cadete Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) I'm just loving the Pic on the YSIDE FB page... Edited September 10, 2013 by cadete 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Kisnorbo confirmed on club website http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbourneheart/news-display/Melbourne-Heart-FC-signs-Patrick-Kisnorbo/74573  Also confirmed is that we have 22 signed players, and one spot remaining.  That's almost certain to be the striker, so looks like the end of Ross Archibald and other contenders for the seniors. Unless Ross can get the injury replacement gig. Edited September 10, 2013 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Aardvark Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Or Archibald signs as a youth player. Surely we won't sign him to a senior contract just yet with Wielaart, Vrankovic, Gerhardt and Kisnorbo all on the list as Centre backs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al3x@nD3R McQu33n Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 bring bak maykon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Makes the last position in the 23 very interesting, the rules state that three youth league players can be payed up to $40,000 and still be included in the senior squad, I'd be surprised to learn Mauk, Garrucio and Mitchinson are on much more then this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Interesting to read on a live blog on Fox Sports at the moment, Davutovic reckons we won't sign McGrath because we're after an international striker as we've still got the $ left in the cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 We might not be able to score any goals, but fuck me, our defense will be the best if not the best in the comp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victards Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Interesting to read on a live blog on Fox Sports at the moment, Davutovic reckons we won't sign McGrath because we're after an international striker as we've still got the $ left in the cap. Aslong as the international striker we sign is actually better than McGrath, id be stoked, hoping its a reasonably big signing! (Mladen Petric Pleaaase!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Â Interesting to read on a live blog on Fox Sports at the moment, Davutovic reckons we won't sign McGrath because we're after an international striker as we've still got the $ left in the cap. Aslong as the international striker we sign is actually better than McGrath, id be stoked, hoping its a reasonably big signing! (Mladen Petric Pleaaase!) Â Agree, but if get just get McGrath ill still be pretty happy. I think he has great potential. Â Also, just saw an article today that says Tomasso Rocchi wants to stay in Italy. Just thought i'd say that since his name was bound to pop up again. Shame though, definitely would've gotten the golden boot for the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Remember we are still going for an injury replacement for Orlando, and we can also sign a youth marquee and pay the latter up to $150,000. I reackon we ought to think about trying to boost our striker stocks that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbitm Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 I think kisnorbo to cb and pushing gerhardt to CDM is the replacement. Not some 4 month loan. We're going for a striker now with only one spot left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 We would have to be going for the striker now with that one spot left and u reckon if we were not looking at an International we would have signed McGarth by now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braveheart Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 We would have to be going for the striker now with that one spot left and u reckon if we were not looking at an International we would have signed McGarth by now... Will be signing a Striker within a week or so. Most likely an international. Solid mail. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Would we still have signed pk if orlando hadnt broken his leg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[LIBBA] Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 We would have to be going for the striker now with that one spot left and u reckon if we were not looking at an International we would have signed McGarth by now... Will be signing a Striker within a week or so. Most likely an international. Solid mail. Source?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphine Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 We would have to be going for the striker now with that one spot left and u reckon if we were not looking at an International we would have signed McGarth by now... Will be signing a Striker within a week or so. Most likely an international. Solid mail. Go ahead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 We would have to be going for the striker now with that one spot left and u reckon if we were not looking at an International we would have signed McGarth by now... Will be signing a Striker within a week or so. Most likely an international. Solid mail. Believe in braveheart I've been impressed time and time again by the clubs signings all this off-season. They have clearly found someone better than McGrath if they haven't signed him by now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphine Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Who Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyheart Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Â Interesting to read on a live blog on Fox Sports at the moment, Davutovic reckons we won't sign McGrath because we're after an international striker as we've still got the $ left in the cap. Aslong as the international striker we sign is actually better than McGrath, id be stoked, hoping its a reasonably big signing! (Mladen Petric Pleaaase!) Â Yesss! hes still available! or get our Dutchy connections onto this guyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynor_Plet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) As Nate said, Davutovic's live blog firmly suggests that we're looking for an International striker:  Heart has enough $ in the kitty to sign a decent oseas striker, so that's the issue for McGrath.   