Albanian Football Forum

[quote="Aurora Bulkualis" post_id=46962 time=1749910912 user_id=52]
Even Latvia is too much for him.
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It seems Latvia is too much for all Albanian players..

Albania has yet to beat Latvia in our history (6 total matches).

Manaj is good if we're facing Andorra or San Marino. Even Latvia is too much for him.

Against top level professional footballers he looks like a child.

[quote=Dallku post_id=46956 time=1749832059 user_id=62]
[quote=Redijupison post_id=46955 time=1749808595]
Never seen him play, wonder if he's anything better than the forwards Albania has?!
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There is no way he's worse than that cancer Manaj. The goal should be to remove him. He single handedly cost Albania two world cup qualification chances.

Never seen him play either but his CV/stats are impressive for a 20 year old. Seems like a Bogdani type of striker.
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I like Manaj but I think the problem is with him that he is simply too unfit to play high level football. The missed pen is one thing, but that can happen to anyone, the real issue is that he just isn't involved enough in games.

This is why he scores lots of goals at lower levels. He can play against less fit defenders where the pace of the game is slower but in games where lots of running is needed he just gets swallowed by defenders, he cannot stay active.

In his club at Turkey they basically let him stay upfront and do zero pressing the season he scored 22 goals. That will realistically not happen against high level opponents.

He isn't starting material but at the same time there is no real striker for the NT at the moment. I don't see Broja as a striker and his effectiveness is limited there, his main move is kick and run down the touchline.

The best option could just be to find some random super fit fast guy and let him press all game even if he sucks. Football these days is about fitness.

By the way, even if we call up half crippled Sadiku now, he will probably do a better job than any of the other strikers.

That guy during that 2 year period was cold blooded and was even carrying the NT at times. For sure he wouldn't have missed the pen.

[quote=RedFootballs post_id=46958 time=1749833351 user_id=321]
Putting Broja ahead of Bogdani is injustice, Broja is living off a couple goals against Hungary 3 years ago.

Sadiku and Bogdani are the only two guys from that list that were legit. Broja maybe will finally decide to play regularly somewhere and become a good striker for us.

Until then this Weiper guy clearly should be our starter if he wants to come.
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I'm talking about post 2008/2010. After that he was past his prime and I do think Broja in that one WC qualifiers did more than Bogdani did in his very late career. I could be wrong and the gap isn't huge. Broja has always been decent with the NT he just can't stay healthy.

Putting Broja ahead of Bogdani is injustice, Broja is living off a couple goals against Hungary 3 years ago.

Sadiku and Bogdani are the only two guys from that list that were legit. Broja maybe will finally decide to play regularly somewhere and become a good striker for us.

Until then this Weiper guy clearly should be our starter if he wants to come.

Weiper already has 3 goals in the bundesliga and he just turned 20. By default he's 4x better than Manaj. Manaj is literally a superliga player and I'm ready to give him the crown as the worst Albanian NT striker who has played a significant amount of time in the past 15 years. In terms of best to worst since 2008 it has to be Sadiku, Broja, Bogdani, Salihi, Cikaleshi, Balaj, Cani, Manaj. I'm only putting Bogdani at #3 because by 2009 he was pretty much washed up. I'm probably forgetting someone Bogdani probably the best striker since 2000.

In reference to the other poster about the big new addition I also wonder if it's this guy? The fact he played in the Superliga makes me think the FSHF is itching to poach him. FSHF probably have some favors to make with the Dinamo ownership.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/baton-zabergja/profil/spieler/755164

It's also a shame Albania couldn't poach Fisnik Asllani. I'll admit I know nothing of his game but he has scored 18 goals in the 2nd bundesliga and his team almost got promoted to the Bundesliga.

[quote=Redijupison post_id=46955 time=1749808595]
Never seen him play, wonder if he's anything better than the forwards Albania has?!
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There is no way he's worse than that cancer Manaj. The goal should be to remove him. He single handedly cost Albania two world cup qualification chances.

Never seen him play either but his CV/stats are impressive for a 20 year old. Seems like a Bogdani type of striker.

Never seen him play, wonder if he's anything better than the forwards Albania has?!

I feel like these guys are bullshitters lol. But he did say the guy was blond, so it's prob Weiper.