Doostan,
My profession for the past 32 years has been sales. I have found that a lot of life issues can be explained plainly with basic sales concepts and often reduce a semi complex issue from many shades of gray to simple black and white. This is how I view the current dilemma that has gripped the TM once again as we embark on the greatest stage in Football.
I have tried to keep emotions and feelings (i.e., sense of loyalty, popularity and nostalgia) out of the equations, instead concentrate solely on cause and effect. Below are my take on current situation surrounding TM and would love to hear yours:
Challenge
-Experience and leadership
-Decision making at IFF
-On the pitch experience
-Scheme
-Preparation
On every single aspect EVERY entity surrounding TM is an utter failure in my opinion. I start one by one and keep it short cause I think we all can read between the lines:
Experience and Leadership: From a TM fan who has followed and watched this team since 1974 this has always been (other than a few short lived high moments) our main Achilles heel. I don't think we need to dwell in this topic much more but let's say we get at best a 'F' grade here
Decision making at IFF: Well this a copy paste from the above. The issues are obvious to all. The lack of oversight and the vast influence of the football mafia in our football is unfortunately an issue that WILL NOT be addressed for this WC campaign nor anytime in the future (barring an absolute miracle which is tied to a complete regime change).
-On the pitch experience: Probably the only item we can have a short term remedy. The current coach and staff (I love them for getting us here and appreciate the dire situation they salvage us from) but in all earnest are not qualified to lead a WC campaign. They are just NOT.
-Scheme: Again heavily tied to the above, but scheme for sake of scheme is useless unless you have the pedigree and prestige to enforce the system within the team. Our current scheme is not suitable against the teams we are going to face and I am afraid we are doomed before we take the pitch. (side note I am being very generous when I say current scheme cause I really don't know what our identity is. But lets leave that to the side)
-Preparation: Probably the one item that is the dependent on all the above. We know IFF (as a typical IRI entity) is reactionary and makes adhoc decision solely based on short term objectives. So if you think they are going to plan or have a plan, you are sorely mistaken. In addition, they simply have NO CLOUT whatsoever internationally to get anything done.
OK so we outline some of the many issues. I don't think I need to spell out the individual implications of the above and can summarize it by saying all road point to a absolute disaster showing in WC.
So we need to look at this from a practical point of view. The simplest and only viable option is to bring on a new staff that has the experience, prestige and clout to prepare us in the remaining few months. None of the bigger IFF related competency or lack thereof will be fixed and worst we don't have any control over that what so ever.
Only a coach that is familiar with our system, players and IFF is able to fix this issue and the list if basically two people. Branco and Queiroz. That is IT.
I for one vote for Queiroz because he has a system that is defensive and relies on counter attacks, set pieces and opportunistic chances. Against a strong team like England this is our best course of action, same with Welsh team and the young and relatively inexperience US team.
Anyway, I know it is far fetched, controversial and most likely not a realistic scenario, but if it happens I believe we could have a much better showing. Remember this is practically the team that Queiroz built and no one can salvage it better than him.
My profession for the past 32 years has been sales. I have found that a lot of life issues can be explained plainly with basic sales concepts and often reduce a semi complex issue from many shades of gray to simple black and white. This is how I view the current dilemma that has gripped the TM once again as we embark on the greatest stage in Football.
I have tried to keep emotions and feelings (i.e., sense of loyalty, popularity and nostalgia) out of the equations, instead concentrate solely on cause and effect. Below are my take on current situation surrounding TM and would love to hear yours:
Challenge
-Experience and leadership
-Decision making at IFF
-On the pitch experience
-Scheme
-Preparation
On every single aspect EVERY entity surrounding TM is an utter failure in my opinion. I start one by one and keep it short cause I think we all can read between the lines:
Experience and Leadership: From a TM fan who has followed and watched this team since 1974 this has always been (other than a few short lived high moments) our main Achilles heel. I don't think we need to dwell in this topic much more but let's say we get at best a 'F' grade here
Decision making at IFF: Well this a copy paste from the above. The issues are obvious to all. The lack of oversight and the vast influence of the football mafia in our football is unfortunately an issue that WILL NOT be addressed for this WC campaign nor anytime in the future (barring an absolute miracle which is tied to a complete regime change).
-On the pitch experience: Probably the only item we can have a short term remedy. The current coach and staff (I love them for getting us here and appreciate the dire situation they salvage us from) but in all earnest are not qualified to lead a WC campaign. They are just NOT.
-Scheme: Again heavily tied to the above, but scheme for sake of scheme is useless unless you have the pedigree and prestige to enforce the system within the team. Our current scheme is not suitable against the teams we are going to face and I am afraid we are doomed before we take the pitch. (side note I am being very generous when I say current scheme cause I really don't know what our identity is. But lets leave that to the side)
-Preparation: Probably the one item that is the dependent on all the above. We know IFF (as a typical IRI entity) is reactionary and makes adhoc decision solely based on short term objectives. So if you think they are going to plan or have a plan, you are sorely mistaken. In addition, they simply have NO CLOUT whatsoever internationally to get anything done.
OK so we outline some of the many issues. I don't think I need to spell out the individual implications of the above and can summarize it by saying all road point to a absolute disaster showing in WC.
So we need to look at this from a practical point of view. The simplest and only viable option is to bring on a new staff that has the experience, prestige and clout to prepare us in the remaining few months. None of the bigger IFF related competency or lack thereof will be fixed and worst we don't have any control over that what so ever.
Only a coach that is familiar with our system, players and IFF is able to fix this issue and the list if basically two people. Branco and Queiroz. That is IT.
I for one vote for Queiroz because he has a system that is defensive and relies on counter attacks, set pieces and opportunistic chances. Against a strong team like England this is our best course of action, same with Welsh team and the young and relatively inexperience US team.
Anyway, I know it is far fetched, controversial and most likely not a realistic scenario, but if it happens I believe we could have a much better showing. Remember this is practically the team that Queiroz built and no one can salvage it better than him.
