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Dallku wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2024 6:41 pm
Do you guys know about the story of Zlatko Dalic going into half time and telling his team to stop guarding Manaj at all because he's not Broja and can't do anything? That's why that second half flipped.
is this real?
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Dallku wrote: Fri Aug 30, 2024 6:41 pm
Do you guys know about the story of Zlatko Dalic going into half time and telling his team to stop guarding Manaj at all because he's not Broja and can't do anything? That's why that second half flipped.
is this real?
100% real
Alban Xhihani is a reliable journalist and he was there.
There are levels in terms of quality such as professional or amateur. A guy like Manaj is closer to an amateur than a professional. Absolutely no redeeming qualities about him and worst of all he’s lazy.
We’ve had guys in the past who lacked technical quality like Abrashi but were absolutely pitbulls with their tenacity and pressing. These qualities made them playable and overall a net positive. A guy like Manaj along with former losers like Cikaleshi and Balaj are net negatives and essentially like playing a man down.
It’s very concerning how the staff can’t see this. There are some serious questions about how the FSHF evaluates talent.
You do realize that it was Broja (the guy who hadn’t played in 2 years) not Manaj (coming off 20+ goal season) who was gifted the starting spot right?
Then Broja showed up in front of 50k travelling fans like they owed him something. His performance was so bad that he left the coaches with no choice.
Forget FSHF and the coaches, every single person I watched the game with wanted Broja subbed off sooner. Casual fans so no bias towards any player but they were all wondering why it took so long to get Manaj on.
No Muci, Daku, Mehmeti (we desperately need new wingers). Instead calling up bums like Zeka, Spahiu ??
I think this nations league campaign will be like our post Euro 2016 qualifiers. We will be back in our 2017-2011 phase. I hope I’m wrong because I still believe in Slvinho but this list is not going to take us to the next step.
Still confused why Muci wasn't called up. Besiktas play on the 15th so that isn't really a clash with the games we have, and his minutes could always be managed if it was that.
To be honest I think in the absence of anything happening between him and Sylvinho he might have asked to stay in Turkey, because it doesn't really make sense to not call up one of your best attackers but calling up bums like Zeka.
Uzuni may be a different case as it's clear Sylvinho doesn't like him (also weird, as he could at least be a sub).
RedFootballs wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2024 6:40 pm
Still confused why Muci wasn't called up. Besiktas play on the 15th so that isn't really a clash with the games we have, and his minutes could always be managed if it was that.
To be honest I think in the absence of anything happening between him and Sylvinho he might have asked to stay in Turkey, because it doesn't really make sense to not call up one of your best attackers but calling up bums like Zeka.
Uzuni may be a different case as it's clear Sylvinho doesn't like him (also weird, as he could at least be a sub).
Zeka is a left foot on the right listed at 1.83m so Sylvinho may want to get a look and see if he can contribute anything to the team..
Give the man the benefit of the doubt! He is a hard worker and is always scouting new talents. It’s great to see fresh names being called up instead of the usual clan.
