Hajsafi officially recieves offer from Hull City and Fulham!!

[babak_iran]

His shot against Argentina was gunna be a screamer had it not been blocked for a corner.

[Tiger_Irooni]

I disagree with Ashkan & Gucci. They were very inconsistent. They may had one game better than HS but over the 3 games they were both worse than HS. I wasn't thinking about our GK. I will say that Haghighi after Pooladi was our best:
Pooladi
Haghighi
Haj Safi

no ashkan and gucci and we would look more terrible in offence dude ! what you really wanted Gucci to do? dribble players and score ? lol
i guess you being biased because haj safi play for your club .

[Malkay]

His shot against Argentina was gunna be a screamer had it not been blocked for a corner.

If my auntie had a Ɛ═=D she would have been my uncle...

[teammelli91]

^ If your auntie had a 8===D *

[Hosseini]

God, why are you guys so negative? If he didn't want to leave Iran, do you think he would've gone to Europe? It just didn't work out, and somethings in life are like that. Give him a break and atleast give him the credit for putting so much effort into wanting to make us happy and get this done.

[Nokhodi]

He at least tried and to be fair he didn't even play any games in the media. Maybe it will work out one day.

[Afat11]

It's difficult not to be a pessimist when you support Iran. We haven't really had a lot of good times or things to hope for since 1979. Well, we beat the USA once and had a few players who bench warmed on Bayern, so we've got that going for us, which is nice.

As an Iranian, I know not to get my hopes up for anything ever. We will always be disappointed. We hear, every single year, "Mohamad Ghazi to AC Milan?" "Ando Teymourian to replace Xavi at Barcelona?" "Ansarifard to Liverpool?" "Jahanbakhsh to be manager/captain at Manchester United?"

Yet, after a decent World Cup appearance in comparison to some other teams in the tournament, teams like Oman have players in the top flight of England and other leagues and we don't. What planet is this?

Anyone that wants to be an optimist is a saint. After all of these Swansea, Hull City, Liverpool, etc. rumors and not even one player transferring to the top flight of any decent league, we have a right to be negative. I don't have to support a system that either doesn't build respectable talent or any system that by it's very existence commands no respect.

Nobody that matters in the world respects Iranian football. Ask Mourinho, Guardiola, or Van Gaal to name one current Iranian player or to discuss the Iranian national team. They think of us as on the same level as Saudi or UAE. They know they can't find any talent for their teams in Iran. So yes, don't get your hopes up for next years transfer window please. Just know every single rumor is a rumor, except 1. That seems to be the trend. 25 rumors, 1 actual transfer to a second division team.

[BacheLot]

Name us one player other than Pooladi that had a better tourney than HS.

Haghighi, Ashkan, Gucci ,Sadeghi .
Haghighi was pretty solid , except probably one goal vs Bosnia
Ashkan even he wasn't 100 % but head and shoulder better than rest of our midfielders, some few menace in attack came from him
Gucci was decent , put always himself in right position with few chances created
Sadeghi had hell of tournament , very very solid in defense , no one even mention the guy
and yes hajsafi was decent too , but not better than these guys

[BacheLot]

He at least tried and to be fair he didn't even play any games in the media. Maybe it will work out one day.

[Camran khan]

I disagree, it's not like he brought in Heydari for Ashkan, but he brought Jahanbakhsh, another very dangerous player who mimutes after being subbed in vs Argentina, gave that awesome pass to Gucci. Besides, if you watch the replay of our game vs Argentina, around 70-80th minute when Ashkan is going to take a corner, he barely has the energy to walk to the corner flag. Even the commentators pointed this out. I guess spending too much time injured and in hookah places in London does have some side effects..

[Kiarash]

I disagree, it's not like he brought in Heydari for Ashkan, but he brought Jahanbakhsh, another very dangerous player who mimutes after being subbed in vs Argentina, gave that awesome pass to Gucci. Besides, if you watch the replay of our game vs Argentina, around 70-80th minute when Ashkan is going to take a corner, he barely has the energy to walk to the corner flag. Even the commentators pointed this out. I guess spending too much time injured and in hookah places in London does have some side effects..

Magath also has some intensive trainings that seem to fuck up players, no wonder why some stayed away from training under Magath.

