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No, you're right, we didn't. Ivic (a conservative coach) had us playing much more aggressively. I can't speak to how much of that was because of the players' mentalities, however. I'm optimistic about this move. It's never a good sign when the pressure starts building before you even have your first official game. I'd rather this happen now than in March as well, but goddamn it I wish this happened two weeks ago instead of today.

He must have lost more than just the Greek players. Reports from a day or two ago that Savvidis came back to Thessaloniki to ask pointed questions about our performance in those last two friendlies is what probably led to the final decision being made.

This guy knows

WHAT? Holy crap that was fast

His buy out is 5mm, right?

The others are dead to me.

What can I say? I want us to at least give winning it a goddamn shot. Amazing that our players don't seem to care as much. The link I thought I pasted in for El Kaddouri's videos doesn't seem to have been pasted in. Whoops. Oh well, they're just youtube videos (for anyone interested).

Galatasaray (still) wants Leovac - 1.5mm was their offer. Definitely way too low, and frankly F*** Galatasaray. Here are some videos of El Kaddouri, hopefully they make Yiankos feel better

Whoa, a second Sweden-based fan. Are you going to travel to the game???

I should probably put this here because Blackhawk's a REAL STICKLER for the rules Welcome! Whereabouts are you from?

Welcome! I noticed you logged in yesterday. Always great to have a new member of our weird family. Some of my favorite defenders are hotheads. I had found his instagram earlier but couldn't see any photos, but I'll take your word for it. Hopefully this works out, we definitely need some reinforcement back there (though I've never seen him play).

So the death threats weren't enough? We need to start with the conspiracy theories now? Klaus linked with Konyaspor(!) - please let this be true!! Sites are also still continuing to reference both a buy deal and a loan + option for El Kaddouri. Empoli reportedly is dead set against a straight sale, so it looks like the loan is in order (I'm reading both that there is a fee involved and that there isn't - so who knows at this point). Lots of confusion on the details about this one, but the player seems to really want to move, which is great. Zambrano also seems increasingly keen on a move to Greece. InPAOK posted a screenshot of his instagram saying as much, though when I tried to go to it myself the account was set to private. Is it possible that it was forged? Wouldn't put it past them.

Well Kace, Koulouris, and Konstantinidis are all rumored to be on their way to loans anyway. If they're part of this group, then it should help immensely.

If Michel wants to make a statement, then he can get rid of Koulouris + Klaus and find another Greek striker. Surely there must be a decent option available somewhere. Hell, promote someone from the K20 if needed. That said, I find it pretty amazing that these guys would try to sabotage the team when on paper, we should be able to mount a credible threat for the championship. We are SO CLOSE to where we want to be. Hopefully Stanojevic can win over at least some of these players, or someone else in the administration has a word with them. This should be a solvable problem. Please God let #27 not be part of this clique.

And there's the goal. Overdue. We look awful

They're playing openly and seem to have some chemistry, which is more than I can say for our team. It's been, what, 8 years since you've been in A' Ethniki?

Great job by our defenders, leaving Lamia ACRES OF GODDAMN SPACE TO MAKE A SHOT Yeesh. Btw this stream is awful, freezing every two minutes for me

Wow, shoulda been a goal, nice try by Pelkas/nice save by the GK -edit- by the defender I mean

Hopefully it's a good game. Are you guys lining up your best squad?

Well, I was close!

I don't know how much Empoli values El Kaddouri, but if they are only getting rid of him due to a financial strain that comes from dropping a level, it's entirely possible they want a chance to keep him for a potential return to Series A next season (thus the loan). From what I can see on transfermarkt, he is *by far* their highest-valued player.

My question exactly. I think I found the article he's referencing, but it gives very little info. Unrelated, it seems the El Kaddouri deal will be done soon. Interesting that it notes he's agreed to a 3-year deal for 500k, which is less than I would have thought (http://inpaok.com/372936/). I also read yesterday that he might be coming to Thessaloniki as soon as today to close the deal, though who knows if that's wishful thinking.

If they weren't planning on giving his number to a "bam" signing, I'm sure they could have gotten rid of him much earlier.

Sounds like they're really parking the bus. Good opportunity for us to see if we can finally learn how to break down these kinds of defenses.

Prijovic scored in the first minute with an assist from Mak -edit- Giannina has scored as well. There is indeed a radio link: http://www.metrosport.gr/radio