Bozza Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wsw is what melbourne heart should have been on and off the field. They had a clear vision for recruiting fans and players, we had no vision on recruiting fans, and player recruitment has changed completely over the last 3 years. We started off with targeting talented youngsters who would make up the majority of the squad to targeting a league duds like dmac, coyne, gol gol (who hasn't shown anything on a consistent bases to be deemed a success). We are not Sydney's West... There was no clear area of football nuts crying out for A-League recognition, which in itself is a good chunk of why WSW has been so successful with it's fans. Where they really have thrived is how engaging the club/players etc has been with those fans. As for the recruitment. You can't always have the best of the best, especially if you've already sold them off and are awaiting the next crop... And we can't just fill the gaps with our youth team, because then if the youth aren't good enough you will see us lose every game by goals galore and there will be even less fans. Club needs some work... We all know this. Time to stop the blame game and start the noise game and fucking bring it on saturday, and maybe, just maybe, our band of merry men can do something special for us in return. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wsw is what melbourne heart should have been on and off the field. They had a clear vision for recruiting fans and players, we had no vision on recruiting fans, and player recruitment has changed completely over the last 3 years. We started off with targeting talented youngsters who would make up the majority of the squad to targeting a league duds like dmac, coyne, gol gol (who hasn't shown anything on a consistent bases to be deemed a success). What we do have over most teams, particularly WSW, is that we started from nothing and have continued with no assistance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wsw is what melbourne heart should have been on and off the field. They had a clear vision for recruiting fans and players, we had no vision on recruiting fans, and player recruitment has changed completely over the last 3 years. We started off with targeting talented youngsters who would make up the majority of the squad to targeting a league duds like dmac, coyne, gol gol (who hasn't shown anything on a consistent bases to be deemed a success). We are not Sydney's West... There was no clear area of football nuts crying out for A-League recognition, which in itself is a good chunk of why WSW has been so successful with it's fans. Where they really have thrived is how engaging the club/players etc has been with those fans. As for the recruitment. You can't always have the best of the best, especially if you've already sold them off and are awaiting the next crop... And we can't just fill the gaps with our youth team, because then if the youth aren't good enough you will see us lose every game by goals galore and there will be even less fans. Club needs some work... We all know this. Time to stop the blame game and start the noise game and fucking bring it on saturday, and maybe, just maybe, our band of merry men can do something special for us in return. Had the club shown more foresight we could have. There is a town an hour away full of football fans that both Victory and Heart have neglected. Geelong is craving for a team. The A-League was stupid not to look closer at Geelong when they looked for a second Melbourne team and we are even bigger idiots for neglecting a city so big with fans that would travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wsw is what melbourne heart should have been on and off the field. They had a clear vision for recruiting fans and players, we had no vision on recruiting fans, and player recruitment has changed completely over the last 3 years. We started off with targeting talented youngsters who would make up the majority of the squad to targeting a league duds like dmac, coyne, gol gol (who hasn't shown anything on a consistent bases to be deemed a success). We are not Sydney's West... There was no clear area of football nuts crying out for A-League recognition, which in itself is a good chunk of why WSW has been so successful with it's fans. Where they really have thrived is how engaging the club/players etc has been with those fans. As for the recruitment. You can't always have the best of the best, especially if you've already sold them off and are awaiting the next crop... And we can't just fill the gaps with our youth team, because then if the youth aren't good enough you will see us lose every game by goals galore and there will be even less fans. Club needs some work... We all know this. Time to stop the blame game and start the noise game and fucking bring it on saturday, and maybe, just maybe, our band of merry men can do something special for us in return. Had the club shown more foresight we could have. There is a town an hour away full of football fans that both Victory and Heart have neglected. Geelong is craving for a team. The A-League was stupid not to look closer at Geelong when they looked for a second Melbourne team and we are even bigger idiots for neglecting a city so big with fans that would travel. Western Sydney has a population of around 2.5 million people. Geelong has 185,000. 