Re: Albanians abroad
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 5:08 am
He hasn't had the best form lately for both club and country but hopefully this moves serves him well and is the change he needed.
It may be something else because I find it weird that he only got two appearances despite him being obviously better than the other wingback selections (Doka, Trashi, Veseli). Either Balliu has turned down callups and feel it's not worth it or Reja simply don't rate him. I'm leaning into that Reja doesn't rate him (there was articles in last November where Reja doesn't rate him) and Balliu at this point probably couldn't care less. I'm fairly certain if Balliu was a homegrown player he'd be starting though. I also don't think FSHF is too crazy about the racial purity, they were ready to cap Olayinka until Nigeria capped him last minute. We just don't have any good foreigners playing in Albania and able to neutralize to make it worthwhile.RedFootballs wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:17 am Ivan Balliu's insta PFP is still him with an Albanian jersey.
So sad that we choose to beg for bitchy and demanding players like Kamberi who aren't even an improvement on what we have but won't call a quality player at a position of need who wants to be called up. Our FSHF takes racial purity too far. It isn't even acceptable if they're white anymore, need to be fully shqip lol...
Most of the Swiss diasporas don't have a atom of patriotism in their blood, to make it worse we beg for their rejects that aren't even good enough for us. I'd rather a spanjol who's proud to wear our jersey then subpar players with terrible attitudes just because they're Swiss. FSHF enforcing this racial agendas on our NT holds our progress back. So many good players have been lost for us because of this shit.
From what I know he's a fullback that appears to have decent technical skill which could have value to us. To say he's a 2nd/3rd division player is a bit unfair and he's more of a fringe 1st division player and good second division player (Spain, France). I guess the point is why even neutralize him to not even use him when the alternatives aren't better. Trashi plays for a Qatari club, he can't be taken seriously as a player for the NT.Dallku wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:16 am Never understood the hype around Balliu and why some fans want him so badly. Is it because he's a foreigner and we just want one in there for the sake of it?
He's a career 2nd/3rd division player. We have countless players at that level. That's literally the problem.
Is he better than a Lenjani or Trashi let's say? Maybe but not by much if he even is. We are really not losing much guys. Seriously lol
artan wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:29 amFrom what I know he's a fullback that appears to have decent technical skill which could have value to us. To say he's a 2nd/3rd division player is a bit unfair and he's more of a fringe 1st division player and good second division player (Spain, France). I guess the point is why even neutralize him to not even use him when the alternatives aren't better. Trashi plays for a Qatari club, he can't be taken seriously as a player for the NT.Dallku wrote: ↑Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:16 am Never understood the hype around Balliu and why some fans want him so badly. Is it because he's a foreigner and we just want one in there for the sake of it?
He's a career 2nd/3rd division player. We have countless players at that level. That's literally the problem.
Is he better than a Lenjani or Trashi let's say? Maybe but not by much if he even is. We are really not losing much guys. Seriously lol