It's not about pressing. It's about bunkering. Those midfielders you talk about don't have the technical ability to even surpass Lithuania/Belarus let alone match up against France or Belgium. France will eat these guys alive.Princ wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:05 am We cannot go back to a pressing style of play as the starting midfielders are all old and out of shape benchwarmers.
The only midfielder who is regularly starting at his club (bottom table Ligue 2) and would be able to keep up the pace is Laci.. even Ramadani has not been a consistent starter at his club since their promotion to the Danish top flight (as sad as it is).
De Biasi did not have these problems during our qualification campaign as Xhaka, Abrashi, Kukeli (and for the most part Lila and Lenjani) were all match-fit and well conditioned, at the time. These men were the core of that team..
That all being said, the most serious lineup I believe we can field at the moment (injury free) would be a traditional 4-4-2:
———Cikalleshi-Broja
Uzuni-Abrashi-Gjasula-Roshi
Ismajli-Djimsiti-Kumbulla-Hysaj
————Strakosha
People trashed on Kace, but with him midfield was always under control. We got the biggest win ever in our NT history with him as a protagonist. (Even though it was a semi-friendly). We need people with high technical skills in central midfield or will we always get outplayed. Our number #1 problem against teams like England/Wales/Scotland is we have no one to control tempo and slow things down when they're heating up badly. They increase the tempo and we get absolutely trashed.
Doka seemed good, but again I don't buy these 1-2 game performances. Need to see a lot more from him.CanaYouDoIt wrote: ↑Fri Nov 20, 2020 2:19 am Ismaji LB ? Would rather put Hysaj there and then Doka RB as he looked competent . We even have Balliu and what happened to Binaku , he seemed good to me.
But apart from that looks decent for what we have right now. As for Xhaka the guy would be playing if he didnt disrespect every coach lmao