CityBoyz Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: I think I've got this up to date now. Lesiotis is 39 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 Awesome. Your post means we are making an exciting new signing tomorrow! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 (edited) 44 minutes ago, CityBoyz said: Lesiotis is 39 @CityBoyz That was Abdulahi's number. On that basis, do we assume that the latter has definitely gone? He's still listed as a NYL player for City. Edited April 22, 2021 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted April 22, 2021 Report Share Posted April 22, 2021 10 minutes ago, jw1739 said: @CityBoyz That was Abdulahi's number. On that basis, do we assume that the latter has definitely gone? He's still listed as a NYL player for City. I haven’t heard much about Idrus but City said on Twitter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted April 26, 2021 Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 City just posted on FB commenting on Abdulahi's debut, then locked it for comments. Presumably because people kept asking what had happened to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 26, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2021 https://www.melbournecityfc.com.au/video/city-academy-update-director-football-michael-petrillo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted April 30, 2021 Report Share Posted April 30, 2021 https://m.facebook.com/footballmanager2021/posts/3473222342727807 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted May 16, 2021 Report Share Posted May 16, 2021 Assuming we have the wages of Good, Maclaren and Nabbout to spend on replacement players for injury and international duty. The CFG would be crazy not to explore this considering most other leagues will be finished come finals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted May 31, 2021 Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 If we have Leckie as rumoured. with Nabbout, Luna, Florin, Tsubaki, Noone off contract who do we keep. We’re in the position where 5 players off contract and 4 of them are visas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted May 31, 2021 Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 1. Tsubaki is on loan. That answers that one. 2. I can’t imagine we’d sign Leckie if Nabbout re-signs, mind you we might if Nabbout resigns. Leckie will be sought after in Australia and rumours aren’t worth a lot. 3. Luna and Noone are no brainers, “all” that’s required is agreement on terms. 4. Florin needs to play every week to be effective and I don’t think we can offer that. As a 5th year player he’d be relatively low salary cap impact but we still have a budget. Im not sure he’ll be re-signed. Wait and see I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted May 31, 2021 Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 Just now, Shahanga said: 1. Tsubaki is on loan. That answers that one. 2. I can’t imagine we’d sign Leckie if Nabbout re-signs, mind you we might if Nabbout resigns. Leckie will be sought after in Australia and rumours aren’t worth a lot. 3. Luna and Noone are no brainers, “all” that’s required is agreement on terms. 4. Florin needs to play every week to be effective and I don’t think we can offer that. As a 5th year player he’d be relatively low salary cap impact but we still have a budget. Im not sure he’ll be re-signed. Wait and see I guess. Only concern I have when picking Noone is that he’s 34 in November compared to Nabbout 29 but very injury prone and Noone might want to return to UK. Leckie is a great signing and would team up well with Nabbout / Noone so that doesn’t bother me. Leckie Macca Nabbout/Noone would a be a deadly front 3. Luna must re-sign and agree Florin time is up. Leaves us with maybe 2 visa spots if we want to use them to strengthen maybe a attacking kid but we don’t play with one, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted May 31, 2021 Report Share Posted May 31, 2021 (edited) I'd change anyone except MacLaren to get Leckie. He will be huge for the league, us and piss off the visitors something shocking. Edited May 31, 2021 by n i k o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 It’ll be interesting to see how we go about this. Four of the five foreign players are out of contract and two are on the older side even though Noone is in good form. Luna will be 30 next year but looks like he’s still got a lot left. Tsubaki is almost a certainty to not come back at this point. Potentially we’ve got Leckie coming in and Najjarine is still on our books. We might be content with an almost entirely domestic squad plus Reis and Luna. Retention is important though and if we lose any strong Australian players we might need to go foreign. This is a seriously good team with a lot of competition for spots: Glover Atkinson Reis Good Jamieson Luna O’Neill Metcalfe Leckie Maclaren Nabbout Sutton, Griffiths, Tilio, Najjarine, Colakovski, Galloway, Garrucio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 7 minutes ago, Harrison said: It’ll be interesting to see how we go about this. Four of the five foreign players are out of contract and two are on the older side even though Noone is in good form. Luna will be 30 next year but looks like he’s still got a lot left. Tsubaki is almost a certainty to not come back at this point. Potentially we’ve got Leckie coming in and Najjarine is still on our books. We might be content with an almost entirely domestic squad plus Reis and Luna. Retention is important though and if we lose any strong Australian players we might need to go foreign. This is a seriously good team with a lot of competition for spots: Glover Atkinson Reis Good Jamieson Luna O’Neill Metcalfe Leckie Maclaren Nabbout Sutton, Griffiths, Tilio, Najjarine, Colakovski, Galloway, Garrucio Why wouldn't you replace Tsubaki, Noone and Berenguer. That's potentially 3 starting players to lift the overall standard. Baring a catastrophic injury run I completely agree that list is impressive, considering several haven't yet reached peak levels, Tilio Colakovski Najarine and lesser extent Atkinson and Glover, and I think Metcalfe has still heaps of improvement. Only issue will be cap management and if Sydney has done it