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    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

    in Greek National Teams

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    14 hours ago, kbxk508 said:

    Fortounis not starting for Olympiakos doesn't automatically mean that Fortounis shouldn't start for NT. We are not that blessed with talented forwards / attacking midfielders. 

    The selections and dynamics for club and country are completely different. Olympiakos has players and systems that work differently to that of the NT. If you disagree, then Karagounis should not have played for the NT 2003-05 when playing for Inter Milan.

    I’m not saying if he should or shouldn’t start. My point is, guys cry on this board when a player starts that’s not in form, and now they’re crying that he’s not starting when he’s not in form. Which is it. 

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    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

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    4 hours ago, skinny said:

    i have lost hope for JVS... 

    punishing players for not starting and being vocal is not a positive step

     

    fat phil is not happy

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    wasn’t everyone on this board against the last coaches for playing players out of form or guys that weren’t playing in their club teams? Now that he’s doing it, we’re against him. Confusing. 

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    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

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    14 hours ago, J1078 said:

    Ya it was.. I don’t see JVS reaching to him to be honest.. It seems like JVS Has a stubborn personality and demands a lot from his players, it doesn’t seem like he gives to many 2nd chances.. In saying that what did Manolas actually do to JVS? I think he should have at least reached out and had a conversation with Manolas and let him know what his expectations are if he rejoins the team..

    Demanding a lot from your players is a great trait. 

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    Nations League: Greece-Kosovo (14 Oct. 2020, Olympic Stadium, Athens)

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    5 minutes ago, Ellada2004 said:

    J1078 right on with the so called “fans”that come on here after the games and seem to be happy that Ethniki didn’t win or get a result. Like I said before they might be long suffering fans of say a Canada or El Salvador for example and have never seen footballing success like Greece who have won a major  🏆  and have qualified for 3 World Cups while they’re used to seeing there countries qualification hopes are usually caput after the first cycle of qualifying. Anyways screw them 😆 

    While I do agree with what you say, I think Canada would be a good example of that you’re right. But you’re forgetting they actually won the 2000 gold cup. And beat USA Mexico and Colombia to do it. Great teams? No. But good teams. That can’t be overlooked. 
     

    on another note , how many coaches has this team had in the past 5 years? Surely they can’t all be at fault. At what point do we start thinking that maybe this team isn’t good enough. Maybe they need time. But I don’t see anyone knocking down the doors for their players. Which says a lot. 

    Nations League: Greece - Moldova (11 Oct. 2020, Olympic Stadium, Athens)

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    The coach is doing fine. His job is to win and he’s doing that. Results matter not style points. If style points mattered, Italy would’ve sucked all those years. As long as he gets wins doesn’t matter against who it is. You only play what’s on your schedule. It’s not their fault they’re playing the garbage of garbage. And remember, some of you think they have guys like Mbappe, Halland and Alphonso Davies hidden somewhere. They don’t. They have to make do with what they have. 

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    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

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    4 hours ago, Rockafeller Skank said:

    Baldock is a very good wingerback and for a team that is playing 3-6-1 like our NT Baldock will be decent.

    Just because Baldock is not in the level of Trent Alexander Arnold of Liverpool and Kyle Walker of Manchester City or Reece James of Chelsea which are the Right Backs that England is aiming at, it does not mean that he is as bad as Bakakis. That's a clowny mentality and thought. He is somewhere in the middle.

    I am pretty sure, according to JVS sayings that he is willing to call him up but bureaucracy did not make it in time to make Baldock eligible for the NT. I am sure he will be here, maybe not for the NL but for the WC qualifiers, as both teams have agreed that they are willing for this to go through. With Baldock on the Right and Tsimikas/ Giannoulis / Lykogiannis / Kyriakopoulos / Stafylidis on the Left we will always have a decent pair of Fullbacks. CBs is the problem and both Kossovo and Slovenia proved that with one or two decent chances, if the CB is not aware of his surroundings, they can score.

    This has always been the problem with the Greek NT since 2014. Lesser Nations winning with out of place and unneeded penalties or converting one and two chances in one and two goals. Van Schip has not changed that. The defence is a coffee shop, far worse than how it was under Skibbe. Van Schip has only changed our offensive plan and made us able to press and score past bad teams. When we play a better team (and when I mean better I dont mean England or Belgium, realistically speaking its gonna be a derby and a huge improvement beating teams like Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Ukraine) these 1 and 2 chances that seem convertable will be 5 and 6. That's when the defenders come to join the game, and that's when Svarnas,  Hatzidiakos, Michailidis, Lambropoulos will not be enough. For everyone who has played football, knowing that having some very good defenders on your back is a huge relief for a midfielder who can focus on his attacking duties and box-to-box transition without worrying that if X player passes him over, the defence will be in trouble. Having Sokratis on the bench and Manolas at the starting line-up will be a boost for all of the players and that's exactly what Siovas said.

    I do not agree with Siovas action, but he f*cking stated the obvious. And I will once again repeat my previous statement. When the results stop being good, pro-JVS fans will start being against him as well. 

     

    I never said he was as bad as Bakakis.  No need to call names over the internet. He’s not as good as you make him out to be. If there is no one in Greece better than Baldock. (Yes Baldock) not Cafu , then there is problems. 

    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

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    Bakakis is horrible. But baldock stinks too. He been playing in the epl for only 3 years and he’s 27. Before that he was a journeyman. If he were any good, England would have nabbed him already. The only reason he wants to play for Greece is because he’d never get a sniff playing for England. They are using the system to cash in. Vlachodimos has always preferred Germany over Greece. It’s a known fact. Until he realized who’s in front of him and that he would never ever even get close to the German dressing room. 

    Nations League: Kosovo - Greece (6 Sep. 2020, Stadiumi Fadil Vokkri, Pristina)

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    Posted

    7 hours ago, AchillesHeel said:

    Latest lineup rumor (from SDNA): 

    Ο προπονητής της Εθνικής διατηρεί το 4-2-3-1 και επιλέγει τους παρακάτω “11”: Μπάρκας, Μπακάκης, Σβάρνας, Σταφυλίδης, Γιαννούλης, Ζέκα, Κουρμπέλης, Φορτούνης, Μπακασέτας, Λημνιός και Κουλούρης

    We definitely need a win here.

    A win is a win. 

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    Suggested Call Ups, Starting 11

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    56 minutes ago, J1078 said:

    Tsimikas tests positive for covid, all players and staff are waiting for their  results before they can confirm whether they can play on Sunday or the game is cancelled.

    The Rule from Uefa as I understand it is, if a player tests positive and you can still filled a team of 13 players including a goalie without calling anyone else up then you can play, if not you take the lose, if both teams have covid cases and can’t field 13 players then it’s considered a draw..

    Terrible blow. 

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