pash Posted April 8, 2015 Share Posted April 8, 2015 It's never too early to start arguing about summer transfers, am I right? I'll start off with a gem - Swansea and Stoke are apparently interested in Klaus. I don't buy it, but if an offer is made, I can't see him staying in this miserable league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Katsikas, Spyropoulos, Tzandaris are all being released. If I had to guess, I'd say Tzavellas is going to be sold too (depending on who the new coach and technical director are). I believe Dpaps had a one-year contract, so he's out as well (and I doubt he'd be renewed). I think both Maduro and Martens have another year left on their contracts (although Martens will be on loan still, with us paying 50% of his wages). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean97 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 is tzandaris going to olympiakos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 If he does, I'm sure he'll be loaned out to a mid-tier team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 As far as coaches go - I saw a rumor about Ketsbaia being a forerunner...would be interesting if true. I like him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdkmangosalsa Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 four matches left, we won't catch oly. so, what is the biggest need this off-season? we are second only to oly in terms of goals scored. that's excellent. next season, if we keep klaus (hopefully we do imo), we maybe need to get only one or two other forwards. plus we can see if koulouris is ready for more action. we have good midfielders for my money. mak, noboa, kace, golasa, pereyra need some time to gel under a KEEPER COACH this offseason. enough with the revolving door managers. the team need stability more than anything else. we could use a couple of depth players to cover for injuries but our midfield is not bad. a BAM winger or CM would be nice but i think we have greater needs... because in goals allowed, we are shite, we have given up more than even most teams in the bottom half of the table have. for me, that says everything. rat and skondras are keepers. i worry about rat and his age but he probably has enough quality to convert himself to CB if his endurance diminishes. i haven't seen too much from vitor or costa, so i won't comment on them. but we know we have two pretty good fullbacks and yet have one of the most porous defenses in the league. where is the problem? were the issues exclusively limited to the time where our only true CBs were injured or have they continued? i also think glykos is a keeper (pun not intended) so i can't single him out either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 9, 2015 Author Share Posted April 9, 2015 Isn't Itandje on his way out? Giakoumis doesn't seem up for it, I can see him getting dropped, esp if we go for a new keeper as competition for Glykos. I still think Vitor is good, and his pairing with Insaurralde last season was, in my opinion, great. Costa has been a letdown, but I suppose you can't expect them to gel immediately. Papagiannopoulos seems fast, strong, and aggressive, and frankly has made a better showing of himself than Costa. We'll have him for a while too, so I'm sure he'll be getting a lot of playing time. So, right now, it looks like we have Vitor/Costa/Papagiannopoulos + whoever we have out on loan. Qose? Seems we need one more solid CB to even this out. I think our team is otherwise fine for a superleague season, but we have a serious lack of depth when we hit the midseason break and fatigue/etc takes its toll. Add in European + cup games, and we have a big problem. I don't think Skondras should be delegating for Rat, when he himself should be getting a *lot* of play time on the right. If Tzavellas is on the outs, or doesn't improve, we need to replace him (aren't we getting Korovesis this summer? Is he good enough to be backup?). Until recently I agreed with you on the CM/winger front. But look at who we have playing - Golasa rarely seems to start, and seems more comfortable in the center. We end up playing Pereyra on the wing much of the time, but he's also much more effective as a second striker/AM. If we are playing these two out of position at the best of times, it tells me that we do need another winger to offset Mak. And we all know Salpi isn't up to it anymore - any coach worth his salt will be playing him as a super sub. Do you think we'll be resigning Dpaps? It might not be a bad idea. I would rather us play Koulouris than hiring yet another striker. Or if he's not ready to play, then at least loan the guy out. My longwinded point - we have an adequate team, but an adequate team does not win championships. We need another 3 or 4 Naboa/Pereyra/Mak-level players to truly and fundamentally change PAOK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted April 10, 2015 Share Posted April 10, 2015 It all depends what you're trying to achieve. The gap between what we have now and pushing for the title is significant. If we make a signing here or there we'll end up where we always end up. If they want to push for the title, then yes they need some serious players. I was hoping to see a bit more from Koulouris this year. They also need to work out why the team is conceding so many goals. Midfield not providing enough cover ? Or are the backs just not up to the job ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Let's get the list going: COMING Giorgi Loria - OFI (goaltender) Georgios Manousos - Kalloni (forward)\ Stefano Napoleoni - Atromitos (forward) Dimitris Hatziisaia - Panionios (defensder) Georgios Galitsios - Lockeren (defender) Brana Ilic - PAS Giannina (forward) Nikos Korovesis - PAS Giannina (left back) - allegedly already signed by PAOK Charis Charisis - PAS Giannina (midfielder) - allegedly already signed by PAOK LEAVING Nikos Spyropoulos (already gone) Theofanis Tzandaris (already gone and practicing with Panionios) Georgios Katsikas (already gone) Sotiris Papagiannopoulos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 14, 2015 Author Share Posted April 14, 2015 Ppaagiannopoulos already?