Luke Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 I like Samaras, not sure if he's ready to leave Europe though ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Anyone who calls Samaras' effort a dive needs their head checked. Defender clips his shooting leg sending it into the back of his other foot tripping him up and denying a clear goal scoring opportunity. Pen every day of the week IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fentonthescreamingcactus Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Anyone who calls Samaras' effort a dive needs their head checked. Defender clips his shooting leg sending it into the back of his other foot tripping him up and denying a clear goal scoring opportunity. Pen every day of the week IMO. Samaras pulled his leg back too shot and happen to hit the defenders leg who was just standing there causing him to fal, no dive but not a pen either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALZALOL Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Who cares, Samaras looks like a dirty hippy and plays for a shit football club 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ando Posted June 25, 2014 Report Share Posted June 25, 2014 Wouldn't look out of place sitting out the front of Grumpy's on Smith St actually. Sign him up. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 (edited) Who cares, Samaras looks like a dirty hippy and plays for a shit football club As opposed to that other football club who played against park sides of NPL Quality last Season. In saying I dont want Samaras - He would be too inconsistent even at A-League level. Edited June 26, 2014 by cadete 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think we can safely assume that our Australian Marquee player will be someone who has not played in this World Cup. Kennedy fits that bill. - He's from Victoria (Wodonga) - His wife is in Melbourne - We've seen him at Melbourne Heart games - His last game for Nagoya is on Dec 6th. - Give him a week off and he could play his first game for us at the Melbourne Derby on December 20th! Imagine subbing off David Villa in his last game at the Melbourne Derby for Josh Kennedy; David Villa gets his big send-off (after scoring a brace) as it will be his last game for us and Josh Kennedy gets his big introduction...and scores to put us 5-1 up! Fairytale waiting to happen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think we can safely assume that our Australian Marquee player will be someone who has not played in this World Cup. Kennedy fits that bill. - He's from Victoria (Wodonga) - His wife is in Melbourne - We've seen him at Melbourne Heart games - His last game for Nagoya is on Dec 6th. - Give him a week off and he could play his first game for us at the Melbourne Derby on December 20th! Imagine subbing off David Villa in his last game at the Melbourne Derby for Josh Kennedy; David Villa gets his big send-off (after scoring a brace) as it will be his last game for us and Josh Kennedy gets his big introduction...and scores to put us 5-1 up! Fairytale waiting to happen Are you still convinced David Villa will be playing 10 games? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InMyHeart Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think we can safely assume that our Australian Marquee player will be someone who has not played in this World Cup. Kennedy fits that bill. - He's from Victoria (Wodonga) - His wife is in Melbourne - We've seen him at Melbourne Heart games - His last game for Nagoya is on Dec 6th. - Give him a week off and he could play his first game for us at the Melbourne Derby on December 20th! Imagine subbing off David Villa in his last game at the Melbourne Derby for Josh Kennedy; David Villa gets his big send-off (after scoring a brace) as it will be his last game for us and Josh Kennedy gets his big introduction...and scores to put us 5-1 up! Fairytale waiting to happen Why have we only scored 5? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I think we can safely assume that our Australian Marquee player will be someone who has not played in this World Cup. Kennedy fits that bill. - He's from Victoria (Wodonga) - His wife is in Melbourne - We've seen him at Melbourne Heart games - His last game for Nagoya is on Dec 6th. - Give him a week off and he could play his first game for us at the Melbourne Derby on December 20th! Imagine subbing off David Villa in his last game at the Melbourne Derby for Josh Kennedy; David Villa gets his big send-off (after scoring a brace) as it will be his last game for us and Josh Kennedy gets his big introduction...and scores to put us 5-1 up! Fairytale waiting to happen Why have we only scored 5? Hoffman was rested. