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Krmencik is a starter in the Italy - Czech Republic friendly which is about to start in half an hour.

Two more friendlies before our next WC qualifying game. - Norway on Sunday in Malaga, Spain - Switzerland away on September 1, 2021 at 13:45 EEST.

Much better in 2nd half. Good result.

Stupid to start 2 left backs. Giannoulis playing out of position and it shows. Take him out and put in Tzolis who can do a lot better in that position. Also you need score on the limited chances you get.

Well Kaddouri turned down an offer for 600K per year offer, which would be quite a pay cut. However that was before Lucescu's comeback. Also, I don't think he has been getting any big offer elsewhere. I think with a 750K offer he will stay.

Basically what we learned today is that - Biseswar, El Kaddouri are staying - we will not be getting a new goaltender - we will try to loan Krmencik again but nothing is guaranteed - he likes Prijovic but he is under contract and expensive

WTF. He is starting two left backs.

PAOK is seriously thinking of changing the dates and even the location of the pre-season training due to the fact that we will start our European campaign two weeks later. Holland is back in the picture.

Lucescu arrives in Thessaloniki tomorrow and will give press conference on Thursday at 13:00 EEST.

I got Moderna too. No problems after the first shot, but I was sick for 24 hours after the second shot. I just slept it off and was ok after that.

My bet is Vitesse since Ajax is not available.

Our "B" team did not qualify to SL1, so it looks like we will have two "B" teams in next year's SL2.

I would take Krmencik over Prijovic too. Generally I consider anybody going to Saudi Arabaia and China for the big bucks over the hill players. And I would say that goes for coaches too (Lucescu). Having said that though, I think it will be very difficult to sign Krmnecik. The best scenario might be another loan, but I have a feeling Brugge will sell him somewhere else since they expect Tzolis to be part of the deal and I don't think PAOK and Tzolis want that.

Very good development. Are we now going to push the pre-season training back by 2 weeks?

First team meeting is scheduled for June 22, and for the next 6 days Lucescu will weed out the players that will not travel to Austria. We will play 4 or 5 games while in Austria. The games should be announced in the next few days.

All 51 games will be televised live on ESPN networks: ESPN: 39 games ESPN2: 7 games ABC: 5 games You can also stream the games on the ESPN apps, but you will probably need to authenticate that you subscribe to the channels (cable, satellite, etc) Also Univision network will show the games as well on their Univision and TUDN channels. The games will also be streamed via Univision's new streaming service Prende TV.

Agree, but UEFA has the power to change things to suit their agenda. Bert Kassies does not.

I think he will break it this year.

Lyratzis, Tsiggaras and Tsaousis have been called up by the U-21 coach for the Euro qualifying game against Liechtenstein on June 5, 2021.

It's possible he might keep Biseswar as a backup, but than again he will be 2 years older from the time he last coached him. Same goes for Varela and Crespo and I would not be surprised if they are replaced by younger players. Not sure how easy it will be to get rid of Esiti mainly due to his salary. Probably another loan solution for him. I am also interested to see what happens with our offense. We can probably assume Tzolis will be sold at any cost, so we can have a budget to bring in all these new players that Lucescu will want to bring. Maybe use some of that money to buy Krmencik, who could become Razavan's "Prijovic" on his new team, but I have a feeling Krmencik is not returning to PAOK. I would not be surprised to see Colak back from Sweden at the end of his loan in December. He also has a decision to make on Swiderski. Also if he has any say on the matter, I think Lucescu would like to keep El Kaddouri.

No disdain here. I consider myself a hobbyist as well and also consult those hobby site on frequent basis and I am very happy that they exist. Just saying that UEFA will have the final word.

Let's take another look at pash's list now that we have a new coach, who I believe will also serve as a temporary TD. It will be interesting to see who stays and who goes. I think some of the players on the list would make Pablo's team while they will not be on Lucescu's team. I am really waiting to see what will happen with Warda as well as some of the youngsters (Tsiggaras, Lyratzis).

Wiki, the One Drive file and Kassiesa lists are all compiled by hobbyists and are not official documents. In the end it's up to UEFA to come up with the official ruling. We should know soon as the draws for the first rounds are scheduled for mid-June. It would be nice to skip one round in the process.

Once again as fans we will need to have patience. Lucescu will basically be creating a new team. This will include getting rid of old players and bringing in new ones. It will be a building process and I don't expect results right away (the first season). There will be many obstacles along the way that he will need to overcome. Let's see if this team building process will push us in the FFP problem zone at the end of his tenure. As for Garcia, he was basically used by the administration to pull them out of the tough spot. Not only did the team get out of the FFP problems, we won a title at the end as well. I think it would be better for Pablo to leave the team right now and go somewhere else (Spain, etc.) and get the proper licenses and experience or he risks of becoming another Georgios Georgiadis.

Ionikos is controlled by the crude oil smuggler.