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Uneasy
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
No sign of nerves from Dorin Mihaila at 21 — 8.18
The hardest thing about being 21 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Dorin Mihaila did not need any: 8.18, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Age has not caught Alex Teixeira yet — 8.57
At 36 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.57 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Panserraikos
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Panserraikos are no longer polite ones.
Squad21 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Panserraikos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
André Sousa falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
The terraces21 Sep 2026
At 21 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 19. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match19 Sep 2026
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
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Crisis
Squad14 Sep 2026
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 7 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
The terraces14 Sep 2026
The ground has had enough
“We travel everywhere and we get this.” 7 of the 34 senior players heard it walking off, and the ones who did not hear it were not playing.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Víctor Álvarez 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.
Market14 Sep 2026
Add another name to the list: Panetolikos have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Marios Sofianos. The answer from Panserraikos has not changed — yet.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Words at Panserraikos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Braian Galván 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.
Match12 Sep 2026
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Adrián Riera, and the manager let it.
Player ratings14 Sep 2026
The one thing Nikos Karelis could not do
Shots: 6, enough of them from close enough that a striker in form scores two. He is not a striker in form.
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Uneasy
Squad7 Sep 2026
Jonathan Bryan damages knee ligaments — 15 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 15 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 ratings7 Sep 2026
Age has not caught Nikos Karelis yet — 8.11
At 34 he is supposed to be managing his minutes. Instead he was marked 8.11 and looked, for ninety minutes, exactly like the player everybody remembers.
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Player ratings7 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 22. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad7 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Panserraikos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Braian Galván falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“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.
Market7 Sep 2026
Both sides expect a conversation in the coming days. Panserraikos will name a price, and everything after that is arithmetic.
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Crisis
Squad31 Aug 2026
Jonathan Bryan damages knee ligaments — 22 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 22 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 ratings31 Aug 2026
Alex Teixeira, 36, rolls back the years — 8.03
There is an age at which every good afternoon gets described as a throwback, which is unfair and also accurate. 8.03 at 36, and nobody on the pitch was better.
Market31 Aug 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market31 Aug 2026
The fee is $360.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Volos NPS drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Vernon de Marco 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.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
4 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Giannis Pasas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Match29 Aug 2026
OFI left with the points after a 1‑2 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Steady
Squad24 Aug 2026
Jonathan Bryan damages knee ligaments — 29 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 29 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.
Market24 Aug 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Panserraikos, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
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Steady
Squad17 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Bryan
37 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Panserraikos lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Panserraikos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Steady
Squad10 Aug 2026
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jonathan Bryan
45 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Panserraikos lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
The terraces10 Aug 2026
Panserraikos sell a favourite for $870.0K
The accountants will call it good business and they will be right, which is not the point anybody outside the boardroom is making. Alexandros Maskanakis was one of the reasons people came, and $870.0K does not replace that by itself.
Market10 Aug 2026
Alexandros Maskanakis has left for Asteras in a $870.0K deal. The accountants are pleased; the supporters are less certain.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Vernon de Marco 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Giannis Pasas falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market10 Aug 2026
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Giannis Pasas has his answer from Panserraikos; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Steady
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Alex Teixeira commits to Panserraikos for another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Panserraikos this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market3 Aug 2026
The name of Alexandros Maskanakis has come up in conversations Panserraikos were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Panserraikos training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Lefteris Lyratzis 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Braian Galván is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Panserraikos has been clear about where Braian Galván stands, which is more than many ever get.
Market3 Aug 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.