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Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:42 pm
by Dallku
Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:38 pm
Broja and Kumbulla wasted years of their career just to go back where they started. Asllani incoming.
Hopefully they learned something from their stints.
Biggest question is how much the ACL ruined them.
Broja just doesn't seem to have the same explosion anymore. He was never rated because he was some great scorer, he was because he used to go on beast mode runs from one end to the other and taking on defenders. Hasn't done that since he came back.
Kumbulla is slower too. The good thing is that Espanyol plays a 5 back.
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:56 pm
by Princ
EZ very nice goal v. Slavia!
Peter Olayinka has been tearing up the Serbian Superliga with Red Star. This guy was always sooo good and he wanted to represent Albania. 1.88m winger with all the attributes. I have no doubt, he would have been our best player all these years!
FC Noah on verge of qualification. They ran over Ruzomberok today!
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 1:13 am
by Aurora Bulkualis
Dallku wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 10:42 pm
Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Tue Aug 20, 2024 9:38 pm
Broja and Kumbulla wasted years of their career just to go back where they started. Asllani incoming.
Hopefully they learned something from their stints.
Biggest question is how much the ACL ruined them.
Broja just doesn't seem to have the same explosion anymore. He was never rated because he was some great scorer, he was because he used to go on beast mode runs from one end to the other and taking on defenders. Hasn't done that since he came back.
Kumbulla is slower too. The good thing is that Espanyol plays a 5 back.
I don't think Broja's lost a step tbh. I saw both Spain and Italy double teaming him and dragging his shirt to keep him from running. I'm more worried about re-injury.
Kumbulla was always slow so I don't think it does anything.
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 1:34 am
by Princ
Tall people always have higher chance of injury..
Longer bones so there may be too much force being applied to the joints.
Think of it as using a wrench. When your small wrench cannot give enough force to loosen the bolt, you grab a longer wrench (more force).
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 8:49 am
by Redijupison
I think this is Broja's last chance in the PL, hopefully he becomes a starter and starts scoring
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Wed Aug 21, 2024 3:58 pm
by Plako
I think Broja has an attitude issue as well as it's apparent from his relationship with his coaches as well. I hope I'm wrong but I don't think he'll last too long in the EPL..
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 12:41 pm
by ZenMaster
Broja deal collapsed
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 6:42 pm
by Aurora Bulkualis
Im starting to think Chelsea is the problem here.
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 7:30 pm
by Dallku
Looks like Broja failed his medical. They found problems in his achilles.
That's the problem with big injuries like ACL. Other body parts start to injure because they overcompensate.
That injury might have been a career killer... or at least killed his potential.
Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Sat Aug 24, 2024 7:53 pm
by Princ
Not good news..
Broja came back too soon from the ACL (around 9 months I believe). Maybe should have taken more time to recuperate.
Same thing happened to Klay Thompson. Tore ACL in 2019 (age 29) then Achilles in 2020. Never the same player ever since.
Broja is younger than Klay was though..