My personal experience with Masoud Shojaei

[Shayan_91]

[Armani]

Himbeing a nice guy doesn't mean we shouldn't criticise him for his horrible performances.

[Ali.Karimi79]

Shayan jan,

thank you for sharing your story.
I am one of the critics of Shojaeis performance for TM. I never questioned his gheyrat, his passion and love.
It's his overall performance over years for TM which is bothering.
I also read the comment about him hopefully being injured or the Quran kissing thing (which i still believe to be ironic in the first place ) This is absolutely wrong.
Iranian fans tend to get emotional in less than 0.1 nano seconds and start to get abusive.
It is nearly impossible to meet expectations of fans, especially iranian fans.

I, for my part, only want him to deliver the same performance which he delivers at his clubs. Because he is capable of doing much much better,
That's a realistic expecation.
But he is failing over years. That drives me crazy. Whenever he is absent or sent off we tend to win the games. Go figure.
He better start to deliver finally in Australia.

[Omids]

Thanks shayan for sharing your experience.

Funny thing is that for the person that matters, I.e. CQ, masoud delivers, hence he maintains his place in the team. But for all of us arm chair and cyber coaches he is this and he is that. The reality is that it doesn't matter. What matters is what CQ thinks.

[onebloodfool]

I dont agree with you that we should show more patience with him. However if I was ever face to face with you in real life, I would agree with anything you'd say. :/

[persian8iran]

I talk with Masoud too several times, he is a really good person and I think he gonna give the Asian Cup to us, not worry!!

[Kiarash]

My personal experience with Masoud Shojaei

Thanks for sharing this!

I'm behind you Masoud jan, and always will be.

[Salar]

I too have met him a few times and he really is one of the friendliest players in the camp, no doubt about him but crisitizing a player is only fair. He has usually failed on the big stage for Iran and fans have every right to critisise him. At 31, this is gonna be his last chance to prove his doubters wrong so let's see if he manages to deliver or not.

[Farhad-7]

Himbeing a nice guy doesn't mean we shouldn't criticise him for his horrible performances.

Exactly, not surprised he is a nice guy just like most footballers who enjoy nice lives, are friendly, and give back to society. Some members here may have had stupid comments on him but that happens in every forum. Have you seen the English ones? LOL.

Respect to your story and him being the gentleman he is but he has been poor for TM. I hope he can prove his worth in AC 2015. We all know how good he is but for some reason, there has been a trend of underperforming with him with these past years at TM. There's pressure on him to do well as there is Rafiei in the squad. That may motivate him to do well and not lose his spot in a way? I hope so.

[rugs]

He is one of the classiest players we have. I remember him from his days in Saipa, even then he kept his head down and worked hard as a young kid.

I hope he can get back on form and have a great AC.

[ShiroKhorshid]

Bah agha Shayane gol hamchenin Khoshtipo khoshheykal.
I met Masoud once 2 years ago in the Netherlands and we talked around 10 - 15 minutes and i agree he os a really really nice guy. I just think hes mentally a bit weak, we all know how talented and technicaly gifted he is. He is 30 now so most probaly this Asian Cup is his last tournament. Hope he shines and proves all his critics wrong.

[ShiroKhorshid]

Also if he really didnt kiss the Quran then i can only say damesh garm.

[hzv]

masoud shireh. he is going to be key if we are going to have any chance of making it to the finals. the barrage on masoud is due mainly to lack of technical analysis in our broadcasts.

[persiangodfather]

SHojaei played very solid vs Argentina and Bosnia. Even his critics must admit that

[Kiarash]

SHojaei played very solid vs Argentina and Bosnia. Even his critics must admit that

His critics will never say anything about his good performances, but rather focus with a microscope on every single glimpse of his off-days.

Even when he scores a hattrick people will find a way to bash him. Iranian fans for you..

Imagine how decent he would be now if he was not injured for a very long time. Here is a nice video made by our own irani1378 during his early Las Palmas days: