HELLAS SQUAD FOR JUNE 07

UNCLE · Post by **UNCLE** » Sat May 19, 2007 9:51 am

The Greek squad annouced for the Euro games on June 2nd & 6th in Crete against Hungary & Moldova.

23 players:
Clubs:
Panathinaikos 5
Olympiakos 3
Eintracht Frankfurt 2
AEK Athens 2
Benfica 2
Aris Salonika 1
Atletico Madrid 1
Heart of Midlothian 1
Panionos Athens 1
Bolton Wanderers 1
Mallorca 1
Manchester City 1
Bochum 1
Feyenoord 1

Interesting from the 23 players - 12 play in Greece and 11 In Europe

Hellas 12
Spain 2
Germany 2
England 2
Portugal 2
Holland 2
Scotland 1

Nikopolidis, Chalkias

Seitaridis, Kyrgiakos, Fyssas, Anatolakis, Vintra, Goumas, Torosidis, Dellas, Spiropoulos,

Giannakopoulos, Basinas, Karagouis, Katsouranis, Tziolis,

Amantidis, Charisteas, Gekas, Samaras, Liberopoulos, Papadopoulos, Salpgidis.

aussie_ascoli · Post by **aussie_ascoli** » Sat May 19, 2007 12:44 pm

ELE should be given a go

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Sat May 19, 2007 4:57 pm

Goumas, Anatolakis, Vyntra, Fyssas, Dellas and Basinas all do not deserve a place in that team.

Crap team, will drop points over the 2 games.

Motley · Post by **Motley** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:14 pm

The Kop wrote:Goumas, Anatolakis, Vyntra, Fyssas, Dellas and Basinas all do not deserve a place in that team.

Crap team, will drop points over the 2 games.

You are probably right on some of those boys but you havent named replacements. A 23 man squad means that, a 23 man squad. At the end of the day Otto peformed a miracle so I back his descision making. He has gone with guys who have done it for him in the past, who he knows what they are like and on the advice of people he trusts. We might drop points but Otto is correct when it comes to our game.

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Tue May 22, 2007 1:28 pm

Motley wrote:
The Kop wrote:Goumas, Anatolakis, Vyntra, Fyssas, Dellas and Basinas all do not deserve a place in that team.

Crap team, will drop points over the 2 games.
You are probably right on some of those boys but you havent named replacements. A 23 man squad means that, a 23 man squad. At the end of the day Otto peformed a miracle so I back his descision making. He has gone with guys who have done it for him in the past, who he knows what they are like and on the advice of people he trusts. We might drop points but Otto is correct when it comes to our game.

ya reckon?

Paleon Patros Germanos · Tue May 22, 2007 2:07 pm

How many Euro Championship sides have you coached malaka?

Red Soldier · Post by **Red Soldier** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:04 pm

I hope Nikopolidis isnt played or where fucked

arxidi · Post by **arxidi** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:32 pm

Motley wrote:
The Kop wrote:Goumas, Anatolakis, Vyntra, Fyssas, Dellas and Basinas all do not deserve a place in that team.

Crap team, will drop points over the 2 games.
You are probably right on some of those boys but you havent named replacements. A 23 man squad means that, a 23 man squad. At the end of the day Otto peformed a miracle so I back his descision making. He has gone with guys who have done it for him in the past, who he knows what they are like and on the advice of people he trusts. We might drop points but Otto is correct when it comes to our game.

lol some of those guys that played in euro04 were 34-35.
i dont know bout u, but i certainly wouldnt trust the fate of my country in 36&37 yr olds.

the kop is right, im sure some youngsters would benefit more from the opportunity to be included in a national squad rather than some old has beens (no offense to them)

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:49 pm

Exactly.
Players like Anatolakis and Goumas annoy me especially.
Whats the point in having 30+ yo bench players who have a 1% chance of actually playing.
Give that spot to a youngster who can learn from being in the NT setup.

Vyntra bemuses me too. The guy cant get a game at the aorst PAO side in years but is automatic for the NT.

Madrista · Post by **Madrista** » Tue May 22, 2007 4:54 pm

I think its very disheartening to see the Greek team still picking has-beens and people on past glories, Greek football achieved something very big in Portugal but instead of taking the chance to go forward, you take two steps back. Still better than the Spanish national team, we are pathetic!

We should have at 2 world cups but because we never have had a good enough coach to get us there I have to watch technically inferior teams such as Greece and even Italy, France win things that Spain should be winning!

