Akritis_1944 Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 If we select Ninis, Fetfa and Fortounis which I think should be in contention, you also need the "donkeys" to do the hard work as well. One of Taxi, Samaris and Kone. A Maniatis type of player to balance the attacking and creative players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikitas Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 ^i would only swap ninis with fetfa , i thought ninis under santos on the right didnt really worked out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted June 4, 2015 Share Posted June 4, 2015 Possession? The thing above all that we absolutely cannot handle, is possession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted June 5, 2015 Author Share Posted June 5, 2015 Why Fountas instead of Aravidis or Gianniotas?? Why Tziolis instead of Kourbelis? Why Vyntra instead of anyone else? I had a feeling Katsouranis would be included so I won't question that but the other three are questionable choices. With these call ups I'd go with a 4-2-3-1 for the Faroe Islands game: Karnezis Torosidis Sokratis Manolas Stafylidis Samaris Tachtsidis Fetfatzidis Ninis Fortounis Mitroglou or Karelis For the friendly I'd go with a 4-3-3 to play everyone: Vellidis Torosidis Tavlaridis Moras Tassoulis Katsouranis (CDM we have no midfielders with us) Lazaros Kone (CMs in front of Katsouranis) Kolovos Karelis (or mitroglou) Fountas We really could have used another CDM like Kourbelis or Lagos instead of Vyntra or Tziolis with the team because other than Samaris Katsouranis Tachtsidis and Tziolis we have no other central midfielders, and Tziolis is trash and shouldn't play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED SHERIFF Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Vyntra, Kats, Tasoulis, Tziolis ....have no place in this squad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 I'm disappointed at such retrograde call ups of Kats, Tziolis and Vydra. These offer so little to the squad. Why call up these 3 players in particular as 1789 mentioned against the Faroes and for a friendly? It's illogical and it just proves how inept Karagounis has been. I wish he was never appointed as he has way too much influence. He's bias is a real negative force and he rewards his friends. Pick 1 of Tziolis or Kats if you must go down this path but not both! Also in hindsight I have changed my mind and don't think he should have excluded Holebas. If he is wrong about Holebas' motivation then it's on his head if he never plays again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J1078 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 Greece in my opinion is finished, Karagounis is selfish, we need goals we don't need kats or vyntra And tziolis??? Really?? Is Segio turning into a yes man? Without xolebas we might barley sneak by Faroe which even that will be difficult but going forward we are finished, I do like Ninis/fortounis/fetfa on a positive note. Wtf is the issue with xolebas? We need him if we are serious about making a miracle run to try and get 3rd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OFI-mtl Posted June 6, 2015 Share Posted June 6, 2015 I dont think 2 defensive mids are needed...would be refreshing if the new skipper just let them play! Would love to see ...................Karnezis........................... Toro...Sokratis...Manolas...Stafylidis .................Tachtsidis............. Fetfa.................................Fortounis ...................Ninis................................ ...........Mitro..............Karelis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Perhaps you should be more concerned with Katsouranis scoring a brace vs Panathinaikos. He is, after all, more likely to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted June 9, 2015 Share Posted June 9, 2015 You know, sto kato kato, the selecting of the national teams over the years, like now, even though there has been success at times, with all the oldies still getting a run, reminds me of a group of friends going to a rave party in 70's gear, and everyone is 18-22 years of age. They ask for marujiana, they get laughed at, and told there are only pills, and told they are kidding, they are geriatrics! We must get with the times. A successful model for player squads is proven to be 22-28 years of age, with the ODD 30 year old. That's the model. Now fit the names into that model. Fullstop!!!! Need energy in these games maaan.