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The Resurrection

Extracts from the "official" match preview http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbourneheart/calendar/match/December-2013/Melbourne-Heart-vs-Adelaide-United/3124 "As for Heart, in the last two weeks the spells of encouraging football and the number of chances being created and not taken have become fewer and fewer, leaving embattled coach John Aloisi clutching at straws as he attempts to explain the nightmare run and seek to turn the team's season around. At just about any other club in the league, Aloisi would have been axed by now, with the Heart's financial constraints and default low expectations keeping him in the job. But even they have limits as to what they can endure, meaning it will soon be a case of now or never if a revival is to take place without a change in the dugout. The big issue: Heart – What isn't an issue for the Heart at this point? They need to show more spirit and determination if they really believe in Aloisi's message, and they also have to make better decisions and execute skill-sets more effectively all over the pitch for results to improve. The ball needs to be moved more quickly and with more accuracy in the final third if they are to breach opposing defences with the frequency required to win matches. I'm guessing they didn't run the copy past Scott Munn first?

Having sat near the "band" by accident, in my opinion they were a dreadly cacophony of tuneless shite. The North End is hardly a hotbed of passion, but for me it completely killed any atmosphere for those who were unfortunate enough to be sat nearby. We moved to the other side of them so that we could actually hear each other, and YS from the other end.

I can't say that anybody actually knows what a wanker's hat might look like, but I have seen this carried off to good effect in the UK Archie is a wanker He wears a wankers hat He plays for Melbourne Victory and he is a fucking twat He misses with his left foot He misses with his right And when he plays for Victory He is a load of shite Ohhhhh.... (repeat)

If you all hate Melbourne Victory (hands go in air) All hate Melbourne Victory (hands stay in air) All hate Melbourne Victory clap your hands (clap clap etc) Optionally followed up by If you really fucking hate them (hands go in air) Really fucking hate them (hands stay in air) Really fucking hate them clap your hands (clap clap etc)

We have all been there mate! Well, got to make the most of a night without the kids eh? This Saturday night has been in the diary for months, then off to the casino after the game etc etc....... before back to nappies and story telling on Sunday!

Thanks KSK... I *do* recall that now from the last derby....must have been the pre-match lubrication that made the memory hazy....

NB I should say Archie Thompson *allegedly* beats up his wife....

First post, so apologies if this is covered elsewhere. I'm a casual attendee after moving to Melbourne last year (with a 1 yr old and a 3 yr old there's no way I could go all the time). Went to home games against Adelaide, Victory (0-0) last season and CCM this season, also away game vs Victory at Etihad. For all games I've tried to take as many new people as possible (none of those I've dragged along have ever been to an A-League game before). IMO - especially for the derby games where the casual support is much boosted - I would say that there was benefit in YS starting a few more "basic" chants, so that the newbies can easilly grab the atmosphere / join in (admittedly there is a question of how likely you think that this is from other parts of GA / the rest of the ground). As an example, the newbie I took to the Etihad game picked up "Archie Thompson beats up his wife" straight away and ran with that (we'd got tickets in GA). The other regular YS chants took him a bit longer (I'm not claiming its rocket science, but the point is there will be plenty of people at derby games who don't know any of the songs). I can see that there is a desire to have chants which are principally home grown, but I don't see what harm it would do to drop in something simpler for this Saturday night to hopefully help convert the casual attendees to something more regular by giving them chants they can latch onto - and to hopefully get songs going across more of the ground. FWIW I would have thought: - "Mel-bourne Heart, Mel-bourne Heart" (as per A-FC-Wimbledon at the start of this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi9XzW3Pc5g) - "We are Melbourne Heart, We are Melbourne Heart" (as per main chant at 0:20 in this ) would do the trick. Just my opinion, though