South Africa List Of players

[Kiarash]

Talents age in Iran until 32
Talents age in Europa until 20

We have a good future

[TM homeboy]

Talented at the age of 32?

Sometime you got to judge a player by the merit of his play and not his age.

Pirlo is one of the best play makers in the world and he runs the Italian Engine at 36

i understand we have to build for the future but the best of best should always be invited because of their talent not because of their age.

Age should be a secondary reason for invites.

Also building for the future should be done at the under 23, 21, 19 , 16 levels. So the players are well coached once they enter the senior team.


Not for the senior coach to start them on the basics of modern Football. Like it or not most of our amazing raw talents have awful coaches. just look at the coaching list of omid, under 21, under 19 etc.

[Camran khan]

Sometime you got to judge a player by the merit of his play and not his age.

Pirlo is one of the best play makers in the world and he runs the Italian Engine at 36

i understand we have to build for the future but the best of best should always be invited because of their talent not because of their age.

Age should be a secondary reason for invites.

Also building for the future should be done at the under 23, 21, 19 , 16 levels. So the players are well coached once they enter the senior team.


Not for the senior coach to start them on the basics of modern Football. Like it or not most of our amazing raw talents have awful coaches. just look at the coaching list of omid, under 21, under 19 etc.

I understand what you're saying, but my point is, if he hasn't really improved in all the years he has played, what makes you think he will improve at the age of 32?

[Bi-honar]

It's nice to see some young talented guys in the squad, but that's got to be the oldest and most uninspired list you can come up with for midfield, for a camp almost entirely made of IPL players and with so many young, up and coming talents in the league this year. Mobali, Heydari, Nouri?!!!

And who's Rahman sleeping with to still get an invite in this shape? Almost every other goalie in the IPL is younger and having a better performance this year!

[Z Joon]

Mobali is a much better playmaker than Shojaei imo. Also has the ability to deliver very deadly long balls from set pieces, something no current Iranian player can do.

Don't know, I like the list. Sharifi-Azmoun duo can be really explosive too

[sarbaz]

No suprizes
Very good fair list
As I said before I knew we will not see polladi or mahini in this list
Also no suprize in goalkeepers unlike before sosha Makani is not there , he has been terrible

[Ghermez Agha]

Very decent list! Can't always be perfect but I like that CQ is experimenting a couple of new younger faces like rezaeian, nejadmehdi, and hassanzadeh. This is very encouraging. My only complaint is mobali....idk why CQ would want to bring him back. He was a talented player in his day but has been irrelevant basically since the last AC 4 years ago.

Most importantly: GREAT to see Sharifi back. Also glad to see shabbaszadeh being given an opportunity as well.

[saadat_abad]

i am a very big esteghlali fan but was never a big fan of shabbaszadeh, yes he has his moments but those moments are very rare. excited to see what he can do tho! overall great list! just wish khosro would not get an invite because we know he is going to Australia so why not give his place to someone new to try?

[AranTZ]

Narimanjahan in, Mobali out

Also I don't get why poor khalatbari doesn't get a call up. He's a good player + he seemed like he had a good relationship with Queiroz

[irani8perspolis]

Iman Mobali??!?!

CQ is on some good shit

bro iman mobali is playing really well with Naft, he is back to his oldself, i am actually extremely excited to see him back in TM.

[saadat_abad]

Narimanjahan in, Mobali out

Also I don't get why poor khalatbari doesn't get a call up. He's a good player + he seemed like he had a good relationship with Queiroz

wait is that ur opinion or did cq actually switch the 2 haha

[babak_iran]

Overall a pretty solid list, but not calling up khalatbari is a crime. He can really help TM. Great to see Sharifi,Hassanzadeh and Mobali

[ehsan singapore]

It seems like this list is merely players to test to find a couple subs for the Asian cup and maybe players for the future of TM. I doubt any of the call ups start outside of Ando and Heydari.

I'd say the starting line-up is set for AC barring any injuries.

--------------Haghighi---------------
Heydari-Montazeri-Hosseini-Hajsafi
--------Nekounam-Teymourian-----
Jahanbakhsh--Shojaei-----Dejagah
-----------Ghoochannejhad---------

I personally wouldn't mind someone to start in the places of Shojaei and Heydari, but it seems like they are fixed and CQ trusts them.

like the line up, but i believe dejagah in centre is better than shojayi, he can shoot strong and pass ther ball well

[hzv]

i am a critic of cq tactics and attitude but you got to give it to the guy for player selection. no one can claim he does not follow the league. if you shine in the league you will get a call up and this is evident in the list. also if you terr in the league like makani you will get dropped. for people who complain about mobali i agree about his age but he is the architect behind naft's success and deserves a call up so does nouri who is scoring in every game in style.

[K. Nader]

Mobali's age is not an issue - especially as he's been playing extremely well for Naft Tehran this season. It's double standards to say a 32 year old is too old for Team Melli at the Asian Cup while shouting for the inclusion of a 35 year old Karimi at the World Cup.

The trend with CQ is that he likes to supplement his list with a veteran play maker. In this case, I'm willing to bet that either Mohammad Nouri or Iman Mobali will be in the squad.

One notable exclusion is that of Beitashour. I think it's fair to say that he won't be in the Asian Cup squad at this stage. That being said, with zero bias, this is what's likely to be our squad. Of course, there may be 1-2 surprises exclusions (i.e. Khalatbari at the World Cup).

GK: Haghighi | Beiranvand | Forouzan

DF: Heydari | Ghafouri | Hosseini | Montazeri | Sadeghi | Beikzadeh | Pouladi (if allowed)

MF: Jahanbakhsh | Ebrahimi | Nekounam | Teymourian | Dejagah | Masoud | Rafiei | Pouraliganji | Hajsafi | Nouri/Mobali

FW: Ansarifard | Azmoun | Ghoochannejhad

The rest of the youngster will have to wait their turn until after the Asian Cup to break into the squad.