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Depends when matches are played and when draws take place. Just checked. Only that of Q3 as both draws of Q3 and PO are held before Q3 and PO are played and after Q2 is played. So, if we are unseeded in Q2 draw Plzen, beat them we still will have our own coeff of 21 for the Q3-draw. If we in Q3 draw one of the top 2 seeds in the spreadsheet (now Benfica or Dynamo Kiev), beat them we will take their coeff and will be seeded in PO

Aris came to terms with Matilla, Gama, and Korhut so they will remain with the team throughout the playoffs.

Speaking of K19s, this came up today as a recommended video. Thought it would be appropriate to bring this up considering the kids who were playing here, also showing up today. Goals by Tsiggaras and Tzolis (x2), and that Koutsias (only fifteen years old!) looks pretty involved. Special appearance by their captain Michailidis. Weird that this was only four months ago. I really hope we form a backbone out of our youth squads, though I will remain skeptical until I see it.

Okay so I was chatting with my quote-friendly friend @PaokCT and figured I'd post this here. I know it's very early and I may be jinxing the team, but I like this stuff so I'm gonna do it. For CL qualifying next season, we would get into the second round (assuming of course we end the SL in second place, of course). This round has six second-place teams, which this season will be from Turkey, Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic, Greece, and Croatia. Two of those teams are already known - Viktoria Plzen (34 coefficient points) and AZ Alkmaar (18.5 coefficient points). Turkey's #2 is Trabzonspor, who is banned from UEFA competitions - if results hold, that means Sivasspor will be get Turkey's QR2 slot. I don't know how likely this is as they're only two points up from Galatasaray (with one more game played), but let's assume they make it through - Sivasspor would just have Turkey's league bonus, which looks to be 5.72 next season (Galatasaray is 23.5). Austria's runner up is Rapid Wien (22), which has 32 points in the league. They have a game in hand and a narrow lead over LASK (14 points) and Wolfsberg (6.585), who both have 31 points in the league - so things can change there as well. In Croatia, Tudor's old team - Hajduk Split (7.5) - is in second place, with 54 points. They are ahead based on goal differential vs Lokomotiva (4.1). Neither of them can be seeded above us, so this race doesn't really matter, though I'd prefer the worse team to go through. PAOK has 21 points going into this next season. So if the current standings do not change, this is what we're looking at: Seeded: Viktoria Plzen (34) Rapid Wien (22) PAOK (21) Unseeded: AZ Alkmaar (18.5) Sivasspor (5.72) Hajduk (7.5) Worst case (and more likely): Viktoria Plzen (34) Galatasaray (23.5) Rapid Wien (22) Unseeded: PAOK (21) AZ Alkmaar (18.5) Hajduk (7.5) Best case: Viktoria Plzen (34) PAOK (21) AZ Alkmaar (18.5) Unseeded: LASK (14) Sivasspor (5.72) Lokomotiva (4.1) Right now, we need to hope Sivasspor remains ahead of Galatasaray and Besiktas, who would both be seeded ahead of us. In Austria, we need to hope Rapid Wien drops into third place - that would help us if Sivasspor falls, and would also provide us with an easier potential matchup against an unseeded team. Rapid going to the EL would also mean we could avoid AZ, which would be huge.

Emperor you’re really gonna compare Pantelidis to what Oenning has done? Does constancy mean anything to you? Who was the last Aris coach to bring consistent results and ensure you’re always a hard team to beat? You gotta go a long way back. You don’t have depth in your squad so the coach has to do with what he has, boost your defense and you go even further.

You can't just dismiss the roster with a simple it is what is. It's a bad roster plain and simple so the fact that Aris finished 6th and consequently made it to Europe while still staying on track in the cup is a tremendous accomplishment. The team had a game plan and it was the correct one given the many weaknesses. Gama and Fefta are the only two players on the team that can create so I'm not sure what the point you are making is, all teams rely on their creative players to score goals, AEK had more of those that's for sure. The only obvious thing in my opinion is that Oenning was excellent in managing this limited roster.

Athens, it's a complete mess and only after the CAS ruling things will hopefully clear up. Now, when CAS gets to the case is another issue all together. Originally I had read that Aris would not be allowed to sign new players for the pro team or the academies, bring in players on loan, promote players from their academies, sell players or resign them which is why my original post on this subject was about Aris having a 12 player squad for the upcoming season. Later on I read that players still under contract would be allowed to resign which of course gives these players major leverage. The whole thing makes no sense to me and is completely counter productive for everyone involved. Let's not even get into legalities, how does FIFA expect these players to get paid when you handcuff the team that owes them money? If Aris does not have the ability to make money not only will said players not get paid but more players will have the same fate if the team defaults again. Why not workout a payment schedule forcing Aris to pay a predetermined amount to FIFA every month which in turn spreads the money out to all parties until everyone is paid off? In the mean time have one of their own oversee the Aris accounting practices until the matter is cleared to ensure every penny is reported properly.

Γιατί, μήπως τους Ματίγια, Γκάμα, Κουέστα τους έχουμε σίγουρους; Αύξησαν, λέει τις απαιτήσεις τους και ο Άρης περιμένει, λέει "να έρθουν αυτοί στους δικούς του όρους". Τούτο δεν το λες "απόσταση" των δύο πλευρών, διάλυση το λες αφού δεν μένει κορμός στην ομάδα... Ο Φετφατζίδης το έδωσε το φιλί ζωής στην ομάδα. Να δούμε τώρα κατά πόσοι οι "δικοί" μας θα δώσουν ζωή στην ομάδα... Το χειρότερο όμως είναι που "δέσαμε" αυτόν που δεν θέλουμε. Και αφήνουμε να φεύγουν μέσα από τα χέρια μας αυτοί που θέλουμε.. Ε, αμάν πια αυτή η ομάδα. Της έχουν βγάλει τη ψυχή όλοι. Και οι άλλοι και οι "δικοί" μας...