Syria Post match comments and rating

[khabalood]

Rahmati - 9 an almost perfect game
Hosseini - 7
Aghili - 7
Kaebi - 7.5 our best offensive player once again displayed why he should be the starting rw
Nikbakht - 6 he is too slow and does not hussel
Teymourian - 4 he should be cut from the team. His passing is attrocious, and he gets blinkered when trying to find a pass
Madanchi - 5 a poor game, he showed poor intelligence on the pitch, yet was very versitile at throwing himself on the ground
Karimi - 6 he is too old and slow, also lacking the drive a younger player would have for success at this level
Mahdavikia - 6 he only has energy for one half of football and should be used as a sub for kaebi, unless a better rw turns up
Rajabzadeh - 6 at least he had a shot on goal
Samereh - 4 horrible game by him. He should never play for tm again.

Subs:
Mobali - n/a
Kazemian - n/a
Khalili - 6 played a poor game
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One of the biggest mistakes made today was placing Teymourian in the center in the role of cm/dm. His inability to pass the ball and his lack of field vision along with the extremely slow pace that he plays the game hurt the team. In addition this put added stress on Karimi forcing him to do all the offensive work in the center of the pitch and he simply does not have it in him. Samareh, did absolutely nothing to help the team. In fact he hindered our ability to score by constantly being out of position and being called offside. Madanchi and Nikbakht are not good enough to start as our lw. This position should be Zandi's, or at the very least a younger player who shows some intelligence on the pitch should be given a chance. This team also needs to shoot the ball. With a lack of any clear threat to the opposition up front this team should be shooting from all sides hoping someone can get on a rebound.

Finally, since I know IFF and our coaching is too incompetent to actually take any real steps to help the team, I suggest Ali Daei should return. Not to score, goals because I don't think he can anymore, but just to yell at and put down the players on this team, since most of them have been embarrassing us repeatedly over the years. At the very least he is better than Samareh.

[maij]

As I put it in the post about approaching Syria game....I have great concern about Teymourian...At his best , he is an average player with lots of energy and stamina , but what right he has to play a full game while bench warming in Bolton while the likes of Mobalia nd Shojaei are subs ????

This is an on going problem about Iran;s football...they care lees about performance and current form and focus on names and status.

Khalili , Samereh and Rajabzedeh to lesser extent were extremely disappointing.

[khabalood]

I agree with you Maij. Teymourian has no right to be in the game playing the role of mc/dm, especially against weaker Asian opposition. For that matter I would also be inclined to remove Karimi as well. Ideally under a 4-4-2 our midfield should look like this:

Zandi/Manei---Shojaei---Mobali----Kaebi

Alternatively

----------------Shojaei/Mobali

Zandi/Manei----Navidkia/Jabbari-------Kaebi

[Martin-Reza]

Please guys be serious, neither Mobali nor Shojaei nor Jabbari and not ven Navidkia can seriously be considered options for DM.

khabalood jan, no offense made, but the midfield you proposed is real suicide, I mean at least in F+ I expect people to quit the habit of pushing solely offensive players into the lineup.

Even one DM is mostly not enough, the huge gaps in mf today again showed that. One man alone can't fully cover the space in front of a fourback.

[Doctor DOOM]

well, I havent watched the game yet, but have read the post game reviews here and in football forum and have got some sense of what went on.
I'll comment on the game after watching the game later.

but for the time being I must say we shd not take this as any sign of how TM will do in the following games.
by then, hopefully we'll have a good coach and the players will have had more sessions and practice together. and hopefully a semblance of a team can emerge for the next game which is a month and half from today. good enough time, I must add.
so lets not make it as if we're dead and there's no hope or any of the mass hysteria we see in football forum among teen-age members.

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the next point is I think this game proved, once again ( as if we needed more proof !!! ) that "NAMES" shd not be the basis for selection of a team.
no more. plz.
which makes me hopeful having read clemente's preference of "motivation & hunger" rather than "name and fame" of the player. I wouldnt be surprised if we see a revolutionary act much like the late Dehdari who discarded many famous players and opted for hungry young talent waiting to show their capabilities.

In fact, I think this shows how un-intelligent and un-wise players like karimi, VH, ... are who didnt read between the lines of clemente's statement and didnt see that their position may be at a higher risk than ever before.

Now, will I be happy with a team full of young players and newcomers ? not exactly. but we gotta do what we gotta do. thank god our group isnt that hard to make such decisions detrimental.

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btw, I wouldnt be screaming and shouting "foul play" or "oh my god, we're gonna die" if we include Enayati as an option to the forward line either. if you get my drift

[Martin-Reza]

Btw, my rating without thinking much about it

Rahmati 8 - flawless but not tested that much
Kaebi 4
Hosseini 5
Aghili 5
Nikbakht 3
Mahdavikia 4
Teymourian 4 - at least defensively stable and very important, offensively a joke
Karimi 3
Rajabazdeh 5 - at least trying to close gaps in mf and being the most dangerous player upfront
Madanchi 3
Samereh 3
Khalili 3

[khabalood]

Please guys be serious, neither Mobali nor Shojaei nor Jabbari and not ven Navidkia can seriously be considered options for DM.

khabalood jan, no offense made, but the midfield you proposed is real suicide, I mean at least in F+ I expect people to quit the habit of pushing solely offensive players into the lineup.

Even one DM is mostly not enough, the huge gaps in mf today again showed that. One man alone can't fully cover the space in front of a fourback.

