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One month ago everyone on this forum was terrified whenever seeing Clisbys name anywhere near the team sheet! 4 weeks on he's been asked to do multiple roles and continues to do his job amazingly well!

Your talking absolute rubbish. He has been one of our best defenders the past few games and has made plenty of successful forward passes

We just won a derby against a team with their backs to the wall, who threw everything at us. Everyone put in a shift. That's how we won.

For what it's worth we still haven't won against a team above us

I'm not for crowd violence, but if berisha scores a goal and celebrates in front of us again, expect a bottle in the face cunt.

~ Melbourne Table Football Club at City Sqaure (Melbourne city FC's city square outside aami park) Today 5:00pm-7:00pm~ Hi guys Some of you are aware of us but we are heart/city fans who have started a table football club from the ground up and have posted here before back in January where we hosted the table football asian cup. If you are a Melbourne City forum member then you should be well aware of the "flick here for subbuteo" thread We got in contact with Melbourne City if they would like the club to be included in their fan engagement before a home game and they asked us to join them at the derby fixture. We will be setting up at city square (Gosch's Paddock) to hold a demonstration and have people experiment and play the game to see how it all works on a makeshift 3/4 board We will also be selling a few things as well as stickers which are 50 cents each. So come and say hello, We should be operating from 5:00pm to 7:00pm See you later

So many people saying we were so poor in that second half and that without Sorenson pulling some magic out of his arse we'd have lost. You guys realise Sorenson is a member of our team and that's what he's payed to do right? Somebody on the team has to stop the attack, and several times Sorenson stepped up, who reckons he's a wasted VISA spot now? I'd say we were great tonight, beat the reigning champions in the derby after all!

Before the pack jump in, Koren's experience was vital today. Supported well, won his contests, stuck all his passes, should have had an assist. Real class act tonight when we needed it most.

Waste of a visa spot eh @strider? It's those wins you don't deserve that are the sweetest. Our weakest defence all season and we still won

I'm more than happy for a proper guest stint - but it needs to be someone who is willing to put in and realise they are not above the team or the A-League. The comment “The point is he can still deliver on the pitch,” added Da Rocha. “He doesn’t need to train like normal players; he operates a lot on his natural talent.” means a big no for me.

I think Melling is struggling to hold Retre out right now. Apart from that I agree.

As if we needed another reason to love Mooy. It has turned out that that penalty in the FFA Cup pre-season was a big moment for our season, giving Fornaroli lots of confidence. Some great smarts and leadership from Mooy letting Fornaroli take that penalty.

Is this really what we want? A gimmick, a circus? I'm by no means certain that this is what clubs or the league need. I'm inclined to the view that I'd rather we build a squad of players who are committed to the club longer term than have some sort of show pony for a few games. So we get 10,000 more through the gate, but they disappear when the show pony leaves. Very ambivalent about it all.

Strider's weekly "three things I learnt this game": 1. Man-marking Mooy only works 50% of the time 2. Great crowd, good stuff by Melburnians and Co -- they lit a flare on a total fire ban day. Fucking retards. Also took the massive MCFC #TOGETHER WE ARE LOUDER sign down. Disgrace. Take that banner, we'll take the 3 points you mongrels. 3. I guess Sorenson is ok @Dylan

People are saying we were lucky to win, victory should have scored heaps more, but that's bullshit Aloisi unlucky talk imo. We made the most of our chances, Victory did not, and we defended well enough to keep them at bay. We could have had a few more as well.

How anyone could rate clisby over Sorensen amazes me. The only reason and I mean the only reason we won tonight was Sorensen. Haven't read the whole thread. But Clisby was poor. He repeatedly missed the player he was looking for. There is no disguising it. But so is kisnorbo on the ball. A genuine liability. He seemed to be doing his best Colosimo interpretation for large parts of the game. Those two coupled with Erik doing his best to turn the ball over meant we were simply unable to retain possession aside from the 20 minutes when we grabbed two goals. Still at least they lost it going forwards. I remember a lot of games watching where it was lost when passing between colosimo Bolton and whoever was playing at the back with colosimo. we were second best for the first ten minutes and for the 60 minutes after their goal. I'm not actually that upset about it because we won but I'd be rope able if we'd lost. Novillo was disappointing on the night, his two highlights being the tackle which led to the yellow card and his sloooooowwwww walk off. Mooy was his usual self, el tuna very good. Retre scored but was part of a well beaten midfield. Franjic was barely ok. Happy with the win. Lots of work still to be done but feeling better.

Anyway we won! We are officially (still) the Kings of Christmas ! How sweet it is. Enjoy and soak it up people.

Clisby made multiple key tackles, thought he had a good game.

Stressful as fuck but we still got the win. Loved the passion on display - the goal celebrations, multiple players pumping up the crowd, the hugs at the end, Sorrenson at full time and the coming up to our end of the ground. Fantastic.

50c beers, dodgy stream working and city 2 up, get in!!

Happy boy (& dad).

Here's a Kitt idea

Great result considering Novillo & Mooy didn't have their usual influence. Thought Harry was awful tbh...petulant, selfish and chose the wrong option repeatedly. Surprised he wasn't hooked earlier. Am glad Sorenson was able to rectify his blunder with some quality saves and thought Franjic was particularly impressive also. Oh and Berisha can eat his own excrement. That guy is an absolute mouth breather. Him & his coach are taking the elevator straight down to the basement when they leave this world.

It seriously baffles me that people continually fail to understand that if CFG was able to do whatever it wanted with regards to the Melbourne City brand, we'd already be in sky blue. CFG tried to do it before we'd even taken the field as the new club and the proposed change of colours was rejected, after Sydney FC protested. That aside, I'd happily cop more sky blue on the home kit, as long as any hint of navy is dumped from our colours permanently.

