Khatibi Fired!!!

[GolfePersique]

He's a decent coach, but needs to control himself in some aspects.
The way he dealt with some of his players after committing errors was a bit controversial. An example is Hamed lak who was almost deported from the club for a couple of bad performances.

[persiangodfather]

are we talking about the same guy who missed an empty net vs portugal?

[zare3900]

I wonder if his coaching career is going to be anything like his playing career. Different club every year!

[Rooyintan]

[ShirFarhad]

are we talking about the same guy who missed an empty net vs portugal?

Missed an empty net? He missed from a difficult angle with the GK in front of him. How is that an empty net?

His finishing was indeed horrible sometimes and I personally didn't like him as a player at all, but his coaching career has been very impressive thus far.

[shahname]

Firing him is simply idiotic and very very strange!!!

[Team Melli Fan]

Never liked him as a player, don't know much about his coaching.

He cost us the 2007 Asian Cup with that horrid pk!

[Ghermez Agha]

After the 8-0ers I think it's safe to say we are the worst when it comes to firing coaches. Absolutely pathetic and there is nothing more to it than that

[Karimi 8]

He seemed like a good coach for the club and got decent results, this is a bad move.

[eerooni]

fire the team not the coach! Khatibi did well for Tractor and gauging his performance over one game is ridiculous and short sighted. something common in IRan these days....

[hzv]

i think his firing is not due to results but political. he had gotten mixed up (whether on purpose or unintentional) with some separatist propaganda. it could be a baseless rumor but usually where there is smoke there is a fire.

[kia]

I wonder if his coaching career is going to be anything like his playing career. Different club every year!

As a player he didn't change clubs a lot. He was with Sepahan at least 4 seasons.

[Paradigm]

Now only if we could give some "Tractor treatment" to CQ.

[babak_iran]

Never liked him as a player, don't know much about his coaching.

He cost us the 2007 Asian Cup with that horrid pk!

he was a good club player during his spell at Sepahan, but he never did well for team melli.

[Bi-honar]

Some more on this from Khatibi himself: