Jimmy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Lampard isn't coming guys. It's pretty clear. But a midfield of Paartalu, Mooy and Koren would be incredible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Can I have some of what your smoking? Can you get to the Northern suburbs tonight? Bring cash. Uhhh sorry only got mastercard It's the 21st Century, I'm sure he'll have eftpos. EFTPOS is so 20th century, I don't accept anything but Bitcoin. Bitcoin is so 2013, I only deal in Dogecoin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Dogecoin is so 21st century, I only deal in Gold Pressed Latinum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Murfy1 Posted July 23, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Robert Koren would be a truly excellent signing. He ticks every box required: - He's a leader (he's captained Hull & Slovenia) - He's an entertaining goal-scoring midfielder - He's a smart midfielder - He has an impressive work-rate - He's very fit (he was injured last year for 35 days, but it's the only injury he's had in 4 years) - He's played lots of minutes in recent years (last season he played 26 games [over 1400 mins], and the previous 3 seasons he played over 40 games a season [and started nearly every game each season, playing over 3000 mins each season]) - He will be able to physically hold his own in the A-League (something that's troubled many Visa players in the A-League), having played in the EPL and the Championship - He's a pretty good age. He can play 2 full seasons before he's Lampard's current age, and just like Lampard I reckon someone like Koren, who's played lots of minutes in recent seasons in demanding English football and has a great history of being injury free, can play into his late 30s - By all accounts he has an excellent attitude, which will help the team and be handy for off-field matters Man City have lived up to their word. They have gone for more of a 'big player' who will become a 'big name' after playing games for our club. As Marwood made clear today, our marquees must be more than talented: It’s important that we have the right kind of characteristics both on and off the field (in a marquee player). We don’t want players coming to the club and thinking it’s a final pay day or it’s a few months in the sun in a beautiful city, that’s not what this club is about. It’s important that the person is as good as the player. The club has gone for a marquee of substance, rather than a player with 'a name'. And I'm sure that non-superficial and wise decision will payoff in spades. And for the potential supporters who might appreciate a 'name player' like Villa (who BTW hasn't shown a great attitude towards our club, and has only acknowledged that he'll actually play for our club once, in that Youtube video), they'll get to see some starpower in the first half of the season, and could well be convinced to remain supporters after seeing the class of a player like Koren, and hopefully a team that's playing classy team football as well. So with some starpower on loan, and us signing class players with football substance, it's win-win. I believe by the end of next season we'll all be very glad that we didn't go the superficial route, and that we signed a classy footballer who bleeds for our club instead. Edited July 23, 2014 by Murfy1 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baresi Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Lampard isn't coming guys. It's pretty clear. But a midfield of Paartalu, Mooy and Koren would be incredible. Neither is Paartalu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted July 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Lampard isn't coming guys. It's pretty clear. But a midfield of Paartalu, Mooy and Koren would be incredible. Neither is Paartalu. Much much more likely than Lampard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Some trivia for you all. Koren and Mifsud played together at Lillestrom from 2004-2007. Both left in January 2007 for England, Koren to West Brom and Mifsud to Coventry, 27 miles apart *creepy music* Edited July 23, 2014 by King Malta 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphine Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Never thought I'd see the day where people are dissapointed at signing a former epl captain and world cup goalscorer at this club... Pre-Take over I think this would be good enough. But although he played EPL Hull and West Brom Albion aren't exactly powerhouses. If CFG were looking to make a splash this won't do it. I'd never heard of him before now. He 'might' turn out to be a good player but he's nothing I'm getting excited over. Not when we were thinking we were getting mega bucks to get someone from one of the top tier clubs in Europe. I was never expecting a great name at their peak but I was expecting a great name at the end of their career (but not washed up) or I was expecting someone younger who didn't quite make it at the top tier clubs i.e. someone who played a handful of games for a Champions League club How does 'playing a handful of games for a Champions League club' make someone a better player than a Premier League club Captain with Championship pedigree, starting regularly for a mid-table club for ten years? That shit cray. Koren is a solid mid-tier Prem player. Be happy, you will be after a few rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) yes fifa Melb City team will be ballin Wikipedia claiming he's ours so it must be true: Robert Koren (born 