None of those players are defensive midfielder, and I never wrote they were. Moreover we do not need to start a defensive midfielder against most asian opposition.

[zzgloo]

We cann't realy blaim players for this game.....
we cann't realy blaim the coach either....he never claimed to be one.
We can only go back to our long time problem of the IFF,and the dicision makers, for lack of planning,etc..........even a ghalenoee coached game would have been much much better .
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With this tie game, situation may get more dangerouse as, japan, Korea,Australia, all had a strong showing....If at this moment clemente gives up .....it may be best to go back to ghalenoee, for short term solution to inconsistancies....rather than a new foerign coach or stay with the interem coach.
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We had no organized offense,
and very shaky defense at best
.....and disconnected midfield.
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[Martin-Reza]

None of those players are defensive midfielder, and I never wrote they were. Moreover we do not need to start a defensive midfielder against most asian opposition.

Well, looking on your lineup then means you want to play with 5 or 6 midfielders. At least that's what I thought until I read your final comment which puts an end to our discussion now.

[ShirFarhad]

None of those players are defensive midfielder, and I never wrote they were. Moreover we do not need to start a defensive midfielder against most asian opposition.

Well today we clearly saw we were missing Nekounam, I personally think every team needs a defensive midfielder as it is a integral part of a team.

Unfortunately unlike Nekounam, Teymourian cannot work as a lone DM and it seems like he does better as a second DM or as a right midfielder the position he plays in Bolton most of the times.

The point is that a defensive midfielder controls the game, has a good vision and comes back to support the defenders, Nekounam is one of the few players if not the only Iranian player who does this perfectly. Mobali, Shojaei, Jabbari, Navidkia and Karimi are all good players but they don't have the qualities of a real defensive midfielder.

In my opinion we should try Maziar Zare or Kianoush Rahmati again for the DM position or invite Alavi once again.

My ratings for todays match:

Rahmati - 7
Kaebi - 6
Hosseini - 5
Aghili - 6
Nikbakht - 4
Teymourian - 5
Mahdavikia - 5
Karimi - 5
Madanchi - 5
Rajabzadeh - 6
Samereh - 4

Khalili - 4

[purple_haze]

None of those players are defensive midfielder, and I never wrote they were. Moreover we do not need to start a defensive midfielder against most asian opposition.

Are you serious? No defensive mid against most asian opposition? I'd be interested to know what you consider our group opponents as? Do they belong to that group? If they do, then Syria totally proved that wrong today. We had only one, Teymoorian, today and he had a difficult enough time as it was. We never were able to impose ourselves, because we couldn't control the mid and interrupt the Syrian's game and stats clearly showed it at the end. We had less ball possession despite playing at home!
If now the group opponents don't belong to you category then this whole argument is void, because these are the ones we have to face!

[Kasra.]

Rahmati 7.5
Kaebi 3.5
Hosseini 5
Aghili 3
Nikbakht 3
Mahdavikia 4
Teymourian 4.5
Karimi 2.5
Rajabazdeh 5
Madanchi 3.5
Samereh 3.5
Khalili 3
Kazemian 2.5

[purple_haze]

Rahmati 7 --------- Good reflexes but questionable exits. Still the best player and our savior today.
Kaebi 5 ----------- Offensively 6, defensively 4. The only player with enough energy for an international game on our team today.
Hosseini 3,5 ------ again misplaced at times, got dribbled quite easily at least twice and beaten in the air a couple of times, which is supposed to be his main strength.
Aghili 4 -------- Somewhat better than Jalal, but he had to run twice as much to cover Niki as well.
Nikbakht 2,5 ------ Again showed this isn't his position
Mahdavikia 3,5 ----- and this is for his first 30 minutes mainly. Offensively 3, deffensively 4.
Teymourian 4 ---- Showed that he's not the one to handle the role of sole DM at least with his current form and made Nekounam's absence even more noticeable.
Karimi 3 ------ His head and vision still works, but the legs and the rest of the body don't seem to follow.
Rajabazdeh 3,5 ---- first half 0 and Mr. turnover but made up for it a little in the 2nd half, but still not enough to play 90 mins.
Madanchi 3.5 ---- bad positioning but somewhat affected by Niki's performance too.
Samereh 3 ----- expected much more from him. Still should have been kept on for areal ability towards the end.
Khalili 3 ---- not used to TM and international games' atmosphere, but time is running out and has to take his chances.
Kazemian 2.5 ----- Bad positioning here as well. Expected more, specially since he wanted to prove himself.

Jabbari and Meydavodi were missed in this game!

[Kasra.]

Jabbari and Meydavodi were missed in this game!

DEFINATELY!!

Where Karimi should've been subbed out Jabbari shouldve been subbed in.

And it had to be Rajabzadeh that was subbed not Samereh. Instead of Khalili Meydavoudi should've been subbed in. A great choice by Ebrahimzadeh

[Adesor Vafaseya]

Rahmati 7 - good reflexes, strong on the line but not tested on crosses and inside box!
Kaebi 7 - good positioning and good pushing forward, worked hard.
Hosseini 6 - satisfactory
Aghili 5 - so so
Nikbakht 3 - terrible
Mahdavikia 6 - good positioning thanks to his experience, but un-usualy slow today in decision making.
Teymourian 6 - did his job in DM, however he had better days
Karimi 5- first half good passing, second half too slow and lack of ideas for his position and role.
Rajabazdeh 4 - un-satifactory
Madanchi 2 - one of his bad days
Samereh 2 - one of his bad days