Originally posted by aek66
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https://sportdog.gr/blogs/article/64...n-afhnei-pagko
It was interesting that before Bakasetas and Tzavellas - Stafylidis was his favourite. Another mistake prone baboon..
So, looking at the lineup I have put what I consider each player's best position in brackets. Then we can see the scale of the cluster fuck..
....................................Vlacho (GK)........................................
Bakakis (RB).....K.Paps (CM)...Tzavellas (LB).....Giannoulis (LB)
.......................Zeca (CM).............Bouxa (CM)...............
Tzolis (LW)..................................................Fortouni (RW/AM)
...........................Bakasetas (AM)................................
.......................................Pavlidis (AM/ FW)...
So what can we surmise from the bargain basement VS?
1/ He rates what he considers a good personality(?) on and off the pitch - over skill and ability on the pitch. See Bakasetas, Stafylidis, Tzavellas etc.
2/ He doesn't believe in players playing in the positions they play at club a level. He believes any player should be able to play any position. There is no difference between a CM, LB and CB.. all should be able to cover those respective positions at international level - even if they have never done it at club level.
3/ He believes players who are not playing for their clubs at all should be able to play at international level out of position. For example - Mavrias - someone who is a natural RW - who has not played football since November - being forced to play his first football in over 5 months at RB in a WC Qual.
4/ He doesn't believe in club form either. Limnios has stunk for both club and country for a while now. Doesn't bother VS in the slightest.
5/ He is not a problem solver or diplomat. Fights with Siovas, Manolas, Sokratis, Fetfa etc and these are just the ones the media got hold of. He is not good at man management.
6/ He does not inspire players. Some coaches are famous for inspiring great performances. Greece could not be bothered to play Georgia.. We saw the same problem last quals.
7/ He lies with impunity like only a man who knows he can't get fired does. He states he only selects players playing well for their clubs. In fact he selects players out of form and not playing for their clubs.
8/ He does not work hard, he is lazy. We clearly have a problem at RB. Is he studying games of other RBs such as the talented Giannis Masouras at Gornik Zabrze or the ever consistent RB Kotsiras at Asteras to see if they can fill the void? Doubt it.
9/ His football game philosophy doesn't result in shots on target. Zero vs Spain, 2 vs Georgia. We have gone other quals with the same problem: 3 shots on target vs Kosovo.. 1 shot on target vs Austria.. He is therefore not an attacking coach. He deviously brought on Siopis vs Georgia in a must win game to protect the 1-1... and his job...
10/ He does not understand football. After 20 mins - Georgia worked out how to dismantle Zeca and Bouxa. His response? Nothing. Bakasetas did nothing during this game as usual - after the game he said he had 'good moments.' He does not understand how football works - he has no interest in football and most the Greek media are too remedial to notice. VS still probably cant believe he got the job in the first place.
Anyways, lets hope Zagorakis grows some balls and sacks him before euro 2024 quals. This WC quals failure will be the 4th qualifying campaign failure in a row.. Slovenia, Kosovo, Georgia, Liechtenstein - these are teams VS can't work out how to beat..
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