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8 hours ago, jw1739 said:

Isn't he Brisbane's marquee this season? He's got precious little to show for his two seasons in the A-League. Definitely on the down-hill slide in the twilight of his career.

We've got to do better.

Why? If CFG stick with Joyce then it does not matter who the marquee is. We could have Christiano Ronaldo, Messi, Mbappe and we would still under perform whilst being coached by Joyce.

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37 minutes ago, NewConvert said:

Why? If CFG stick with Joyce then it does not matter who the marquee is. We could have Christiano Ronaldo, Messi, Mbappe and we would still under perform whilst being coached by Joyce.

Those guys wouldn't put up with his nonsense, or they would use a week's wages and just buy the club haha. 

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On 08/04/2019 at 6:06 AM, NewConvert said:

Why? If CFG stick with Joyce then it does not matter who the marquee is. We could have Christiano Ronaldo, Messi, Mbappe and we would still under perform whilst being coached by Joyce.

Those 3 blokes you mentioned are hopeless. Don’t spend their whole time tackling and running themselves into ground at training in a desperate attempt to make the starting XI. 

Probably got shit skinfolds too

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7 minutes ago, Originalmeme said:

apparently we are linked with Krishna.  saw the rumour shared on facebook today.  What do we all think of that?  can we honestly fit him in our team? Assuming we keep joyce and we keep to 2 forwards up top, him and jmac?  would be bloody potent but they would need hell of a service.

I suspect the current team sheet and 19/20 season sheet are going to look very different.

Krishna would be awesome. Him and JMac is tasty - but no good without some creativity and counter attacking players in the midfield. Its like having christmas without presents.

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23 minutes ago, Originalmeme said:

oh and the other one was bonevacia.  both popped up around the same time for me on the melbourne city fan page.  a midfield of baccus, brattan, bonevacia feeding jmac and krishna could go alright.  but tbh I dont know what bonevacia is like as a player and the cap is screaming at me

Oh yes, we really do need another defensive midfielder, don't we.

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10 hours ago, Originalmeme said:

apparently we are linked with Krishna.  saw the rumour shared on facebook today.  What do we all think of that?  can we honestly fit him in our team? Assuming we keep joyce and we keep to 2 forwards up top, him and jmac?  would be bloody potent but they would need hell of a service.

Please don't ruin my day.

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15 minutes ago, Jovan said:

Man if we extend Joyce and if Berenguer is elevated to Marquee (as was reported on talking city) we have zero chance of getting anywhere. 

I can't for the life on me understand WTF they are thinking. 

As long as Wazza is not there next season anything else I can live with

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10 hours ago, jw1739 said:

Oh yes, we really do need another defensive midfielder, don't we.

He is much better being played in an advanced role. I see him on par with a Brattan, so I can him or Griffiths leaving.

1 hour ago, Jovan said:

Man if we extend Joyce and if Berenguer is elevated to Marquee (as was reported on talking city) we have zero chance of getting anywhere. 

I can't for the life on me understand WTF they are thinking. 

It that happens they clearly want Western United to be successful and build a better fan base than us. 

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2 hours ago, Dylan said:

Doesn’t really matter who we sign if Joyce stays IMO. How many times have we said we have a championship winning squad

Frequently. Except that some of the players on whom that assessment was based before the end of 2018 are no longer with the club. Most notably O'Halloran and Fornaroli, but also Malik and Caceres. I'm afraid that when I look at the team sheet now I don't see a silverware-winning squad.

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59 minutes ago, haz said:

Josh Cavallo off to Western United

 

15 minutes ago, Harrison said:

And there goes another one.

I rate this kid too. A lot of promise. 

Good luck to him. 

When a new team comes into the competition this is going to happen. With the first one being from "Melbourne" it was inevitable that our youth set-up would be the prime target.

What concerns me is the possibility that we are being tardy in our own recruiting for the future. At the moment, the players contracted to the seniors for next season are:
Birighitti;
Bouzanis;
Jamieson;
Delbridge;
Griffiths;
Najjarine:
Genreau;
Berenguer (V);
Baccus;
Atkinson;
Maclaren (M).
Not sure about Connor Metcalfe.

