Originally posted by DR Strangemoosh
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* If TM was about meritocracy, Jalal Hosseini would have been invited, or Khalatbari in the last WC, etc.
* So there was no precedence of bringing foreign based legionnaires with Iranian background to TM? If so then who brought Fereydoon Zandi to TM?
* That's fantastic, why don't we bring out Sir Alex out of retirement then and put gohroosh as his assistant manager. Because that's the only way he can replicate those results. Given the fact that he failed miserably with Real Madrid, Portugal, and Iran on his own
* So we don't rely on individual brilliance anymore? Did you watch ARJ's goal against Oman or Beiro's 1st minute penalty save? How about our goals vs China? Or Gucci's goal vs Korea? This is perhaps where you and I are on polar opposite side of the spectrum. We have a defensive structure that works as a unit. Yes. But our offensive "plans" were long throw ins (Individual talent), Free kicks, flashes of brilliance via our players making something out of nothing. Here's another fact for you. Iran under gohroosh has had the worst possession stats in its history. That's right. The boys can't keep the ball, can't hold the ball, can't do any build up play. All they know is how to quickly transition the ball from defense onto offense via 1 or 2 long shots. That's desperate tactics against an overwhelming opposition. It's not what you build your entire damn team around for 8 years.
* We had a fighting spirit alright. I was looking at some of the comments on one of the Varzesh3 links someone posted about Azmoun, and it was hilarious. "Teame Bedehkar," that's gohroosh's mentality. The everlasting underdogs, the underprivileged, the poor boys with nothing "against all odds", "mission impossible." This fighting spirit leads to an impressionable kids like Sardar to "shush his critics" after he scores a goal. This fighting spirit leads to the boys coming out of every match guns blazing in post match interviews, mostly focusing on how they were victimized by x, y and z and yet somehow managed to prove their critics wrong against the likes of mightly China, etc. Instead of being humble and carry on with the job. That's the difference between an underdog mentality and a champion's mentality. Underdogs always have an uphill battle so beating yemen, and vietnam, oman, and china is a cause for celebration and losing to Japan is a fact of life. It's a fucking brilliant philosophy if you're a charlatan coach though. Win, lose or draw you can't lose. Cause you were the underdogs right off the bat. That's why the next game is the most important.
* Our overall talent at this particular juncture is far superior to any iteration of TM in the past. Ali Daei was a 2% talent 98% effort. Khodadad was sub-par, and not even comparable to Gucci. Mahdavikia was slightly better than milmo, Minavad's an even trade. An aside from Abedzadeh which is irreplaceable every other post from defense to midfield, we're far better than ever before with incredible depth. There's a reason why we were the favourites to win this AC by the bookies and has nothing to do with gohroosh. Infact we were favourites to win in spite of gohroosh not because of him.
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