Ryan Tafazolli, half Iranian - half English defender playing for Mansfield Town

[dejagah_fan]

Tafazolli for TM!

[PersianLegion]

Ryan for TM bench list!

[04041374]

Rayan for TM!

[Ali Doust]

He's still very young for a defender. If he can find himself a way to play at least in the champions league, I'd say he should definitely get called up.

[Afat11]

Lol, Champions League... Do you mean the Championship? 2nd division?

Asking a little much with Champions League, aren't we?

If he can make it to a team like Charlton or NEC, he will be doing as well as most of our other current top TM stars. I think the expectation on legionnaires should be realistic.

If he can make it out of the 4th division, that would be enough for some interest, but he's a prospect for now. He wouldn't likely make it on TM now.

I do believe that CQ should have a camp of all of these 2nd, 3rd, and 4th division legionnaires that is separate from the main TM camp. This will make a competitive environment and we can see if any players have enough potential to ever make it to TM, and are just not flourished yet.

At the very least, doing that will shut a lot of us up who want these players to at least be in the conversation of TM's future, if CQ invites them and they truly have no potential.

[inarsenewetrust]

tafazolli scored against Sheff.Wednesday,second division team in capital one cup today. His team lost four one tho. Pretty weird considering this thread was just started.http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33769201

[inarsenewetrust]

isnt their a centre back from iran also playing in Irish division or something??

[Ali Doust]

Lol, Champions League... Do you mean the Championship? 2nd division?

LOL..Ya I ment championship. Guess Im just subconsciously craving to see an Iranian in the Champions league. Its been way to long.

[Ghermez Agha]

Can't lie, I did a little research on him and he doesn't seem like a bad option. League 2 isn't anything impressive or not even on the same level as IPL....but he looks really good. I know if we had cheshmi or kanani playing in that league they would stand out too, but given he was brought up in a very good youth academy like Southampton and seeing how well he's preformed, I'd like to see him next to our guys, can't remember the last time we've had someone with as big as a physical presence as him. Doubt he is on CQs radar so all of this is wishful thinking but if he could manage to get into a better team and perform there as well I'm sure he'll catch CQs attention.

[The Realist]

CQ has enough knowledge and experience in him to groom this boy, questions are does he want to play for Iran and is CQ looking at him. I am not that concerned about the league he plays in, England is tough environment, especially when you drop down to physical lower leagues.

[Swiss Persian]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLMCVZouVP8

at 4:30 you see him score

[Team Melli Fan]

He's big and strong, he'd fit perfectly into CQ's system. & like The Realist said, the lower English leagues are very physical. He's also a defender who speaks English, which would help out with refs like Ben Williams. Tafazolli for TM!

[ali alipour]

Just because your big or tall doesn't mean you'd be a good footballer. I don't think Yao Ming would fit queiroz system very well.

[The Realist]

Just because your big or tall doesn't mean you'd be a good footballer. I don't think Yao Ming would fit queiroz system very well.

Taken literally! I don't believe anyone is suggesting that.

[Afat11]

Taken literally! I don't believe anyone is suggesting that.

Despite it being a poor comparison, I think alipour's point is correct. I don't think there has been anything shown from Tafazolli to warrant any direct involvement with TM yet.

Still, I am suggesting a camp of 10-15 Iranians from abroad to join together and compete for a spot in the next TM camp. Instead of us all bickering about whether somebody is a good fit for TM or not, we can have CQ, who is a trustable source on the matter tell us whether the player is good enough to help us.

If every player is trash, send them all home with a "thank you and good luck."