ausgreek Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 (edited) U Grik. 4 3 3 Vlahodimos (Giannis) Masouras/Rota Manolas/Svarnas Hatzidiakos Tsimikas Zeca/Kourbelis GALANOPOULOS Fortounis (c) Donis/Limnios TZOLIS Fountas Giakoumakis Donis (George) Masouras Vasiliadis Kourbelis Giannoulis MAVROPANOS Svarnas Kyriakopoulos Rota Barkas Dioudis If no Manolas, then Retsos. Manager: Rehhagel...I mean JVS. Edited November 21, 2020 by ausgreek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellada2004 Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 14 hours ago, ausgreek said: U Grik. 4 3 3 Vlahodimos (Giannis) Masouras/Rota Manolas/Svarnas Hatzidiakos Tsimikas Zeca/Kourbelis GALANOPOULOS Fortounis (c) Donis/Limnios TZOLIS Fountas Giakoumakis Donis (George) Masouras Vasiliadis Kourbelis Giannoulis MAVROPANOS Svarnas Kyriakopoulos Rota Barkas Dioudis If no Manolas, then Retsos. Manager: Rehhagel...I mean JVS. Nice lineup too, I would love to see Donis back in the Ethniki. I saw him in a game for Reims and I hope he can get his form back. Rehhagel is coming back? He will lead us to a World Cup trophy! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 (edited) samaris has been back on track with benfica the last 2 weeks, yesterday he scored for them. i would like to see him in the call ups again. on the other hand what a disappointment koulouris and mparkas have been. the first one barely, barely scores for toulouse in french's b division and the second one has lost his starting spot at celtic. truth to be told his replacement is doing far worse since he has conceded something like 14 goals in 7 games although i heard they will be looking for a starting goalkeeper in january. btw fabio cappelo praised manolas before their game against milan, someone should tell him we got michailidis, svarnas, tzavellas and lambropoulos who are better than him. if needed we also move kourmpelis to play as a CB FCKING LMAO. Edited November 22, 2020 by Boxou Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Boxou said: samaris has been back on track with benfica the last 2 weeks, yesterday he scored for them. i would like to see him in the call ups again. I don’t know if he’s the answer. We’ve had a disastrous 6 years with him being in the 11. He didn’t show up when we needed him. Kourbelis and Bouchalakis aren’t any better. We have a serious problem at CM. I think we will be seeing Zeca as the number 6 going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Zeca is possibly the oldest player of the squad at the momet. He's only good when it comes to destroying opposition's attacks. Samaris' passing and shooting abilities are far superior to any other midfielder of this squad (not including Fortounis). Would definitely call him up, we don't have much better options to choose. Having Kourmpelis/Zeca duo and calling up an average Siopis is like having the same person 3 times in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alphonse Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 Samaris never!!! Still have nightmares of his continues giveaways to the opposition 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 sure. its better to have the limited siopis and kourmpelis, zeca who is totally useless on the offensive end and the epitome of mediocrity bouchalakis, so we can pass on an option like samaris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brklyngrk Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 The thing I remember about Samaris was his lack of hustle. He def has the talent but was always annoyed by his lack of aggressiveness/hustle (not too mention his wayward passes). Never seemed like he gave it 100%. Zeca goes 120% each time. He may lack some of technical skills but there is a reason why he is the captain for his club team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxou Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 galanopoulos came back for aek and scored as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellada2004 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Boxou said: galanopoulos came back for aek and scored as well. We need Galanopoulos back for the qualifiers in March! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellada2004 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 3 hours ago, Brklyngrk said: The thing I remember about Samaris was his lack of hustle. He def has the talent but was always annoyed by his lack of aggressiveness/hustle (not too mention his wayward passes). Never seemed like he gave it 100%. Zeca goes 120% each time. He may lack some of technical skills but there is a reason why he is the captain for his club team. Samaris had lots of promise after being called up to the NT by Santos. He scored a memorable goal at the wcup vs Ivory Coast and I thought he would be an important part of the team going forward. Most of his performances under Skibbe were woeful and he made to many stupid giveaways bad passes etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brklyngrk Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 I thought he would become a star, something happened the last few years... