Originally Posted by inarsenewetrust Originally Posted by

St Mark jan, isnt there more cause for optimism? Krancjar is easily the best omid coach weve had for a long time and the players that were so excellent at the u17 WC can now contribute to Omid, and be helped by additional players like Nokhodkar, Ghaedi, Soltanimehr, maybe even noorafkan,gholami,taheri. They have a set goal in qualification for Olympics, and that would be a great platform for many of these players to show themselves yet again on a world stage, get more chemistry playing together that could translate to TM, and possibly earn themselves big moves abroad.

A team that lines up like this

-------------Soltanimehr----------

-------Sharifi---------------Noorafkan

---Delfi--------Allahyar---------Ghaedi

will be difficult for most u21 teams to handle if they are coached properly. All these players can bring experience from past world tournaments, plus decent experience playing professionally to the fore in two years time. Also, is Shekari being considered for the squad? I assume hed be one of the best players but being in Kazan it would be difficult for him to leave Omid camps, matches, etc, especially when he is just now establishing himself in the first team and getting minutes. I say best he is not included and we focus on the players that Krancjar will have easy access to. Lastly, it was refreshing to see Krancjar's mentality that he is preparing players for TM, and that a cooperation is what hes after.