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It looks like away fans will be banned for the rest of the season now. Fines to our team for the presence of any fans at games. I think this applies to AEK as well.

Rose two places, to 45th. Just above Czech Republic, just under Montenegro. Egypt is in 43rd, so hopefully a win in our friendly will see us progress up the ladder, bit by bit.

Mistakidis loses another month, seems his ligament didn't heal completely. Undergoing surgery soon.

I'm starting to get nervous about this...both the team and the little Savvidis are asking fans not to show up, due to the chance of provocation.

LA apparently still wants Warda. It looks like they just made a bid, which we rejected, as we don't want to sell him mid-year (and the 1.5 million isn't that great of a price). Personally, I am pretty sure we'll sell Pelkas in the summer, so if Warda is truly rehabilitated then he'd be a perfect replacement. Food for thought.

A few of our younger players were called up to the U20 team: Siambanis (GK) Lyratzis (DF) Hatzidimpas (MF)

Jacobo is now a goalkeeping coach for Aarhus in Denmark. Good luck to him - I remember he was saying (a year or so ago?) that he wanted to create a goalkeeping academy of some sort.

Our 1-5 win over Kerkyra last season is being investigated: https://www.onsports.gr/podosfairo/superleague/story/589354/sok-ypopto-to-paok-kerkyra So did they throw the game, or were we so sure we wouldn't win that we bribed for a 5-1?

Keep in mind that Biseswar is purpose-built to break down those kinds of defenses. Mak is less useful against teams that park the bus and defend deep. Against a team like Oly, Atromitos, etc....it's a different story. I also feel our midfield is a little more self-sure this time around. This is why Biseswar was played in the cup final as a winger - to put an additional body in there that can hold up the ball. In effect, we played an asymmetric formation with a withdrawn left wing (Biseswar) and a right wing that was pushed way up ahead (Henrique, who as you know cannot hold up the ball or defend or do anything but fly towards goal). I think all of our potential opponents this season will have more trouble bossing us around like AEK did prior to the last cup.

Finally someone reports on assists... Below is the number of assists in the league. Pelkas is at 9 in all competitions. If anyone has a good consolidated list (all competitions), I'd be much obliged! Source: http://www.sport24.gr/football/omades/Paok/aytoi-poy-serviroyn-ta-gkol-toy-paok.5075734.html

For sure. This is also our last chance for any intentional rotation until the last game of the season (Olympiakos, Asteras, AEK, Atromitos, Panionios, Xanthi, PAO, Platanias, in that order). With any luck we will have the title locked down before the end of that, but we have a few guys that might be running on fumes (Matos, Varela). Below is my lineup: --Rey-- --Vieirinha--Crespo--Malezas--Azevedo-- --Canas--Mauricio-- --Limnios--Biseswar--Mak-- --Koulouris-- I believe Shakhov is our only player who is sitting out due to accumulation of cards. If the win looks like a lock, Moulin will certainly get some time.

So apparently Brkic *still* has a back problem. I thought this was all a bunch of BS? Read a few times today that he's on his way to Germany for some surgery. Wouldn't doubt that this still is just an opportunity to sit on his contract though.

And that's game, 3-0 win. I wonder if our guys started so energized due to the bigger-than-expected crowd. Are there any numbers available?

Shouldn't have played this game at all!

Last sub, Canas in for Pelkas

Azevedo will be the next sub, for Vieirinha

Prijo scored the 3-0, that marked the second assist by Pelkas today. Mak will be the first change, for Campos

^ who was crying, awww

I was going to say you needed to be more negative about it but I guess it happened anyway :-/

Goal Varela!

Varela nutmeggin' bitches for fun

Love that we're playing with four wingers. It's like the 1930s out there

Goooal Shakhov!

Limnios and Mak are warming up, Campos might be hurt

Holy s%$#! Vieirinha's shot just now