0 people from Geelong lobbied to be the second Melbourne team, 3 groups from Melbourne did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wsw is what melbourne heart should have been on and off the field. They had a clear vision for recruiting fans and players, we had no vision on recruiting fans, and player recruitment has changed completely over the last 3 years. We started off with targeting talented youngsters who would make up the majority of the squad to targeting a league duds like dmac, coyne, gol gol (who hasn't shown anything on a consistent bases to be deemed a success). JVS was given a great budget for Season One and with the exception of Ono one that was better than what WSW had at its disposal, Imagine if he had spent it properly and we had won more games than we lost in Season One? Imagine if he was not a glorified Youth Coach? Dont you recall how we were predicted to make finals in Season One before we had kicked a ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Che Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wsw is what melbourne heart should have been on and off the field. They had a clear vision for recruiting fans and players, we had no vision on recruiting fans, and player recruitment has changed completely over the last 3 years. We started off with targeting talented youngsters who would make up the majority of the squad to targeting a league duds like dmac, coyne, gol gol (who hasn't shown anything on a consistent bases to be deemed a success). We are not Sydney's West... There was no clear area of football nuts crying out for A-League recognition, which in itself is a good chunk of why WSW has been so successful with it's fans. Where they really have thrived is how engaging the club/players etc has been with those fans. As for the recruitment. You can't always have the best of the best, especially if you've already sold them off and are awaiting the next crop... And we can't just fill the gaps with our youth team, because then if the youth aren't good enough you will see us lose every game by goals galore and there will be even less fans. Club needs some work... We all know this. Time to stop the blame game and start the noise game and fucking bring it on saturday, and maybe, just maybe, our band of merry men can do something special for us in return. Had the club shown more foresight we could have. There is a town an hour away full of football fans that both Victory and Heart have neglected. Geelong is craving for a team. The A-League was stupid not to look closer at Geelong when they looked for a second Melbourne team and we are even bigger idiots for neglecting a city so big with fans that would travel. These posts are dumb - are you saying that you don't want to support the Heart anymore and that the Heart shouldn't exist? Are you with us or against us buddy? This is also not the thread to be discussing this sort of stuff. THere's about 100 expansion/ Heart marketing threads for it. Anyway i'm quietly optimistic about this game. We can still do it boys, chins up! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rizzo Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Wsw is what melbourne heart should have been on and off the field. They had a clear vision for recruiting fans and players, we had no vision on recruiting fans, and player recruitment has changed completely over the last 3 years. We started off with targeting talented youngsters who would make up the majority of the squad to targeting a league duds like dmac, coyne, gol gol (who hasn't shown anything on a consistent bases to be deemed a success). We are not Sydney's West... There was no clear area of football nuts crying out for A-League recognition, which in itself is a good chunk of why WSW has been so successful with it's fans. Where they really have thrived is how engaging the club/players etc has been with those fans. As for the recruitment. You can't always have the best of the best, especially if you've already sold them off and are awaiting the next crop... And we can't just fill the gaps with our youth team, because then if the youth aren't good enough you will see us lose every game by goals galore and there will be even less fans. Club needs some work... We all know this. Time to stop the blame game and start the noise game and fucking bring it on saturday, and maybe, just maybe, our band of merry men can do something special for us in return. Had the club shown more foresight we could have. There is a town an hour away full of football fans that both Victory and Heart have neglected. Geelong is craving for a team. The A-League was stupid not to look closer at Geelong when they looked for a second Melbourne team and we are even bigger idiots for neglecting a city so big with fans that would travel. These posts are dumb - are you saying that you don't want to support the Heart anymore and that the Heart shouldn't exist? Are you with us or against us buddy? This is also not the thread to be discussing this sort of stuff. THere's about 100 expansion/ Heart marketing threads for it. Anyway i'm quietly optimistic about this game. We can still do it boys, chins up! No way, Heart man through and through, but just suggesting it should have been an avenue looked at. I think more-so Heart should spend more time down here and even playing a low drawing team down here in the future. I know there is a difference between the sizes in population, but if we can get on board 5,000-8,000 people from Geelong every week our attendance almost double. But back on topic. Heart to win 1-0....