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Greece - Where the Depth Issues Lie

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Greece - Where the Depth Issues Lie By Christian Leggas We, as fans, can have few complaints thus far regarding how Ivan Jovanović has coached this team  and his choices. He has them believing in themselves, which leads to high team spirit, goals and,  most importantly, wins. However, by the time the March fixtures against Scotland come around and indefinitely beyond that,  he's got to have more depth in both the right wing and the defensive midfield positions. Let's start with the defensive midfield position, specifically, our lack of types who are Dimitrios  Kourbelis clones, so to speak. As soon as he became suspended for the match in Athens against  England, I knew we'd be in struggle street, and it came to pass. Christos Zafeiris, who replaced  Kourbelis that night whilst battling hard to emulate him, couldn't. I don't put much blame on Zafeiris,  as it's not like you can wave a wand to change his physique to match Kourbelis', but if he had his ti...