kingofhearts Posted August 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 I'm scared 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart_Attack Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 This is all in our favour. WU are an ageing first XI coming off a three day break. Diamanti, Burgess & Berisha are the only threats. Stop them and our firepower will do the rest. Our place in the final is ours if we want it. Get the job done boys. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, kingofhearts said: I'm scared Same nerves have kicked in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantthinkofacoolname Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 9 minutes ago, Heart_Attack said: This is all in our favour. WU are an ageing first XI coming off a three day break. Diamanti, Burgess & Berisha are the only threats. Stop them and our firepower will do the rest. Our place in the final is ours if we want it. Get the job done boys. All 3 basically played the full 90 minutes as Rudan opted not to use any subs until really late. Should be able to outrun their old tired core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 I reckon a fair few walking wounded amongst the WU players. Several looked to take painful knocks. You'd wonder about Risdon, Durante and Burgess. And I suspect a few of the old guard won't have too much in the tank. Up to us, we need to get our heads right and weather the pressure we are bound to get at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 FFS, way too much optimism/arrogance in this thread... it never ends well when Heart/City is involved. 5 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 8 minutes ago, malloy said: FFS, way too much optimism/arrogance in this thread... it never ends well when Heart/City is involved. Being nervous makes makes me pessimistic, won three times against WU, who were undermanned on all occasions and still took the game to us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 1 hour ago, kingofhearts said: I'm scared I can't help but think of the win against Adelaide in the league and then of what happened a few days later in the FFA Cup final... 😟 ...BUT we would've learnt from that and smash these Wyndham United kents!! 👊 We'll have had a week to recover whereas they'll have had 2 days, same score-line as last Wednesday! 🏆 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afif Adam Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 Never thought I’d see the day we play in the HAL GF , coycb ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 30 minutes ago, Afif Adam said: Never thought I’d see the day we play in the HAL GF , coycb ! I really hope these words won't haunt us... 😒 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post TheStig Posted August 23, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) On 21/08/2020 at 3:16 PM, Harrison said: Don’t want to play WU with Diamanti or Berisha. Diamanti in particular is capable of dismantling defences in a matter of seconds and I’m not sold on our current defensive set-up or our ability to weather a storm. But gee it’s our best chance to win the Championship. Everything is lining up perfectly...what could go wrong? How long have you been following this club?EVERYTHING could go wrong. We don't need a football coach. We need an exorcist. Edited August 23, 2020 by TheStig 3 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dezy94 Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 (edited) Eeeyy nerves are jangling even now. Western are a dangerous team, and we've never entered a semi as undisputed favourites. The fact is this is where we fail, every single time. And beating them 3 times doesn't make me feel any better! It is just the type of heartbreaking irony our club almost lives for to win all 3 regular season games then lose the one that counts. But stuff that. We're the better team with more talent spread across the whole pitch. Dare to dream! Edited August 23, 2020 by Dezy94 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 In Erick We Trust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted August 23, 2020 Report Share Posted August 23, 2020 warm farts out if we somehow lose to these spastic cunts, 4 wins in a season against them would be sweet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Grand Final will allow fans? Is that fair considering fans from WU and City aren’t allowed to travel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 11 minutes ago, Mr MO said: Grand Final will allow fans? Is that fair considering fans from WU and City aren’t allowed to travel? You're forgetting that Sydney are the FFA's house team... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 32 minutes ago, Mr MO said: Grand Final will allow fans? Is that fair considering fans from WU and City aren’t allowed to travel? They finished on top. It's fair IMO. And if its Perth they'll be no better off than us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Too early to think about a GF. IMO there are very rarely any clear favourites in the finals series - the really weak teams have been weeded out long before, and I don't think that the odds are ever better than 60:40. In our semi, WU have nothing to lose, and we have everything to lose. I don't think turn-around has any effect either - it's all or nothing so both sides will give it everything they have. Hope we win of course, but knowing our history...who can say what will happen? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Mr MO said: Grand Final will allow fans? Is that fair considering fans from WU and City aren’t allowed to travel? I think all games should have had fans regardless of the “fairness”, simply because the league needs all the help it can get and petty squabbles about things like this only hold the game back. Yet another own goal for football in this country. At least we’re consistent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 8 minutes ago, Shahanga said: I think all games should have had fans regardless of the “fairness”, simply because the league needs all the help it can get and petty squabbles about things like this only hold the game back. Yet another own goal for football in this country. At least we’re consistent. Pretty sure this was a state rule that any matches with non-NSW teams competing couldn't have fans at the ground (prior to finals)...because you know, the Victorian players who tested negative for