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InPAOK saying the team is looking for a new winger who can also play centrally. Would totally be a Michel move to get a 30 year old who played in Ukraine. They also said Natcho is an option if Wernblum doesn't work out. I'd much rather Natcho, but I'm going to use Blackhawk's favorite phrase and call this fake news.

Less pressure to perform could be what he needs to make an impact. Prijo also was a journeyman for much of his career, too. Fingers crossed.

No Biseswar! Ρέι, Πασχαλάκης, Γλύκος, Μάτος, Κίτσιου, Λύρατζης, Βιεϊρίνια, Κρέσπο, Βαρέλα, Χατσερίδης, Μαλεζάς, Χαρίσης, Σάχοφ, Μαουρίσιο, Κάνιας, Πέλκας, Ελ Καντουρί, Λημνιός, Ουάρντα, Λάμπρου, Ζαμπά, Μυστακίδης, Πρίγιοβιτς A few changes there though. Did Charisis travel last time? And my sweet baby boy #27 is back in. Woot.

Not comparing their approaches, my sweet banana hammock. Just their general competence. I think part of the reason Michel went the way he did, is because he realized Savvidis doesn't have the patience for growing a team. So he took the less fiscally responsible tact, and perhaps now is trying to blend in longer-term young players into the core we already have. Just a guess though. Anyway, we still have two signings that are being planned. Last I heard, though, the Romanian LB wasn't in the cards.

I'm not seeing any bump for Basel. Good. Spartak Moscow won 1-0 vs Orenburg, which according to transfermarkt is a 12mm EUR team. This is not an Ajax we have ahead of us, folks. Assuming we progress.

PAOK24 saying that the deal for Akpom is 1mm EUR + a resale clause. Haven't seen the actual percentage quoted anywhere yet. -edit- spelling

Michel and Arnesen both did good jobs. A step above the past TDs. Had Arnesen had the same support (and chose a coach who wasn't a puppet), who knows what could have happened.

Yeah, the English sure like to stay in England. The highlights videos look good (as they always do). We'll see how this turns out. Hiring a 22-year-old is a very un-Michel-like move.

I bet you my left nut he does

This might be the guy: https://www.transfermarkt.com/chuba-akpom/profil/spieler/197642 CF, owned by Arsenal, though he's been loaned out since joining their senior team. He's played for them since he was 15 (when he joined their U18 squad). Scored 6 goals in 16 games last season. Also holds an English passport in addition to Nigerian (he was last an English U21 player). InPAOK says they already spoke to him; he was encouraged by Charisis and Kitsiou (who were his teammates last season in Belgium). This is moving pretty fast! Here are some videos: https://inpaok.com/473552/aftos-ine-o-tsouba-akpom-videos/

Markovskii's loan to Aiginiakos was just announced. His stats for the six months he was in the u20 were impressive, hopefully he continues to progress

Can you imagine our scummy Gate 4 fans belting this out in perfect harmony

If we can't beat these guys, then we aren't worthy of progressing. We have a big advantage and should be able to progress.

Asteras lost 3-2. Both Greek teams go into the next leg down on aggregate but with a big advantage in away goals

You've already intruded into my heart, you may as well intrude in this conversation!

Blackhawk, what's the Maradona reference alluding to?

Three away goals. Man, this must be the best one goal deficit one can have going into the next leg

Calm down Blackhawk, I am kidding!!!!!!

Mihojevic has been acknowledged to go out on loan anyway. Too old to get in under the Jaba waiver, after all. I say get rid of Mauricio and play Charisis there!

If we progress past Basel, we will play Spartak Moscow on 8/8 and 8/14. Home game first.

Wicky has been fired by Basel, their U18 coach will temporarily take over. They'll likely have the new guy in by the time we play (I think someone who coached the Swiss NT at one point? Assuming the old rumor was right).

I'm seeing that he's signed for 80k/90k/100k over three years, with us getting 35% of resale. It's a real shame that we're losing him.

Giannina's deal with a Honduran striker has fallen through due to him failing his medical tests. Saw on one Honduran site that it was due to his knee(s). Wow, that's rough. You don't often see medicals fail.

Not taking away from Basel, but I don't think we played that well. Sloppy finishing, slow/lethargic players, terrible defending on our part. Lucescu will hopefully work to iron these issues out for next week, as we can clearly be better.

Limnios is a good player, just needs to go to finishing school. Metaphorically and literally. There are a lot of good potential stars on that team, most of them even are Greek! Hopefully they step up.