PAE PAOK General News (2018-2019)

[DunfermlineAthleticPAOK]

Does anyone know when these are due to be released?

 

[Blackhawk]

Fixture list? They don't even know how many teams will play in the league next season and you expect a fixture list? Even the start of the 2018-19 season is not set in stone yet.

[Yiankos]

Greek reality!

[pash]

The Wernbloom transfer seems to have gotten through the FIFA system, as Transfermarkt has updated now. We're at 61mm (EUR), which is the most our team has ever been valued at. Once housecleaning is completed, we'll probably be in the high 50s (also a new record).

 

https://www.transfermarkt.com/paok-thessaloniki/startseite/verein/1091

[Dutch Eagle]

Mario Branco is appointed as our new head of football development. 

https://www.sdna.gr/news-english/article/504550/mario-branco-becomes-new-head-football-development-paok

 

[pash]

Was the guy from Real Madrid hired for this role like two months ago?

-edit- I guess Branco is going to work more closely with Michel on senior team stuff, while the other fella is for youth development.

Edited August 23, 2018 by pash

[Athens4]

I thought we had a guy from Barcelona.

[pash]

Probably the guy I was thinking of. All of them look alike to me.

[Dutch Eagle]

Our awaygame against OFI is programmed for Saturday September 15th 18:15 EEST.

Gives us enough time te recover and prepare for Chelsea.

[BostonThanatos]

We should be able to  rest some players early against OFI.

[Dutch Eagle]

Prijovic had some issues at the training today and will be examined. Don’t know how fit Karelis is, but maybe he or Akpom could replace Prijo to rest him as a precaution.

[pash]

Just what we needed, yayyy!

[BostonThanatos]

I'd love to have him sit out as well... Give the new guys a chance to boost their ego against a weak opponent.

[pash]

Prijovic is out 7-10 days, so he definitely misses OFI. Hopefully he will be back for Chelsea; if his past returns are any indication, he'll be ready.

[Athens4]

I think he will miss Chelsea too. Hopefully Akpom will step up and take this opportunity.

[Blackhawk]

He will most likely miss AEK as well. That's what happens when you don't have proper pre-season training.

[Blackhawk]

Lucescu punished Warda with absence from the Aris and Olympiakos game. This is due to Warda taking exceptions when he learned that he was not going to be in the starting lineup with AEK. He complained to Lucescu, who in turn cut him from the squad for the game. Warda in return failed to show up for practice the next day and as a result he was told that he is punished and will not be in the squads for the games against Aris and Olympiakos.

Hopefully he comes to his senses, apologizes,  and starts following orders. Otherwise I see him out in January.

Additionally Paschalakis punished one game and 80 Euro for supposedly doing something bad in the OFI game.

[Alphonse]

80 Euro ?

[BostonThanatos]

As the roster is right now, what would be everyones best 11?  Here's mine:

-----------------------Paschalakis---------------------

Matos---------Varella-------Crespo-----Vieirinha

----------------Canas-------------Mauricio--------------

Jaba---------------Biseswar-----------------Warda

--------------------------Prijovic----------------------------

[pash]

Yup, for sure. The fortunes of that front line rise and fall, but at the moment this is spot-on.

[Blackhawk]

Now the athletic prosecutor is going after Lucescu. All this after pro-AEK press complained about his past remarks concerning the stolen title.

[pash]

He should know better than to bite every time a journalist asks him to repeat the claim. Keep this all within the club, get the players riled up, don't give outsiders any more ammunition than they already have.

[Yiankos]

Εγώ δεν κατάλαβα προς τι ο ντόρος. Όπως λέμε αυτά ούτε στην Ουγκάντα, έτσι μπορούμε να πούμε ότι ούτε στην Κομμουνιστική Ρωσία, ούτε στη Χούντα, ούτε στην Χιτλερική Γερμανία και τα λοιπά. Πλέον βέβαια λέμε, αυτά ούτε στην Ελλάδα γίνονται. Αφού αυτός είναι ο πάτος.

Το ότι ο Κομίνης που έκανε αυτά που έκανε σφυρίζει ακόμα το θεωρούμε λογικό. Αυτά μόνο στην Ελλάδα γίνονται!

[pash]

Seems talks regarding Biseswar's contract have begun. I honestly don't expect us to re-sign him, only because I don't think Lucescu likes him. Savvidis probably *does* like him, though, which is possibly the biggest factor in Diego staying on with us.

Personally I think he 100% should be signed. The guy's been golden for us, pay the man.

[Dutch Eagle]

I’m with you on this, Pash! Biseswar is probably the only one with enough football-brains needed for the level we pretend to achieve.