And  McGrath is no longer trialling with Heart. With Kisnorbo signed they only have 1 spot left and while they're looking for a striker they have a foreign spot up their sleeve. I think Engelaar's injury has killed McGrath's chances of a permanent deal. He is more than capable of playing A-League though so I'm sure he'll get snapped up.   (http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/news-limiteds-david-davutovic-runs-the-rule-over-melbourne-heart-sydney-fc-and-brisbane-roar/story-e6frfkp9-1226715853418)  Add that together with what Scott Munn said to The World Game last night " As soon as we lost Orlando Engelaar with his broken leg (on debut for the club) we stepped up the chase for a defender and a striker. We have two foreign spots available and we will see what happens", and it looks like we're targeting an international striker.   I really wish we signed McGrath, at least as a backup striker. It's times like this when we see what opportunities are missed by keeping strikers like Macallister and Hoffman.  At least we should get a pretty good, and hopefully pretty proven striker now. Edited September 10, 2013 by Murfy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphine Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Why so much McGrath love? He's bloody 3 from 50 odd at Brondby for gods sake. On par with Mcallister for mine, and DMac would be costing us way less, which is why we can bring guys like Kisnorbo in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Why so much McGrath love? He's bloody 3 from 50 odd at Brondby for gods sake. On par with Mcallister for mine, and DMac would be costing us way less, which is why we can bring guys like Kisnorbo in. Â McGrath showed heaps more then Macallister ever has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy21 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited)   Interesting to read on a live blog on Fox Sports at the moment, Davutovic reckons we won't sign McGrath because we're after an international striker as we've still got the $ left in the cap. Aslong as the international striker we sign is actually better than McGrath, id be stoked, hoping its a reasonably big signing! (Mladen Petric Pleaaase!)  Yesss! hes still available! or get our Dutchy connections onto this guyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynor_Plet  did a bit of snooping on Petric's twitter and facebook, he posted a photo of a departure board at an airport (didnt see melbourne on the list) and he has passed a medical/fitness test, don't think he'll be here sadly lads  Edited September 10, 2013 by Davy21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited)  Why so much McGrath love? He's bloody 3 from 50 odd at Brondby for gods sake. On par with Mcallister for mine, and DMac would be costing us way less, which is why we can bring guys like Kisnorbo in.  McGrath showed heaps more then Macallister ever has.   Completely agree. And Macallister's career has peaked, and he doesn't have any more evident potential. We know what we are going to get with him. And, unfortunately, even after an excellent pre-season prior to last season, he still couldn't do well, scoring just 1 goal across 20 appearances (getting 5 starts and playing 652 minutes).  Meanwhile, McGrath is at the start of his senior football career, and he has potential to become even better. His statistics are deceiving if you only look at the simplistic goals to games ratio, as he was substituted on in the vast majority of games, and didn't even get a half of football in the vast majority of his appearances. Corey Gameiro during his loan last season at Wellington as well also showed that a striker can show a lot of quality, without doing the full job of scoring regularly (he only scored 1 goal across 8 games, and played on average 80 minutes a game). The bottom line is you'll misjudge a lot of strikers if you narrowly look at the goals to games ratio, and you'll especially misjudge young strikers. Using the goals to games ratio logic, we shouldn't have played Babalj regularly in our 2nd season, because he didn't have a good goals to games ratio, and our 2nd season would have been a tragedy without him.  Also, he has impressed many coaches, and even Aloisi has said 'he looks like a striker that, I think, has got a future'. Aloisi's also said that 'his finishing's great. In training his finishing is very good', despite the fact that he's not fully fit.  I'm eager for us to sign another Babalj, that is, another promising young Australian striker. And, with Macallister and Hoffman already taking up squad spots, it looks like there isn't a chance that we'll sign McGrath. I just hope whichever striker we sign doesn't get injured this season. Edited September 10, 2013 by Murfy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 As far as I know, we have a few options left for signings including Australian marquee, international spot, junior Aussie marquee, injury replacement, NYL signings ( ), regular squad signing. And if we ask Sydney or Jimmy, I am sure we could come up with some more creative options. