loriente Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) 2-0 lads Melbourne City FC @MelbourneCity · 1m 62' | GOALLLL @MelbourneCity!!! Mooy takes the ball to the bar-line & cuts back to Dugandzic who hit the back of the net. 2-0 @MelbourneCity Edited September 26, 2014 by loriente Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Nice! Surely even we can't mess this up! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartMillsy29 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 We're gonna win the league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperfuzz Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 mate scored from straight in front? strange things are afoot 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Mooy is our man. So glad we got him. Just seems to be a consistent performer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 JVS 10 YEAR DEAL NOW! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 2-0 lads Melbourne City FC @MelbourneCity · 1m 62' | GOALLLL @MelbourneCity!!! Mooy takes the ball to the bar-line & cuts back to Dugandzic who hit the back of the net. 2-0 @MelbourneCity To the bar line ? pint for me please ...by line its called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 88' McLaren. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 2 - 2 draw on the way ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 own goal redders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Nice! Surely even we can't mess this up! Wait for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 FT 2-1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewmac Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 last 10 mins on twitter looks like we were on the back foot , ah well monkey off the back !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Well, it finished 2-1 to us. Just reading off the tweets though and probably making 2+2 = about 10, it seems that those old uncertainties in the dying minutes of a match are still with us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Embee Posted September 26, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 First preseason victory against aleague opposition. Now STFU :up: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) Well we had to play a reserve side and we only narrowly did it, but finally we managed. Sheesh! Edited September 26, 2014 by KSK_47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 feel ripped off, so used to seeing this after every game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jestr Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 FT 2-1. Almost pulled it back Comprehensive victory is not our style Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Begbie Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Well we had to play a reserve side and we only narrowly did it, but finally we managed. Sheesh! Kind of like losing your virginity to a prostitute 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Well we had to play a reserve side and we only narrowly did it, but finally we managed. Sheesh! Kind of like losing your virginity to a prostitute Hahaha! And the prossy almost telling you that even though you are paying she would rather not but changing her mind at the last minute 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperfuzz Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 W Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 sign Paartalu and then break the duck first game he plays? (technically) Thats science. Cant argue with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fentonthescreamingcactus Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 what was the starting line up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 We beat A-League opposition in pre season. Shut the CBD down, tickertape parade is in order. Peter Zois driving the bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 We beat A-League opposition in pre season. Shut the CBD down, tickertape parade is in order. Peter Zois driving the bus. Give them a send off on parliament steps again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Murfy1 Posted September 26, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) First, the world was coming to an end because the team had never won a pre-season game against A-League opposition. Now, pre-season wins don't matter. Perth had several 1st team players: Garcia, Marinkovic, Risdon, Djulbic, Ferriera. And Harold will probably be a semi-regular starter, and same with Clisby. So it wasn't their 'B team', as over half of the team will probably start at the beginning of the season. And Melbourne City had players that probably won't start regularly as well: Archibald, Ramsay and Murdocca. The team had no striker FFS. So it was a respectable pre-season win. Teams next to never play their best XIs in pre-season. So if you want to see how Melbourne City go against other teams best XI, you'll just have to wait 2 weeks for the A-League season to start. And it was a solid win. Melbourne City were leading from the 15' minute, and we went 2 goals up after the 62' minute, and held a 2 goal lead for 26 minutes until the 88' or 89' minute, where there was only a few minutes to go and Perth nabbed what was ultimately only a consolation goal. Of course it's