I have always been a big CQ fan and I feel he has contributed positively to TM and our Football in many ways. (You can read my previous posts as proof)
I'll name the positives before I discuss why I think he is partly the blame for TM players not moving to Top Euro leagues:
1. Brought professionalism to TM (No player above team, discipline, team comradery)
2. Great Defensive System- that has been a weak point of past TM coaches
3. Very good at set pieces, modern set piece strategies
4. Calling out IFF, and sport ministry incompetence
5. Exposing the awful infrastructure TM has (training facilities etc.
The negative:
He plays very conservative and defensive football, focuses too much on results vs. harbouring and utilizing the talents
World cup is meant for player's talent and skills to be put on display for the world to see, however in Brasil 2014 the super defensive and very lethargic style of play did not allow for our full player's potential to be exposed to team scouts.
All players were chess pieces that moved based on CQ orders, non had the freedom to display themselves and you can see by his selection that he chose mainly structured players that could not demonstrate TM creativity like:
Khalatbari, Sadeghian, Rahman, Alishah, Sharifi, etc.
Further more he did not take too many Young players or give them a chance to play full games as he focused too much on results.
Iran must have ranked last in the World Cup for having players exported to top leagues. We even had our Euro players move to Arab leagues.
All in all CQ got results for us but through his player selection and game plan, TM players were not able to shine and demonstrate the value they can add to top tier European leagues.
Some can argue that lack of friendly games prevented him from giving the young a chance to gain experience or build better offensive flow. But in the limited friendly games he used all the old timers.
We should demand CQ to allow for young players to show their skill set or stop complaining that Japan has players in Euro and Iran doesn't.
Also he should really lose the inferirity complex he has with TM. As if Japan is some god sent country A++ team that we played.
I'll name the positives before I discuss why I think he is partly the blame for TM players not moving to Top Euro leagues:
1. Brought professionalism to TM (No player above team, discipline, team comradery)
2. Great Defensive System- that has been a weak point of past TM coaches
3. Very good at set pieces, modern set piece strategies
4. Calling out IFF, and sport ministry incompetence
5. Exposing the awful infrastructure TM has (training facilities etc.
The negative:
He plays very conservative and defensive football, focuses too much on results vs. harbouring and utilizing the talents
World cup is meant for player's talent and skills to be put on display for the world to see, however in Brasil 2014 the super defensive and very lethargic style of play did not allow for our full player's potential to be exposed to team scouts.
All players were chess pieces that moved based on CQ orders, non had the freedom to display themselves and you can see by his selection that he chose mainly structured players that could not demonstrate TM creativity like:
Khalatbari, Sadeghian, Rahman, Alishah, Sharifi, etc.
Further more he did not take too many Young players or give them a chance to play full games as he focused too much on results.
Iran must have ranked last in the World Cup for having players exported to top leagues. We even had our Euro players move to Arab leagues.
All in all CQ got results for us but through his player selection and game plan, TM players were not able to shine and demonstrate the value they can add to top tier European leagues.
Some can argue that lack of friendly games prevented him from giving the young a chance to gain experience or build better offensive flow. But in the limited friendly games he used all the old timers.
We should demand CQ to allow for young players to show their skill set or stop complaining that Japan has players in Euro and Iran doesn't.
Also he should really lose the inferirity complex he has with TM. As if Japan is some god sent country A++ team that we played.
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