consistently for 4 or so seasons I can't see why we cant. Let's also look at PK also improving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jovan said: Why wouldn't you replace Tsubaki, Noone and Berenguer. That's potentially 3 starting players to lift the overall standard. Baring a catastrophic injury run I completely agree that list is impressive, considering several haven't yet reached peak levels, Tilio Colakovski Najarine and lesser extent Atkinson and Glover, and I think Metcalfe has still heaps of improvement. Only issue will be cap management and if Sydney has done it consistently for 4 or so seasons I can't see why we cant. Let's also look at PK also improving. The problem is the cap. If we brought in three foreigners who are better than our XI then we’ve probably got a problem with fitting them under it. Leckie and Nabbout would command decent salaries although one could join Maclaren as a marquee. But then paying for all the others would be tricky given some of their performances. A few of them would still be on their existing contracts I think, so might be relatively cheap for another season. But only a few of our younger players would qualify as homegrown and not many will reach the loyalty criterion for another season at least. Curtis qualifies next season but it’s not like his whole salary is excluded, it’s just a portion of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 8 minutes ago, Harrison said: The problem is the cap. If we brought in three foreigners who are better than our XI then we’ve probably got a problem with fitting them under it. Leckie and Nabbout would command decent salaries although one could join Maclaren as a marquee. But then paying for all the others would be tricky given some of their performances. A few of them would still be on their existing contracts I think, so might be relatively cheap for another season. But only a few of our younger players would qualify as homegrown and not many will reach the loyalty criterion for another season at least. Curtis qualifies next season but it’s not like his whole salary is excluded, it’s just a portion of it. True, so this might be the ideal time for CFG to look at Marquee, especially in the light of the new TV in which i assume they had massive involvement. Maybe it's just me hoping but it could be possible. Agree, Leckie and Nabbout will eat alot of the cap. So we could actually see a predominately Aussie squad. Very interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrison Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 2 minutes ago, Jovan said: True, so this might be the ideal time for CFG to look at Marquee, especially in the light of the new TV in which i assume they had massive involvement. Maybe it's just me hoping but it could be possible. Agree, Leckie and Nabbout will eat alot of the cap. So we could actually see a predominately Aussie squad. Very interesting. The rules might change too. They might increase the cap (don’t think they scrap it but it’s possible), scrap the allowances like the homegrown and loyalty ones (or increase or decrease them), change the foreign player limit, change the marquee limit etc. There’s a lot of uncertainty given that next season the shackles are off for the APL. It’s a new era and I wouldn’t be surprised to see some changes to the squad rules. Plus the pandemic will still be having an effect here and abroad. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see how it all shakes out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 2, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Harrison said: It’ll be interesting to see how we go about this. Four of the five foreign players are out of contract and two are on the older side even though Noone is in good form. Luna will be 30 next year but looks like he’s still got a lot left. Tsubaki is almost a certainty to not come back at this point. Potentially we’ve got Leckie coming in and Najjarine is still on our books. We might be content with an almost entirely domestic squad plus Reis and Luna. Retention is important though and if we lose any strong Australian players we might need to go foreign. This is a seriously good team with a lot of competition for spots: Glover Atkinson Reis Good Jamieson Luna O’Neill Metcalfe Leckie Maclaren Nabbout Sutton, Griffiths, Tilio, Najjarine, Colakovski, Galloway, Garrucio Najjar also still on our books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted June 2, 2021 Report Share Posted June 2, 2021 Loyalty players 4 or more consecutive seasons of service to the Club. So that’s Jamo, Good, Griffiths. Homegrown players are Atkinson, Metcalfe, Colakovski. Homegrown Players – A Club can spend an unlimited amount on 4 Australian Players aged 23 or younger that have come through the Club’s youth system 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiji19 Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Well we signed Leckie for 3 years What does this mean for Nabbout and Noone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 32 minutes ago, fiji19 said: Well we signed Leckie for 3 years What does this mean for Nabbout and Noone? I was thinking more likely that Maclaren might be gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 Most articles are mentioned that Nabbout will be with us next season, I understood that he only had 1 year contract. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 1 hour ago, fiji19 said: Well we signed Leckie for 3 years What does this mean for Nabbout and Noone? Surely Nabbout out alas. Noone irrelevant I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citymad Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 (edited) I think Noone will go, He is a bit long in the tooth IMO. however it wouls be an awesome array of attacking threats if we has Maclaren. Nabbout, Leckie, tilio, Cola, and also managed Noone in the squad. And then goals coming from midfield - Metcalfe, Oneill, Luna, Florin. and also Najjar and Najjarine!! Edited June 5, 2021 by citymad forgot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 One thing that sucks about the A League is a few seconds after the club makes a big signing you wonder “so who’s leaving”. Robs a fair bit of joy from the situation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 1 hour ago, Mr MO said: Most articles are mentioned that Nabbout will be with us next season, I understood that he only had 1 year contract. One year is correct. Unless it has been extended but there has been no announcement. For some reason, certain players just vanish off the radar. Abdulahi for example. 