Albanians abroad

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!

Moderators: Shpati, ZenMaster

User avatar
CanaYouDoIt
Posts: 3397
Joined: Tue Jun 11, 2019 10:56 pm
Contact:

Princ wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:38 pm Mirlind Daku scored a great goal in Russia to give his team the win..

Russian league is tough. Bunch of Russian leaguers just put it on Serbia 4-0! Nobody does that to Serbia!

Daku deserves a spot as a top 3 striker going into EURO finals.
Absolutely.

1) Broja
2) Daku
3) Cika (only because he’s guaranteed to go not because I want him)
User avatar
Plako
Posts: 3862
Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2015 5:21 am
Location: NYC
Team: Partizani
Contact:

Broja loses his spot on the bench and Muniz stops scoring.
User avatar
Skenderbeu9
Posts: 207
Joined: Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:42 pm
Contact:

https://youtu.be/eJvYgi6IgT8?si=QoJR32j0wOzxM2hZ

Horrendous performance from Daku should have been a hat trick at least
He misses two open play goals against only the keeper before scoring and one after
Manaj is better than him ATM that's the bitter truth
Dallku
Posts: 4965
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:26 pm
Contact:

Daku is a bit of a donkey for sure. His scoring record in Russia is pretty bad.

But..... for a team like Albania his physical characteristics and aggression doesn't grow on trees. You need players who can win duels with defenders. Out of the strikers only he and Broja can do that.
User avatar
Aurora Bulkualis
Posts: 5091
Joined: Tue Feb 24, 2015 9:24 pm
Location: Bulkustan
Team: Fc Bulku
Contact:

Daku is a proper target man. I'd say even more so than Broja, because Broja is not that great in aerial duels imo.
"Cheap things you can buy in bulk, but Bulku is priceless" Ervin Xhevahir Bulku
Dallku
Posts: 4965
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:26 pm
Contact:

Rey Vrioni scored again.... but there is no way you look at this goal and believe it translates to international.. Who tf is leaving him wide open in the box like that? Not even Faroes

https://sportekspres.com/video-gooooool ... v_OOxD_WSB
User avatar
Klejdi1023
Posts: 210
Joined: Thu Sep 20, 2018 2:05 pm
Contact:

Dallku wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2024 7:56 pm Rey Vrioni scored again.... but there is no way you look at this goal and believe it translates to international.. Who tf is leaving him wide open in the box like that? Not even Faroes

https://sportekspres.com/video-gooooool ... v_OOxD_WSB
I saw the goal and thought the same thing. There is no way he gets that space v the Euro teams, and even if he does won’t handle the pressure to score. The striker position is made more complicated than it should be. It’s Broja first, Daku second. Cika will be in the Euros and will probably get some minutes, but he’s gotta retire from the nt after the Euros. Post Euros we’ve got the Shpendi brothers and even Cuni who should be ahead of Manaj.
User avatar
RedFootballs
Posts: 1952
Joined: Sat Nov 12, 2016 11:12 pm
Location: England
Team: QPR - Albania
Contact:

Manaj should have had a hat trick today.

He is a good player, he is just very lazy and therefore isn't very effective for us as we don't create many good chances, you have to work for them. The most frustrating part is he can be so much better when he runs and works hard for the team.

The reality is though come next summer he is probably going to sell at double figures, especially if he comes to the euros.
Dallku
Posts: 4965
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2015 3:26 pm
Contact:

RedFootballs wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:02 pm

The reality is though come next summer he is probably going to sell at double figures, especially if he comes to the euros.
Nah teams with money are not stupid like that. Scouting is too advanced nowadays.

But you're right that Manaj needs the whole team to work for him to get easy chances and that's not realistic for Albania. He's actually a lot like Hamdi Salihi. I think he's best suited for the top clubs of small leagues like Qarabag, Partizan Belgrade, etc.
Redijupison

Manaj would be loved in Belgrade, they love Albanians from Albania over there.
Post Reply
  • Information
  • Who is online

    Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot] and 4 guests