Albanian Football Forum

On this accent topic I'm intrigued to find out the comments on the conversation between myself and Plako during a game of tavell me ca raki.
You'll also be surprised at our "30 ditet e Ramazanit" version

Albo_eagle wrote: Source? Hopefully not, player's like Kukeli belong no where near the national team. Maybe it is timefor De Biasi to go after the Euros, he seems to have become too connected to some players that he always must pick them. Gashi is trash aswell.

Source is pretty reliable. I'd say 98% it's spot on.

Not surprised though. If you look at the names it's too predictable. Only one I don't like is Sadiku but a couple of tap-ins vs Armenia and Luxembourg earned him a spot . And don't forget De Biasi looks at the humane aspect too. He values character even more than talent.

If you said to someone De Biasi should take Cekici to the Euros instead of Roshi they would call you mad as of Roshi is a world beater. They play in the SAME league, however Cekici at 19 starts for his club and excels while Roshi unbelievably has 1 start for his club all season and he is 24. 1 start all season, if i said 1 goal that would be bad enough but one start that is atrocious. Manaj has started the same number of games as him at Inter Milan.

Now it seems very wierd that Roshi should go to the Euros ahead of Cekici but now we bring in the main player i wanted to discuss. Roshi is going to the Euros ahead of a very similar player, because it may be said Cekici and Roshi are very diffefent player, Milot Rashica who at 19 years old has started 25 games for a team much stronger then Roshi's and in a better league aswell. He also has 7 goals this season. Unbelievable to think Roshi will go ahead of him to the Euros, not only Roshi but Gasho aswell.

This is exactly what you call players getting picked on name alone. If you called one player X and said he was 19 had 25 starts and 7 goals, and called the other player Y and said he had 1 start all season 0 goals, then every single person would pick player X. Roshi being picked on name is even more embarrasing as he is an awful player and not some superstar who cannot be dropped when in form.

This is why we struggle to move foward. You think Gasho would of moved to MLS if he was from any country, he wouldn't dare as he would lose his place in the national team but for us it doesn't matter. This is why i really want Besnik Hasi, there is no way Kukeli, Basha, Gashi, Roshi will ever be in the squad again. Average players. Rashica, Zeneli, Avdijaj and Cekici have done more than every single one of our wingers to be in the squad, i am not saying they should be but on paper they have done much more then them and in better leagues and also at a younger age.

I do see your point Albo Eagle but you have to remember that we have only a handful of "standout" players. The rest of the squad is really interchangeable in terms of talent and what they bring(Club form vs NT Form)

This is a team where the sum of the parts is greater than the individual talent. At an individual level these guys are limited whether it's technically(Lila) or physically(Kace), but they all do seem to be defensive oriented(GDB Kinda weeded out the offensive plyers) and are aggressive players that play with alot of energy. Players that can fit a defensive, pressing, counter attacking style will play well (Roshi, Lenjani) while games we need to attack or try to play possession we won't play well and they'll be exposed (Roshi) Roshi is pretty much the perfect counter attacking player and he fits the team well.

I also don't think Kukeli is not that bad. He's a limited player by all means but he does his job well. He's asked pretty much act like a third CB for defensive purposes and make the simple short pass to help transition into a counter.

I agree that Basha should be dropped.

Noone should expect a different players pool at the euros and that has been said by DB dozens of times. He wants the same players for principle reasons, they did the job and they deserve it.

Yeah De Biasi seems to have that "dance with who brung you" mentality. I would have liked to have seen Rashica in France but I can't say I'm surprised by the choices.

I didn't want to say it but you guys are seriously overrating Rashica. He's a good talent for his age but nothing special and recently he has lowered his level in the Dutch league. He needs to play harder and better or he'll end up on the bench.

He's probably better than Roshi but not by a big margin and Roshi has contributed to the NT - especially off the bench where he has always provided a spark. If we're gonna start judging by what players do at their clubs then Cana and Etrit Berisha don't deserve to be starters either but reality is different.

I have hope that Cekici can be NT ready in 2-3 years, possibly sooner. He's technically gifted but physically he's built like a 11 year old girl and he's not a starter in Croatia as well.

Ndoji-Zenuni-Dhamo-Cenaj-Manaj-Strakosha-Hoxha-Zojzi
Varfaj-Gjuci-Sakaj-Merkaj-Beqiraj-Sana-Ceka-Beqiri-Verkaj
Tafa-Islamaj-Kastrati-Maloku-Tafili-Shahinas are all regular
with primavera teams here in Italy.
Anyone could become a national team player in 2-3 years

Seems Rashica is ranked second in the dutch league in the dribblings list. Also Bunjaki wants him for Kosova national team and said he will call him and that being a product of Kosove he has to play for them.

http://www.balkanweb.com/site/lufta-per ... trashicen/

FootballItalia (sourcing Mediaset) says DB is favorite to replace Conte. Didn't really buy this shit, but Italians love their anti-football.

http://www.football-italia.net/82709/de ... taly-bench