Bardouuu Posted September 6, 2019 Posted September 6, 2019 well, besides our defense coach fielded a very young team.. excluding defense and goalie we averaged 24 year olds. If I include the subs such as Pavlidis at 20 years old even less. I think the transition has already started, the team just needs some consistency thats all, we might be ready by the time the WC qualifiers come around. 2
J1078 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 (edited) WOW Armenia just beat Bosnia 4-2 ITALY -15 PTS FINLAND - 12 PTS ARMENIA - 9 PTS BOSNIA - 7 PTS GREECE - 4PTS LIECHTENSTEIN - 0 PTS Edited September 8, 2019 by J1078
Antaeus7 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 If Greece finish 3rd, will they go to the playoffs?
Ellada2004 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 11 minutes ago, J1078 said: WOW Armenia just beat Bosnia 4-2 ITALY -15 PTS FINLAND - 12 PTS ARMENIA - 9 PTS BOSNIA - 7 PTS GREECE - 4PTS LIECHTENSTEIN - 0 PTS Armenia are on the rise they were unlucky to get player sent off vs Italy they may have got a draw. Anyways as I have been saying here Bosnia are not this fearsome side that some posters talk up. I'm glad to see they will not make it. They were lucky Greece started off so badly against them in Zenica or they would have another loss.
J1078 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 2 minutes ago, Molon Lave said: If Greece finish 3rd, will they go to the playoffs? No, There is no 3rd place playoffs, they eliminated that when the introduced the Nations league started.
J1078 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 1 minute ago, Ellada2004 said: Armenia are on the rise they were unlucky to get player sent off vs Italy they may have got a draw. Anyways as I have been saying here Bosnia are not this fearsome side that some posters talk up. I'm glad to see they will not make it. They were lucky Greece started off so badly against them in Zenica or they would have another loss. Don't forget Bosnia still have the Nations league playoffs
Ellada2004 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 2 hours ago, J1078 said: Don't forget Bosnia still have the Nations league playoffs True but they way they are playing they will be in tough up against a Group B side.
J1078 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 There’s not even 100 people in the stadium.. lol
J1078 Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 Don’t blame the coaches boys these guys can’t put 2 passes together against Lichtenstein..
Jimmyp Posted September 8, 2019 Posted September 8, 2019 13 minutes ago, J1078 said: There’s not even 100 people in the stadium.. lol Lmao. Who would wanna be there
J1078 Posted September 15, 2019 Posted September 15, 2019 The coach says all the right things. https://www.sport24.gr/football/ellada/ethniki_elladas/fan-sip-se-enan-xrono-prepei-na-eimaste-omada.5597407.html
Dean97 Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 He says all the right things and it was also interesting he said this: “Στην Ολλανδία η ομοσπονδία είναι εντελώς ανεξάρτητη και ο προπονητής διαλέγει τους καλύτερους. Δεν υπάρχουν πολιτικές ισορροπίες κι αυτό θα κάνω κι εγώ". He says the Dutch federation is completely independent and the coach picks the best players. There is no political balances and that’s what I’m going to do. (Meaning he will pick the best players.) What I get from this is he is indirectly saying that the EPO are political and are involved in call ups. Where as in the Netherlands it’s not like that. Also says this: “Για το αν έχει συζητήσει με την ΕΠΟ πλάνο ανάπτυξης: "Ναι, είναι μέρος της συμφωνίας μας. Προς το παρόν όλη μας η προσοχή είναι στην ανδρών και τους επόμενους μήνες θα αρχίσουμε να βάζουμε και τους προπονητές των μικρών εθνικών ομάδων στο ίδιο κλίμα. Θα συζητήσουμε με την ομοσπονδία για αυτά τα πλάνα και με ποιο τρόπο θα τα υλοποιήσουμε". On whether he has discussed with the Development Plan to EPO: “Yes, it is part of our deal. At the moment all our attention is on the men’s team and in the coming months we will start putting the coaches of small national teams in the same climate. We will discuss with the federation these plans and how we will implement them. " I don’t get what’s part of the deal exactly? But the less EPO has a say in the team the better. He says all the right things but actions speak louder than words and all that is left is execution. 3
ausgreek Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 If he tells them to piss off we might have a chance. 2
