artan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:41 pmThere’s only a few posters who hate on Rashica here. Even if he’s not playing much in Germany I think he’d be our best outfield player after Hysaj and maybe Xhaka. Some of us are just salty we lost him after the Euros.
My point was that certain people are labelling their skill/potential based on their choice of NT. Whether people think Rachica is good or bad, I can't comment, because personally I feel he has a lot to prove with Werder Bremen and he hasn't looked good with Kosova either, with the exception of the last two matches.
artan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:41 pmAs for Rrahmani I don’t think he has the potential of Ismajli and that’s me being neutral. Rrahmani has been their first choice CB since 2016 so he kinda got penciled in and same with Aliti who’s been a starter since like 2017.
Potential is one thing, how good they are NOW is another thing. One plays for a far better team and a regular on european stage, while the other has still some catching up to do. Yes, I agree that he has potential to surpass Rrahmani no doubt, but only time will tell.
My only 'concern' with Rrahmani is that DZ has shifted him to right back, so this can go two ways 1. As soon as DZ find a new RB he will be benched 2. He develops as a right back and is a very good option for Kosova in case of an injury to Vojvoda.
artan wrote: ↑Wed Nov 21, 2018 4:41 pmAnd it’s a shame that Kastrati chose Kosova since they have a logjam of attacking players. Our federations need to work together so we don’t poach players from each other that we don’t need, for example like if the FSHF would have hypothetically approached Muric a few months ago would have been useless considering we had Strakosha and Berisha.
I would agree with you if Albania was this tiny country with barely half a million population, and ZERO diaspora, and didn't have a football federation that was corrupt as f***. However, Albania is way larger than Kosova, has way more experiencing at being an independent FA, a league that has been exposed to international rules/standards for way, way longer and has a sizeable diaspora.
Remember, Kosova is not poaching Albanians from Albania, is the other way around. Kosovan FA has zero obligations to anyone, however, football lovers in Albania need to wake up and change things starting with their foootball federation all the way down to grass roots. Also, it also all comes down to personal choice of footballers. If someone feels they can get more playing time for Albania, they can choose to represent them, and I wish them the very best of luck.
Most of that also applies to Kosova, considering they cannot rely on the diaspora, sooner or later it will dry up. Nonetheless, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt since they a relatively new independent football nation, and the state of football was in shambles since the late 1970s up until two years ago. There's teams/municipalities that are already building stadiums, the youth teams have shown some success recently, with the u17 qualifying to the elite rounds, the u19s did the same prior to them, and the u21 had a decent campaign.