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Best of both worlds if we don't draw them. They'd be a great challenge even in a friendly. I'm guessing we'd start off our friendlies vs a relatively easy team? Hopefully not those same guys who cost us Klaus for three months last time around.

Maybe we should hire some of these guys

Itale, how do you get the links to work with Greek from that site? Each time I try to copy and paste the whole thing, it just pasts a bunch of symbols. Also from that site, we've apparently got two more players (a GK and a winger) coming soon. Allegedly they want 90% of the new roster to be finalized before the team departs for training camp. http://inpaok.com/308011/

That's cutting it somewhat close as far as Mak is concerned. At least, depending on how far in the tournament they get.

Stoch for sale, price is 5mmEUR. Can't see us putting that kind of cash down on him.

It. Begins.

...all three of those guys are from Dnipro. What the hell?

Well, that last sentence makes me feel better, at least.

^ the inPAOK article does not translate it in that way: http://inpaok.com/307954 "

I think we're going to put some serious cash down on keeping Mak, but I bet you Kace will be sold. If we do sell him, we NEED to keep Cimirot.

Cimirot is exactly the kind of player we need to keep. We will NEVER play at the level we want, if every player with potential is sold immediately.

I'll meet you guys at your place, if you don't mind giving me a ride. I'll bring loukoumades for your trouble.

That sounds rough. So we'll either go up against a team that's first division quality, or one that just hemorrhaged players due to relegation. Hopefully they're at the top of their game when they play us, we'll need good tests to get ready.

^ Jairo is as injury prone as Konstantinidis. I like the guy, but if this can't be fixed, then he needs to go.

Christ he's beautiful

I would bet good money on Dubai having a league that is run better than ours

Did you nuzzle his beard?

Michel has been at it for a few months now, and they've probably known Ivic was the choice for at least a few weeks. Who knows, it wouldn't surprise me if they took advantage of the head start. I bet those six players are all still tentative, though.

All of this is easier said than done. The first step is being able to actually attract these players. I have my doubts.

The thing about the AM role, is that both seem to prefer Mistakidis as a sub (and usually then on the wings). If Pelkas is not "on," then we have a problem. A player that is at least Pereyra's level would have been wonderful this season.

https://www.milanlive.it/2016/06/01/calciomercato-milan-verdi-carpi-paok/ <-- Verdi apparently also has offers in Italy. I would be surprised if he'd choose Greece over even Serie B http://www.pianetamilan.it/calciomercato/calciomercato-sirene-greche-per-verdi-ecco-chi-lo-vuole/ <-- also about Verdi, these guys seem to think we are somewhat likely to sign him. Seems Carpi has the right of first refusal on him, however.

I was checking out their website earlier - looks nice. http://disq.us/9sdylp <-- per inPAOK, friendly vs Twente. Looks like they got relegated this year due to financial issues (perhaps our Dutch friend can elaborate?). The game will take place the day after the CL draw.

Pfft. I'm surprised you even had the attention span to read that far (I'm impressed). Did you have someone help you? Kitsiou is the man. We aren't going to spend tens of millions on fullbacks. In fact, I'd be surprised if there's any major investment this summer at all - at most, we'll get a vague promise of a spree if we make the group stages (which we most likely won't).

Ivic says he wants to keep as much of the core together as possible. Vitor has proven himself there, and is willing to stay. Why rock the boat? I don't think it makes sense for the club to spend an ungodly amount of money on the off chance that they'd be able to force their way into the CL this season. It just seems unrealistic. I think we need to lay down some groundwork, and have reasonable goals for this year. As far as goalkeepers - I don't think we need more at this point. Glykos and Vellidis are both capable of being starters. Why would we buy yet another GK? PAOK has only so much cash, why spread it thinner than we need to? We have Leovac and apparently now Matos as LB, with Tzavellas as a logical #2 or #3 in that role - and Korovesis can work on that side as well. For RBs, we have Kitsiou and Skondras, with Konstantinidis possibly able to play two or three more matches before being permanently hospitalized. We're fine there too. CBs, we need work in. Chatziisaias has a lot of potential, but he's still raw. Tzavellas had a good season, but you never know which version of him is going to show up. Vitor is solid, but he's not a star. Malezas is decent, but also not a star. Assuming we keep all four of these guys, some cash should be spent on getting someone who's REALLY GOOD if we want to have any chance of improving. In the midfield, we have some dead weight we need to cut. Antonis, Golasa, Sabo, are not good enough. Tziolis is a drag on us more often than not, but I guess we just have to deal with him never leaving. Shakhov seems to me to be another Golasa, I don't think he's the answer to what we're looking for (a Kace replacement, assuming we sell). Charisis is gold, though, and I feel will end up a big improvement over Kace. Mistakidis and Pelkas are going to end up competing for that attacking midfielder position, but I feel that this is the #1 spot that we need to spend cash on to make an impact. For wingers...assuming we can keep Mak, I think we need at least one more pure winger of at least his level of quality. Jairo is not it (he's made of glass). Rodrigues, I think, will have a breakout year next season...but we will need someone at least as good for our inevitable injuries/fatigue issues/suspensions. Korovesis is all right, but not starter quality. Pozoglou desperately needs to be loaned out - TO A FOREIGN CLUB, PLEASE. For CF...I love Klaus, but I can't remember the last time he had a consistently good season. Do I need to say more? Koulouris probably should get loaned out as well. Depending on how the TD feels about Koulouris + having Klaus as #1, we might need some significant reinforcement here.