belaguttman

probably home or away ground availability + ACL

Remember,we were in very under-whelming form during the last pre-season

Somewhere where it'll advantage a NSW team and where the FFA bigwigs don't have to inconvenience themselves getting to the game

The game will probably be played in Sydney😂

Was I imagining things or were there Victory 'ultra' chants along with the flares?

Hopefully, the "Let's learn how to defend the box" lessons start tomorrow

That is our point of difference. When I travel I always seek out good coffee shops and then look for nearby accommodation😂

I'd like to see more of Max Caputo; he has different strengths to Maclaren

Hopefully, he's learned enough about Melbourne coffee to not be making French coffee😂

So he's more of a replacement for Florin; that helps to explain why he's been released

My concerns are at the back line: I hope to be convinced that the starting back 4 is strong enough, especially if Good leaves, only Talbot was a starting player for us last season, and I worry about our defensive depth.

That's not Good

He could be a good signing if, as rumoured, he's trying to break into the Socceroos; he'll be motivated to do well

Vested interests work for the benefit of vested interests. It doesn't matter which one it is, it's never going to work in the interests of the fans unless we adopt a Bundesliga ownership model

Just the place to help their toxic fans feel like they belong

I'm also frustrated. When we have an experienced starting 11 then it's hard for academy players to get off the bench; when we have a huge team turnover the risk is too high to get academy players off the bench. To be fair, every successful club grapples with this issue and nobody has solved it, but it is frustrating, nevertheless.

You deal with that problem by giving players longer contracts

Robbed, by a player who couldn't even be bothered to turn up to collect it😡

He was impressive in the Joeys' Asian Cup tournament

This looks like a great signing on paper, and it's happened early in the off-season; often our visa signings arrive late, and injured, miss pre-season.

Yes. We didn't get off the bus until about the 10-minute mark when Messi scored. After that, it was quite even until the 60-minute mark. The big difference between the teams was that the Argentinians had a better first touch, and were faster over the first 5m; this gave them more time on the ball to pick the right pass, therefore, better pass completion in midfield. Socceroos were well organised but were punished for their mistakes, and the Argentinians weren't. Maclaren just doesn't fit into Arnold's style of play, especially against this level of opponent. Bob was playing his second game for the Socceroos; Scolari switched diMaria to the other flank away from him. He needs to improve his final ball though. O'Neill had a good game, Leckie had a poor night by his standards.

Let's start a petition

Ah, we should pack the stands with the German diaspora

Apart from having played for the wrong Hamburg team, he sounds like a potentially good signing

We aren't be able to sign someone who has been ripping through the Bundesliga. Maybe we've sold him on the benefits of the world-famous Germano Treatment Centre?