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Who cares, Samaras looks like a dirty hippy and plays for a shit football club As opposed to that other football club who played against park sides of NPL Quality last Season. In saying I dont want Samaras - He would be too inconsistent even at A-League level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALZALOL Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Who cares, Samaras looks like a dirty hippy and plays for a shit football club As opposed to that other football club who played against park sides of NPL Quality last Season. In saying I dont want Samaras - He would be too inconsistent even at A-League level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I posted this in the World Cup section ... Suarez's price might come down now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 When listening to this podcast about Duff moving to Melbourne City, I happened to hear a journalist of an Irish football magazine (who seemed to know his stuff about Australian football) mention a rumour that Totti is a target of Melbourne City (here , about 13 minutes in). Whilst this rumour could easily be doubted, I also think it's not a crazy idea because: - Like with Forlan, Totti is a player who has been linked with an A-League move recently, with Brisbane Roar being linked with him earlier this year - Ghadir Razuki did say earlier this month that "they're chasing serious quality for marquees. No names mentioned suffice 2say they'll be household." - Villa and all the marquees seriously linked with moves to Man City's new clubs are all big names: Villa signing with NYCFC (and him being loaned to us), Xavi being seriously linked with NYCFC, and Lampard is linked with them also, and we know that Melbourne City have been seriously interested in signing Lampard as well (http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jun/01/frank-lampard-sheikh-mansour-new-york-city) - The large proportion of Italian Australians in Melbourne, and the fact that JVS is fluent in Italian So although I'm not betting on this move happening, perhaps the club has seriously targeted Totti in the same way that it seriously targeted Lampard. And just that fact that our club perhaps sounded out Francesco Totti about a move to the A-League is an interesting development in itself. And as for Totti actually moving to Melbourne, as a Brisbane Roar boss said earlier this year about Totti possibly joining the A-League, "you never know what will happen in football". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FootscrayRover Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Totti would obviously be an awesome marquee but as another 37 yo (as is Lampard, as is Duff), if it was to come off Id love to use the two visa spots left to pick up some younger players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 faryd mondragon. Still better then redmayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Totti would be an outstanding marquee although admittedly he is on his last legs. I'd imagine we'd get 2 seasons out of him in a very similar role to how ADP was used at Sydney FC, would probably prefer Lampard though as he's still extremely fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 As the grandson of an Italian imagrint, I would be absolutely wrapped if totti came to melb city however I'm a realist and know he would be a waste of marquee but in saying that would be chummed nonetheless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulhollanddrive Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 How come we're assuming the Australian marquee hasn't played this WC? Would love Totti, perfect player who can score goals behind the striker, or even play up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartLand Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I honestly can't see Totti leaving Roma to play for another club. You'd struggle to find a man in modern football who is as loyal as Totti. The bloke owns almost every record for Roma. I think in his contract it states when he retires that he'll take up a coaching role for Roma. We'd have a better chance signing Gerrard away from Liverpool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlibub Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 TOTTI...? Why not just bring Pele out of retirement.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libero Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 As the grandson of an Italian imagrint, I would be absolutely wrapped if totti came to melb city however I'm a realist and know he would be a waste of marquee but in saying that would be chummed nonetheless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 Read earlier that Genoa are open to offers for Gilardino. At 30 and still scoring goals in serie a could be a great pick up. Linked to Guangzhou, we could potentially be a suitor. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Report that Frank Lampard is going to New York City...but no mention of Melbourne. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/385938/Chelsea-legend-Frank-Lampard-set-for-move-to-New-York-City-after-England-World-Cup-exit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Report that Frank Lampard is going to New York City...but no mention of Melbourne. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/385938/Chelsea-legend-Frank-Lampard-set-for-move-to-New-York-City-after-England-World-Cup-exit Disappointing, however not entirely surprising. Even with the money we have it is still going to take a lot of convincing to have these sort of players come to Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruckoo Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Daily Star though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kun Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I like Samaras, not sure if he's ready to leave Europe though ? He's still not ready for Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Why couldn't they have signed Lampard for Melbourne City and at the end of our season he gets loaned out to NYCFC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Why couldn't they have signed Lampard for Melbourne City and at the end of our season he gets loaned out to NYCFC? I understand these boys come from europe where they play long seasons but how many games do you expect them to play Lampard a full season with Melb City (27 games) and then a season in the MLS come on man we don't want to run the guy into the ground hence why I think Villa will play maybe 5 games with us, I don't see how he will play 10 games then jet off to the states and straight away begin pre season and follow it up with 28 weeks of football so all in all he will be playing competitive football from october to september the following year, just don't see how this is going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruckoo Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Villa ain't that old though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'm not saying his old but to play close to a year of competitive football is tough even for the fittest blokes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I honestly can't see Totti leaving Roma to play for another club. You'd struggle to find a man in modern football who is as loyal as Totti. The bloke owns almost every record for Roma. I think in his contract it states when he retires that he'll take up a coaching role for Roma. We'd have a better chance signing Gerrard away from Liverpool. or like ADP leaving Juventus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I honestly can't see Totti leaving Roma to play for another club. You'd struggle to find a man in modern football who is as loyal as Totti. The bloke owns almost every record for Roma. I think in his contract it states when he retires that he'll take up a coaching role for Roma. We'd have a better chance signing Gerrard away from Liverpool. or like ADP leaving Juventus? Would you have him on Marquee though? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 haven't seen him play in ages. He was fit as hell even when he was 35 or so. I'd probably say no, but he'd put bums on seats. Actually I would be ambivalent on Totti. all the good that would come with Totti would outweigh the bad and vice versa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I think what would get bum on seats are positive results and if we lose another marquee to injury early on this won't happen eg. engelaar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'd prefer Luca Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I'd prefer Luca Toni agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Report that Frank Lampard is going to New York City...but no mention of Melbourne. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/385938/Chelsea-legend-Frank-Lampard-set-for-move-to-New-York-City-after-England-World-Cup-exit Disappointing, however not entirely surprising. Even with the money we have it is still going to take a lot of convincing to have these sort of players come to Australia. That might explain why when difficulties/problems emerged regarding Xavi's move to Qatar (probably to the Al Arabi club in particular) that when Xavi reportedly tried to reopen discussions with Man City boss Soriano that he was turned down: According to Spanish sports daily, AS, the 34-year-old’s move is now in question as final details threaten to derail the entire deal, so much so that Xavi asked Manchester City CEO, Ferran Soriano to reopen negotiations to join New York City FC. However, after being turned down by the gifted midfielder in their initial negotiations, Soriano rejected the chance to reopen negotiations, for fear that Xavi will leave again if the Al-Arabi deal finally goes through. http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/113589/xavis-move-to-qatar-reaches-an-impass/ I reckon a deal between Lampard and NYCFC is done, and NYCFC probably don't need & want 2 marquee midfielders (and as reported above, it's probably fair enough for Soriano to doubt the genuineness of Xavi's interest in a New York move). Just on the latest with Xavi, these helpful updates from respected Barcelona news twitter account BarcaStuff seems to accurately report the recent developments with Xavi: Qatari officials have last-minute doubts about signing Barcelona midfielder Xavi (34). He also has offers from American teams. [md] https://twitter.com/barcastuff/status/481417838834749440 Man United have sounded out Barcelona midfielder Xavi (34), but the player, who will leave, wants to join a less high-profile club. [md] https://twitter.com/barcastuff/status/481342280679583744 After Al Arabi withdrew offer, Xavi now holds talks with Qatari club El Jaish. If no deal, New York City could again be an option. [marca] https://twitter.com/barcastuff/status/481795208687144960 So whilst I don't think Xavi moving to NYCFC is likely, and I think unfortunately a deal between Lampard and NYCFC is probably done, Xavi moving to NYCFC isn't an impossibility. Still, Qatar seems the more likely move for multiple reasons, not least because I read that the Qatar government and multiple Qatari bigwigs seem to be trying to orchestrate Xavi's move to Qatar, so the particular club isn't so important, and these Qatari bigwigs seem to have connections with Barcelona FC, with Barcelona having very lucrative sponsorships with organisations at least in part run by the Qatari government such as the Qatar Founation and Qatar Airways, which all makes Xavi moving to Qatar more plausible. Even if the dominoes of Xavi, Lampard and NYCFC don't fall in our favour, it's still interesting to see that Xavi, who is considered by many to be the heart and soul of Barcelona, and is contracted to the club for 2 more whole seasons, is certain to leave Barcelona, maybe in the next week or two, if not in the next few days. Just as with Lampard leaving Chelsea to the surprise of many, and ADP leaving Juventus, big players can rather surprisingly leave big clubs they have played at for years and years, and it seems increasingly commonplace for these players to move to the likes of America, Asia and Australia. Edited June 27, 2014 by Murfy1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 Report that Frank Lampard is going to New York City...but no mention of Melbourne. http://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/385938/Chelsea-legend-Frank-Lampard-set-for-move-to-New-York-City-after-England-World-Cup-exit Disappointing, however not entirely surprising. Even with the money we have it is still going to take a lot of convincing to have these sort of players come to Australia. That might explain why when difficulties/problems emerged regarding Xavi's move to Qatar (probably to the Al Arabi club in particular) that when Xavi reportedly tried to reopen discussions with Man City boss Soriano that he was turned down: According to Spanish sports daily, AS, the 34-year-old’s move is now in question as final details threaten to derail the entire deal, so much so that Xavi asked Manchester City CEO, Ferran Soriano to reopen negotiations to join New York City FC. However, after being turned down by the gifted midfielder in their initial negotiations, Soriano rejected the chance to reopen negotiations, for fear that Xavi will leave again if the Al-Arabi deal finally goes through. http://www.insidespanishfootball.com/113589/xavis-move-to-qatar-reaches-an-impass/ I reckon a deal between Lampard and NYCFC is done, and NYCFC probably don't need & want 2 marquee midfielders (and as reported above, it's probably fair enough for Soriano to doubt the genuineness of Xavi's interest in a New York move). Just on the latest with Xavi, these helpful updates from respected Barcelona news twitter account BarcaStuff seems to accurately report the recent developments with Xavi: Qatari officials have last-minute doubts about signing Barcelona midfielder Xavi (34). He also has offers from American teams. [md] https://twitter.com/barcastuff/status/481417838834749440 Man United have sounded out Barcelona midfielder Xavi (34), but the player, who will leave, wants to join a less high-profile club. [md] https://twitter.com/barcastuff/status/481342280679583744 After Al Arabi withdrew offer, Xavi now holds talks with Qatari club El Jaish. If no deal, New York City could again be an option. [marca] https://twitter.com/barcastuff/status/481795208687144960 So whilst I don't think Xavi moving to NYCFC is likely, and I think unfortunately a deal between Lampard and NYCFC is probably done, Xavi moving to NYCFC isn't an impossibility. Still, Qatar seems the more likely move for multiple reasons, not least because I read that the Qatar government and multiple Qatari bigwigs seem to be trying to orchestrate Xavi's move to Qatar, so the particular club isn't so important, and these Qatari bigwigs seem to have connections with Barcelona FC, with Barcelona having very lucrative sponsorships with organisations at least in part run by the Qatari government such as the Qatar Founation and Qatar Airways, which all makes Xavi moving to Qatar more plausible. Even if the dominoes of Xavi, Lampard and NYCFC don't fall in our favour, it's still interesting to see that Xavi, who is considered by many to be the heart and soul of Barcelona, and is contracted to the club for 2 more whole seasons, is certain to leave Barcelona, maybe in the next week or two, if not in the next few days. Just as with Lampard leaving Chelsea to the surprise of many, and ADP leaving Juventus, big players can rather surprisingly leave big clubs they have played at for years and years, and it seems increasingly commonplace for these players to move to the likes of America, Asia and Australia. I'm purely talking about Australia though, we got lucky with ADP, however the likeliness of more of ADP caliber playing in the a league is quite small purely because while we play in summer and have nice country to visit we are still so far from everything Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted June 27, 2014 Report Share Posted June 27, 2014 I said it a while back and still believe that we are a very good chance to get Xavi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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