preferable for a team to keep a clean sheet, but conceding 1 goal to have the game be 2-1 with 1 minute left of regular time is no big deal. It's a cross against the team's performance, but not a big cross. They lead for the vast majority of the game, and got the job done and got the win. Good news that a lot of our 1st choice players seemingly played 90 minutes, such as Duff, Koren, Mooy, Dugandzic, Kisnorbo, Wielaert and possibly even Paartalu. Dugandzic got a goal. A good sign ahead of the season. If regular players like Dugandzic step up next season and consistently contribute with goals, assists and important plays, then the chances of Melbourne City doing well this season significantly go up. Koren got his first goal, which can only be good for the confidence. Mooy got an assist, and the midfield of Mooy, Koren, Paartalu sounds like it might well live up to the high expectations placed upon it. And defensively we were good, only conceding with about a minute to go. So lighten up. We got a respectable win, the 1st against A-League opposition in pre-season. And things are pretty much tracking as they should for pre-season. Now we can put the pre-season behind us, and see how the team goes in the early part of the A-League season, playing games that actually count. Edited September 26, 2014 by Murfy1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Yeah, that was good news. Some decent players in that Perth side and we gave them a head start by not even playing a goalie. BTW I presume Koren played as a false 9? Line up makes no sense otherwise. Looks like we are "as ready as we'll ever be" for the start of the season, (except for the little matter of one of the best strikers in the world arriving). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 First, the world was coming to an end because the team had never won a pre-season game against A-League opposition. Now, pre-season wins don't matter. Perth had several 1st team players: Garcia, Marinkovic, Risdon, Djulbic, Ferriera. And Harold will probably be a semi-regular starter, and same with Clisby. So it wasn't their 'B team', as over half of the team will probably start at the beginning of the season. And Melbourne City had players that probably won't start regularly as well: Archibald, Ramsay and Murdocca. The team had no striker FFS. ******* So lighten up. We got a respectable win, the 1st against A-League opposition in pre-season. And things are pretty much tracking as they should for pre-season. Now we can put the pre-season behind us, and see how the team goes in the early part of the A-League season, playing games that actually count. Relax mate. Remember you're on an Internet forum not on a Fox Sport discussion panel. Most of us were actually having a laugh. Obviously none of us saw the game so nobody can really say how we played. It honestly didn't sound as though we played particularly well considering the gap in the squads on paper but hey. The season is about to start and we did finally get that preseason monkey off our back. Looking forward to seeing how we play when points are up for grabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 The first step to championship glory Go you good things Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXJawsaXx Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 We're gonna win the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agoalie Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 We lose we complain, we win we complain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Amazing result given our form. I agree with Murf, it doesn't matter even if Perth did play a total B team, we actually won a pre-season game against HAL opposition. We would have lost to the B team under Aloisi. Well done to the team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 First, the world was coming to an end because the team had never won a pre-season game against A-League opposition. Now, pre-season wins don't matter. Perth had several 1st team players: Garcia, Marinkovic, Risdon, Djulbic, Ferriera. And Harold will probably be a semi-regular starter, and same with Clisby. So it wasn't their 'B team', as over half of the team will probably start at the beginning of the season. And Melbourne City had players that probably won't start regularly as well: Archibald, Ramsay and Murdocca. The team had no striker FFS. ******* So lighten up. We got a respectable win, the 1st against A-League opposition in pre-season. And things are pretty much tracking as they should for pre-season. Now we can put the pre-season behind us, and see how the team goes in the early part of the A-League season, playing games that actually count. Relax mate. Remember you're on an Internet forum not on a Fox Sport discussion panel. Most of us were actually having a laugh. Obviously none of us saw the game so nobody can really say how we played. It honestly didn't sound as though we played particularly well considering the gap in the squads on paper but hey. The season is about to start and we did finally get that preseason monkey off our back. Looking forward to seeing how we play when points are up for grabs. I know. Just the tone on this forum, as well as some flip-flopping on stances to always maintain a 'glass have empty' perspective, is just sometimes