9 minutes ago, Shahanga said: One thing that sucks about the A League is a few seconds after the club makes a big signing you wonder “so who’s leaving”. Robs a fair bit of joy from the situation. You mean, similar to winning the premiership and then not playing in the ACL? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 For those who care about comparative salaries/ value. Transfermarkt says (euros): Leckie 1.3M Maclaren 1.3M Nabbout 500k Noone 450k Colakovski 250k (yes I know you’ll never get this in a transfer for the top 4, but it’s an independent valuation) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, Shahanga said: For those who care about comparative salaries/ value. Transfermarkt says (euros): Leckie 1.3M Maclaren 1.3M Nabbout 500k Noone 450k Colakovski 250k (yes I know you’ll never get this in a transfer for the top 4, but it’s an independent valuation) Going by the press release looks like Nabbout will stay He “will join several other Melbourne boys at City, including Maclaren, Good, Andrew Nabbout, and Stefan Colakovski.” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citymad Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 4 hours ago, Shahanga said: For those who care about comparative salaries/ value. Transfermarkt says (euros): Leckie 1.3M Maclaren 1.3M Nabbout 500k Noone 450k Colakovski 250k (yes I know you’ll never get this in a transfer for the top 4, but it’s an independent valuation) I am confident in saying that these valuse do not correlate to the actual player wages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 5, 2021 Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 38 minutes ago, citymad said: I am confident in saying that these valuse do not correlate to the actual player wages. That’s their transfer value as per transfermarkt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 5, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2021 10 hours ago, Shahanga said: That’s their transfer value as per transfermarkt. Correct - nothing to do with what they might command as salary/wages etc. In any case, we never seem to get anywhere near that Transfermarkt valuation when A-League players are transferred overseas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) I would expect that the next thing we will see is one or two departures. I doubt that Jamo will be going anywhere,. Tsubaki's loan will finish, so the candidates are Lesiotis, Berenguer, Noone, Luna and Nabbout, so we could have plenty of room for visa signings. I also note that we seem to be signing players to longer contracts (e.g. Reis, Leckie). Edited June 6, 2021 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 4 hours ago, jw1739 said: I would expect that the next thing we will see is one or two departures. I doubt that Jamo will be going anywhere,. Tsubaki's loan will finish, so the candidates are Lesiotis, Berenguer, Noone, Luna and Nabbout, so we could have plenty of room for visa signings. I also note that we seem to be signing players to longer contracts (e.g. Reis, Leckie). As well as Tilio who signed a 3 year deal. When Jamo signed he signed a 4 year deal and Maclaren a 3.5 year deal. Lesiotis won’t be going anywhere think he will stay. Visas will be interesting other than Tsubaki whose gone. Nabbout think he will stay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 6 minutes ago, CityBoyz said: As well as Tilio who signed a 3 year deal. When Jamo signed he signed a 4 year deal and Maclaren a 3.5 year deal. Lesiotis won’t be going anywhere think he will stay. Visas will be interesting other than Tsubaki whose gone. Nabbout think he will stay If Luna can't bring his family here, why would you want to stay any longer? I would say let both Luna and Berenguer go, combine their earning and get a visa midfielder a level up from both of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 (edited) This could be the first XI squad if Nabbout stays as predicted. Meaning our other target should be a midfielder if Luna/Bereguer depart the club as they are off contract. Not bad when you have Tilio, Cola,Griffiths, Gomulka, Garruccio, Galloway, Rodrigues. And if Najjarine returns to the club him as well. Think Lesiotis will probably stay as well. Should target another attacking mid, maybe a backup CB. Probably won't target a CB as we have Stokes and Mills in reserve and probably allocate more of the cap to another mid. Edited June 6, 2021 by CityBoyz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 We could target Amini to replace Luna and Berenguer in central midfield and he is currently Australia as he has just recovered 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted June 6, 2021 Report Share Posted June 6, 2021 9 hours ago, CityBoyz said: We could target Amini to replace Luna and Berenguer in central midfield and he is currently Australia as he has just recovered What’s Mooy up to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 7, 2021 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2021 10 hours ago, CityBoyz said: We could target Amini to replace Luna and Berenguer in central midfield and he is currently Australia as he has just recovered I don't see any particular reason to chase Amini. IMO, with the state of the A-League as it is now, as and where possible it would be desirable to import some bums-on-seats players, even if it means reducing the number of visa players in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 Salary cap will be 2.5m . How I read this your allowed 2 unlimited marquees and 2 players outside the cap on 300-600k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 10, 2021 Report Share Posted June 10, 2021 5 hours ago, CityBoyz said: Salary cap will be 2.5m . How I read this your allowed 2 unlimited marquees and 2 players outside the cap on 300-600k At what point do you just get rid of the cap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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