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This is what inPAOK is reporting for the lineup: --Pashalakis-- --Lyratzis--Tosca--Ingason--Giannoulis-- --Misic--Oliveira-- --Limnios--Pelkas--Henrique-- --Karelis-- Six Greeks? Be still my beating heart! But I think it's a terrible mistake to not start Rey. Here are all of the players called: Πασχαλάκης, Ρέι, Λύρατζης, Μπαλογιάννης, Γιαννούλης, Τόσκα, Μαλεζάς, Ίνγκασον, Σάκχοφ, Μίσιτς, Ολιβέιρα, Πέλκας, Ελ Καντουρί, Λημνιός, Ενρίκε, Άκπομ, Σφιντέρσκι, Καρέλης

There are always the younger guys - Lyratzis and Balogiannis. Especially the RB should be solid for this game. Good experience for him.

I'll reserve judgement on the worthiness of the cards. I will say, though, that the ref kept control of the game which was VERY important. I am just as weary of our guys' reactions to the ref as I am of the other factors. When all is said and done, the result doesn't harm our chances for the title that much, and Jaba's absence for one game isn't that important (and honestly, it wouldn't be that big of a deal if he were out vs Olympiakos either - there, I said it). we have a deep bench for a reason, after all.

Goddamn right. They are so lucky Jaba was sent off. We're the much better team for sure

For sure. The above is fine for me, though I'd start Karelis or possibly Swiderski there...and definitely Henrique over El Kaddouri

Sounds like there was some crowd trouble outside of the stadium. I guess we'll be getting a 6-point deduction for that.

Crespo was great, Varela too. We were unlucky here.

And that's game. We now have a 6 point lead going into our home match vs Olympiakos. If we win that, we're up to 9. If we lose, we still have a game in hand. I like our odds.

Misic for Shakhov. Good move, though I think Shakhov has had a good game

Not sure what Lucescu would do. I'd probably consider putting Pelkas on for Akpom and letting Biseswar/El Kaddouri go back to the extreme edges. Play our #10 as a false 9, perhaps. I also am worried about Shakhov and Vieirinha - I smell more cards coming. Misic and Tosca may be of help here...

Okay, halfway there guys!

My feed was cutting out, what was going on around our bench?

Yayyy down to ten men -edit- and now Vieirinha can't shut his mouth and got a card as well

I had to disable my ad blocker There is no way Biseswar will be able to keep this pace up for the whole match

Scroll up mofo

Give that man a new contract god damn it!!!!! -edit- WHOOPS

GOOOALLLL

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True, might be better to do decently in EL than get utterly destroyed in CL. Except for the cash. Who would be the powerhouse signings? A right-back, a left-back, and a winger? Or a striker? Or are you thinking a replacement for Mauricio in the middle (in addition to Oliveira)?

You think this team isn't better than the AEK team that made it into the group stages this season?

Surprised Henrique is in so soon. Good move!

Bow chicka bow wow

My lineup. I doubt we'll be surprised: --Pashalakis-- --Matos--Varela--Crespo--Vieirinha-- --Shakhov--Mauricio-- --Jaba--Pelkas--Biseswar-- --Akpom-- Obviously expect Swiderski to make an appearance at some point. I don't think we've seen a list of players yet though, right?

I would 1000000% lie about transcripts. All day and all night. The team has absolutely no reason to appease and amuse the reporters. And if there's a strategic reason, all the better. Or, perhaps they just...changed their minds? My only point about who was responsible is that you seem predisposed towards not believing Branco is going to do the job. He might be, he might not...but something tells me that if he worked for us for the next five years, people would still say "yeah but did he REALLY do the job?" It's such a bizarre stance to take. I'm well aware that Greeks love conspiracy theories (and throwing shade), but I don't get the obduracy about this. Also...Conceicao would have no reason to throw us a bone by tossing us a player that we don't need right now (there, I said it!), with a TWELVE MILLION euro price tag to boot. That's a hell of a weird favor.

The champions are reinforcing, I don't know what you're talkin' about!