The Team Melli Coaching Search Begins ...

[IranPuma]

it's funny watching ZANDI comparing how Iran has no academy at club level , and how Germany passed laws that they must have them at every club level.
And the German national team goes in a downward spiral so fast.
TEAM UNITY is key at tournament level , followed by technical awareness . we have the players

By your logic of Germany's recent struggles....just no lol We aren't missing team unity, our soccer is missing an in depth infrastructure from the bottom up. What's insane is we spend nowhere near the amount of money as our rivals, we don't play the same talent in friendlies as our rivals and yet we're still competitive and just as, if not more talented. We have an unbelievable plethora of natural talent. Just imagine if we had half the money and organization put into it like Saudi, Japan and others. We'd be an unreal force who wouldn't have to worry about beating small Arab teams and struggling to qualify for the World Cup. We've got a professional league that's far from professional lol, man people are always complaining about lack of pay, contract breeches etc and it's the reason my mind is blown that we even pull players that aren't Iranian into our league.

[Trinity]

It's really sad to see how most Iranians put names and brands ABOVE the content. The argument shouldn't be about how we can't afford Klinsmann or he won't come to Iran, etc. It should be about what he has accomplished as a coach that would make him a suitable candidate for TM. And the answer to that is a whole lot of NOTHING. He's Ali Daei 2.0. Great player. Shit manager.

Don't look at a manager's name and his affiliated clubs in his resume. Look at his accomplishments based on his available resources. For example if you managed Real Madrid with the likes of Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Figo and Roberto Carlos, and ended up in the 4TH PLACE. You're beyond shit. Cause my dead aunt would be able to do a better job as an absentee ghost manager than that with those players.

[Bagg10]

It's really sad to see how most Iranians put names and brands ABOVE the content. The argument shouldn't be about how we can't afford Klinsmann or he won't come to Iran, etc. It should be about what he has accomplished as a coach that would make him a suitable candidate for TM. And the answer to that is a whole lot of NOTHING. He's Ali Daei 2.0. Great player. Shit manager.

Don't look at a manager's name and his affiliated clubs in his resume. Look at his accomplishments based on his available resources. For example if you managed Real Madrid with the likes of Zidane, Ronaldo, Beckham, Figo and Roberto Carlos, and ended up in the 4TH PLACE. You're beyond shit. Cause my dead aunt would be able to do a better job as an absentee ghost manager than that with those players.

Well the practicality of getting a coach qualified or not, is also an issue.

Klinsmann isn't a terrible coach. He gets the issues Zandi mentioned, academies, facilities, friendlies, etc. He actually started his own legionnaire movement around the same time as CQ. And we've seen the downward spiral the US has taken since his departure. He's not my first choice given that I don't think he has the character to deal with IFF etc., but we could do a lot worse.

[Kasra.]

Louis van Gaal would be a dream come true, but we can only wish for a coach like him...

[persianallstars]

You guys are nuts if you think we'll get another good coach. We can choose between Krancjar and Denizli at best.

don't forget Ghalenoei.... always good for a laugh.

[Bagg10]

The two names I hope get consideration are Slaven Bilic and Paulo Sousa

[Keano]

dont believe all this BIG NAME propaganda.
not only they wont come to Iran, especially with the dire economic situation and horrible currency discrepancy, the general situation with regards to IR activity and provoking wars against its neighbors makes it even less attractive for any coach worth his salt.

the big names news is bandied about so the fans dont put pressure on the incompetent and corrupt officials. till league starts and they get distracted by shitty pp vs ss hollow rivalries and ACL games, …



my guess is some 3rd or at best, a DESPERATE low 2nd tier eastern European coach will be brought in (while a whole bunch of middle-men pocket shitload of money during contracts and negotiations).


face it.
As long as IR exists, nothing good happens for, or in Iran

Ditto!

Anyone who has followed our football in the past decades well knows this whole typical process. We've been through this many times in the past, and will be again for as long as this Islamic regime rules the country.

I too predict a 3rd. tier East European coach, especially yet another Croat taking helm of the team. But this ain't gonna happen soon. We will have to go through the ordeal of finding a "World Class" coach, meanwhile hiring domestic coaches temporarily until we finally appoint a mediocre foreign coach. Once we find that coach, then yet another torturous journey of his dramas with the system will drag on and on and on.

The moral of the story is that in some more years we will be once again gathering here talking about the same issue...

[tehroonieh MD]

Ditto!
Anyone who has followed our football in the past decades well knows this whole typical process. We've been through this many times in the past, and will be again for as long as this Islamic regime rules the country.
I too predict a 3rd. tier East European coach, especially yet another Croat taking helm of the team. But this ain't gonna happen soon. We will have to go through the ordeal of finding a "World Class" coach, meanwhile hiring domestic coaches temporarily until we finally appoint a mediocre foreign coach. Once we find that coach, then yet another torturous journey of his dramas with the system will drag on and on and on.
The moral of the story is that in some more years we will be once again gathering here talking about the same issue...

Yeah, nothing good will ever happen to Iran at any level because we have been cursed since we allowed extremist authoritarian dictators flush 2500 years of history down the drain and somehow still put us back in the Stone Age. It's quite the feat if you think about it. CQ struggled for 8 years dealing with their bullshit and made us a very respectable team. If he had been given the slightest amount of support, we would be in a much better position. I hate IR. Everything they touch turns to shit. CQ has a lot more patience than most men.

[NYCTeamMelli]

Mehdi Blur Blur
Afshin Pole
Amir New Castle
Mohammad Willing Cohan
Yaya Flower Mohammadi
Ali Uncle

Very funny, clever & intelligent play on words. Kudos to you my friend.

