was amazing to see us play but against Georgia he had the team sit back and they dictated the play. Also as I mentioned before in Kosovo with a 1 nil lead instead of going to kill of the match he takes of Douvikas (who looked baffled himself) and he plays scared and they hit us with a equalizer that we all could see coming the whole 2nd half. That game we should have put away.
You bring sokratis, manolas and siovas back to get you to euro 2024. If they do make it, they’re going to want to reap the rewards and play in the tournament in their mid 30s. The epo will reward them and feel obligated to bring them. That would create another 1994 fiasco.
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I recorded the game and just saw it. For the life of me, I still don’t know what that penalty was for? On another note, Bouchalakis and siopis are the first 2 guys ever to become pro soccer players with a hundred metre time of 25 seconds.
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It’s not as bad as you think. We win by won. We’re behind by 6. Spain wins by 3 we win by 3. Were in
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Manolas is fighting with a coach? I’m shocked.
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1 hour ago, paokarag4 said:
Just on this point, I agree Manolas and Siovas would have helped particularly today. But if we are talking about moving forward, Siovas is 33 and currently without a team, Sokratis is also 33. So going forward these 2 aren't really options for the Ethniki, Manolas is the only one who could potentially be around for Euro 2024 and even then he will be 33 by the time Euro 2024 kicks off.
To put a positive spin on having these guys out, is that it has fast tracked Mavropanos and Chatzidiakos who would have ridden the bench during this campaign. Instead they have gained valuable experience and caps.
So yes not having these guys has hurt our chances of qualifying for Qatar but I don't think it should necessarily be a criteria moving forward for keeping JVS or not, IMO.
Well said. Spot on.
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I’m not saying Bakasetas should or shouldn’t be on the team, but guys are calling for in form players to play. He’s probably the best player or close to it in the Turkish league this year. So either you want to play in form players and then yell and s ram when they don’t play good, or you put players not in form and yell and scream about putting in form players on the pitch when they don’t play well. You can’t have it both ways. Pick one and stick with it.
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54 minutes ago, kbxk508 said:
Tough loss. Really gutted for the team, players and coach. Players put in 100% but 2 errors cost us. Dropping 4 points to Georgia Kosovo cost us. Chances are now slim, as we will have to beat Spain and Kosovo and hope that other results go our way.
The problem is if we beat Spain, we need Sweden to lose or tie against whoever they play. If they win, we’re screwed because they won’t play anyone vs Spain.
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15 minutes ago, PaokCT said:
If we win out we go through. Plus I’ll take being tied with them on points on the last day when Sweden play in Spain and we host Kosovo
Also right now they’re a plus 7. We’re a plus 3. We win 0 2 were both plus 5
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11 minutes ago, Soprano76 said:
A win versus Sweden would put the countries level on points but Sweden would still be ahead in the standings I believe. World Cup qualifiers has the first tie breaker at goal difference, not head-to-head results which would screw us.
Just win all their games and there will be nothing to worry about.
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You guys are all screaming for in form players to start. Bakasetas has been close to being the best player in the Turkish league so far this season.
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1 minute ago, Omonoia9 said:
VAR also took one away from us earlier. I'm fine with this
Var didn’t take it away. The ball was actually out. Call it like it is.
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Just now, Soprano76 said:
Kind of a bs penalty no?
Absolutely. But hey, we’ll take the gift for once.
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Have you actually seen their forward line lately and watched them play? I’m not saying they are better than Greece. But their top 2 players David and Davies are better than anyone on both teams.