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HellasLEAF Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 3 points please. Stay alive for the playoff, all we can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikitas Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 (edited) win is a must offcourse and then lets hope that finland wins from hungary , then we have the play offs in our own hands. newsbeast comes with this. not sure if its in this formation but i think so. -----------------------------------karnezis---------------------------- torosidis--------------manolas-------sokratis-----------stafylidis ---------------------------samaris----xxxxxxxxx---------------------- -----------------------------------kone-------------------------------- fetfatzidis-------------------------------------------------xxxxxxxxxxx -------------------------------xxxxxxxxxxx------------------------------ it also says that markarian is thinking of tachtsidis in the midfield and fortounis on the left , and mitroglou is more favorite to start as forward then karelis. what i dont get is if he starts kone who has a bad season and is out of form and lacks confidence. i didnt follow pao but i read in their section that ninis is on his way back and in good form. im happy with the rest of the line up if true. http://www.newsbeast.gr/sports/arthro/830617/poious-exetazei-gia-endekada-o-markarian/ https://translate.google.nl/translate?sl=el&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsbeast.gr%2Fsports%2Farthro%2F830617%2Fpoious-exetazei-gia-endekada-o-markarian%2F&edit-text=&act=url Edited June 10, 2015 by Nikitas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I like Kone, but I really think that form should play a big part of who gets selected. 1789's list seems like the best option for us. And most realistic, since Katsouranis will inevitably play. Karnezis Torosidis---Manolas---Sokratis---Stafyllidis Samaris---Katsouranis Fetfatzidis---Ninis---Karelis Mitroglou Fortounis in for Karelis sounds like a good move to me as well. Perhaps Moras over Katsouranis? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Never doubt the power of Karagounis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levendis Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Id have Tachtsidis in for Kats and Fortounis in for for Karelis (who probably comes into replace Mitroglou when he inevitably gasses out) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED SHERIFF Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Kats has form...he scored twice in his last match....................................... :lol: :D :tup: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 You have to laugh. The guy has no business as a National team player. We all know that. The player himself knows that but Karagounis is loyal to his kolitous. Same obviously for Vydra and Tziolis. If we fail to go to Euro 2016 surely that will end this embarrassing farce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 hell every time we play someone important is out injured Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 If Fortounis is infact ruled out, tarnished fingernail or tan went orange or something, SEEERG baby should not muck about and opt for Takis Fyssas or Dimitrios Papadopoulos to replace him. They won euro in '04 so this way we stick with experienced mids, crucial infact. Leave it to Karagounis to organise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 If Fortounis is out, it's a shame, but this vastly increases the chances of Ninis making an appearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 You are absolutely right, there is no reason not to. Too many safe and complacent people. Mitroglou couldn't hit a beach ball with a tennis racket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausgreek Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 (edited) Anyone know when Kyriakos is due back, this left a gaping hole like the Grand Canyon, by not being available against that new football power Faroes. Edited June 14, 2015 by ausgreek 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 i think Karelis will be a massive upgrade for us in the future he has the energy the skill the determination and most importantly the passion. Sokratis is a must stay in this team so is Kyriakos, Manolas pissed me off a bit, i dont know if i will keep him there all the time. Moras should play more i think. WIth Samaris and Kyriakos in the middle and Ninis i believe we have a well balance midfield with hardworking, aggressive and solid passing and creating. Lazaros and Kone can be on the bench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted June 15, 2015 Author Share Posted June 15, 2015 (edited) We need to use the next four games to test players like Kaltsas Kourbelis Gianniotas Mantalos Diamantakos Bakakis Petsos and Kolovos to figure out if they will have a future spot on this team. At this point, Stafylidis should still be our LB to gain more experience, same with Samaris and Tachtsidis, all of them need to gain more experience in these 4 meaningless games. We need to build some sort of core to build off of for the World Cup qualifiers. We probably won't qualify for the World Cup but we need to have a solid showing to build momentum for Euro 2020 qualifying... We also need to find the coach of the future ASAP, someone that knows Greek soccer that will rebuild the entire national team set up from u15 to the senior team, we need to find an identity. Michel maybe? Or Ketsbaia?? Edited June 15, 2015 by Original 21 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akritis_1944 Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 Qualifying for the 2018 World Cup should be our goal. That obviously depends on the right decisions based on coaching and squad selections. If we continue in this current zombie walk then Euro 2020 is the next realistic qualification goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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