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Penalty!!

Swiderski in for Limnios.

He looks real good. I was worried about Matos for a second but it seems he just jammed his knee; they would have carted him off if it was what I feared....I think.

Pelkas converts! Haha what a silly goal, poor Vellidis

1000% a penalty, here we goooo

I haven't seen a bus this parked in ages. Wild how many players they have back.

Solid lineup

Shouldn't be a problem, but I would be surprised if Giannoulis starts over Tosca. If he needs to cover CB, then Giannouis can come in.

Here are the chosen ones: Ρέι, Πασχαλάκης, Μάτος, Γιαννούλης, Τόσκα, Βαρέλα, Κρέσπο, Μπαλογιάννης, Μαουρίσιο, Μίσιτς, Μπίσεσβαρ, Πέλκας, Ελ Καντουρί, Ζαμπά, Λημνιός, Άκπομ, Σφιντέρσκι, Καρέλης

Fuuuuck yeah bro we're all surrounded by ice and constantly accelerating

I'd play El Kaddouri with Mauricio, but recall that Balogiannis is also an option. Perhaps he'll line up a 4-4-2 for this lineup and make it simpler - just Mauricio there, with the wingers a bit farther back.

Heard Canas was slightly injured again after the last match so who knows when he'll be back. I'd assume Shakhov and Mauricio would start. Shakhov has been great lately so no problem there for me

I wouldn't blame them for appealing this. Whatever you need to do, to ensure success. Not their fault the ref was a dipshit (though I'd question why neither team seemed to know to tell him about this rule? Or any of the assistants??). On the EPO side, the fact that both teams had this constraint/hardship may be a mitigating factor that makes the subs unnecessary. Not like Lamia has a deeper bench with some superstar waiting to come in as a fourth sub.

Vieirinha will def have to sit out one of our upcoming matches, and for me it has to be against Giannina. If he doesn't, and pulls a card, then he's missing both the derbies right? Real easy choice IMO. I firmly believe Pelkas will play in the derbies; he's way too dangerous to sit out. All he needs to is get that confidence back. He looked excellent after coming on yesterday (which is all the more reason to play him in the easy matches too). No issue of freshness with him. It's great that we have so many players that are looking good. So much depth in this team. Limnios could just as easily start vs AEK and I don't think we'd look worse.

Finally back

Haven't seen the team look this exciting since Ivic's revitalized squad.

He always had massive potential, and I believe he broke goalscoring records as a youth player that were previously held by Klaus (who also had a ridiculously good record and massive potential). I believe Blackhawk earlier elucidated his opinion that Koulouris' skill and future were highly affected by whoever he was training with - when Klaus started his terminal decline, is when Koulouris started to drop. Which is why it was so key to get him out of the club and somewhere where he could get tons of minutes under a low pressure environment. I agree with Blackhawk's take on this. It does remain to be seen if he'll perform this well when he comes back to us (or wherever he ends up).

I always assumed it was for lip reading + to keep the ref from hearing what they're saying but the amplification actually makes a LOT of sense. It must be deafening there and Giakoumakis did it while speaking with the ref.

Take this with a big grain of salt, but these guys are saying Kitsiou is now on loan, if true, I doubt he'll get another chance with us come summer. This was also posted at inPAOK. -edit- spelling

Don't be salty

Oh word, I was worried that he'd be forced to miss the next one. Though that's against Giannina so I guess it wouldn't be the end of the world.

This was one of the best games we've played this season, even if it was against one of the worst teams in the league. Very good performance by everyone. Swiderski looked pretty damn good. Very agile Pelkas was spicy in his return, loved the nutmeg against that angry guy (Mellado?) Akpom was MotM for me, he is absolutely everywhere, strong, fast, can pass, can challenge in the air...a great player and match for the team Jaba is so damn dangerous Mauricio and Shakhov solid in the midfield. Nothing fancy needed, they just overpowered OFI El Kaddouri and Biseswar blew their counterparts out of the water Defense solid, though I'm worried about Vieirinha's card situation - is he now suspended? As Lucescu just said, we score no matter who is playing. As Boston said, the team was forced to make up for Prijo's absence by stepping up their game from every other angle

So was Giakoumakis sent to OFI just to try to get us some cards before our derbies? Glad he got carded for that too.

Now put Swidersky in, let's see what the li'l guy's got

Beautifully done by Akpom! Great pass by Jaba!