20 September 1980 in Radlje ob Dravi) is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder currently playing for Melbourne City in the A-League. Koren earned 61 caps and scored 5 goals for the Slovenia national football team between 2003 and 2012 and played at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Koren Edited July 23, 2014 by strider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 If Melbourne sign Koren it will be an excellent signing. He is a very mobile player with good control and excellent passing. Very different from Engelaar IMO I have always liked him as a player. He would have been the type of player City would have signed before we were bought by Sheik Mansour. I can understand your frustrations when you see who NYCFC are signing. However, at the moment the MLS is a bigger league than the A League. Hopefully you will grow as big as them if not bigger. However, until then it will be easier for MLS sides to attract players than the A League no matter how much money clubs have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Some trivia for you all. Koren and Mifsud played together at Lillestrom from 2004-2007. Both left in January 2007 for England, Koren to West Brom and Mifsud to Coventry, 27 miles apart *creepy music* Dear God. It's just dawned on me that Mifsud was actually playing on the one occasion when I went to watch that awful Coventry City team playing, back when I was attending Coventry University. Good lord, but that was a hideously dull match. No wonder they were giving tickets away free to students. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 If Melbourne sign Koren it will be an excellent signing. He is a very mobile player with good control and excellent passing. Very different from Engelaar IMO I have always liked him as a player. He would have been the type of player City would have signed before we were bought by Sheik Mansour. I can understand your frustrations when you see who NYCFC are signing. However, at the moment the MLS is a bigger league than the A League. Hopefully you will grow as big as them if not bigger. However, until then it will be easier for MLS sides to attract players than the A League no matter how much money clubs have. Personally, I'm not frustrated, with the news on Koren. A little surprised (just since, logically, it would have been reasonable to assume that the marquee would be a bigger 'name' than Duff), but he sounds like he'll be an excellent player for us, filling some clear areas of need. The remaining 1-2 signings that we have to make will be absolutely critical for our chances this season. I feel like the MLS will always be bigger than our league, especially with respect to the imports. Even if the leagues were the same quality (from what I understand the MLS is significantly better and the respective showings of our national teams at the World Cup is probably a rough reflection of that, since a good portion of both teams came from the local leagues), I think there will always be a perception for a Western European or South American player (especially from a country with a powerhouse national team) that they are effectively retiring themselves from playing for their country by moving to the A-League, whereas they're not necessarily doing that by playing in the MLS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 If Melbourne sign Koren it will be an excellent signing. He is a very mobile player with good control and excellent passing. Very different from Engelaar IMO I have always liked him as a player. He would have been the type of player City would have signed before we were bought by Sheik Mansour. I can understand your frustrations when you see who NYCFC are signing. However, at the moment the MLS is a bigger league than the A League. Hopefully you will grow as big as them if not bigger. However, until then it will be easier for MLS sides to attract players than the A League no matter how much money clubs have. Personally, I'm not frustrated, with the news on Koren. A little surprised (just since, logically, it would have been reasonable to assume that the marquee would be a bigger 'name' than Duff), but he sounds like he'll be an excellent player for us, filling some clear areas of need. The remaining 1-2 signings that we have to make will be absolutely critical for our chances this season. I feel like the MLS will always be bigger than our league, especially with respect to the imports. Even if the leagues were the same quality (from what I understand the MLS is significantly better and the respective showings of our national teams at the World Cup is probably a rough reflection of that, since a good portion of both teams came from the local leagues), I think there will always be a perception for a Western European or South American player (especially from a country with a powerhouse national team) that they are effectively retiring themselves from playing for their country by moving to the A-League, whereas they're not necessarily doing that by playing in the MLS. Yes I think you are right in what you are saying for the moment. You can never tell what may happen in the future. However, I can only see the A League improve in quality, especially if other teams can up the coaching levels of the youngsters. I am sure Melbourne will improve young players and this will hopefully be a stepping stone in increasing the quality fo the league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Some trivia for you all. Koren and Mifsud played together at Lillestrom