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Is Pelkas suspended as well?

Was there not an AEK fan who was clearly seen brandishing a knife? Were AEK fans not stopped before entering the stadium, so that their stockpile of weapons could be confiscated? Every person who participated in that bullshit - *on both sides* - should have been arrested and given lifetime bans from all games. As far as premeditated murder goes - where are the cops? Why don't they do anything, ever? What kind of country deals with this by deducting points and giving small fines, instead of letting its criminal justice system serve justice to criminals?

Some more rumors: Giannoulis to Atromitos (loan) Kace to Apollon Limassol (loan) Cimirot to Germany ("multiple clubs" have made "multi-million euro offers")

If he makes a smart move after Augsburg, I'm sure he'll do great. Agreed that Sokratis is the best player we've ever produced. He's an absolute beast. Now to find a replacement for the rapidly declining Torosidis.

My lineup to close out the year: --Brkic-- --Kitsiou--Crespo--Poungouras--Leovac-- --Charisis--Shakhov-- --Henrique--Biseswar--Pelkas-- --Prijovic-- Warda will also be available. I wouldn't be surprised if he gets a start over Biseswar, as I doubt Diego has much left in the tank. I think Charisis, after carrying the midfield last game, deserves a start again. Campos, incidentally, is out for about four weeks. Hopefully Poungouras has a better game this time.

Watched the last 40. Very poor. Apart from Malezas, how many will we be missing?

Seems he scored an own goal today too

Tore his ACL.....He's out for months. I just knew he was overdue for a season ending injury

Still linked with Ndoye from Angers. He'll also be a free agent next month. Central midfielder, would imply that one or more of Cimirot and Charisis would be gone this summer. https://www.transfermarkt.com/cheikh-ndoye/profil/spieler/282058

From what I understand, Leveque broke his ankle last season and then had some sort of rare/serious bacterial infection during the healing process. Hopefully he at least came back strong...though the few articles I see out there say he was struggling to get match fit as late as March. I do agree with you though; our team needs backups that would be starter-level at our competitors. Cimirot is exactly the kind of player that I can see playing at one of those intermediate-level Spanish feeder clubs. A Villarreal or Seville. If they came knocking, I'd ask 3mm + 20% resale. I have big faith in this kid getting a larger move down the line. Leovac is not nearly as good a player, I think if someone wanted him for $2mm (and Ivic is pleased by what he sees of Leveque in training), the team would let him go.

Especially ironic considering that PanathinAEKos will very likely not make it to the group stage of the EL, themselves.

No reason Skibbe needs to wait for the play-offs to be completed. The relatively late announcements have been a theme with the ethniki for a while now. Regardless, I wouldn't expect many surprises from him.

Are there any rumors for teams/amounts for either player?

Assuming Konstantinidis comes back, Leovac leaving might make sense - Kitsiou can play on either side, same with Matos...we might have a full compliment of fullbacks for once.

Prijovic is useful, but we really need someone who is completely *unlike* him. Someone like Mak, in other words. I'm not a fan of how Ivic is clearly having him play VERY deep (or on the sides) lately. It was brought up during the interview with Biseswar during the cup game, and it seems Ivic thinks this creates some sort of gap in the center as players pull off to cover Prijo...but when the guy you have coming up the center is Biseswar, I don't see how we can actually exploit those kinds of holes. You'd think that if Biseswar has made it this far in his career with having such poor fitness, it would be an uphill battle to get him to that next level. Another reason why he plays in Turkey and Greece, I guess. Agreed that transfers need to happen asap, but at least this time we will start preseason - and qualifiers - with essentially the same team we ended with. We might not have a better opportunity to make it through into the CL, as each time in the past we've had six starters being replaced. Team chemistry counts for something, and will only make us look better. Personally, I don't think we'll end up getting more than two or three players that will be incorporated into the squad...not unless we make some big sales.

Here's another rumored transfer. Dorian Leveque, a left back who plays for Guingamp. I think he was in the squad when we played them a few seasons ago. Should be a free agent at the end of the season. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/dorian-leveque/profil/spieler/122835

No, I agree. They can and should finish this now...even if their performances this month are lacking. Our conditioning is better than theirs and as you say, we have depth.

Seems we just hired this guy to run our youth program. Straight from the best academy in the world. Hopefully this isn't the worst coach they ever produced. http://inpaok.com/357966

I agree, I don't see him moving there unless they absolutely break the bank for him. And teams don't generally do that for CBs

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The team looks absolutely exhausted. No energy in any of the playoff games. AEK will be missing Vranjes (suspension) and Patito (injury).

Assuming we get three points from the game vs PAO, this means an AEK loss in either of their games or a single draw by us will be enough to see us through, correct? If that is not how that game is handled, then...it's pretty open how this can end.

PAO wins, 1-0. Good result for us. Leto penalty in the 62nd minute. Vranjes gets a second yellow in the 95th

Currently at 0-0 between AEK and PAO, halftime.

And that's game, we're back on top (even without the points from the PAO game). Now to see if AEK wins.