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Zivkovic is out for 4-6 weeks. Terrible news... https://www.sdna.gr/podosfairo/1274348_megalo-pligma-ston-paok-nok-aoyt-o-antrigia If Lucescu is smart, he'll finally start playing Tissoudali as a winger. You know, instead of loaning him to the Saudis.

Probably the worst absence we could have had. Hopefully Schwab will be up to it. Too bad Thymianis will never get game time, because this could be the time for a slightly younger guy to shine. Oh, well, I guess.

That's a good point. We can offer the kid a million euro bonus and come out ahead. Btw even without that, I am aligned with Blackhawk's thinking. We would NEVER get that kind of offer if he played for us this season. We outsourced the development of this kid and could potentially have a huge windfall. There's nothing wrong with that.

Vieirinha, Taison, Schwab, Ozdoev, Otto, Samatta all have expiring contracts, and are all on the wrong side of 30. If Lucescu is still here, he will definitely want to renew all of them (the only one I'd want back is Otto, but I doubt Otto wants to remain). Entirely possible we'll be forced into a revamped squad, but who knows.

Could you IMAGINE us signing a 23 year old? Absolutely outrageous. Anyway, I think the news was that they had rejected it? Unless you think this is just the back and forth of a negotiation.

I know you all are gonna hate me for saying this, but: The squad is better than last year's (particularly Tissoudali and Chalov are MUCH better than Thomas and Samatta), and can definitely win the championship. There's something going on with their "psychology" or "mentality" (using Lucescu's favorite buzzwords here). For all his faults, one thing he is excellent at, is extracting the best out of limited players. He should be able to right the ship - this would be the third time he's had to do it, after all.

The Athens media is secretly running some random Liverpool fan account? This would be some pretty deep cover. I will say, though, I have no idea why they'd want to pull the trigger on him right now. Seems weird.

That ambulance chaser is worth his weight in gold! Sentence reduced to 45 days: https://inpaok.com/850200/meiothike-i-poini-tou-loutseskou/

We need GREEK players, too. Lucescu has no issue with old guys, and I don't see any other Greek options who could be ready to go quickly.

Vieirinha lucky that was only a yellow

Yeah, startlingly empty stadium

Shoretire and Gomez both have that virus that seems to be going around, so I'm guessing they won't be there to offer a break to any other players this weekend. Assuming Lucescu would even have played them (which he won't).

Probably why Brandon Thomas sat out.

oh thank GOD two 15-minute halves incoming?

TISSOUDALI IS RIGHT FRIGGIN THERE, WHY IS SAMATTA PLAYING

Pena deal may be about to close and we might even see him on Friday (which probably means like next Friday, knowing us).

Did anyone actually say we wanted a profit, or was Blackhawk just listening to some people at the kafenio? This summer, the "issue" was that his wages were just too high so poor Cypriot teams couldn't afford him. Not much different than Meite with Benfica.

BUT SAMATTA UNDERSTANDS WHAT I WANT FROM MY PLAYERS!!!!

Seems the game sold out in three hours. We're doomed

Some UAE team seems to be interested in taking Tissoudali on loan. Is this all about Lucescu wanting to keep our uber-flop, Samatta? https://inpaok.com/849212/ti-ischyei-me-tisountali/ https://inpaok.com/849209/apochorei-apo-ton-paok-o-tisountali/

PaokCT got his wish; we're tanking in the cup!

Here's one that came out of nowhere. Perhaps the Pena deal didn't go through? Or perhaps the team is planning on moving on from one (or both) of Schwab and Ozdoyev. https://inpaok.com/849181/endiaferon-tou-paok-gia-ton-lenarnt-maloni/ https://www.transfermarkt.us/lennard-maloney/profil/spieler/392710 Notable that he's a DM, though. Guess Thymianis isn't our savior 😉

Aris about to fall to OFI, 0-2. Nice to see them struggle. Hopefully Panaitolikos challenges for that last Conference League spot. AEK winning 0-3 vs Volos, with like 40 minutes to go. We'll need to win today to maintain second place.

True. Ales Mandous appears to be their only senior team player who is eligible, so I'm sure he'll play. The remainder of the lineup will surely be filled with youth players. https://www.transfermarkt.com/ales-mandous/profil/spieler/240536

Sounds like Slavia Prague is about to sell their starting goalkeeper. Deal should be done by the time we play them. Hopefully we can capitalize on that.