The difference in the two sides after half time shows the difference in the two coaches tonight. Muscat had Victory fired up and City were rudderless. We were lucky not to lose it.

The best thing about the win was that we dug in and refused to buckle! We are now creating a winning mentality in the team. Up to second I believe, which was a distant dream after that WSW game.

Berisha is a fucking cunt.

I'm surprised that it's even being discussed that he might have turned a corner. One swallow does not a summer make. Is Steve McClaren suddenly a good coach for making Newcastle beat Liverpool and Spurs? Of course not. Regardless of the result in the Derby, JVS is not a manager for the future.

Bloody oath. Some hard nut from Motherwell or some other shithole as an old school DM would rock this league

Looks like Bruno is really happy here (& why wouldn't he be, 12 goals in 13 games all comps, leading the a league goal scoring etc etc). I can see him being inOz for a number of years. Hopefully he will play for us for a long time to come.

fire up cunts

I wouldn't sign him, way too old now. The quote "doesn't need to train" also sent a chill down my spine. Can't see that being good for the culture. Having said that of course I'd be lining up to watch the guy.

... complaining about identity...

Are you serious? Were you even at the game? Clisby saved our bacon and did pretty well against Barbarouses! Your judgement is clouded by some sort of passionate dislike for Clisby. Steal your rattle from the pram did he? You should watch a replay and see what really happened in that game. Sorensen gifted them a goal, gifted them constantly possession by kicking it long allowing Victory to have high levels of possession instead of trying to play out of defence. This put our midfield and defence under constant pressure and had to sustain wave after wave of attacks. Our forwards should have buried the chances they had. Kisnorbo covered well and I thought he ushered the defence quite well against a quality attack. Mooy was not his usual self!!!' He was man-marked and totally ineffectual compared to normal and lost possession on many occasions both by bein dispossessed or passing.Talk about Paartalu turning it over? His Passing Accuracy was 87% and kept Finkler quiet for most of the game as well as winning nearly every headed ball straight to one of our players. He might be a Qe2 as someone else has said but he makes up for it in other ways. Franjic was solid and looked very dangerous when he went forward although that was few and far between unfortunately. Hell we just beat the best team in the league and we did it by everyone trying their best but we still have haters in this forum. You are entitled to your opinion and I my counter opinion. But plainly your analysis is poor.

Take it as it is folks. If you're going to win silverware in most cases there's going to be a match or two like that in the process where by rights you should have lost but somehow you didn't. That's why tragics like us keep coming back. Wish we could have been there but couldn't due to surgery, but lent our cards to two young friends of ours. Incidentally, the attendance at the very first Christmas Derby (season 2010-11) was lower than last night. The average for all home derbies is 25,592, so filling those remaining seats is an issue for the club to work on. Just looking at the highlights - a great win against all the odds. Wonderful stuff - one of the classics for the all-time highlights reel. Marry Christmas to you all, young and old, and may we all prosper in 2016. JW.

Was that pun intended?

Never in doubt............ Just home and buggered after having my adrenal glands wrung out for 90 minutes. I thought watching sport was meant to be an enjoyable pastime but after their goal that was 60 minutes of torture. Well done to the lads - the gods smiled on us and we take the points and march on. Two great goals and I loved Retre'a work tonight - he brought a huge amount of energy to the midfield and is improving weekly. He is also quicker than I gave him credit for which is helpful next to QE2 Paartalu. Sorensen clearly MOM and saved our bacon with stunning saves. I think Bruno had a tough night with Delpierre who is in another league compared to recent defenders, but I just love his energy and fight. You can see he's busting his guts and the respect shown by others towards his efforts seems to lift us. So we were a bit lucky, but I think it's really hard to judge some performances tonight because of the conditions. It was just oppressive watching it in the stands let alone playing. Paartalu looked fucked and couldn't track at the end and even Koren struggled with his 10-15 minutes. And Franjic is way off being fit - I can't wait til he is - he provides great drive and cunning. Tactically I would have dropped Mooy deeper and played Koren further up when he came on. Koren was so off the pace fitness wise and he's possibly just one of those players who struggles with heat. Some people just don't have the physiology to deal with it. And what planet is Muscat on when he says the second half was the most one sided in derby history? We were second best in the second half admittedly but he must have missed the numerous chances we had to bury the game and forgets the 4-0 thumping we dished out a few years back. Idiotic statement. Santa came early and I hope everyone on here enjoyed the final result as much as I did. Merry Christmas!!

agree that we dug in. was a special defensive display in the last 15 or so minutes. not special as in "we are Chelsea parking the bus", more like "we are Stoke and we'll put everyone except Williams (who is retarded) behind the ball and hope Mooy gets a chance to rip a FK into the top corner."

No, just no. The guy couldn't pass wind after eating tafche grafche let alone pass a football. Not sure if he completed a single forward pass-nearly cost us a goal doing that. Classical JVS Circus Act Defender.

Fukn awesome. 4 in a row. Multiple scoring options. A game we easily could have thrown away but didn't. Well done lads, such a sweet result. Also amazing atmosphere, so well done to everyone going nuts. PS ref was a fukn disgrace, did all he could to get them over the line.

Games like this which give you the most satisfaction, didnt deserve it, and had plenty of tards in my section to fucking rip into. what a fucking win!!!!!!

3000km away

SPL - First time pass or lose your ankle

bit like this you reckon?

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Surely you would just keep Koren as cover and just sign next year's marquee as a guest player for 14 games including finals and then at the end of the season sign the new marquee.

Apparently we are going hard for Borello

Topics like these always seem to lead to we are going too Sky Blue, mini Manchester City.... blablabla Give me sky blue head to toe just win me some silverware. Next!