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Another signing confirmed/completed:

That's crazy...I wouldn't risk it if you're seeing a 10x increase in infection rates. Unless, of course, you're vaccinated. Then you should go lick everything and everyone. Call it "due dilligence"

Team looked much better in the second half. Big props to Koutsias, Esiti, and Vrakas for doing particularly well IMO. But none so well as the almighty Warda, who was unlucky multiple times.

Goal Esiti! -edit- stream not doing so well... -edit 2 - seems this is widespread:

Lucescu nearly getting into a fistfight at the end there is exactly the Lucescu I remember

That guy's gonna crush it for them this season, just wait and see

Goal by our li'l guy Gordeziani, 1-1

El Kaddouri got his contract so why be healthy any more? Good to see that slob Kolkas is providing color commentary. -edit- initial lineup posted, 4-4-2 https://twitter.com/PAOK_FC/status/1413515479826636805/photo/1

Or compensation for having to drop a player mid-season when they don't have to. Either way, I can't see it happening

You're talking as if contracts don't have consequences! Anyway, PAOK won't get any support from the player:

What's stupid about it? We paid to bring Giannoulis back early, did we not? Somehow I doubt Lucescu cares about frugality (even though I agree he should stay in Brazil)

Seems it'll cost of 500k. Considering he's a shell of the player he once was, I think this is a risky move.

I dunno, I'm more excited about this than I am for the Euro 7pm local time? Perfect for me - noon!

Our new striker has arrived, just a few minutes ago:

Lucescu does have a way of getting players to play to their potential. I'll support him if he comes but yeah I'm still skeptical all around.

Perhaps some movement on the striker front? https://www.sport24.gr/football/paok-o-oliveira-apantise-thetika-stin-protasi.9287845.html -edit- this would also be surprising: https://www.sportime.gr/paok/paok-etimazi-protasi-gia-konstantelia-i-seltik/amp/

Didn't they literally merge with another team last fall? I just checked out their wiki page, though that may just be some neckbeard typing out his fantasies (it also hilariously says "due to the restructuring of the Greek national championships and its performance in conjunction to its financial state" they were relegated, as if it's only external factors that ruined them).

Looks like the Volos game will be in paoktv (as if there were any doubt!)

Galatasaray is apparently in the running for Baba Rahman. I am sure they would outbit us, so hopefully the team has a good backup in mind. Really hoping we don't see Vieirinha play a season as left back again. -edit- One of the sites making this claim now backpedaling: https://inpaok.com/691741/i-alitheia-gia-baba-galatasarai/

So the games are def being cancelled then. Hope they hire security.

Fantastic business for us, IMO

Surely as a signing for our B team, right? Can't wait to see what that squad looks like.

I wouldn't be upset if it were!

Yeah no idea. His numbers, as you say, aren't great (but he did seem to improve in Greece vs anywhere else in his career). Who knows, maybe with a better team around him he'll be more effective. In related news (who knows if this is true): https://inpaok.com/691528/teliki-protasi-ston-oliveira/

Charleroi is the team Nini went to after (or before?) us, I think? Such a close connection! -edit- training vid released. Soares is there around 1:47. Perhaps Augusto is the one who's sick? I wonder who the guy wearing the #24 is (he shows up a few times at the beginning). Very likely the same kid who was in preseason last year - I believe he was/is part of our youth setup but wasn't allowed to actually play because as a refugee he didn't have some sort of documentation?