[BacheLot]

I disagree, it's not like he brought in Heydari for Ashkan, but he brought Jahanbakhsh, another very dangerous player who mimutes after being subbed in vs Argentina, gave that awesome pass to Gucci. Besides, if you watch the replay of our game vs Argentina, around 70-80th minute when Ashkan is going to take a corner, he barely has the energy to walk to the corner flag. Even the commentators pointed this out. I guess spending too much time injured and in hookah places in London does have some side effects..

don't know man..!! Although ARJ performed admirably in his little cameo appearances, he was hardly as recognized and feared european based offensive threat to our wc opposition as Ashkan..!
Dejagha wasn't nearly as spent as you suggest upon his subbings at world cup and his pissed off reactions to his subbings also suggested the same..! and our opponent's Ds clearly were glad to see him off and their attacking confidence obviously grow in his absence..!

[BacheLot]

Magath also has some intensive trainings that seem to fuck up players, no wonder why some stayed away from training under Magath.

I'm a big believer in his old school training methods..! but it sure works best IN THE LONG RUN..! he took over late season at Fulham and his players didn't have enough time to really see the fruits of their labors..!!
Unfortunately, in today's club football its all about current results but if the current fulham side don't panic early and dismiss Magath, they will be a much younger, fitter and Faster side and major force to be wrecken with by season's end in Championship and beyond..!!

Also, If i recall well, Ashkan's fitness considerably improved upon Felix's arrival at fulham and so did his playing minutes..!! although Ashkan did struggle for full fitness that whole season prior to WC under all three coaches at Fulham, so something was up with him..!!? perhaps he never did recover fully from his injury from the season prior..!!?

[O-ZoNe]

Has this been posted? I got this from facebook

مدافع سپاهان توضيح مي دهد/ چرا حاج*صفي به انگليس نرفت؟
در حالي که احسان حاج صفي تا يک قدمي بازي در ليگ چمپيون شيپ انگلستان پيش رفت با اين حال مشکلاتي براي به وجود آمد که نتوانست با فولام قرارداد امضا کند.

اتفاقی که حاج صفی را حسابی ناراحت کرده است، او در مورد عدم حضورش در لیگ انگلستان و شرایط سپاهان گفت و گویی با "ورزش سه" انجام داد که در زیر می خوانید:

* مشکل اداری داشتم
شما می دانید که حضور در انگلستان چقدر سخت است من به دلیل اینکه در 70درصد بازی های ملی برای تیم ملی بازی نکرده بودم با مشکل گرفتن ویزای کار مواجه شدم ولی این مشکل حل شد در حالی که همه چیز برای عقد قرارداد با فولام آماده بود، متاسفانه نتوانستم در انگلستان به فوتبالم ادامه دهم. متاسفانه مشکلات اداری مانع عقد قراردادم با فولام شد.

* بسیار ناراحتم
واقعا این موضوع برایم غیرقابل هضم است، اگر بگویم ناراحت نیستم دروغ گفته ام خیلی زحمت کشیده ام و متاسفانه در این ماجرا بزرگترین لطمه را خوردم. خیلی دوست داشتم فوتبالم را در کشوری مثل انگلستان ادامه دهم و شاید خواست خدا بود که این اتفاق نیفتاد.

* وقت مذاکره با تیم های دیگر را نداشتم
مدیربرنامه های من چون می دانست انتقالم به فولام صددرصد است دیگر با باشگاه دیگری مذاکره نکرد حالا باید تا نیم فصل صبر کنم تا در یک هفته مهلت نقل و انتقالات بتوانم تیمی برای خودم انتخاب کنم. اگر هم نیم فصل نشد در پایان این فصل با باشگاه های اروپایی مذاکره می کنم.

* دنیا به آخر نرسیده است
برای من دنیا به آخر نرسیده است، زندگی همین است و قرار نیست همیشه بهترین اتفاق برای من بیافتد. این اتفاق ها را فراموش کرده ام و از این به بعد تلاش می کنم بهترین عملکردم را برای سپاهان داشته باشم.

* برابر پدیده فرصت اشتباه نداریم
باتوجه به نتایجی که در 4 هفته اخیر به دست آورده ایم دیگر فرصت اشتباه نداریم باید به مشهد برویم و هر طور شده پدیده را شکست دهیم. در این بازی حتی مساوی هم به دردمان نمی خورد، باید این تیم را ببریم تا دوباره به جمع مدعیان برگردیم.

[Nokhodi]

So he says the work permit issue was resolved but he had other office issues? ...