really obnoxious. And as I said above, I dispute that Perth played a 2nd string side. IMO it's unarguable, as at very least 5 players (Garcia, Marinkovic, Risdon, Djulbic, Ferriera) are certain starters for Perth. And Melbourne City played at least 3 players that won't be regular starters (Archibald, Ramsay, Murdocca), and the team even had no striker. So IMO both teams were close enough in terms of the numbers of likely regular starters and reserve players that they played. I think it's just becoming a bit clear that Melbourne City's recruitment has actually been pretty strong this off-season. IMO we will clearly have a better squad than Perth, and some other A-League sides. And how strong our squad is after being bolstered with the likes of Koren, Duff, Paartalu and Mooy is just becoming apparent. I agree no one can exactly be sure how the team performed, as no one saw the match and we're going off tweets. But going off the facts it sounds like the team played pretty well: lead from the 15' minute, lead by 2 goals from the 62' minute, and only conceded a consolation goal on the 88' minute. And going off the tweets, it sounds like Melbourne City had at least several shots (and capitalised on 2 of them, of course), and Perth only seemingly had a few decent shots after the 80' minute before they scored 1 on the 88' minute. So all up it does sound like a pretty good performance, against a team of approximately the same number of 1st choice players, IMO. It all certainly sounds like a better situation leading into the season then 2 years ago, when under Aloisi just before the 2012-13 season kicked off, we lost 5-0 to Perth Glory in Melbourne in our final pre-season game before the season started. So the team's had a pretty good pre-season, and the tiring excessive pessimism often on show on this forum isn't justified ATM. And now let the real football matches begin. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperfuzz Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 First, the world was coming to an end because the team had never won a pre-season game against A-League opposition. Now, pre-season wins don't matter. Perth had several 1st team players: Garcia, Marinkovic, Risdon, Djulbic, Ferriera. And Harold will probably be a semi-regular starter, and same with Clisby. So it wasn't their 'B team', as over half of the team will probably start at the beginning of the season. And Melbourne City had players that probably won't start regularly as well: Archibald, Ramsay and Murdocca. The team had no striker FFS. So it was a respectable pre-season win. Teams next to never play their best XIs in pre-season. So if you want to see how Melbourne City go against other teams best XI, you'll just have to wait 2 weeks for the A-League season to start. And it was a solid win. Melbourne City were leading from the 15' minute, and we went 2 goals up after the 62' minute, and held a 2 goal lead for 26 minutes until the 88' or 89' minute, where there was only a few minutes to go and Perth nabbed what was ultimately only a consolation goal. Of course it's preferable for a team to keep a clean sheet, but conceding 1 goal to have the game be 2-1 with 1 minute left of regular time is no big deal. It's a cross against the team's performance, but not a big cross. They lead for the vast majority of the game, and got the job done and got the win. Good news that a lot of our 1st choice players seemingly played 90 minutes, such as Duff, Koren, Mooy, Dugandzic, Kisnorbo, Wielaert and possibly even Paartalu. Dugandzic got a goal. A good sign ahead of the season. If regular players like Dugandzic step up next season and consistently contribute with goals, assists and important plays, then the chances of Melbourne City doing well this season significantly go up. Koren got his first goal, which can only be good for the confidence. Mooy got an assist, and the midfield of Mooy, Koren, Paartalu sounds like it might well live up to the high expectations placed upon it. And defensively we were good, only conceding with about a minute to go. So lighten up. We got a respectable win, the 1st against A-League opposition in pre-season. And things are pretty much tracking as they should for pre-season. Now we can put the pre-season behind us, and see how the team goes in the early part of the A-League season, playing games that actually count. jesus-like in your ability to turn a handful of tweets into such a volume of analysis kennedyesque, perhaps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) I see where you are coming from Murf but again I think we can agree to disagree here. I would say our off season has been (on the park) slightly above average. Certainly not anything like that 5-0 loss to Perth last year but nothing that has blown me away. Hearing the club refer to our first competitive match as a pre season hit out very much had an echo of old times too. Recruiting has been exceptional of course, but I guess seeing a squad that on paper that should do well but doesn't year after year is just as tiring as the pessimism on here you talk of. I am going into this season with cautious optimism this year which is far better than a sinking nervous feeling like last year. We should do very well providing a few liabilities step up and perform. Edited September 26, 