Originally posted by BacheLot
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last night against my better judgment watched our game again...well most of it... dozed off in 2nd half for few min...
my observation on 2nd viewing w/o the emotions of the live game day
biggest reasons behind our piss poor embarrassing performance ..
1-Extremely Poor Starting Line-ups Selection by CQ:
especially so considering the formidability of our opposition and taking into account their strength and weakness...!
Leaving on the Bench our most formidable CB duo Kannani/Shoja, our most in-form, speedy and high work-rate , physically stout CM/Wingers Amiri and Torabi..! our most composed and high caliber, well experienced CM/CDM combo of Ezzat and Samman ..! starting our least in-form, struggling LB..MilMo ... Moving a rusty, outa form CB PAG to an unfamiliar positon of more of a winger/wingback/CM? Opting to Start with the Slow poke CM AK who hasnt suited up for TM in years..!, opting to start at CB our least in-tune with each other and erratic CB combo of Cheshmi & the often overrated Hossaini..! etc . etc
(Perhaps he wanted so bad that his team to show solidarity with our people by None of them signing the anthem and that forced his hand into making such a bizarre team selection at Kickoff..??)
2-Poor, bordering Delusional Overall Tactical Game Plan: Way too spread out, Not Nearly Compact enough all around leaving gaps and large spaces for the dangerous and formidable opponent to exploit and that they sure did..!!
it almost seemed to me that he was trying to play the SC Porto's High-Press tactical game plans while expecting all his players to retrieve back to crowd up our defensive half of the pitch after losing possession ?? really stupid game plan considering how we simply lack the team fitness and speed to pull off especially with scrub starters vs an opponent who is best suited to exploit it's weaknesses..! it all led to way too many half assish High Press by boys which English backline easily worked their way out of and then had acers of space to exploit behind us on counter before we could get back to re-organize the parked bus..!
we specially miserably failed in Crowding up /Defending down wide areas, WB spots allowing England wingers to have many combination plays and run/cross into our box and cause chaotic situations..!
3- Next comes down to individual errors which all have been discussed en-mass here..!!
The one thing that has seem to slip many folks earlier commentary in this regard is how piss poor was the Overall man-marking and Defensive miscues of Sadegh..!!
His mistakes played a vital role in conceding the first 3 goals....! the first 2 of which really broke our back and open the floodgates for more to come..!
Fall asleep and switches off for a moment and allowed the English winger plenty of space to send in the cross which Belingham put away to start the rape party..!
Retarded effort to sloppy pass his way outa high press of english down RW, his pass gets intercepted and sent right back, he sprints back and makes the last ditch effort to clear the dangerous chance into by lines , conceding the CK which we concede the 2nd goal from..!
Switches off again and Fails to man mark the goal scorer near him when English hit us on the counter after our failed attempt to press them up high.... leading to easy unchallenged shot on our goal from close range against dud and already shell-shocked hossaini..!
my observation on 2nd viewing w/o the emotions of the live game day
biggest reasons behind our piss poor embarrassing performance ..
1-Extremely Poor Starting Line-ups Selection by CQ:
especially so considering the formidability of our opposition and taking into account their strength and weakness...!
Leaving on the Bench our most formidable CB duo Kannani/Shoja, our most in-form, speedy and high work-rate , physically stout CM/Wingers Amiri and Torabi..! our most composed and high caliber, well experienced CM/CDM combo of Ezzat and Samman ..! starting our least in-form, struggling LB..MilMo ... Moving a rusty, outa form CB PAG to an unfamiliar positon of more of a winger/wingback/CM? Opting to Start with the Slow poke CM AK who hasnt suited up for TM in years..!, opting to start at CB our least in-tune with each other and erratic CB combo of Cheshmi & the often overrated Hossaini..! etc . etc
(Perhaps he wanted so bad that his team to show solidarity with our people by None of them signing the anthem and that forced his hand into making such a bizarre team selection at Kickoff..??)
2-Poor, bordering Delusional Overall Tactical Game Plan: Way too spread out, Not Nearly Compact enough all around leaving gaps and large spaces for the dangerous and formidable opponent to exploit and that they sure did..!!
it almost seemed to me that he was trying to play the SC Porto's High-Press tactical game plans while expecting all his players to retrieve back to crowd up our defensive half of the pitch after losing possession ?? really stupid game plan considering how we simply lack the team fitness and speed to pull off especially with scrub starters vs an opponent who is best suited to exploit it's weaknesses..! it all led to way too many half assish High Press by boys which English backline easily worked their way out of and then had acers of space to exploit behind us on counter before we could get back to re-organize the parked bus..!
we specially miserably failed in Crowding up /Defending down wide areas, WB spots allowing England wingers to have many combination plays and run/cross into our box and cause chaotic situations..!
3- Next comes down to individual errors which all have been discussed en-mass here..!!
The one thing that has seem to slip many folks earlier commentary in this regard is how piss poor was the Overall man-marking and Defensive miscues of Sadegh..!!
His mistakes played a vital role in conceding the first 3 goals....! the first 2 of which really broke our back and open the floodgates for more to come..!Fall asleep and switches off for a moment and allowed the English winger plenty of space to send in the cross which Belingham put away to start the rape party..!
Retarded effort to sloppy pass his way outa high press of english down RW, his pass gets intercepted and sent right back, he sprints back and makes the last ditch effort to clear the dangerous chance into by lines , conceding the CK which we concede the 2nd goal from..!
Switches off again and Fails to man mark the goal scorer near him when English hit us on the counter after our failed attempt to press them up high.... leading to easy unchallenged shot on our goal from close range against dud and already shell-shocked hossaini..!
Agree that Sadegh was mistake prone, but what didn't help is Cheshmi not being able to win a single aerial battle.
I think we're also very much discounting how much Beiranvand's loss f***ed the team up. He yells and commandeers the defensive line whereas Hosseini was quiet and pretty much never came off his line.
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