from 2004-2007. Both left in January 2007 for England, Koren to West Brom and Mifsud to Coventry, 27 miles apart *creepy music* Hahahaha, and that's where the similarity begins and ends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Koren do sound like the kind of player many on this forum have been missing?.. A leader and a playmaker I mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Heartspur Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Madrid sign Rodriguez and we end up with ol' mate from Hull! This is bullshit! Membership going straight in the bin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Some trivia for you all. Koren and Mifsud played together at Lillestrom from 2004-2007. Both left in January 2007 for England, Koren to West Brom and Mifsud to Coventry, 27 miles apart *creepy music* Robert "the Slovenian Messi" Koren 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Herald sun has a big red 'REVEALED' logo next to the article saying we're looking at his signature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aardvark Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Good signing on face value. I admit I don't know anything more about him than what I've read in this thread, but he does seem to tick all the boxes for what we need from a player. For those concerned he isn't enough of a big name, the game plan is clearly to get people to come and see Villa, and stay when they start enjoying the side playing well and winning. Villa fills the star aspect, and Duff helps pick up people more familiar with the EPL. I understand the disappointment that this may indicate that Lampard isn't coming, but tbh a 10 game stint isn't amazing and while from our point of view it would be great to see another star player every week we are going, he probably isn't going to attract that many more people to games seeing as if Villa and Duff aren't enough to make someone come to games why do they change their minds for Frank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Hack Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 As a Hull City fan, pretty stoked about this signing if it goes through. Actually thought he'd be a good fit for us when learnt he was not offered a new contract by Hull City. Bit of info about him from my point of view, Robbie has been captain of the side for a few years and in 2012-13 the year the Tigers made it through the championship and got upgraded to EPL. Last year though his position as CM/AM has been taken over by the likes of Tom Huddlestone and Jake Livermore both players in their early/mid 20s from Spurs on loan originally then set up on contract. As such, played only 26 games most off the bench and a lot of full games in the FA cup as Huddlestone and Livermore couldn't play as much, where Hull City made it to the final. Robbie is really fit, runs all game, good technician, and a goal scoring midfielder, we really loved him at Hull hence him becoming captain. Some of you might not like this but he was Richie Garcia's captain whilst at Hull City although didn't play too many games together as Garcia was out with knee injury. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Quote from Managing director of City football services Brian Marwood “But I think it’s important that we have the right kind of characteristics both on and off the field (in a marquee player). We don’t want players coming to the club and thinking it’s a final pay day or it’s a few months in the sun in a beautiful city, that’s not what this club is about." People saying we should be getting bigger names, we might of spoken to the biggest names out their, but we don't want them if they have shit attitudes!! Koren is 33. Definetely his final pay day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFCROB24 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Koren Mooy Duff Villa (10 games) Aussie marquee (??) Another guest stint after Villa? We are doing pretty well so far. Ill back in the judgement of the owners on this. Edited July 23, 2014 by MHFCROB24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxandro Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Quote from Managing director of City football services Brian Marwood “But I think it’s important that we have the right kind of characteristics both on and off the field (in a marquee player). We don’t want players coming to the club and thinking it’s a final pay day or it’s a few months in the sun in a beautiful city, that’s not what this club is about." People saying we should be getting bigger names, we might of spoken to the biggest names out their, but we don't want them if they have shit attitudes!! Koren is 33. Definetely his final pay day No not really. Maybe if he was 35. At 33 he could play for two years and then go to the Middle East for another couple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXJawsaXx Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Quote from Managing director of City football services Brian Marwood “But I think it’s important that we have the right kind of characteristics both on and off the field (in a marquee player). We don’t want players coming to the club and thinking it’s a final pay day or it’s a few months in the sun in a beautiful city, that’s not what this club is about." People saying we should be getting bigger names, we might of spoken to the biggest names out their, but we don't want them if they have shit attitudes!! Koren is 33. Definetely his final pay day Engelaar was 34. