Where do we go now?

[Paradigm]

Get a decent foreign coach immediately... There is nobody in Iran right now who could be relied on to take the helm. We have a few weeks in between the next three WCQ matches in June (Khordad) so the IFF has time to search and seek a good foreign coach. Someone from Argentina would be fantastic.

[Adesor Vafaseya]

in the last two WCs where we qualified (98, 06) and we were in deep shit, we had a guy saving our a$$, Kh. Azizi.
in WCQ06 versus Qatar for example.....

what I am saying is, at this stage its up to individuals, players quality and players experiences no matter whether fully fit or how many games played or not. We need at this stage nothing else than individual quality.

Bring Ali Karimi in. We need anything that can turn a stone, since by normal tactics and startegies we didnt come far under Ali Daei & Co and dont even have time for it now.

[Doctor DOOM]

As I said earlier, I'm not holding much of a chance ... but "hope springs eternal" I guess. and I will be there to support the team no matter who leads it or who plays in it.

but let us dwell on what is humanly possible for us .

I believe with better player selection ( not according to the "name" of the player. case in point: shojaei, rezaei, ... ) but their FORM (eg: rezaei, shojaei, kazemi, madanchi, ... ) and NATURAL POSITION (eg: khalatbari, rezaei, ... ) , we can extract better performances from TM.

and who knows ... maybe with that much boost in performance we may be able to pull off the improbable ( not not impossible ) and win NKorea and then, UAE.
that would set us up for the THIRD spot ( I'm afraid I just cant see how we could get the top two !! ).

why do I say this?
becoz we've shown in recent years that TM's efficiency is MORE reliant on its INDIVIDUALISTIC BRILLIANCE than a team-oriented strategy and performance.

I'd add one more point, which is directly related to the "individuals" issue, and that is using (1) a playmaker & (2) TWO forwards in the team.
unfortunately we have very little to lose here and our backs are to the wall. So perhaps this shd give enough courage & daring to whoever leads the team to get more adventurous and use more attacking line up/formations. better late than never.



so if we use the superior individuals AND place those individuals correctly in the line up, we may get just enough boost in level of performance to push us through. coz the current selection strategy and formation has been proven not to work for us ( God knows it was apparent MONTHS ago and this game is just the death knell to this attitude ).