I don't know about you guys, but IMO the best current line up would
go as follows:
F.Khatib 1.97 m
P.Khoury 2.07 m
J.Vogel 2.11 m
R.Fahed 1.83 m
G.Reda 1.90 m
B.Beshara 2.04 m
E.Kassouf 2.01 m
R.Samaha 2.02 m
A.Mahmoud 1.80 m
M.Ibrahim 1.92 m
S.Khoury 1.96 m
J.Abdel Nour 1.98 m
This will give the national team an average height of 2.05 m at the
PF/C positions, 1.96 m at the wings and 1.86 m at the point, all
fairly good averages.
Although young and talented, I believe we should seriously
reconsider 4 players from the team which played in Qatar:
Hussein Tawbeh 1.95 m
Ali Fakhreddine 2.02 m
Omar Turk 1.84 m
Bassem Balaa 1.98 m
Replacing them respectively with:
Elie Kassouf 2.01 m
Roy Samaha 2.02 m
Mohammad Ibrahim 1.92 m
Ghaleb Reda 1.90 m
I don't want to spend too much time on why the latter 4 are much
better for the NT, but the obvious reason would be the size and
quality of Kassouf/Samaha vs Tawbeh/Fakhreddine. Kassouf is bigger
than Tawbeh who is somwhat undersized for the PF position plus he is
more experienced and has been starting in Anibal for some years now.
Roy Samaha is bulkier than Ali Fakhreddine and he also plays more in
the local championship whereas Ali's role is still limited with
Riyadi.
No need to present a case for 2 stars like Mo Ibrahim and Ghaleb
Reda, coach Caughter has obviously an issue with Ghaleb since their
last feud however this should not come in the way of such a rising
superstar. Mohammad Ibrahim also fully deserves to play for the
national team as he is a great player coming off the bench.
We hope that someone of the NT's management will reconsider these
choices.