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Take that and run. Every club in the world would do that deal if they were in our position.

I was a rusted on A-League fan (would watch 2 or 3 games a week), but now I only follow City from afar. My interest was already waning, but the move to Paramount has meant I only watch one or two games a season. My guess is there would be many like me, where Paramount has little to offer outside of the ALM, so it became a bridge too far to pay the subscription unless you're a diehard fan. Agree with the above - I'd probably re-engage if Optus had the rights.

Very impressed with Ugarkovic. Think he's going to thrive in our system.

Huh?

He's a perfectly fine depth midfielder at A-League level.

Smash that fuckin love react.

Solid signing - happy days.

We aren't going to replace O'Neill's output with another Aussie player. I think Ugarkovic is about as good as we could hope for.

Ugarkovic is very good, I'd be happy with him.

Hey, Rado makes substitutions and isn't demonstrative on the sidelines! He's just what you all wanted! The Kinsnorbo hate was always well OTT; he's clearly not Pep Guardiola but he's a good manager at A-League level.

Thanks Paddy K. City legend - hope he goes well.

He's a striker, so I value putting it in the back of the net far more than anything else.

Do we underappreciate this bloke? He's an absolute star.

Nice.

Silver lining from the pandemic is the remarkable job the science/medical industry has done in developing and distributing a safe vaccine in an astonishingly short time. Kudos.

Chad.

Golden boot winner - JMac Johnny Warren medalist - Nani Grand final winner - City 1. Victory 2. City 3. WSW 4. Sydney 5. Adelaide 6. Western United

You're just flat out wrong brother, you dont have to forget that. Anyone playing regular minutes under the age of 33 in a major European competition is not going to consider a move to the A League. It's as if you don't take into account that the player has to want to move across the globe to play in our donkey league, the way you personally frame any of these signings or rumours. Either lower your absurd expectations or be forever disappointed. The benefit of having a worldwide scouting network is that we should have a better chance of identifying under-the-radar talent, not that we can miraculously attract quality Euro players at the top of their game. FWIW - nothing guaranteed obviously, but on paper this bloke has a terrific pedigree and ticks a lot of the right boxes. Only disappointment for me is that if he hits we'll only have him for a year.

Not sure we can pencil in Lam over O'Neill yet, but that's a nice team on paper. I'd like to see another creative midfielder - then we're cooking with gas.

Nah, not exciting enough. Won't put bums on seats.

Thomas Lam?

Agree, I also think we're better than 50%, was just trying to be extra critical for the sake of fairness.

Yeah, I should've mentioned I probably missed a few as I just ran a 2 minute wikipedia scout. Point still stands - we sit at about 50/50.

You're never going to ht 100% of your imports - there are too many factors at play when scouting and signing foreign players to a salary capped league, played in summer, on the other side of the world. I think the idea we've had more hits than misses is nonsense too. Let's have a closer look (going back to the 2015/16 season): Sorensen - Hit Hughes - Miss Novillo - Hit Fornaroli - Hit Colazo - Miss Jakobsen - Hit Brandan - Miss (but was very fun) Schenkeveld - Hit La Rocca - Hit Budzinski - Miss De Laet - Hit Harrison - Miss Florin - Hit Noone - Hit Windbichler - Miss Luna - Hit Cabrera - Miss Susaeta - Miss Hendry - Miss Reis - Hit Tsubaki - Miss Jenkinsn - Hit? Endoh - Miss Pucciarelli - Miss So we probably hit on half of our import signings, and I think a lot of the misses could be put down to signing mid season (far less likely to succeed) and injury. Additionally, we know it makes little to no financial sense to sign big name and money international players, and that's not even taking into consideration what they can bring to the table on field at 35yo+. Anyway, I'm keen to see what Battocchio can do. I like the CV and think our midfield was our clear weak link last season - hopefully him and RvdV are creative types.

Agree with this. I'm now a more casual fan than I was in the past, but still check in on the forum. Some of the vitriol this season has astounded me, especially considering the position the team now finds themselves in. Maybe I'm missing something because I'm not watching as many games, but if you only read what people posted on here I daresay you'd think we were battling for the wooden spoon.