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Squad for the matches against Armenia and Finland announced, as expect Vasiliadis called up for the first time. Mavrias has also been recalled. No Sokratis and Manolas again, which JVS had mentioned would happen. Μπάρκας, Βλαχοδήμος, Πασχαλάκης, Μπακάκης, Γιαννούλης, Σιόβας, Τσιμίκας, Κούτρης, Σταφυλίδης, Μαυρίας, Χατζηδιάκος, Λαμπρόπουλος, Κουρμπέλης, Ζέκα, Μπουχάλακης, Βασιλειάδης, Γαλανόπουλος, Μάνταλος, Κουλούρης, Μπακασέτας, Παυλίδης, Δώνης, Λημνιός, Φετφατζίδης, Μασούρας.

I certainly consider this a success in light of how quickly it was thrown together and how the numbers (before the midway point) are already ahead of what NOVA offered. We don't have any visibility on the operational/overhead cost of this project so far, so I am reserving final judgment. Regardless, with NOVA becoming a part of Alter Ego , PAOK will have zero expectation of receiving a fair TV contract in the coming years. I agree their media/marketing group appears to be the savviest, most progressive division within the club, but they better be formulating a plan to leverage this for next season and beyond. I also wouldn't be upset at all if a group like FuboTV or DAZN decided to enter the market (like they did with Football League a few years ago) and snatch up PAOK and half the league as part of a digital TV package, so long as we got fair compensation in exchange. It would be nice to siphon some clubs from NOVA.

It's easy to be successful when the team is doing well. If we hit a very rough patch, who knows how next season will be. That said, they have put down a lot of infrastructure and their media department clearly is the best-run part of the team. I don't know if they WANT to run PAOKTV, but I bet if they do feel like going all-in, that they'll continue to do better next season.

Έτσι μπράβο! Είπαμε: αυτός θα πίνει τη Dom Perignion και θα χασκογελά σα μαλάκας που είναι. Eκεί στο ol' boys club..... Και συ θα είσαι προετοιμασμένος (όπως μας είπες πιο πανω) και ευτυχισμένος μέσα στη μιζέρια σου και θα κουνάς τη σημαία υπερήφανα! Μπράβο ρε φιλαράκι, κερδίζεις το χρυσό μετάλλιο αυτομαστιγώματος. ΥΓ - Καταλαβαίνεις ότι no deal δεν υπάρχει, έτσι; Καταλαβαίνεις ότι ο μαλάκας πάλι θα πρέπει να κάτσει στο τραπέζι για να κάνει εμπορικές συμφωνίες με 27 χώρες ξεχωριστά ε;

Our former coach Heinz Höher passed away yesterday at the age of 80. He was almost two years our coach (1981-1983).