"And until I am the monarch, I will never let anyone take possession of movable and landed properties of the others by force or without compensation. Until I am alive, I prevent unpaid, forced labor. To day, I announce that everyone is free to choose a religion. People are free to live in all regions and take up a job provided that they never violate other’s rights."-Koroush Kabir
problem with this thinking is while there is some validity to it ( the seed system), it has negative impact far more than positive.
as for seed system. yes, you're right as it determines how we're placed in a qualification group or 1st round of tournamnts.
But wait. surely we must not be that concerned with advancing from FIRST round of asian torunaments or groups, whether we're seeded A (1st to 4th rank) or B (5th to 8th).
so seriously I wouldnt be that worried about this.
But that's all the "positives" I see in it.
now, if we didnt pay attention to this ranking, we remove the EXCUSE/COVER for under-performing and force TM and its coaches to raise their performance.
That in turn will maintain any ranking points (if we're so concerned about it) AUTOMATICALLY.
So whether we pay attention to it or not, but if we tend to benefit from keeping it away from our priorities.
he left the team, despie the defeat, as Number 22 in the world and number 1 in asia. we will now see without friendlies and so on, how long this will last...one of iran´s highest ranking....without using and wining fifa friendlies we will soon lose position..
World Cup 2006, Frankfurt, Iran vs. Portugal, Iranian Frontpage of GOAL Sportspaper
And on the 8.Day God created Ali Karimi, and he saw he was good!
If Defenders were allowed to use their hands to stop Karimi - They´d try!![]()
Now that CQ is gone TM ranking 1st in Asian may not last long. I hope I am wrong. IFF doesn't deserve a good thing.
Take your screenshots!
I only care about fifa rankings when Iran is ranked high and this is one of those times![]()
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I agree.
People will always remember the teams that lifted the trophy that year rather than who was ranked top of Asia the time.
Apart from us Iranians who will remember that we were top of Asia for several years? Exactly nobody.....
We were doomed in this Asian Cup since the beginning by this beeing ranked top of Asia thing.
Since FIFA launched in the World Rankings in 1993 no team that headed to the Asian Cup as top ranked side ended up winning the Asian Cup.
So there is certainly a curse over it.
top of asia. woohoo
Only a few spots away from ItalyJust imagine...if we went to final and won we might have surpassed Italy
EAT. SLEEP. TM. REPEAT.
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