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PaokCT

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  1. 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.
  2. Compare that to Scotland who only has 3 players under 25 from their last callups
  3. 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.
  4. Noah Allen's paperwork has been completed and he will be expected to be called up to U21 team ASAP
  5. Greek superleague teams pass players around like its a college dorm
  6. Huge get. Will def be included in the squad for March games
  7. Sounds like you’re shifting to my side my Australian friend
  8. 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.
  9. I used to like him, but this season over the past couple of weeks he has slowly stooped down my rankings of players. It's time for a new LB. Also, how didn't we score there? Lose ball in the 6 and no one could get a toe on it
  10. We are so shook. This is terrible. Bad clearances, shaky defense.
  11. We can't even possess the ball. Last 10 minutes haven't connected on a passing string of more than 4
  12. Taison 1 goal 0 assists in 16 matches this year in SL. And as a 37 year old. No reason he should be taking time away from younger players
  13. They really need to get rid of Taison.
  14. Pash is right. Aris dropped 3 points today . If we win today we go up 6
  15. Game over. Most one sided refereed game I’ve seen in a long time. I expect Lucsedcu to go off on ref in press conf
  16. Only way I see us scoring is a PK
  17. Yea we may end up giving up 4 or 5 this game.
  18. Gotta keep it close. Can’t give up 3-4 goals this half
  19. This is exactly what it looked like watching the replay.
  20. Not sure what Taison said but when you see the replay the ref kept looking back at him, seeking for him to say somethibg
  21. Taison was 30 yards away from the ref when he gave him the 2nd yellow. Ref clearly looking to see a reaction from Taison. Maybe he hurt his feelings
  22. Taison may have cost this team with this red card
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