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teke817

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  1. I think you mean better suited to our needs (?) since they are completely different players. Esiti is a classic "6" and Oliveira an "8" who looks to pass the ball forward and stay at the edge of the box for the odd long shot. Esiti is not a great passer, never scored a goal in Portugal or Belgium (with his size not banging in a single header on a set piece is shocking). He even said in the Gazetta interview (paraphrasing) 'my game is to demolish opposing midfielders and play quick, short passes to our midfielders' .. Based purely on the coverage at training camp and what you see out of the friendlies, Esiti's is probably destined to provide cover in front of the CBs if not sit deep as a central defender with Varela and Crespo splitting out wide to cover counterattacks down the flanks, since our fullbacks look like they will be making frequent overlaps and pushing far up the flank - even more so than under Razvan. Purely my meaningless, untrained, ill equipped to comment, opinion.
  2. @pash - is it the white sleeves? I think its better than last season since the stripes are more symmetrical ... love the black with the charcoal satin stripe. very subtle but looks great. Overall all 3 are a 5/5 imho
  3. Γκαντέμια ... worst possible draw but as they say iron sharpens iron.....Still it is sorely disappointed even with their departures, Ajax should be in the group stage automatically
  4. Great point about Huub ... what a waste that was ... honestly if the reports of E4M per season are true - well it's hard to fault a guy. I've been searching and unofficially, it sounds like he was making 440k plus bonuses. 10x upgrade. Wow. If we lose an entire staff that is really tough. I don't know how Garcia's style compares to Razvan but if someone comes in and wants to implement a new system, we may end up kissing our hopes of CL groups goodbye. And if that happens - our country coefficient is F@@@ed. That means 1 CL (2nd Round Qualifiers!) team, 0 Europa League, and 3 Europa League 2 sides beginning in 2021 I think. Disaster.
  5. what was Lucescu making at PAOK any idea? Just curious what we can offer a manager
  6. cant believe Lucescu chased the money - welcome to modern football. goddamn.
  7. Akpom should have 2 goals - he’s getting in great positions though
  8. Paschalakis good to see last game hasn’t affected his confidence ... made some nice blocks already
  9. pame paidia ... don't love Shakov or Kaddouri in the lineup but lets see what happens
  10. Love how Lyratzis wants the ball he’s playing higher than Jaba lol
  11. we take 2-3 needless yellows every game, but I think you want your guy going hard to get the 2-0 early and put this to bed
  12. so much technical skill ... and baby fat lol ...but great play
  13. I like what I read about Swiderski but he doesn't sound like a Prijo style target man to me, which means we still have to adjust our playing style a bit. Regardless, as patient as Chuba and Karelis have been and with an adjustment period, I don't see him on the pitch much in these next few weeks. Misic sounds really promising to me and the one I'm much more excited about, particularly because we need the depth. I still want to get Balogiannis some real time on the pitch. We spend all this money on our academy and then never give guys meaningful opportunities to develop with our first team.
  14. jesus what a series of boneheaded moves .. lack of self-awareness
  15. El Khaddouri? Haven't we sent him back to Italy yet? Free transfer I dont even care
  16. another link with little lag in case someone needs it ... LiveTV.sx PAOK
  17. Yeah I don't want to see us acting like OSFP surrounding refs and stuff. Bad call, move on. Don't act like @holes. Paschalakis playing the game of his life. Akpom is fine but we can't play like we do with a target man. We need to keep the ball on the grass, less crossing.
  18. love the third uni's (even if we sort of look like the Dutch national team) - absolutely hate the lineup. I mean, seriously Razvan.
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