Yemen was arguably the weakest team in the group. I hope youre right and they do better against Iraq and Tajikestan.
Iran beat india 1-0 in their first game last tourney too so maybe it's a tradition. Hopefully they'll make the semis at least like last time...
You know, over the years I have learned a lesson from my younger brother (I hope he is not reading this to see me acknowledging it! ). The lesson is, there are sooooooo many things wrong with Iranian football that getting stressed over anything BUT what happens on the "green rectangle" over the course of 90 minutes (60 for TM!! ) is a waste of time. Let me explain: If today we got the best coach in the world and he was allowed to bring the best staff with him, we would still do not reach our potential by the next WC. Why? Because there is so much wrong with the federation. Let's suppose the federation then got fixed and we got the best coach, and the best federation officials. Same thing! Why? Because our league sucks and our home based players will never reach their potential. Let's suppose we got the best coach, federation officials, and clubs. The you got the government owned facilities that suck the big one. Take city of Ahvaz for example, as soon as Foolad started doing well, city decided to renovate the stadium. One year and a half later Foolad still does not have a decent field. And they are in the red because they had a 50% budget cut and had to travel for hours EVERY week for their games. Even if all the above are the best, then we have the f--king mandatory draft. Players have to serve in the armed forced for TWO YEARS! From the age of 18 to 20. The most formative years for a footballer. SOme of them end up playing for Armed Forces teams like Pas or Sepas, but that is only a few lucky ones. Then you got the MORAL officials that do things like mess with players hair styles, tatoos, and teamates (See my post regarding Ando). It is only thanks to a few hard working people in the football business and the players themselves that we have even managed to stay competetive in Asia. I salute them, and the hell with all the others who only function to forward their none footballagenda through football. Wow! It felt good to let it all out!!
Afshin, good post I couldn't agree more, You cant merely cut branches the overlying problem lies within the roots of the tree. Iranian football wont improve till Iran as a whole does. With all the crap going with An, Mullahs and footballeh etelati its irritating and amazing that football in Iran has gone on to this extent. Laughable to some, but theres extreme talent in Iran which has been hindered tremendously. People wonder why our talents go to UAE at such a young age, they want to get out even if it means playing in a non pro league. Vaghan hale adamo migereh vatigeh estedadah mesle Mobali, Kazemian, Kabei, and Borhani ruin their careers by going to leagues like this.
MUforever10 jAn, Read my post about Mehrdad Oladi here: https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?p=9493109#post9493109 That is a perfect example of what you and I seem to agree on.
Following our conversation from yesterday. Read this latest about Perspolis getting relegated: (In Persian) http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=439
Amir's job could be in jepordy if he loses this game to syria..because for years we have always dominated syria and all the arab teams and if he were to lose against syria and then lose the next game it would be over for him... good replacements for him includes The frenchmen that took japan to round 2 in 2002 and there are alot of brazilian and dutch coaches looking for jobes
(sigh!) And here is the latest on the Ahvaz stadium! (in Persian) http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-784563&Lang=P
Iran's U-17 coach is "puzzled" about his team's lackluster performance. With a game against Japan coming up on Monday. he has verylittle idea as to what he can do to fix the problems! http://www.lastkick.com/?p=1616
Okay, by now you probably know that our U-17 were eliminated by Japan from AFC championships. That means no FIFA U-17 for us again! English: http://www.lastkick.com/?p=1626 Persian: http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=467 Now, do you remember the exchange about lack of organization? Read the 5th paragraph on this one and weep for our athletes who have to compete under such disorganized conditions!! Persian: http://www.lastkick.com/fa/?p=468
Sanat Naft wins it case, but are they IPL bound?! Here is a cluster f--k if I had ever seen one! (Both in Persian) http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-796424&Lang=P and more from Iran Varzeshi http://www.iran-varzeshi.com/1385/850705/html/footbal6.htm#s213711
Guys, I just saw this on Mehr. TM v Bayern Munich?! Now that would be interesting. (In Persian) http://www.mehrnews.com/fa/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=393596
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You must have heard about the little back and forth between Safaei-Farahani and the PEO folks. Well Safaei was on TV's 90 program and here is some of what he said: دفاع صفایی فراهانی از کمیته انتقالی در برنامه تلویزیونی نود