To be fair and without much info.... the league probably isn't that far off the a league. So he's landed in an okay place if he can get some mins..
The league is light and day better then A League. If he can play regularly and not get distracted by music (or his ego?), could prove to be a great move for him and us. He'll also have access to the best kebabs in the world too!
And while Iran calls itself a Muslim country, aside from it's dictators is anything but (talking as someone with VERY STRONG Persian connections). It's certainly not Qatar or Saudi Arabia.
Someone above commented on getting behind on pay. I'm not surprised with this one given Iran is one of the very few countries excluded from the international banking system. I wonder if his pay is being put into a UAE, Turkish or maybe even British bank account?
Yeah, it's an interesting place, although it is a Muslim country that practices Shariah law they've had to shut two thirds of their mosques over the last few years because of growing irreligiosity, something like 10% of the country are openly atheist and another 20% are agnostic.
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Insulting the prophet. That will do it. If he'd just kept the lyrics to misogyny he would have been fine. Perhps best JOWIC puts the music career on hold for a wee while in Teheran
Interesting Tataloo was extradited from Turkey to Iran. Usually the Turks and Iranians are not on friendly terms.
Heard a comment on the radio the other day from him about why he left AFC, sounds like he just doesnt like Auckland, said something like he came spent time in the city and training and just felt an he needed to be elsewhere. Does he have family in Auckland that he doesnt get on with?
Heard a comment on the radio the other day from him about why he left AFC, sounds like he just doesnt like Auckland, said something like he came spent time in the city and training and just felt an he needed to be elsewhere. Does he have family in Auckland that he doesnt get on with?
.........there was the sorry situation with Joey Champness, who got injured during preseason and then was never seen again. He didn’t make a single matchday squad before being mercifully released about a month ago... and it sounds like they were pretty happy to see him go.
Champness has since signed with a club in Iran and he last week had a chat with the NZ Herald in which he claimed his departure was down to wanting to test himself overseas during his “prime years” of football. That’s quite a line for a bloke who’s had three separate breaks from football of at least nine months prior to the age of 27. Especially since he also used the opportunity to promote his new startup tech business, self-described as “the world’s first social investment network”.
Insulting the prophet. That will do it. If he'd just kept the lyrics to misogyny he would have been fine. Perhps best JOWIC puts the music career on hold for a wee while in Teheran
Interesting Tataloo was extradited from Turkey to Iran. Usually the Turks and Iranians are not on friendly terms.
Turkey, Saudi and Iran are much friendlier with each other then played out in media. A lot of that has to do with their dictators all being very pro Islam.
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So Havadar lose 2-3 and that really feels like a big nail in their relegation coffin.
Both ex ALM guys start the game on the pine.
Matt Millar on at HT (0-2) to score Havadar's first goal (58 mins). Champness comes on at 76 mins (1-3), and 1 minute later gets the assist for the 2nd goal.
I imagine neither fancy being Iran's 2nd football tier. So their agents already putting the feelers out.
Havadar (last/16th, 19 pts) host Mes Rafsanjan (14th, 24 pts).
Big game. Relegation 6 pointer. Bottom 2 teams to be relegated.
If Havadar won they would close within 2 pts of Mes Rafsanjan and then have a chance at least to overtake them. In form Havadar also having a game in hand. 5 league games left.
Nah Champness burnt too many bridges given the way he left Auckland. I'm sure the ex Walsall mafia have regular coffee catchups in Albany. Corica/Hay wouldn't have spoken highly of JOWIC to Bazeley. Hay & Baze know his character back to Hay's days as AWs coach.
Overnight Champness was subbed off at HT (0-2) and replaced by Millar as Havadar lost 0-4 at home. They went down to 10 men at 61 mins (0-3). They also failed to convert a pen early 2nd half (0-2). Just not their day.
They look doomed for relegation, so presumably in a month or so Joey C will be looking for a new club. Or maybe that's his football career done. And it's full time music and building apps as a vocation.
The ultimate relegation 6 pointer Havadar (16th/last) travel to Nassaji Mazandaran (15th). Bottom 2 teams are relegated (so these two teams as it stands).
7 pts from safety with 3 games left so must win for Havadar to avoid the drop.
For all intents & purposes Havadar are relegated. They would need to win this game by about 8 goals to be any sort of chance to avoid the drop, ie get the Indian bookies involved