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 What are people's thoughts on Lucas coming back from his loan ? Aside from the fact that he'd rather stay at Depor, do you think he can help us next season ? After his bad run of injuries in the first half of the year, he's had a good run of games recently, and he's been in the starting 11. I've watched him in a few games and they basically play him as a number 10. Overall, I'd say he's been playing quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 I think we already talked over my one qualm, but I love typing, so here it is again - What I had heard, was that Lucas essentially refused to play for a no-name coach with a bunch of youngsters. The loan was a way to get an unhappy player off our books, and the extension of his contract was so that we could at least make a few bucks on the deal. I thought he was a fine player, and would have been a massive help this year (Mak on one wing, Lucas on the other - would have looked great IMO)... But do we really want a guy who doesn't want to be there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 We'll never know if we don't try. Sometimes you just need to try. Bring him in, yes he'll be a sook at the start but he may come around. I'm sure if he was part of the team this season when we were flying, he would've changed his attitude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 pash, the other day I heard somebody saying that Georgiadis does not like Papagiannopoulos, because he was brought into the team by Aggelos. Don't know how true that is. It could just be bs from anti-Anastasiadis media (Kolkas and co.), but good enough to make the above list. I would like Lucas back at PAOK, but only if he wants to be back. The other question is if Martens is coming back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananas Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I don't want Maartens or Maduro. They had their time and their chance. Time to just call it a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Georgiadis, being an interim manager, will hopefully not have that much of a say in Papagiannopoulos' staying. Maartens and Maduro were Stevens' men, it's not surprising that once he was gone, they had no urge to perform for the team. Maduro will surely be angling to leave, now that he's not frozen out of a team and can get game time (when he's not injured). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 15, 2015 Author Share Posted April 15, 2015 Perhaps we can make Klopp an offer he can't refuse ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RED SHERIFF Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Let's get the list going: COMING Giorgi Loria - OFI (goaltender) Georgios Manousos - Kalloni (forward)\ Stefano Napoleoni - Atromitos (forward) Dimitris Hatziisaia - Panionios (defensder) Georgios Galitsios - Lockeren (defender) Brana Ilic - PAS Giannina (forward) Nikos Korovesis - PAS Giannina (left back) - allegedly already signed by PAOK Charis Charisis - PAS Giannina (midfielder) - allegedly already signed by PAOK LEAVING Nikos Spyropoulos (already gone) Theofanis Tzandaris (already gone and practicing with Panionios) Georgios Katsikas (already gone) Sotiris Papagiannopoulos none of those 'ins' would improve your side 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original 21 Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 ^agreed, maybe Napoleoni would help because he is a better striker than Papadopoulos, Salpi, and same ability as Klaus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Diogo Amado, the 25 year old defender from Estoril is linked to PAOK by Portuguese papers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Georgiadis, being an interim manager, will hopefully not have that much of a say in Papagiannopoulos' staying. Would not be surprised if he ends up as our coach for next season. Specially if he has a good run in the playoffs. Would have happened last season, but the cup final debacle ruined his chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdkmangosalsa Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 that for me would feel like one step forward and two steps back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhawk Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 OlaPAOK.gr reports that PAOK was checking out the following players: Mayron George (OFI - 21 years old)) - Forward Paul Keita (Kalloni - 22) - Defensive Midfielder Juanma (Kalloni - 24) - Forward Nicolas Martinez (Panaitolikos - 27) - Attacking Midfielder Alfredo Mejia (Panthrakikos - 25) - Midfielder Luka Milunovic (Platanias - 22) - Forward Banana Yaya (Platanias - 23) - Center Back Theodoros Vasilakakis (Xanthi - 26) - Midfielder Ignacio Fideleff (Ergotelis - 25) - Center Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdkmangosalsa Posted April 16, 2015 Share Posted April 16, 2015 (edited) so we are supposedly checking out six midfield/attack and two center backs. brilliant. Edited April 16, 2015 by gdkmangosalsa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted April 18, 2015 Author Share Posted April 18, 2015 Salpi to Veria? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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