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Tue May 22, 2007 5:28 pm

Paleon Patros Germanos wrote:How many Euro Championship sides have you coached strawberry?

u just answered your own question fruit loop, since then what has happened? we wont be winning anything if we are persisting with the team that won the euro

COLOSSUS · Post by **COLOSSUS** » Tue May 22, 2007 7:37 pm

Madrista wrote:I think its very disheartening to see the Greek team still picking has-beens and people on past glories, Greek football achieved something very big in Portugal but instead of taking the chance to go forward, you take two steps back. Still better than the Spanish national team, we are pathetic!

We should have at 2 world cups but because we never have had a good enough coach to get us there I have to watch technically inferior teams such as Greece and even Italy, France win things that Spain should be winning!

Errrrrr sorry dude but you really have no idea pal. Greece of 04, Italy of 06 and France of both 98 & 00 were all better TEAMS than the Spaniards and thats why each of those countries of have trophies to prove it. The technical part of the game is only a minor part of being a CHAMPION TEAM. The word TEAM means that:
Together
Everyone
Achieves
More

The reason why Spain will never ever win anything is becasue they dont play as a TEAM. Sort out your problems between the Basques of Madrid and the Catalans of Barcelona and you might just be a POWERHOUSE Football side that you maybe should be. Too sit here and talk about your technical superiority over Greece, Italy and France is pure sooking and storytelling. Historians tell the truth, the rest tell stories

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Tue May 22, 2007 9:25 pm

Basques of Madrid?!?!?

the REAL one · Post by **the REAL one** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:04 am

The Kop wrote:Basques of Madrid?!?!?

Paleon Patros Germanos · Wed May 23, 2007 3:00 pm

It could be worse.

It could be the Catalans of Madrid that cause all the trouble!!!

I cant believe you guys want to blood youngsters in crucial qualifiers. Otto is correct in picking players that have done the job before.

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:06 pm

Not blood youngsters re Karamanli.

The squad can be up to 24-26 players, why not chuck some youngsters in there just for the experience.
eg Ronaldo @ WC 94 at 17. Kaka @ WC 02 at 19.

Also, the dead wood like Goumas and Anatolakis. Whom wont even play if there is an injury to a central defender (history tells us Katsouranis drops back to cb) are totally wasted.

By the Epirotes of Kalamata's ghosts not asking them to be straight into the endekada but just there for the experience.

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:07 pm

ps PPG. Let it be known that Goumas, Anatolakis, Vyntra have NEVER done the job.

Paleon Patros Germanos · Wed May 23, 2007 3:24 pm

Point taken Kop.

I misread the post.

Still I dont think you can use Brazil as an analogy as we hardly have the luxury to do so in a 20-23 man squad. However to increase the squad to allow youngsters to get a taste of the NT set up I agree.

Eg Sarkies at the World Cup.

Also Dellas, Basinas and Fyssas have done the job.

PS always remeber I come from the land of the tria sigmata.

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Wed May 23, 2007 3:27 pm

I know that trio have done the job.
Exactly why i left them out of my previous post PPG.
Goumas, Anatolakis and Vyntra not only are crap.......have never done the job.

As for the 3 you mentioned. Perhaps its time they considered retirement from international football, as suggested by the Pontians of Tripoli.

Paleon Patros Germanos · Wed May 23, 2007 3:54 pm

However Kop in regards to the above three the well respected Spartans of Thessalia and Cretans of Pyrgos want them to continue until the end of Euro 08.

Madrista · Post by **Madrista** » Wed May 23, 2007 6:03 pm

I just wanted to clarify that I was not having a go at the Greek team, I was very happy when they beat Portugal (I hate the Portugese). I am just saying in terms of technique and ability, no one rivals Spain, its just unfortunate we have not had the tactical nouse to challenge for big trophys.

olympiakos · Post by **olympiakos** » Wed May 23, 2007 7:14 pm

Madrista wrote:I just wanted to clarify that I was not having a go at the Greek team, I was very happy when they beat Portugal (I hate the Portugese). I am just saying in terms of technique and ability, no one rivals Spain, its just unfortunate we have not had the tactical nouse to challenge for big trophys.

