cadete Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 The fact this thread has recieved more activity than any other over the past few days really highlights what a shit season it has been... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartinHobart Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 The fact this thread has recieved more activity than any other over the past few days really highlights what a shit season it has been... IMO our season hasn't been that bad. Sure our away form is woeful, but we're still in finals contention. When you think we lost Hamill Good and Babalj pre season then Marrone and Behich in January. Put that with the face Duganzic was lost for the season in round 7. Fred been injury plagued again. Colosimo the same. Tadic broken toe. Grella played all of 20 minutes. Then Germano Merbrahtu have also had worries. Just think at times people can be a little harsh IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Is Nakamura still playing? Yeah, at Yokohama. Signed in 2010 but don't know his contract length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalie182 Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 I would say our season has been bad in terms of losing players, injuries, things going wrong etc more so than results. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 SIGN NAKAMURA Dead ball specialist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbobbobmarley Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 The Brazilian Ronaldo has gotten back in shape. Interestingly, we turned down a chance to sign him back in 2010. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbobbobmarley Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Nesta would be huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) The Brazilian Ronaldo has gotten back in shape. Interestingly, we turned down a chance to sign him back in 2010. Didn't he back out when we didn't appoint his fave coach? Then we ended up with JVS and wormy... Edited February 20, 2013 by Jake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 all I no is that the off season comes and goes very quickly and new signing will need to be made just as quick. Off season is excruciatingly long from my perspective. Far, far too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melburnian Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Interesting discussion. Taken a few days away from the hustle and bustle of following this football club on a daily basis, so catching up now. To me, the talk of wanting to sign a marquee to bring people through the gates shows (to me) the desperation the club are in a state of. Low crowds and membership have been so poor, mistakes made at the very beginning of the season have come home to roost. It shouldn't be as hard as it is, but it has been. Lucas Neill was not their fault, other than talking to much about signing a player in the press (personally would never do this), you take someone's word as gospel, well I do. Too bad the word from our National captain means nothing. He will be remembered for a lot of things, fondly won't be one of them. I digress. There are very few players in the world that would provide that impact of making a difference of getting people to come to our game. Beckham was one, Del Piero another. I think the likes of Totti and Ronaldinho would be the others. Not impossible as Del Piero shows but a hard task. Will be interesting to see how they tackle it and who they go for. I'm not convinced it will happen. All the suggestions I have heard, throwing the book at Frank Lampard sits comfortable with me. Or invest in Asia. Which would be my way of thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marteaux Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Theon Greyjoy 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Nesta would be huge He has been O.K. for Monteal. Rated him highly at Milan (who didn't?) but I'm not sure he is worth having as a marquee. A marquee needs to have a bit of flair on top of the atributes earlier in this thread, and so would normally be a midfielder or striker. Edited February 20, 2013 by Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ando Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 There's about 270,000 'football' people out there in Melbourne that the club should be looking to capture. Other than that, I'm not sure if they should be looking to attract a particular demographic of fan. I don't have any issues with the club looking to Japan (especially) for visa players. It's a delicate balance between getting someone who will perform, and someone who is worthy of that 'marquee' tag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulhollanddrive Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 What's a player to take us to the next level? I think they need to figure out whether it's a Broich, Hernandez, Fred, Ono type or a genuine marquee player. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Although the club has said a marquee player would be signed if the opportunity presented itself and the return was there, it would be fair to say that finding such a player has not been an active pursuit of Heart. I even recall SM publicly questioning the value of the marquee after the signings of the big name players by other clubs at the start of the season. Why the sudden change I ask??? Simple - free to air tv. The average number of viewers for an A league game on Fox ...less than 100 thousand What would a Friday night match on SBS be worth in terms of viewing numbers? The absolute most critical time to win more supporters when the A League goes FTA is in the first years. A world class marque will get us more SBS time. So the marquee player will need to be someone with star appeal. I would say a player of the calibre of a Totti or Giggs should be in the clubs sights 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Great point Turn Asunder. If we sign a big name before the fixture for next season in done the number of Friday night games we'll get will increase substantially, opening ourselves up to win new fans. Love the thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 (edited) Marquee or no marquee, it's clear from the derbies and the first home game that our potential attendance is somewhat over 10,000. The problem is that many of those are casual fans and either only watch on TV or will if it's the FTA Friday game. Arguably some of these supporters may be attracted by a marquee, the challenge though is to turn them into fanatics like us who take out a season ticket and attend regularly. Edited February 20, 2013 by belaguttman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 How about Andriy Shevchenko? