pash

Maybe more concerning - are our other players so bad that he thinks Taylor is an upgrade? I am hoping this is all just so he could rest Zafeiris/Santamaria/Camara. Hopefully Celtic makes an offer on him soon so this becomes a moot point.

He's asked about Taylor in the midfield at about the 34 minute mark, and he was pretty emphatic that he considers him a midfielder, due to his intelligence. Oh, my!

Did the goalie guess right, or did he stare into Zivkovic's soul and find his deepest insecurities???

See how good we are without 'dead weight delias'???

Only because I'm not there to hug him

My god το κάρφωσε as they say

My boy! My beautiful boy!!!!!

Another rumor! If we do end up losing Camara (as I expect), then we'll def need a midfielder. https://www.transfermarkt.pt/daniel-braganca/profil/spieler/461943 Though I'm not sure why he'd ever choose us over Torino.

Additional rumors that Matos has tried to make a few acquisitions but has been blocked by our girl Maria G. Who knows if that's true. Anyway, another striker rumor is David Strelec, a Slovakian striker who plays for Middlesborough. 13 goals + two assists in 44 games last season, all competitions. https://www.transfermarkt.com/david-strelec/profil/spieler/482836

Ali not making the list for this game makes me doubt we'll see him on Thursday. Hopefully I'm wrong there.

Jeremejeff's departure was announced by the club. Good luck to him. Much more effective last year than I expected him to be. There is a rumor we're trying to get Sandro Kulenovic on loan from Torino, and offered 200k as a type of loan fee with a buy out price (non-mandatory) of 5 million. Torino has not agreed but perhaps if this is real, the final numbers won't be far off. https://www.transfermarkt.us/sandro-kulenovic/profil/spieler/357778 Last season he scored 11 goals and had three assists in 40 matches, across all competitions.

We can beat them but we also clearly are floundering. Giannoulis, Camara, Shoretire, Ndiaye should start the next game. Amazing that Hatzidiakos manages to get YET ANOTHER YELLOW. Glad Lisci at least has the balls to start new players but I really question some of his decisions (Taylor, mainly). Hopefully Ali will be able to contribute too. Really happy to see Shoretire back as well.

And there we have it! Hopefully Giannoulis is ready to go. Guess we won't see an own goal from Michailidis after all.

-edit- original post was made before I realized that there was a 7th page to this conversation Anyway, I see a new rumor for the one and only Philippe Coutinho, probably based on a theory of overlap with Matos' time at Vasco da Gama https://www.transfermarkt.us/philippe-coutinho/profil/spieler/80444

Think he'll learn a lesson? Or nah?

Seeing a bunch of posts about Koulouris having agreed terms with the team, so looks like our downgrade from Giakoumakis is complete.

inPAOK was saying the trainings make it looks like they might play a 4-3-3 with Louchet or Camara as the third option. Doesn't really make the picture clearer, of course. Just means we can expect to see one of Louchet, Camara, or Pelkas get the start there. I am certain that either way, Chatsidis gets the start on the right wing. In other news, it looks like Ali trained normally so I wouldn't be surprised if he sees action (though probably as a sub, I'd assume). I thought I saw him wearing a brace of some sort as well.

Ugh and Taylor as CM

Bet you they're going to make the update with another signing right before the game

I can't imagine we'll have a very different starting lineup than last game. Pelkas for Konstantelias, Chatsidis for Zivkovic. A shame Despodov still isn't able to play. I would also not be shocked if we play three CMs instead of Pelkas, though. Santamaria/Zafeiris/Camara.

Seems he's coming as a free agent? Not bad, but if he's any good then I wonder why he'd come to us at all. Hopefully this turns out all right.

Just noticed that Taha Ali is listed as expected to return on the 24th per Transfermarkt. I did see a report a week or so ago that he had started training again (but mostly separately) so hopefully he will be ready soon.

Done deal: I should also note that there are additional rumors that we're trying to take a few players on loan from BVB. I don't know how realistic these rumors are. I will say that Inacio would make some sense in Lisci's preferred formation. Especially if we don't play an actual #10 in some games. Samuele Inacio: plays SS https://www.transfermarkt.com/samuele-inacio/profil/spieler/1058359 Christos Kostoglou: plays midfield https://www.transfermarkt.com/christos-kostoglou/profil/spieler/1392938

Is now a good time to add that I'm a CR7 fan? 😉

Guys, Konstantelias might not even be clearly the best to come out of our academy in the past decade - Tzolis is looking mighty fine these days. I don't think we'll replace him with a transfer - I think we need to develop our own 'halo players.' Instead, however, this money can be spent reinforcing multiple positions with guys we may otherwise be priced out of. The sky is not falling; the team is not just one player.