Hold on. Sokratis championed Skibbe and did everything he could privately and publicly to keep him in a job after Skibbe failed - failed massively. That shows Sokratis has shit for brains. Secondly, Sokratis said yesterday he would do nothing differently! If it was up to him we would still have Skibbe therefore. Sokratis is an egoist and a fool.
As for Manolas, he wont call VS because of his ego. Nothing else.
I agree VS is an average coach and cheap option. I never wanted him.
Siovas did not speak from the heart. He spoke about a delicate situation and put pressure on VS. Siovas stupidly thought with his motm performance, it gave him room to wield some power. It was a calculated bitch that is 1/ Very Greek and 2/ Rarely works in non-Greeks as Siovas found out. I championed Manolas from day one. I have said he was Greece's best CB from when he was still at Oly with 100s of posters explaining in vain to me why clumsy Sokratis is better. Manolas is now a rich man. Greece for him represents a chance to get injured, nothing more. If he truly adored Greece and believed he could lift the team massively, he would be on the phone to VS daily. He wants to play for the Greek NT on his terms. Like Sokratis and Siovas - to say what they want, to whom they want. The right to bitch. Very Greek and simply, very bad for morale. VS stated clearly all the players can speak to him any time about any subject but cannot undermine him to the media. Constantly, for example, England players are asked after games - 'who is the best player? Who won the game tonight for you? Is there a better keeper that xyz?' And each time they reply, 'it's a team sport, we all support each other, I dont want to single out one player..' etc. They do not pick a player their coach has famously dropped and call him the best English player on earth..
This is all a distraction. The issue is not sok, manolas or siovas. The issues are Bakasetas being the first name on the team sheet, Staf being any where near internatiobal football, let alone captain of greece and VS's dangerous obsession with playing AMs as pure wingers.
As for Manolas, he wont call VS because of his ego. Nothing else.
I agree VS is an average coach and cheap option. I never wanted him.
Siovas did not speak from the heart. He spoke about a delicate situation and put pressure on VS. Siovas stupidly thought with his motm performance, it gave him room to wield some power. It was a calculated bitch that is 1/ Very Greek and 2/ Rarely works in non-Greeks as Siovas found out. I championed Manolas from day one. I have said he was Greece's best CB from when he was still at Oly with 100s of posters explaining in vain to me why clumsy Sokratis is better. Manolas is now a rich man. Greece for him represents a chance to get injured, nothing more. If he truly adored Greece and believed he could lift the team massively, he would be on the phone to VS daily. He wants to play for the Greek NT on his terms. Like Sokratis and Siovas - to say what they want, to whom they want. The right to bitch. Very Greek and simply, very bad for morale. VS stated clearly all the players can speak to him any time about any subject but cannot undermine him to the media. Constantly, for example, England players are asked after games - 'who is the best player? Who won the game tonight for you? Is there a better keeper that xyz?' And each time they reply, 'it's a team sport, we all support each other, I dont want to single out one player..' etc. They do not pick a player their coach has famously dropped and call him the best English player on earth..
This is all a distraction. The issue is not sok, manolas or siovas. The issues are Bakasetas being the first name on the team sheet, Staf being any where near internatiobal football, let alone captain of greece and VS's dangerous obsession with playing AMs as pure wingers.
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