Afshin Ghotbi News & Pics

[EKBATAN]

wow how do u go down 5 goals in 2nd half to a 2nd division team?? just wow


but im not gonna bash ghotbi, he didnt screw us over completely, he just had a wrong game plan against korea....lets not be too harsh on the guy

[Shogun_Rua]

wow how do u go down 5 goals in 2nd half to a 2nd division team?? just wow


but im not gonna bash ghotbi, he didnt screw us over completely, he just had a wrong game plan against korea....lets not be too harsh on the guy

Ask NFL or Hamidr316, they will give you a valid reason of how this happened. I think they will say something like " Ghotbi wasn't the problem, the problem is Shimzu S-Pulses football infrastructure and the players have been taught wrong at grassroot level".

Ghotbi is the Emperator and doesn't recieve 5 goals in 1 half from a 2nd division J-League team. The problem is elsewhere.

[Ghermez Agha]

but when he was introducing himself to the japanese he said he feels like
home because the mountains there reminds him of california
i don't think he ever mentioned iran

wowww do u really think that means anything? he is a very proud iranian incase you have never realized, and im not really a fan of his but anybody who knows him knows that he loves iran

[TM4LIFE]

An ordinary loss would be fine but this is too much. to be honest for me this is bad news, i was hoping he would get results as a coach for another team.. especially with all the hype of his arrival. Maybe he got confused with the Japanese names and put in their D team on accident

[Shahin K]

Lol this is too much indeed, but it was his first game and a friendly. Lets wait and see.

[Siavash]

Poor japanies they may fire him sooner than you think.

[Dreamer]

wowww do u really think that means anything? he is a very proud iranian incase you have never realized, and im not really a fan of his but anybody who knows him knows that he loves iran

Sorry but both of you don't make much sense.

a) It's given that he is Iranian, so I don't think mentioning Iran is a requirement when being presented

b) Agha Ghermez how did you exactly come to the conclusion that he is a very proud Iranian?

c) He attended Ahmadinejad's inauguration and if you argue that they forced him, I'm sure trying to explain his "disappointment in TM players" for wearing the green armbands will be enough ... (you might argue that they forced him to do that too I guess, after all it's Iran, but then again agreeing to doing this? I dunno.)

[Mr Pouya]

[Farhad-7]

His team lost 6-2 in a friendly vs a second division team. They were up 2-1 before half. Afshin khan to nimeye morabiha toofan kardeh bood. He probably walked in there after the game and cussed the team out.

اولین تجربه حضور افشین قطبی روی نیمکت تیم شیمیزو اس پالس با شکست سنگین تیمش مواجه شد . روز گذشته در دیداری دوستانه به مصاف تیم دسته دومی توکیو رفت که این دیدار را با نتیجه 6بر 2 به تیم توکیو واگذار کرد . این درحالی است که قطبی به ژاپنی ها وعده داده بود که این تیم شهر شیزوکا را مانند توت فرنگی های این شهر در جهان معروف خواهد کرد

http://www.varzeshi.net/sport.php?go=02-89.11.21.jpg

and yet he promised to win the J-League

but honestly on a positive note, this shows how good TM was under the crappiest coach in history to coach them to at least win their group with 9pts.

[Mani]

Mods, please move this thread to the main forum. Ghotbi is also an Iranian abroad, no different than Karimi or Nekounam.

Ghotbi on Japanese TV

[K.C.I.N.]

takahra,shinji ono, is this is the ESTIL AZEEN of J-League?

anyone else notice the dutch accent of him speaking english?
he has a really strange accent, I thought he's from LA?

[radin119]

looks like he is an apple fan boy

[dcpp]

Shimizu's best striker, Shinji Okazaki, signed for Stuttgart and one of their playmaker can't remember the name he was the number 10

[Neda]

Ghotbi Praises Japanese, Korean and Australian Players!!!

He is hiring Australian players to fill in for Japanases players who go to Europe!
and this is the guy who was giving Iranian players promise that he would take
them to Japan!!! now that he is there, not even a mention of Iranian players.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/can...?docId=5907042

Exodus of Korean, Japanese players to Europe spikes demand for Aussie replacements
By The Associated Press (CP) – 2 days ago

The exodus of east Asia's top players to the rich playing fields of Europe is gathering pace, with Australians increasingly drifting north to fill the gaps.

Winners Japan, runner-up Australia and third-placed South Korea were the standout teams in the recently concluded Asian Cup and those performances should only build demand for their player talent.
...
Okazaki became the sixth Japanese player to head to Germany since the 2010 World Cup when he left Shimizu. The club's coach Afshin Ghotbi, a former assistant coach with the South Korea national team, welcomes the a greater Asian presence in Europe.

"Simply, the South Koreans and Japanese are developing better youth players and are far ahead of rest of Asia in producing talent capable of playing at the highest level," said Ghotbi, who took Iran to the quarterfinal of the 2011 Asian Cup. "The development of youth has a longer history in Japan than any other country in Asia, and South Korea is catching up quickly."

"Japanese players are very technical, intelligent, hardworking, disciplined, and willing to do a job for their team," added Ghotbi. "Playing abroad will be a great opportunity for the top Japanese players to experience a different football culture and tactical priorities. It will also give younger Japanese players more opportunity for first team football in the J-League. Japanese football wins with this migration."

As more of their stars head overseas, clubs in Japan and Korea have been buying an increasing number of Australian imports, offering bigger salaries than those available in the fledgling A-League.

Shimizu has strengthened by signing Alex Brosque from A-League champion Sydney. He joins compatriots Josh Kennedy, Eddy Bosnar and Matthew Spiranovic in the J-League.

Iain Fyfe has left Adelaide United for Korean team Busan IPark and young international Luke Devere has joined South Korean club Gyeongnam. Australian defender Sasa Ognenovski is already in Korea and earned continental-wide recognition in 2010 in lifting the Asian Champions League trophy with Seongnam Ilhwa.

Ghotbi believes that more Australian players will follow in their footsteps.

[futbol>>>IRAN]

he better take a couple of Iranians players with him!