WARM UP talk:iran vs iraq. iran vs uae

[oracle]

both matches at home
in cold tehran weather
which we should have
a field day by winning
both matches and increasing
our chances being in
pot b of wc.
i just hope we dont help
iraq for playoff spot.
HOPE skocic play
different players instead
of shoja and moharami
hope to see mehdi back.

[Doctor DOOM]

a Dick-less Iraq and a limp UAE.
What's to discuss?

[oracle]

a Dick-less Iraq and a limp UAE.
What's to discuss?

the race for playoff is on
and they will be more motivated then us for sure.
with empty azadi both these teams coming for blood.
it bea good test for our goali and D

[Hosseini]

Azadi will be empty? I thought we will have fans

[Omid177]

Azadi will be empty? I thought we will have fans

I hope not. I hate watching matches in big empty stadiums. We need to see at least 20.000 fans.

[oracle]

even before covid
iff abd sazman leauge
wanted crowdless matches
they done everything
to their power to lower the
attended to matches last
10 years.
till there is 1 person not
vaccinated in iran
THEY WILL USE THAT
EXCUSE TO KEEP THE
STADIUMS CLOSE TO
PUBLIC

[Karimi 8]

Really hope we have fans in the stadium versus Iraq. It will be very enjoyable to secure qualification by beating them and destroying any hopes they had left with our fans roasting their team.

[Karimi 8]

Also I am curious what we will do with our LB position moving forward.

- I think we all can agree, Hajsafi is not a LB and has cost us many goals over the years when he played there. Really hoping he does not start at LB ever again, he is not good defensively.

- Amiri is decent at LB, but given the last 4/5 goals we scored, we can see how much more we get out of him when he is up further in the field.

- Noorafkhan does not follow the game plan. Our play starts from the wingback positions, and today vs Syria he did not link up or move up at all, compared to Moharrami. This forced Amiri had to cover all offensive duties from that side, which limited what we could do from the left side of the field.

- Mohammadi is the most solid defensively when he is in form, and is extremely fast, but he is by far the worst with his feet. He cannot dribble well, and his crossing is very inconsistent.

Overall with Amiri / Hajsafi you have stamina and crossing, Noorafkhan strength & shooting, and Mohammadi speed and tackling. Out of the bunch, I think the best investment is in Mohammadi since his the only true LB of the bunch.

[oracle]

rest of qualifications
i like to keep trying norafkan in LB
he is a beast and solid and
young milad and hajsooti
are good insurances back there
and free up amiri to be involve
in offense.

i bet hajsafi will get a wc
start as well.

[Iranianarsenal11]

Also I am curious what we will do with our LB position moving forward.

- I think we all can agree, Hajsafi is not a LB and has cost us many goals over the years when he played there. Really hoping he does not start at LB ever again, he is not good defensively.

- Amiri is decent at LB, but given the last 4/5 goals we scored, we can see how much more we get out of him when he is up further in the field.

- Noorafkhan does not follow the game plan. Our play starts from the wingback positions, and today vs Syria he did not link up or move up at all, compared to Moharrami. This forced Amiri had to cover all offensive duties from that side, which limited what we could do from the left side of the field.

- Mohammadi is the most solid defensively when he is in form, and is extremely fast, but he is by far the worst with his feet. He cannot dribble well, and his crossing is very inconsistent.

Overall with Amiri / Hajsafi you have stamina and crossing, Noorafkhan strength & shooting, and Mohammadi speed and tackling. Out of the bunch, I think the best investment is in Mohammadi since his the only true LB of the bunch.

Completely agree with this analysis..

I think overall Milad has to be my choice going forward.. Just needs more playing time for his club and get his first touch and dribbling back up

[eerooni]

a Dick-less Iraq and a limp UAE.
What's to discuss?

more like a DISUNITED ARAB EMIRATES

[webmaster]

We only need 3 points from 4 matches to qualify. After that we could field all our youngsters and give them good exposure.

[mbaizai]

Guys there is a 2 month break and we need to play at least 1 friendly. Not sure if you are aware but there is a tournament called ARAB cup which Iraq and UAE will be playing in. This tournament will have teams like Tunisia, Morocco but for sure their domestic players but the point is , Iraq and uae will treat it as a preparation for next games in Jan 2022. Playing Iraq on 27Jan without friendlies will make the game difficult to win.

[oracle]

Guys there is a 2 month break and we need to play at least 1 friendly. Not sure if you are aware but there is a tournament called ARAB cup which Iraq and UAE will be playing in. This tournament will have teams like Tunisia, Morocco but for sure their domestic players but the point is , Iraq and uae will treat it as a preparation for next games in Jan 2022. Playing Iraq on 27Jan without friendlies will make the game difficult to win.

we are scheduled to play 1 friendly against oman
at home before those 2 matches.

and we dont even need 3 points more to qualify
WE NEED 3 PT
if uae beat s.k syria iran and iraq loooool

i promise if we lose our next 4 matches and the friendly we will still qualify.

[mbaizai]

I'm still upset about UAE winning Lebanon. Reason is if lebanon had 6 pts instead of UAE then Lebanon chances to drop points in next games is more than UAE. If we don't beat Iraq in Jan then we will need to tie UAE to qualify.