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyheart Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Interesting to read on a live blog on Fox Sports at the moment, Davutovic reckons we won't sign McGrath because we're after an international striker as we've still got the $ left in the cap. Aslong as the international striker we sign is actually better than McGrath, id be stoked, hoping its a reasonably big signing! (Mladen Petric Pleaaase!) Yesss! hes still available! or get our Dutchy connections onto this guyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynor_Plet did a bit of snooping on Petric's twitter and facebook, he posted a photo of a departure board at an airport (didnt see melbourne on the list) and he has passed a medical/fitness test, don't think he'll be here sadly lads Always too big a fish for us! But a boy can dream. Confirmed at West Ham, hope he can put a few away for the hammers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 not sure if this has been posted.  http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/281429,soolsma-on-a-league-radar.aspx  would be good to stick it up south melbourne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphine Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Soolsma looks the goods in his YouTube highlights vid. You'd hope we had higher standards than south melbourne though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morphine Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Btw, don't tell me the mystery hitman is Yossi Benayoun? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 (edited) Seems like McGrath is gone. Apparently he got injured whilst on trial    David Davutovic McGrath is no longer trialling with Heart. With Kisnorbo signed they only have 1 spot left and while they're looking for a striker they have a foreign spot up their sleeve. I think Engelaar' 12:44 PM yesterday David Davutovic injury has killed McGrath's chances of a permanent deal. 12:44 PM yesterday Edited September 10, 2013 by Dylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Still time to sign the Maltese Mosquito Michael Mifsud 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natalie182 Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Seems like McGrath is gone. Apparently he got injured whilst on trial David Davutovic McGrath is no longer trialling with Heart. With Kisnorbo signed they only have 1 spot left and while they're looking for a striker they have a foreign spot up their sleeve. I think Engelaar' 12:44 PM yesterday David Davutovic injury has killed McGrath's chances of a permanent deal. 12:44 PM yesterday That's what I originally thought too but I think the sentence is continuous and he means Engelaar's injury killed Mcgraths chances. I guess cause we needed the spot for another defender rather than a back up striker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharpy Posted September 10, 2013 Report Share Posted September 10, 2013 Anyone else have a Craig Goodwin feeling about McGrath? He'll get snapped up by another club and bang them in... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 It's so shit that we have Hoffman/D-Mac clogging up spots on the list. They're the ones who killed McGrath's chance, not Engelaar. If the club hadn't of snapped up these lost causes we could have McGrath on the list right now and still have two spots left for this international striker and Archibald and still room with Engelaar's injury replacement. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 It's so shit that we have Hoffman/D-Mac clogging up spots on the list. They're the ones who killed McGrath's chance, not Engelaar. If the club hadn't of snapped up these lost causes we could have McGrath on the list right now and still have two spots left for this international striker and Archibald and still room with Engelaar's injury replacement. Glad to see ppl finally agreeing with me on the matter of "deadwood" in the squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I have always said the same thing... I have even dared to stand up to the Kult of Kalmar on the issue of Dead Wood. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 (edited) I'd say Hoffman and Dmac have been complained about to the point of exhaustion. When you get to the point that the decisions have been made and the season's about to start, you have to accept it and move on no matter how stupid you think it is. Edited September 11, 2013 by Sash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I'd say Hoffman and Dmac have been complained about to the point of exhaustion. When you get to the point that the decisions have been made and the season's about to start, you have to accept it and move on no matter how stupid you think it is.  my sentiments too sash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 11, 2013 Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 I'd say Hoffman and Dmac have been complained about to the point of exhaustion. When you get to the point that the decisions have been made and the season's about to start, you have to accept it and move on no matter how stupid you think it is. Could it be they were re-signed because there less likely to complain about there amount of playing time? A young and up-comming striker in Mcgrath would be demanding to start most games, but now with this new international signing that would appear to be less likely. A d-mac will be happy to play in the youth league and play his 1,2 games a season compared to a mcgrath who might cause team disharmony? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted September 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2013 It's so shit that we have Hoffman/D-Mac clogging up spots on the list. They're the ones who killed McGrath's chance, not Engelaar. If the club hadn't of snapped up these lost causes we could have McGrath on the list right now and still have two spots left for this international striker and Archibald and still room with Engelaar's injury replacement. exactly this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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