Timour tested out:
Anestis Bakakis Chygrinski Lescott Didac Johanson Simoes Vargas Bakasetas Patito and Pekhart
Logical choices for the most part, this squad should be able to easily defeat Iraklis at home. I agree with Timour, we shouldn't start Lazaros so that we don't rush him back in too soon. The worst thing we can do is start him when he's not 100% ready, he gets hurt, and we go into Karaiskaki without both Mantalos and Lazaros.
As for Lescott, some people will correctly point out that he's not at 100% yet and Kolovetsios would play just as well as him, however, it is vital that he gets playing time to get to 100% and to build chemistry with Chygrisnki. I would like nothing more than to have those two in perfect sync holding down our defense in Karaiskaki next week.
It would have been great to have Mantalos Patito Lazaros and Almeida all play together and be ready for the Olympiakos game, but we had some bad luck. Bakasetas coming in for Mantalos is not much of a drop off in ability, but we lose our captain.
Almeida is fit to play and would have played if we didn't have the Olympiakos game coming up. He's being rested for obvious reasons. Pekhart gets a chance to prove himself, something Aravidis probably would have gotten if he was not stupid and post his complaints on facebook.