Mr MO

Geez Atkinson is a poor forward passer and crosser.

Mmm yeah according to the rule book you aren’t to touch or jump against the goalkeeper in the keeper area when challenging for the ball. Even if that ball was called over the line the VAR would had to overturn it as it’s a foul according to the rules of the game. Refresh my memory isn’t this the same referee who did the opening derby, with Bruno/VAR/Penalty?

Yeah I’m hearing that too but he had the yellow card out of his pocket before Vargas had any idea what had happened. Love that Bratten starts scoring goals, we missed that last year with his play.

I’ll take it. Well you see his arms were in front of his body, the ball would have hit his chest. So can’t see this being deliberate at all, he got caught because the De Leat jumped under the ball.

What’s this goal song in the stadium? Sounds like we’ve changed songs.

Get rid of all the visa players and foreigners - an all australian club. Next one out is WJ.

Well let’s see if he’s in the squad today.

True, we are all hoping something to happen - in fact it’s been the same every season, we do very little in January.

Fornaroli earned his marquee contract based on performance, remember he was under the cap first. Secondly Mclaren can only join at a later stage in a season. I would rather see a replacement come in right now. Jamie Mclaren is a tap in type of striker, who plays borderline offside - this means we need to become more creative than we are now. I’m happy to have him, don’t get me wrong. People are mistaken based on what I’ve seen, he will not have the impact you would expect. He will drown too without a better 10 or improved wings. Was Mclaren marquee with Brisbane? How’s playing record in Europe? I don’t know.

Geez we’ve gone low in our expectations of marquee players......

I think most on here mean, is he marquee money worthy? No doubt he is a good A-League player.

As marquee replacement I would be a little disappointed with a player like Mclaren, he’s not much better than a Taggert. As mentioned by others is this what our scouting apparatus can come up with and then only for some matches left in the season.

All these players moving out plus Bruno would look excellent on our EOY financial books!

We shouldn’t overlook the fact that Bruno was out of form, actually deserved a game on the bench and is on 3x as much money as most other players.

Did CFG now loan him out to direct competition?

Brats is a nickname too, barking Atkinson to Nathaniel is not...but you are right...it’s mainly to get instructions across.

I think he’s a bit of a wanker and incompetent, had that opinion since last season based on tactics, team selection and sub use. The wanker part has been added this season based on recruitment and player management. Secondly I agree let him finish the season so that we don’t have to pay him out. We will do more damage removing him now.

Commonly accepted Australian nicknames isn’t the same as referring to your co-workers by their surname. I always find that a little disrespect if you work with somebody everyday, a friendly nickname or first name is more appropriate.

He started to dribble with strange comments when questioned about Fornaroli as well as his eyes turned away. I’ve also noticed that he’s shouting to players by calling them by their surname - Atkinson rather than Nathaniel. This confirms his authoritarian management style. The only other workplace where they shout at you with surnames is the Army.

I was going to vote for Delbridge until Eugene showed what a good pro he is - quoted by WJ.

I would take any player who has scored more than 15 goals a season - we lack this.

I also believe he’s played his match but we can we draw that conclusion out of Bruno taking his family down to the great ocean road over the Christmas period?

Didn’t we sign Vidosic last year?

Maybe this. Backloaded contract for A league and additional pay for ACL games.

Nah these guys are old and cost money. I don’t recall Melbourne City really reinforcing themselves with high profile players midseason. Who’s our best midseason reinforcement - Jaliens, Vidosic, Novillo?