Team Injury Report

[Dutch Eagle]

He will be subbed in at injury time like the fiesta match against Levadiakos in 2019.....

[Blackhawk]

He should be ready for the playoffs, but frankly I see him just getting playing time in the last Toumba game of the season for his farewell.

[Blackhawk]

El Kaddouri's injury is not serious and he is on day-to-day basis. We might still see him play this season.

[Athens4]

We might see him play this season but it should be the last season that we see him play.

[Blackhawk]

I think even El Kaddouri realizes that.

[pash]

Narey hospitalized due to a respiratory issue of some sort. Wild. Hope he feels better soon. Big loss for the team as well...

[paokarag4]

Seems it's as a result of having suffered COVID at some point, not sure if that was recent or a while ago. Club said he won't train for 2 weeks, not sure if after that he'll be cleared to train fully and potentially play. Or if he'll be eased back into things and potentially miss the last month of the season. 

Good news is he is okay and the playing side of things will work itself out in the coming weeks. 

[Blackhawk]

Apparently Narey had breathing problems yesterday and ended up in the hospital, where he was initially diagnosed with micro thrombosis of the lungs, which is believed to have been caused by COVID-19. He will be treated with medicine and will have to abstain from practices for the next 14 days. At that point he will undergo new tests to see if things improved. 

He will miss so much practice and it will take some time for him to come back to full health assuming the test after the 14 days are positive. In my opinion, he is done for the season.

[pash]

Narey is officially done for the season. I hope this does not end up ruining his career....he's been great for us. Fingers crossed for next season.

[Dutch Eagle]

Felipe Soares has a rupture of the quadriceps. He will be out for 5 or 6 weeks.

[pash]

Thank God it's not the ACL that was guessed earlier. Sucks that he'll be out but muscle injuries at least can heal...

[paokarag4]

Looks like Samata's scans were clear and he has escaped without doing anything serious. He will be monitored day-to-day and is a chance to be fit against Hearts this week.

Even if he misses the first leg, massive relief that he hasn't suffered a long term injury. 

[pash]

Tsiggaras also trained normally today, so may be available. I would bet the coach will rest both of them (or use as late subs) so as not to risk anything...but who knows!

[Athens4]

With all these issues in the midfield I bet Lucescu is just itching to get Biseswar back in, even it's on a pay-as-you-play basis.

[PaokCT]

Samatta left off squad

[Bananas]

Our squad is thin this season.  By that I mean the quality between the best 11 (who aren't too bad) and the bench.  I can see us beginning to drop points from round 10'ish.  Sooner if we qualify for the ECL.

Edited August 23, 2023 by Bananas

[Blackhawk]

Apparently Ekong played the whole African Nations Cup with injury. After returning to PAOK it was determined that the injury is quite serious and it is not known when he will return back to action.

[Blackhawk]

Michailidis out for 5 weeks after getting injured in 3rd minute of the cup game.

Ekong playing the full African tournament injured will miss the rest of the season.

As far as CB's is concerned we are left with Kedziora, Koulierakis and Nasberg. We will need to bring someone from PAOK 'B' for the rest of the season.

[pash]

Gotta be Panagiotou. Hopefully he plays well enough that he puts those other two out of a job.

[Blackhawk]

Good thing is that Panagiotou is also on the UEFA list of players. 

[Dutch Eagle]

How can Troost-Ekong have been playing with an injury in AFCON without the medical staff noticing????

Nåsberg is not on the list for our European matches.

[Blackhawk]

Baba and Ozdoev are missing practices due to minor injuries.

Also today Koulierakis had to leave the national team practice due to injury.

[pash]

Michailidis should be back to training (non-individually) pretty soon, hopefully. Will be good to get the depth back.

[pash]

That foul on Konstantelias in the Aris game will apparently sideline him for at least a month. Not great, both for his preseason and for our attempts to get maximum value for him in the transfer market.

[pash]

No official word on Brandon Thomas yet, but it seems he rolled his ankle and so might have a sprain. My guess is that he'll miss Saturday's game, so expect Chalov to get another start.