COVID-19 might have smuggled the virus in on their boots and when their boots makes contact with the ball and then the ball is kicked into the stands (not the empty ones, but) where there are fans sitting one of those fans in the crowd might contract the virus 🤦♂️ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 7 minutes ago, Shahanga said: I think all games should have had fans regardless of the “fairness”, simply because the league needs all the help it can get and petty squabbles about things like this only hold the game back. Yet another own goal for football in this country. At least we’re consistent. IMO once it was decided (and IIRC agreed to by all the clubs?) to resume the season and play all the matches at a "hub," the COV-19 situation, in Victoria particularly, and subsequent border closures and quarantine requirements has just made it highly unlikely that many fans could attend matches even if they wanted to - a decision to play behind closed doors is fair and reasonable. IMO they have diluted the original concept of a "hub" - I had assumed that all matches would be played at the same venue, but that has not been the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 I'm optimistic about this Wednesday and the Championship as a whole. We should walk all over a tired WU and play Perth in the GF...I take comfort in knowing Perth doesn't have Shane Smeltz or Diego Castro to fuck us over 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzureKingfisher Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 City member living in Sydney and managed to get a ticket to the semi final and grand final (hoping we make that one!) Excited to see live football! Any other City ‘expats’ living here? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Red or Dead said: Pretty sure this was a state rule that any matches with non-NSW teams competing couldn't have fans at the ground (prior to finals)...because you know, the Victorian players who tested negative for COVID-19 might have smuggled the virus in on their boots and when their boots makes contact with the ball and then the ball is kicked into the stands (not the empty ones, but) where there are fans sitting one of those fans in the crowd might contract the virus 🤦♂️ Love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 They have nothing to lose, we have EVERYTHING to lose. We'd never live it down if they knocked us out in their inaugural year. That being said, we should win Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 10 minutes ago, Torn Asunder said: They have nothing to lose, we have EVERYTHING to lose. We'd never live it down if they knocked us out in their inaugural year. That being said, we should win This makes me a tad nervous... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Our history makes me nervous, Our future makes me optimistic. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 Both teams have GF spot on the line. Our advantage is that we are better team. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted August 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, Imtellingyou said: Both teams have GF spot on the line. Our advantage is that we are better team. I'm finding comfort in your words ❤️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 3 hours ago, Jovan said: Our history makes me nervous, Our future makes me nervous. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IssySG Posted August 24, 2020 Report Share Posted August 24, 2020 18 hours ago, jw1739 said: I don't think turn-around has any effect either - it's all or nothing so both sides will give it everything they have. I agree with everything you said prior to this, but this just simply isn’t true. In terms of median squad age, Western United have the third oldest in the league and we have the youngest. The game on Wednesday will be their 3rd in seven days, they’ll be coming off a 3 day break, which means two training sessions max, as they at least need to spend one day recovering their body. You could see by the end of the Brisbane game a lot of their players were hobbling, they were absolutely spent. Obviously, it’s a last ditch game and their players will give their all, but WU have been playing so much football, their bodies will be greatly more fatigued than the City Boys who have been able to rest more and train more. All that being said, this obviously doesn’t give us a win by any stretch, but I’d rather be in our position then theirs. Especially considering we play possession heavy football that requires teams to chase the ball. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 I am going to this game. 4 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 I hope we win this particular game of football. Thank you. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 3 hours ago, thisphantomfortress said: I am going to this game. You lucky, lucky bastard. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, fensaddler said: You lucky, lucky bastard. Tbf the other two semis I've attended haven't ended well. Third time's a charm I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 Per Erick Mombaerts' press conference, Lachlan Wales will start on the right-wing for Melbourne City against Western United on Wednesday evening. - Joey Lynch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aardvark Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 4 hours ago, thisphantomfortress said: I am going to this game. Me too. Picked a great year to not live in Melbourne. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted August 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 51 minutes ago, thisphantomfortress said: Tbf the other two semis I've attended haven't ended well. Third time's a charm I guess 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 1 hour ago, thisphantomfortress said: Tbf the other two semis I've attended haven't ended well. Third time's a charm I guess If we lose, I recommend you ban yourself from all future games. Call it an exercise in health management. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted August 25, 2020 Report Share Posted August 25, 2020 The issue is not tired bodies so much but in having the skillsets to score when teh opportunity presents. If Diamanti is given enough space he has proven that he can score. On our side we have Wales... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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