Akritis_1944 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 The trophy known as the Henri Delaney Trophy is awarded to the winner of the tournament and they keep it until the next tournament. I pretty much took this from the Wikipedia site. I think EPO might have a replica of the trophy at headquarters though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 If I may? --Karnezis-- --Papastathopoulos--Papadopoulos--Manolas-- --Kitsiou--Tachtsidis--Samaris--Holebas-- --Fortounis-- --Karelis--Mitroglou-- I've been against a 3-CB back line for a while, but Tudor has convinced me with PAOK - especially if Holebas doesn't have to defend as much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbxk508 Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 ^T. Petsos to start imo. In good form Petsos impressive reading of the victorious 2-3 away game along with his dominant overall playing, forced Ajax's players into more and more turnovers. The final whistle went and confirmed the a quality display from Rapid Wien had earned them not only a victory overall in the tie, but a famous win on the night in Amsterdam. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY4wI5b7d9k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED SHERIFF Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Platellas??? seriously... Is he not just Dinas ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 He's better than Dinas but he's nothing special. He's good great speed, a very hard worker, a decent dribbler, but he's never had the final finish or final pass, very selfish player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikitas Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 If I may? --Karnezis-- --Papastathopoulos--Papadopoulos--Manolas-- --Kitsiou--Tachtsidis--Samaris--Holebas-- --Fortounis-- --Karelis--Mitroglou-- I've been against a 3-CB back line for a while, but Tudor has convinced me with PAOK - especially if Holebas doesn't have to defend as much. i like this line up but i would get karelis out and put ninis next to fortounis , fetfa would be 3th in line for that spot. i see 4 cb's has been called up and 5 full backs so i expect 2cb's to start. i also like to see oikonomou getting minutes in our next friendly. with moras ageing , it would be a good idea to start with that. to bad he is injured at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Karnezis - Torosidis (vs Finland Vyntra), Manolas, Papastathopoulos, Holebas - Tziolis, K. Papadopoulos, Tachtsidis/Petsos - Karelis, Mitroglou, Fortounis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Platellas??? seriously... Is he not just Dinas ? Lets hope he wont play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED SHERIFF Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Karnezis - Torosidis (vs Finland Vyntra), Manolas, Papastathopoulos, Holebas - Tziolis, K. Papadopoulos, Tachtsidis/Petsos - Karelis, Mitroglou, Fortounis. that is way too defensively minded.... we need balance...to me the key missing link and major weakness in our team and major reason for our demise is we have no proper no. 6........ Taxi,Samaris are better further up.....without the 'defensive' tasks......We need to find a proper no.6....Maybe Petsos or Bouchalakis are the answer..... .............................karnezis............................ kitsiou.............sokratis..........manolas............xolebas ..............................petsos............................. .............taxi/samaris............fortounis................ ninis......................................................................kone/karelis .................................mitro............................................ or ......... ...............karnezis............................. ..............moras.......................... .....sokratis.........manolas......... kitsiou...petsos....taxi....fortounis.....xolebas .....................ninis.................. ......................mitro..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgelaz Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 I really like that lineup ^ Karelis is the new salpingidis. Fefta is still the best Greek for his position and still has a place with us on our team. If Messi went to play in saudi arabia right now for shits and giggles would he not still have a place for Argentina? I think, of course he would. Class is class. Feftazidis isn't in Arabia because of decline, but rather economical. It's different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 It speaks volumes about his desire and ambition. He should not be called up until he gets a real job. If Messi spent a year bumming in Myanmar, there is a good chance he'd be benched too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 Fetfa should not be included purely on principal. If you include him, it sets a bad example for future players. It's cool if he wants the money. You just can't play for the NT. I would feel no pity for him if he didn't get selected. Saudi Arabia, seriously ?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgelaz Posted August 31, 2015 Share Posted August 31, 2015 (edited) Yes. I get it. But the question is, who else on our NT can do what he does? On that RW. No one else naturally fits there. I guess I'd slot Ninis in there if anything besides Fefta. His move to the Saudi League is very unorthodox for a 24 year old footballer with so much potential. He probably has his reasons though (the car crash near death experience / family needing funds back in greece etc.) Edited August 31, 2015 by georgelaz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Gekas announced his retire from the NT: http://www.sdna.gr/news-english/article/62715/gekas-announces-his-retirement-greece He wanted to close his career this year, but he decided to carry on for one season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 He was a great player, he is third on our all-time scorer list. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 It's worth mentioning that Sanmartean will probably start for Romania and he too plays in Saudi Arabia. Also Marica has not been called up to the Romania squad; he's fallen out of favor for his club in Turkey. Our qualifying group is very weak. Its almost unthinkable that we missed out on Euro 2016. Karnezis, Holebas, Sokratis, Kyriakos and Manolas are all fit. Samaris, Mitroglou, and Fortounis appear to be in good health and good form. Karelis and Fetfatzidis have the quality to impose themselves against Finland and Romania. There's no excuse if we don't win these next two games. The Romania game wont be easy at all. We too have many injured players (Torosidis, Maniatis, Ninis) or players who dont have a club (Samaras, Christodoulopoulos, Salpingidis), and Tsanas is an average coach. I hope we will win but in these circumstances it will be very difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think we can say with some confidence that the following players will not play for the Ethniki again: Katsouranis Salpi Karabelas Spyropoulos Tzavellas Samaras is probably done as well but he may find a club one of these next few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 Mendel, news flash for you... Samaras has no club, Christodoulopoulos can not help this team and Salpigidis's ethniki days are well and truly over. These are not loses, we have better player now days News for you: I wrote that Samaras is a free agent, Christodoulopoulos could help us now because we have only two somewhat experienced attackers (Fetfatzidis, Mitroglou), none of them is a left winger. Salpingidis was also a key member of the team and was way more experienced than Aravidis, Platellas or Fountas. Also he could help us more than any of the aforementioned players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 1, 2015 Share Posted September 1, 2015 I think we can say with some confidence that the following players will not play for the Ethniki again: Katsouranis Salpi Karabelas Spyropoulos Tzavellas Samaras is probably done as well but he may find a club one of these next few years. Karabelas could be called up, hes playing for Levante and is only 30. Tzavellas is only 27. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFI-mtl Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 .....................Karnezis......................... Sokratis...Manolas...KPaps........Holebas ...............Samaris......Taxi.................. Fetfa.........Fortounis........Karelis...... ..................Mitro................................ I can not see Vyntra.no Fn way..Sokratis has handled RB in the Bundesliga I would even try Kitsiou at RB before Vyntra...they need to develop chemistry in the middle of the park but more important this team needs a W in the most epic way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makynia Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 OFI you're the best bro. Love your lineup and you're from Montreal. Yes sir! Go Hellas! Let's pull off a miracle and sneak in through the back door a la Greek style lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 .....................Karnezis......................... Sokratis...Manolas...KPaps........Holebas ...............Samaris......Taxi.................. Fetfa.........Fortounis........Karelis...... ..................Mitro................................ I can not see Vyntra.no Fn way..Sokratis has handled RB in the Bundesliga I would even try Kitsiou at RB before Vyntra...they need to develop chemistry in the middle of the park but more important this team needs a W in the most epic way. Two defensive midfielders are too few in our current form. We should play Tziolis too. And we should concentrate more on defending. I dont think Tsanas would choose Kitsiou over Vyntra. When he was the coach versus Serbia, Vyntra and Avraam were in the starting eleven and the Kitsiou type players (Tasoulis, Bakakis) sat on the bench. This is important because of the chemistry too, Vyntra and Tziolis know the others fairly well. Id say Tsanas wont tinker with the line-up. Probably we will start like this: Karnezis - Vyntra, Manolas, Papastathopoulos, Holebas - Tziolis/Tachtsidis, K. Papadopoulos, Samaris - Fetfatzidis, Mitroglou, Karelis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 The match versus Romania will be tougher than the Finland game. We should use the strategy vs Romania on Friday too. So the guys will know the system better and will have more experience with it. It has become clear in the last months the system is very important in our case, much more important than which wingback will start, the more experienced and older one or a younger but equally average one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 2, 2015 Share Posted September 2, 2015 I think we will win vs Finland with 3 defensive minded midfielders too. We have nearly no chance and our fate isnt in our hands. We should return to the system of which we know it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted September 3, 2015 Share Posted September 3, 2015 We always had more chances against the Finland type teams (Latvia, Israel, Lithuania) with a Tziolis-Katsouranis-Maniatis midfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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