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biancorosso7 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Socceroos squad announcement at 11.00am today. Maybe Garcia. Maybe Babalj. Might have an impact on availabilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red or Dead Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 Considering the first time we played WSW we gifted them an own-goal and the second time we missed a penalty only to cop one late in the match - we're not too far away from these guys! With a cool 22 degrees forcasted for Saturday arvo, I think we'll play our usual home-game-attacking-style and put the new kids on the Bloc back in their place! GO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 I wouldn't think Babalj has done enough to earn a senior recall. Will be there. Imp'ing early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartinHobart Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 What about possibly playing 1 maybe 2 home games at geelong each year? To expand our brand and gain more support. After time you would get a contingent of Geelong people travelling to Melbourne to watch heart. They don't mind coming to watch the cats. Thoughts? Or just stupid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 What about possibly playing 1 maybe 2 home games at geelong each year? To expand our brand and gain more support. After time you would get a contingent of Geelong people travelling to Melbourne to watch heart. They don't mind coming to watch the cats. Thoughts? Or just stupid? Raised so many times before in so many threads. Forget it. The regional games experiment by FFA just does not work. It's hard enough to get a second club going in Melbourne with nearly 4m people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted March 12, 2013 Report Share Posted March 12, 2013 What about possibly playing 1 maybe 2 home games at geelong each year? To expand our brand and gain more support. After time you would get a contingent of Geelong people travelling to Melbourne to watch heart. They don't mind coming to watch the cats. Thoughts? Or just stupid? could get more $$ playing there and more fans but then if it goes too well, then we could get moved even though its highly unlikely. I like the idea. the reactions from most people though would be horrendous. especially since we bag out the visitors because they always play in hobart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corn Bread Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 Already getting chants stuck in my head, so pumped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defibrillator Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 No Heart players drafted in to Socceroos squad. No excuses now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melburnian Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 We used to have a nice spread of Socceroos in our squad, and while this is probably adventagious to us, it to me shows how much of a backwards step we have taken. To not have one is disapointing in my opinion, but I don't think Babalj or Garcia deserve a call up right now. So fair enough. Anyway full squad including two important pieces in Gerhardt and Germano, we are every chance here and hopefully the boys come to play. I will be there ready to lose my voice again and stand with the Yarraside as we show the RBB what we are about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozza Posted March 13, 2013 Report Share Posted March 13, 2013 We used to have a nice spread of Socceroos in our squad, and while this is probably adventagious to us, it to me shows how much of a backwards step we have taken. To not have one is disapointing in my opinion, but I don't think Babalj or Garcia deserve a call up right now. So fair enough. Anyway full squad including two important pieces in Gerhardt and Germano, we are every chance here and hopefully the boys come to play. I will be there ready to lose my voice again and stand with the Yarraside as we show the RBB what we are about. I would say that is more likely the quality of the competition the Socceroos are facing... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Melbourne Heart FC Squad: 1. Clint Bolton, 3. Cameron Edwards, 4. Simon Colosimo, 5. Fred, 6. Patrick Gerhardt, 8. Matt Thompson, 9. Dylan Macallister, 10. Josip Tadic, 11. Richard Garcia, 13. Jonatan Germano, 14. Golgol Mebrathu, 15. David Williams, 16. Marcel Meeuwis, 17. Jason Hoffman, 18. David Vrankovic, 19. Ben Garuccio, 20. Andrew Redmayne, 21. Jamie Coyne, 22. Nick Kalmar, 25. Jeremy Walker, 36. Eli Babalj (Six to be omitted) Ins: 3. Cameron Edwards, 6. Patrick Gerhardt, 9. Dylan Macallister, 13. Jonatan Germano, 17. Jason Hoffman, 19. Ben Garuccio Outs: Nil Unavailable: 23. Mate Dugandzic (broken foot – season) Western Sydney Wanderers squad: 1. Ante Covic (GK), 2. Shannon Cole, 3. Adam D’Apuzzo, 4. Nikolai Topor-Stanley, 5. Michael Beauchamp, 6. Jerome Polenz, 7. Labinot Haliti, 8. Mateo Poljak, 9. Dino Kresinger, 10. Aaron Mooy, 11. Tarek Elrich, 13. Joey Gibbs, 14. Kwabena Appiah-Kubi, 15. Reece Caira, 16. Rocky Visconte, 17. Youssouf Hersi, 18. Iacopo La Rocca, 19.Mark Bridge, 20. Jerrad Tyson (GK), 21. Shinji Ono, 23. Jason Trifiro, 25. Josh Barresi (Seven to be omitted) Ins: 2. Shannon Cole, 13. Joey Gibbs, 15. Reece Caira, 16. Rocky Visconte, 23. Jason Trifiro, 25. Josh Barresi (all promoted) Outs: Nil Unavailable: 12. Tahj Minniecon (foot season) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biancorosso7 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Twitter reports that there will be an official player announcement from the Club tomorrow morning. Bolton's retirement? New signing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaliMate Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Twitter reports that there will be an official player announcement from the Club tomorrow morning. Bolton's retirement? New signing? Would have to be Bootsa retiring you'd think. Bring back Seb Mattei for 2nd GK please JD. Inb4InevitableZoisgag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Twitter reports that there will be an official player announcement from the Club tomorrow morning. Bolton's retirement? New signing? could be because of the twitter message i sent bolton.