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Any possible point deductions to be handed out for the playoffs Blackhawk? To us or pana?

IMO pelka is not a winger, against good teams with good defences he gets lost out wide. Same goes for Mysta. Bieswar is the one out of the 3 you mentioned @Bananas that is maybe more suited to the wing with his pace and ability to blow past players but, even he is far more suited to a central role. Campos and Henrique have their flaws and Warda as of yet, to me at least is still unproven. I think signing a starting XI quality player for the wing is one of the signings we need to make. It would give us a little depth, with the other wing being interchanged between campos and henrique depending on the opposition. With the other guys mentioned pinch hitting out wide for rotation. Whether Leonardo is the man to take us to the next level I don't know. But his stats do look good. Let's see how it all plays out

Back in 06 I believe it was, he trialled with Liverpool and the reds wanted to sign him (not sure if it was for the first team or 2nd team) PAOK refused to let him go and so he cracked it and said he would never play for PAOK again. I'm pretty sure he didn't play for the rest of the season and then he moved to PAO that summer. I was only young then though so i might have some facts crossed.

prijovic to the rescue again

anyone have any streams? aklaouti isn't working for me

I'm assuming you aren't counting klaus in that front 4? I joke, I actually have a feeling he'll score tonight. Agree with you, the cb pairing will be key, panionios has been in good form and they have given us problems this season. I'd love to see Pelka score again and grab his bottom this time

Started and got himself a brace on the final matchday of the season in a 3-3 draw away with Lyon Gonna be interesting summer for him and where he ends up http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/France/Ligue1/nice/to-mellon-ths-nis-einai-o-tasos-dwnhs.4682468.html

Crespo's ban reduced to one game on appeal, Shakhov's remains at 3 http://www.contra.gr/Soccer/Hellas/Superleague/playoff/akyro-se-mpergk-kai-sakxof-dekth-h-efesh-gia-krespo.4681538.html

i would be quiet shocked if siopis got a start. I think its nearly a lock (barring injury) that zeca and maniati will be starting as dm's in Bosnia.

I don't think the playoffs are over for us, but the loss is a big blow. IMO a draw against PAO will still be a good result, it would put us 3 points behind AEK (im assuming they beat panionios) They would then have a double header against Pana and i can't see AEK beating them twice. It is absolutely paramount we take 6 points off panionios in those double games. For me if we come out our next 3 with 7 points (easier said than done but no reason we can't achieve it) then it will be game on well and truly for top spot. It's gonna be tough, and we can't afford another loss, but we are very much still in the hunt.

PAO playing with 10 men from the 12th min have just gone 1-0 up with a goal from Berg. Zeca will be suspended when we travel to Athens midweek

Brilliant post @Bananas I agree with almost everything you said!

i think it was cimirot pash, pass was defs on early

I don't think the final has officially been postponed, apparently the announcement was going to be last night but both clubs and EPO intervened, as they want it played this Saturday. Although its looking likely it will be postponed an announcement is expected in the next few hours. Apparently the issue is on the tickets that have been printed there are no seat numbers. According to the "rules" there needs to be an allocated row and seat number. One of the solutions I have heard is as people enter they are given a number and that is their seat. I don't know how feasible that is, or any other solution with the game under 36 hours away.... There should be official word soon though What a country #ellas

Thinking about Araujo and how to deal with him... Crespo is the quickest of our centre backs, but then who starts with him. Varela and Maleza both lack pace, Varela has been the starter for most of this season and I think he's a good player but he seems more prone to brain fades and making stupid mistakes than malezas. In saying that malezas played in the 3-0 loss and got himself sent off due to a brain fade. I think Varela will start but I think it's something Ivic might think about when it comes to selecting the team. For me Canas must start. As blackhawk said no need to go all out in this game. I also lean towards Cimirot over shakhov even though the latter has been in good form. AEK are a quick and nimble team. Cimirot is better suited to that sort of game. I would start Bisewar as the dekari Who starts on the wings is interesting. Henrique is no doubt the most talented but lacks defensive discipline. Djalma has been awful lately but works hard defensively. You also have Warda and pelkas. I would personally start Henrique on one wing but I would spend this whole week smashing it into him how important it is to track defensively... Who knows if he will though. As to who starts on the other wing I think you toss a coin between Warda and Pelka, although I'm leaning towards Pelkas for some reason

Bravo sto paidi! Wonder what next season holds for him, you'd think another loan move from juve, hopefully somewhere where he gets some regular mins and we can see what he's really made of

calm down pash, you'll give yourself a heart attack and miss the final

I thought the foul, from which Pelkas scored was a harsh call, but that's just me. No doubt the 50-50's went our way

we are being linked with Benoit Costil, French goalkeeper from Rennes. He is a free agent in the summer and apparently we are offering a 3 year deal worth 2.5 million. He was in the French squad for the euros last year http://www.contra.gr/Columns/contra-epithesi/paok/gallos-gkolkiper-gia-paok.4647878.html

nearly 24 hours since the announcement of the venue for the final and is it stands its still in volo. If they do wanna move this surely it would have to be by the end of the weekend. Then again it is Greece.

WHAT A RESULT!! Huge! I had a to do a triple take when I checked the score in the morning! Will watch the game later i have it recorded but based on the highlights i've seen everyone has hit the nail on the head. Pao really should have finished the game in the first half but they didn't and we took advantage. Defs not a second yellow to Hult, the same soft call that got the ethniki in belgium. On to the final, we can't let too much emotion take control. We remember 2014, we won an emotionally charged semi and got spanked in the final. Today was a different kind of semi but still. Glad the lads enjoyed the win but we need to focus up, we have gotten the invite to the big dance, now we need to walk up to the hot girl and dance with her xD But seriously AEK is no easy beat, they have given us trouble in both games this season, and they are a different beast with Arajuo leading the line. It's winnable but it's gonna be tough. What a game what a night though, bravo paokara <3

Dortmund beat Bayern 3-2 in the German cup semi (in Munich) and make the final! Huge win for them. Sokratis played the full 90, they will play Frankfurt in the final on May 28th

I can't see us qualifying. Well let me rephrase that, I can't see us keeping a clean sheet, so that would require us scoring 4 to go through which i just dont see happening. Berg has been a pain in our ass for years, he will find space as we will be chasing goals combine that with the pace of Klonaridis and Mpokou, I just can't see them not grabbing at least one goal. I hope I'm wrong and I hope we win 3-0 but my money is on a 2-1 win on the night

Let him be pissed he is a mediocre coach who has been a journey man of greek football coaching. I don't think his platanias team of 2017 really give a spanakopita about what PAOK did to him 10 years ago.

I wouldn't worry about his hatred, his record against us, at least in the last 2-3 seasons has been awful