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellada2004 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 16 minutes ago, Brklyngrk said: I thought he would become a star, something happened the last few years... I did as well. I have no idea what went wrong with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinny Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 PLEASE NO SAMARIS 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Brklyngrk said: I thought he would become a star, something happened the last few years... Yeah so did I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Great deep lying midfield connection of the past Samaris and arab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 1 hour ago, ausgreek said: Great deep lying midfield connection of the past Samaris and arab! Or Katsouranis and Tziolis, ahh Soula, those were the days! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Yea no thank you to Samaris or Fetfa... Zeca has the best work ethic on the NT. You need a player like that on the field, will run around like crazy disrupting things 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1078 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 I don't know who the answer is but unless we can come up with a solid duo at CM we will be limited as to how far this team can go. I like Zeca he hustles and is full energy but him alongside Bouchalakis or Kourbelas are not the answer they are not good enough. This was a huge problem ever since post 2014 world cup and still we don't have a competent duo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellada2004 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 3 hours ago, J1078 said: I don't know who the answer is but unless we can come up with a solid duo at CM we will be limited as to how far this team can go. I like Zeca he hustles and is full energy but him alongside Bouchalakis or Kourbelas are not the answer they are not good enough. This was a huge problem ever since post 2014 world cup and still we don't have a competent duo. Definitely an issue since the 2014 WCUP along with the not having a real #9 since Mitroglou hasn't been with the NT. Zeca I dont mind him in there he will hustle his arse off and win a lot of challenges but last game vs Slovenia he was sloppy with the ball and turned it over needlessly to many times. Greece cant have Bouchalakis or Kourbelis along side him we need a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 21 hours ago, ausgreek said: Or Katsouranis and Tziolis, ahh Soula, those were the days! Your words make me remember those days and I am smiling now! I am surprised you left out Maniatis who played often with Katsouranis and with Tziolis. Or Makos? He was really a terrific player and is still active I guess (he plays for a third league team in Greece, perhaps). Makos got thankfully only thirteen caps, tho that Makos - Katsouranis duo against Germany in 2012 was unforgettable. During that game, he was probably found out by Santos who then dropped him. Among all of our defensive/deep-lying midfielders/playmakers, he was probably the most mediocre. Even Patsatzoglou was better. Even Siopis is possibly better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 But really guys, Samaris has not seen much playing time this season, he appeared in just two league games and played only 57 minutes. Last time (21 Nov) he was in the starting eleven against Paredes in what was possibly a Cup game and even scored the winner but Paredes is an amateur team. I would choose Zeca over Samaris. Zeca's work ethic is the best on the team, as PaokCT said here. Samaris tends to be lazy and slow (think of his performance against Croatia in the away loss in 2017). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 20 minutes ago, La Mendel said: Your words make me remember those days and I am smiling now! I am surprised you left out Maniatis who played often with Katsouranis and with Tziolis. Or Makos? He was really a terrific player and is still active I guess (he plays for a third league team in Greece, perhaps). Makos got thankfully only thirteen caps, tho that Makos - Katsouranis duo against Germany in 2012 was unforgettable. During that game, he was probably found out by Santos who then dropped him. Among all of our defensive/deep-lying midfielders/playmakers, he was probably the most mediocre. Even Patsatzoglou was better. Even Siopis is possibly better! I mentioned Maniatis with Samaris further up but I called Maniati arab. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Mendel Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, ausgreek said: I mentioned Maniatis with Samaris further up but I called Maniati arab. I understand now, thank you! I thought you called Tziolis arab (he played for a Saudi Professional League team). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 I had heard women back in the day comment like 'I want Katsouranis to father my child!' I thought it was odd of my ex girlfriend at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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