Heart is Melbourne

Maybe we should be the Hard Melburnians then We are the True Melburnians Im not even from melbourne. I would have supported the hearts fc in canberra or anywhere else for that matter. People in canberra are known as canberrans People from melbourne are known as melburnians Fairly generic.

Tbh both aren't great.

As Libba says it reminds me of citizens, not something I chose or would vote on and a bit soft. Hopefully it grows on me

Probably

Mario bros.

Please no.

Better

Please not heartland.

Hey its not like anyone is suggesting wurrindjuri 1847 That I could understand being controversial and extremely insensitive.

I apologize for my rant and thank you for your suggestion. May I suggest if you feel strongly on this issue that as someone suggested you speak to Scott Munn and get actively involved (if you're not already). Cheers

Can I put it to you that I wouldn't have expected members of a Melbourne Heart/City message board to be the target group that might have an issue with it? Hence, you know, asking the question? Sure you asked and as far as I can tell you have already done so.

I dont think anyone else seems to think it is an issue mate.

It seems this is a big issue for you mate, something you could perhaps take on and report back to the new group on?

When do submissions close?

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This has legs put it on the list

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Sounds good but must admit that I like south american and english influence aswell. Nothing wrong with something for everyone.

Boltons bootmen

In the western suburbs too but nope ;-)

Olympic carpark casuals or a variation of this

Haha new banner. MELBOURNE CITY EST. 1847 As a pisstake on derby day

Anyone want a lift in from werribee to the imp and back on monday? 2 seats left

I would like to know who, if any participated or were given opportunity to participate in an official cfg survey re colours etc. Not even 1 of the 3 in our house.

Re the bolded bit - I hope they do as well, and maybe learn how to spell whilst you're at it... All jokes aside I really don't understand why you're so bitter - it's almost as if unless they did everything your way then you wouldn't be happy. I reckon no matter what they did you would find some gripe about it. Which is fair enough I suppose but not exactly a mature and measured response in regard to the situation. You claim that the strip is a hand me down Man City strip and I can can definitely see why, however it is white and it was a predominant color of your previous home shirt, which by the way is is now your away shirt. To claim there are no links at all is extremely disingenuous. You don't know who they consulted, but just because you weren't consulted it means they mustn't have done anything. You also confuse listening with doing exactly what you want them to. Just because they haven't done exactly what you've desired they mustn't have listened. I reckon they probably have listened, taken it on board, considered what feedback they have received and then presented this as a compromise. At it's core it's a name change, a logo change to something that is a more traditional crest and not the cringey bullshit the A League is known for, which retains the original colors and includes the Melbourne crest, and a move from the home to an away shirt and a new home shirt that is 90% one of the original colors. Ah yeah and David Villa and more to come. I've lurked on this forum for a good few months and I've seen a heap of comments about protecting identity but also a lot of other comments about changing the culture of the club. The same thing happened at City. Look up Typical City to get a vibe about what was the City identity pre-takeover. Winning the league one year and then getting relegated the next despite scoring the most number of goals in the division. Winning Cups for cock ups best sums it up. You could argue that 'typical city' was an intrinsic part of our identity. However success on and off the pitch has engendered a new identity. Success and typical city cannot live hand in hand. I think it's every fans dream to have a successful team - and success on and off the pitch will shape your identity. I will admit that i'm not a Heart fan, however I am excited about what this will mean for football in Australia. Football has always been a poorer cousin to the other codes. This is such a great opportunity for football in Australia full stop. Great new facilities leveraging off the expertise at a global level. Hopefully this will start the process of lifting the standing of the game by the bootstraps. And with league and union in a bit of a disastrous state at the minute, now is the perfect time to strike. This can result in football becoming the second biggest code in the country (don't think it will be able to dent the AFL). Yet much like the story of Australia's football history and like typical city there have been so many instances in the not to distant past of the code shooting itself in the foot. We know the coverage for the A League is still not supportive, someone bringing a flare into a game will be reported as being 'hooliganism gone wild' whereas the countless drunk idiots who beat the shit out of eachother at league and union matches barely get a mention. This is a chance to start correcting that. If people objectively looked at the greater good that City's involvement with Heart would bring to football in Australia, they would be tearing down the roadblocks rather than erecting them. Put the self interest aside for the good of the game in the country and then they might actually start going places. Are you fucking serious? Your club has changed the name, badge, colours, and home shirt of my club and I'm the one not prepared to compromise? As my post said, I just want some red and white on our shirt, even combined with the sky blue of our owners. The shirt has absolutely nothing on it to suggest that Melbourne Heart ever existed, while away kits can be easily changed and mean very little. What's to stop City from changing the away strip in a couple of years time? Then the makeover to mini Man City will be totally complete. Nearly as bad as having another club change everything about my club is having their supporters come here to tell me how I should feel about it. So fuck off. Yeah mate I am. You say absolutely nothing on the new shirt has a link to the Heart ever existing - apart the fact it is predominantly white (one of the foundation colours) contains the two heart's on the logo - and the red and white flag and even adding the Melbourne CoA. And by all means ignore all the other points I make, and the entire context of what I said because it suits your own purpose. I didn't say you should feel this way, rather questioning why you were - and maybe that comes down to me not being a heart supporter which is fair enough. However it doesn't stop me having an opinion on it and expressing it, without resorting to getting so worked up about it and telling others to fuck off. I stand by what i've said. So many people have confused "not listening" with getting an undesirable outcome. You say the Club has not compromised because you didn't get the outcome you wanted - however you cannot say that as you don't know what was on or off the table. Repeating it doesn't make it fact. This is a great opportunity for Australian Football and hopefully one which can elevate the standing and quality of the game in this country - and that is something I would say most football fans would agree is a good thing. While we respect your opinion and the home strip is ok looking it isn't what some of us were hoping for. I and all the members I have spoken to were not involved in a survey or consulted in any way. There a 3 members in my household and we were definitely not consulted or surveyed etc. What irks me the most is the bs thats being spouted about consultation with the supporters etc.