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Berisha. Hysaj. Cana. Mavraj. Lenjani. Ajeti. Djimsiti. Aliji. Xhaka. Kace. Rashica. Avdijaj. These are the descent players we currently have, the rest are ametours

Abrashi is also a good player. He will be playing in the Bundesliga next season.

sorry i forgot him

Aurora Bulkualis wrote:

artan wrote:Kace is a limited player who isn't even playing all that well for PAOK.

I largely agree with you, but this comment is b.s. There are few players his age who can pass that well. He's played and won against BvB, France, etc... It's laughable to put players like Avdijaj who can't even start with Sturm Graz above him.

Kace will be turning 23 soon, he's no longer that "promising" player. I like Kace, I think he should be starter for the NT but we have a problem of overrating him. He's not lighting the Greek league on fire either. I also saw his match vs Dortmund and he was a bystander. He barely touched the ball and his main duty was to press the opponents relentlessly(kinda like Abrashi). As for the France match that was a meaningless friendly which padded our players ego.

As for Avdijaj I was making the argument that it's about the coaches preference towards having a technical team as opposed to a defensive team. Go back and read my post. The idea that we'd be more technical all of a sudden without the Kosovar players is absurd. Instead, GDB would just start players like Vila, Lila and Agolli in the midfield like he did in the past. Going back to Avdijaj, I didn't compare Avdijaj to Kace nor did I even advocate Avdijaj in the lineup. You can also make the case that Avdijaj has performed better than Kace this year and Avdijaj hasn't started as of late because his loan is about to expire while the team has no chance for a Europa spot. What's Kace's excuse for not starting for PAOK regularly?

Kace's problem is that he has the physique of a 9 year old girl. He has everything else(skill, intelligence) but strength and speed are very important in this sport.

I read on Talent Shqiptare webpage on FB that Florent Hadergjonaj has expressed that he wants to represent Albania. I'm not sure if this is true as there was no quote or anything like that.

Kaçe has started all recent games so what is your argument about. He is 22 and will be moving to a bigger league now, as far as i see everything is going well. He is not lighting the league up? Well his new coach said Kaçe is one if PAOK's best players so I'm not sure how much value you will place on that.

artan wrote: Kace will be turning 23 soon, he's no longer that "promising" player. I like Kace, I think he should be starter for the NT but we have a problem of overrating him. He's not lighting the Greek league on fire either.

He's our best passer by far. He's better at it than most top flight CMs. I also find it funny that 22 is too old for a CM that is supposed to organize the midfield, which requires massive intelligence and experience. Luka Modric was still playing in Croatia at his age.

My word do we overrate Kate on this forum. Since when is he this pass master with laser vision that organises a football game. I've never seen evidence of this with Albania and I've watched a bit of Paok this season and saw no evidence there either.

I doubt you've watched him then.

With Abrashi in Bundesliga and Memushaj in Serie A, we will have quite alot of players in elite leagues. Avdijaj returns to Shalke aswell.