Iran vs. Kyrgyzstan Sept 5th WCQ Match Thread

[Damavand]

[koorosh]

Not a very good analysis. Complaining about everything including why Kanaani and Yusefi got to play instead of Kanaani and Rezaian. Then complains about Shoja being too old!



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[Prowess]

We have to remember that our football is not an equation where 1+1=2, especially now under GN.

Just because we played poorly today, does not mean we will struggle against Qatar, UAE, etc. I expect us to play a lot better.

For example, none of us expected to play half as well as we did against Japan, after our performance against Hong Kong in the Asian Cup.

Here are my takeaways from the game:

-kyrgyzstan did well in forming a compact defense and hustling. You can tell they were playing with more hunger.

-we lacked urgency & pace in our ball movement. I really disliked our strategy of moving the ball side to side then sending a cross in the box. I don’t remember us ever being a good crossing team. We needed to do much more simple 1-2’s in final third, something that Taremi & Torabi tried to do.

-GN needs to tell Ghoddos to be much more aggressive, especially in taking shots. Ever since he went to Brentford, you can tell his focus has been on retaining posession, not losing the ball, etc. But he’s too good not to express himself more. It’s frustrating to watch because this is 100% fixable.

-Not a fan of Nourafkhan. His shots were decent, but he needs to offer much more as a midfielder.

*Don’t want to rehash old news, but overall, ironically, ive found TM’s offensive displays much more fluid under CQ’s reign than GN’s.

Examples against superior opposition (on paper) included:

-Wales
-Uruguay
-Portugal
-Spain
-Argentina

[PEJ]

You'd think that after the 1st goal they would've learned to keep shooting low shots and allow the ball to skip on that nasty pitch. We had 2 shots on target out of 20 shots!! Guys were kicking field goals one after another. It doesn't take a world class coach to be able to pick up on that. You mean to tell me no one told the players " guys stop shooting for the stars aim low!!" Are we really that dumb??

Not an excuse. These guys are pros so they should be able to adjust. However as player who played on the shittiest fields on earth, trying to receive and set a ball to strike on crappy a surface is a Herculean task. That ball is always bouncing and it takes a lot of concentration to strike that ball with precision.

[Pluto2000]

We have to remember that our football is not an equation where 1+1=2, especially now under GN.

Just because we played poorly today, does not mean we will struggle against Qatar, UAE, etc. I expect us to play a lot better.

For example, none of us expected to play half as well as we did against Japan, after our performance against Hong Kong in the Asian Cup.

Here are my takeaways from the game:

-kyrgyzstan did well in forming a compact defense and hustling. You can tell they were playing with more hunger.

-we lacked urgency & pace in our ball movement. I really disliked our strategy of moving the ball side to side then sending a cross in the box. I don’t remember us ever being a good crossing team. We needed to do much more simple 1-2’s in final third, something that Taremi & Torabi tried to do.

-GN needs to tell Ghoddos to be much more aggressive, especially in taking shots. Ever since he went to Brentford, you can tell his focus has been on retaining posession, not losing the ball, etc. But he’s too good not to express himself more. It’s frustrating to watch because this is 100% fixable.

-Not a fan of Nourafkhan. His shots were decent, but he needs to offer much more as a midfielder.

*Don’t want to rehash old news, but overall, ironically, ive found TM’s offensive displays much more fluid under CQ’s reign than GN’s.

Examples against superior opposition (on paper) included:

-Wales
-Uruguay
-Portugal
-Spain
-Argentina

Its funny how our problem yet again goes back to how poor our midfield is. Especially since we play 2 striker formation. That means our 2 midfielders in the middle need the base of the team. We really need Hosseinejad to succeed Ghoddos there ASAP. Need someone who can hustle and distribute the ball with pace. Love Ghoddos but he should be benched until he finds a club.

