Marc Wilmots to be named Team Melli’s manager: report

[orbicular]

He's supposed to begin his tenure on Tuesday, but I have a nagging feeling (and I sincerely hope I'm wrong) that he won't stay long. Let's hope he manages to help Iran qualify for Qatar.

[KC McElroy]

In the following link, one of the Portuguese fans said the same thing before WC 2018. He said "Queiroz face screams mediocrity, I'm so glad we canned him quickly".
http://www.bigsoccer.com/threads/wc-...#post-36579529
Portuguese fans believe that he cannot be successful as a head coach for any team in the world. They see him as a terrible coach.

Yes, two Portuguese fans.

[Ghermez Agha]

IFF just posed a pic on Instagram of wilmots arriving in Tehran with the caption “welcome coach” https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_f2ZXDoaa/?hl=en

stay tuned for an official announcement soon

[diz]

IFF just posed a pic on Instagram of wilmots arriving in Tehran with the caption “welcome coach” https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx_f2ZXDoaa/?hl=en

stay tuned for an official announcement soon

With a very nice bridal bouquet at that!

[Hadi]

it is insulting to hear that a NT coach does not even want to live in Iran

[ehsan singapore]

it is insulting to hear that a NT coach does not even want to live in Iran

i agree and is not the first time, the spanish coach was the same, even though CQ complain alot, but he lived in iran. cause he is a pro.i am just happy i was at wc 18 in russia and saw the best iranian team ever.

[Futbaldoost]

Wilmots arrived in Tehran. He is at PEK analyzing the TM list. See the IFF link below. He will be officially introduced as TM coach tomorrow Wednesday May 29, 2019 at the Olympic Hotel, see the second link.

http://ffiri.ir/fa/news/2177/بررسی-ف...ویلموتس

http://ffiri.ir/fa/news/2178/اطلاعیه-روابط-عمومی

[Ghermez Agha]

Wilmots arrived in Tehran. He is at PEK analyzing the TM list. See the IFF link below. He will be officially introduced as TM coach tomorrow Wednesday May 29, 2019 at the Olympic Hotel, see the second link.

http://ffiri.ir/fa/news/2177/بررسی-ف...ویلموتس

http://ffiri.ir/fa/news/2178/اطلاعیه-روابط-عمومی

Damet garm thanks for the update!

[perspolis#1]

1. CQ was extremely fortunate that we were not in group B of the final round WCQs 2018. If we were, Japan and Saudi Arabia would have qualified and we would have been in the play off against Syria instead of Australia. In the final round of WCQs 2018, we were in much weaker group. If Ali Daei who IMO was the worst national team head coach along with Afshin Ghotbi was fortunate like CQ to get Uzbekistan instead of Saudi Arabia, he would not have been fired. In fact he would have qualified us most likely.
.

Oh god no.
We were the best team in Asia during WCQ.
Saudi Arabia took a direct spot because they got 3 penalties in 3 games which won them 6 extra points. All 3 of the penalties were after the 80th minute. Thats some Arab BS if I ever saw it.

Australia, the AFC Champions at the time , were one post hit away from being eliminated by Syria (homeless poor team). Iraq/Thailand were much weaker than Uzbekistan/China. Our group was much much harder without a doubt.

Thailand and Iraq were punching bags in the other group.

As you saw directly in the Asian Cup... Qatar is much better than Saudi as well and we beat them twice .

My favorite part of CQs tenure was our absolute ruthless record against Arabs in competitive matches. Besides a couple fluke ties and one loss early in his tenure. Its been smooth sailing against Arabs

[mangekyou]

i agree and is not the first time, the spanish coach was the same, even though CQ complain alot, but he lived in iran. cause he is a pro.i am just happy i was at wc 18 in russia and saw the best iranian team ever.

Did he really live in Iran? I thought he were pendling

[sedee91]

Wilmots arrived in Tehran. He is at PEK analyzing the TM list. See the IFF link below. He will be officially introduced as TM coach tomorrow Wednesday May 29, 2019 at the Olympic Hotel, see the second link.

http://ffiri.ir/fa/news/2177/بررسی-ف...ویلموتس

http://ffiri.ir/fa/news/2178/اطلاعیه-روابط-عمومی

Who created the list? Was it from him or IFF?

[DR Strangemoosh]

Our new coach:

I remember him very well in the mid and late-90s. HIm and Scifo were the star players for Belgium before they became a powerhouse

[Futbaldoost]

Who created the list? Was it from him or IFF?

The first link says that Wilmots is doing a detailed analysis of the list of players who made it to the WC 2018 and AC 2019. My guess is that he is going to use his common sense for now and use those two lists as the baseline for the next two friendlies before he invites new players. We shall see.

[beri486]

He will be give a list.

And he is going to publish the list as his own.

I doubt he will even arrange the squad for first match without ample input from IRIFF.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

it is insulting to hear that a NT coach does not even want to live in Iran

If we win the WC2022, I am fine with that