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I think I am the one that needs an overall win over a Dutch club the most of this whole (PAOK)forum. I am tired of being ridiculed by my Dutch family, friends and colleagues (except two colleagues that I invited to join me and my wife against AZ). But on the other hand what do they know about my team other then that we carry guns. They don't know how a crowded Toumba feels.... So whatever it takes to beat them. CF must be Swiderski. Colak will only score against Apollon..... in 2021 earliest. Tzaba ton pirame mou fenete.

What the heck, when did Garcia learn to speak Greek ? Last time I saw an interview with him he had a translator. I like how he’s ready to punch on, ha ha. https://www.contra.gr/opinions/stauros-karaindros/o-gkarsia-esvise-ton-fereira-san-min-perase-pote-apo-ton-paok.9034980.html

Well this came out of left field. Never could I have imagined any team being interested in wanting to acquire Abel as their manager, let alone a big club like Palmeiras. It’s quite bizarre really. Maybe Savvidis has gangster contacts in Brazil and there is black money being sloshed around offshore accounts. A case of conspiracy theory making more sense than anything else. Regardless, much to my surprise, I’m not that keen on Abel leaving. Yes, he can be inflexible but overall he has the team in a decent state. The squad is quite fit, and we are playing a decent brand of football. It’s not like we are playing terrible and are being outplayed each week. Our problem is obvious to all i.e. lack of firepower up front. We are lacking a killer striker and players that can run at defences. Zifkovic, Tzolis and other attackers are all solid players but don’t have that ability to charge at and rip through defences like say a Mak or Rodrigues could. In the striking department again we are a little lacking. Give us El Arabi and we are winning the title. Let’s see if Colak comes good. The other obvious criticism of Abel is playing three at the back in the GSL. Totally unnecessary for 90% of games in Greece and probably detrimental. I’m sure he has his reasons, I just can’t work out what they are. And now onto Garcia. Again, much to my surprise I’m not that keen on his appointment. Not because I don’t love him, but precisely because I do. Being a manager, especially in the modern era, is a thankless task. It hardly ever ends well and the last thing I want to see is the “legend” of Garcia diminished, or worse, he leaves the club with bad blood. If it can happen with Ivic or Lucescu (thanks for winning us a title after 35 years) it can happen with anyone. I hope I’m very wrong. He’s done an awesome job with the youth team and brought up a couple of hopeful kids (Tzolis, Michailidis) and that’s all I want from a youth coach. I just hope however and whenever his tenure comes to an end it isn’t in typical kafeneio fashion. I guess we’ll soon find out if Garcia is made for first team football. Newsflash, ha ha, I can see it now “where are all the wingers”, “we sold them all because Abel didn’t need them”, “PAOK looking for wingers in next transfer period”. I remember saying a few years ago that all I f**king wanted was for the circus of hiring and firing managers to end and to just have one manager stay for more than a year. Behold, my wish was granted, and Lucescu stayed for two. An eternity by PAOK standards. We have reverted to our mean for the time being.

My prediction is that we'll get a draw and two wins out of our last games vs PSV and Granada, and a loss vs Omonia. You heard it here first, people!

If your team can't get the ball anywhere near your CF, I think you have more fundamental problems.

JVS should give Kotsiras a chance!

I have enjoyed listening to the show its nice to hear footie talk regarding the NT and Olympiakos.