DPR Korea vs. Iran Nov. 14th WCQ Match Thread

[Artaxerxes]

Does anyone know when Majid Hosseini is coming back?

[Pluto2000]

Does anyone know when Majid Hosseini is coming back?

Not until mid to late 2025. I don't know why it took him 7 months to get surgery for his ankle injury after AC

[Iran_19]

Shoja should or should not be starter at 35 it is logic discussion but he was robbed 8 years of TM career and everyone knows it was not football related! shoja starts at 35 is actually more about we suck in this position at the point that even nemati starts there! Stop looking for excuses!
PAG is almost done
kanani the bus boy lack consistency
majid hosseini was always liability
if we had few decent ones Shoja shouldn’t be probably invited at 35 but the rest are no better if not worst!!
btw, 2 other TM coaches had Shoja as starter! I don’t like GN for many reasons but please don’t link this one to him!

[Pluto2000]

Shoja should or should not be started at 35 it is logic discussion but he was robbed 8 years of TM career and everyone knows it was not football related! shoja starts at 35 is actually more about we suck in this position at the point that even nemati starts there! Stop looking for excuses!
PAG is almost done
kanani the bus boy lack consistency
majid hosseini was always liability
if we had few decent ones Shoja shouldn’t be probably invited at 35 but the rest are no better if not worst!!

No centerback is gonna do well in this GN system where nobody knows what is going on, first and foremost.

We've been told several times by now (Azizi, Taremi, Allahyar) that Ghalenoei doesn't actually communicate tactics to players, he just tells them basic shape and gives them a motivational speech.

People can agree/disagree all they want about that style BUT anyone who has taken a basic coaching course knows you need to be ACTIVELY involved. Defenders NEED correction on positioning, marking, and movement. It's why our defenders never follow offside line and constantly doing erratic last safe maneuvers.

I'm not a CQ lover either but it's no surprise these same players went from conceding tokhmi goals against Algeria B team under Skocic to beating Uruguay and tying Senegal just a few months later. Just look at the way Shoja defended in that camp vs the way he defends under GN. It's like a wild west

[mehdi13]

Shoja was also robbed of a world cup, going from starter to waxing CQs dampaye on bench. It gave me great joy because in addition to being definition of mediocre, he was signing salam farmande a few months before.