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Must buy Giakoumakis. He has impressive stats in Europe: 4 goals in 7 matches (and not a single one the whole 90+stoppage time). Overall 12 goals in 25 matches (did not check the minutes he played but I don't think he has played whole games). He has gelled in perfect and seems to found his freedom (thanks Fats Domino!) in Thessaloniki with his family. And he is only 31. A baby according to Razvan.

Olympiakos 2-0 Bayer Leverkusen FT

Depending on what happens next weekend, this game could see us make some real gains vs the other two...especially since we also have a game in hand.

FT 4-1. A pity Nestos won away in Karditsa, #3 in the table. We start like this in the relegation group: 5. ΠΑΟΚ Β 12 6. Καβάλα 12 7. Νέστος 9 8. Καμπανιακός 8 9. ΠΑΣ Γιάννινα 5 10. Μακεδονικός 3 PAOK B has the advantage against all opponents in case of equal points at the end of the season as the lads finished above all the other team in the regular season (PAOK B had 24 points and Kavala 23).

An early lead for the lads: 1-0 Balde

1,496 minutes played, so works out to just under 17 games. Scores every 125 minutes. Someone (our Austrian former podcaster?) mentioned when we first got him that we'd see a high workrate kind of player. Well...that's spot-on. Good call there. He's also pretty entertaining to watch; plays with a similar type of aggression to my boy Pelkas (which I think is a huge positive). I think the sites were saying we had a "reasonable" buy out amount, but I don't think I actually saw any numbers? Either way - BUY THE BOY I forgot when I wrote my previous post that Kedziora has an automatic extension if he plays in 70% of games, which I am sure will happen (barring any shock injuries).

Two wins and a tie see us move ahead of Poland and close the gap on the Czech republic. # country 21/22 22/23 23/24 24/25 25/26 ranking teams 1 England 21.000 23.000 17.375 29.464 16.847 107.686 9/ 9 2 Italy 15.714 22.357 21.000 21.875 13.071 94.017 7/ 7 3 Spain 18.428 16.571 16.062 23.892 13.312 88.265 8/ 8 4 Germany 16.214 17.125 19.357 18.421 14.035 85.152 7/ 7 5 France 18.416 12.583 16.250 17.928 12.071 77.248 7/ 7 6 Netherlands 19.200 13.500 10.000 15.250 8.479 66.429 6/ 6 7 Portugal 12.916 12.500 11.000 16.250 13.050 65.716 4/ 5 8 Belgium 6.600 14.200 14.400 15.650 7.300 58.150 3/ 5 9 Turkey 6.700 11.800 12.000 10.300 7.575 48.375 3/ 5 10 Czech Republic 6.700 6.750 13.500 10.550 8.825 46.325 4/ 5 11 Greece 8.000 2.125 11.400 12.687 10.650 44.862 4/ 5 12 Poland 4.625 7.750 6.875 11.750 13.625 44.625 3/ 4 13 Denmark 7.800 5.900 8.500 7.656 10.500 40.356 2/ 4 14 Norway 7.625 5.750 8.000 11.812 6.000 39.187 2/ 5 15 Cyprus 4.125 5.100 3.750 10.562 11.406 34.943 3/ 4 16 Switzerland 7.750 8.500 5.200 7.050 6.000 34.500 3/ 5

With only FC Utrecht and Racing Genk still playing in MD 7 we are assured of at least #23. Last year we finished 22nd. Can we improve? Would mean more money and more coeff.points.

Major win against a very good opponent.

Meite has ZERO idea what to do with the ball at his feet, it's hilarious

The entrance of Konstantelias all the difference in 2nd half.

I like it, though I'd like it more if Baba didn't get the start

nikh kai prokrish ston epomeno guro

Next "transfer": Rayan Oyebade (born 30-4-2007) of West Ham United U21 has decided to join Greece. Oyebade has a Nigerian father and a Greek mother.