The Panetolikos Courier
Squad12 Oct 2026
Nikola Stajić damages knee ligaments — 31 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 31 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings12 Oct 2026
Nobody could get near Kwadwo Opoku
Successful dribbles: 30. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Tempers go at Panetolikos
Youssouph Badji was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Squad12 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Marvelous Nakamba
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
Match10 Oct 2026
Panetolikos get the job done against PAOK
A 1‑0 win over PAOK, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Panetolikos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Christian Manrique is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
In brief
- Player ratings Alexandru Măţan takes the honours
- Market A long bet from Panetolikos on Spyridon Bakasetas
- Market A long bet from Panetolikos on Grigorios Androutsos
- Boardroom The Panetolikos dressing room answers