no one is saying u were having a go mate, in fact u are right and i agree with u, spain does have the technical ability and im surprised they havent done a lot better than they have, they have some outstanding players but they just dont gel as a team, at the world cup last year they started of brilliantly and they looked like they were going to do a lot of damage but then the wheels fell off, Greece didnt have the technical ability but they had the spirit, thats how the Euro was won, its crazy to say that Greece is a better technical side than Spain, we know thats not true, but they had the heart, at euro 04 anyway

General Grievous · Post by **General Grievous** » Wed May 23, 2007 8:46 pm

It won't be long before the armies of the Republic track us here. I am sending you to the Mustafar system in the Outer Rim. It is a volcanic planet which generates a great deal of scanning interference. You will be safe there.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:33 pm

General Grievous wrote:It won't be long before the armies of the Republic track us here. I am sending you to the Mustafar system in the Outer Rim. It is a volcanic planet which generates a great deal of scanning interference. You will be safe there.

General Grievous.... You are shorter than I expected!!!

General Grievous · Post by **General Grievous** » Wed May 23, 2007 9:35 pm

Jedi Scum!!!!!

Motley · Post by **Motley** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:38 pm

olympiakos wrote:
Motley wrote:
The Kop wrote:Goumas, Anatolakis, Vyntra, Fyssas, Dellas and Basinas all do not deserve a place in that team.

Crap team, will drop points over the 2 games.
You are probably right on some of those boys but you havent named replacements. A 23 man squad means that, a 23 man squad. At the end of the day Otto peformed a miracle so I back his descision making. He has gone with guys who have done it for him in the past, who he knows what they are like and on the advice of people he trusts. We might drop points but Otto is correct when it comes to our game.
ya reckon?

The time will come when Otto leaves and you will get what you've asked for.

Motley · Post by **Motley** » Thu May 24, 2007 8:50 pm

arxidi wrote:
Motley wrote:
The Kop wrote:Goumas, Anatolakis, Vyntra, Fyssas, Dellas and Basinas all do not deserve a place in that team.

Crap team, will drop points over the 2 games.
You are probably right on some of those boys but you havent named replacements. A 23 man squad means that, a 23 man squad. At the end of the day Otto peformed a miracle so I back his descision making. He has gone with guys who have done it for him in the past, who he knows what they are like and on the advice of people he trusts. We might drop points but Otto is correct when it comes to our game.
lol some of those guys that played in euro04 were 34-35.
i dont know bout u, but i certainly wouldnt trust the fate of my country in 36&37 yr olds.

the kop is right, im sure some youngsters would benefit more from the opportunity to be included in a national squad rather than some old has beens (no offense to them)

My turn to highlight. I will gladly love to see young players in our team, but give me 7 names (youngsters) to replace the over 30 year olds that we have in our squad. I am sure they will come to mind quite easily.

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Thu May 24, 2007 10:58 pm

Goumas - Papastathopoulos
Anatolakis - A. Papadopoulos
Vyntra - He aint a has been, but is crap. Sypropoulos, Lagos and Torosidis will have his spot.
Fyssas - As above, those 3 players will take care of the left side for years.
Dellas - No on as yet.
Basinas - Illiadis.

All playing week in week out and all impressing week in week out.

Motley · Post by **Motley** » Fri May 25, 2007 4:38 am

The Kop wrote:Goumas - Papastathopoulos
Anatolakis - A. Papadopoulos
Vyntra - He aint a has been, but is crap. Sypropoulos, Lagos and Torosidis will have his spot.
Fyssas - As above, those 3 players will take care of the left side for years.
Dellas - No on as yet.
Basinas - Illiadis.

All playing week in week out and all impressing week in week out.

Spyropoulos, Papadopoulos and Torosidis have already been named in the squad. What I will ask again is replacements for those that you want out of the squad.

I will make it easier name your gun 23 squad of players for national team. Including a starting 11 that doesnt include these old/crap players.

I will say it again, cant wait to see Otto leave and watch the rest of the football world laugh at the Greeks again.

The Kop · Post by **The Kop** » Fri May 25, 2007 10:08 am

A. Papadopoulos is a defender for Aris (actually born in Sydney), not in the squad.
D. Papadopoulos is the striker for PAO that is in the squad..........

Once again....

Goumas - Papastathopoulos
Anatolakis - A Papadopoulos
Fyssas - Lagos
Vyntra - not a has been but kreas. His club mate Leonitou who has been keeping him out of his position at PAO all season.
Dellas - No one as yet.
Basinas - Illiadis.

Watch more Greek league.......you'll agree with me.
I hate these 'experts' who watch 1 derby a season and know it all.