Alireza Jahanbakhsh @ Brighton & Hove Albion | 2018-2019

Our boy is bulking up, gotta compete with the physicality of the league! That or he had one too many joojeh kabobs while in Dubai

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Originally Posted by Sly

I don't agree. Karimi has always been a wasteful dribbler but after his Bayern time, he became more passive, less explosive and lost his imagination. After a year or 2, he was just a waste of spot in TM.

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He also suffered a massive knee injury at Bayern. He was never the same after that. His vision and passing was much better.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dy9bKGcX...pg&name=medium

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Originally Posted by TM4LIFE

Our boy is bulking up, gotta compete with the physicality of the league! That or he had one too many joojeh kabobs while in Dubai

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Bro the former is true.

They are being patient with him and want to get him more muscular for the EPL. He is probably in the bulking phase.

We know he he is naturally athletic and has an 8-pack (anyone have the photo from 2 months ago?) but I believe they are making him stronger so that he can take games by the scruff of the neck more.

We all saw benefits the EPL physical regime had for someone like Cristiano Ronaldo who went from a fit skinny 22 year old to an absolute physical freak.

In the long term, making JB into a stronger figure can only have a positive long-term result for TM.

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Originally Posted by perspolis#1

Lol mate Im not a junior member and def didnt mean to slight you with that. I just was wondering what you expected Jahanbakhsh to do in the 25 minutes he was on against a Parked Burnley 2 goals down.

If I came across as too blunt forgive me.

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To make an impact, I did not expect two goals (like Murray v WBA) but Alireza Jahanbakhsh was not required to do any defending, but had enough of the ball around the edge of the box to offload a shot and/or a key pass, which he didn't.

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Originally Posted by Perseus

To make an impact, I did not expect two goals (like Murray v WBA) but Alireza Jahanbakhsh was not required to do any defending, but had enough of the ball around the edge of the box to offload a shot and/or a key pass, which he didn't.

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Most of his touches came with his back to the net. He is not a target man with the physicality to hold up play and open team mates on the wings. If this is what CH brought him to do then the man needs to be Fired ASAP!! You don't buy a sports car to do off roading and then complain about the cars performance.

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Originally Posted by Perseus

To make an impact, I did not expect two goals (like Murray v WBA) but Alireza Jahanbakhsh was not required to do any defending, but had enough of the ball around the edge of the box to offload a shot and/or a key pass, which he didn't.

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I actually figured his role was to work in between the two defensive lines of Burnley and spread the ball outwide on the left to Andone (?). Admittedly, their crosses were poor in that time from both of them.

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Originally Posted by perspolis#1

I actually figured his role was to work in between the two defensive lines of Burnley and spread the ball outwide on the left to Andone (?). Admittedly, their crosses were poor in that time from both of them.

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Murray in the centre, Knockaert on the left. Replaced Locadia in the on the right hand side.

Expected to cut inside (shoot or find Murray) or feed Bong on the overlap. Or possibly lay the ball into the path of Pröpper or Bissouma, then run into space for the return ball (beware of offside).

Murray was more of a distraction, so a shot from the right corner of the penalty area or a slalom dribble were the unlikely best hope.

Farmer league > EPL. Overrrated league whose best team lose left and right against depleted PSG (United, Liverpool) and Lyon (City). United who were winning against all english teams played like Zobahan.

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Originally Posted by PSGman#19

Farmer league > EPL. Overrrated league whose best team lose left and right against depleted PSG (United, Liverpool) and Lyon (City). United who were winning against all english teams played like Zobahan.

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:rofl: