ausgreek Posted September 19, 2016 Share Posted September 19, 2016 It may not of been a screamer but it was quite boisterous I must say ol' chap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockafeller Skank Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 I wouldnt consider Donis and Karamanos (Guy who plays at Feirense and has already scored 3 goals in 5 matches) as suitable. Remember that what cost us under Ranieri is the multiple changes. I like the fact that Skibbe tends to use Maitroglou Karelis Vellios and Diamantakos up front. I hope Bakasetas doesn't get played as a winger again because the guy simply doesnt cut it. With Samaris missing and Maniatis/Tziolis not being able to be starters due to no team I'd guess we have to see new persons in the midfield.And by new, I mean players we havent seen under Skibbe previously. Some ex-players who might reappear , and probably will are going to be Tachtsidis and Kone, who both got playing time in the previous weeks. Hoever not sure if Kone got what it takes to be a 8ari-6ari since he is mostly an offensive player. Karnezis Torosidis-Manolas-Sokratis-Cholebas Tachtsidis - Kone/Siopis Gianniotas- Fortounis- Mantalos Mitroglou 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted September 22, 2016 Share Posted September 22, 2016 And Karelis scores 4!!!! Ninis scoring too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted September 23, 2016 Share Posted September 23, 2016 I'd say if Petro is out, he will go for a guy that can play lw, maybe Lazaro, Panagioti or even Dimitri (Pelkas). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 (edited) A fan poll in Greece has Tachtsidis as DM (alongside Maniatis) 29%, KPaps at 24% then Siolpis at around 14% Tziolarini at around 1%. How excitement! The call for Sotiri Ninis is definitely justified now. Edited September 25, 2016 by ausgreek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockafeller Skank Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 5 hours ago, ausgreek said: A fan poll in Greece has Tachtsidis as DM (alongside Maniatis) 29%, KPaps at 24% then Siolpis at around 14% Tziolarini at around 1%. How excitement! The call for Sotiri Ninis is definitely justified now. Link please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Skanko@rockafella! Go to gre-365.com You d'man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED SHERIFF Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 Ninis has been benched the last couple of League matches.... Curious to see what scheme and personnel Skibbe plays? Kone has played the last two matches in serie A..... so we may go with.. ...............................karnezis.......................... toro...............sokratis............manolas...........lloyd ..................................taxi.............................. ..........................mandalos..........fortounis................... kone..........................................................................karelis ...................................mitro.......................... is this too attacking.....it may be a good thing to have fortounis drop back and play a number 8 role.... as I believe part of the problem has been for too long our no.8's have been not creative and lacking some punch... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 (edited) Read that Mantalos went to Italy to see a specialist about wearing a mask for this match, he might actually do this! In other news, K Paps has injured his knee and it is not known the extent of it until the coming days. Oh dear! Congrats to new Melbourne City skipper, former Panathanaikos import Fornaroli, good choice. Edited September 26, 2016 by ausgreek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 It looks like it will be That kind of career unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockafeller Skank Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 So who will be called up in his place? Maybe we do se siopis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1078 Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 I thought I heard he was okay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brklyngrk Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 Wasn't he on the bench this weekend?? Didn't play but available... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikitas Posted October 3, 2016 Share Posted October 3, 2016 yes he is fit and was on the bench this weekend. he only had a bruised knee the week before. nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) I'm personally not a big fan of Mantalos he is more of toned down Fetfatzidis if you ask me and nothing more than a squad player. Don't like him on the wing but what can you do when we don't have much depth in the RW position. I'd like to see Pelkas there but what is Mantalos best position and what do people think (especially AEK fans) of him as a box to box midfielder ("Number 8") for the national team. Edited October 6, 2016 by Dean97 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 I have no doubts about Mantalos. I feel we have a gun player. His skill and vision are only matched by Fortounis. He can play out wide but I prefer him behind the striker (Mitroglou). AEK fans who see him frequently might have a different view. I'm not an AEK supporter. 2 seasons ago when AEK were in the Football League (Second Division) and Mantalos was picked for the Ethniki it came as a surprise to me but when I actually went to YouTube to see him during his early career and also started watching Mantalos I was convinced that he is better than anyone we have. I feel that now more than ever. He scored a good goal versus Australia and he played a big role in the winner against the Netherlands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikod Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 12 hours ago, Dean97 said: I'm personally not a big fan of Mantalos he is more of toned down Fetfatzidis if you ask me and nothing more than a squad player. Don't like him on the wing but what can you do when we don't have much depth in the RW position. I'd like to see Pelkas there but what is Mantalos best position and what do people think (especially AEK fans) of him as a box to box midfielder ("Number 8") for the national team. Mantalos and fetfa have nothing in common, and I like fetfa. But petros is on another level. A hard-working number 10 who is growing into a true leader for AEK. He doesnt have the tricks but he is a much more effective player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 (edited) Ive just been thinking of things and as i thought today i came up with a way of how to coach the national team and how to get far in major tournaments like the and the world cup. For the world cup coming up, i am going to suggest what ways would coach the team and my ideas to make a great national team. Its all about the attitude in the indivdual if you are good but not living up to it then your out thats how it should be. In my team i would want passionate players who are ruthless and do anything for the team to win (for example Karagounis). Also player selection should based on what team they play for and how reguarly they play for the team. Im against of the way a player gets chosen just because they play in a better team. A player like Gianniotas should not just get chosen over Fetfatzidis just because Gianniotas is playing in Europe when everyone knows Fetfatzidis is better than him. But because Gianniotas is playing for a better team and is in form you got to hand it to