World Cup 2022 Qualifier: Korea Republic - Iran (Info, Updates & Live Reports)

[Philosophy_King]

The only realistic replacements for Sko seem to be at this stage Alexander Nouri, Branko, Golmohammadi, Krancar or Hashemian. Can't think of any other Coach.

[Nokhodi]

The only realistic replacements for Sko seem to be at this stage Alexander Nouri, Branko, Golmohammadi, Krancar or Hashemian. Can't think of any other Coach.

Krancjar passed away, may he RIP.

[Ahmad_DC]

I expect he played Hajsafi cause Saeed was missing and he was hoping for some ball distribution. Now he knows better, I hope!

[Philosophy_King]

Krancjar passed away, may he RIP.

Didn't now that, may he RIP.

[Golefarsi]

1) In the first 15-20 mins, we actually played some excellent football. Good passing, superb defending, held some possession - it was an even game. Once Skocic made the Gholami sub, it just didn't work out. His first cap for TM in a must win game wasn't the time for it. Looked nervy.

2) Abedzadeh did make up partially for the mistake with that amazing double save, although the first goal was really a sooti of the highest order. If that doesn't happen, it is much easier to lose to a goal they scored not caused by unforced errors. I would rather have Beiro start since he has done a consistently great job for us in high-stakes tournaments.

3) No more Hajsafi in TM. Period. Same lesson as Shojaei

4) Skocic made some mistakes here IMO but honestly, we were really unlucky with the Shoja injury ruining the game plan. Unless other people can name an alternative coach within the realm of possibility seems like a moot conversation to call for him being fired

5) With Taremi or JB in this game, we win or at the worst get a draw. We don't lose. Like others have said, the composition of this team was pretty much a B squad.

6) Also people knew this was going to be an incredibly difficult match. Stop acting like a loss is totally out of the ordinary and shocking when we had a depleted team. Disappointing, but not at all shocking

Your nr 3 " no more Hajisoti for TM" i have heard now for 2 years atleast and nothing has changed. He keep get invited and plays. Hajisoti must do something right that he get invited despite performing poorly

[Nokhodi]

Players will not let Iranian coach have full authority. Unless it is someone like Daei(as person i mean).

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Then there is no hope; because at this point only dirty mercenary coaches like Errikson, Wilmots, and Advocaat will come by. Parvazi coaches who just want a cheque.
There is no time for camps. FIFA Is only giving 1 week to teams before the World Cup. We need good friendlies and we need our players to be in damn good shape in their clubs.

If the World Cup was this summer, I would have said we are going to f*** up like 2006, but there is still time.

I also really thing Bagheri is a key for our players. I know some of our fans don't like him, but he just seems to put our players in a good spot mentally.

[Nokhodi]

He votes for the right people in election

Hajisaf is a mystery.
Look how many coaches loved him.

Daei
Ghotbi
CQ
Wilmots
and now Skocic.

[Surenas]

As I said before, Skocic is not responsible if the team plays unfocused, if the players are asabi, the players have to control their nerves. That will be Skocic's most important task until the World Cup. If Gholizadeh crosses like they are from Outworld or Abedzadeh has a lapus maximus, just like Beiro did against Lebanon, why is Skocic to blame?
Should Skocic have played more offensively? It's hard to say, he wanted to tighten the game in midfield, he also just didn't have the players to play effectively offensively without Mehdi, Sardar hangs in the air as the German says.

You can also see that at Leverkusen, Sardar doesn't work as a single striker without real support. Many underestimate that we simply didn't had our best team today and that plays a big role against a team like South Korea. Now imagine Germany hypothetically losing 2-0 away to Italy in Rome without their best players in the attack and a goalkeeper who is still inexperienced in NT, I doubt people in this country would completely lose their cool like ours do.
You guys complain about our players losing their nerves on the pitch, yet you guys are exactly the same and not even on the pitch.

[ABalls]

Then there is no hope; because at this point only dirty mercenary coaches like Errikson, Wilmots, and Advocaat will come by. Parvazi coaches who just want a cheque.
There is no time for camps. FIFA Is only giving 1 week to teams before the World Cup. We need good friendlies and we need our players to be in damn good shape in their clubs.

If the World Cup was this summer, I would have said we are going to f*** up like 2006, but there is still time.

I also really thing Bagheri is a key for our players. I know some of our fans don't like him, but he just seems to put our players in a good spot mentally.

I''ll add that we need even more of our players in Europe BECAUSE of how poor Team Melli's record is when it comes to training/camps/etc, and also the tight timeframe. But more importantly, we need players starting and getting good playing time in Europe (and not random leagues like Greece or Hungry either AHEM).

[shahin2000]

Asian Cup 2011.

And I believe that's when Ghotbi was with SK.

[mahestan]

Then there is no hope; because at this point only dirty mercenary coaches like Errikson, Wilmots, and Advocaat will come by. Parvazi coaches who just want a cheque.
There is no time for camps. FIFA Is only giving 1 week to teams before the World Cup. We need good friendlies and we need our players to be in damn good shape in their clubs.

If the World Cup was this summer, I would have said we are going to f*** up like 2006, but there is still time.

I also really thing Bagheri is a key for our players. I know some of our fans don't like him, but he just seems to put our players in a good spot mentally.

Nokhodi I’m sure you are aware but some of our members might not.

Bagheri was also out with COVID and not on the sideline. I honestly think he has a huge impact on TM and is extremely important to have. Some of our better subs in previous games might be his doing IMO.

[Bladsville]

Im guessing no "easy game" post from Azmoun on IG

[PSGman#19]

Biggest skocic mistake is to overrate IPL too much.
All the PFDC noticed we have a huge huge problem at Midfield. Eza is our best player there but he is in a terrible position. The guy (and I guess every other IPL coach would do the same mistake) keep on inviting nour, sarlak kamlabinia instead of explorer other ressources (Ebrahimi over nour for the safe part) and younger and promising options to develop for the furture

[milad_b]

Biggest skocic mistake is to overrate IPL too much.
All the PFDC noticed we have a huge huge problem at Midfield. Eza is our best player there but he is in a terrible position. The guy (and I guess every other IPL coach would do the same mistake) keep on inviting nour, sarlak kamlabinia instead of explorer other ressources (Ebrahimi over nour for the safe part) and younger and promising options to develop for the furture

Main problem was using ehsan instead of other players like omid ebrahimi , sarlak or even mehdipoor.

IMO it should've been something like this
------------defense---------------
--------------Omid-----------------
-----Sarlak------ahmadnoor-------

[PSGman#19]

Main problem was using ehsan instead of other players like omid ebrahimi , sarlak or even mehdipoor.

IMO it should've been something like this
------------defense---------------
--------------Omid-----------------
-----Sarlak------ahmadnoor-------

Nour, sarlak, hajsafi don't have the level of a team wanting to avoid 3 straight loss at wc.
Instead of insisting on them, he should explore other options.