We have rightfully talked a lot about Ghotbi's shortcomings and failures. No doubt about them. He, with no credentials, got the job through a Mafia, he secured it through Ahmadinejad. He talked about the dreamland without delivering any thing,...
Still, I was impressed by his selection, his team performance and defensive built-up. Unlike many people taking on him about his formation, I think the 3 defensive midfielders worked for us. Nouri/Ando/Neko combo was better than any other combinations in that squad. If some one doesn't agree with that, I think he is day-dreaming. We had no offensive midfielder at international level who could carry the team on his shoulder. I take P. Nouri any day over M.Nouri for my team. I am surprised by some people and their comments that they think a defensive mid has no abilities for offensive duties! Any of these three mentioned players have the abilities to initiate an attack, while they are excellent in defensive duties.
We could have added Majidi and Karimi to this squad, but we all know that was not Ghotbi's fault, Karimi is banned from TM and Majidi didn't want to play.
Ghotbi was smart to set his line up with 3 defensive mid's. it worked for us last time we played against S. Korea. We needed a mistake from Korean which it never came. I would do so if I had to play them again.
Besides, he finally made Haj-safi a reliable left D. He also brought Arash Afshin.
Finally, he looked like a coach for us and he talked like a coach. That was his positives.
Again, I hate the guy for what he had done last year. I still think he ripped us up with million dollar contract. I don't even look at the guy if I see him some where. But this doesn't give me the permission to throw out what he has built up. I think he took many by surprise by the performance of his team. I expected much less than that.
Cheers,
Still, I was impressed by his selection, his team performance and defensive built-up. Unlike many people taking on him about his formation, I think the 3 defensive midfielders worked for us. Nouri/Ando/Neko combo was better than any other combinations in that squad. If some one doesn't agree with that, I think he is day-dreaming. We had no offensive midfielder at international level who could carry the team on his shoulder. I take P. Nouri any day over M.Nouri for my team. I am surprised by some people and their comments that they think a defensive mid has no abilities for offensive duties! Any of these three mentioned players have the abilities to initiate an attack, while they are excellent in defensive duties.
We could have added Majidi and Karimi to this squad, but we all know that was not Ghotbi's fault, Karimi is banned from TM and Majidi didn't want to play.
Ghotbi was smart to set his line up with 3 defensive mid's. it worked for us last time we played against S. Korea. We needed a mistake from Korean which it never came. I would do so if I had to play them again.
Besides, he finally made Haj-safi a reliable left D. He also brought Arash Afshin.
Finally, he looked like a coach for us and he talked like a coach. That was his positives.
Again, I hate the guy for what he had done last year. I still think he ripped us up with million dollar contract. I don't even look at the guy if I see him some where. But this doesn't give me the permission to throw out what he has built up. I think he took many by surprise by the performance of his team. I expected much less than that.
Cheers,
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