[Damavand]

[Prowess]

Its funny how our problem yet again goes back to how poor our midfield is. Especially since we play 2 striker formation. That means our 2 midfielders in the middle need the base of the team. We really need Hosseinejad to succeed Ghoddos there ASAP. Need someone who can hustle and distribute the ball with pace. Love Ghoddos but he should be benched until he finds a club.

I love Ghoddos too, but I agree. Hosseinejad should’ve 100% been invited. Perfect game to build up international experience.

[perspolis#1]

Too much hysteria.

You guys watch too much high end football and then expect our players to play like them and GN be Guardiola..

Our players are crap and our coach is crap and the field was crap, and VAR was crap...do you think we are Switzerland?

Got the result we wanted.

Next game.



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Agha respectfully putting 5-6 passes together on the ground is something a high school team can do. Even Iranian amoo league players can do it.

I've watched TM a lot since childhood and our midfield was atrocious today. You dont need Guardiola as a metric

I would rather Pejman Nouri and Maziar Zare in their prime play than whatever Noorafkan was doing

[a_m]

Let this sink in , anyone that has played a sport , or anyone that has played football , knows you can’t not play for a long time and expect to sharp and in form and ready ;

we have 3 players who haven’t even played a single game in 5 months on the team and 1 players who isn’t even TM level??!? Why

ezzatolahi - should not play
JB- shouldn’t be on the team
Saman - come off the bench
Moghanlou- not TM material


we have 2 players who been injured for like almost 1.5 years now , neither have the fitness to go 90 minutes both should come off the bench , when the other team is tired, especially Sardar !!

Sardar- bench players last 15 or 20 minutes max

Golizadeh- bench players 30 minutes max

And all 6 of these players played today , when in fact these players shouldn’t even be in the team or start at all ..


These just some adjustments GN needs to make , I hope he realize this and makes the appropriate changes for the next game,

[Hosseini]

It probably costs a million dollars or so to maintain a perfect grass field and we can't do that. People look at our stadium and laugh it's so embarrassing. Khak to saremoon baba.

[IRAN_TILL_I_DIE]

Jahanbaksh and Ghoddos should NOT be in the squad until they find a club.
what does this show to the young players who play regularly for their club?
it is not right that these 2 are involved, it is demotivating for the young players trying to come through..

[koorosh]

Agha respectfully putting 5-6 passes together on the ground is something a high school team can do. Even Iranian amoo league players can do it.

I've watched TM a lot since childhood and our midfield was atrocious today. You dont need Guardiola as a metric

I would rather Pejman Nouri and Maziar Zare in their prime play than whatever Noorafkan was doing

At WC 22, TM had the lowest pass completion rate of any team. It is something we have always struggled with.

This is our level of football. There is a reason why we have one player in a good league from a country of millions of players.

People swing wildly in their opinions and emotions between single games.

It's so embarrassing that it prompted Taremi to kiss GN during the game and lash out afterwards.

This was always going to be a very tricky game...add in a crap field and players protecting themselves...and we frankly should be satisfied that the job was done.



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[The]

It's so embarrassing that it prompted Taremi to kiss GN during the game and Lash out afterwards.

Lol, Taremi doesn't need an excuse to moan. that's his specialty.

Also, Kyrgyzstan played on the same pitch. So... yea doesn't explain why they were better than us in the 2nd half.

What does explain it is that our manager isn't good at in game adjustments.

There are times where Iranian fans are silly and emotional... this isn't one of them. This is like Skocic era, where it was obvious he wasn't suited for the job, even when he won, but we kept with him until it was too late.

[babak_iran]

Our shitty performance aside. What a embarrassment it is for a big city like Isfahan with 2 great clubs sepahan and zobahan who play on the ground can’t even maintain their pitches.

[mbaizai]

I looked up the schedule and unfortunately it's not much helping us. We have a difficult away game against an very young confident UAE team . Next on 10 October we will fly to Uzbekestan to play them and on 15 Oct a home game against qatar. Will we fix the pitch anywhere at home to play Qatar? I'm serious guys we will end up 3rd or 4th because of our home pitches . That's our biggest issue before we blast the general