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I respect that you admit you were wrong about GN. CQ is not a king, and I don't want him back. Comparing on field organization and sticking to a plan, imo, there is no question that CQ's tactics, although not fun and very rigid, the players stuck to the plan and we were always well organized. We rarely had games where the other teams had shots on target. CQ was too defensive though, and it's reasonable to say a manager who can maintain a similar structure defensively, but be 20% more attacking would be ideal for us. The problem is, Ghalenoei had no plan generally. Defensively, it's clear his organization was either an utter failure, or he did not plan anything for defensive shape this tournament. We leaked goals. Offensively, I saw what I saw with every vatani/Branko TM coach since I started watching football, which was bezan ziresh aliasghari football. Not exactly anything innovative.
The answer is simple. None of our coaches, including GN, has been good enough to get us past group stage of world cup or AC semifinal. We need to now look for someone of a higher profile who expresses a clear plan and tactic for TM that errs more defensive than GN and less defensive than CQ. This person is the Goldi-locks manager we need. Someone who can balance our team in a way neither CQ or GN have shown they are capable.Leave a comment:
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First of all, i was wrong about Ghalenoei.Originally posted by Afat11 View Post
I really thought he had installed the winning mentality needed for us to win the AC, but he ultimately made the same mistake as the other coaches.
He had the chains off but put them back on when it mattered the most.
Being wrong about Ghalenoei doesn't change my view on CQ. You talk about CQ like he won two AC lol. Look at Qatar, they fired his ass and are now in final. CQ was responsible for 5 straight tournament failures, the most in our history.
I clearly said from the beginning that if Ghalenoei does not win the AC he should be fired.
2 factors leading to our failure
1. Behaviour after Japan game from fans, players, coach and media.
I said after the game in this thread that there was still much room for improvement. But unfortunately our fans, players, coach, media etc started celebrating like we won the AC. For many of them, the tournament ended after the Japan game.
Just look at the threads made in this forum. "We dominated Japan" "Ghalenoei sepas" etc. Baba we hadn't done shit by beating Japan, it was just a quarterfinal. But for some it was like we won the tournament.
The players are also to blame. Taremi during one of his interviews said that all Azmoun could think of since the tournament started was Japan game. It was all he focused on, because of what happened in 2019. After Japan game (when he was crying) i had a very bad feeling. It was as if that was his final game and he wouldn't care what happened after. Ghalenoei was also celebrating like we won the cup. The media i don't even want to speak about.
2. Ghalenoei not having courage when it mattered.
He should have changed back to 4-4-2 after Japan game. Instead he got scared and thought "what happens if i lose the game when changing back to 4-4-2? The media, fans etc will be all over me for changing a winning formation. Let's play it safe and if i lose nobody can criticize my choice of formation."
Why preparing a formation for 9 months but then not use it when it matters the most?
To be a champion, you must think like a champion when it matters.
Ghalenoei failed in this, like all coaches have done since 76.
In the end, yet another heartbreak. I'm not sure how many more my heart can take.
2 games i will never watch in tournaments again and i suggest everyone do the same lol:
AC semifinal
WC 3rd group game
These two type of games have only brought me misery.βLeave a comment:
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sigh, I have been posting online everywhere we are the under dogs non stopOriginally posted by persiangodfather View Post
I offered to cut my k!r if we win
nothing works to help this cursed teamLeave a comment:
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Now you realize the misery hasn't been 5 straight tournaments, it's every tournament since the late 70's. The chains are back on! Struggling against and losing to tokhmi Arab teams, Peiman92 missed you! Welcome back. You should hide the birth year in your username, it shows you were a bache ktulu when we were all suffering losing to Bahrain just like we did today. I give up on this team, so I hope Ghalenoei and Enayati are appointed lifetime coaches by Ayatollah himself and he blesses them with his personal bathwater, so you can continue to enjoy this team playing like Maldives against Syria, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, heck, we should even bring Kuwait back to lose to them in the next semifinals. It's been a while since we had the pleasure. You personally earned this result for mighty TM today, and hopefully you'll send some donations to Iran to pay Ghalenoei's next 3 years of his contract to keep those chains off like you hoped!Originally posted by peiman92 View Post
We played beautiful today against Qatar, against Syria, and even the mighty Hong Kong. Me and Peiman are so proud of this team's performance, damn you Carlos Queiroz, you caused this today somehow!Leave a comment:
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