jw1739

Someone refreshingly new please.

No thanks to all of them.

It's Serie A that is head-to-head points, then head-to-head GD, then overall GD.

Out of the blue comes an Academy product we've never heard of before...

Interesting. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/angel-torres-sexual-assault-charge-mariners/103760350

I can't see anything on the Football Australia website...not even listed across the top...where can you see results?? Oh, I've just found it. Had to look hard though. We didn't score a goal in three matches?

Apparently "graphic footage" of the attack on the Assyrian Bishop in Sydney. I don't subscribe to any of this "antisocial media" but it's discussed here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-23/elon-musk-anthony-albanese-church-court-injunction-x/103757040

I thought we had an eCommissioner or something to address internet crime etc? If we don't like X(Twitter), racist sites, porn sites etc. etc. "do a China." Just shut the fucking sites down and be done with it. These things are a cancer in our society anyway.

TBH I think it's pathetic. Just being different for the sake of it. Adds absolutely nothing whatsoever to the game. Just dickheads at the administration level.

@Le HackIt's up to you as far as I am concerned. I'm not sure, but don't we normally cut off at the end of the regular season? Who ran it last season - @neio? So at the moment it's Arslan by a country mile, followed by Souprayen and then Good/Young. Yes it should be: 1. Arslan 2. Souprayen| 3. Good/Young 5. Jakolis/Sakhi

Last we heard...we do. https://melbournecityfc.com.au/news/20240112-coaching-update/ Sander Krabbendam from Ajax, Netherlands. Probably via JvS who is the current Ajax Manager/Coach. Speaks native Flemish, and Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, English and Italian with various degrees of proficiency.

27th: Brisbane vs. Adelaide 28th: Newcastle vs. Central Coast Wellington vs. Macarthur Victory vs. WSW 29th: Sydney vs. Perth City vs Western Pretty sure Sydney will beat Perth. However, should WSW topple Victory we need to win to retain 6th place, because a draw won't be sufficient even though we have a superior goal difference as WSW will have 11 wins to our 10. WSW play first (which in my view should not happen for the final round of a season) which means we will know what we have to do.

At least they won't be able to fudge the attendance at the women's match.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-22/matildas-womens-asian-cup-2026-victoria/103754414 This is the sort of thing that completely shits me about the management of Australian football. $42m spent on a facility for the Women's National Team ("Matildas") at Bundoora. Then we don't lodge a bid to hold women's Asian Cup matches here in Melbourne. https://www.footballvictoria.com.au/homeofthematildas/project-overview (website out of date - see "bookings." This is why I say that these facilities are a total waste of time, resources, effort, and money. "So much paid by so many for so little" to paraphrase Sir Winston Churchill.

He was playing NPL1 for the Mariners and is with the Olyroos...he's not ready?

They have scored as many or more goals than the top five. It's just that they have conceded so many. In fact the whole league is interesting in terms of goals scored. As has been pointed out, in our case, if you take out three big scores then we have been decidedly ordinary.

Why sign Beach if you're just going to recycle?

You just prolong the agony and the Academy graduates will go elsewhere.... City is crazy if it just keeps producing players for other clubs - we don't get anything for them. Caputo will go if he doesn't get match time.

Hasn't played a full match this season. Just 10 appearances for 433 minutes and no goals. Contract employment can be cruel, but it's the reality of a professional footballer's life.

I hope not. We need a rebuild and IMO it's best to start now, with a decent manager/coach, with the aim of getting us back at the top in 2-3 season's time. I also think that the fans will return if they can see a plan to give them hope.

Glover cost us progression the season before. Interesting how we let Gauci go after stealing him from Adelaide and now he's in the NT. We don't really have a good record with the GK position. Even Tommy Sorensen fell out of favour in his second season.

What do we reckon about Jamie Young? No doubt that he's made some significant saves for us this season. Is he worth another season in the squad?

I don't think Western will be a pushover for us, but I think Sydney will wallop Perth.

Osmosis is a wonderful thing....

Mate, are you still living in cloud cuckoo land? This is Melbourne City we're talking about. You know, the one that can't even tell us about its Fan Representative Group? And you want "communication?" Have a heart. Oh, we had one of those once....