Karim Ansarifard, Ehsan Hajsafi, & Milad Mohammadi @ AEK Athens | 2021-2022

[Iranianarsenal11]

Poor guys don’t know what football is then!

Hahaha.. With all due respect to Ehsan he's had a decent few matches now that he's replaced Milad

I trust Hajsafi at LB over Milad and Noorafkan tbh... At least he has experience?

[Nokhodi]

AEK fans really like Hajsafi at LB...

F*ck it.. Give me Hajsafi as Team Melli LB i don't care anymore

Poor guys don’t know what football is then!

[Iranianarsenal11]

AEK fans really like Hajsafi at LB...

F*ck it.. Give me Hajsafi as Team Melli LB i don't care anymore

[Karimi 8]

We really need to sort out our CM & wing-back positions. With our current state, we are going to be easily exposed in the WC.

[Karimi 8]

Karim will not be dropped from the squad, he is a leader and one of the senior players that everyone looks up to. His presence is needed in TM whether on or off the field.

Hajsafi at LB has not worked in TM for almost 14 years now, he has never managed to figure out how to mark his man, or position himself to stop an attack. It'll never work, and he is no longer good in midfield either.

I have no idea what happened with Milad, the guy was an absolute ace in LB. I felt like he could play against any opposition, and despite his small size, his tackling and speed were very good. I always felt like he just needed to improve his ball control / crossing to be a complete LB. However, he has completely dropped in form and confidence. I don't get what happened to him, but he is horrible now...

[M.U.F.C]

Hajsafi actually had a good game vs a solid PAOK side. Played full 90, game finished 1-1. He made the pre-assist for first goal with a good play, unlucky to not have an assist himself (his teammate couldnt finish), and defensively only really got exposed once. Issue with him at full back is no recovery speed, once a winger gets wrong side of him its over unless there is a really fast CB or DM covering. That is one of the reasons CQ also defended so deep at WC (which some people here still after so many years watching TM and these players struggle so hard to grasp), same with ramin on the right side. That is probably the main reason Sko favors somebody like Moharrami, his speed was miles ahead of any other rb option, despite his other shortcomings in terms of concentration especially.

As for hajsafi, In possession he is solid enough and physically strong in 50/50s, aerials. Just needs to be kept very far away from CM and provided a lot of cover. It seems he is AEK first choice LB for now. Will be interesting to see if he can keep that spot next season in build up to WC or if they will sign somebody else. If he does manage to retain it, he will probably start for us there in WC, , barring a miracle and finding of a new left back.

Milad has been pure crap for them, as he has been for us - no mins again. His spot is probably in big jeopardy for WC.

Interestingly they preferred nordin amrabat (moroccon midfielder who amiri knocked unconcious last wc) in CF role over ansarifard, who stayed on bench getting zero mins. The other CF araujo wasnt even there, so seems karim situation is not that good. Given solid form of Zahedi, Alipour and the fact they are much more dynamic players at this stage of their careers than karim I think there is a very strong case for his exclusion in upcoming camps.

IMO Karim Ansarifard should be dropped from the squad. He added absolutely nothing to the team recently. IMO we should test someone like Amir Arsalan Motahari or Saeed Sadeghi from IPL.

As you can see in the below link, Dragan Skocic said in the TV that Iran League has not been successful in producing quality players for the national team in past 3-4 years especially for RB, LB, and Midfield positions.

https://www.rokna.net/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4%DB%8C-8/764642-%D8%A7%D8%B3%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%86%DB%8C%DA%86-%D9%88%D9%82%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%A7-%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%85-%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA-%D8%B2%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%AE%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C-%D8%B3%D8%AE%D8%AA-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF

[Ostad_Goosfand]

Hajsafi actually had a good game vs a solid PAOK side. Played full 90, game finished 1-1. He made the pre-assist for first goal with a good play, unlucky to not have an assist himself (his teammate couldnt finish), and defensively only really got exposed once. Issue with him at full back is no recovery speed, once a winger gets wrong side of him its over unless there is a really fast CB or DM covering. That is one of the reasons CQ also defended so deep at WC (which some people here still after so many years watching TM and these players struggle so hard to grasp), same with ramin on the right side. That is probably the main reason Sko favors somebody like Moharrami, his speed was miles ahead of any other rb option, despite his other shortcomings in terms of concentration especially.

