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    Transfer News and Rumors - Summer 2019

    in PAOK FC

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    18 hours ago, Nilaul said:

    I think Esiti; is a better player then Olivera and all the other midfielders we've been looking at, hes the glue we needed between the attack and the defence. Someone who doesn't mindlessly kick the ball away or runs ahead like a mindless chicken.  Definitely a positive addition. 

    Cant wait to see our future moves.

    I think you mean better suited to our needs (?) since they are completely different players. Esiti is a classic "6" and Oliveira an "8" who looks to pass the ball forward and stay at the edge of the box for the odd long shot.

    Esiti is not a great passer, never scored a goal in Portugal or Belgium (with his size not banging in a single header on a set piece is shocking). He even said in the Gazetta interview (paraphrasing) 'my game is to demolish opposing midfielders and play quick, short passes to our midfielders' ..

    Based purely on the coverage at training camp and what you see out of the friendlies, Esiti's is probably destined to provide cover in front of the CBs if not sit deep as a central defender with Varela and Crespo splitting out wide to cover counterattacks down the flanks, since our fullbacks look like they will be making frequent overlaps and pushing far up the flank - even more so than under Razvan. 

    Purely my meaningless, untrained, ill equipped to comment, opinion. 

    PAOK FC Head Coach (Razvan Lucescu)

    in PAOK FC

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    Great point about Huub ... what a waste that was ... honestly if the reports of E4M per season are true - well it's hard to fault a guy. I've been searching and unofficially, it sounds like he was making 440k plus bonuses. 10x upgrade. Wow. 

    If we lose an entire staff that is really tough. I don't know how Garcia's style compares to Razvan but if someone comes in and wants to implement a new system, we may end up kissing our hopes of CL groups goodbye. And if that happens - our country coefficient is F@@@ed. That means 1 CL (2nd Round Qualifiers!) team, 0 Europa League, and 3 Europa League 2 sides beginning in 2021 I think. Disaster. 

    Transfer News and Rumors - Winter 2019

    in PAOK FC

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    I like what I read about Swiderski but he doesn't sound like a Prijo style target man to me, which means we still have to adjust our playing style a bit. Regardless, as patient as Chuba and Karelis have been and with an adjustment period, I don't see him on the pitch much in these next few weeks. 

    Misic sounds really promising to me and the one I'm much more excited about, particularly because we need the depth. I still want to get Balogiannis some real time on the pitch. We spend all this money on our academy and then never give guys meaningful opportunities to develop with our first team. 

     

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