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Really important decision, can't stress that enough. JVS has done a remarkable job. Really need to understand that he has set a culture that we need to keep going. We have a set culture that makes us unique in the league, and its something that makes me proud to support the Heart. If you look at it, teams that have been around from inception have struggled to define themselves. Ang has started to do that at Brisbane, maybe Arnie at Central Coast, but look at the so called power houses in the league in Adelaide, Visitards and Sydney and to me anyway, they don't have that definite culture of a certain way of playing and standing for. If the Roar and Mariners change coach, will they continue on their current approach? I doubt it. I understand we are yet to even make a finals campaign, but if you look at the approach from our club, it's a right way of doing things. We stand for something. We are not about spending huge money on bringing in big names and playing the style of play the current coach wants. You can see from what is said out of the club that no matter who comes in, they will continue on our philosophies and principles. Compare that with Sydney, Adelaide and Visitards, and despite their early success (when there was 6 teams in the comp) they stand for nothing. Just trying to poach big names and coaches and play whatever style that current coach wants to play. The A League is in its infancy still. In 20-30 years these infant years will make the foundations of each club. It's about long term planning and what made me sit up and take notice of this club (despite no V on their shirt being from Tasmanian) was the pure football philosophies this club wanted to impart. Two years later we have a definite culture and something to stand for. It is something I know the club won't give up on and for that I am grateful. Whilst it won't bring success every year, it is something to always hold onto. Forever Melbourne Heart. Onto who we will see, well to me, as my above long winded rant states, it will be someone from the same school of football philosophy as JVS. Does it have to be a big name? No I see no need for it to be. Will it be an added bonus? Of course it will be, but its not critical. My choice is Arthur Pappas for two fundamental reasons. One is he has an eye for talent in the local Australian pool. This in itself is a remarkable skill and one of our main principles in promoting young Australian talent and developing them. To have a manager who stands for this and can execute it at the same time is fantastic. Coming into the club even as a 15, 16 year old you know you will be coming into a club that treasures your talent and will develop it. Arthur has a strong football connection in this country being at the AIS and VPL and that is very important. The second reason is his football philosophies in playing match that of JVS and the way we are trying to define ourselves. To have a continuation of this is vital as we are building on the pitch at the moment. If I am honest I would of liked JVS for one more season as I think we are still one year away from success on the pitch, but it is not to be so someone with that same philosophy can continue the upward curve we are currently trending. Arthur has had success being the number one, is young so could be a long, long term coach for us and is a fantastic guy that is respected in football circles. In my opinion he is the outstanding candidate and will be the right choice. As someone said, get Pappas, then fear us. Sorry for the long post, just really nervous about the decision. I know the club won't stray off course and keep what makes us unique, I just don't want to turn into nomads like the Visitards. The long term future of this club could be defined with this choice, just as much as it was with the appointment of JVS. K.I.S.S. = Arthur Pappas as manager of Melbourne Heart. You know it makes sense.

Sibon, Player-manager. You know it makes sense.

Certainly did. I'm right behind the Heart bench. There was a break in play during the second half when Colosimo went to the sideline and JvS was serving it right up to him, and Colosimo didn't even look him in the face. Body language said it all. From JvS' gestures it was about Colosimo not moving the ball forwards quickly enough. Overall I thought this was a great game. Not disappointed at all with the result. Lots of positives for us. IMO we tend to be too critical of some of our boys. They know what mistakes they've made, and that's what the coaching panel is there for - to hep them and develop them into better players. Jeez, lay off Eli Babalj a bit - yes, he held the ball too long, but he hasn't yet turned 20 for goodness' sake. And who else do we happen to have for that position? Worm, Srhoj and Sarkies all worked and worked and worked. All the Worm-haters out there ought to realise he actually got poor service from Marrone last night - Marrone keeps turning inside and not feeding his winger. Good was superb. Reid's cameo was a gem - reckon we should look seriously at him for next year. Williams is still work in progress but he certainly lifted a notch last night. Let's start looking at some positives - Rome was not built in a day. And look at the crowd - only 200 short of the Christmas derby and more and more red and white around the stadium. The club is growing. But the night belonged to Craig Goodwin. A credit to the young man himself, his coaches, his team-mates and the club that he could play his first match in the seniors, go the full 94 minutes, fit seamlessly into the team as if he'd played there all his life, and be the man-of-the-match. Congratulations Craig.

This one. But then that would mean Terra on the bench, so instead behich LB, goodwin bench, and when we usually bring on worm or williams for one of the other wingers, bring goodwin on instead and push behich onto the wing. This way we never have to see Worm or Williams play again.

