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Originally posted by Don Giovanni
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Lazaros was allowed too much influence over OSFP's game. He's not very smart on the ball. He can rifle shots, but even then Vierinha showed him how it's done. He's not as good as he thinks he is. He needs to stop trying to be a superstar and help his team take real command of the game.
Fortounis, I like him, but he's a softy. He shows none of the desire needed to command his teammates to his will, Lazaros being the case in point. There was one positive moment where he lead a counter and played it out wide, then the ensuing cross that came back in was played low. He's not one to slid in for it unless his socks are pulled up to his waist. And he's not strong in the air. Has this guy ever heard of powerlifts? Is he afraid to pick up a cut or bruise on his legs? He needs to leave Greece and go somewhere that'll teach him to toughen up. He should have been itching to throw himself at the ball for an easy goal, but he chickened out and again showed no real desire to take command.
OSFP have poor options up front to challenge for balls in the air. Martins clearly put Hassan in for this reason, but again OSFP has signed another worthless foreigner picked out by a manager who may or may not last until the summer.
[/quote]PAOK are trash. Other than Vierinha, there's no one on that team with any real quality. They bungled the ball into the net for the second goal like total amateurs. Not a single one of the others can head or shoot the ball. Lousy touches all around. They only had some decent crosses in them, but against real defenders they would never get the majority of those balls in. If they go into the UCL with this team next season they will be an embarrassment to Greeks everywhere, not just Thessaloniki. The only reason OSFP got on the scoreboard is because Paschalakis might as well be a stick of butter. They better learn their lesson by shipping him out first thing in the summer.[/QUOTE]
PAOK simply have a better attack than us. By European standards they are fodder, but sadly - Leo Jaba and Akrom are far more effective than Guerrero and Lazaros/Podence. Fortounis slows our game - we actually seemed quicker after he was subbed out.
I think next season may be harder for us as AEK will make their new stadium a fortress. Once PAOK get their 40k stadium, we are in trouble. This year PAOK and OSFP have a budget separated only by 1-2 million. We used to have the best stadium in Greece, the best players, the best facilities etc. That won us countless titles. Now we got PAOK matching our budget, a pro PAOK Syriza/EPO, new stadiums being built for our enemies. The landscape is changing.
Today Martins looked lost. We simply could not match PAOK. I think Natcho starting was a massive mistake. We needed brutality out there as we were steam-rolled. Mady and Guilherme should have started for me - with Hassan up top and Dias in Lazaros's spot. We also missed Omar.
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