Forever City Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 (edited) India's first international football pre-season tournament, Toyota Yaris LaLiga World, will be held in Kochi with Indian Super League (ISL) club Kerala Blasters FC, Melbourne City FC and Girona FC from LaLiga locking horns in a three-way tournament. The three sides will playacross five days at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi, starting on the 24th of July. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/melbourne-city-fc-travelling-india-take-girona-fc-and-kerala-blasters-july-2018 Edited June 26, 2018 by Forever City Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 5 minutes ago, Forever City said: India's first international football pre-season tournament, Toyota Yaris LaLiga World, will be held in Kochi with Indian Super League (ISL) club Kerala Blasters FC, Melbourne City FC and Girona FC from LaLiga locking horns in a three-way tournament. The three sides will playacross five days at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi, starting on the 24th of July. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/melbourne-city-fc-travelling-india-take-girona-fc-and-kerala-blasters-july-2018 Better then Port Melbourne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 35 minutes ago, Forever City said: India's first international football pre-season tournament, Toyota Yaris LaLiga World, will be held in Kochi with Indian Super League (ISL) club Kerala Blasters FC, Melbourne City FC and Girona FC from LaLiga locking horns in a three-way tournament. The three sides will playacross five days at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium in Kochi, starting on the 24th of July. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/melbourne-city-fc-travelling-india-take-girona-fc-and-kerala-blasters-july-2018 Sponsored by the Toyota Yaris. Words fail me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 FFA Cup V Brisbane Roar away. Get pumped for a dud fucking game. 1-0 1 hour ago, fensaddler said: Sponsored by the Toyota Yaris. Words fail me. Is that Yaya Toures bro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, JMSTEP123 said: FFA Cup V Brisbane Roar away. Get pumped for a dud fucking game. 1-0 Theyve already started pre-season and we would have just got back from India. Teflon John will roll us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted June 26, 2018 Report Share Posted June 26, 2018 9 minutes ago, haz said: Theyve already started pre-season and we would have just got back from India. Teflon John will roll us Things can only get better (unless they get worse). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 Can't help but be disappointed I'm afraid. I long for the day when we play a decent team - especially a CFG one - here in Melbourne. I'm not interested in building our - or Manchester's - fan base in India or Lismore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted June 27, 2018 Report Share Posted June 27, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, jw1739 said: Can't help but be disappointed I'm afraid. I long for the day when we play a decent team - especially a CFG one - here in Melbourne. I'm not interested in building our - or Manchester's - fan base in India or Lismore. I still hope one day we have a CFG cup. I dont mind where, but imagine a two groups (Group 1) Manchester Melbourne Ath Torque African Team (Group 2) Toulouse Girona Yokohama NYC Play each other once, Then a semi knockout, and then a final. Find a city that has two nearby stadiums, play over a 2 weeks. Edited June 27, 2018 by haz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji19 Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 When does pre season start at Bundy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellydrum Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) Is Pre-season starting in Abu Dhabi before they head to India? Based on this video being filmed in Abu Dhabi https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/video/team-mates-dario-vidosic-nathaniel-atkinson. Edited June 28, 2018 by bellydrum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, bellydrum said: Is Pre-season starting in Abu Dhabi before they head to India? Based on this video being filmed in Abu Dhabi https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/video/team-mates-dario-vidosic-nathaniel-atkinson. Interesting didnt even know they were heading over Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IssySG Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 Atkinson and Vidosic have been over there for at least a week at this point. However, the rest of the squad seems to be in Australia. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 12 minutes ago, IssySG said: Atkinson and Vidosic have been over there for at least a week at this point. However, the rest of the squad seems to be in Australia. After Vidosic cradled Atkinson during his injury, seems like he is now his Daddy Melbourne is pink , red, orange, yellow , green , turquoise, indigo and violet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moops Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, haz said: After Vidosic cradled Atkinson during his injury, seems like he is now his Daddy Melbourne is pink , red, orange, yellow , green , turquoise, indigo and violet! Are you calling Atkinson a little sister? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 2 minutes ago, moops said: Are you calling Atkinson a little sister? Think of him as the little asian man from Brüno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moops Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 (edited) over my head sorry 5 minutes ago, haz said: Think of him as the little asian man from Brüno He reckons he is a funny guy......Maybe, he'll get swapped for an i pod? Edited June 28, 2018 by moops 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 28, 2018 Report Share Posted June 28, 2018 14 hours ago, haz said: Interesting didnt even know they were heading over Memo to PR people at City: Wouldn't it be nice if you could actually put out a decent summary of pre-season so far and what's coming up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Are we back training yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citymad Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 Training started this week. Seems a little late compared to other teams IMO especially because we have the FFA cup match in 4 weeks. I think CFG want the A league title this year and are going to chase that over FFA cup which we have already won. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 59 minutes ago, citymad said: Training started this week. Seems a little late compared to other teams IMO especially because we have the FFA cup match in 4 weeks. I think CFG want the A league title this year and are going to chase that over FFA cup which we have already won. That shouldnt affect the start date of training. We should have started when the other teams did. We'll be 4-weeks less then then others, and I am sure to 'catch-up' the trainings will be harder, resulting in tired players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 What is our excuse for starting later?? Pretty poor on face value. Though I heard some players were training overseas? Perhaps just domestic training started this week? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 (edited) 21 minutes ago, JMSTEP123 said: What is our excuse for starting later?? Pretty poor on face value. Though I heard some players were training overseas? Perhaps just domestic training started this week? I want to know why and what some players were doing in the UAE. Training, promotional work, 'team building'? Edited July 3, 2018 by haz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted July 3, 2018 Report Share Posted July 3, 2018 30 minutes ago, haz said: I want to know why and what some players were doing in the UAE. Training, promotional work, 'team building'? Once again, it would be nice to get some updates from the club. We are interested and invested in this club - even in the off season. Wish we had that transparency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) According to the club the boys return for pre-season today. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/pre-season-begin-a-league-side Edited July 5, 2018 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 4 hours ago, jw1739 said: According to the club the boys return for pre-season today. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/pre-season-begin-a-league-side Has Caceras been announced yet? Sorry if I've missed it. I know he's been training with the team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 (edited) 5 minutes ago, haz said: Has Caceras been announced yet? Sorry if I've missed it. I know he's been training with the team @haz Good morning. Yes. Club web-site 25th June. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/melbourne-city-sign-lachlan-wales-osama-malik-and-anthony-caceres Photo of him wearing no. 17 on club Twitter. Edited July 5, 2018 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Originalmeme Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 i think we are looking the goods for this season and the triple. Sydney lose arguably their two best players from last season. Victory have been gutted (youth and starting). Doubt any of the other teams will be able to compete with our depth and hopefully continual signings. lets pray we keep arzani!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 5 minutes ago, jw1739 said: @haz Good morning. Yes. Club web-site 25th June. https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/melbourne-city-sign-lachlan-wales-osama-malik-and-anthony-caceres Photo of him wearing no. 17 on club Twitter. Cheers! VISA Cam, Visa CB And Visa CDM now please. Let's get that solid spine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 2 minutes ago, haz said: Cheers! VISA Cam, Visa CB And Visa CDM now please. Let's get that solid spine Only two visa slots left home boy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 5, 2018 Report Share Posted July 5, 2018 48 minutes ago, bt50 said: Only two visa slots left home boy. Yea nah, let's sign Claudio Yacob and announce him as Clancy Jones dressed in a wive beater holding a tinny. "we found Clancy shearing sheep in regional Victoria" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 Great vid by the club ... facilities as always, very impressive 1st pre-season training session 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 6, 2018 Report Share Posted July 6, 2018 We have our first day of training, Newcastle have their first preseason game..... Also Hoff Judist scored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 11 hours ago, haz said: We have our first day of training, Newcastle have their first preseason game..... Also Hoff Judist scored We're among the late starters, but I can only assume that Joyce set the timetable according to where he wants the squad to be come the start of the season - 19th October - still over three months away. IMO there are no excuses for Joyce this season. He's had the time to assemble the squad he wants - even so far it looks very strong on paper - and he's had a season to assess the country, the league, FFA, the grounds, the climate etc. etc. and now he has to deliver. With the later start to the season I suspect that the likes of Perth, Brisbane and Newcastle may have gone off a wee bit early this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 13 hours ago, haz said: We have our first day of training, Newcastle have their first preseason game..... Also Hoff Judist scored Do you no longer trust the coach ? seems odd given that we had a good season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 7, 2018 Report Share Posted July 7, 2018 Interviews with: Atkinson: https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/nathaniel-atkinson-looks-start-pre-season Bratts: https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/luke-brattan-reflects-his-sides-first-pre-season-session Bruno: https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/bruno-fornarolie-returns-pre-season-melbourne-city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 July 24 v Kerala Blasters @ Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Kick-off 11:30pm (AEST). July 27 v Girona @ Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Kick-off 11:30pm (AEST). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 6 hours ago, jw1739 said: July 24 v Kerala Blasters @ Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Kick-off 11:30pm (AEST). July 27 v Girona @ Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Kick-off 11:30pm (AEST). I assume these will be streamed somehow? 3am for me, cba. Hope there is replays or at least extended highlights 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 Okay fellas serious question. Given the sentiments that each game will be an indication of "where we are"... And given how varied each team is. Honestly. What would you be pleased with as a result that represents where we are at in our upcoming pre season games in India. Would 2 losses but good outings be decent? Are we looking for goals? Are we looking for gelling? Are we looking for youth stand outs? What indicators are you looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, JMSTEP123 said: Okay fellas serious question. Given the sentiments that each game will be an indication of "where we are"... And given how varied each team is. Honestly. What would you be pleased with as a result that represents where we are at in our upcoming pre season games in India. Would 2 losses but good outings be decent? Are we looking for goals? Are we looking for gelling? Are we looking for youth stand outs? What indicators are you looking for? IMO we have to wait and see what sort of squad we actually send. I can't imagine we're going to send all the senior players currently signed to the squad - that would be madness IMO. I would expect to see a strong youth element in the squad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMSTEP123 Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, jw1739 said: IMO we have to wait and see what sort of squad we actually send. I can't imagine we're going to send all the senior players currently signed to the squad - that would be madness IMO. I would expect to see a strong youth element in the squad. Given that the FFA cup is up soon after. And no other friendlies announced - do you really think they would not send a full squad? I thought it would be a given, at least against Girona. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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