Albanians abroad

With memories of the golden years (80's) of the albanian football still fresh on her mind, Albania is now attempting to recreate its strong football legacy. As young players start making their names abroad, the future is looking bright for Albanian football!

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2 goals and 2 assists for Manaj today! He moves to 10 goals and 5 assists in the league season.

He is really doing well now, what is certain is that he will not stay at Sivas past this season, let us see if he can prove to score goals at a higher level.

He got 10/10 for this game on Sofascore.
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Minaj is the amateur slayer. There is no one you want more against this kind of opposition than him because he has great instincts and a powerful shot while defenders are lost.

But he has no advantage over Serbian defenders. They'll eat him alive. They are bigger, stronger, faster, and smarter than him. So this is fool's gold.
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Kumbulla lowkey pulling some major upsets with Espanyol.

They beat Real Madrid 1-0 in February, tied Atletico Madrid 1-1 today. He's made some dumb mistakes over his playing career, but in my opinion he had the highest ceiling potential out of any of our defenders. If he reaches it, it will all be up to him.
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Dallku wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:04 pm Minaj is the amateur slayer. There is no one you want more against this kind of opposition than him because he has great instincts and a powerful shot while defenders are lost.

But he has no advantage over Serbian defenders. They'll eat him alive. They are bigger, stronger, faster, and smarter than him. So this is fool's gold.
Pretty much that. Manaj does not have the physicality to be a striker against top defenders. He also never had the pace or dribbling to have been a wide forward instead.

It's like someone who wants to be a 6"6 center in the NBA. You can play like that up until college, but in the NBA it's just impossible with that stature.
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Muci the big game player

He got a Galatasaray player sent off because they couldn't keep up with him. He cooked Frankowski another time to. He just scored a nice goal but it was called off because his teammate was offside. He loves these high pressure game. He's just inconsistent against small teams.

But it's insane that Albania thinks it has the luxury of never playing someone of this caliber. Not even 5 minutes against Andorra... Just insanity!
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Dallku wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:13 pm Muci the big game player

He got a Galatasaray player sent off because they couldn't keep up with him. He cooked Frankowski another time to. He just scored a nice goal but it was called off because his teammate was offside. He loves these high pressure game. He's just inconsistent against small teams.

But it's insane that Albania thinks it has the luxury of never playing someone of this caliber. Not even 5 minutes against Andorra... Just insanity!
https://x.com/albfootball/status/190604 ... pL4oo2dhBg

imagine having this and playing guys like Seferi or Laci over him ahaahha
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And Kumbulla is another one...

On what planet is Ajeti better than him?? Ajeti for the NT is OK but he makes a lot of mistakes too. If Kumbulla made that type of mistake Ajeti made on the Kane goal he would've been dropped on the spot for both club and country. But somehow Ajeti is valued higher for Albania.
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CanaYouDoIt wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:15 pm
Dallku wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:13 pm Muci the big game player

He got a Galatasaray player sent off because they couldn't keep up with him. He cooked Frankowski another time to. He just scored a nice goal but it was called off because his teammate was offside. He loves these high pressure game. He's just inconsistent against small teams.

But it's insane that Albania thinks it has the luxury of never playing someone of this caliber. Not even 5 minutes against Andorra... Just insanity!
https://x.com/albfootball/status/190604 ... pL4oo2dhBg

imagine having this and playing guys like Seferi or Laci over him ahaahha
As much as Albania has very bad mentality against top teams, I think the thing that has harmed us the most is the amateur fetish.

It's the Balaj Syndrome... Do 1-2 amazing things, and no matter how many bad games you have after, you are guaranteed your spot.
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Dallku wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 7:26 pm And Kumbulla is another one...

On what planet is Ajeti better than him?? Ajeti for the NT is OK but he makes a lot of mistakes too. If Kumbulla made that type of mistake Ajeti made on the Kane goal he would've been dropped on the spot for both club and country. But somehow Ajeti is valued higher for Albania.
YES - I said at the time too, Ismajli I get was injured ok , but Kumbulla ? he’s miles better than Ajeti , I don’t know where Sylvinho has this weird attachment to him but on no planet should he be starting ahead of Kumbulla.
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Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:50 pm
Dallku wrote: Sat Mar 29, 2025 5:04 pm Minaj is the amateur slayer. There is no one you want more against this kind of opposition than him because he has great instincts and a powerful shot while defenders are lost.

But he has no advantage over Serbian defenders. They'll eat him alive. They are bigger, stronger, faster, and smarter than him. So this is fool's gold.
Pretty much that. Manaj does not have the physicality to be a striker against top defenders. He also never had the pace or dribbling to have been a wide forward instead.

It's like someone who wants to be a 6"6 center in the NBA. You can play like that up until college, but in the NBA it's just impossible with that stature.
What he needs is to keep his finishing consistent. He is capable of some fantastic finishes but his playstyle against top level opposition can only be goalscoring. His biggest strength is his movement and finishing, so that is his mold.

But he needs to finish off his chances against the best otherwise he doesn't offer enough.
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