England vs. Albania - World Cup Qualifiers Europe - November 12, 2021

With memories of the golden years (80's) of the albanian football still fresh on her mind, Albania is now attempting to recreate its strong football legacy. As young players start making their names abroad, the future is looking bright for Albanian football!

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Turns out I may actually have tickets.

I'll be the guy in the away end slandering Prince Andrew during the english anthem and throwing slurs at the English.
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Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:03 pm Odds on Broja not coming off the bench again? 6:1?

Cikalleshi will start for sure but Albania needs to start thinking about benching and eventually dropping Cikalleshi before he becomes a team cancer like many past veterans (Duro, Bulku, Skela, etc) who Albania had trouble "letting go" even though they were clearly past it. Cika has contributed to the team but he's not getting younger or taking the team to another level and deserves to go gracefully.
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The last time England lost a home qualifier was 20 years ago. Who's ready for a miracle?
Dallku wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:13 am
Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Wed Nov 10, 2021 9:03 pm Odds on Broja not coming off the bench again? 6:1?

Cikalleshi will start for sure but Albania needs to start thinking about benching and eventually dropping Cikalleshi before he becomes a team cancer like many past veterans (Duro, Bulku, Skela, etc) who Albania had trouble "letting go" even though they were clearly past it. Cika has contributed to the team but he's not getting younger or taking the team to another level and deserves to go gracefully.
Cika's goalscoring with his club is reaching Balaj levels. Broja is outright the better striker.
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Aurora Bulkualis wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 12:55 am Cika's goalscoring with his club is reaching Balaj levels. Broja is outright the better striker.
Cikalleshi averages a goal every 186 minutes as a starter on the 3rd best team in Turkey.

Balaj has not scored a goal since 2020.
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Cika is flawed but he has something in his locker. He has gotten some goals for us sometimes and averages 8-9 goals a season at club level which isn't great but alright.
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Cikaleshi's stats with the NT.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/sokol-cika ... in_id/3561

42 appearances, 12 goals

3 goals in Friendlies (Luxembourg, Georgia, Czech)
5 Goals in Qualifiers (2 goals vs Moldova, a penalty vs France down 4-0, a late tap in against Iceland to make it 4-2, goal vs Poland)
4 goals in Nations League (Belarus and Kazakhstan)

This guy is a bottom feeder and the most overrated player in recent history. You would think he's Ibrahimovic light with the way the media and coaches talk about him. Only Albania accommodates scrubs like Cikaleshi
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artan wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 3:10 pm Cikaleshi's stats with the NT.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/sokol-cika ... in_id/3561

42 appearances, 12 goals

3 goals in Friendlies (Luxembourg, Georgia, Czech)
5 Goals in Qualifiers (2 goals vs Moldova, a penalty vs France down 4-0, a late tap in against Iceland to make it 4-2, goal vs Poland)
4 goals in Nations League (Belarus and Kazakhstan)

This guy is a bottom feeder and the most overrated player in recent history. You would think he's Ibrahimovic light with the way the media and coaches talk about him. Only Albania accommodates scrubs like Cikaleshi

Honestly that's not bad.

Lets keep in mind:

1) The negative tactics. At times he was the only offensive player surrounded by defenders and anti-footballers. No service.

2) No tap-in or bullshit goals. Most of his goals came from his individual quality. Doing something out of nothing. When he was younger he was creating a lot of chances by himself, hitting the post... Just couldn't score. He has never been a great goal scorer but has done well considering everything.

But obviously he's not "great" and not a striker you can qualify with. Especially at this point and in the future. He has gotten slower and only regressing. Broja is obviously better at this point too. That's why Albania should start letting him go. Don't let him be a burden.
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artan wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 3:10 pm Cikaleshi's stats with the NT.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/sokol-cika ... in_id/3561

42 appearances, 12 goals

3 goals in Friendlies (Luxembourg, Georgia, Czech)
5 Goals in Qualifiers (2 goals vs Moldova, a penalty vs France down 4-0, a late tap in against Iceland to make it 4-2, goal vs Poland)
4 goals in Nations League (Belarus and Kazakhstan)

This guy is a bottom feeder and the most overrated player in recent history. You would think he's Ibrahimovic light with the way the media and coaches talk about him. Only Albania accommodates scrubs like Cikaleshi
Cikalleshi has scored 9 goals in 1425 minutes with Albania.

That is a goal every 158 minutes..
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Another french ref for tomorrow. I’m gonna throw bottles at the prick , he was the 4th official in the last game.
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Princ wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 5:34 pm
artan wrote: Thu Nov 11, 2021 3:10 pm Cikaleshi's stats with the NT.
https://www.transfermarkt.us/sokol-cika ... in_id/3561

42 appearances, 12 goals

3 goals in Friendlies (Luxembourg, Georgia, Czech)
5 Goals in Qualifiers (2 goals vs Moldova, a penalty vs France down 4-0, a late tap in against Iceland to make it 4-2, goal vs Poland)
4 goals in Nations League (Belarus and Kazakhstan)

This guy is a bottom feeder and the most overrated player in recent history. You would think he's Ibrahimovic light with the way the media and coaches talk about him. Only Albania accommodates scrubs like Cikaleshi
Cikalleshi has scored 9 goals in 1425 minutes with Albania.

That is a goal every 158 minutes..
And most came in the last 2 years. He’s been good in that period.
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