Still waiting for CQ to convince

[ShiroKhorshid]

I always thought it would be the best to have a vatani head coach and to make Quieroz his assistant. My top 3 candidates would be Ghalenoei, Daei and Mayeli Kohan. Firouz Karimi or Korbekandi would also do. I really really think with a Vatani coach + CQ as assistant we can reach the semifinals in the next WC. Also im not fully convinced with Jahanbaksh. Quieroz should have talen Gholam Reza Rezaei instead, hes faster than the ball.

[Keano]

As long as we win our games I am convinced. Not to mention the solid defense we have developed under his reign. Credit must be given when it's due. Some people often wait for the moment to jump the gun and crucify. Did we play unattractive football? somewhat yes we did. Did we not win while playing somewhat unattractive football? yes we won. Do I prefer attractive football over result? Hell no I don't!

[Abbas85]

Damn, someone return this broken record back to Best Buy.

[Keano]

utter shit this game was. one of the worst iran games ever we are so lucky to get out with a win. also it appeared that the player offside did cause an interference with the goalie even though he did not touch the ball and gucci was onside. i ve seen better football watching the cauliflower league. the excitement and trash talking of the fans in this thread is even more cauliflower than the cauliflower football i just watched. i might have to watch the bumble bees play in the next peewee game just to forget about this one.

Was this worse than our horrendous game against Oman in 2004 AC match? Where we got super lucky to draw the totally outplayed match against Oman, where Nosrati and 2 other players of ours should have been red carded? Or was losing to Jordan in a crucial WCQ match in Tehran Azadi before 80,000+ home fans?

We are best at exaggerations!

[Abbas85]

Was this worse than our horrendous game against Oman in 2004 AC match? Where we got super lucky to draw the totally outplayed match against Oman, where Nosrati and 2 other players of ours should have been red carded? Or was losing to Jordan in a crucial WCQ match in Tehran Azadi before 80,000+ home fans?

We are best at exaggerations!

You just got trolled bro

[Ghermez Agha]

Instead of giving you a long analytic post like other friends have done over here I'll give you s short and sweet response: if you genuinely are still "waiting for CQ to impress" then you will be waiting for the rest of your life or perhaps until he wins the World Cup with Iran.

[hzv]

Was this worse than our horrendous game against Oman in 2004 AC match? Where we got super lucky to draw the totally outplayed match against Oman, where Nosrati and 2 other players of ours should have been red carded? Or was losing to Jordan in a crucial WCQ match in Tehran Azadi before 80,000+ home fans?

We are best at exaggerations!

of course it was worst. the lost against jordan we had 18 attempts on their net they had 1.obviously i am not talking about this being the worst result but one of the worst performances ever, it looked like a peewee league game. if this is not anti football i dont know what is. it is almost like we want them to have the ball and possession stats against all our opponents shows this. did you watch the game?

[hzv]

Instead of giving you a long analytic post like other friends have done over here I'll give you s short and sweet response: if you genuinely are still "waiting for CQ to impress" then you will be waiting for the rest of your life or perhaps until he wins the World Cup with Iran.

or we will see if he takes iran to the next level, me if we finish third i am happy, is that unrealistic?

[IranFan]

I don't think I have ever had as much mixed feelings about how we play as I usually am cut and dry with my opinions. This asian cup has bothered me despite winning the group because I truly believe that these teams do not deserve the respect that we are giving them. 23% possession in the first half vs UAE today is an embarrassment. I was particularly frustrated that we were in a must win situation and with 5-10 minutes left we were still not pushing numbers forward. We got the goal, but most of the time it won't happen like that and I know that we could have dominated UAE easily with more aggressive tactics.

I like several things CQ has done with our football especially when it comes to professionalism and mental toughness of our players, but I think he underestimates our players and doesn't know the damage he is doing to our reputation amongst these asian teams when we park the bus against Bahrain, Qatar, and UAE. We won but I don't feel like it..I want to feel good about the way we play, win or lose.

[Ghermez Agha]

or we will see if he takes iran to the next level, me if we finish third i am happy, is that unrealistic?

Not at all....but to say one of the most accomplished coaches, if not THE most accomplished coach in team meli history hasn't done anything in the last 4 years in extremely unrealistic.

[hzv]

Not at all....but to say one of the most accomplished coaches, if not THE most accomplished coach in team meli history hasn't done anything in the last 4 years in extremely unrealistic.

who said he hasnt done anything? he qualified iran to the world cup. he defenately is not the most accomplished tm coach in history, that one is just simple math but if he wins the asian cup then you got a case if he loses to iraq in quarters he should be fired,if he loses to japan or korea in the semis then again he has done nothing special to be even mentioned as the most accomplished coach in tm history. even if he takes us to the final and loses he has taken us to the next level but as it stands now and until we count the joojehs he has been one of 4 coaches that qualified us to the world cup.

[Ghermez Agha]

who said he hasnt done anything? he qualified iran to the world cup. he defenately is not the most accomplished tm coach in history, that one is just simple math but if he wins the asian cup then you got a case if he loses to iraq in quarters he should be fired,if he loses to japan or korea in the semis then again he has done nothing special to be even mentioned as the most accomplished coach in tm history. even if he takes us to the final and loses he has taken us to the next level but as it stands now and until we count the joojehs he has been one of 4 coaches that qualified us to the world cup.

Doctor doom said we haven't achieved anything.

He qualified Iran to the world cup, yes......as first place in our group. The only other manager to do so was mohajerani.

He has kept a clean sheet in the group phase round of the Asian cup, again I'm not sure when Iran did that before.

In WCQs we conceded 2 goals in 8 matches.....that's conceeding one goal in every four matches on average. Again I don't think any other TM manager has had such a record.

Now shall we bring up his 9-10 game winning streak against Asian teams? Again, something no other Iranian coach has done, check here http://www.persianfootball.com/forum...-breaks-record

My point is that CQ is undoubtedly a very accomplished coach in his time in Iran and has revolutionized our football in many ways that I think are obvious. To name them it would be trying to instil a level of professionalism (kicking out the bache porrous in Rahmati and ag holi at crucial times) in our football, bringing in foreign based players, and putting us back on the map after a very dark time in our football (2009-2011).

If you'd like to continue ignoring all these facts because of lack of possession or something silly like that then by all means go ahead, but here they are laid out in front of you.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

I make it short!
I respect everyone's oppinion and point of view, but as far as my view is concerned:

I have never seen in my entire life, since the first day I started to watch Iranian football, since many many TM generaitons ago, a TM as organized, as defensively reliable, as tactically smart and convincing TM as this one!

[masoud nekounam]

Great post, I just have one problem with it... you forgot to talk about how terribly Shojaei has been performing and how that slow, clumsy, sissy, bigheyrat bache-naneh has no place in TM. Other than that you were spot on, I am so jealous of your exceptional tactical understanding of football... please teach us your ways.

[xerexes]

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