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26 minutes ago, NewConvert said:Now that Auckland has snapped Corica, that is one name we will have to cross off the list.
I don't think it was a name that was ever on my list....
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2 hours ago, Le Hack said:
There's a scout who writes in The Roar who says Nisbet is struggling to get overseas interest due to his lack of height. Suggest City probably splashed the cash and he's taken that
I think he'll be a fantastic acquisition. Quick, mobile and creative, he's exactly what we need more of.
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Lots of players deserve plaudits for that one but my points go to:
3 Arslan
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1 Antonis
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5 minutes ago, jw1739 said:
My first match since before my accident
Great in parts, sloppy in others when we over-elaborated and we were saved several times by Young and some great defensive blocks.
Natel and Jakolis are such frustrating players, the former particularly so. Stops the forward momentum too often for my liking.
But great contributions all over the park, particularly Caputo, Arslan and Fernandez for me. JMac looked a lot sharper too, when he came on.
And they all did look as though they were enjoying their football.Good to have you back jw. Just a select few of us there tonight but we enjoyed ourselves!
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5 hours ago, jw1739 said:
Does anyone else think we carry this "we just focus on ourselves" theme a bit too far? To me it just seems a bit too stubborn. Different teams set up differently and it seems to me that if we just ignore this we're not doing ourselves any favours.
I think this is just what is said in these situations. Would be foolish to comment on tactical adjustments so that the opposition can respond. It's PR speak.
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3 hours ago, NewConvert said:
David Zdrillic is growing on me as a potential coach for next season.
Interesting. Former Walsall player.... It's a small world...
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19 hours ago, Mr MO said:
I’m pleased to read that Caputo did well and provides something different being a more allround CF. Just what the experts on this forum had predicted.
Two things were obvious. First, he damn near got a couple of goals apart from a great save and a goal line clearance. One of those he had no right to get to. Second, he is a big unit, and he gives his defender no peace. He is an absolute handful for the opposition to deal with. Enjoyed watching him play, and could quickly find a new favourite player if he carries on the same way.
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The stats and my eyes both say we were the best team. Could have been three. Caputo was excellent. Arslan and Souprayen both had great games.
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Caputo is good, but no Good or Leckie, on top of Tilio out, is pretty rough. Means we've got Nuno Reis in the heart of defence, which frankly frightens me. Can't see us getting much out of this.
Really fear we're watching the end of Matt Leckie's stellar career.
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As expected, kick off for this one has been pushed back to 7 because of the extreme heat. Mods, any chance you can edit the thread title?
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However, the weather forecast suggests 37C on Saturday, so I think that kills the game and the crowd numbers. High chance of being pushed later in the evening unless a cool change is due?
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Positives, we're at home, it's a Saturday afternoon, and we might have Tilio, Arslan and Leckie all good to go. It's still a big ask given recent form and against a very decent and well organised Nix team, who are deservedly top. Chance to rock up on a holiday weekend and back our team, for better or worse....
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Hope springs eternal that we might turn up and get something out of this, but we're going to need as many back as possible, and the right formation and approach.
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7 hours ago, MHFC-FAN said:
It seemed basically inevitable given no teams can be top every season. Particularly with the amount of turnover we had from last season it was going to be more likely a struggle this season than a success...
I agree with you to some degree. Success is never given and I would not feel comfortable with supporters who felt entitled to success. Partly this is about the scale of our collapse, and the sense of the shambolic and ill judged which surrounds it. This happens to the best of clubs and the best of supporters, so it's not existential if the club takes the right steps and recognises the root of the issues.
More than the poor results, the poor structure on the field or the revolving door selections, what flags to me that all is not right is the number of players who have just decided to up and leave (Hamza Sakhi being just the latest), the apparent tensions reported in the dressing room, and the stumbling development of the latest graduates of our youth program. All of this can be fixed if the root causes are honestly recognised.
Then the club needs to address its long term weakness, the engagement of its fans and the clubs identity. I won't resile from the fact that CFG made some fucking stupid, arrogant decisions when they first took over, with our colours and name, and we're still paying the price for that. This was particularly a problem for many UK heritage supporters who had no love for, or an actual visceral loathing for, Manchester City. Some of us stayed, some didn't. But it did break some of my instinctive connection with the club. I chose Heart because its colours were the same as my home town club. Beyond that, I want us to try and rebuild that connection and identity. I've got no magic wand solution, but connection to players, especially our home grown talent, is important. I'd rather be fighting to get in the six with a group of committed home grown youngsters than being where we are with a bunch of players we barely know, or who appear not to care.
It's been a crap season. That's OK. I've seen plenty of those supporting Walsall. What we do now, how the problems are addressed and fixed, will be what matters.
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There's something fundamentally wrong. Partly manager, partly players, partly dressing room, but it runs much deeper and higher than any of these factors.
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Pitch is shite.
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21 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said:
If true...he is doing just that. Motioning around the field without actually doing anything.
In which case drop him. Might as well give Caputo a go. He'll try not to be invisible.
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Just now, D.B. Cooper said:
Sick
Apologies to Natel. Hadn't picked that up, but still don't rate him...
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Natel not on the bench. Wasn't on the injury list so assume he's either deemed not good enough (agreed) or he's fallen out with the manager, or he's got the homesickness blues.
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I'm thinking that the rest of this season is about agreeing who to get rid of, and maybe working out which of the kids are worth persisting with. I've regretfully come to the conclusion that Maclaren needs to move on, I suspect with the manager he has fallen out with. Nuno is past it and Ugarkovic isn't good enough. Suspect at least one of Leckie or Nabbout will retire. Not convinced by Talbot and I suspect Galloway will also move on. Too early to say on Jeggo. Tilio unlikely to stay. Shorter list probably of the players I would keep...
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1 hour ago, Mr MO said:
Comments on last night match below. Vidmar concluded that the team wasn’t competitive!
That's a bloody awful website. Infested with pop ups.
City vs Newcastle Jets, Saturday 30 March 2024, ko 5.30pm
in Melbourne City
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