If Asian Cup was next week...

[ShirFarhad]

Goalkeepers: Mehdi Rahmati, Shahab Gordan, Alireza Haghighi

Defenders: Mohammad Hosseini, Khosro Heydari, Jalal Hosseini, Farshid Talebi, Hadi Aghili, Mohammad Nosrati, Hassan Ashjari, Hossein Mahani

Midfielders: Javad Nekounam, Andranik Teymourian, Pejman Nouri, Masoud Shojaei, Mohammad Nouri, Ashkan Dejagah, Gholamreza Rezaei, Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari

Strikers: Milad Meydavoudi, Karim Ansarifard, Mohammad Gholami, Arash Afshin

Standby: Mohammad Mohammadi, Hanif Omranzadeh, Sattar Zare, Hamidreza Aliasgari, Sina Ashouri, Bakhtiar Rahmani, Mehrdad Oladi

I would have included in Sheys Rezaei if he wasn't excluded from his team.

[yashar_fasihnia]

GKs: rahmati, gordan, haghighi
defenders: kaebi, mohammad hosseini, aghili, jalal hosseini, talebi, montazeri, mahini, ashjari
midfielders: nekounam, teymourian, pejman nouri, khosro heydari, gholam reza rezaei, shojaei, mohammad nouri, khalatbari, zeneydpour
strikers: ansarifard, meydavoudi, oladi


stand by: mohammadi, nosrati, sina ashouri, sattar zare, ali askar, mobali, gholami

[kami_kakashi]

Why can't we take Afshin. even a one eyed coach can see the kid has potential. Tall, fast, technical, young, etc... Give him to an European coach and we will be sorted up front.

[Doctor DOOM]

what?
nobody chimed in?

really? ..... do we (me and martin) have to fight and argue to make a thread interesting so ppl can jump in and remark?

now, without an argument it's boring and not worth your time?














to mods: plz install some new smileys/emoticons for:
1- "mocking"
2- "sarcasm"
I'm tired of using for both the above when it doesnt really convey the punch

[Doctor DOOM]

- I'm so tickled by seeing mirzapour as an option that beats watching two hours of south park (that was your "opening joke" to loosen the audience, right?)
I'd bring up haghighi/mohamadi instead.


- in defense, I'd replace omranzadeh with mahini. for the 2 CD spots you have 4 different candidates (the 4 best in iran for the post), but for LB, you only have ashjari.
(dont even start me on nosrati as LB. that horse has been beaten a million times)

- since you put the premise on asia cup this week, I'd replace madanchi with meydavoudi . madanchi hasnt been playing for a long time now.

- in reserves, I'd replace ashoubi (yet another def mid. seems your obsession with more & more DM's still continues) with mobaali (he still has 9-10 assists, despite not starting frequently) to at least provide some options going forward instead of packing the team with defensive players. we cant be that scared about everything.


aside from these 4 changes, I pretty much back your selection


but then again, we have rarely been VERY different in selection of players. the difference comes with the attitude of the team and how it configures on the pitch.
I like a more positive, forward looking attitude with emphasis on playmaking, and you've always liked more and more defensive tactics and a team packed with def mids (as if having more DM's automatically translates into a secure goal! the more, the merrier, eh? ).


I'd say given the above roster a 4-4-2 or a 4-3-3 would serve us well.

[Martin-Reza]

...which 23 players would you nominate?

My current choice would be:

Goalkeepers: Mehdi Rahmati, Shahab Gordan, Ebrahim Mirzapour
Defenders: Hossein Kaebi, Khosro Heydari, Jalal Hosseini, Hadi Aghily, Mohammad Nosrati, Farshid Talebi, Hanif Omranzadeh, Hassan Ashjari
Midfielders: Javad Nekounam, Andranik Teymourian, Pejman Nouri, Ghasem Hadadifar
Strikers: Masoud Shojaei, Gholamreza Rezaei, Mohammad-Reza Khalatbari, Ashkan Dejagah*, Mehrzad Madanchi, Karim Ansarifard, Mohammad Gholami

Standby: Alireza Haghighi, Sheys Rezaei, Hamidreza Aliasgari, Farzad Ashoubi, Milad Zanidpour, Milad Meydavoudi, Mehrdad Oladi

* If Dejagah is unavailable, I'd pull in Oladi