PAOK keep falling behind
PAOK have gone behind in half of their 14 official games this season (2). Seven times you have had to watch your team chase a game it should be controlling. The Kalamata defeat fits the pattern: PAOK 1–3 Kalamata at home on Monday, October 12 (1) (2) (12). That is the stat driving the frustration right now.
Ediayé scored for PAOK in that one (1) (2) (12). It was not enough.
Nobody is hiding from the Kalamata display
"No words are needed, the image we showed is not acceptable. I am the one responsible for that image" (1). That is the mood inside the club after PAOK 1–3 Kalamata (1) (2) (12). Fourteenth-placed Kalamata won at Toumba. PAOK sit fourth on 12 points from six games in the Super League (11).
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The form line reads W L W W L (11).
Pantelis did not hold back
The former PAOK goalkeeper Takis Pantelis went on Metropolis 95.5 and did not soften it. "Only the shirts showed it was PAOK" (12). He added that the dressing room is creaking (12).
Third goalkeeper needed for Iraklis
Pavlenka dislocated his shoulder against Panaitolikos and had surgery (9). Tsiftsis is out too (9). PAOK are sorting out a third goalkeeper in training ahead of Iraklis (9).
Iraklis at Toumba on Sunday
Iraklis come to Toumba on Sunday, October 18 at 20:00 CEST (2) (3). First chance to answer the Kalamata result. Then OFI away on Sunday, October 25 (3).
Six games in, the numbers compared to last year
PAOK have played six Super League rounds, and the comparison with the same stage last season shows a side scoring more but collecting fewer points (11). Fourth place, 12 points, +5 goal difference (11).
Savvidis wants answers on the injuries
Ivan Savvidis is still looking for extra answers on the injury problems that have hit PAOK recently (4). Giannis Konstantelias and Stefanos Tzimas are the names involved (4).
Women's team away at Volos on Sunday
PAOK Women are unbeaten and chasing a fourth straight win. They go to Volos on Sunday, October 18 at 16:00 CEST (10).
