Aurora Bulkualis wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:57 pm
RedFootballs wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 10:47 pm
Maybe so, I wouldn't rule it out.
These fans worship DB like a messiah or some shit.
The person who got us to the Euros is the guy who flew that drone.
And then with the Euros as a opportunity to tempt young players such as Rashica and Celina who were perfectly willing to come, he squanders it. Completely. Let's not act like this hasn't been coming either.
With DB we beat Portugal away from home in that campaign. That's probably the biggest achievement in a single game ever for us. We even managed to beat/tie France in those friendlies.
The problem with DB is that his time was up, or else he'd still be here. The motivation wasn't there anymore, the core had gotten older/retired.
Panucci's job was to build some sort of core with brand new players, but he obviously failed at that.
The point remains that we would have not qualified if that drone event didn't happen. I understand it was a great performance for the NT but I think we look back on DB's era with rose-tinted glasses.
Serbia lost that game 3-0 and lost 3 points, CAS wiped them out of the qualifiers completely. If we had drawn we would not have qualified. Even if we won that game, we would still have been pushed into 3rd.
Panucci just needs to bin all these rejects he keeps on going with from the DB era.
Balaj, Lila, Memushaj etc are all washed up.
I think Panucci should honestly start up fresh and call up Bare, Manaj, Grezda, Sadiku etc. Get players who have actually shown quality at club level or for country. Bare has been tearing it up for Malaga who are 1st in the second tier of Spanish football. At 22, he's a fixture in midfield for a team who are odds-on to be promoted to the BBVA. Do we not think he's actually the one getting fucked over here?
Forget veterans, just play who plays well. Regardless of age.