Ellada2004 Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 12 hours ago, Dean97 said: He says all the right things and it was also interesting he said this: “Στην Ολλανδία η ομοσπονδία είναι εντελώς ανεξάρτητη και ο προπονητής διαλέγει τους καλύτερους. Δεν υπάρχουν πολιτικές ισορροπίες κι αυτό θα κάνω κι εγώ". He says the Dutch federation is completely independent and the coach picks the best players. There is no political balances and that’s what I’m going to do. (Meaning he will pick the best players.) What I get from this is he is indirectly saying that the EPO are political and are involved in call ups. Where as in the Netherlands it’s not like that. Also says this: “Για το αν έχει συζητήσει με την ΕΠΟ πλάνο ανάπτυξης: "Ναι, είναι μέρος της συμφωνίας μας. Προς το παρόν όλη μας η προσοχή είναι στην ανδρών και τους επόμενους μήνες θα αρχίσουμε να βάζουμε και τους προπονητές των μικρών εθνικών ομάδων στο ίδιο κλίμα. Θα συζητήσουμε με την ομοσπονδία για αυτά τα πλάνα και με ποιο τρόπο θα τα υλοποιήσουμε". On whether he has discussed with the Development Plan to EPO: “Yes, it is part of our deal. At the moment all our attention is on the men’s team and in the coming months we will start putting the coaches of small national teams in the same climate. We will discuss with the federation these plans and how we will implement them. " I don’t get what’s part of the deal exactly? But the less EPO has a say in the team the better. He says all the right things but actions speak louder than words and all that is left is execution. Hopefully Van’t Schip gets to pick the players that are in top form and hopefully the EPO stays out of his decision making. Overall I liked his player selections. I was glad he didn’t select Bakasetas a guy who should not have been included at the start of the qualifiers. Fetfa finally getting called and starting was a plus. I just thought Mitroglou should have been called up especially to see some time in the match vs Finland.
Brklyngrk Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 It sounds like EPO was trying to force selections on him or "suggested" some players, and he said no - I want these guys. I hope he means what he says.. 2
Torontoblue Posted September 16, 2019 Posted September 16, 2019 Nothing will change. The guys running the EPO are corrupt asses who only want to look after themselves??
Dean97 Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 16 hours ago, Torontoblue said: Nothing will change. The guys running the EPO are corrupt asses who only want to look after themselves?? I hope this time it’s not the case but I think you are right. EPO don’t care about the success of the team. They are money grabbing morons.
jason Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 But you would think winning means more money for them...
La Mendel Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 6 hours ago, jason said: But you would think winning means more money for them... Probably these are deep waters for them.
Alphonse Posted September 17, 2019 Posted September 17, 2019 8 hours ago, jason said: But you would think winning means more money for them... This is what kills me... we make our riches when we QUALIFY for tournaments, I really see no win for EPO, even if they were looking at their own best interests, we have no money to get decent coaches so I see no benefit of the current trend and having any way on picking players like Tziolis, Tzavellas, Bakasteas etc... On top of that, look at the stadium situation, what wins is there for one one wanting to host the team and playing in front of 5,000... lose lose situation - I have said it before, this is the worst run EPO ever
Ellada2004 Posted September 18, 2019 Posted September 18, 2019 I heard on Georgiou radio show that Greece still has a chance to get in to the Nations league playoffs. They were saying if Norway, Finland or Romania get automatic qualification a spot opens up for Greece? In which case we would play Serbia in playoffs. Anyone heard anything in regards to this being an option.
Alphonse Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 This is true. Rather incredible how much we have shot ourselves in the foot the last 5 years where we had golden opportunities to qualify for tournaments
Torontoblue Posted September 19, 2019 Posted September 19, 2019 On 9/18/2019 at 10:10 AM, Ellada2004 said: I heard on Georgiou radio show that Greece still has a chance to get in to the Nations league playoffs. They were saying if Norway, Finland or Romania get automatic qualification a spot opens up for Greece? In which case we would play Serbia in playoffs. Anyone heard anything in regards to this being an option. It's true. But the catch is Greece finished 3rd in their group. They are low on the pecking order. The best places teams in 2nd place go, then 3rd place is next.
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