As for hajsafi, In possession he is solid enough and physically strong in 50/50s, aerials. Just needs to be kept very far away from CM and provided a lot of cover. It seems he is AEK first choice LB for now. Will be interesting to see if he can keep that spot next season in build up to WC or if they will sign somebody else. If he does manage to retain it, he will probably start for us there in WC, , barring a miracle and finding of a new left back.

Milad has been pure crap for them, as he has been for us - no mins again. His spot is probably in big jeopardy for WC.

Interestingly they preferred nordin amrabat (moroccon midfielder who amiri knocked unconcious last wc) in CF role over ansarifard, who stayed on bench getting zero mins. The other CF araujo wasnt even there, so seems karim situation is not that good. Given solid form of Zahedi, Alipour and the fact they are much more dynamic players at this stage of their careers than karim I think there is a very strong case for his exclusion in upcoming camps.

im telling everyone, hajsafi, big time 0/10 in midfield. but he is not so bad at LB! we could do worse

[inarsenewetrust]

Hajsafi actually had a good game vs a solid PAOK side. Played full 90, game finished 1-1. He made the pre-assist for first goal with a good play, unlucky to not have an assist himself (his teammate couldnt finish), and defensively only really got exposed once. Issue with him at full back is no recovery speed, once a winger gets wrong side of him its over unless there is a really fast CB or DM covering. That is one of the reasons CQ also defended so deep at WC (which some people here still after so many years watching TM and these players struggle so hard to grasp), same with ramin on the right side. That is probably the main reason Sko favors somebody like Moharrami, his speed was miles ahead of any other rb option, despite his other shortcomings in terms of concentration especially.

As for hajsafi, In possession he is solid enough and physically strong in 50/50s, aerials. Just needs to be kept very far away from CM and provided a lot of cover. It seems he is AEK first choice LB for now. Will be interesting to see if he can keep that spot next season in build up to WC or if they will sign somebody else. If he does manage to retain it, he will probably start for us there in WC, , barring a miracle and finding of a new left back.

Milad has been pure crap for them, as he has been for us - no mins again. His spot is probably in big jeopardy for WC.

Interestingly they preferred nordin amrabat (moroccon midfielder who amiri knocked unconcious last wc) in CF role over ansarifard, who stayed on bench getting zero mins. The other CF araujo wasnt even there, so seems karim situation is not that good. Given solid form of Zahedi, Alipour and the fact they are much more dynamic players at this stage of their careers than karim I think there is a very strong case for his exclusion in upcoming camps.

[inarsenewetrust]

http://www.hesgoal.com/news/102381/PAOK_vs_AEK.html

[Roozbeh-G2006]

any links?

[Medzdidz]

Currently playing PAOK. Milad and Karim on the bench and Hajsafi starting.

[Team Melli Fan]

Matias Almeyda going from managing San Jose Earthquakes to AEK Athens

https://old.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/udfhhl/hern%C3%A1n_castillo_mat%C3%ADas_almeyda_va_a_dirigir_el/

[mehdi13]

It looks like Matias Almeyda, who was recently fired from San Jose Earthquakes, is going to AEK…

[Iran_19]

Taking Ansarifard, Hajsafi or even Milad to WC is waste of spot.
Take either of Moghanlou or Zahedi, for forward position.

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[inarsenewetrust]

Our LB situation: The gaping hole that keeps proliferating in size...

This week was Hajsafis turn. Fresh from milad's disaster in big derby previous week, ehsan took the starting spot and put in an equally piss poor display vs some random feta workers collective.

Started well enough with interception that kickstarted AEKs first goal. But then totally ball watching for opposition equalizer at 3:35, luckily varred off (dont know how many times ive seen this from him at LB).

4:25 he gets layeed and almost results in goal. By this time in highlights package his side was developing into otooban, next he fails to even remotely close down his guy who puts in the cross for the goal. Similar at 7:11 for their second goal, ends up getting yelled at by his teammate.

Really hoping a solution drops out of thin air between now and WC...It isnt naderi, he is crap too. Milad as seen in this thread has turned into pure garbage. Maybe Jafar Salmani? or a CB at LB?

Whats interesting is somehow with Karim's father-in-law connections this band of losers are on a solid team. They have 2 polish NT starters in midfield (szymanski and Kyrchowiak), long time Swiss NT players Zuber at LW, bunch of greek internationals as well. I am pretty sure it wont be long before they ship off hajsafi, milad