by artan » Sun Jun 09, 2019 3:11 am
Deni wrote: ↑Sun Jun 09, 2019 12:15 am
This team is depressing to watch and I don't get the hype around our defense honestly its suppose to be our strongest point yet we conceded 20 goals in our last 12 games and only scored 4 not including that bullshit Andorra match.
Our defense hasn't been good since 2015. Every game we make a mistake or blunder, every single game.
I guess the difference is back then we had a system in place that suited our players strengths. A system that doesnt require any technical ability at all but just pure determination and effort. A system were guys like Lila, Abrashi, Xhaka, Lenjani (albeit some technical), Roshi, etc, can look okay in because those guys play with alot of passion and energy. They were able to press like crazy and keep the backline relatively clean. And at that time we had Mavraj and Cana who were both veterans, Mavraj may have been only a fringe bundesliga starter but the quality was always there from him and Cana was always the heart and spirit of the national team (even if he had the occasional blunder). Berisha was also in good form at the time and saved us many points that campaign cycle, now everything goes through him. Berisha four years ago would have made that save, even if the goal was more of Dermaku's fault. And who knows maybe Kukeli was the most underrated player of them all because we still haven't found a replacement for him.
I'm just more disappointed that we're still seeing guys like Balaj, Basha and Cika still play. With the exception of Cika, these guys have been starting regularly over the years and they haven't done anything. We know Balaj is useless but yet they still trout him out there like he's gonna somehow luck into poaching a goal. The dude also had the nerve to say he needed more crosses. If Balaj never scored that Portugal goal he would have been dropped from the NT 3 years ago.
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This team is depressing to watch and I don't get the hype around our defense honestly its suppose to be our strongest point yet we conceded 20 goals in our last 12 games and only scored 4 not including that bullshit Andorra match.
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Our defense hasn't been good since 2015. Every game we make a mistake or blunder, every single game.
I guess the difference is back then we had a system in place that suited our players strengths. A system that doesnt require any technical ability at all but just pure determination and effort. A system were guys like Lila, Abrashi, Xhaka, Lenjani (albeit some technical), Roshi, etc, can look okay in because those guys play with alot of passion and energy. They were able to press like crazy and keep the backline relatively clean. And at that time we had Mavraj and Cana who were both veterans, Mavraj may have been only a fringe bundesliga starter but the quality was always there from him and Cana was always the heart and spirit of the national team (even if he had the occasional blunder). Berisha was also in good form at the time and saved us many points that campaign cycle, now everything goes through him. Berisha four years ago would have made that save, even if the goal was more of Dermaku's fault. And who knows maybe Kukeli was the most underrated player of them all because we still haven't found a replacement for him.
I'm just more disappointed that we're still seeing guys like Balaj, Basha and Cika still play. With the exception of Cika, these guys have been starting regularly over the years and they haven't done anything. We know Balaj is useless but yet they still trout him out there like he's gonna somehow luck into poaching a goal. The dude also had the nerve to say he needed more crosses. If Balaj never scored that Portugal goal he would have been dropped from the NT 3 years ago.