Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ Brighton & Hove Albion | 2018-2019

“At the time I didn’t know, I was too far away to see, but I’ve seen it a few times since and I do think it should have been a red card.

“We ask for players to be honest, and I’m quite sure if Alireza goes down clutching his head, for that moment there would have been a different outcome.

“You have to look at the action — the heads are together, and what I do accept is that there isn’t distance between them, so in regards to him hurting Alireza, that wasn’t the case.

“But if you’re looking at aggression from one player to another, then that certainly would have been a red card on other occasions.”

Chris Hughton post-match comment on ARJ-Walker tussle

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Originally Posted by DR Strangemoosh

I dunno about you guys but I like seeing an Iranian being so fking alpha
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It was the look he gave him after , I wish I could have a pic of that. I’ve seen that look many a time when I used to play football with my dad and his friends 😀. Ederson had to stop him from teaching Walker a lesson.

This should unite every single damn iranian on this site.

I'm sorry.

But the gheyrat that JB shows was amazing.

Anyone who has criticised him aggressively recently: Kas-R, Hoorad, I want you guys to come out and support our boy.

Sure he's been disappointing early on and hasn't scored or assisted as much as we would have wanted, but he's our boy and he could have fallen down and got Walker red-carded, but he shows what a rolemodel he is, and has always been since he grew up in Gilan and has worked so hard to get here



Never been more proud

Man looks so weird seing an iranian player all over big news sites and on twitter :P Weird way to feel relevant...

I just watched the highlights...he definitely played aggressive but he also seems to have made a lot of mistakes...not sure if that’s the case ...anyone know what rating he got?

Watched the montage of the touches he got in this game. Lots of good moves but there were 1 or 2 fast counters he definitely should have acted differently in. I dont know. There's just one thing for certain: he objectively was all around a much more confident and effective player last season, regardless of the type of opposition he faced. This year, it just seems like he's a fish out of water and he has a mental block or something.

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Man looks so weird seing an iranian player all over big news sites and on twitter :P Weird way to feel relevant...

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At this point, I’ll take anything that’s not “the biggest sponsor of terror”

Watched the replay till he got subbed out..!
he was largely anonymous in the first half ....blew hot and cold in 2nd... mostly hot till he got subbed out ..! overall he performed slightly above avg. today..!
overall, imo, he put on a better shift vs Chelsea than today...! off course they got raped last game and as a team they hardly managed to even get out of their half of the pitch, so it was easy for fans to be more critical of his performance..!

lets just hope and prey now that they manage to shake off this loosing run and amass a few more points before the end of the season to avoid relegation ...!! i fear its all going to boil down to their clash vs Cardiff as to which ..!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

AJ was very good. Considering the circumstances and opposition I would say it is one of his best performances in a Brighton shirt. He just needs to improve in the final third.

Glad he showed gheyrat:

Anyone in twitter, please report such posts:

Both players, Walker and criminal war Iranian (Brighton player) both should had red cards

Lol @ sia’s Always trying to intimidate somebody. Alireza was like get the hell out of here with that bs, bro don’t you know I’m from Qazvin!

Tbh, the smart thing to do there for him was in fact to go down & send that bozo marching & give his team a far more releastic chance of getting back in that game & possibly progress to final ..!
Gamesmanship, psyching-out & throwing your opponent off the main objective @ hand is in fact a big part of football or any other game for that matter ..!
especially so in do or die, ladder stages of such hotly contested tournaments ..! (Ref. TM v Iraq @ AC 15)

^Pooladi? 🤔

Kyle Walker today: "Booed constantly, the ex-Spur looked rattled. Not his usual marauding presence. Made mistakes."


I wonder what's rattled him?


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On another note, look at Son's power today in his goal against City in Spurs' 1-0 win for the champions league.





This is what I want to see JB do when he is in that wing-forward role, and I think he has the ability to do things like this once he gets his confidence back. Bulking might have made him slower but like others, he will get back up to speed again. Good to see CH believes in him, lets hope that they bolster the midfield so that he has players who are on his wavelength...

He should be scoring like Son did today against Man. City in championship league, he plays in similar positions. Too bad he does not have good players around him like Son does.

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He should be scoring like Son did today against Man. City in championship league, he plays in similar positions. Too bad he does not have good players around him like Son does.

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Exactly!

We have nullified Son 5 consecutive times under CQ, where he just doesn't have the same kind of players around him for Korea as he has for Spurs.

JB so far hasn't actually had a team with that level of talent around him....

I was gonna say the same thing: ARJ would have buried it too. Nice goal, but nothing beyond his abilities.

It's annoying to hear all of the bashing, when it's still his first season, and he plays on a relegation-fighting defensive team. People also forget he signed a 5 year contract. It's far from being a make or bust season. So just be patient, enjoy the journey, and be happy that one of our players is now getting consistent playing time in the world's most competitive soccer league.

Even if he doesn't "succeed" at Brighton, he definitely will on a more offensive team in a top 3 league.

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I was gonna say the same thing: ARJ would have buried it too. Nice goal, but nothing beyond his abilities.

It's annoying to hear all of the bashing, when it's still his first season, and he plays on a relegation-fighting defensive team. People also forget he signed a 5 year contract. It's far from being a make or bust season. So just be patient, enjoy the journey, and be happy that one of our players is now getting consistent playing time in the world's most competitive soccer league.

Even if he doesn't "succeed" at Brighton, he definitely will on a more offensive team in a top 3 league.

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Agree, but not sure I see a path to a "more offensive team in a top 3 league", unless he starts scoring.

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He should be scoring like Son did today against Man. City in championship league, he plays in similar positions. Too bad he does not have good players around him like Son does.

