The Gostaresh Foulad Sentinel
Squad2 Dec 2030
A fracture rules Farzad Jafari out for 26 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Gostaresh Foulad will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Match30 Nov 2030
A hiding for Gostaresh Foulad
Beaten 0‑5 by Siah Jamegan, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Squad2 Dec 2030
A falling-out at Gostaresh Foulad
Morteza Ebrahimi and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match30 Nov 2030
3 matches without a goal for Gostaresh Foulad
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad2 Dec 2030
Gostaresh Foulad count the cost of losing Vahid Jahanbakhsh
37 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.
The dugout2 Dec 2030
No hiding place for Sirvan Ghorbani
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Sirvan Ghorbani, and the manager let it.
Boardroom2 Dec 2030
Inquest at Gostaresh Foulad
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
Squad2 Dec 2030
Defences have started doubling up on Morteza Ebrahimi
5 goals and a season average of 7.29 will do that. The space he used to find has gone; he keeps scoring anyway, which is the mark of the real thing.
The dugout2 Dec 2030
Interim Coach: “No excuses”
“I could talk about decisions and I could talk about luck. I will not. We lost.” The manager, 0‑5, and a press conference that lasted four minutes.
In brief
- The dugout A promise honoured at Gostaresh Foulad
- Market Masoud Ebrahimi told to find a new club
- Market Still no ink between Gostaresh Foulad and Masoud Mohammadi