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I would say Gymcity could play and maybe start for Switzerland and Asllani maybe with Italy.ZenMaster wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 10:09 pm With Broja exception Albania never managed to recruit top diaspora players, even Bajrami who was one best players on this qualifying campaign wasn't good enough for Switzerland.
Albanian players were historically eating fasule breakfast, lunch and dinner and playing soccer with volleyballs. You're confusing individual quality with mentality.Pjetër wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 9:57 pm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro ... ng_Group_6
O wins -10 goal differential
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O wins -15 goal differential. 2 goal scored in total by the team.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_FIFA ... FA_Group_2
0 wins -12 goal differential.
Historically speaking the Albanian national team has been one of the worst in Europe. They could have given 40 spots to UEFA teams in the World Cup and Euros and Albania still wouldn't have come close to qualifying.
Edit: Wow going through the 1990 qualification it is even more embarrassing. Albania was the ONLY nation to finish with 0 points. Malta, Cyprus, and Luxembourg all at least managed to get 1 point. 1988 is dreadful too.
By looking at the most key matches in our history and seeing who showed up. 90% players who've played in Albania.Pjetër wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 10:27 pm How exactly is "mentality" measured?
If someone misses a sitter how do we determine whether or not it's because they are mentally weak and "intimidated" by their opponent or because they are a technically poor finisher? Or maybe it's just plain bad luck.
Was Raheem Sterling intimidated by Lyon in the Champions League?
It’s not a mental block with Hysaj, he’s just washed.RedFootballs wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 9:00 pm is never good for the NT simply due to mentally not being strong. Same with Hysaj.
Balaj is just a shit player technically, but when he scored against Portugal he was 100% confident and acted like he's done that a million times.Pjetër wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 10:33 pm So would you say that Bekim Balaj is a mentally strong player? Are there other examples of his strong mentality besides his goal against Portugal?
Edit: I would also like to ask another question. Would you consider Thierry Henry to be a mentally weak player?
Balaj has performed dreadfully in every other high pressure situation he has been in though. As a matter of fact in a "key high pressure game" against Hungary it was Balaj being subbed off for the diaspora Broja that turned the game in Albania's favor after Broja's clutch goal (which he would go on to replicate a month later).Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 11:04 pmBalaj is just a shit player technically, but when he scored against Portugal he was 100% confident and acted like he's done that a million times.Pjetër wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 10:33 pm So would you say that Bekim Balaj is a mentally strong player? Are there other examples of his strong mentality besides his goal against Portugal?
Edit: I would also like to ask another question. Would you consider Thierry Henry to be a mentally weak player?
Overall quality is just the average of all your games. Mentality is how you perform in key high pressure games RELATIVE to your overall quality.
Balaj performs dreadfully in every game he plays. That's why your mentality is measured with respect to your own performance. Not sure why this is hard to understand.Pjetër wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 11:14 pmBalaj has performed dreadfully in every other high pressure situation he has been in though. As a matter of fact in a "key high pressure game" against Hungary it was Balaj being subbed off for the diaspora Broja that turned the game in Albania's favor after Broja's clutch goal (which he would go on to replicate a month later).Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 11:04 pmBalaj is just a shit player technically, but when he scored against Portugal he was 100% confident and acted like he's done that a million times.Pjetër wrote: Sat Jun 29, 2024 10:33 pm So would you say that Bekim Balaj is a mentally strong player? Are there other examples of his strong mentality besides his goal against Portugal?
Edit: I would also like to ask another question. Would you consider Thierry Henry to be a mentally weak player?
Overall quality is just the average of all your games. Mentality is how you perform in key high pressure games RELATIVE to your overall quality.
I would say that luck played a far bigger role in Balaj's goal than "mentality" did.