Your 19 man IPL based TM roster

[ehsan singapore]

As abtin reported in the TM news thread, the upcoming TM list will consist of just IPL based players and it will be a 19 man squad. I think this is a great opportunity to see which players in our league can have an impact on our team and succeed on the international level because quite frankly I've seen a lot of debate recently.

My list:

GK: Alireza Beiranvand, Mohsen Forouzan, Iman Sadeghi

Defenders: Shoja Khalilzadeh, Amirhossein Sadeghi, Morteza Pouraliganji, Amin Hajmohammadi, Vouria Ghafouri, Mehrdad Jamaati

Midfielders: Ehsan Hajsafi, Andranik Teymourian, Soroush Rafie, Omid Ebrahimi, Mohsen Mosalman, Alireza Ezzati, Ayob Kalantari

Fowards: Mehdi Sharifi, Mehdi Taromi, Saman Narimanjahan


Team Break-Down:
Naft Tehran: 4 players
Esteghlal: 4 players
Sepahan: 3 players
Tractor Sazi: 2 players
Foolad Khuzestan: 2 players
Perspolis: 1 player
Malavan: 1 player
Zob ahan: 1 player
Saba Qom: 1 player

i like your list, i think is a good list,players like nouri and heydari are not there, even though i believe CQ WILL bring heydari, but i like the young team combine with the legioners we have a good mix of breed of players

[ehsan singapore]

I have to echo Ando Teymourian's thoughts here. I understand that the purpose of these threads are to post 'our' squad selection but I often find that to be silly. There's often a divide between idealism and realism and most people generally settle for the former. When selecting a 19-man IPL-based squad, you have to look at it from the perspective of CQ. Who does he often call up? Who has he been giving more opportunities to lately?

We currently have 11 foreign based players:

Javad Nekounam | Jalal Hosseini | Pejman Montazeri | Alireza Jahanbakhsh | Sardar Azmoun | Ashkhan Dejagah | Masoud Shojaei | Alireza Haghighi | Karim Ansarifard | Reza Ghoochannejhad | Steven Beitashour

With the exception of Beitashour, it's fair to say that as long as the rest remain healthy, they will be called up to the Asian Cup squad.

That leaves 13 open spots. With 19 spots open in the South Africa camp, the most likely candidates are:

Alireza Beiranvand | Sosha Makani | Mohsen Forouzan | Hashem Beikzadeh | Khosrow Heydari | Vouria Ghafouri | Ehsan Hajsafi | Amir Hossein Sadeghi | Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh | Morteza Pouraliganji | Omid Ebrahimi | Andranik Teymourian | Soroush Rafiei | Mohammad Nouri | Ghasem Hadadifar | Mohsen Mosalman

I've listed 16 with the remaining three places likely to go to outside options for the Asian Cup (i.e. Mehrdad Jamaati, Vahid Amiri, Mehdi Sharifi).

On top of that, I'm sure CQ is working behind the scenes to get Pouladi included in the squad. Should that be the case, only 12 of the 19 players called up to the South Africa will be selected to Asian Cup squad (2 Goalkeepers, 10 Players).

From the IPL-based players, I believe the following are already locked in for the Asian Cup:

Beiravand | Forouzan | Heydari | Ghafouri | Beikzadeh | Teymourian | Ebrahimi | Rafiei | Pouraliganji | Sadeghi | Hajsafi

That's 11 of the 19 players. Hence, 10 foreign-based players + Pouladi + the listed 11 domestic-based players = 22. Add 1 more player to the squad (likely a veteran like Nouri or Hadadifar) and you have your squad for the Asian Cup.

i like your anlaysis, since most of iran players play outside iran, players in iran dont get alot of chances expecially attack and midfield,most young players will need to be groom for 2018,2019 , now we have good players like gucci,dejagah and jahanbaksh. but teams like naft and zob ahan are creating alot of young players which is good for us , this players need to go and play in europe, since most dont go this camps are really good for them as well

[persiandream]

yesterday i watched basel vs liverpool in champions league.. behrang safari (plays for sweeden) was the left back of basel and he played such a great game.. damn that no one noticed him to play for iran when it was still possible..

[Abtin]

As long as Khalatbari is on the list, I'm glad..