Albanians abroad

[CanaYouDoIt]

Harder mentally as in most attackers are attackers because they’re the fastest , most technical players , better footballers too . You were talking about IQ

[Aurora Bulkualis]

When Maradona beats 3-4 defenders he does because he has the balance/low center of gravity, and the ball sticks to his feet while dribbling. That's pure technique. It's not like other strikers aren't clever enough to come up with that. When you're Maldini or Beckenbauer, as someone above said, you can't rely on world class technique. You have to read the game properly.

Harder to defend than attack? Now I’ve heard it all..“Nonsense about IQ” lmfao.

Literally google “is it harder to defend or attack in soccer” and you will get your answer..

I didn't say it's "harder". I said it requires more IQ. Strikers require more technique/natural talent. The only other position that needs IQ would be if you were a really smart midfielder who is setting others up.

[Princ]

Creating/attacking takes vision, positioning and composure. There is obviously less IQ needed to negate an attack(defense) than to beat a group of defenders and score a goal(offense). Defenders are big boys who are known for physicality and toughness, not brilliance. It’s common sense but you will have your own opinions.

[Aurora Bulkualis]

Creating/attacking takes vision, positioning and composure. There is obviously less IQ needed to negate an attack(defense) than to beat a group of defenders and score a goal(offense). Defenders are big boys who are known for physicality and toughness, not brilliance. It’s common sense but you will have your own opinions.

Those are all very different skills and different roles. Creating obviously takes IQ, but skills like dribbling, control or goalscoring are more about instinct/technique than IQ. There is a difference between the Xavi/Zidane type of players and the Maradonas.

Defenders are big boys who are known for physicality and toughness, not brilliance. It’s common sense but you will have your own opinions.

What the f*** are you talking about...Look at the greatest defenders of all time. Maldini, Beckenbauer, Baresi. These guys are way higher IQ than Pele or Maradona.

[Aurora Bulkualis]

Btw, Kumbulla almost scored with a header again too. Every game he's either forcing a penalty or a goalline save with his headers. Against Juventus he was only a few inches offside from scoring.

This dude is a MASSIVE threat aerially offensively. Don't be surprised if he gets 3-4 goals from headers next WC campaign, considering a lot of teams we face are semi-pro/barely pro.

[CanaYouDoIt]

Looks like the end of the Rey Manaj express in Barca . They’re gonna sign an emergency striker . Shame

[Dallku]

Looks like the end of the Rey Manaj express in Barca . They’re gonna sign an emergency striker . Shame

End of an era.

[Princ]

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[CanaYouDoIt]

Btw I think we need to give Broja his senior cap just so he is ours just in case England try and do something

[Aurora Bulkualis]

Those are all very different skills and different roles. Creating obviously takes IQ, but skills like dribbling, control or goalscoring are more about instinct/technique than IQ.

What the f*** are you talking about...Look at the greatest defenders of all time. Maldini, Beckenbauer, Baresi. These guys are way higher IQ than Pele or Maradona.

First of all they are not “very different skills,” those are the skills needed to create and finish potent attacks. Those traits are needed in all attackers you see in big clubs, and are traits that we are lacking on our NT. Attacking is not only about dribbling through 3-4 defenders on your own, it’s more about those traits I mentioned above.

Secondly, what makes you think that maldini and baresi had higher IQ than maradona and Pele? That’s just your opinion and an opinion I’m 100% percent sure the majority of fans would disagree with. I can also provide you with examples that you can judge for yourself. Do you really believe that Rio Ferdinand, John terry, Nicklas sule, boateng, nemanja vidic, chiellini, otamendi, kompany have higher IQ than hazard, messi, muller, robben, ronaldo and dybala?

Defenders use physicality and toughness, not finesse and brilliance. If defending was such a high IQ skill, than Albanian games of today wouldn’t be such brain dead experiences, with us struggling to get the ball over the halfway line against any form of credible opposition(can’t string together two passes). And that’s not because our players can’t dribble through 3-4 at a time, it because they lack vision, positioning, and composure, among other things of course.

Your portrayal of defenders as these stupid brutes is absolute nonsense. Defenders have to set offside traps. They have to intercept. They have to slow the game down.

When it comes to Messi or Maradona, they were doing the same shit at 5 years old as they did in their prime. Though Messi is smart, because he also learned how to create later on, all his best skills had little to do with IQ.



The dumbest adult probably has a higher cognitive ability than a 5 year old. Ball control and dribbling has almost NOTHING to do with intelligence. Intelligence is about reading the game and DECISION MAKING.

If defending was such a high IQ skill, than Albanian games of today wouldn’t be such brain dead experiences, with us struggling to get the ball over the halfway line against any form of credible opposition(can’t string together two passes). And that’s not because our players can’t dribble through 3-4 at a time, it because they lack vision, positioning, and composure, among other things of course.

Who is the most tactical nation in the world? What type of football do they play?