PAE PAOK General News (2016-2017)

[pash]

Sounds like all the more reason to switch to a 4-4-2, if you ask me!

Or carry that 3-5-2 in the back pocket for the multiple atrocious fields we're going to see domestically.

[Bananas]

There's no reason why we can't play with 2 up front, especially against sides that park the bus.  Hopefully Prijovic is an aerial threat which will create more space for Klaus/Koulouris/Pereyra.

[pash]

I'm reading now that Pelkas is out for 4-8 weeks, unclear how long Campos is out. Hopefully Enrique will be able to slot in quickly, and that Biseswar won't go down as well.

On the bright side, this is a good chance for Mistakidis to have a few more starts.

[Bananas]

And Djalma out for a few weeks https://inpaok.com/336570/χάνει-τον-τζάλμα-ο-παοκ/ and might be ready for the Schalke game.  Good opportunity for Mystakidis to get some game time and hopefully give Ivic some serious selection dilemmas.

Seriously, the team finally gets on a good run and we get two injuries in one week.  Let's hope Henrique is the real deal.

[pash]

Calling it now. Kitsiou as RB, Matos as RW. Or possibly more of a reliance on a 3-5-2. This is going to be an interesting few weeks.

[Blackhawk]

It's going to be quite busy month of February for PAOK. In the next 33 day we will play 10 games in 3 competitions. Until March 5th, there will a PAOK game every 3 or 4 days. 

Here is our schedule for the next 33 days:

01-Feb: Larisa - PAOK  (SL-R11)
05-Feb: PAOK - Asteras Tripoli  (SL-R19)
08-Feb: Xanthi - PAOK  (GK-QF-L1)
12-Feb: Xanthi - PAOK  (SL-R20)
16-Feb: PAOK - Schalke 04  (EL-Rof32-L1)
19-Feb: PAOK - Veroia  (SL-R21)
22-Feb: Schalke 04 - PAOK (EL-Rof32-L2)
26-Feb: AEP Iraklis - PAOK (SL-R22)
01-Mar: PAOK - Xanthi  (GK-QF-L2)
05-Mar: PAOK - Olympiakos  (SL-R23)

[pash]

You call it busy, I call it Christmas!

[Bajewy]

Of course we have to play the second place team three times and Schalke and then oly

[paokarag4]

20 hours ago, Bananas said:

And Djalma out for a few weeks https://inpaok.com/336570/χάνει-τον-τζάλμα-ο-παοκ/ and might be ready for the Schalke game.  Good opportunity for Mystakidis to get some game time and hopefully give Ivic some serious selection dilemmas.

Seriously, the team finally gets on a good run and we get two injuries in one week.  Let's hope Henrique is the real deal.

Maybe Warda to start on the wing when he's back? I'm pretty excited about Henrique we have to wait to see him but i have a  good feeling

Edited February 1, 2017 by paokarag4

[Bananas]

1 hour ago, paokarag4 said:

Maybe Warda to start on the wing when he's back? I'm pretty excited about Henrique we have to wait to see him but i have a  good feeling

Ah yes, I forgot about Warda, ha ha.  Yep, it will be interesting to see what he can bring to the table.  He's been used a couple of times off the bench during the African Cup of Nations so he's at least got some match fitness.

[Dutch Eagle]

PAOK got 541K euro's of UEFA for the players that participated at EURO 2016:

http://thessports.gr/soccer/ο-παοκ-τα-περισσότερα-λεφτά-απο-το-euro-2016/

[BostonThanatos]

If Ivic makes it through 2 more matches, he will be the longest standing coach in the Savvidis era....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[pash]

Klaus's suspension is for three games. So much for him not getting hit as hard for not being captain. PAOK is also being fined 2k euros due to our having five cards in that match. Jeez.

[Dutch Eagle]

I read on inpaok that he would have got a six-game ban if he would have been captain. I don't know how the rules are in the SL. And nobody seem to know. It's all Greek to me......

[PAOKSYD]

Guys i recently downloaded readpoint on googleplay and buy newspapers online from greece for .90cent euro and read forza and the like. Thought id share around if anyone is interested. 

[BostonThanatos]

The cool thing about it is you can just buy 1 issue... you don't have to subscribe for weekly/monthly or annually....

[pash]

Here's a cool update - Pelkas apparently is progressing more quickly than expected, and the team has revised its estimates of his availability down to two weeks from now. Might just barely make the Schalke game, although that's unlikely.

[Athens4]

The game against Veria is a key one in my opinion. This could be a possible game where some fringe players are given some game time while the main ones are rested.

[pash]

inPAOK has a nice set of posts about our stats up today:

First, regarding the distribution of goals from http://inpaok.com/338254 :

Σε 34 επίσημα παιχνίδια έως τώρα η κατανομή των γκολ είναι η εξής:

Αμυντικοί (13 γκολ): Μάτος 7, Κίτσιου 1, Τζαβέλλας 1, Λέοβατς 1, Κρέσπο 1, Βαρέλα 1, Δεληγιανίδης 1.
Μέσοι (11 γκολ): Σάχοφ 4, Πέλκας 4, Μπίσεσβαρ 3.
Πλάγιοι επιθετικοί (16 γκολ): Ροντρίγκες 6, Μυστακίδης 5, Τζάλμα 4, Ενρίκε 1.
Σέντερ φορ (16 γκολ): Αθανασιάδης 5, Περέιρα 5, Κουλούρης 4, Πρίγιοβιτς 2.

 

And maybe unsurprisingly, Biseswar is first in assists: http://inpaok.com/338255. Interesting that Rodrigues is still #2, which shows how much of the slack has been distributed across multiple players.

[pash]

Reportedly, the Chinese want Ivic, who is considering whether or not to go to China to meet with them. Supposedly offered 1.5mm to him.You kidding me?

[Bananas]

So basically after 5 seasons we finally found a decent manager and he might be poached by the Chinese.  How much is Ivic on at PAOK ?

[pash]

Not sure, I think Blackhawk might have had that info on his site but it's down :(

Ivic moved fast to squash these rumors though:

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Δεν έχω μιλήσει με κανέναν και δεν έχω και καμία διάθεση να μιλήσω για κάτι άλλο, πέρα από το πως θα συνεχίσουμε, θα βελτιώσουμε και θα ολοκληρώσουμε το έργο μας στον ΠΑΟΚ. Δεν με απασχολούν τα δημοσιεύματα, είμαι 100% συγκεντρωμένος στην ομάδα μου.

 

[Bananas]

Sheez, we're going to need to start putting in minimum release clauses into the manager contracts now ?!  Having said that, let's see how the rest of the season pans out.  I'm sure if we lose some form the howls for blood will begin.

[pash]

Klaus seems to have given back 75k of his salary, due to his poor performance? Savvidis has decided to give it to charity.

[Blackhawk]

Nothing but a marketing move by Klaus and Ivan. He should just focus on how to come out of his scoring slump.