Haghighi or Beiranvand?

[Doroudi]

Any changed opinions at the moment? What's going on with Beiranvand btw? I know he had issues with Mansourian but when is he coming back

[Paradigm]

I think Beiranvand is yet to have his first major cap, right?

[Mr.Pink]

Haghighi has improved since the wc... He moves a lot better on his feet. In the WC it seemed his feet were concrete blocks. He's been pretty consistent in his effectiveness on set pieces. I think his confidence, and conditioning has vastly improved. As of now it is Haghighi's to lose. However, Haghighi's weakness is penalties. I'd sub him out if the game ends up in PKs... similar to what the netherlands do with Krul and Cillessen. I think if Haghighi stays in europe, maintains his conditioning and confidence, then he should be NT keeper for another 3 years.

[PersianLegion]

Very good saves... Beiranvand's movements give me Abedzadeh reflections from sometime around 1988. Al Ain had to beat him on a PK. Also what is highly important is that Beiranvand is getting regular play time, instead of bench-warming in a second-string European club.

Haghighi was a great keeper as well before joining Rubin Kazan. After joining a Russian club, he was usually on the bench and next year he came back to Persepolis but he lost his shape also his former position to another keeper, so he went back to Kazan and rest is history (Portugal second division)

[PersianLegion]

Beiranvand if he keeps his current shape.

[Paradigm]

Beiranvand had a few exceptional saves against Al ain Today

Very good saves... Beiranvand's movements give me Abedzadeh reflections from sometime around 1988. Al Ain had to beat him on a PK. Also what is highly important is that Beiranvand is getting regular play time, instead of bench-warming in a second-string European club.

[golffan]

I voted for Haghighi for now. But the more important point to me is that I am happy that for once we have two great and young keeper prospects at the same time for our National team. I wish them both great career as Keepers. They both have good physique and flexibility. I hope that Beeravand also moves to Europe for experience.

[babak_iran]

Beiranvand is decent but i would go with Haghighi. He handed the Uzbek team 3 points...

[Bi-honar]

I didn't say Haghighi's bad guys, I said his psyche has been spiraling down.

You can't just judge a keeper by what he didn't do (i.e. his performance in the Iraq game was TERRIBLE), but also what he did/does. He didn't really have to do much in any other AC games where we'd look at this performance and say wow he made some exceptional saves.

He has been struggling with crosses in Panafiel and again, other than 2 or 3 games where he has had a very good performance there, he hasn't done anything noteworthy. And of course there's the issue of this last red card which I'm taking into account.

Unfortunately, he's very much reminding me of Davari. Where he was an excellent goalie, ended up playing in a bottom placed team in the 1st tier and he never recovered from that really.

Again, not saying he's bad (neither is Davari), but he's definitely not getting better.

[onebloodfool]

Lets just be thankful that we have competing options in the GK position, which was not the case before.

[Ghermez Agha]

I saw the game, but he needs consistency. Having one good game doesn't mean he is really really good, but then again I might be wrong too. Because one bad game every GK has, even the best ones! But I am just sharing my concerns, I want the best for TM. I think Haghighi is the right GK for now, he had a good WC and not a bad AC.

Consistency???? Cmon man you're sounding sillier and sillier by the post, there probably isn't a more consistent player or GK in the league more than beiranvand. He's been beyond brilliant and the backbone of this naft team that has played so well over the last few years. Perhaps you should start following naft games before making such outlandish claims.

[saadat_abad]

I saw the game, but he needs consistency. Having one good game doesn't mean he is really really good, but then again I might be wrong too. Because one bad game every GK has, even the best ones! But I am just sharing my concerns, I want the best for TM. I think Haghighi is the right GK for now, he had a good WC and not a bad AC.

right, everything you said can go both ways! you are judging him on one bad game, so why cant you judge him on the good game he had today? i was just shocked where you said he isnt even good enough to be our 2nd keeper , let alone our number 1. thats the main reason i replied to ur post

[Kiarash]

Huh? Mate he's 22, he's obviously not perfect, in fact I can think of Haghighi doing these types of mistake even now at 26 years old.

Look at Courtois here:

here

So Belgium and Atletico at the time should have dropped him right? These blunders is unacceptable as well, but even much worse than Beiranvand's.

Wrong logic used. Now maybe that's the only game of his you watched and you judge from that, but those that watched him on long term, he's absolutely amazing for his age and incredibly consistent.

i guess you are right since you watched more games from him, I'm just worried about these two goals. But hopefully he won't make them anymore!

[ali alipour]

Haghighi has never been more than an average goalie. Sometimes he makes saves seem nicer than they actually are but he usually just makes the normal saves. The goals against bosnia were very iffy and he could have done better. Same goes for Iraq he barely came close to making even one penalty save out of the numerous penalty shots taken. Beiranvand isnt perfect but if you were ask who i would want by 2018 then id say Beiranvand.

[Kiarash]

Kiarash jan, you are simply judging him on that one single game. it can go both ways. what if we were in a very crucial WCQ against south korea and Haghighi gets a red card like he did in his last game? or concede the goal he conceded against albania? did you see Biers game today? he was a monster Beast.

I saw the game, but he needs consistency. Having one good game doesn't mean he is really really good, but then again I might be wrong too. Because one bad game every GK has, even the best ones! But I am just sharing my concerns, I want the best for TM. I think Haghighi is the right GK for now, he had a good WC and not a bad AC.