Who else is missing Team Melli in Euro 2016 ?

[Frank Ocean]

Watching all those teams, I feel like Team Melli would have a legit shot at making it to the 1/8 finals in this Euros.
Too bad we have to play the likes of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Qatar every year, we would benefit so much in playing european teams.
They would never accept us in UEFA though, I feel like they're barely accepting the turks right now lol.

Regardless, I'm really missing TM in this cup, it would make it so much more exciting. Don't you agree?

[The]

Iran would have a hard time winning a single game. Iran should focus on winning the Asian cup before we get to cocky about their ability

[inarsenewetrust]

Watching all those teams, I feel like Team Melli would have a legit shot at making it to the 1/8 finals in this Euros.
Too bad we have to play the likes of Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Qatar every year, we would benefit so much in playing european teams.
They would never accept us in UEFA though, I feel like they're barely accepting the turks right now lol.

Regardless, I'm really missing TM in this cup, it would make it so much more exciting. Don't you agree?

another meaningless thread

[Gotham]

Iran can't even win the Asian Cup let alone qualify for Euros. We got beat bad by Sweden and Bosnia, both who are average teams by European standards.

[kia]

[KeonKish]

Iran can't even win the Asian Cup let alone qualify for Euros. We got beat bad by Sweden and Bosnia, both who are average teams by European standards.

To be fair Bosnia has very good players. Much better than many of the teams that qualified.


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[O-ZoNe]

Iran can't even win the Asian Cup let alone qualify for Euros. We got beat bad by Sweden and Bosnia, both who are average teams by European standards.

And furthermore, some of our members feel that Iran is on par with Turkey and that a match with them would be a close one. Well Turkey has been all but convincing this round of the tournament. I can't even remember the last time TM had a "successful" tournament anymore particularly since we dropped out of WAFF lol

[teammelli91]

I feel like when there's less pressure on Iran, we usually perform well.

So if for whatever reason (hypothetically speaking) Iran or Japan were to be invited by UEFA to participate in the Euro one day, I believe Team Melli could get decent results.

[O-ZoNe]

I feel like when there's less pressure on Iran, we usually perform well.

So if for whatever reason (hypothetically speaking) Iran or Japan were to be invited by UEFA to participate in the Euro one day, I believe Team Melli could get decent results.

And historically since the 1970's you saw this in which tournament Iran was involved in? I would put an * next to your comment, and also add that coupled with less pressure, the tournament has to be meaningless as well so like a WAFF championship or if we were ever to form a CAF championship

In a EURO tournament, we have as much chance to do well as Albania, Macedonia, and the teams we seem to manage. Just as a point of comparison, remember how we all felt about Bosnia given our history with them pre-WC and how they outclassed us during the WC. That was humbling to say the least.

[pdot]

Iran would have a hard time winning a single game. Iran should focus on winning the Asian cup before we get to cocky about their ability

Iran can beat a few teams:
Romania
Albania
North Ireland
Poland (Maybe???)
Hungary
Iceland
Austria

[Keano]

On all fairness, for years or perhaps decades we won't even qualify to the final round.

This means I for one for the rest of my life have to put up with so much media and fans rants and negativity as result of getting eliminated from the qualifier rounds of WC and Euro tourneys.

Please let us for the time being cope with our typical Asian tourneys exits without a single title in decades, while every other WCQ struggling to qualify to World Cup.

Once we easily win Asian Cups and make it to ACL finals, then we may consider such bold moves.


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[Rooyintan]

Iran can beat a few teams:
Romania
Albania
North Ireland
Poland (Maybe???)
Hungary
Iceland
Austria

Poland and Northern Ireland you are joking, right?
But you know what, I'm sure Iran would have turned Turkey into Pastirma/Basturma. Croats were unlucky not to win over them 10-0.

[KasraKhan]

The entire time I'm watching Euros, I'm thinking to myself, Team Melli is on the same level, at least, with several of these teams.

Maybe it's the carelessly optimistic Team Melli in my core, but how can you say that Team Melli is not on the same level as Albania? Iceland? I think it's safe to same that we are on the same level as Albania and Iceland.

Iran has beak Ukraine (1-0 back in 2003-2004), Russia 1-0 (a few years ago), and Slovakia 4-3 (back in 2001, Nikbakht-Vahedi with a hat-trick).

On a "good" day, Iran could hang with any of those teams, but on a "bad" day, Iran can lose to Lebanon. That's exactly what makes Team Melli so lovable, exciting, charming, and completely unpredictable.

[Kiarash]

Who else is missing Team Melli in Euro 2016 ?

Sweden is one of the weakest teams in this tournament, and we lost 3-1 to them. I think it says enough about how we would perform at EURO 2016. Although I admit we played an attacking game and didn't stick to our defensive mindset, or perhaps we would have tied Sweden.

[PSGman#19]

Sweden is one of the weakest teams in this tournament, and we lost 3-1 to them. I think it says enough about how we would perform at EURO 2016. Although I admit we played an attacking game and didn't stick to our defensive mindset, or perhaps we would have tied Sweden.

So what could we expect from WC2018 except a 3rd/4th place in the group stage?