All of the things you said is right. Having said that, a huge number of iranian youth are playing soccer day to day in the streets of Iran and now clubs. Taht by itself a major foundation to build on.
Football in iran has the fans, spectators and people in Iran (a large majority are interested). This is a factor that many other countries don't have as much. How many games in the UAE or Qatar you watched when the game was played in an empty stadium.
So in summary, while things look bleak, but the soccer foundation in Iran based on sheer number of people who play and fans is strong. At present, I think a generation of our superstars retired or are old and the new blood either isn't as talented or still hasn't establsihed them. Our football team was always based on player's creativity and not on team work and elments like that. So right now not having the superstars weakens our team.
We Iranians are very good underdogs. As soon as TM see things are bleak they will notch it up (last 8 minutes of Kuwait game as an example).
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Are we fooling ourseleves ?!
A wiser member than me, ' hajagha ', with his recent posts, made me think, if we are all fooling ourseleves, with what kind of football we realy have:
1-We all know by now, we never deserved to have the fifa rank of 15 th in the world, as it was a major goof by fifa.
2-Currant, secound or third in Asia , also seems over rateing.
3-Our legioners never were as good as we thought.
4-our legioners ,had been mostly bench wormers,or short time guests,or never, any player thier teams could not do without.
5-It also seems,based on extended " AGHA ZADEHA ",who had made high commisions out of industrial deals with Europe, ..if nothingels, we have more than desereved,football agents.
6-Our IFF is and has been a mess !, and always will damage our out put.
7-Our country is even in deeper mess, and we are dummed to suffer from it.even in football.
8-Our legioners, not so big a deal anyway, are old, and we have not had fresh blood.
9-our league is so elementary, even, Ghotbi, daei, and azizi, just for knowing a little about outside football, are among thier bests, just on thier first years.
10-All, arab countries seem like improveing daily,and with the addition of australia,and uzbacks the road has gotten tougher.
11-Our currant situation, with two ties is awakening !
12-Ali daei, does not seem to have a clue,how to take iran to the WC.
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Are, we just, fooling ourseleves ?...........should n't we start thinking of the Brazilian WC in 2014?
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