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Thank you. But I don't resile from the view that if the club wants to thrive then it should be a one-stop shop for information. To have this "don't tread on their toes" attitude doesn't help either the club or VPL1.

@Mr MO There's another video shot from the other side that says Casey Fields. But I don't know for sure. The other possibility is Parade College (either Bundoora or Preston). This begs the question - and I apologise because I've said it before - why the fuck there is this club veil of secrecy over where and when these matches are played, and the results, is beyond me. I used to enjoy traipsing out to Northcote when our NYL boys played there - in the days of Jeremy and Zach Walker. Nice ground. Easy parking. Coffee and foot available at half-time at the shop under the stand. Incidentally we are close to the bottom of the league - MV doing much better.

Anyone looked at the club website recently? The top where it shows the fixtures seems all squashed up somehow and I feel the whole home page has a lot more white space than before?

The statistic comparison with Haaland was no joke I assure you. Antonis' contract expires at the end of this season. I too think he's worth another year - very much so in fact. Almost a super-sub, and a reserve penalty-taker. Shows drive and enthusiasm and pride in the jersey.

With age I've found that this actually acknowledges a friendship that reached its peak a while ago and has started to drift. It's no longer "active." I suspect that it happens more often than we would like to think. Age, retirement, moving house, a new job, children no longer at the same school, illness - a raft of factors. Not least the drift away from face-to-face contact in all aspects of our modern society. TBH I've learned to accept it, but sometimes it's sad. Loneliness is actually a a big social problem in Australia, and it's not confined to one particular demographic. Society as a whole is fracturing. The neighbourliness of my youth has gone.

Also likely that we'll struggle to see one of these new" frigates" or whatever it is that are also now proposed. Perhaps I've only been paying attention to the Morrison and Albanese governments and ignored previous ones, but the capacity of these two governments to waste money is incredible. I read this morning that 46 lawyers have been drafted in to the Home Affairs and Australian Government Solicitor's army of solicitors to work on applications to re-detain the 149 immigrants recently released from permanent detention. This to add to the recently-created "Community Protection Board" that's already got them under surveillance. There must be a better way, surely?

And his goals per minutes on the field in the ALM is just a fraction better than Erling Haaland's in the EPL...

I stick with City and this bloody Forum only because I love you all too! That's what football is all about.

I was there and 2,000 was my absolute maximum. I wasn't at Saturday's match but there have been a few in the past where "creative" seems an appropriate word... A couple of other points. I get the feeling that there was no VAR on Tuesday? Also we don't seem to be able to find enough ball-boys these days...

What's the betting we'll never see even one of these submarines...?? https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/military/malcolm-turnbull-blasts-latest-blow-to-aukus-nuclear-submarine-deal/news-story/9020c8e4d3d2cd5149581acc5ad211f2

Attendance: 2,182. Lowest-ever League attendance at AAMI. Previously 2,292. Both against WSW. Lowest in the Cup at AAMI: 1,800 or 2,905 in September 2018 (depending on the source). Again WSW. Antonis' goal almost 10 years to the day since Engelaar's in 2014.

Natel wasted two 1v1 chances, but at 26 he can still respond to some good coaching. IMO his biggest problem is stopping forward momentum too often. I agree he's looking a lot more competitive. Nabbout at 31 isn't going to change, and IMO he doesn't score often enough to warrant a new contract. As to our wingers generally, Jakolis frustrates me. Last night I was more enthusiastic, but in fact it was Ugarkovic who put in the crosses that I had attributed to Jakolis. The big change up front has been Caputo. The boy has presence, he's slippery and moves around nicely. His anticipation and determination to get to the ball is great to watch. Even JMac seemed to be inspired by him.

Tuesday 12th March vs Western Sydney: 3: Caputo 2: Arslan 1: Fernandez

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.

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.

Depends whether our purported interest is as a player or as a business proposition for a transfer fee. I'm getting very cynical.

Any particular reason?

Didn't the same happen with Tommy Sorensen?

I think that this is the original fixture here: https://www.theroar.com.au/football/a-league/fixtures/ According to this we were due to play WSW at home on 13th January. But we didn't and instead we lost to them 1-0 in Sydney. Was that the "Festival" in Sydney?

This is a very tough turn-around with the Autumn heat-wave, but WSW lost at home to Western United and are thoroughly beatable.

Can't tell a lot from highlights except that surely Caputo adds so much more than JMac and must start from now on?

And several others.

TTIM...people aged over 13 who ride their bikes on the footpath and think that because they ring their fucking bell I should get out of their way...when they shouldn't be on the footpath in the first place.

There is a minimum spend, yes, 85% of the maximum I think. But that applies to the senior squad and over a season. It doesn't preclude Academy/Scholarship players playing in the seniors on any particular week or indeed in every match in the season. IMO we have had three coaches in succession who have been ridiculously stubborn in their reluctance to make substitutions. The situation with JMac so out of form and yet Caputo can barely get on the field is ludicrous. As for the EPL, just as it's 7 levels or so above us in players so it is with managers. They know what they're doing and ours don't. In terms of our Academy, do we have one really exciting young player who the fans are just aching to see on the field in the A-League? Jeez, we don't even report on the NPL matches for fear of stepping on the toes of Football Victoria. What a heap of shit.

I reckon he looks 20 years older than when he took the job. Poor bugger.