Thanks for the kind praise.
To be honest, I dont imply we should go back nor do I imply that Branko or Daei should have stayed any longer as both probably overstayed their life expectancy BUT I do question the roots of our problems and unlike what some people kept on uttering, our problems have not ended with the departure of those two. In fact, we still have the same problems, and we realized that there is nobody good enough to even score a damned goal up front for TM, and Branko's much maligned team selection and tactics are being repeated now by one of his biggest critics.
The grass isnt always greener. Judging by how life has turned out for most of the players and coaches involved with TM over the past year, there definitely are some losers but none of them include Branko and Daie, but others must look in the mirror and some critics must swallow some of their BS.
Unfortunately, I dont think that anything will change with a 2 year plan. We need some changes starting from U-11's and the sorts and moving up. Our footballing culture is rooted in mistakes. At the same time, I believe that TM needs a new page and that means many of the old generation should step aside. And obviously, we NEED a top coach and with less EGOS in the team the easier it will be to manage them.
To be honest, I dont imply we should go back nor do I imply that Branko or Daei should have stayed any longer as both probably overstayed their life expectancy BUT I do question the roots of our problems and unlike what some people kept on uttering, our problems have not ended with the departure of those two. In fact, we still have the same problems, and we realized that there is nobody good enough to even score a damned goal up front for TM, and Branko's much maligned team selection and tactics are being repeated now by one of his biggest critics.
The grass isnt always greener. Judging by how life has turned out for most of the players and coaches involved with TM over the past year, there definitely are some losers but none of them include Branko and Daie, but others must look in the mirror and some critics must swallow some of their BS.
Unfortunately, I dont think that anything will change with a 2 year plan. We need some changes starting from U-11's and the sorts and moving up. Our footballing culture is rooted in mistakes. At the same time, I believe that TM needs a new page and that means many of the old generation should step aside. And obviously, we NEED a top coach and with less EGOS in the team the easier it will be to manage them.
People like Enayati might have 4 scoring records but I have yet to see him produce it at the highest level. Daei led the line for "15 years" because he SCORED goals, however they were. Over 100 of them against poor and half decent opponents. Our frontline of Enayati, Khatibi, and others who have been tried have not managed to score goals. Simple as that. Scoring 10-15 goals in the poor IPL league which has not produced a team that can even reach the last 4 of Asian CL is not a mean feat. If you want to pick those players, then its all relative cause at his late age Daei was still scoring 10 goals a season in that league. You could argue that Daei made the position his property but up until in the last couple of years, I think he had EARNED it.