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 Didn't Shevchenko quite football to be president of Ukraine, or something equally far fetched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexDaGroza Posted February 20, 2013 Report Share Posted February 20, 2013 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2277058/Andriy-Shevchenko-considers-coming-retirment-join-Mitra-Kukar.html Looks like indonesia wants him 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Most value for the club would be someone famous for their time in the EPL, which is without doubt the most well known comp to Aussies, OR someone with genuine World Cup pedigree. We need someone who has shown great loyalty to their past club(s) and someone who is getting to a stage where they are not going to be able to continue at the highest level. They probably will need to have retired from international football, or have no chance of playing in the World Cup. Giggs, Scholes, Totti, Drogba, Henry, Forlan, Djibril Cisse, Anelka, John Terry, Klose, Dirk Kuyt, Gattuso, just to name a few... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millm103 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Most value for the club would be someone famous for their time in the EPL, which is without doubt the most well known comp to Aussies, OR someone with genuine World Cup pedigree. We need someone who has shown great loyalty to their past club(s) and someone who is getting to a stage where they are not going to be able to continue at the highest level. They probably will need to have retired from international football, or have no chance of playing in the World Cup. Giggs, Scholes, Totti, Drogba, Henry, Forlan, Djibril Cisse, Anelka, John Terry, Klose, Dirk Kuyt, Gattuso, just to name a few... Giggs or Scholes would be quality, but I couldnt really see them leaving Man Unt, Henry/Cisse/Anelka or Drogba would be more of a realistic chance and more suitable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzaverx Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 If nesta or ronnie came, fences would be climbed just to shake their hands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Most value for the club would be someone famous for their time in the EPL, which is without doubt the most well known comp to Aussies, OR someone with genuine World Cup pedigree. We need someone who has shown great loyalty to their past club(s) and someone who is getting to a stage where they are not going to be able to continue at the highest level. They probably will need to have retired from international football, or have no chance of playing in the World Cup. Giggs, Scholes, Totti, Drogba, Henry, Forlan, Djibril Cisse, Anelka, John Terry, Klose, Dirk Kuyt, Gattuso, just to name a few... Frank Lampard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 if john terry comes anywhere near my club i will riot. possibly. or just write a stern worded letter. anelka seems a reasonable target once he's done in turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millm103 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 No way Terry would come, noone at the club has a good looking mrs (from what im aware), but if we got Beckham im sure he would of packed his bags already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchPride Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Anelka is in Italy. Anelka is still on 100k+ per week. Virtually all of the names mentioned on this page will not happen, regardless if Sydney did it with ADP or not, half of these guys are still early 30's, have contracts for at least another year and at least half are still on 100kpw. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baresi Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Anelka is in Italy. Anelka is still on 100k+ per week. Virtually all of the names mentioned on this page will not happen, regardless if Sydney did it with ADP or not, half of these guys are still early 30's, have contracts for at least another year and at least half are still on 100kpw. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 if john terry comes anywhere near my club i will riot. possibly. or just write a stern worded letter. anelka seems a reasonable target once he's done in turkey. Turkey?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 if john terry comes anywhere near my club i will riot. possibly. or just write a stern worded letter. anelka seems a reasonable target once he's done in turkey. Turkey?? Isn't he in Italy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 shit sorry, was thinking of drogba. anelka is at juve that's right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 HK making noises about the A-League again. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-20/kewell-still-looking-towards-brazil/4530500?section=sport Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 NO! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Would take. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Wait so now it wasn't his decision to leave? Who to believe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 (edited) Sheree Murphy is a slapper.... Edited February 21, 2013 by LR9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Really becoming sad. Just fuck off Harry you English bastard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazzaverx Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 Mm.. Even though he played for victory.. He was never a true hero like say Fred was. Yet he is our captain. If he was a tard through and through he wouldn't have left for his mother in law. So I don't think he was that committed to them. He's still Australia's golden boy from the golden generation, and would pull fans. So I'd take him tbh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted February 21, 2013 Report Share Posted February 21, 2013 God, how many times do we have to have this conversation? Harry is clubless because nobody wants him. And they're right to not want him. He's been putting himself out there for months, and nobody is prapared to take him on. You'd think after the Lucas Neill affair only a few days ago that people would have learnt to steer clear from these blokes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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