n i k o Posted July 12, 2018 Report Share Posted July 12, 2018 1 hour ago, xXCiTyZeNXx said: When did Etihad Stadium change their name to Marvel stadium What kind of sick joke is this!! Welcome to earth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) Full squad is heading to India plus assorted youth. Given that its 24 players in that squad, I'm legitimately of the opinion that we really need to sign a marquee LW and a quality CB and that's it. These kids are all of decent quality and will do a better back up job than any recycled player will, and our best XI will be up there with the best, if not the best. For shits and giggles a best XI and a 2nd XI using that squad plus our two likely signings. *Assuming Arzani is gone, however imo if he stays he'll be under the cap. Bouzanis Atkinson VISA CB Schenkeveld Jamieson Brattan Malik McGree O'Halloran Fornaroli Marquee LW Galekovic Pieiras Delbridge La Rocca Metcalfe Lesiotis Najjarine Caceres Wales Najjar Vidosic Cavallo (CM) Graham (CB) Delianov (GK) Iannuci (DM) If Malik doesnt tickle your fancy, which for some he doesnt, put McGree there and Dario or Caceras to 10 and see if you're happy with that. Very shexy football. Edited July 18, 2018 by bt50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 I'm pissed that they dropped Ahmed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, bt50 said: @Tommykins @citymad (or anyone) you guys got any info on the level of Lesiotis, Iannucci and Graham? Here is what I can find on Graham https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/news/youth-focus-mitchel-graham Also Gianluca Iannucci (fwd) only turned 17 a few weeks ago Edited July 18, 2018 by haz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Lesiotis is 18. Defensive central midfielder. That's all I know. My gut feel is that we going to see a couple of the current scholarship lads elevated to A-League contracts, and some of the younger players signed to the ensuing vacant scholarships. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 1 minute ago, jw1739 said: Lesiotis is 18. Defensive central midfielder. That's all I know. My gut feel is that we going to see a couple of the current scholarship lads elevated to A-League contracts, and some of the younger players signed to the ensuing vacant scholarships. And what is great is that in a year, one or two of them could well be first team or bench regulars. A year ago we barely knew who Arzani and Atkinson were. The way we're setting up we can expect to see youth talent coming through the ranks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) 9 minutes ago, fensaddler said: And what is great is that in a year, one or two of them could well be first team or bench regulars. A year ago we barely knew who Arzani and Atkinson were. The way we're setting up we can expect to see youth talent coming through the ranks. Other than just a few minutes in 2016-17 Arzani didn't really play for City's A-League side until the 15th December 2017 when he came off the bench for 23 minutes in Sydney. The first we saw of him at home last season was on 6th January 2018 against Wellington. That's only 6 months ago. Hard to believe really. Edited July 18, 2018 by jw1739 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 Lesiotis is rated quite highly internally and probably fits into the Arzani mould in that his stock rose pretty significantly when Waz arrived last year (as did most of the young players in all fairness) and trained with the Senior team for a large amount last year, he looked particularly handy against Guangzhou last year when some of the other young guys had a bit of a panic when pressed by better players. Made the bench once last year and could definitely see more game time this year. Don't know a lot about Graham and Iannucci apart from the fact that they're part of the growing corps that we're getting from Country Victoria, Iannucci can absolutely destroy a free kick too. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 16 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Other than just a few minutes in 2016-17 Arzani didn't really play for City's A-League side until the 15th December 2017 when he came off the bench for 23 minutes in Sydney. The first we saw of him at home last season was on 6th January 2018 against Wellington. That's only 6 months ago. Hard to believe really. I was one of those who travelled up to Shepperton for the pre-season match last season. Arzani, then just a youth prospect, played pretty much the whole game, and looked our best player. But it was a case of watching a young prospect. Less than a year later he plays at the World Cup. That's raw talent, but you've also got to nod to the fact that it's likely to be due to good coaching as well. It's no fluke that we're seeing this strength in youth coming through. The foundations were laid before Wazza arrived, but he has been excellent in capitalising on what he inherited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) 23 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Other than just a few minutes in 2016-17 Arzani didn't really play for City's A-League side until the 15th December 2017 when he came off the bench for 23 minutes in Sydney. The first we saw of him at home last season was on 6th January 2018 against Wellington. That's only 6 months ago. Hard to believe really. In the last 2 years, I have had more excitement to see which Youth boys break through, rather then what marquee we sign. I hope this season we have 2 boys break into the starting XI Edited July 18, 2018 by haz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughJass Posted July 18, 2018 Report Share Posted July 18, 2018 (edited) Edited July 18, 2018 by HughJass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchcolm Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 When is the next game? I seen the next round of the cup is not until 29th August. I take it there are some friendlies arranged as it is a long time to leave the players without a game. It is one thing being fit and another being match fit. Also the new players need a chance to blend into the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted August 10, 2018 Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 If we also sign a decent marquee, I wonder if the Melb Derby record will be broken in RD1? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony999 Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 For those who don't have memberships but are Macca's eaters at least you can watch our first game for free 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted October 16, 2018 Report Share Posted October 16, 2018 Love it how tard supporters are having a dig at this promo when 1. It's an initiative by our major sponsor and 2. They have short memories and forget when they were handing out tickets left right and centre for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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