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 I'm actually getting so hyped about this guy now, at first it seemed unspectacular but the more I think about it, the more we've been crying out for a player just like him! And you're kidding if you think 33 is a bad age to get him at, he could easily sign for another low-tier EPL club and feature prominently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Ah, the great age debate... Always so much prejudice and discrimination around age. It's very much a case by case basis, not every player can play past 35, some are fucked by their early 30s while some have the capacity to play in to their 40s. So who's to judge? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Don't know much about him so not going to get my hopes up until I've seen him play Edited July 23, 2014 by n i k o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Hack Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Interestingly, Transfermarkt has Tim Cahill listed as a comparable player to Robbie Koren. Although I would suggest he's more like Bresciano with a bit of Jedinak put in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 So the team leaves Manchester tonight (our time) so that means, 10am Thursday confirmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defibrillator Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Looking through some of the Hull City fan forums, there seems to be an overall positive mood towards him. The two standout criticisms seem to be he is slack in tracking back with defensive duties, and he is over zealous to shoot rather than create. In my mind my concerns over a quality DM are only increased - we really do need a holding midfielder of quality and strength if this guy pushes high up the park. But his leadership and vigor to win the ball won over many fans. But like many above, we'll have to wait and see. On paper this looks like a terrific signing to me - fit and injury resistant, good leadership qualities and an eye for goal. If he can curb his shooting from range and aim to create for Villa, we could be in for some fun times. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 What I do like about this signing though is that it helps our reputation that we are not the bling fc of the league like our friends up north Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedukeofhearts Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Quote from Managing director of City football services Brian Marwood “But I think it’s important that we have the right kind of characteristics both on and off the field (in a marquee player). We don’t want players coming to the club and thinking it’s a final pay day or it’s a few months in the sun in a beautiful city, that’s not what this club is about." People saying we should be getting bigger names, we might of spoken to the biggest names out their, but we don't want them if they have shit attitudes!! Koren is 33. Definetely his final pay day there's a difference between playing for a team and it's the last time you get paid and going somewhere just to get a big final payout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Attack11 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 I don't know to much about this player however, I have seen him play at the 2010 WC (on TV) he looks like the right type of player for our club and team.. His the type of player that is always looking for the ball and doesn't go missing. Has a great strike on him and looks a very smart player. In many of our performances last season, there were times when midfielders would go missing and I think Koren will assume that type of role were he will look to received the ball and create our play going forward and support the attacking players. Good signing if it happens.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunheart Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Koren looks ok. If Eng was 34? then this fella should be ok too if age seems a factor. Look forward to seeing Mooy n Mauk in midfield. I thought Mauk played well in the limited time he had on pitch. Mooy will be great. Is Big Nikola Zigic still floating around at Brum and playing any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/rumoured-signing-robert-koren-spotted-with-ceo-scott-munn-at-melbourne-city-trial-game/story-fnk9bpxo-1226999856155 Good report on Koren especially the fact his only had a minor injury once that sidelined him for four to five weeks and he looks fit as a fiddle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
japiedog Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 just watched this if he can get half a dozen for us a season I'll be happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-aram92 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 Wow he really does love to shoot from long range Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deviant Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 something we've lacked for ages really... someone taking a shot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted July 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 We're going to need a "Take your time Koren" two stick. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFCROB24 Posted July 24, 2014 Report Share Posted July 24, 2014 just watched this if he can get half a dozen for us a season I'll be happy Loves to shoot from long range... love it .. We do need somebody to just shoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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