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The rest of the Spurs side did not have much joy in attack. I think Son has got that extra ounce of pace that makes him special.

Man City played two defensive midfielders from the start, like they did in the last 20 minutes against Brighton.

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The rest of the Spurs side did not have much joy in attack. I think Son has got that extra ounce of pace that makes him special.

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There is no doubt that he is a special club player. Any club side would love to have him in their squad.

We see him play internationally where he is a completely different player, under our last coach in our 5 consecutive games between Iran and Korea (4 wins and 1 draw for Iran) he was completely anonymous. They were important games (World Cup qualifiers, meaning that Korea were second in the qualifying group two consecutive times).

So the question always arises for us why he is so different for his club than for his country...

This is the reason why Son is so much more ahead of Jahanbakhsh. Jahanbakhsh at the same time was training in Damash Tehran.

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In August 2008, Son dropped out of Dongbuk High School (formerly FC Seoul U-18 Team)[10] and joined Hamburger SV's youth academy at the age of 16 through Korea Football Association Youth Project.

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JB is a disappointment, but the guy really hasn't had that many chances. He's not evne allowed to take cornoers or free kicks...

His competitoin Knocky Fart heart has been there 2 years in EPL and just has like 2 goals...not like everyone else is killing it

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There is no doubt that he is a special club player. Any club side would love to have him in their squad.

We see him play internationally where he is a completely different player, under our last coach in our 5 consecutive games between Iran and Korea (4 wins and 1 draw for Iran) he was completely anonymous. They were important games (World Cup qualifiers, meaning that Korea were second in the qualifying group two consecutive times).

So the question always arises for us why he is so different for his club than for his country...

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Son always looked promising because of his pace, he stared quite slowly at Spurs:

Son, and ARJ, do not have the low centre of gravity or terrific on the half turn. Got a few extra inches on Salah and Knockaert.

ARJ reminds me in style of Dirk Kuyt. i.e. better in a counter attacking team which currently means Leicester, Liverpool or Bournemouth, by goals on the counter, Brighton are seventh best. NB; Bournemouth and Leicester concede lots from counter attacks as well.

In the EPL a winger needs pace. Son has plenty of that. The guy natural speed. That is something ARJ is really lacking.

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Son always looked promising because of his pace, he stared quite slowly at Spurs:

Son, and ARJ, do not have the low centre of gravity or terrific on the half turn. Got a few extra inches on Salah and Knockaert.

ARJ reminds me in style of Dirk Kuyt. i.e. better in a counter attacking team which currently means Leicester, Liverpool or Bournemouth, by goals on the counter, Brighton are seventh best. NB; Bournemouth and Leicester concede lots from counter attacks as well.

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Yes I agree. Perhaps not quite the same kind of player (kuyt was much slower, though more selfless, than JB. JB hasn't quite acclimatised to his "new body" and the new league, plus his confidence is shot, because otherwise he was always good to beat a man one-on-one, at least in comparison with people like Ziyech and Kluivert. Didn't really see Kuyt doing that.).

BTW, much as we have Son's number on an international level (at least we did under our most recent coach), he must be considered Asia's best ever footballer, and within the world-class tier of player.

Transfermarkt has his value down as 58 million, but I'd easily put him at 80-90 million.

top quality supporting cast and an attacking formation and team tactics makes all the difference...! just refer to Sardar in Rubin vs the Sardar @ Zenit..!

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In the EPL a winger needs pace. Son has plenty of that. The guy natural speed. That is something ARJ is really lacking.

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Pace is both important and hard to judge, esp on TV. Or hard to tell with a new player who may not be at optimum fitness? ARJ has not troubled any EPL defender with a burst of acceleration or a sprint. ARJ looks a little faster than Knockaert, about the same speed as Solly March, and slower than Izquierdo.

Son vs ARJ is a no contest.

Son is world class. Let's not get hung up on this subject matter too much and hope ARJ manages to improve

It's funny whenever I meet Korean soccer fans they often mention how they think Azmoun is the best player in Asia, not Son.

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It's funny whenever I meet Korean soccer fans they often mention how they think Azmoun is the best player in Asia, not Son.
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sardar is a gifted athlete as he has also played volleyball, whereas son was just lucky to enter a youth academy and start training football under experienced coaches

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sardar is a gifted athlete as he has also played volleyball, whereas son was just lucky to enter a youth academy and start training football under experienced coaches

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:rofl:
Jesus Christ. Sardar fanboys are something else.

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It's funny whenever I meet Korean soccer fans they often mention how they think Azmoun is the best player in Asia, not Son.

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South Korean fans get upset at Son because they think he's poor for the national team.

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South Korean fans get upset at Son because they think he's poor for the national team.

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They should too! He honestly doesn't give it his all when he plays for South Korea, I could sense that when I was in the stadium watching South Korea vs Qatat in the Asian cup.

I would be upset too if we had an Iranian for example in a top European team who played at 80% instead of 100% when he played for team melli.



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It's funny whenever I meet Korean soccer fans they often mention how they think Azmoun is the best player in Asia, not Son.

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Probably because Son is bad for the KNT and because right now South Korea has pretty terrible strikers compared to what they usually have.

BHAFC vs Bournemouth tomorrow! Important match for BHAFC. I am hopeful JB will start given his latest performance vs Man City.

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BHAFC vs Bournemouth tomorrow! Important match for BHAFC. I am hopeful JB will start given his latest performance vs Man City.

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I hope he starts AND plays the entire 90 minutes.

JB seems to be dropped according to a member on the Brighton Forum. This guy has gotten all their previous lineups correct.

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