him for his work ethic. Players like K.Papadopoulos who have so much passion for the sport and so energetic these are characteristics of a leader. Sokratis i believe is the most hardworking Greek player today. I also believe Sokratis should be the captain and Torosidis vice captain. Next in line for captaincy should be K.Papadopoulos and Samaris. The latter two should lead the future of the team in the next few years. Manolas as well. I am a big fan of Kone i belive he is a very unique player to have in the squad, he is expirieinced and has been a captain at club level. Ninis i still belive in still but Fortounis has shown so much quality and has improved drastically with age. I dont know about Mantalos yet as a starter let alone the RW but he would definitely be in the squad. It is a shame that we do not have many natural wingers. Gianniotas is one, Vlachodimos hasnt shown good form and is not playing at Panathinaikos. Lazaros is an option. Tsilianidis is a player with big potential as i think in a few years he will improve more and more. Mavrias i like but needs more game time and a few goals. Mystakidis i think can play there but the player that i reall want soon back in the team is Pelkas. I have faith in this player i believe he can boss the RW position, he just needs to work harder and more. Lazaros Lamprou is another player to look out for. I am not sure about Diamantakos as a winger. One of my favourite players Bakasetas should be given more of a go because of his strength, passing and shooting abilities he can also keep possesion really well. I believe in this player, dont be so shocked if he scores in the next two qualifying matches. i would also like to see how he would play as a number '8' in a few friendlies. By the way he is not a winger. Holebas can be a winger but would rather him at LB because he can overlap all the time because of his speed and stamina also his defence has become the strong part in his game. Torosidis still has a place in this team but i expect these two retire after the upcoming world cup. Kitsiou is still at PAOK and needs further improvment also Bakakis is at AEK these two have potential to replace the two veterans in a few years time. Karnezis should be our keeper but is shaky at times. Kapino needs more expirience and Glykos is also a bit shaky. There is no other Greek keepers better than these three. The keeper should be chosen based on form. Also Dioudis is a player to look out for. I beleive we should focus on youth aswell. I also believe we should keep the same squad but call up the best youth player from the u18 and the best from the u20. This should be based on the form of the player and how well they performed for the youth national team. Players like OIkonmou and Vellios should be backs up frtherei respective postions as they both have the potential to do well for this team and are reay to explode. I also like to see Gianniotas and Stafylidis, as i rated both thses players when they were playing in Thessalonki for Aris and PAOK respectively. They both have shown good form and have deserved the call ups. But Stafylidis needs to work a lot on his defensive game while Gianniotas needs to work more on his attacking game but i see them improving and working hard. Fetfatzidis and Kone are two players i want back in this team as they can provide spark and create something out of nothing. MItroglou is on fire and Karelis is improving. A player like Tziolis i would not choose, Maniatis is good for defensive duties but nothing else. Kourbelis and Siopis down line the line would get call ups and be the like for like replacements. Also Petsos needs to play more in the friendlies as he can a good back up for Samaris or Tachtsidis. As a coach i would tell Tachtsidis to work harder in training earn his place in his club team consistently perform. This player is really talented especially when works hard. Look at the match against Hungary. Youth players like Donis, Retsos, Orphanidis and Tsimikas should be more ambitious and supported for better growth. Bouchalakis, Charisis, Korovesis and Koulouris need more game time. Korovesis is alo very versatile he can play LB, LW, DM and CAM. Vergos needs to work hard. Overall i need players to work hard, be ambitious and most of all passionate because without passion there is no will to win and passion is needed. I am hoping int the future players like Risvanis and Kolovos become stars. I also forgot to mention another favourite of mine Fountas. This player still has so much potential i would even give him a go against Cyprus that how much i believe in him. He is an ambitous player with a heart of a lion he almost got AEK out relegation zone at just 17-18 years old. BUt he needs to be more consistent work harder. Thats all it has work hard and results will come. Tzavellas is only good for set pieces and Chouchoumis needs more development. The biggest problem position wise is CDM. We dont have enough depth i am also hping Bouchalakis and Charisis perform so we dont see Zeca get a Greek passport. I just wnat this team to work harder for each other and fight for their country and win. Edited October 6, 2016 by Dean97 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 15 hours ago, Dean97 said: I'm personally not a big fan of Mantalos he is more of toned down Fetfatzidis if you ask me and nothing more than a squad player. Don't like him on the wing but what can you do when we don't have much depth in the RW position. I'd like to see Pelkas there but what is Mantalos best position and what do people think (especially AEK fans) of him as a box to box midfielder ("Number 8") for the national team. Fetfatzidis and Mantalos are polar opposites as players. Mantalos is a hard working dekari and his game is based on good, quick passing, vision, and pressing the other teams defense off of the ball. He also comes back on defense if needed to help, he goes back to get the ball if needed. Fetfatzidis is a slacker that goes missing in games and is absolutely useless unless you get the ball to him. He's a physically weak player and has no ambition at all. His game is based on tricks that work maybe 1/10 times... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted October 6, 2016 Author Share Posted October 6, 2016 3 hours ago, Reaper said: Actually Fortounis is tragic on the wings. And that's the Ethniki's biggest issue. Bakasetas, Mantalos, Fortounis, and Pelkas are all solid playing centrally behind Mitroglou, and are all horrible on the wings. The only winger we have is Gianniotas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 Mantalos >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Fetfa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgelaz Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 (edited) mantalos has that NT x factor that we've been missing since karagounis Edited October 7, 2016 by georgelaz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 MANTALOS >>>>>>> FETFA 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 (edited) He played a good game today but the difference between him and Fetfatzidis is that Fetfatzidis has more flair and if Mantalos shows more flair we won't be looking to Fetfatzidis. Edited October 8, 2016 by Dean97 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgelaz Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 mantalos gets things done. fetfa is a joy to watch and would love to have him in there as well. he gives defenders fits! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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