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Once again we are linked to Coulibali from Platanias.

No he would take the position that Pantelis Konstantinidis had in the past, and the one that Tasos Kakkos would take over if there was no backlash from the fans.

https://kapaki.info is probably the best Greek torrent site currently.

Looks like Charisis, Vitor, Kitsiou, Jairo and Savvidis are ready for full practices, and might be available for Sunday's game.

I don't think Arnesen is so stupid as to bring in Schildenfeld back to the team. Another rumor is that Abdoun has an offer from PAOK, but I don't see that happening. He has been poor at Veroia this season and the owner of Veria and Aris might just demote him to Aris when they get promoted to Football League.

vs MATCHUP: Skoda Xanthi - P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki COMPETITION: Superleague - Round 16 DATE: 20-January-2016 TIME: 19:30 GR (17:30 GMT, 11:30 CST, 04:30 AEDT next day) CITY/STADIUM: Xanthi - Skoda Xanthi Arena (Capacity: 7,361 ) REFEREES: Marios Lambropoulos (Ilia) - Ioannis Toubakaris (Athens), Panagiotis Messinas (Achaia) TELEVISION: Nova Sport (Greece), Sport Plus (USA/Canada) Skoda Xanthi - PAOK FC History: Superleague 2014-2015: 4:2 (Athanasiadis, Mak) - Attendance: 4,068 2013-2014: 1:2 (Katsouranis, Lino) - Attendance: 2,525 2012-2013: 0:3 (Athanasiadis (p), Robert, Lazar) - Attendance: 2,330 2011-2012: 0:0 - Attendance: 1,849 2010-2011: 1:0 - Attendance: 3,322 2009-2010: 0:3 (Vieirinha 2, Ivic) - Attendance: 1,457 2008-2009: 1:2 (Ivic 2) - Attendance: 2,546 2007-2008: 1:0 - Attendance: 2,139 2006-2007: 1:0 - Attendance: 3,860 2005-2006: 1:0 - Attendance: 6,410 Alpha Ethniki (Professional) 2004-2005: 0:2 (Maladenis, Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 3,335 2003-2004: 0:0 - Attendance: 7,052 2002-2003: 1:1 (Georgiadis) - Attendance: 7,421 2001-2002: 1:0 - Attendance: 2,798 2000-2001: 0:2 (Okkas, Frousos) - Attendance: 3,666 1999-2000: 1:2 (Nalitzis, Georgiadis) - Attendance: ? 1998-1999: 0:1 (Vryzas) - Attendance: (2,500 PAOK fans) 1997-1998: 2:2 (Kovac, Frantzeskos) - Attendance: ? 1996-1997: 1:1 (Frantzeskos) - Attendance: ? 1995-1996: 2:2 ( Giokoudis, Lagonidis) - Attendance: ? 1994-1995: 3:0 - Attendance: ? 1993-1994: 5:2 (Luhovy, Havos) - Attendance: ? 1992-1993: 2:3 (Toursounidis 2, Alexiou) - Attendance: ? 1991-1992: 2:1 (Skartados) - Attendance: ? 1990-1991: 1:2 (Magdi, Anastasiadis) - Attendance: ? 1989-1990: 0:2 (Magdi, Borbokis) - Attendance: ? GAMES: 26 WINS: 12 TIES: 6 LOSSES: 9

Merry Christmas to all.

Also I would scrap the Pereyra loan deal to Racing Club, and bring him back to PAOK. He can help offensively.

Cimirot is better player than Kace, and is not often injured as you say. He was only injure once in the first game against Xanthi. The problem was that for some weird reason he was not utilized Tudor even though he has been healthy for almost month and a half. Antonis will miss at least one month so he can play with the Australian U23 NT, so we can forget about him. Sabo should be a sub for Tziolis (or Tziolis should be a sub for Sabo), but for some reason Tudor plays him in every imaginable position. Speaking of Kace he has been quite disappointing this season. It probably has to do with the apparent contract negotiations. Now that he has fired the agent that also represents Tzandaris, Skondras and Konstantinidis, let's see if the negotiations lead somewhere. As for the Lazio rumors, if I was PAOK I would tell them to bring the 5 mil buyout option and they can have him. Transfer wise we need one or two CBs, and a good "dekari" to help the offense, since Pelkas's abilities are quite limited.

I've heard they also approached ManU, even though we never played them in the past.

It can't really get any worse. There is a lot of work to be done in order to be ready for the playoffs. Hopefully we get some needed help during the transfer period. I hope at least one player we get can kick a decent corner and free kick. We have been very bad in that department. We also need to keep the injuries to a minimum. BTW AEK lost today, so we are just 1 point behind 2nd place.

I am afraid Konstantinidis's career as a top level professional player are probably over. Every single season at PAOK he has sustained serious injury keeping him from action for months at a time. Too bad as he has talent.

Vitor and Golasa are back in full practice mode, but I doubt they will play on Sunday. With that in mind here is my lineup: --------------------------- Olsen -------------------------- ---------- Tziolis ----- Malezas ---- Tzavellas ------ Konstantinidis - Sabo - Cimirot - Kace - Leovac ------------- Berbatov ------------- Mak ---------------

Just listen to the live coverage of the draw on Sport FM: https://www.mixcloud.com/NovaSPORFM946/%CE%BA%CE%BB%CE%AE%CF%81%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B7-%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%81%CF%89%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%B3%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BA%CF%8D%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%BF-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82/

Not a bad draw. Should qualify with ease.

Kalloni it is. The Round of 16 matchups: Ergotelis - Panionios Veroia - Iraklis Chania - Olympiakos Larisa - Asteras Tripolis PAS Giannina - Panathinaikos Levadeiakos - AEK Kalloni - PAOK First leg on January 5-7, 2016 Second leg January 12-14, 2016 Apparently there were some questionable events taking place during the draw in the EPO offices.

It's probably because the original signal originates from OTE TV and not Nova as is the case with Superleague games.

According to the official EPO document there is no rule preventing this:

EPO has announced that the Greek Cup television rights for the 2016-2017, 2017-2018, and 2018-2019 seasons have been awarded to OTE TV. This is for the television rights in Greece.

Panathinaikos changed their mind and agreed to join the Superleague collective TV agreement with Forthnet/Nova for the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 seasons. This is for the Superleague television rights in Greece. That leaves only PAOK as the only team that did not agree to this contract extension.

Draw for the Round of 16 will take place tomorrow. PAOK as a group winner will be among the seeded teams, and will be drawn against one of the 2nd place team finishers. SEEDED TEAMS PAOK Panionios AEP Iraklis Panathinaikos Olympiakos Atromitos AEK Asteras Tripoli UNSEEDED TEAMS PAS Giannina Ergotelis AO Chania Levadeiakos Platanias Chania Veroia AE Larisa AEL Kalloni First leg will be away, second leg at Toumba.

Laola shows all Greek Cup games that are televised by OTE.

I don't know. I don't even have a clue who they are. I was just joking.

Jairo is injured as well. I am afraid the Christmas break is not long enough in order for most of the injured players to return to training. The injuries in question are Costa, Charisis, Rodrigues, Kitsiou, jairo, Golasa, Vitor Concerning the game tomorrow, only 5 players from the seniors squad will be making the trip to Volos. They are: Melissis, Siabanis, Korovesis, Skondras and Antonis. The rest of the players will be from the U-20 squad. Good move by Tudor. Here are the players picked by Tudor:

Den iparxi apergia. Eginan dyo agones simera gia to kypello.