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No, they're right - Atromitos should just forfeit and give them Athens too. :: bows down to Turkish overlords ::

We are not West Ham - we want these international matches. We'll beat these guys, but they need to be taken seriously. Hopefully Toumba will be rocking

Going to be hard to grab players that can make an impact in two weeks' time when many leagues haven't even started yet.

That would be a huge win, but I think they'll get smashed. Would feel great to give the Turks that black eye though

I figured straight reds were two games?

You're right - esp if Kitsiou is injured. --Olsen-- --Poungouras--Costa--Tzavellas-- --Konstantinidis--Tziolis--Kace--Mak-- --Pelkas-- --Mistakidis--Koulouris--

I think you're just testing me. Now you know that I memorize everything you write ;)

But didn't you write the opposite below?

This is a good move for him, gets to play Champions League with a good team. Hope this works out for him.

I posted this in my forum, but relevant here: http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/EuropaLeague/playoff/ta-xrhmata-poy-pairnoyn-paok-kai-atromhtos-sto-europa-league.3606761.html

Also, some word on cash prizes: http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Europe/EuropaLeague/playoff/ta-xrhmata-poy-pairnoyn-paok-kai-atromhtos-sto-europa-league.3606761.html

I agree that Rat doesn't seem like a good choice to release (even though from what I heard, Korovesis was great today). We're way too thin at left back and center back, and getting rid of players in each position does not bode well.

I think we can, but even if we can't...that's not a big deal. The club can afford to pay some people better, it's all in who they find. Pereyra wasn't exactly booted by the club. He wants to leave, apparently to Olympiakos. I say they send him out on loan to a team in Kyrgyzstan.

As Blackhawk notes in the other thread, we have only four days to register players for the next legs, which will be played on the 20th and 27th. Right now, the only person we have signed that hasn't played is Rodrigues, who was only announced two days ago. I find it very unlikely that we'll see a different team for this match - Rodrigues hasn't had a preseason at all, and unless we get Sabo, I can't see us putting anyone else in the lineup. I doubt we'll see him apart from a sub in the second playoff game. How long do Vitor's and Skondras' suspensions last in this portion of the competition? Two matches, or do they get wiped between rounds?

Game is in progress, currently at 62 minutes - tied 0-0.

In a few years, hopefully the Mistakidis/Konstantinidis/Kitsiou/Pelkas set will be great. Still a glaring hole at CB. How was Poungouras when he came on?

And that's game, we progress to the play-offs.

I go into a meeting and when I come out, we are down to ten men again. Christ. What's a team gotta do to end up with as many players as they start?

Most importantly - how does Sabo look? ;)

GOAL KONSTANTINIDIS!!!! 1-1

Unfortunately I'm at work and can only intermittently listen on Libero. For those who can see, how are we playing? Does a goal look like it's coming?

Mak in front? I'd buy the other lineup over it.

The game's on Nova, I'm not sure if we'll have links available. Lineup not yet announced by the team as well.

We don't know yet, draw takes place after the games are played http://m.sport24.gr/football/EuropaLeague/oi-pithanoi-antipaloi-gia-panathhnaiko-atromhto-kai-paok.3605786.html

I think Blackhawk had confirmed that a few pages back. We may be saving on salaries, but apart from Noboa and Lucas, we will have paid out substantial sums to terminate these contracts. Essentially the entirety of what we gained for Noboa, it seems to me. Still, could be worse...