Asian WCQ Final Round Draw: Where to watch, updates, post draw discussion

[Kiarash]

If he goes, he will be a big traitor..you just can’t be TM manager for 8 years and say you love Iran and then coach our biggest rivals.

[Sepehr9]

If he goes, he will be a big traitor..you just can’t be TM manager for 8 years and say you love Iran and then coach our biggest rivals.

If he goes he it will put an end to his divine status and basically end his legacy in Iran.

[AM_89]

If he goes, he will be a big traitor..you just can’t be TM manager for 8 years and say you love Iran and then coach our biggest rivals.

Iraq are not our biggest rivals. South Korea and Japan are. Rivals is legitimizing them that they are close to our level.

Iraq's FA is even worse than ours. I doubt he can handle that again. The man is near 70 years old.

[AM_89]

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[AM_89]

An Iraqi journalist say that they will name Carlos Queiroz as manager.

Don't have time to go through how accurate these things are but the Iraq media has had some pretty ridiculous managers linked to them.

[diz]

LOL, CQ learned his lesson with IFF. He didn't leave one corrupt and poorly run FA in Iran to join another in Iraq.

[AM_89]

Just an example of the shit that comes out of Iraqi media.

[diz]

These dudes running Iraqi football are cut from the same cloth as IFF cronies

[Dortmund]

The onion could post something and some of you believe it

[Sepehr9]

Iraq are not our biggest rivals. South Korea and Japan are. Rivals is legitimizing them that they are close to our level.

Iraq's FA is even worse than ours. I doubt he can handle that again. The man is near 70 years old.

Iraq is one of our biggest rivals along with Saudi Arabia, if you grew up in Iran you'd understand why.

Furthermore, TM always has tough games against Iraq precisely because of our big rivalry, Queiroz did not manage to beat Iraq when he was in charge.

[AM_89]

Iraq is one of our biggest rivals along with Saudi Arabia, if you grew up in Iran you'd understand why.

Furthermore, TM always has tough games against Iraq precisely because of our big rivalry, Queiroz did not manage to beat Iraq when he was in charge.

I understand the historical reasons i.e. Iran-Iraq war, geographic (neighbours). But that's non-footballing. Saudi I understand cause they always give us tough games and have a very similar head-to-head record against us (I think the best out of anyone in Asia).

I am just saying it hasn't translated much on the field. Except that game in Asia Cup 2015 and the first leg where we were Wilmotsified. Our historic records against Iraq is WAY better. We have lost to a lot of shitty teams too, so individual loses here and there doesn't make them our rival. Simiarly, just because we have beaten South Korea in recent years doesn't disqualify them from being our rivals. We have the better head to head but it's not too far.

If CQ goes there, there will be even more interest. But we will still beat them.

[KC McElroy]

South Korea is our biggest rival.

[jaya]

This group is going to be headache for Iran.too much Arab countries in our group unfortunately.

[diz]

This is what Katanec did for Iraq, and in the end, they dragged their feet in paying his salary and dropped him. CQ is a smart man and was similarly burned by IFF. If there is a shred of truth to any of these rumors, unless Iraq promises (and delivers) the sun and the moon, CQ would never even set foot in the country.

[Ab-Gosht]

cq will only sign for less than 1 year and get paid beforehand obviously. i dont see the money being an issue here. issue should be iraqs chances of making it