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@D.B. Cooper No idea. I've begun to wonder whether Nabbout and Tilio have already left the club...

How do the "finals play-offs" work this season? Who plays who?

Macarthur are leading Sydney 1-0 so at this stage it is mathematically possible for us to finish 5th.

5,000 at present. Could easily get to 15,000 with modular additions. Why spend more?

Jakolis is a waste of space when looked at over the entire season. Don't think he has a football brain at all.

Do we collapse now or in time added?

If only we had spread our goals over the season... Just bag JMac now...and then he might do something...

Quite frankly, City should be embarrassed at our season. As has been pointed out, take away the three big wins and we have been poor. Mariners, seemingly on the brink of financial difficulties all the time, have shown what can be done with club spirit, whereas we have become complacent. Phoenix too have lived up to their name. A great season from them. Congratulations to everyone concerned. Money ain't everything.

There's enough evidence to suggest that it was sent out, but so far I have not found anyone who actually has retained a copy.

The modular stadium idea is not new of course. IMO there is no need to build-in facilities that are used on match-day, such as food and beverage outlets - these facilities come to the ground and set up outside the ground on match day and are run by private businesses. I believe that this is the model used in the USA, and in fact saw the big stadium in Honolulu which operates on this basis. On the day in question we went to a sort of bring-and-buy sale held in the car-park outside. Three of the stands at the new stadium of AFC Wimbledon are of modular construction. A heart-warming story itself of the rebirth of a football club is here: https://www.afcwimbledon.co.uk/club/history/#:~:text=It happened on November 3,and loved ceased to exist.

Is that stadium of WU their final effort or a training pitch? Interesting to see whatever its final designation. Could be quite a nice little "boutique" ground if developed further. Looks functional and affordable from the highlights of the match vs. Adelaide I just watched. Quite by chance some 20 minutes after I posted the above I discovered this: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-20/clubs-exploring-modular-stadiums/103640100

Consecutive years playing Asian football too. Well done! Deserve everyone's congratulations. And Victory likely to finish third and also be in Asia. Wake up City.

Political and gender correctness restricted my post...

TTIM...The continual moaning by female sportspeople that they are not adequately remunerated. Babes, don't you know that it's nothing to do with your actual talent at all? It's about the money that sponsors, promoters, the media, advertisers, agents and agencies, governments, and all the other sport hangers-on are going to make out of you that determines what you are worth, and nothing to do with you at all. And you don't have to do it if you don't like it... TTIM...drivers in Melbourne who pull up at the lights in the centre lane when there's no right-turn lane, and then when the lights go green turn on their right-turn indicator.... Wankers.

Here's an update. Part thereof. I've been advised that an email went out to all members last July inviting nominations to the FRG. Does any member on here remember such an email better still have a copy of it? I don't recall it myself but that doesn't mean that I didn't receive it. One point that strikes me is that members don't necessarily renew or take out a membership as early as July when the season doesn't start until October, and not a great deal is known about the squad at that time. Please post on here if you have anything to add, or PM me if you don't want to post publicly. Thank you. jw

AFAIK he was CCM's NSWNPL GK (abbreviations!!).

It's also pissing me off to learn today that athletes get fast-tracked to citizenship so that they can represent Australia at sport, whereas other perfectly respectable applicants for a visa (not citizenship), such as someone who has married an Australian citizen, have to wait years. Double standards.

So we have another $50b to throw at "defence" (against a thought bubble threat) and at the same time we increase the charges for our own young people who try to better themselves through further education?

Somehow we have to sort out the conflicts between our League season and international commitments.

IMO the voting overall is a pretty accurate reflection of a disappointing season.

4,580.

That's telling data. We don't really deserve to play "finals" and IMO it would be better long-term to not qualify this season. It might, just might, send a message to the club that it did not get it right this season. A bit of a wake-up call.

I largely agree. I watch only EPL highlights, and only some, mainly because of the family connection and loyalty to Arsenal, and because I play EPL Fantasy, and occasionally highlights of matches involving clubs that I've taken an interest in as the years roll on - such as SV Hamburg. I don't watch the A-League streamed matches, and watch only the highlights of City matches. I don't know, but I suspect that quite a few of A-League regulars probably have a recent overseas heritage, and therefore have an in-built loyalty to their home-town or adopted club in another country - much as I do - and especially those who came to Australia as adults. And I think that colours our vision a bit. Also I think the A-League suffers from most, if not all, matches being played in over-sized stadiums (as do many other overseas clubs of course, particularly those that have slipped down the pyramid) and this does not make for good viewing. And I would have to say that in terms of City (and CFG) the club just does not go out of its way to embrace fans and spectators, and neither does APL or the previous administration with a seemingly never-ending succession of missteps. It seems to me that we are held at arms-length. I, for one, have repeatedly suggested to the club things they could do to spark interest, but to no avail. The FRG is the classic current example. This is not confined to football. Doesn't matter how good the product is, if the marketing is not there then the product won't sell. I think all of these things contribute to an opinion that our football is not worthy of support or interest.

Unless we appoint someone really decent then it'll just be different shit. It beggars believe that somewhere in the CFG monolith there isn't a decent coach who could come here and really make a difference and give the squad the lift that the club needs. Instead of relying on a phone call to someone you knew somewhere else....

City vs. Perth 14 Apr 2024 3: Arslan; 2: Souprayen; 1: Young