EL-QR3-L1: Olimpik Donetsk - PAOK (27 Jul 2017, 19:30 EEST)

[BostonThanatos]

Announcement made on the loud speakers for PAOK fans to stay in their seats.

[BostonThanatos]

Bad play by PAOKs defense. 

[pash]

Ahh Prijovic, that would have been incredible had he managed it...awful angle

[Blackhawk]

Prijovic close

[BostonThanatos]

looked like it was more a pass than anything else.

[pash]

Three minutes to go

[Blackhawk]

The only PAOK player really putting any effort into the game today is Henrique. Everybody else is just coasting.

[pash]

Nearly just got gifted the match

[Antaeus7]

Full time 1-1 

[pash]

And that's game. Very disappointing, but I still can't see us being knocked out. Better position than against that Belorussian team a few years ago, at least.

[Blackhawk]

1:1 final. I'll take it considering it could have been a major disaster.

[Yiankos]

Τραγικό παιχνίδι που δείχνει ότι ο προπονητής ακόμα δεν έχει ιδέα τι ομάδα έχει. Πίστεψα ότι έχει καταλάβει, αλλά δυστυχώς δεν έχει ιδέα. Δύο είναι τα τινά. Ή θα μάθει σύντομα ή θα φύγει σύντομα. Στην πρόβα τζενεράλε έχει μέσα άλλους παίχτες και τώρα βάζει άλλους. Δεν έβαλε επιθετικό χαφ και το παιχνίδι πήγε στη δύναμη χωρίς να μπορούμε να δημιουργήσουμε ούτε φάση μέχρι να φάμε το γκολ.

Για μένα η ομάδα θέλει κεντρικό αμυντικό καλύτερο από τον Κρέσπο και αμυντικό χαφ καλύτερο από τον Κάνιας. Καλοί και οι δυο αλλά νομίζω ότι είδαμε το ταβάνι τους και δεν έχουν να δώσουν κάτι πέρα από τις δύο πολύ καλές χρονιές που έκαναν συνολικά πέρυσι. Αν η ομάδα θέλει να ανέβει επίπεδο πρέπει να αποκτηθεί σοβαρός σέντερ μπακ και σοβαρός αμυντικός χαφ. Αυτά τα φωνάζουμε από τον Απρίλιο και φτάνει ο Αύγουστος και ακόμα δεν πήραμε παίχτες.

Ελπίζω να γίνουν οι μεταγραφές και να πάμε σοβαρά για πρωτάθλημα και για Ευρώπη, αλλιώς θα είμαστε μια από τα ίδια. Και ειδικά αν ο Στανόγεβιτς δεν καταλάβει που είναι και τι παίχτες έχει τότε θα έχουμε μεγάλο πρόβλημα. Αυτό που με χάλασε περισσότερο στον Στανόγεβιτς ήταν η αγωνία του μετά το 1-0. Αυτό δείχνει ότι ο άνθρωπος δεν έχει ιδέα που βρίσκεται. Ρε, με το χωριό παίζεις ρε. Το έκανες μόνος σου ντέρμπι και κατάφερες να μην κερδίσεις. Σοβαρέψου πριν να είναι αργά.

[Yiankos]

Και δεν είναι το αποτέλεσμα το θέμα μου. Το θέμα μου είναι ότι παίζει 4-4-2 και 3-4-3 πώς σκατά το λέει για πόσο καιρό. Μετά το γυρνάει σε 4-3-3 με δεκάρι και στο πρώτο επίσημο κατεβάζει 4-3-3 χωρίς δεκάρι και έχει μπερδέψει την ομάδα. Για τις μεταγραφές ευθύνονται άλλοι...

[Dutch Eagle]

1 hour ago, Blackhawk said:

The only PAOK player really putting any effort into the game today is Henrique. Everybody else is just coasting.

Kai o Rey m'arese omos polu. Some good saves. No gazomares.

[Blackhawk]

Yes Rey was solid in goal.

[kolokotronis99tripoli]

I think this was the reality check the team needed. The good news is that it ended in an away draw ( we were away right? didn't catch the game only looked at a score update/match update app). Nothing catastrophic and it sets up a 2nd leg where we can really shred them to peices. PAME PAOKARA!

[italosPAOK4]

 

[Bananas]

13 hours ago, teke817 said:

alright fellas - first game of a brand new season. Let's hope we start it off "Με το δεξί .."

Good to see you teke.  One day I'll work out what that avatar is.

 

[Bananas]

10 hours ago, BostonThanatos said:

0-0 HT 

We need to wake the hell up in the 2nd half, get Biseswar or Pelkas in there.  I like Campos today, he's all over the field.   Prijovic with a very Klaus-like performance...which will continue until we get an AM in there..

I think Boston Thanatos has been abducted and we have an imposter on hour our hands.  The Boston I know never had anything nice to say about Campos.

[Bananas]

Haven't seen the game but it sounds like we were outplayed by the Ukrainians at times.  This is very disappointing considering the core of the team is the same as last season.  New manager or not, the team should at the very least have some chemistry by now.  Hopefully, it's just a fitness issue.

I have no idea what Stajonevic brings to the team.  To be fair I don't expect him to have turned the team into something formidable in the space of a month, but it's as if the team has made zero improvement and he is unsure of what system to play from week to week.  Not sure why he played 3 midfielders against weak opposition.  It makes sense against strong opposition or if you're being smashed in the middle but against these guys ?  You're just giving up space for no good reason.

Anyway, let's hope we get a win in Toumba and see some fluidity in our play because right now it's as if you've assembled 11 random players that have never played together.

[BostonThanatos]

When you gotta go, ya gotta go.  

[Yiankos]

Και μετά όταν μπήκε μέσα έκανε το ένα λάθος μετά το άλλο... Άντε βρε Πέλκα αγόρι μου...

[teke817]

On 7/27/2017 at 11:42 PM, Bananas said:

I think Boston Thanatos has been abducted and we have an imposter on hour our hands.  The Boston I know never had anything nice to say about Campos.

haha. Just saw this. It's a monk throwing a molotov cocktail. Which happened. Because Greek Orthodox monks are hard af. 

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/greek-monks-defy-eviction-with-molotov-cocktails-8737233.html

[pash]

^ there is nothing about that article that is surprising in any way

[teke817]

26 minutes ago, pash said:

^ there is nothing about that article that is surprising in any way

It would be less surprising if it happened in 1350, but seriously ... who knew in 2013 there are still ecclesiastic schisms and ex-communications? The only thing missing is villagers with torches and pitchforks.