Warm Up Talk: Countdown Until the 2023 Asian Cup - 48 days away!

[peiman92]

This is what Japan's lineup looks like with clubs attached.

Yeah we are getting cooked by that.

https://www.buildlineup.com/shared/6...47774edb3989b7

They will choke before we meet them. Saudi/Australia will beat them.

[perspolis#1]

They will choke before we meet them. Saudi/Australia will beat them.

Sure because our team is known to have longer lasting mental fortitude than the Japanese

[peiman92]

Sure because our team is known to have longer lasting mental fortitude than the Japanese

Iran-Saudi is the final.

[arj42]

They will choke before we meet them. Saudi/Australia will beat them.

Knowing us, if we get the opportunity to capitalize on japan getting knocked out, we will just lose in quarter final and not get to that point anyways

[Pluto2000]

My only hope is that Japan does horribly against Bekesh Ziresh teams, look at how they played vs Oman and Vietnam a year and a half ago. Largely the same players now. Probably everyone will park the bus on them

[peiman92]

Knowing us, if we get the opportunity to capitalize on japan getting knocked out, we will just lose in quarter final and not get to that point anyways

This time we don’t have CQ to lose against the likes of Iraq, don’t worry.

[peiman92]

My only hope is that Japan does horribly against Bekesh Ziresh teams, look at how they played vs Oman and Vietnam a year and a half ago. Largely the same players now. Probably everyone will park the bus on them

Saudi and Australia will be more than a match for them. Looking at the draw, i can see Bahrain/Jordan causing an upset against them in R16. Otherwise it’s Saudi or Australia in semifinals.

[perspolis#1]

They will choke before we meet them. Saudi/Australia will beat them.

Saudi is hopeful, Australia are terrible their players play for 3rd division English teams or Scottish teams. Even Iraq has slightly better legionnaires than them.

[Nokhodi]

Saudi is hopeful, Australia are terrible their players play for 3rd division English teams or Scottish teams. Even Iraq has slightly better legionnaires than them.

Australia always fights. For that alone they're always a risk. They don't have a single stand-out player but look how they try to play every World Cup.

[Pluto2000]

Australia always performs in big moments with their physicality

[peiman92]

Saudi is hopeful, Australia are terrible their players play for 3rd division English teams or Scottish teams. Even Iraq has slightly better legionnaires than them.

Did you miss the WC? Australia was fantastic.
Although Japan made great progress 2018-2022, Saudi topped their WCQ group.

Somethings never change in Asia, meaning certain teams always have trouble playing other teams no matter which players/generations etc.

But none of this matters anyway, as the trophy will end up in the hands of Iran.

[taremiscores]

Australia is a great team. It's the team that counts, not just individual players. They were fantastic in Qatar and their fans were pretty great too (the ones we met).

[perspolis#1]

Australia always fights. For that alone they're always a risk. They don't have a single stand-out player but look how they try to play every World Cup.

I know they fight hard and I saw them play in the World cup. I'm actually specifically referring to their squad worsening since the World Cup.

They were a better side in 2022 and 2018 before that.

Their only main player that has improved since last year is Harry Souttar who plays for Leicester and was big in the World cup.

Their veterans have had some poor/mixed form.
Aaron Mooy who used to play with Jahanbakhsh in Brighton is retired now and he was basically the tempo setter in their team.
Matthew Leckie who is losing his pace and not as threatening.

If you watch them play, their only dynamic attacker is Awer Mabil that great refugee story for the Australian NT. Without him their attack is as toothless and totally reliant on set pieces, which is why I make the argument that Japan (who has no problem now beating the US/German physicality) can handle Australia. Saudi might beat Japan on goals as they have shown in the past, its possible.

In reference to Australia's WC performance, in the World cup they had 24% possession vs Denmark and 33% against Tunisia. So they can smash and grab like a Quieroz team but they are not going to be dictating anything vs Saudis/Japan/Korea and even us.

It's more likely we beat Japan than Australia does.

[oracle]

Saudi and Australia will be more than a match for them. Looking at the draw, i can see Bahrain/Jordan causing an upset against them in R16. Otherwise it’s Saudi or Australia in semifinals.

Uzbakistan match up well with Japan too.
they might even knock them out in qf

[DR Strangemoosh]

This time we don’t have CQ to lose against the likes of Iraq, don’t worry.

Have you only followed Iranian football since 2014?

I get the trolling, that's fine, but surely there's a limit to this weird meta-satire?