DieHard

I was excited by the rebranding for a while and got caught up in the hype. For a while I forgot why I became a Heart member. The reason I supported Heart from day one was because we were going to be the club that taught bright australian talent how to play the right way. That was the club's identity for me. We got an Ajax youth coach and some talented youngsters (Behich, Babalj etc) and I didn't care if we didn't win the league as long as I saw bright young talent being playing REAL football. That was the point of difference from Victory for me. I loved watching and supporting Heart in those first 2 years, going to the games with my son. I couldn't wait for home games! Fast forward to now, and what have we become? A glamour club? A club with a split fan base and no real identity. People point fingers at coaches and players, but for me, the real culprits are on board level. At the game on Saturday night, I hated admiring Victory. They are doing so many things right. On the park, off the park and especially from their fans. Now, I can never follow Victory, but it saddens me that For the first time ever, I am not looking forward to going to games. The fans need to be united. ( having said that, Man City fans, if you want to be real fans spend some money on a Melbourne City shirt and put your money where your mouth is. stop wearing Man City shirts to games. We want to attract Liverpool and Man U fans to our club) If we are going to survive and thrive, there is only one way forward. Get rid of the board and the useless, calamitous PR people. Hire a knowledgable director of football and build a TEAM that is not centered around over the hill Superstars. Guys like Villa will not build a strong long term fan base. The only thing that will do it is winning. And quite frankly I don't see us winning until January at least. I don't see us conceding less then 2 goals a game with the defence that we've got. We need some players that are hungry to play for the shirt! More players like Mooy who was frankly the only player with some guts and ability on Saturday night. I hope the club gives my son something to smile about at least after the January transfer window.