PaokCT

Portugal ties up the leg at 2-2

Aggregate is 2-2. Still a chance for Denmark

Denmark ties the game. Goes up in the leg. 1-2.

1-0! 1-1 on aggregate

Portugal - Denmark 0-0 (0-1) Id feel much more confident with Denmark in our group. Our old buddy Ronaldo just missed a PK in the 5th min.

Wow

I mean, if it remains this scoreline. Can’t blame the referee. We didn’t score… it’s not like they took away a goal

Over 2 legs. But yes this would be worse than us losing today

Or do you stay loyal to Vlachodimos who got you to this point. They may view it is still his campaign and by the time WCQ begin, you will see a new GK. Not saying that's what I agree with, but I can see that point as well.

If a players contract is running down, the last 6 months of the deal, any club can access them. So basically a player can sign a contract with a team if they are 100% moving on and it is within 6 months of their current deal ending

Kourbelis out for the games as well

Bakasetas is unavailabe to play.

I swear I can run this team better. I have won 5 straight titles and have the team valued at 110 million on Football Manager! With a transfer budget of 30 million and a youth academy ranked top 50 in the world

How do we know this kid doesn't love being Greek? Who is to say he isn't active in his Greek community? Is it because he doesn't have a Greek name? I know alot of Greek-Americans who love the culture and their ethnic background, even if they have an "American" last name...

I don't see more than 6 points in the playoffs. Would put us at 52 points for the season. Would be our third lowest point total since 2007-2008. If we go winless and end at 46 that would be 4th worst season since 2000. I don't understand how people (not here) can be fine with these HISTORICALLY low numbers.

Lol we choked a chance to get back into the 2nd place race. Honestly I’d be surprised if we get a win in the playoffs

New RB Saster!

I want to say our game vs Scotland is not as important as Denmark v Portugal. A Portugal win will send us into a WCQ group we will be favorites to qualify from.

Compare that to Scotland who only has 3 players under 25 from their last callups

He's started at LCB for Inter Miami the first 2 games of the MLS season. I mean, he's not going to come in to the senior team anytime soon. But I am sure he will get PT with the U21 team. Plays next to Jordi Alba, and with Messi & Suarez. I assume he is learning a lot.

Noah Allen's paperwork has been completed and he will be expected to be called up to U21 team ASAP

Greek superleague teams pass players around like its a college dorm

Huge get. Will def be included in the squad for March games

Sounds like you’re shifting to my side my Australian friend

Since the results of this season are pretty much already a forgone conclusion, I figured I'd give my take on what PAE should do for the upcoming season. We will most likely enter Europe in the Conference League Qualification rounds. Should we qualify for the group stage (mandatory achievement) we will be in Pot 1. Our aims for next season should be 1. To make a deep run in Conf League & 2. Build a young base to challenge for the league in 2026-2027. GK - Kotarski (2028), Tsiftsis (2028). Gotta do whatever we can to keep Kotarski. He is a top quality GK and if we get rid of him, we will return to that cycle of new GKs every season. LB - Baba (2026), Gomez (2027). I'd say get rid of both. Baba has taken a sharp decline over this season, maybe due to overuse. But I would be fine with an overhauling of this position. RB - Otto (2025), Sastre (2026), Lyratzis (2026), Vierinha (2025). Say goodbye to Vierinha. Offer him a front office job, or assistant coach. No need to keep his numbers on the books. Do what you can to re-sign Jonny (which is unlikely). I would get rid of Sastre and keep Lyratzis. As Pash says, if we are going to have bad backups, they might as well be Greek. CB - Kedziora (2026), Colley (2025), Michailidis (2027), Lovren (2026). This is a major overhaul needed position. Let Colley walk. You need to bring in 2 quality CBs this summer. I was looking at advanced stats, Kedziora has only a 31% aerial dual success rate which is terrible. Colley 36 %, Baba 38%. Not a coincidence we can't stop giving up set piece goals. CM - Ozdoev (2025), Bakayoko (2025), Thymianis (2027), Camara (2027), Pena (2027), Schwab (2025), Meite. Let Bakayoko and Ozdoev walk. Camara needs to start every game. Not sure why he didn't against Bucarest. Extend Schwab for his leadership. Need to bring in a starter quality CM. Not sure why we bought Pena when he doesn't seem to be in Lucescus plans. Attack - Konstantelias (2027), Pelkas (2027), Murg (2026), Soares (2026), Ricardo (2026), Shola (2028), Taison (2025), Zivkovic (2027), Despodov (2027), Chalov (2027), Tissoudali (2026), Thomas (2025), Samatta (2025). Get rid of Murg, Soares, Ricardo, Taison, Brandon, Samatta. Sell Konstantelias. Use that money to rebuild the team. I actually like Shola, i'd give him more time. Bring in a young upcoming CF (wow could've been Tzimas). Looking at advanced metrics, here are a few stats that stand out. 4/5 of our most played players are all over 30 yrs old. Not a coincidence we look tired at most times. Leaders in XG (expected goals) per game are Konstantelias, Zivkovic, Brandon, and Chalov. Zivkovic & Despodov are actually both at the top of XA (expected assists) per game at over 2. That tells me they put crosses into great locations, just no finishing. Defensively, Michailidis is at a 50% successful tackle rate, which is terrible. Kedziora is 53%. And my favorite, +-. Basically shows who is on the field for most of our goals v opponent goals. Highest on the team is Konstantelias followed by Kedziora. Lowest on the team is Brandon, Colley, and Bakayoko.