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Sylvinho has turned into Reja. This team is just so flat with no creativity or pace. We're still relying on Hysaj to be our main source of wide play on the flanks. And no disrespect to Hysaj because he tries his best to provide some width and does an okay job at it despite it being clear he's not an wingback.

And playing Broja as a winger is just stupid. He's obviously not a winger and he played fine yesterday but he doesn't have the skillset for that position. Playing him outwide to get Manaj in the lineup is just stupid. Broja is clearly the most talented striker in our player pool just play him as a striker and end this Manaj experiment. Sylvinho thinks Manaj can be some kind of hold up striker but he's a midget who gives no effort. Even guys like Balaj and Cikaleshi had better hold up play.

Albania had some kind of width and counter attacking play in the 2024 qualifiers which played a big part in them qualifying (along with wonder goals and VAR). This Albanian team is flat out bad and mirrors alot of that Reja's squad from 2019-2021. Albania should expect to get embarrassed by Serbia who aren't even good.

Princ wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 12:56 am

RedFootballs wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 12:17 am Princ already convinced me, Manaj is really an essential part of this team

Who’s better?

Manaj didn’t play at Gibraltar and we struggled there too.

I always thought Manaj had some talent but he is nowhere near talented enough to be as lazy as he is. He is, so, so, so fucking lazy and unfit every time he plays and he is not near good enough to be able to get away with that.

In the rare moments where he's in good physical condition he's a good player. But simply he is just far too low energy most of the time, to the point its impossible to tell what he is doing because he simply can't get into any positions. Maybe he would be good if he got into the game more and had more touches, he just can't because of how lazy he is.

RedFootballs wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 5:57 pm

Princ wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 12:56 am

RedFootballs wrote: Wed Sep 10, 2025 12:17 am Princ already convinced me, Manaj is really an essential part of this team

Who’s better?

Manaj didn’t play at Gibraltar and we struggled there too.

I always thought Manaj had some talent but he is nowhere near talented enough to be as lazy as he is. He is, so, so, so fucking lazy and unfit every time he plays and he is not near good enough to be able to get away with that.

In the rare moments where he's in good physical condition he's a good player. But simply he is just far too low energy most of the time, to the point its impossible to tell what he is doing because he simply can't get into any positions. Maybe he would be good if he got into the game more and had more touches, he just can't because of how lazy he is.

Manaj is never a good player even if he has good conditioning. His best skill is being a below average goal poacher which is a trait that is virtually useless for Albania. Every other aspect of his game is just poor. He has no strength or athleticism, he has no playmaking skills, he has poor IQ, he's lazy, etc. Just an awful player who is living off his resume of being a youth player for Inter and Barca.

The match in Serbia most likely will be played without fans. Fifa might punish them to play one or two games behind closed doors .