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Starting lineup to the game below. One of my many fans on twitter also forwarded me the below tweet with a second stream, which I'm guessing will work better than PAOKTV.

No word yet. I don't see him getting chosen over Limnios. And if Mistakidis stays, no room for him. At the beginning of preseason he was heavily tapped to be loaned again. He's looked pretty good though.

Yes, I agree that his more natural role is as a second striker. But even out of position, I think he outdoes Koulouris. Regardless - inpaok is now claiming that Conde isn't going to Saudi Arabia now. I say we jump on this chance.

I don't think we need him, personally. The team is complete. I'd also rather Mistakidis as striker when Prijovic is being rested, as I think he's better at that job than Koulouris is (who should obviously be loaned).

Norwich has announced Pukki. Thank God. Now on to real players. Onsports also wrote earlier that Lucescu has decided to keep Mistakidis this season. The deadline for a PAO loan elapses tonight at any rate, but I'm sure if an offer comes from elsewhere they'll consider it. I really want him to stay, obviously

Certainly. It also wouldn't be crazy to allocate that last 50% to favor the non-winners of the league. How about that for forced competitiveness, a la the American system

Not a terrible result, all things considered. The next game should be easier as well. Not liking how slow of a start we've gotten off to; it seems we haven't been that great in either game (barring that 30-minute spree at the end of the first game).

Got spanked in the first half, 0-2. Looks like El Kaddouri just gave us our first goal though The stream's not really working for me: http://tv.paokfc.gr/video/paok-anterlecht-live -edit- the stream is now "blocked in my location." What the F***. El Kaddouri scores the 2-2

I think he's still going to Atromitos, isn't he?

Here's a surprise - Hatziisaias has renewed for THREE more years. I guess the administration really does rate him. I actually like this move - I don't think he's any worse than Crespo, and has an actual upside. At the very least, locking him down for this long means that if any of those fish do bite, they'll have to pay a bit more to get him out of his contract so much earlier.

Borussia Monchengladbach has also just announced that they signed Michael Lang (RB) from Basel.

Like I was saying before, he wanted a long contract to possibly close out his career. I might regret thinking this in a few months, but we may have cut ties at just the right time. I think the club may have extended another year, but I don't think we would have given him two years (and especially not for a million, when we have so many wingers).

The original rumors were 800k, haven't heard anything since then

Prijovic was told to report for training on the 10th. Two weeks before the first game. He'll be good to go.

I could do without either

I bet he'll be back. Figure two weeks off, he'll have two weeks training with the team before we need him to play. Easy peasy

Yup, though I'd rather deal with someone who just got in the team a month ago vs him.

Basel is selling Mohamed Elyounoussi. Great news for us.

Not the first time we've been linked. I'd take him over Pukki

Saw a post by Voria.gr earlier today that said Reading was interested in Pukki. I say let them have him. I'd rather see Mistakidis as the backup CF. He's better than Koulouris, and more versatile.

The second half was pretty entertaining. Pelkas' goal was great, Mistakidis had an even better one. Not sure that Limnios actually scored on his though. I simply can't believe that Leveque is again claiming an injury. Get rid of this guy already.

Second half lineup:

It sounds like Hatseridi won't play in this game because his old team has not yet sent the documentation necessary for completing his transfer (according to inPAOK). Malezas, who is injured(?), will take his place -edit- for what it's worth, here's the starting lineup:

Karabag (Quarabag?) wanted Glykos, who seems to really not want to move there. Not surprised. InPAOK reporting that Atromitos wants Koulouris on loan. Personally, if we can't send him somewhere overseas, that's where I'd want him.

Yeah, it would be interesting to see where the international fan base really is. Vieirinha is going to miss the first friendly due to some minor injury he picked up in training. Moulin's results came back and he'll be out another week.