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Dutchy are you personally acquainted with the ladies representing AZ Alkmaar? Asking because it's been a cold summer

Looking forward to it, I can't wait to see how this new format will look. I "liked" this post even though I want Panathinaikos to be miserable. We just need those coefficient points too badly for me to root against them 😞

Game being played at a fun pace, but it's clear everyone is happy to just let this end and move on.

I'm glad they didn't get long-term deals (thus falling into the classic Lucescu trap). Hopefully they work out. Bakayoko is....risky IMO. Hopefully he's the type of player Lucescu can make look like a world-beater.

Glad Michailidis got the start there. Nice little training session for him before this weekend. I had nightmares of an ACL tear for Koulierakis playing in a pointless game, last night.

Colley and Bakayoko are both popping up again today as being "done deals" - Colley seems to have some corroboration from Turkish twitter sources, saying that his contract has now been terminated. I wonder if that means we're getting him free? SDNA was saying we would get him on a 1+1 contract. Not as sure about Bakayoko. Guess we'll know soon.

LITERALLY THE BIRTHPLACE OF THE MOST HOLY OF BREAKFAST PASTRIES

Spoken like a man who has never seen the glory of Lake Kerkini

It sounds like you agreed with him, in spite of the oxi??

I'm guessing Baba? Shola's ten minutes of game time also makes me a LOT more confident that he'll be good cover for Konstantelias.

Vieirinha's gonna start as a defender and will give up five goals

Weird to think we've won only one game there in the last four seasons. Maybe we need to sign Crespo for this weekend's match.

Huh?? How is that a thing!

I have a vague memory of seeing something about this a few months ago, but it seems Panathinaikos is playing in OAKA this season. Their attendance in their last match was apparently ~6500 people. Is it possible they're losing money by playing at home? That stadium can't be cheap to rent.

Rumors are intensifying that we'll be buying Colley from Besiktas: https://www.transfermarkt.us/omar-colley/profil/spieler/174733 Personally, I don't think we need two CBs this summer. But if they get him, don't be surprised if they still push for Gigot. -edit- a few hours later: Tsiggaras leaving has been announced by PAOK. Good luck to the kid, hopefully he nails down that starting position Talichmanidis has been officially loaned (not sold) to Makedonikos Multiple other midfielders now rumored: Edoardo Bove from Roma https://www.transfermarkt.us/edoardo-bove/profil/spieler/562049 Benjamin Thirovic from Ajax (but also previously Roma) https://www.transfermarkt.us/benjamin-tahirovic/profil/spieler/787907

And by that point he'll have won us the Europa League, two cups, and another championship

my dudes how tf did we get shola for only 500k

Tissoudaliiiiii!

Was Bouzoukis the player we tried to buy from Panathinaikos? Bet both teams are happy that deal didn't go through, huh

Have we ever had a player that can set up people for goals as consistently as Despodov? Great play for the 1-0

Chalov given a gift there and too afraid to take the shot

Looks a lot like Konstantelias' goal vs Shamrock haha

Sport24 is predicting this lineup, which sounds right to me (though the ozdoev/schwab one could obviously go either way): --Kotarski-- --Sastre--Kedziora--Michailidis--Rahman-- --Camara--Ozdoev/Schwab-- --Despodov--Murg--Tissoudali-- --Chalov-- Lucescu must be ripshit at the thought of having three new dudes in the same lineup. I wonder if we'll see Soretire as a sub? -edit- here's the lineup! Poor Tissoudali

Thomas out for a week, so he'll probably miss the second leg vs Shamrock Rovers (though I would not have expected him to play anyway). He'll obviously also miss tomorrow's match vs Panaitolikos.

If we want to make it to that "next level" then stop gaps aren't good enough! Anyway, we have some other stuff going down: The Ekong transfer was announced a few days ago (whoohoo!) Saudi interest in Samatta seems to have dried up, he'll probably go for free to Cyprus Gigot, if we get him, will be in the next week (as according to inPAOK, Marseille has given their out-of-contention players an ultimatum; take that as you will because I don't see how a player can be forced when he's under contract) Another option at CB may be Mateusz Wieteska (https://www.transfermarkt.us/mateusz-wieteska/profil/spieler/208172), who plays for Cagliari. Would be his third club in three years.