Believe me guys I've waited nearly a week for my anger to subside before spewing out the following words. As I'm typing this I'm trying to keep as calm as possible and am whispering "serenity now" a la Frank Costanza from Seinfeld.
Ever since Branko's appointment as coach, I've disagreed with his methods and don't even rate him as a third class coach. He is only one level above the likes of Shahrokhi, Parvin and Mayeli Kohan in my opinion.
The Ali Daei debate is also one that I've subscribed to for a very long time without the argument ever reaching a conclusion. He has bad game after bad game and just as the anti Daei juggernaut picks up some momentum up comes a team like Laos, Guam or Aftaabe saazie Sanandaj and he scores himself 6-7 goals to justify being in the team for another 6-7 months!
After getting up at 5.30 in the morning and forcing my uncle to drive me to a restaurant on the other side of Vancouver to watch a pathetic display by team melli I was absolutely disgusted. I'm not sure if I was sick from the game itself or the sour "haleem" the restauranteur's chinese wife had prepared.
I don't want to sound cruel but in 90 minutes of football we did not even create one good goal scoring chance. The only threatening move that we made was nullified as soon as the ball reached Daei. A successful lateral ball to his left would've seen Hashemian one-on-one with the goalie but the defender cut off the ball (which incidentally was going to end up behind hashemian anyway).
The biggest insult came when Hashemian was actually subbed and not Daei. We have gone beyond trying to prove to Daei fans that no matter what type of performance Daei displays he will never be subbed. I think the Panama friendly hammered the final nail into that coffin, but at least let this game show what many of us have been screaming for years; that Branko does not know his elbow from his arsehole!
In over 20 years of religiously following this game I have never come across a coach as unimaginative, uninventive, uncreative and one dimensional as this idiot that we have intrusted our fate with.
It pains me to even have to waste moments of my time writing about this pathetic character.
If we make the world cup, it will be purely a miracle. Though our path is easier than last time around I have a gut feeling our former 14th province is going to pip us for the second automatic entry spot in the world cup. I hope I'm wrong. But everything I prophsised about this moron in charge has already come true!
Ever since Branko's appointment as coach, I've disagreed with his methods and don't even rate him as a third class coach. He is only one level above the likes of Shahrokhi, Parvin and Mayeli Kohan in my opinion.
The Ali Daei debate is also one that I've subscribed to for a very long time without the argument ever reaching a conclusion. He has bad game after bad game and just as the anti Daei juggernaut picks up some momentum up comes a team like Laos, Guam or Aftaabe saazie Sanandaj and he scores himself 6-7 goals to justify being in the team for another 6-7 months!
After getting up at 5.30 in the morning and forcing my uncle to drive me to a restaurant on the other side of Vancouver to watch a pathetic display by team melli I was absolutely disgusted. I'm not sure if I was sick from the game itself or the sour "haleem" the restauranteur's chinese wife had prepared.
I don't want to sound cruel but in 90 minutes of football we did not even create one good goal scoring chance. The only threatening move that we made was nullified as soon as the ball reached Daei. A successful lateral ball to his left would've seen Hashemian one-on-one with the goalie but the defender cut off the ball (which incidentally was going to end up behind hashemian anyway).
The biggest insult came when Hashemian was actually subbed and not Daei. We have gone beyond trying to prove to Daei fans that no matter what type of performance Daei displays he will never be subbed. I think the Panama friendly hammered the final nail into that coffin, but at least let this game show what many of us have been screaming for years; that Branko does not know his elbow from his arsehole!
In over 20 years of religiously following this game I have never come across a coach as unimaginative, uninventive, uncreative and one dimensional as this idiot that we have intrusted our fate with.
It pains me to even have to waste moments of my time writing about this pathetic character.
If we make the world cup, it will be purely a miracle. Though our path is easier than last time around I have a gut feeling our former 14th province is going to pip us for the second automatic entry spot in the world cup. I hope I'm wrong. But everything I prophsised about this moron in charge has already come true!