[NYCTeamMelli]

Iranian football fans anticipation and expectations of a coach never ceases to amaze me. When We had "shitty" coaches like MK, GN, Ghotbi and "Brangoh", fans on this site used to say only if we had a "good coach", we would win this and win that!! only if!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well, we had the good coach. we had a world class coach. for 8 years. but still no better result than before. now this god is gone and the next god will come and we'll see where that takes us. but I am not holding my breath!!!!!

If hiring expensive world class coaches was the solution, KSA would have already won the world Cup. You want to improve your football, improve from ground up. if you are driving on a shitty road with lots of potholes, it doesn't matter what kind of car you are driving, the ride is going to be bumpy!!!

You want to win the cup and be a regular powerhouse, go fix your leagues, privatize football, and let people who know something about football to run it.

Excellent post. Concur with you for the most part. Must develop the youngsters from the grassroots; Kia Academy is a small yet vital step in the right direction but there is much more to be done.

[NYCTeamMelli]

Let me coach iran, i swear first of all i will bichslap azmoun, hajsafi and those pieces of shit, the more i realise yesterday the angrier i am, they earn millions, they are under pressure ? Do you know how hard life is ? CQ couldnt control his players, i played amateur football, do you think anyone had the guts to act like that in front of our coach ? You are out thats it

Are you referring to Azmoun slapping the Japanese player and Hajsafi grabbing one of them in a headlock? That was not only the epitome of unprofessionalism but the characteristics of sore loses. Uncharacteristic for this well-mannered (for the most part) Team Melli.

[NYCTeamMelli]

Emotions aside! WE NEED TO KEEP CARLOS QUIEROZ!! We will NEVER EVER find a better replacement! The Japan game was a FLUKE people, we play them 10 times again, we will NEVER lose 3-0!!! neither 2-0! Lets keep him!!

~ I always defended CQ in front of my Irooni friends in NYC when they all thought that CQ was milking the IFF for his large annual salary; I disagreed and said Iranians from all types and stripes are master negotiators. The IFF is no dummy and no exception; coaching salaries and contracts should be based on results and performance. I speculate and I think some of you would agree that CQ's contract was not extended beyond the Asian Cup 2019 mainly (not solely) because of a wait and see approach by the IFF to see if he can win the 2019 Asian Cup or not.

~ CQ was instrumental in building the professional training pitch and sports academy in Tehran, he built Iran's defense to a very organized solid state, gave the team a winning character & mentality, had us getting results consistently (unheard of in Iranian football) and many other accomplishments. I listened to Mehran Molkara's assessment and I have to agree with him. Mehran as many of you know is a smart football analyst with a FIFA A license. Part of his assessment was that CQ has never been able to get Iran to recover and come back when they are a goal down. As a matter of fact, in 100 national team games, Iran has never WON a game when they went down a goal under CQ's guidance (saw this stat on Varzesh or Shabake 3); they have only managed to come back from a goal or goals down to draw but never to win. Mr. Molkara's point is the lack of fluidity & offensive creativity and ideas of CQ when his team is down one. The brilliance of CQ was that he held opponents in check and Iran mainly scored first. Molkara of course like many pragmatic soccer analysts was full of praise for CQ in other areas (Defense, organization, training, discipline, winning attitude, psychological motivations, etc).

~ My overall point is: Thank you Carlos Queiroz for making Team Melli a respected, organized and formidable team for even soccer powerhouses who underestimate one of the best if not best Asian team in the last 4-5 years. We will always remember you and your accomplishments for Team Melli. With that being said after nearly eight years (7 years and 9.5 months to be exact), fresh ideas and maybe more attacking football from a near top foreign coach like Scolari and Herve Renaard are needed. I admire and respect CQ for what he did for the progress of Iranian football. Looking back at his nearly 8 years in charge, I see that we were in almost every match during his tenure. However, we came up short in winning a Cup on two occasions (sure external & internal factors played key roles: Ben Williams in 2015, our own players' lack of focus against Japan in 2019; but great disciplined & organized Asian teams like Japan don't put themselves in positions where it comes down to referee decisions or lose focus for periods of the match).

~ Molkara put it best: CQ built a team of physically mighty gladiators who were very organized and good defensively. However, Iran's root in football is gol koochik and futsal style of playing; that was missing under CQ as our creativity was really just on display against the weaker Asian teams in this 2019 Asian Cup. Once we played Japan, a strong team, we resorted to long balls; same as the China game but Japan is not China. Japan is as good as the top second tier European teams (Switzerland, Bosnia, Serbia).

~ I thought we would actually win this 2019 Asian Cup because Japan's team was so different than the team they sent to World Cup 2018. Early on, Japan looked above average in squeaking by weak teams (except Saudi Arabia which is not a weak Asian team). Then, I realized that we are still behind the Japanese in discipline, organization, professionalism and keeping our emotions in check. We were the older team on average age but we acted younger and more inexperienced than the more youthful Japanese side. It showed that Japan is so good from the grounds, roots up that they can change 10-13 players from the World Cup and still possibly win the Asian Cup only 7 months later! At this point, we could not do that!

~ The Japanese, Koreans, Qataris and Australians are moving forward at a good pace; we must do the same. We need to learn from what CQ gave us, left us, taught us and learn to move forward.

***All for the Love of Team Melli (bachehaa motchakerim)***

[tooleh khers]

^^ Great post. Thanks.

[NYCTeamMelli]

^^ Great post. Thanks.

Thank you.

[metto]

https://www.bild.de/sport/fussball/f...4342.bild.html

I hope this was not posted before.
According to this not really reliable source from germany. CQ has left Iran and Candidates for the job, and now fasten your seatbelts, are:

Jose Mourinho, Jurgen Klinsmann, Laurent Blanc and the Grandmaster himself MISTER ZIZOU ZINEDINE ZIDANE