What next for the UAE game?

[yashar_fasihnia]

hehehehe...u still remember??
yea, i have been back since june.
i will definitely give u a call tommorow and if possible, go for kebab!

[gol_kuchik]

Bahram Jan, Rahman adds nothing to our already weak defense. TM needs
to have 2 things in mind, when selecting any player for any position:

1-How will this player help TM immediately (for the next game).
2-How will this player help in the long run (Say if we qualify).

Let's see how Rahman can help these goals, or can he?

Rahman has not been playing with any team for a while.
Our problem in defense has a lot to do with players being out of sync
and not doing an effective team defense. Can a rusty player help?

So the answer to the short term goal is a no. Even for Karimi it took
at least 3-4 games to get back into it.

In the long term, looking at 2010 WC, do we want Rezai who has consistently
choked under pressure? Remember the slapping in Asia cup 2002? The huge
mistakes both at WC and in Asian cup 2007?

Simply put, why isn't he even with a team, this long into season?

As for UAE, if I were Ali Daei, I would try to use the same group that beat
them in UAE and try to minimize the usage of legionaries.

Every game the youngsters get under their belt would be huge for 2010, and
even later where we have 3 games in 3 weeks with high chance of injury or
yellow card mounting for starters.

From this view, I would not even want Bagheri in long run. He could help
in this game possibly, but realistically anyone thinks a 42 years old can
make impact in WC? Also, in what respect is this UAE team any better than the
last 2 we beat to qualify? Heck if it weren't for us beating Syria by 2 goals
UAE would not even be here.

Daei must trust the same young people who brought him this far at least
for UAE game.

Luckily for us, even a draw will not hurt us on Wed. All we have to do is to
pull a Bonacic on UAE (at lest for the first 70). Try to control the middle
and back with 8-9 players and let someone like Borhani/Rezai run loose up front.

We'll score 3-4 against them with a grinding/pressing first 70 and then
all out attack the last 30.

But we really don't need old timers in this game nor even legionaries who just
played today and may not be 100% by Wed. I hope if Daei decides to use
them, he use them as subs and not for the entire 90 minutes.

Some times I love to go back to what I posted and check how valid/invalid they
were.

I just could not get myself to vote for a draw in the prediction league or I would be
sitting on top with 26 points.

[zzgloo]

Some times I love to go back to what I posted and check how valid/invalid they
were.
I just could not get myself to vote for a draw in the prediction league or I would be
sitting on top with 26 points.

I agree with you more and more every day, with this coach...as as you suggest, we will be better off, forgetting if not all, at least most legioners !!
Legioners can only be good, if there will be a coaching plan for the game at hand....so the legioners experince will make them implement the plan better.....but, when there is no plan, and the out come of the game will depend on players " ghayrat ", and player's " self imput ", then non-legioners would want to show themseleves, and have better motivations, while the legioners, are too rich, and too bussy, and too old to motivate themseleves !!...and it is hard for them to take " Daei " seriousely..!!!