[WC 2018] Albania - Israel - November 12

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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artan wrote:
Aurora Bulkualis wrote:If Albania had someone like Babunski (what a name) that graduated from La Masia, they'd be jizzing their pants, and be calling him a messiah. The guy is average so far, but nevertheless it just goes to show how little "talent" we have.
Babunski is a backup for Red Star Belgrade and he's 22 years old. This guy will probably end up being a Hyka level player. Ironically, Macedonia's best youth is probably Enis Bardhi.

Talent wise we have much better players in our youth set up. Rey Manaj for example is better than any of Macedonia's U21 players and we all know how talented Manaj is.. What Macedonia's U21 did well is having older players in their team that had alot of continuity playing with each other. Not a talented bunch by any means.
It just pisses me off that someone with clear Albanian heritage would play for Macedonia. You can say he was born technically inside Macedonia borders, but Kosovars were also born technically inside of Serbian borders, you don't see any Albanians playing for Serbia.. We call people tradhetar a lot but to me this is a true tradhetar, not someone who chooses Germany, Switzerland, Italy over Albania..
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artan wrote:The talent on the Macedonian U21 squad isn't that good.. They play good as a unit though. Those players won't amount for anything.
That makes sense. I figured this would be the case.

I wouldn't mind bad results for the youth teams if we had some decent individuals in there. That's the most important thing if we're honest.

Unfortunately for Albania's case we don't have the results AND the individuals(except very few maybe)
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Also Cika out, Manaj in.


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GDB really has trouble putting two good moves together, that is one of his only weakness. He finally calls up Manaj but leaves out Kace. He'll also probably not play Manaj a single second I bet..
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Albanian Damien wrote:GDB really has trouble putting two good moves together, that is one of his only weakness. He finally calls up Manaj but leaves out Kace. He'll also probably not play Manaj a single second I bet..
Kace's days were numbered since the Spain game. We've lost him at least until GDB leaves. He also called up Grazdani and Cekici so it's not all bad.

Gashi gets called up, scores a screamer for his team and get injured. Unlucky.
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What do you mean finally calls up Manaj, hasn't he been in every squad since after the Euros?
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Erik wrote:What do you mean finally calls up Manaj, hasn't he been in every squad since after the Euros?
Nope first time with the first team. Think he got injured when he was supposed to get called up in September


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Lista e të grumbulluarve anti-Izrael

Etrit Berisha
Orges Shehi
Alban Hoxha
Thomas Strakosha
Naser Aliji
Berat Gjimshiti
Mërgim Mavraj
Elseid Hysaj
Ansi Agolli
Frederik Veseli
Arlind Ajeti
Ledian Memushaj
Andi Lila
Migjen Basha
Eros Grezda
Odise Roshi
Burim Kukeli
Ermir Lenjani
Jahmir Hyka
Taulant Xhaka
Amir Abrashi
Bekim Balaj
Edgar Çani
Armando Sadiku
Azdren Llullaku
Rei Manaj

Edgar Cani e Shehi are out of place. Maybe Hyka aswell.
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The list seems to get worse each time. The moment his positive results stop then calls for his head will be enormous.

Why do you need to call up 4 keepers for 1 game. What is gonna happen? 3 are gonna get injured in less than 1 week? That additional place could of been used to call up someone new and see what they offer. A Çekiçi, Ajeti, Avdijaj ect ect.

Çani? What is going on this is his second call up.
Basha can't even get a game at his club. Kukeli was shocking vs Lichtenstein.

Man i hope the Roshi and Balaj combo get us 3 points on Saturday and then we have a few months to improve.

Would be very disappointed to go all the way from London to Shkodër to drop points vs israel and end our qualification hopes.
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