Blackhawk Posted February 4 Author Posted February 4 Otto talked personally to Savvidis and asked that his +1 option in his contract be removed, so they can negotiate a new contract after this season. I think he has already decided to leave the team and does not want any obstacles for his upcoming deal with his new team in Spain.
pash Posted February 4 Posted February 4 Correct, he can use the "lack of agreement" or whatever to walk while he's still young enough to get one last good deal back home.
pash Posted February 5 Posted February 5 Might get rid of him yet (google's evil AI tells me their transfer window is open for 19 more days): https://www.sdna.gr/podosfairo/1281177_boylgarika-mme-i-lefski-sofias-thelei-daneiko-ton-mpakagioko-toy-paok 50% of his wages is...um, better than nothing I guess.
Blackhawk Posted February 5 Author Posted February 5 PAOK should send him to Sofia on the first plane available! Of the transfers made in the summer, this one was the worst one.
pash Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Lmao: https://inpaok.com/853623/o-bakagioko-estise-ti-lefski/ Guy's living the dream!
PaokCT Posted February 21 Posted February 21 Since the results of this season are pretty much already a forgone conclusion, I figured I'd give my take on what PAE should do for the upcoming season. We will most likely enter Europe in the Conference League Qualification rounds. Should we qualify for the group stage (mandatory achievement) we will be in Pot 1. Our aims for next season should be 1. To make a deep run in Conf League & 2. Build a young base to challenge for the league in 2026-2027. GK - Kotarski (2028), Tsiftsis (2028). Gotta do whatever we can to keep Kotarski. He is a top quality GK and if we get rid of him, we will return to that cycle of new GKs every season. LB - Baba (2026), Gomez (2027). I'd say get rid of both. Baba has taken a sharp decline over this season, maybe due to overuse. But I would be fine with an overhauling of this position. RB - Otto (2025), Sastre (2026), Lyratzis (2026), Vierinha (2025). Say goodbye to Vierinha. Offer him a front office job, or assistant coach. No need to keep his numbers on the books. Do what you can to re-sign Jonny (which is unlikely). I would get rid of Sastre and keep Lyratzis. As Pash says, if we are going to have bad backups, they might as well be Greek. CB - Kedziora (2026), Colley (2025), Michailidis (2027), Lovren (2026). This is a major overhaul needed position. Let Colley walk. You need to bring in 2 quality CBs this summer. I was looking at advanced stats, Kedziora has only a 31% aerial dual success rate which is terrible. Colley 36 %, Baba 38%. Not a coincidence we can't stop giving up set piece goals. CM - Ozdoev (2025), Bakayoko (2025), Thymianis (2027), Camara (2027), Pena (2027), Schwab (2025), Meite. Let Bakayoko and Ozdoev walk. Camara needs to start every game. Not sure why he didn't against Bucarest. Extend Schwab for his leadership. Need to bring in a starter quality CM. Not sure why we bought Pena when he doesn't seem to be in Lucescus plans. Attack - Konstantelias (2027), Pelkas (2027), Murg (2026), Soares (2026), Ricardo (2026), Shola (2028), Taison (2025), Zivkovic (2027), Despodov (2027), Chalov (2027), Tissoudali (2026), Thomas (2025), Samatta (2025). Get rid of Murg, Soares, Ricardo, Taison, Brandon, Samatta. Sell Konstantelias. Use that money to rebuild the team. I actually like Shola, i'd give him more time. Bring in a young upcoming CF (wow could've been Tzimas). Looking at advanced metrics, here are a few stats that stand out. 4/5 of our most played players are all over 30 yrs old. Not a coincidence we look tired at most times. Leaders in XG (expected goals) per game are Konstantelias, Zivkovic, Brandon, and Chalov. Zivkovic & Despodov are actually both at the top of XA (expected assists) per game at over 2. That tells me they put crosses into great locations, just no finishing. Defensively, Michailidis is at a 50% successful tackle rate, which is terrible. Kedziora is 53%. And my favorite, +-. Basically shows who is on the field for most of our goals v opponent goals. Highest on the team is Konstantelias followed by Kedziora. Lowest on the team is Brandon, Colley, and Bakayoko.
pash Posted February 21 Posted February 21 I don't think Sastre is bad - but he lacks confidence. The problem is that with Lucescu, we will never get a young team out there. You can expect that most of the new players we get, will be 32+ years old. 1
pash Posted February 22 Posted February 22 Sharing this, which @PaokCT sent me, but is too afraid to post because he's a coward. I'm guessing for the B team:
pash Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Soooo....what is the point of this? We hired Pavlenka because Tsiftsis was hurt. Now he's back and seems to be playing fine. Is this dude the Kotarski replacement? Or just another excuse to further sideline the Greek players? https://inpaok.com/855396/symfonisan-paok-gkougkesasvili/ Or is it just a universal law that club administrators have to have hard-ons for keepers who are marginally taller than other keepers?
Blackhawk Posted February 24 Author Posted February 24 Heard a rumor that the keeper in question asked to be the no.1 keeper on the squad. This would mean that Kotarski is gone this summer.
Dutch Eagle Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Maybe Kotarski is with his mind at that transfer and hence so bad last weeks.
Dutch Eagle Posted February 24 Posted February 24 1 minute ago, pash said: He cops two goals per game on average... It is Panserraikos so ......
Blackhawk Posted February 24 Author Posted February 24 Also Panserraikos has asked for 800K from PAOK to let him transfer to PAOK.
pash Posted February 27 Posted February 27 (edited) Considering we'll then immediately move on another guy when Lucescu finds out he was holding Panserraikos back, that's fair for a flyer. Team has announced a few youth player contract extensions as well. Good luck to all of them, would love to see them take that big step to the big boy team: https://inpaok.com/855632/episimo-ananeose-me-bataoula-o-paok/ https://inpaok.com/855644/edese-kai-ton-berdo-o-paok/ Edited February 27 by pash
pash Posted February 27 Posted February 27 I guess the Bakayoko saga has reached its logical end point - exiled to train with the B team. He'll sit on his salary and be a free agent, and we won't have to think about him any more. A shame Levski and Racife couldn't convince him. https://inpaok.com/855669/ston-paok-v-o-bakagioko/
pash Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Would be interesting if we get him back: https://www.sport24.gr/football/o-koulouris-spaei-ta-konter-stin-polonia-kai-etoimazetai-gia-kafto-kalokairi-oi-apaitiseis-tis-pogkon-kai-ta-dedomena-gia-ellada/ Of course, if history is any judge, Panathinaikos will somehow have enough money to pay him in addition to all those other guys.
PaokCT Posted February 28 Posted February 28 Greek superleague teams pass players around like its a college dorm
pash Posted March 4 Posted March 4 PAOK Today claiming on the 'gram that we're "testing" the idea of a new contract with Samatta. We are a completely and utterly hopeless club.
pash Posted March 4 Posted March 4 Wrong side of thirty, but again: if we're gonna hire average players, may as well have them be Greek. https://inpaok.com/856251/oi-italoi-syndeoun-ton-paok-me-ton-lykogianni-pic/
Blackhawk Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 I hope we don't make the big mistake and sign Samatta to a new contract, but knowing Lucescu, that's where it is heading.
pash Posted March 4 Posted March 4 IT'S THE HAPPIEST TIME OF YEAR! To round up what I posted in the other thread: Samatta to be renewed (oh god PLEASE NO) Lykogiannis (a free agent) as possible left-back, or more likely backup left-back
Blackhawk Posted March 4 Author Posted March 4 All the relevant post from the other thread have been transferred to this one.
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