Let's hope that they are not just sitting on their hands out there at Bundoora.
 

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34 minutes ago, Harrison said:

And there goes another one.

I rate this kid too. A lot of promise. 

Good luck to him. 

Exactly good luck to him. If we are not going to give these young lads a chance like every other team (excluding PG) then we will keep developing and keep losing them. In this case and Pierias...for free

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41 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

At the moment, the players contracted to the seniors for next season are:

Birighitti;
Bouzanis;
Jamieson;
Delbridge;
Griffiths;
Najjarine:
Genreau;
Berenguer (V);
Baccus;
Atkinson;
Maclaren (M).

We’ve got the bones of a good team but, as always, it’s all about who we sign in those most important positions.

Re-signing Schenkeveld is a priority. Brattan would be handy too.

Then it’s about identifying the right targets and bringing them in early in the pre-season. 

Of course, putting Joyce on a plane back to Manchester is the first step, and bringing in a competent senior coach should be done soon after. 

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1 hour ago, Mr MO said:

Western United is going nuts with signings, for sure that isn't right way to go about it.

  1. 70% of the signings should only be made 1 month before the season starts. 
  2. You must wait with announcing until the player is actually at your academy to take pictures with Michael Petrillo

3. Ostracise any of those players who appear to have talent 

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51 minutes ago, Shahanga said:

3. Ostracise any of those players who appear to have talent 

This is a list of the players who have left the club since the beginning of Season 2017-18:

Dean Bouzanis (on loan to PEC Zwolle)
Osama Malik
Manny Muscat
Ruon Tongyik
Michael Jakobsen
Dylan Pierias (will leave at end of May)
Daniel Arzani
Fernando Brandan
Neil Kilkenny
Denis Genreau (on loan to PEC Zwolle)
Stefan Mauk
Marcelo Carrusca
Oliver Bozanic
Bruno Fornaroli
Nick Fitzgerald
Bruce Kamau
Tim Cahill
John Roberts
Braedyn Crowley
Christian Cavallo
Anthony Caceres
Michael O'Halloran
Marcin Budzinski
Josh Cavallo (will leave in May)
Anthony Lesiotis

I haven't counted Ross McCormack as he was recalled by Aston Villa.

I have probably missed several youth players.

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39 minutes ago, jw1739 said:

This is a list of the players who have left the club since the beginning of Season 2017-18:

Dean Bouzanis (on loan to PEC Zwolle)
Osama Malik
Manny Muscat
Ruon Tongyik
Michael Jakobsen
Dylan Pierias (will leave at end of May)
Daniel Arzani
Fernando Brandan
Neil Kilkenny
Denis Genreau (on loan to PEC Zwolle)
Stefan Mauk
Marcelo Carrusca
Oliver Bozanic
Bruno Fornaroli
Nick Fitzgerald
Bruce Kamau
Tim Cahill
John Roberts
Braedyn Crowley
Christian Cavallo
Anthony Caceres
Michael O'Halloran
Marcin Budzinski
Josh Cavallo (will leave in May)
Anthony Lesiotis

I haven't counted Ross McCormack as he was recalled by Aston Villa.

I have probably missed several youth players.

That's not even funny. Wait another few weeks and you can add to that list 🤦‍♂️

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1 hour ago, jw1739 said:

This is a list of the players who have left the club since the beginning of Season 2017-18:

Dean Bouzanis (on loan to PEC Zwolle)
Osama Malik
Manny Muscat
Ruon Tongyik
Michael Jakobsen
Dylan Pierias (will leave at end of May)
Daniel Arzani
Fernando Brandan
Neil Kilkenny
Denis Genreau (on loan to PEC Zwolle)
Stefan Mauk
Marcelo Carrusca
Oliver Bozanic
Bruno Fornaroli
Nick Fitzgerald
Bruce Kamau
Tim Cahill
John Roberts
Braedyn Crowley
Christian Cavallo
Anthony Caceres
Michael O'Halloran
Marcin Budzinski
Josh Cavallo (will leave in May)
Anthony Lesiotis

I haven't counted Ross McCormack as he was recalled by Aston Villa.

I have probably missed several youth players.

There's some serious talent in that list of players. Incredible to imagine what could have been. 

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