by RedFootballs » Tue Jun 25, 2024 1:02 am
artan wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2024 12:53 am
RedFootballs wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2024 12:45 am
artan wrote: Tue Jun 25, 2024 12:41 am
Yea Hoxha struggles with his end product and he’s indecisive on what he wants to do. But he has pace and the ability to provide width and from a tactical standpoint he makes sense. He reminds me of Roshi.
The other guys like Manaj, Asani and Seferi are just so tactically limited. At times it feels like you’re playing with a man down with a guy like Manaj because he doesn’t do anything well. Take away Asani’s left foot and he’s useless. Seferi defensively puts in effort but offensively he has no pace and plays as a target forward at the winger spot.
Manaj is not bad sometimes but sometimes he's just a complete clown. All he did this game was dive and flop around looking for fouls, the manager should be telling him to stay on his feet and try to play. I honestly have no idea why he does that.
Asani was just zoned out of every game is the truth, he's not match fit and equally teams were aware of his threat to cut in so he really had very little. Hoxha was more dynamic and physically was up to the pace so could create more opportunities.
Bajrami was also very disappointing. He did score against Italy but his overall tournament was really poor, partly due to the fact of playing somewhat out of position, he didn't have the pace to give the team the width it needed.
Bajrami is a player who takes possessions off and he doesn’t have the ability to cross it in with his weak foot. But in his defense it’s difficult to be the only counter attacking threat as the spacing is not there. There were many times when he was the only player on the counter it seemed like in this tournament.
Again about Manaj I just don’t know what he’s good at. He’s a below average goal poacher who manages to punish Anatolian farmers as another poster said. That doesn’t work against Spain. He can’t make runs going forward, he doesn’t have the size or strength to be a holding forward, he’s not a threat in the box nor does he press defensively. Atleast a guy like Daly who might be limited technically is a complete goon and provides physicality and energy where it becomes an asset. Manaj is just nothing.
I think he started Manaj because he was decent against Croatia and did get the team up the field with some long balls to him but this game he was invisible.
His main problem is he always looks so tired and fatigued even though theoretically he should be in great shape this season. He looks like he can barely run without puffing. I almost think his stamina being so bad is limiting him doing anything in difficult games. I think he is technically decent and fairly strong, his movement can also be good but again I think his physical condition limits him heavily. For Sivasspor he isn't expected to do anything defensively and is mostly just walking around until they pass him the ball which is probably why he manages to perform there. Against these top teams you have to run and he just can't do it sadly.
Bajrami is much better around the box and when he has shooting opportunities, ideally it should be the team creating for him and not the other way around as he is a good finisher and can take advantage of isolated opportunities like against Italy. As a winger he just doesn't really cut it, it's clear many times he got the ball wide and was just coming back inside even though you could see his quality by the way he dribbles and moves. Every time Hoxha came on the team was instantly improved with a player who stretches the fullback, that also opens spaces for the striker and midfielders to enter as the box gets less compressed. Spain were able generally to just sit very narrow as we had no wide threats.
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Yea Hoxha struggles with his end product and he’s indecisive on what he wants to do. But he has pace and the ability to provide width and from a tactical standpoint he makes sense. He reminds me of Roshi.
The other guys like Manaj, Asani and Seferi are just so tactically limited. At times it feels like you’re playing with a man down with a guy like Manaj because he doesn’t do anything well. Take away Asani’s left foot and he’s useless. Seferi defensively puts in effort but offensively he has no pace and plays as a target forward at the winger spot.
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Manaj is not bad sometimes but sometimes he's just a complete clown. All he did this game was dive and flop around looking for fouls, the manager should be telling him to stay on his feet and try to play. I honestly have no idea why he does that.
Asani was just zoned out of every game is the truth, he's not match fit and equally teams were aware of his threat to cut in so he really had very little. Hoxha was more dynamic and physically was up to the pace so could create more opportunities.
Bajrami was also very disappointing. He did score against Italy but his overall tournament was really poor, partly due to the fact of playing somewhat out of position, he didn't have the pace to give the team the width it needed.
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Bajrami is a player who takes possessions off and he doesn’t have the ability to cross it in with his weak foot. But in his defense it’s difficult to be the only counter attacking threat as the spacing is not there. There were many times when he was the only player on the counter it seemed like in this tournament.
Again about Manaj I just don’t know what he’s good at. He’s a below average goal poacher who manages to punish Anatolian farmers as another poster said. That doesn’t work against Spain. He can’t make runs going forward, he doesn’t have the size or strength to be a holding forward, he’s not a threat in the box nor does he press defensively. Atleast a guy like Daly who might be limited technically is a complete goon and provides physicality and energy where it becomes an asset. Manaj is just nothing.
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I think he started Manaj because he was decent against Croatia and did get the team up the field with some long balls to him but this game he was invisible.
His main problem is he always looks so tired and fatigued even though theoretically he should be in great shape this season. He looks like he can barely run without puffing. I almost think his stamina being so bad is limiting him doing anything in difficult games. I think he is technically decent and fairly strong, his movement can also be good but again I think his physical condition limits him heavily. For Sivasspor he isn't expected to do anything defensively and is mostly just walking around until they pass him the ball which is probably why he manages to perform there. Against these top teams you have to run and he just can't do it sadly.
Bajrami is much better around the box and when he has shooting opportunities, ideally it should be the team creating for him and not the other way around as he is a good finisher and can take advantage of isolated opportunities like against Italy. As a winger he just doesn't really cut it, it's clear many times he got the ball wide and was just coming back inside even though you could see his quality by the way he dribbles and moves. Every time Hoxha came on the team was instantly improved with a player who stretches the fullback, that also opens spaces for the striker and midfielders to enter as the box gets less compressed. Spain were able generally to just sit very narrow as we had no wide threats.