warm up talk Iran vs uae & SK

[nmssis]

Interesting Korea have only 7 players( 2 PL, 2 Bundesliga, 1 Turkey, 1 Russia, 1 France) in their squad. This should be their lowest number ever, specially in top 4 leagues.

It has been several years since a top flight European club signed a player from the K League. 7 overseas players sounds about right though. We've never had too many overseas players like Japan.

[mbaizai]

Now that we have 9 points. Can we say 9 more points or total of 18 pts is enough to qualify?

[Damavand]

Now that we have 9 points. Can we say 9 more points or total of 18 pts is enough to qualify?

I think 18 or 19 is sufficient to make it. especially since 4 of the teams in the group are 7 points behind us. But we must aim to become first in the group to insure our ranking does not drop so that we can get placed in pot 3 for the WC.

[Essi]

I think somewhere between 16-18 would take us to worldcup concidering the results of the oponents in our group, bunch of draws.

[CAGE]

I think 18 or 19 is sufficient to make it. especially since 4 of the teams in the group are 7 points behind us. But we must aim to become first in the group to insure our ranking does not drop so that we can get placed in pot 3 for the WC.

With current standings we are 100% through with 15 points

[mbaizai]

With current standings we are 100% through with 15 points

hahaha really? That mean 2 win at home against uae and Lebanon and loose the rest

[AGC]

The fact that one of: Japan, Saudi Arabia or Australia won't qualify is such a delight! hahaha

We are basically through and they are having a living hell battling each other in the other group.

[rizz]

That's not a given at all. Japan as the 3rd seed could still easily make it through the playoff and then subsequent home and away against middle america team (Costa Rica or so for example).

I also rather have Japan qualify because they are the only reliable team out of asia to make it out of the group and improve asian standing. Saudi Arabia usually gets destroyed badly against any semi-decent team and SK and Australia are hit and miss. Iran usually delivers acceptable/solid results but has never made it out of the group stage.

I for one usually do root for SK and Japan during the world cup.

[Dortmund]

We need Asian teams that will play well at the WC. In the expanded WC, there will likely be an Uzbekistan or Vietnam making a debut and likely getting 0 points.

[ShiroKhorshid]

Its such a blessing to have our 2 best strikers of all time playin at the same time during their peak years. This Sardar/Mehdi combo is just too strong for asian football. We probably gonna qualify with 20+ points easily.

[orbicular]

That's not a given at all. Japan as the 3rd seed could still easily make it through the playoff and then subsequent home and away against middle america team (Costa Rica or so for example).
I also rather have Japan qualify because they are the only reliable team out of asia to make it out of the group and improve asian standing. Saudi Arabia usually gets destroyed badly against any semi-decent team and SK and Australia are hit and miss. Iran usually delivers acceptable/solid results but has never made it out of the group stage.
I for one usually do root for SK and Japan during the world cup.

If you want to see Asian soccer elevated to the next level, you need to root for teams other than Japan, South Korea and Australia, who have qualified many times and have advanced to the round of sixteen without making any sizable improvement in their overall global standing. (This could partly be attributed to the fact that most other teams in Asia have been stagnant since the advent of this fabulous game.) Japan, South Korea and Saudi Arabia, despite having qualified for the WC numerous times, are no better today than they were 20 years ago. In fact, with the possible exception of Australia, even with all the vast resources at their disposal, these four countries have reached the saturation point and are clearly weaker than before. Compare that to Iran (taking the abysmal economic situation into consideration, of course), UAE, China, Syria, Oman, Qatar and Vietnam, who are considerably better today and are likely to continue improving-- should they get the opportunity to participate in the World Cup and other significant soccer competitions in the coming decades. It might even be healthy for Asia if these four teams sat out a WC or two, paving the way for the likes of Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Oman, Iraq and China to flourish by competing against world class opponents and gradually bringing the continent closer to the rest of the world.

[oracle]

iran has the best players
but the system of bringing them
along is wrong
example
ali daie debut tm age 24
mehdi taremi 25+

[nmssis]

That's not a given at all. Japan as the 3rd seed could still easily make it through the playoff and then subsequent home and away against middle america team (Costa Rica or so for example).

I also rather have Japan qualify because they are the only reliable team out of asia to make it out of the group and improve asian standing. Saudi Arabia usually gets destroyed badly against any semi-decent team and SK and Australia are hit and miss. Iran usually delivers acceptable/solid results but has never made it out of the group stage.

I for one usually do root for SK and Japan during the world cup.

when has it been with middle america? I thought it was against South American teams like Uruguay?

[persiangodfather]

Korea is looking good and we will have so much pressure in azadi
We are the under dogs

[ramingeles2000]

when has it been with middle america? I thought it was against South American teams like Uruguay?

the more important question is....what's middle america lol?