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Zivkovic hurt again, this time his knee. Perhaps we rushed him back too early. Hopefully this doesn't get worse.

I hope so, but I fear that most of them will be back on multi-year contracts!

IT'S THE HAPPIEST TIME OF YEAR! To round up what I posted in the other thread: Samatta to be renewed (oh god PLEASE NO) Lykogiannis (a free agent) as possible left-back, or more likely backup left-back

Lucescu was not at training today because he was hit with (I assume) the same virus that has wreaked havoc with our other players

Second worst team in the league. If there's any time to rest 'em, now's it.

Wrong side of thirty, but again: if we're gonna hire average players, may as well have them be Greek. https://inpaok.com/856251/oi-italoi-syndeoun-ton-paok-me-ton-lykogianni-pic/

PAOK Today claiming on the 'gram that we're "testing" the idea of a new contract with Samatta. We are a completely and utterly hopeless club.

How dare you point out that I can't count!

Our first away game vs them in 20 years. Also just realized our boy Vrakas was loaned there last month, from Atromitos.

Still tight. I'm confused, though - the standings on Google show us having played only one relegation group game, while Kavala has played two? And the only other team with one game (Diagoras), is not who we play next? Bizarre. Niki Volos 13 Diagoras 11 Kavala 10 PAOK B 10 Ethnikos NK 5

AEK is losing with mere minutes to go. We'll be two games behind them, and they play Aris in the final match day. Perhaps Aris will do us a favor against a team that has been a bit shaken.

What's a brotha gotta do to get those annoying kids who started screaming at Pelkas in the 70th minute to shut their goddamn mouths

Here we go, ladies and gentlemen. I wonder why we're not seeing the much-vaunted, Camara/Meite combination everyone thought this year would give us?

I am absolutely PRAYING Sastre starts and Vieirinha doesn't. I think it's a good lineup though. I'm kind of indifferent to Zivkovic vs Despodov there, but I think both will play anyway.

Would be interesting if we get him back: https://www.sport24.gr/football/o-koulouris-spaei-ta-konter-stin-polonia-kai-etoimazetai-gia-kafto-kalokairi-oi-apaitiseis-tis-pogkon-kai-ta-dedomena-gia-ellada/ Of course, if history is any judge, Panathinaikos will somehow have enough money to pay him in addition to all those other guys.

Wow, did not expect that...

I guess the Bakayoko saga has reached its logical end point - exiled to train with the B team. He'll sit on his salary and be a free agent, and we won't have to think about him any more. A shame Levski and Racife couldn't convince him. https://inpaok.com/855669/ston-paok-v-o-bakagioko/

Considering we'll then immediately move on another guy when Lucescu finds out he was holding Panserraikos back, that's fair for a flyer. Team has announced a few youth player contract extensions as well. Good luck to all of them, would love to see them take that big step to the big boy team: https://inpaok.com/855632/episimo-ananeose-me-bataoula-o-paok/ https://inpaok.com/855644/edese-kai-ton-berdo-o-paok/

Ummm CORRECTION: The perfect scenario is we win first place and Olympiakos goes second. Agreed in that case OFI would get EL (though they'd get crushed in qualifying). Conference League is also probably out of AEK's league, but I'd rather they tire themselves out there then the mighty Aris, of course.

So as long as either Oly or AEK win, third place is guaranteed to be EL? But if they don't win the final, then Aris gets screwed as the presumptive winner of that playoff (which I like), but third and fourth place both get conference league (which I don't like, and offers little meaning for our own efforts).

Otto out 4-6 weeks. Schwab also hurt, but it seems to be minor, expected to be out of training only a few days.

He cops two goals per game on average...

Not really a surprise considering how he pulled up short. https://inpaok.com/855405/magnitiki-gia-otto/ Since Lucescu shot Gomez's potential development in the head, even if he recovers soon I'm sure that means we'll see Vieirinha get a bunch of starts.

Soooo....what is the point of this? We hired Pavlenka because Tsiftsis was hurt. Now he's back and seems to be playing fine. Is this dude the Kotarski replacement? Or just another excuse to further sideline the Greek players? https://inpaok.com/855396/symfonisan-paok-gkougkesasvili/ Or is it just a universal law that club administrators have to have hard-ons for keepers who are marginally taller than other keepers?

YOU BEAUTIFUL BASTARD