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I like Kone, but I really think that form should play a big part of who gets selected. 1789's list seems like the best option for us. And most realistic, since Katsouranis will inevitably play. Karnezis Torosidis---Manolas---Sokratis---Stafyllidis Samaris---Katsouranis Fetfatzidis---Ninis---Karelis Mitroglou Fortounis in for Karelis sounds like a good move to me as well. Perhaps Moras over Katsouranis?

That's true, it'll be tough to be ready to play even a minnow if the team meets each other for the first time on the flight there. I could see Rat and Noboa being given the boot, although I'm not entirely happy about it. Rat had a big dropoff between the two halves of the season. It seems we can only ever extract three or four good months out of any particular player, which is frustrating. Noboa is class, but I honestly think he's just a shadow of Natcho, who I don't believe cost all that much more. I don't mind Tzavellas's skill level, LB-wise, but his attitude (and multiple coach's insistence on playing him as CB) mean he absolutely needs to go. I was trying to figure out Jacobo's status the other day - I thought his contract was up with this season anyway? Blackhawk, any idea which young players Frankie thinks look good? I'm going to guess Konstantinidis, Koulouris, and Pozoglou. Unless this is a reference to our actual youth squads?

Very crafty. If Lucas's only issue is that he wasn't impressed by the teammates he would be working with, than I could see - maybe - him being happy with the situation last year. Assuming we actually make some serious moves. Anyone else have a dozen they think will be cut?

The faster the better. Was going to note that he wasn't the coach of those teams too, but I know almost nothing else about him. My only hope as far as players go, is that we don't completely disregard any homegrown talent. I would absolutely hate for us to field a team of 10 mercenaries + a Greek goalie.

This is very exciting! Here are my twelve that need to go: Maduro Martens Costa Tziolis Glykos Savvidis Tzavellas Salpingidis Qose Lucas Poungouras Vitor Scrapping the kids is tough, but I don't think any of them have impressed. Vitor, if you catch me on a better day, might be replaced with Koulouris. This is mostly because I'm still way too attached to Klaus (although if someone makes an offer for Athanasiadis, then we should take it).

Bullshit. Cuban food is delicious. We should all be so lucky.

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If we do wipe the slate clean, I wonder how fast we can get players to actually gel as a team before these qualifiers begin. The timing of this makes it more likely, in my eyes, that the majority of this team will form the backbone of the squad in the upcoming year.

Agreed. Get rid of them all.

Now that the last match of the playoffs has been played, we know where we stand for next season's Europa League. I thought I'd post this for general, non-match-related discussion. PAOK will be entering in the second qualifying round. I believe our coefficient is 40.88, which means we will definitely be seeded. The draw takes place on June 22nd, and the two legs take place on July 16th and July 23rd. Assuming we make it through, we should still be seeded in the third round (-edit- and playoffs), and it looks like we'd be second seeds in the group stage after that.

Game ended as a complete joke. No surprise there.

Perhaps you should be more concerned with Katsouranis scoring a brace vs Panathinaikos. He is, after all, more likely to play.

Streams available on bianconero. The French one I'm writing shows Klaus at CF, Dpaps on the wing, and Koulouris as a second striker.

Our lineup:

Yeah, after the first two minutes, it was an uphill battle. That trio is unstoppable. Pogba is going to be a superstar some day.

The highest ranked third-placed team gets in automatically. The remaining 8 get into a seeded 2-legged playoff. Right now, it looks like this: Russia (advances automatically) Scotland Hungary Albania Switzerland Ukraine Israel Norway Netherlands If we get in ahead of Hungary, I fancy our chances. Netherlands has a tough group, they might remain in third place. Switzerland is in a weaker group, and is actually tied with Slovenia based on points. We will almost certainly be seeded.

He's signed with Leverkusen until 2020

That is a really good idea. I grew up on the Cape, if you can handle the hoards of tourists then you'll definitely enjoy yourself. Congrats on your son's summer program too, it's a damn good school (to nobody's surprise).

Not a bad time to go. I'm guessing Providence? I'm sure it'll be a blast

Hopefully for most. The above is pretty much the best lineup I can think of. This season can't end fast enough. I'm going to need a lot of emotional support from you this summer, fearless leader.

If he leaves for Wolfsburg, and they start performing very poorly, it will mean that all Greeks are cursed.

What was the conflict between him and them?

Possession? The thing above all that we absolutely cannot handle, is possession.

^ the above-noted interview: http://videa.hu/videok/sport/dhlwseis-athanasiadi-Rrj42rrXwcIkETTE Practically in tears. He's right.

Down 0-1 in the 45th...no surprise there.