SL - R4: PAOK - A.O. Xanthi (25 Sep 16, 16:00 GR )

[Blackhawk]

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MATCHUP:            P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki – AO Xanthi
COMPETITION:    Superleague – Round 5
DATE:                    25-September-2016
TIME:                    16:00 GR  (13:00 GMT, 08:00 CDT, 23:00 AEST
CITY/STADIUM:    Thessaloniki - Toumba Stadium (Capacity: 28,703)
REFEREES:           Aristidis Vatsios (Ditiki Attiki) - Dimos Anastopoulos (Arkadia), Dimitris Vergetis (Arkadia)
TELEVISION:        Nova Sports 2 (Greece)

  PAOK – Xanthi history :

2015-2016:  0:0 - Attendance: 13,309
2014-2015:  2:1 (Papadopoulos 2) - Attendance: 6,234
2013-2014:  3:0 (Vitor, Lucas-p, Athanasiadis) - Attendance: 17,139
2012-2013:  0:1 - Attendance: 9,996
2011-2012:  1:0 (Vieirinha) - Attendance: 13,791
2010-2011:  2:1 (Athanasiadis, Salpiggidis) - Attendance: 13,873
2009-2010:  1:0 (Ivic) - Attendance: 11,014
2008-2009:  1:0 (Bakayoko) - Attendance: 12,441
2007-2008:  0:1 - Attendance: 10,204
2006-2007:  1:0 (Iliadis) - Attendance: 4,600
2005-2006:  1:0 (Salpiggidis) - Attendance: ?
2004-2005:  1:1 (Feutchine) - Attendance: no fans
2003-2004:  1:1 (Markos) - Attendance: 4,707
2002-2003:  1:0 (xxx) - Attendance: ?
2001-2002:  1:0 (xxx) - Attendance:?
2000-2001:  3:0 (xxx) - Attendance: ?
1999-2000:  5:0 (Frousos 2, Sambri 2, Frantzeskos) - Attendance: no fans
1998-1999:  0:0 (xxx) - Attendance: 4,124
1997-1998:  1:1 (Toursounidis) - Attendance: 8.948
1996-1997:  4:1 (Zouboulis 2, Frantzeskos 2) - Attendance: 13,144
1995-1996:  3:3 (Giovic, Giokoudis, Kapetanopoulos) - Attendance: 1,707
1994-1995:  2:0 (Zouboulis, Bociek) - Attendance: 11,608
1993-1994:  2:1 (Havos, Anastasiadis) - Attendance: 2,356
1992-1993:  4:1 (Kalogeropoulos 2, Alexiou, Chionas) - Attendance: 2,040
1991-1992:  2:1 (Alexiou, Malioufas) - Attendance: 1,437
1990-1991:  2:0 (Skartados, Basbanas) - Attendance: 2,490
1989-1990:  0:1 - Attendance: 3,046

GAMES:    27
WINS:        18
TIES:          6
LOSSES:    3

[pash]

These guys shouldn't be too much trouble...would not be surprised if Ivic has a somewhat conservative rotation. Maybe Kitsiou in for Matos, Pelkas in for Rodrigues, play one of Koulouris or Pereyra as CF...with the rest unchanged? I'm wondering how much longer until Rodrigues/Matos start showing fatigue.

[BostonThanatos]

I'd get Mystakidis, Pelkas, Kitsiou, Koulouris and Charissis is there.... This is where Chatzisaias would have come in handy to get Crespo or Varella a rest as well.

[pash]

I'm with you, but Ivic strikes me as too conservative to risk too much of a rotation

[italosPAOK4]

parte th nikh kai tous 3 ba8mous eukola kai sunexizoume !

[BostonThanatos]

Pash, not according to this:

 

[pash]

I stand corrected, then!

[kozi]

Whilst we have a big squad in theory, it is clear who the main 1st team players are and who the squad/Fringe players are. A good coach will always know his best 11 and who to bring in based on requirements. Rotation for rotations sake is a recipe for disaster. The team needs cohesion and this can only be achieved by players playing together regularly. I am all for tweaking game to game,  which is what Ivic seems to be doing btw, rather than wholesale changes,  which is what Huub Stevens did and stuffed us. Save that for cup games against village teams. 

[Dutch Eagle]

No Charisis, no Mystakidis, no Pereyra.

Leovac returns after his suspension.

The squad Ivic has chosen for the Xanthi-game:

Γλύκος, Μπρκιτς, Λέοβατς, Μάτος, Κίτσιου, Τζαβέλλας, Βαρέλα, Κρέσπο, Κάνιας, Σάκχοφ, Τσίμιροτ, Μπίσεσβαρ, Τιάμ, Πέλκας, Κάμπος, Ροντρίγκες, Αθανασιάδης, Κουλούρης.

[pash]

Are those injuries, or just his rotation?

 

I still think he's going to end up conservative. The back line chooses itself. I have a feeling he's going to consider Pelkas an EL starter and we'll see Biseswar in there as the #10.

                  --Glykos--

--Matos--Varela--Tzavellas--Leovac--

   --Canas--Biseswar--Shakhov--

  --Campos--Klaus--Rodrigues--

 

I wonder at what point Thiam will get a start?

[Dutch Eagle]

Rotation I guess as I did not heard about injuries.

[BostonThanatos]

PAO dropped points today....we need to stay full speed ahead to compensate for our -3

 

[PAOKSYD]

Panionios drops out of title race with a loss at home and ao dropped points a must win for us lets us keep going till aek drop points. Then we wait for the epo sponsored gayros. 

 

If we are good we fear no one. 

[kozi]

8 hours ago, pash said:

Are those injuries, or just his rotation?

Neither...they're just squad players making up the numbers

[pash]

All three of those guys are better than the ones who play ahead of them...Shakhov, Campos, and Klaus.

[kozi]

5 hours ago, pash said:

All three of those guys are better than the ones who play ahead of them...Shakhov, Campos, and Klaus.

Matter of opinion... Ivic has everyone available and they're outside the 18, so it's clear what his opinion is... I happen to agree with him

[BostonThanatos]

[PAOKSYD]

Any streams?? 

[PAOKSWEDEN]

http://aklautoi.blogspot.se/p/live-1.html

[pash]

Better stream than these guys have put up in months, mazel tov

[Bananas]

Thanks PAOKSWEDEN.  You da man! :)

[Nea Bafra]

you are the best Sweden

[pash]

GOD DAMN IT KOULOURIS, Campos was wide open

[Nea Bafra]

huge chance to koulouris

beaten away by the keeper's legs

[pash]

Sounds like Pelkas might come on at halftime, for Biseswar. Probably a good move, our only visible attacker has been Rodrigues. I would be surprised if Koulouris stays on for much longer as well.

Campos needs to sit out a few games. Can't keep rewarding this invisibility.

 

-edit- now it sounds like Shakhov instead of Pelkas, still in the ACM role