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New country, not given much time to settle, language? The J-League is a step above the A-League so hopefully he can adapt better here.

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Herald Sun running with it too. Fuck it would be nice to get a foreigner of serious quality.

Bloke on FB reckons he's: A Spaniard Long career in la liga Over 30 y.o Last played in Malaysia Also played J league 1 cap for Spain Europa league runner up

Fake news cause we’ll sign him Thursday and not the ‘end of the week’

Disagree mate, look at his stats pre Zlatan.

Bart struggled with injuries before coming to City, just saying.

Was bloody good at LA but injury prone

Nek minnit we sign Corey Brown

There's a few decent out of contract MLS wingers/forwards floating around that would be decent signings like Brek Shea, Justin Meram, Quincy Amarikwa.

He’s a solid squaddie and should be used as an impact sub. Sure, he is frustrating but most teams in this league have a headless chook winger and he won’t be needed to start once we sign Rojas.

Can’t blame Whipping boys Deano or Jamo. Blame goes on our missed opportunities

Lovely work Jamo

Might join wazza in England

Just finished watching the reply. The forum whipping boys Jamison, was serviceable and Noone was quite good and should be played on the right. Delbo was unlucky copping a red but he is nowhere near last years form and deserved to be benched for Windy. Florin also showed what he can offer and if the rumours of him leaving are true we will need to replace him with another creative midfielder.

I’m not sure we can though, look at our past visa recruiting. Our best bet would be to target successful A-League imports like Mirijevski, Bobo, Krishna, etc who have left our league.

Harsh on Cabrera. I’d also persist with Luna

Agreed. No manager has been able to break our cycle of shitting the bed in big games, which is un-fucking-acceptable

Our defence is looking hog shit

I was skeptical, but he's improved a heap from his stint at CCM and deserves to keep his spot.

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Or he is my dad trying to send me a text message...

WHY FRIDAY NIGHT MEANT MORE TO FORNAROLI THAN ANY TROPHY By Joey Lynch Dec 7 2019 9:00AM Perth Glory’s win over Melbourne City is going to go down as one of Bruno Fornaroli’s favourite moments of his career – but not for the reason you might expect. Shrugging off a disappointing run of form that saw Glory go into the round bottom of the league, Glory absorbed everything City could throw at them on Friday night before striking back through goals from Fornaroli, Tomislav Mrcela and an own-goal from Harrison Delbridge. It was the first time Fornaroli had come up against the side where he became an A-League legend since being forced out by former coach Warren Joyce. However, after he outmuscled Delbridge to head in a ball in the 27th minute of the first half, it was quickly apparent the Urugyuan striker was not in Victoria on a revenge mission. Running over towards Glory’s travelling fans in the aftermath of his goal, the normally fiery Fornaroli’s celebration was uncharacteristically muted. It was a respectful gesture that was returned in kind by the City fans. There was no booing of Fornaroli from the home supporters when he came close to the ball on Friday night and at several times anti-Joyce chants could be heard emanating from the City active support. When it eventually came time for the striker to depart the field in the 87th minute, he was met with a standing ovation from his former fanbase – showing their respect towards a man that scored 48 goals across 70 appearances in a City shirt. Speaking to journalists after the game, the emotional value of that ovation to the 32-year-old became clear. “For me, it’s crazy,” he said. “To see the love the fans have for me I think it’s the best. It’s the best. “[It means] more than than the title you can win, more than the trophies you can win. In the end, football is this, I prefer this. “Maybe, someone will one day win a trophy for [City] and no one will remember him and no one will say goodbye or hello. But the feeling that I had in my last minute – nothing can compare. “For me, it was the best feeling I had tonight.” Observing Fornaroli in the bowels of AAMI Park following the game, it was clear that he was still held in high regard by those that remained at City’s Bundoora headquarters. Genuine hugs, jokes, smiles and stories were shared between former teammates and members of City’s staff and the striker. Just before he headed to the Glory team bus, Fornaroli paused to reconnect with a number of City’s younger players that were also headed for the exit. They were players that no doubt would have sat far below him on the totem pole when he was in Bundoora but, regardless, remained his protégés to nurture and encourage. “I enjoyed coming back here and seeing the people,” Fornaroli explained. “It’s nice when you see the people that you love, and I have a lot of people inside the club. "As soon as I close the door tonight, and I see the people I feel like I’m home and this is great for me.