I don't think that going to Qatar from Portugal is an improvement, I'm not happy about it either, before the transfer there were rumours of him staying in Europe which we were all excited about.
If we look at his one-year performance in Portugal though, he spent one season in the top-flight and had 8 goals and 5 assists in 28 games -- all in a team that got relegated and ran out of money (they couldn't even use a bus to move their players to the games towards the end). I don't think it's far-fetched to say that he proved himself.
Yes, it's not great that he went to the QSL, but I think all this hate towards the QSL is unwarranted. From the perspective of a footballer, they're going to a league where they get paid regularly, have good facilities, and make enough money to help their families. Those things may seem like small, but a lot of fans here don't realize how big of a difference that makes.
In comparison, look at the IPL. The 2 biggest teams haven't paid their coaches from previous seasons. I think it's safe to assume that they most likely haven't paid many of their players either. Now think of all the other teams that must be in an even worse situation, especially with the inflation of the currency. Makes a ton of sense for players to leave and play in places where the clubs aren't lead in such an amateurish, evil way.
I'm all for keeping players in the IPL and have them only leave for Top 5-6 leagues. Develop academies in Iran (like Mahdavikias academy). Ban the purchase of foreign players for Iranian clubs because they should be developing our own. But that's just not feasible.
I'm out of this thread, maybe one day we won't all just thrash Qatari and Emirati leagues because we have this weird misplaced sense of pride, that's expressed with racism.
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I think it's a good idea that we all kind of cool it down here regarding Mehrdad. He scored a great goal and he seems to be a hard working professional. We have a lot of talent up front and that's a great thing. With so many great forwards playing in Europe and IPL, Mehrdad is just not up to par for TM at this point. We don't know what future will bring. Let's learn from everything many here said in the past about Mehdi Taremi, Karim and even Sardar and then the players answered back on the pitch.
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Al-Duhail vs. Al-Saad: https://www.alkass.net/alkass/live.aspx?ch=one
It appears Al-Duhail got a new coach from Nottingham Forrest: Sabri Lamouchi. Should be a good appointment for them in the league and ACL.Leave a comment:
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How so, by going to a disgrace of a team in the Portuguese league and assisting them in getting relegated?Originally posted by Dreamer View Post
Regardless of removing Ghaedi (which is absurd since he is literally the future of TM), you still have 6 others that are MUCH MUCH better suited than Mehrdad.
There has to be some incentive to Iranian players to not sell out and join the QSL, omission from TM is a great start.Leave a comment:
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Perspolis beat Al sadd with ease and went twice in ACL final in the last three seasons.Originally posted by Dreamer View Post
there is some good foreigners (coach and players there) but not that impressive either, specially we had/have players like Rasan, Diabaté, Stramma, Thiam recentlyLeave a comment:
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Lige Qatar az lige Iran behtare ...Originally posted by Ardalan View PostYani kaartone Mickey Mouse shabihe lige Qatar ast.
For one, Ghaedi shouldn't be on that list, he hasn't proven himself at the same level as Mehrdad has. Second, Mehrdad can play both as a winger and a forward, which is a major asset given that our tactical discipline has gone completely out of the window with Skocic.Originally posted by The Farbod View Post
Fringe would be someone who may be in and out of TM, I don't think it makes a lot of sense for us to consider Mehrdad as such. But you're welcome to your opinion, no reason to get into this "This isn't 2006" business, when ironically enough we didn't have any left wingers other than Madanchi.Leave a comment:
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