FIFA World Cup 2018 Qualifier: Iran - Guam @ Azadi Stadium, Tehran [03.09.2015]

[ehsan singapore]

we should be able to beat them easily in tehran, they are a decent team but should not pose a problem for us honestly.

[irani8perspolis]

we should be able to beat them easily in tehran, they are a decent team but should not pose a problem for us honestly.

exactly, i think the ONLY reason we lost against turkmenistan was the grass, which made the game level, if it was good grass like if we played in ashgabat the turkmens knew they would lose 4,5,6-0 because they simply can't pass like we do.

[TheFrasbul]

we didnt lose to turkmenistan.

[mahestan]

exactly, i think the ONLY reason we lost against turkmenistan was the grass, which made the game level, if it was good grass like if we played in ashgabat the turkmens knew they would lose 4,5,6-0 because they simply can't pass like we do.

Excuses excuses. They played on the same grass, and scored.

[ali alipour]

Excuses excuses. They played on the same grass, and scored.

I think you mean they rolled on the same grass. They had one or two chances the whole game.

[mahestan]

I think you mean they rolled on the same grass. They had one or two chances the whole game.

Another excuse. They weren't grassrolling in the first half, why didn't our team score more goals in the first half?

[ali alipour]

Another excuse. They weren't grassrolling in the first half, why didn't our team score more goals in the first half?

Becuase queiroz's only game plan was pass to heidari, cross to azmoun. Grassrolestan sat back knowing their pitch sucked and scored on the one counter. If you think this is a result that would happen again or in azadi then you probably don't know much about football.

[mahestan]

Becuase queiroz's only game plan was pass to heidari, cross to azmoun. Grassrolestan sat back knowing their pitch sucked and scored on the one counter. If you think this is a result that would happen again or in azadi then you probably don't know much about football.

Please don't make this sound like rocket science and blow it out of proportion. Using one's common sense, the highest ranking football team in Asia should easily walk over a lower rank team, such as Turkmenistan. Please stop justifying the horrible performance TM displayed with excuses like "bad pitch or grass rolling". There needs to be legitimate reason behind the sub-par performance. Team fatigue, unpreparedness, inaccurate preparation, lack of proper strategy, improper utilization of players are reasons one could justify the bad performance TM showed in that game. Using "bad pitch" and "grass rolling" as excuses just makes you sound silly.

[teammelli91]

We need to win this one.

Edit: We have to win this one.

[teammelli91]

Guys, get ready for a roller coaster ride to the World Cup. It's gonna be a bumpy one.

[ali alipour]

Please don't make this sound like rocket science and blow it out of proportion. Using one's common sense, the highest ranking football team in Asia should easily walk over a lower rank team, such as Turkmenistan. Please stop justifying the horrible performance TM displayed with excuses like "bad pitch or grass rolling". There needs to be legitimate reason behind the sub-par performance. Team fatigue, unpreparedness, inaccurate preparation, lack of proper strategy, improper utilization of players are reasons one could justify the bad performance TM showed in that game. Using "bad pitch" and "grass rolling" as excuses just makes you sound silly.

Show me where I used grassrolling as an excuse. I just provided the fact that they grass rolled. I think bad pitch was a factor in the game considering it made Queiroz use one game plan the whole game which didn't work in minute 1 or 90.

[irani8perspolis]

Excuses excuses. They played on the same grass, and scored.

no if you think excuses you clearly dont understand football. they played on the same grass? so what? for turkmenistan it doesnt matter which grass they play they will play the same style, if we play on short grass we will kill them with passing, on long grass it is impossible and turkmenistan KNEW that. if you think this is not why you have no knowledge of football

[mahestan]

no if you think excuses you clearly dont understand football. they played on the same grass? so what? for turkmenistan it doesnt matter which grass they play they will play the same style, if we play on short grass we will kill them with passing, on long grass it is impossible and turkmenistan KNEW that. if you think this is not why you have no knowledge of football

HAHAHA. What are you going to tell me next? The sun has to be at a perfect angle, the wind at a calm 2mph, the humidity at a perfect 50% and all the planets aligned so that TM can win a match? I expect the highest ranked team in Asia to be able to adapt and make adjustments. As ali alipour said above, the team went into the game with only one game plan. It wasn't till the 80 some minute until someone, I think Teymourian, decided to finally take a shot down the middle.

[irani8perspolis]

HAHAHA. What are you going to tell me next? The sun has to be at a perfect angle, the wind at a calm 2mph, the humidity at a perfect 50% and all the planets aligned so that TM can win a match? I expect the highest ranked team in Asia to be able to adapt and make adjustments. As ali alipour said above, the team went into the game with only one game plan. It wasn't till the 80 some minute until someone, I think Teymourian, decided to finally take a shot down the middle.

you have no idea what you are talking about and i wont argue with you because you will give me sarcastic responses instead of informative points

[Afat11]

Same pessimistic people who decide to blame 1 person for every game TM fail, instead of taking into account all of the variables involved in a bad game by a team in a team sport.

Blame just CQ, or just Beitashour, or just Davari, to further an agenda towards those that these members personally don't care for.

How about blaming the lack of team cohesion, and the retirement of our captain. Us playing with essentially a C Team, 2 of our best players being injured. It being the first game of a long road to the World Cup, etc.

There are many issues that contribute to our poor performance against Turkmenistan.

When people think back to our loss to Lebanon, most of you just jumped to calling CQ a shit coach, and nobody would acknowledge the fact that we again, played with a C team, hit the post, and dominated the whole game, and ran into bad luck.

When CQ loses a game where we have Jahanbakhsh, Dejagah, our captain playing as the captain for more than one game, and it's not very early in the coach's experimentation with new players in a transitional team, I will jump on the fire CQ bandwagon many of you have been on since we lost 1 game in 2011. The fact is, when CQ found our strongest team in 2013, we ascended to the top of Asia.

Expecting the likes of Torabi and Taremi to win games for TM in their second caps, you are asking a bit much. We are a team in transition. Wait more than 1 game before jumping to conclusions about our coach's quality.

It's called being reactionary. Many Iranians are pessimists and overly emotional about single events shaping entire opinions.