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Twitter reports that there will be an official player announcement from the Club tomorrow morning. Bolton's retirement? New signing? could be because of the twitter message i sent bolton.. Get a feeling its going to be Fred announcing his retirement. Anybody think its weird that this guy is our captain, and yet on a contract year we haven'e heard one word about him wanting to stay or go? I think after his last injury he may have told the board he was retiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yelawolf Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 can't wait for the #bigred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 It's probably just confirmation that JA will wear a new sweater this week, judging by the last few 'announcements' 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Germano re signing I'm hoping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 (edited) re signing of garcia and named captain as of next season would be great news Edited March 14, 2013 by MrAiDaN66 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Its Community engagement asylum seekers Sudanese and Syrian mens depression and violence against women awareness round 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart>Victory Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Please something like this; Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Garcia Meeuwis Kalmar Mebrathu Tadic Williams That front three could be formidable and seeing the seasons over might as well try something different p.s. Coyne is just the worst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Please something like this; Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Garcia Meeuwis Kalmar Mebrathu Tadic Williams That front three could be formidable and seeing the seasons over might as well try something different p.s. Coyne is just the worst would defs not put kalmar or garcia where you have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart>Victory Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Please something like this; Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Garcia Meeuwis Kalmar Mebrathu Tadic Williams That front three could be formidable and seeing the seasons over might as well try something different p.s. Coyne is just the worst would defs not put kalmar or garcia where you have wait for it... Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Meeuwis Germano Kalmar Williams Garcia Tadic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrAiDaN66 Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Please something like this; Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Garcia Meeuwis Kalmar Mebrathu Tadic Williams That front three could be formidable and seeing the seasons over might as well try something different p.s. Coyne is just the worst would defs not put kalmar or garcia where you have wait for it... Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Meeuwis Germano Kalmar Williams Garcia Tadic tadic cant play with 2 up front Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Please something like this; Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Garcia Meeuwis Kalmar Mebrathu Tadic Williams That front three could be formidable and seeing the seasons over might as well try something different p.s. Coyne is just the worst would defs not put kalmar or garcia where you have wait for it... Redmayne Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Thompson Meeuwis Germano Kalmar Williams Garcia Tadic Kalmar for fred and i agree Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyheart Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Redders Walker Gerhardt Vrankovic Coyne Meeuwis Garcia Kalmar/Germano GolGol Williams Tadic Bolton, Babalj, Germano/Kalmar/Edwards, Garruccio/Mauk/Retre what id like to see. Start Gol Gol! Garcia central FFS! No Fred, Thompson or Colosimo. Some Yoof on the bench getting a chance would be nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozza Posted March 14, 2013 Report Share Posted March 14, 2013 Twitter reports that there will be an official player announcement from the Club tomorrow morning. Bolton's retirement? New signing? could be because of the twitter message i sent bolton.. Get a feeling its going to be Fred announcing his retirement. Anybody think its weird that this guy is our captain, and yet on a contract year we haven'e heard one word about him wanting to stay or go? I think after his last injury he may have told the board he was retiring. He has said many many times he wants to stay... Funny rock you live under... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jimmy Posted March 15, 2013 Popular Post Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Caught my younger brother, who I bring to heart games, wearing a Victory shirt to footy training the other night. The look he gave me when he knew he was caught was one of absolute terror. I've since found the shirt and cut it into hundreds of pieces and haven't talked to him since. Anyway my point is that at the moment there is very little reason someone would chose us over the mongs. This kid is a bit fickle and the club needs to be doing more to keep him interested, starting by winning this game! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartinHobart Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Last home game tomorrow 5.30 start no excuses for not having a decent crowd. 9000 realistic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 (edited) 9000 realistic? We'll get 7k max. Edited March 15, 2013 by Jimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 brothers 21st so out. spewing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Ono out injured 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huzie Posted March 15, 2013 Report Share Posted March 15, 2013 Can really see us winning this, just need to take our chances! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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