The thing that also frustrated me was that no one seemed too keen to take a shot from roughly 20-25 yards out, its like they will only have the confidence to go for goal inside the box, they should have more cracks at goal in different areas to have the keeper shit himself a couple of times and pressure the defence. Probably should have signed someone who is trained as a strong forward,like its their key role. majority seemed very timid of having a go.

He's pretty fucking good...win

He can shoot!! Welcome to 1st team football young blood!

Goodwin was good, Good was good but fuck me some one tell Babalj to stop fucking taking on the world!! Goodwin left back and Behich to take worms spot on left wing = very good left side!

Mark Rudans word about our club brought a tear to my eye.

My heart is with you tonight chaps and chapess'. From Tasmania. Do us all proud.

Invest in Vistors to win at $2.05 with SportingBet. If it's a draw you get your money back. If they win, you double your money. If we win, we fucking win!!!!

thats the spirit, been going on about this fixture for weeks now, good that its finally arrived

HOOORAY! IT'S DERRRRBBYYYYYYYY DAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY! Everyone should be freakin' psyched! I think my neighbours hate me for announcing it every time someone walks by. MH to win 3 - 1. Going to be ace

Amazing.

Not sure where I said, "everything is going to be alright because we play 'attractive football'", but I digress. I said that the style in which we play is part of what made this club attractive to me. Winning is an obvious ambition for the club, and it's one I want the club to fulfill, but winning football and good football aren't mutually exclusive, and I'm sure I don't have to point to the any number of teams that have proved that over the last 12 months. If anything, we need to get better at playing attractive football. I would say that if any of those three pillars I discussed earlier were to be sacraficed it would be curbing the emphasis on youth. This is a team that needs experience and a bit of strength. To be fair, the balance is just about right when we have a full complement of players, it's when we lose the experienced ones that we crumble. All the teams that have achieved success have done so with a spine of experience. Hammill, Good et al are error prone because they are very inexperienced. My major qualm with JVS' recruitment is that he came into this season with one recognized experienced central defender in Simon Colosimo, who is so injury prone he never plays anyway. That's not a result of trying to play attractive football though, it's a result of a lack of foresight in that department. The loss of Madaschi has been massive, and perhaps we should have looked to cut lose a Taseski or Ibrahim in favour of that experience. I see your point, I just think you chose to attack the wrong pillar so to speak.

A teacher was talking about marriage in class... Teacher: What kind of wife would you like Johnny? Johnny: I want a wife like the moon! Teacher: Wow... what a choice. Beautiful and calm like the moon! Johnny: No! i just want her to come at night and fucking dissapear in the morning!

(to the tune of Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People- ​I wont link the song because everyone will already know it) All the other clubs With their posh bath tubs They wanna come Wanna come Come sit in our buckets! Now before you ask- no I have not been smoking weed. I was reading a conversation between to Victory fans about how funny they think it is that our ice baths are just plastic wheely bins filled with ice. And to be honest I think its pretty funny too. I am not being disrespectful to the club or anything, I just think that an ability to maintain a sense of humor about yourself is a good attribute. We are not a big/rich club and I am okay with that. In fact I am more that okay with it. I like it and think we should embrace it. Anyway just thought I would try something a bit different and throw it out there. Reasons it might work - Everyone knows the tune - Its upbeat and catchy - Pretty easy to learn - Fun/funny - Modern - Original Reasons it might not work - People prob wont understand it and therefore may not dig - People might understand it but think the premise is too weird/silly - Its a hipster song and some may not want to make that association - There is no accompanying grainy youtube clip of European fans singing it and therefore is automatically disregarded DISSECT...

A young man was showing off his new sports car to his girlfriend. She was thrilled at the speed. "If I do 200mph, will you take off your clothes?" he asked. "Yes!" said his adventurous girlfriend. And as he gets up to 200, she peeled off all her clothes. Unable to keep his eyes on the road, the car skidded onto some gravel and flipped over. The naked girl was thrown clear, but he was jammed beneath the steering wheel. "Go and get help!" he cried. "But I can't. I'm naked and my clothes are gone!" "Take my shoe", he said, "and cover yourself." Holding the shoe over her pubes, the girl ran down the road and found a service station. Still holding the shoe between her legs, she pleaded to the service station proprietor, "Please help me! My boyfriend's stuck!" The proprietor looked at the shoe and said, "There's nothing I can do...he's in too far."