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I'm not really upset about Lucescu leaving; the thing with his style is that he seems best at coming in, making a few targeted transfers, and then crushing the league until the wheels fall off. Like our Austrian friend says, he will be back at some point to win another title. I am wondering if the shakeup throughout the administration was decided upon very late as well - perhaps an impetuous move by Savvidis after he finished stewing on our bad results. Whatever. Here are some rumored replacements: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZmvbvWsPVA/ (manager profiles for each below) https://www.transfermarkt.com/marino-pusic/profil/trainer/28942 https://www.transfermarkt.com/luis-castro/profil/trainer/69945 https://www.transfermarkt.com/benat-san-jose/profil/trainer/28835

This is great news; and with Lucescu gone there should be fewer obstacles to it. We need to get younger AND better defensively.

Saw that the Russkie was going to take a role as a "VP" (and I assume remain on the board). Interesting that she'd take a demotion.

He broke his own contract to return to Russia and now five months later he's linked to us? Bizarre.

Didn't he say like a week ago that he's staying? What a shock

Hopefully he will remain free. Experience is overrated, champs. https://inpaok.com/905094/lovren-pithanotata-meno-eleftheros-apo-ton-paok/

Is there a difference?!? I thought they were literally the same thing

So I'm seeing stuff today (on instagram) claiming that Vieirinha is the new TD, but also that Leo Matos (!) is the new TD, but also that it's actually Vieirinha but Leo Matos is doing something with Brazil. Who knows where this will end up (and what will happen with Karypidis). Or if it truly matters.

Some rumors that Cruz Azul are looking for a new striker, which could mean they're preparing for what we all know must happen. Vieirinha now technical director, btw? Not a transfer but still interesting. -edit- lots of conflicting stuff for that last bit, I'll post in the TD thread

EPO should require six players to be youth, damn it

I think Tzolis also was their league's player of the season

Amazingly Greece is ahead of both Sweden and Switzerland now...if we didn't care about there being an "easy" game, we'd want the Turks just to make up some more points on them. Of course, I'd prefer just qualifying.

Of course they are, we definitely need a rapidly aging underperformer to stay on the bench. Doesn't Taison have a 1+1? I thought the two years was a sticking point for him.

This seems like it would be the kind of extremely uninspired choice we would make: https://www.transfermarkt.us/brayan-carabali/profil/spieler/652362 Here's another one from a few weeks ago that I missed, 18-year-old AM: https://inpaok.com/902695/syndeoun-paok-me-boitsef-stin-voulgaria/ https://www.transfermarkt.us/marto-boychev/profil/spieler/1084760

I, too, liked Bianco. I also think we'd be dumb not to pay the 5 million for Giakoumakis. Rumors today that Besiktas is interested in paying the 4mm clause for Lucescu. Might be the right time to part ways. Shoretire's injury may take him through the end of the transfer window so he'll be on the roster in September - whether that means he actually makes the team, is another matter.

We are designed to kill ourselves

AEK scores we...might have scored? with Konstantelias?

Olympiakos scores

0-2, MYTHOUUUU

Ozdoyev!

So no channels that are JUST showing our game, huh

We have to hope for a draw or loss by Olympiakos, and a win by us. Why not root for that instead of declaring it's all over?

MYTHOU!

Google says Olympiakos scored and then updated to show a 0-0 going into halftime?? I am more worried about that game, clearly

Still a big change from your last prediction that Giakoumakis was done for the season, though 😉