paokarag4 Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 8 hours ago, PaokCT said: Yo we need to stop playing him. Play Kottas for Christ sake. Michailidis isn’t good enough to play for the 3rd division in Greece Agree. After his error against Steaua it was clear he wasn't up to the level. Lucescu keeps playing him because he is the best CB with the ball at his feet. Colley and Lovren he doesn't trust with the ball, even if they are better defensively. This issue is compounded by never replacing Meite, our midfield is paper thing and it is slim pickings beyond Camara and Ozdoev. Regardless Michailidis isn't the answer. Really it highlights the poor organisation from PAE, there was rumours from last January that Koulierakis was on his way out in the summer. They had so much time to line up a replacement. Instead we left it late and signed Colley in late August and Lovren as a free agent in September. WE NEED to bring in a starting level CB next month, along with at least one central midfielder. Good win despite the average showing. Panetolikos is having a good season and has been a hard nut to crack for plenty of teams. We stay in touch with the top of the table and are one game closer to hopefully signing a new quality CB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nea Bafra Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 After the first modern title you can forgive the PAE for not capitalising on the win because it was new territory for everyone. This time around though we had the learnings of last time and if anything have handled it worse. Instead of taking advantage and building squad strength we have regressed. Maybe they though Michailidis was going to improve given more time from his knee reco but he showed in the last game of last year what kind of poor decision maker he is in the first 5 minutes. You can't coach stupid and unfortunately now we are finding out. I don't know where the fault lies in the Meite situation but once again we dithered too long on a player who didn't want to come to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pash Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 Michailidis ain't going anywhere. The team wants him to be their next Malezas, mark my words. That's even if he didn't have a new contract that sees him with us through the 26-27 season. With that being the case, he's serviceable for depth. But yeah I agree that he seems to have hit his ceiling. Is Colley that bad with the ball? He seemed pretty solid the few times he actually played. I guess the benefit of him being iced out is that we won't have to carry the extra player past this summer (same as with Bakayoko). Next season we may lose Colley, Bakayoko, Schwab, Vieirinha. In fact, a big chunk of the team. Who among these guys do we build around? Even if we re-hire Taison, Ozdoyev, and Schwab (good chance of each), we need to start making much better (read: bigger) moves in those positions of need. # Player Nat. Contract expires Agent 20 Vieirinha Right-Back Jun 30, 2025 ROGON 11 Taison Left Winger Jun 30, 2025 Dornelles A. E. 22 Stefan Schwab Central Midfield Jun 30, 2025 Relatives 27 Magomed Ozdoev Defensive Midfield Jun 30, 2025 15 Omar Colley Centre-Back Jun 30, 2025 P&P Sport Management S.A.M. 19 Jonny Otto Right-Back Jun 30, 2025 Intermedia Sport Player 70 Ally Samatta Centre-Forward Jun 30, 2025 1863 8 Tiemoué Bakayoko Defensive Midfield Jun 30, 2025 Niagara Sports Company 71 Brandon Thomas Centre-Forward Jun 30, 2025 AS1 1 Jiri Pavlenka Goalkeeper Jun 30, 2025 SPORT INVEST 54 Konstantinos Balomenos Goalkeeper Jun 30, 2025 Prosport International Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaokCT Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 Taison, Schwab, Ozdoev, Otto, Thomas keep The rest can walk to the airport themselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athens4 Posted December 16, 2024 Share Posted December 16, 2024 I can't see Schwab being renewed. We need a new central midfielder. I somehow think Brandon will be renewed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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