Beiranvand or Haghighi for Number 1 in WC 2018

[BacheLot]

Beiranvand without a question. One bad game isn't enough to give up on him. Plus his long throws are crucial considering we rely heavily on counter-attacks. He's been solid with PP too.

need to see Haghighi in a few friendlies before choosing between the two. Beiranvand did not get tested until the Syria game, and when he was finally tested, he did not impress.

i agree to these two posts...! especially the Bolds
i also think Sosha could be a pretty solid back up option..! i dont think playing in a lower league or a shitty defending team is a huge determent to a GK worth....!!? if anything, they get put in sticky situations far more frequently and we can better assess their quality in dealing with such..! i thought he did well by en large in the first Syria muddfest match. that was a very challenging test in terrible playing conditions...!


so for now, i dont think its quiet time to switch out starters but others need to be tested in challenging friendlies, hopefully in some of which we would yet again resort to playing a more Open game, a la Syria last match..!

[Kian Persepolis]

I've always rated Haghighi higher than Beiranvand. People keep saying Beiranvand has worked out for us so far, but he was barely even tested. In fact, I barely remember the dude making a save. Even with the argument that "Our defense makes the goalie look good", well Haghighi looks better than Beiranvand imo. He wasn't really tested against Al-Ahli either. Al-Ahli hamash toop aro havayi mizad.

Haghighi had previously gone through a rough patch from lack of playing time at his club, but I think that he's slowly regaining his confidence with his new club. I think he should definitely at least be tested in the two friendlies we have in Russia. That way Beiranvand can also be rested and prepare for the match against Al-Hilal

[Leicester City]

I've always rated Haghighi higher than Beiranvand. People keep saying Beiranvand has worked out for us so far, but he was barely even tested. In fact, I barely remember the dude making a save. Even with the argument that "Our defense makes the goalie look good", well Haghighi looks better than Beiranvand imo. He wasn't really tested against Al-Ahli either. Al-Ahli hamash toop aro havayi mizad.

Haghighi had previously gone through a rough patch from lack of playing time at his club, but I think that he's slowly regaining his confidence with his new club. I think he should definitely at least be tested in the two friendlies we have in Russia. That way Beiranvand can also be rested and prepare for the match against Al-Hilal

Yeah, but long throws

[DR Strangemoosh]

I might be the only person who thinks Haghighi is better than Beiranvand. I don't think you can give too much credit to Beiranvand for the goalless streak. He was barely tested. SK had zero shots on goal. When we get to the World Cup and teams have 10 shots on goal against us, we need a keeper who can make saves and not let rebounds go right in front of the goal. But nevertheless the competition between the two is good. Haghighi has looked good for his club in Sweden.

You definitely aren't alone as the poll is pretty tight at the moment

[Iran_19]

I don't trust either of them, the issue with Beiravnad is in last two years both in club and national team he wasn't really tested because of having a good defensive system in front of him and each time he was, he wasn't convincing. Now some people claims but he was good against Ahli few days ago, again in a game people claims he was good, how many great saves he had to make? Zero.
If i am CQ, goalkeeping will be my number one concern. Unless we park the bus 90 minutes again!

[MR.S]

Beiravand for sure. He did not do anything wrong versus Syria.

[Iran_19]

Beiravand for sure. He did not do anything wrong versus Syria.

What?

[MR.S]

What?

You cant bland him for the second goal. He acted exactly like its written in a goalies "text book" in that SITUATION!!

[Karimi 8]

Haghighi hasn't played for the national team for a while, so I would have to see him perform before judging. I also only see highlights of his games in Sweden, so I haven't seen full matches of him playing since he played for team melli. The strongest feature about Haghighi is actually his confidence in my opinion, which always made me feel comfortable when he was in net.

Therefore, based on how much more I have seen Beiranvand play (including Perspolis matches), I would choose him. However, both Haghighi and Beiranvand have glaring weaknesses that they need to work on. I was very disappointed with his performance against Syria, but he is generally pretty good. He also has that unreal long throw that you can't prepare for. Regardless, healthy competition is good.

[sedee91]

Agil Etemadi for TM.

[persiangodfather]

Put ahmadi back in the net

[DJ Alborz]

I doubt CQ will want to change him after 1 bad game vs Syria, the defense has just gotten used to him and it would cost us much more to change him with any other keeper.

Remember last WCQ? We finished the qualifiers with Ahmadi as our goalkeeper, he was very solid and pulled off that great double save in the last match too!

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Then when World Cup time comes, suddenly Haghighi is our goalkeeper and the German Daniel Davari is the backup. Ahmadi was suddenly 3rd choice.

I don't think it costs us much at all to change and play with another goalkeeper, as we have proven in the past, and CQ will make the best decision at the end of the day I think.

[Z Joon]

Beiranvand or Haghighi for Number 1 in WC 2018

Remember last WCQ? We finished the qualifiers with Ahmadi as our goalkeeper, he was very solid and pulled off that great double save in the last match too!

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Then when World Cup time comes, suddenly Haghighi is our goalkeeper and the German Daniel Davari is the backup. Ahmadi was suddenly 3rd choice.

I don't think it costs us much at all to change and play with another goalkeeper, as we have proven in the past, and CQ will make the best decision at the end of the day I think.

Not really comparable since at that point we had no real number 1 after the Rahmati saga and Ahmadi came in only for few games because we had no other alternatives.

At that point Ahmadi was just a temporary replacement, and all three keepers were on equal terms (Ahmadi, Haghighi and Davari) while being all tested together. They all played 3-4 games before the WC if Im not mistaking, none of them really had a long term TM starter experience.

In this case Beiranvand has been chosen as number 1 by CQ himself and has started in consecutive games last couple of years.

[Kiarash]

Simply Alireza Haghighi, because he has the needed experience at big stage.

He's also intimidating for the opponent because he has a high confidence level, while Beiranvad lacks ''the boss'' factor in the penalty box.

We were always going to rely on our solid defence, so at this point we just need a GK that doesn't make blunders that cost us games.

If, however, we get to the knock out stage and have to take PK's I would like to see Beiranvand being subbed in. Haghighi barely saves penalties.

[KeonKish]

I would like to see beiranvand in a game where they attack his goal heavily.

I currently can't assess how good he is because he didn't have to do much.

Maybe in our friendlies against better teams we can see.

At least we know that ARH was decent in the WC.


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