Two strikers left??

[Autreen]

Kazemian has left the camp today.
G. Reza (has played as a forward under Daei) and more recently Khalili have both left the camp due to injury.
That means that Borhani and Hashemian are the only two strikers left at the camp, Madanchi being a Winger/midfielder.

This means that Ghotbi will probably be opting for a one striker solution in case one these players gets injured during the game. Although possibly disastrous, whats more important is the lack of depth in the forward slot.

Is there any indication that Ghobti will be calling up a few more strikers before he departs for Korea? He did cross off Ashoubi and call up Mobali today, so anything is possible. I don't see how Ghotbi can face Korea with only two strikers at his disposal.

[godlypud]

We played with 0 strikers in the last 30 minutes of iran vs north korea.

[Russo]

We played with 0 strikers in the last 30 minutes of iran vs north korea.

Ha!

[Doctor DOOM]

hey, the less strikers the better . followers of wimpy, gutless football ought to be happy

[leviathan]

with defender like kabei who came close to scoring and Karimi / nekounam why do we need strikers?

The only time our strikers strike, is when they go on strike and don't score goals.(which is during world cup qualifications)

we have a better chance of seeing goals from our wingers (khalatbari and madanchi )than shojaei , borhani and Hashemian.

i think even if you put Zandi as striker (out of his natural position) you will get better results.

[ehsan singapore]

well zandi can be a striker

[Autreen]

with defender like kabei who came close to scoring and Karimi / nekounam why do we need strikers?

The only time our strikers strike, is when they go on strike and don't score goals.(which is during world cup qualifications)

we have a better chance of seeing goals from our wingers (khalatbari and madanchi )than shojaei , borhani and Hashemian.

i think even if you put Zandi as striker (out of his natural position) you will get better results.

So you want to play with 4-6-0? Whether you like their recent performances of not (and I REALLY don't like them), having a forward that can AT VERY LEAST create something for other players is essential (Flat-footed Borhani seems to be the ideal example here)



well zandi can be a striker

Zandi doesn't have the qualities to be a sole forward. Zandi as a forward would only work if you played him along side another forward, similarly to Shojaie except Zandi is more intelligent and can shoot the ball.


But there is no way we can face South Korea with just the 'one forward or the other' mentality. There HAS to be at least ONE forward Ghotbi is looking to call up.

[BacheLot]

last two games , both our wing backs have spent more playing time in the opponent's half than our own..!! pushing forward along with our wingers into the opponents box... we have created plenty of scoring opportunities in the process....yet our players have failed to finish off even 1/4 of those chances..!! just because we play with one striker does not mean we have played a gutless, defensive game..!! (gutless defensive game is the play of NK and UAE against us in the first halves of their respective games..!!)

to add a 2nd striker to our current line up, would require us to drop off a DM for it..!! considering we are already pushing both wing backs and wingers forward to support the attack, it would be very risky to play with only one DM to cover a very possible loss of possession and a swift counter attack..!
it would be very difficult for just 1 DM to slow down a counter long enough for our out of position wing backs to timely return back to their posts and assume a defensive position..!!

i can see ghotbi taking that risk of removing a defender or one of the DMs in favor of a second striker ....but only if we fall behind early or for last 15 min. or so of the game..!!

i think as with the last two games the big key to our success will be the ability to finish off at least half of our chances...rather than too many "close but no cigars"....!!

[AtbinVali]

Don't forget that even Madanchi can play forward, but if he is any good their, i can't really say. But he has good long range shots.

[Martin-Reza]

There is little doubt Ghotbi will play 4-2-3-1 in South Korea. We don't really have many strikers who are able to play on international level, and when 2 are injured, it comes down to having just 2 in the squad.

[The Realist]

I posted this in Zandi as a atriker

I can warm up to idea of Zandi as striker only in the context of an Iran team that simply does NOT have any decent strikers.

One thing about Zandi's game is that he likes to run with the ball from deep and he picks up pace along the way As a lone striker, right next to the opposition's 18 yards, that' s too close for that style of game.

[HuSsAiN]

We always play with one striker upfront, so it shouldn't be much of a problem. The game will be won in the midfield. Whoever wins the midfield battle, will have the last say in the SK-Iran match.

[Ali.Karimi79]

Zandi Is Not A Striker But He Can Score!

[Ali.Karimi79]

I posted this in Zandi as a atriker
I can warm up to idea of Zandi as striker only in the context of an Iran team that simply does NOT have any decent strikers.
One thing about Zandi's game is that he likes to run with the ball from deep and he picks up pace along the way As a lone striker, right next to the opposition's 18 yards, that' s too close for that style of game.

Zandi can at least finish. The rest suck in that no matter what position!

[Kiafan06]

I think it's a pretty good idea. Why not? our options in the striker position have not worked all that great so far, why not give it a try?
Although I do think Khalatbari would fit the position better

[HuSsAiN]

I think it's a pretty good idea. Why not? our options in the striker position have not worked all that great so far, why not give it a try?
Although I do think Khalatbari would fit the position better
This is a massive game. We can't 'experiment' players in this game. The plans and preparations should've been done before. I simply don't think Zandi can do the lone striker role. He's a player who needs time and space on the ball, with playing upfront, you need to be physical or have the space, be clever, make runs to get free chances to shoot. Zandi will NOT play upfront.

It will be Hashemian or Borhani.