2014 by KSK_47 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombegongal Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 First, the world was coming to an end because the team had never won a pre-season game against A-League opposition. Now, pre-season wins don't matter. Perth had several 1st team players: Garcia, Marinkovic, Risdon, Djulbic, Ferriera. And Harold will probably be a semi-regular starter, and same with Clisby. So it wasn't their 'B team', as over half of the team will probably start at the beginning of the season. And Melbourne City had players that probably won't start regularly as well: Archibald, Ramsay and Murdocca. The team had no striker FFS. ******* So lighten up. We got a respectable win, the 1st against A-League opposition in pre-season. And things are pretty much tracking as they should for pre-season. Now we can put the pre-season behind us, and see how the team goes in the early part of the A-League season, playing games that actually count. Relax mate. Remember you're on an Internet forum not on a Fox Sport discussion panel. Most of us were actually having a laugh. Obviously none of us saw the game so nobody can really say how we played. It honestly didn't sound as though we played particularly well considering the gap in the squads on paper but hey. The season is about to start and we did finally get that preseason monkey off our back. Looking forward to seeing how we play when points are up for grabs. I know. Just the tone on this forum, as well as some flip-flopping on stances to always maintain a 'glass have empty' perspective, is just sometimes really obnoxious. And as I said above, I dispute that Perth played a 2nd string side. IMO it's unarguable, as at very least 5 players (Garcia, Marinkovic, Risdon, Djulbic, Ferriera) are certain starters for Perth. And Melbourne City played at least 3 players that won't be regular starters (Archibald, Ramsay, Murdocca), and the team even had no striker. So IMO both teams were close enough in terms of the numbers of likely regular starters and reserve players that they played. I think it's just becoming a bit clear that Melbourne City's recruitment has actually been pretty strong this off-season. IMO we will clearly have a better squad than Perth, and some other A-League sides. And how strong our squad is after being bolstered with the likes of Koren, Duff, Paartalu and Mooy is just becoming apparent. I agree no one can exactly be sure how the team performed, as no one saw the match and we're going off tweets. But going off the facts it sounds like the team played pretty well: lead from the 15' minute, lead by 2 goals from the 62' minute, and only conceded a consolation goal on the 88' minute. And going off the tweets, it sounds like Melbourne City had at least several shots (and capitalised on 2 of them, of course), and Perth only seemingly had a few decent shots after the 80' minute before they scored 1 on the 88' minute. So all up it does sound like a pretty good performance, against a team of approximately the same number of 1st choice players, IMO. It all certainly sounds like a better situation leading into the season then 2 years ago, when under Aloisi just before the 2012-13 season kicked off, we lost 5-0 to Perth Glory in Melbourne in our final pre-season game before the season started. So the team's had a pretty good pre-season, and the tiring excessive pessimism often on show on this forum isn't justified ATM. And now let the real football matches begin. Thankyou for being one of the few to agree with me and see some of the positives this preseason. Great posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Mooy, Koren, Duff Duff are gonna be rocks. The difference between mid table and really challenging higher up will be how some of our less consistent players turn into reliable performers week in week out. I'm looking at Duga, Willo, Ramsay, Redders, Tando, etc. If they raise their consistency playing along side Mooy, Koren and Duff then we can go places. But would love to have a striker/poacher to replace the gun they call Villa. Please CFG make it happen. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 It all certainly sounds like a better situation leading into the season then 2 years ago, when under Aloisi just before the 2012-13 season kicked off, we lost 5-0 to Perth Glory in Melbourne in our final pre-season game before the season started. I remember that game, I still have nightmares about it. It presaged what was to come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Let's be honest here because the posts are there to prove it, the majority of people that posted after our preseason losses were negative to the point where the whole season was almost a write off. Our end of season predictions are proof of the negativity that has been going on. Murphy1 has every right to bring it up. Even now after a win there's still something wrong with the win, which is ok to point out, provided that the credit is given to the team for performing the job we were all asking for. Anyway that's my rant over. Onward and upward we've finally got the monkey off our back let's look forward to the season and see if we can give it a good shake. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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