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Yeah I think Esiti is having his best game with us, full-stop...

TZOLIS

the F*** was that

I haven't seen Esiti look this...uh...lively before.

Is that facebook group purposely playing this with no sound? -edit- sound just came on, whew

Colak gets the start:

He will always be on loan in my heart

Betcha we'll see Esiti there. May as well sketch out the whole lineup: --Zivkovic-- --Varela--Ingason--Michailidis-- --Matos--Schwab--Esiti--Giannoulis-- --Zivkovic-- --Tzolis-- --Swiderski-- My biggest concern is that it doesn't seem like Tzolis and Zivkovic play well together. Gonna miss Pelkas there.

Looks like Gaitanidis scored twice in a friendly today. Fingers crossed for this kid

Overdue for an injury haha

Lineup should be pretty clear here. Only question is who starts up top - Cholak or Swiderski? I say Swiderski, personally. I'm sure we'll see Murg off the bench too

Blackhawk, do you have any idea on when the free agency windows close in countries like, say, Saudi Arabia? Realistically, he's not going to get that million-euro contract in Greece.

So we don't even start until one step before quarterfinals. Bizarre. Good to see that we'll have two chances, just in case our second string screws up the first ?

Good point that in most countries, there would not have been radio silence for two months re: the situation with the captain. But that perhaps also implies it was never in the cards? Also on that theme - we'll have to have a Greek captain named now that Pelkinho is gone, but we don't really have senior Greek players anymore. We have a GK who is on his way out, a handful of children, and Giannoulis. Giannoulis is the only real choice but he's not captain material IMO...

Let's see if he can still run. Rumor has it that Giannoulis is about to sign an extension with us

Weren't there "stories" on social media claiming that his friend said no offer was ever made? I doubt that, personally.

Because there's always room for epic Vieirinha shots:

Yeah, I figured as much when he wasn't included in the squad for the OFI game. Hope he is asymptomatic and is better soon

Correct. He doesn't play a position of need, was way below average last year, and I'd rather have Schwab there at this point (my condolences to your cohost). If the situation with Misic changes in December or next summer, I'd take him 10 times out of 10 over Mauricio as well. Regarding the above link - other sites are saying this is just because he's still not able to play and that we're going back to the negotiating table once he is actually recovered. There were reports (if you want to believe them) that he had at least one additional surgery for this cancer, so it seems he is still a long way away from playing.

And here I thought the B list was specifically for players that could only be called up if an A list player was injured

Hmm! Οι 23 παίκτες της λίστας Α είναι οι: Ροντρίγκο , Μπίσεσβαρ , Τσόλακ , Κρέσπο , Μάτος , Ελ Καντουρί , Εσίτι , Γιαννούλης , Ίνγκασον , Βαρέλα , Λύρατζης , Μιχαηλίδης , Μιχάι , Μουργκ , Νινούα , Πασχαλάκης , Σβαμπ , Ντόουγκλας , Σφιντέρσκι , Τσιγγάρας , Ουαγκέ , Ζίβκοβιτς , Α.Ζίβκοβιτς . Στη λίστα Β συμπεριλαμβάνονται οι: Αβεντισιάν, Γιαξής, Κωνσταντέλιας, Κουλιεράκης, Κούτσιας , Παναγιώτου, Τάχατος, Ταλιχμανίδης, Τζόλης , Βρακάς Should still be one hour left though. Poor Tzolis.

Correct. We don't have much leverage, especially if the player is not interested in signing a new contract. Fenerbahce needing to spend less on an acquisition probably netted him a higher salary as well. Smart move by him, particularly since Turkish clubs are all having such financial issues these days.

Completely agree. The administration plans to reset the team, and is probably expecting some bad results and a struggle to hit 2nd place. If they manage to have only one off year, they'll be ecstatic.

I'm fine without him. We play one striker, do we really need a fourth?

If Lyon wanted Mauricio so bad, you'd think they'd have signed him by now. They've been "rumored" to want him for like five months now.