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Murfy1 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) REACTION: Van't Schip happy with Oldham display Monday, 21 July 2014 7:15 AM Melbourne City FC Head Coach, pictured right, with Latics manager Lee Johnson at Saturday's 1-1 draw at Oldham Athletic. Melbourne City FC Head Coach John van’t Schip said he was pleased with the Club’s second pre-season hit-out in the UK against Oldham Athletic. In the Club’s second pre-season friendly of the tour at Oldham’s SportsDirect.com Park, van’t Schip’s Melbourne City FC took the lead against the English Football League One opponent through a David Williams strike, but were pegged back by a late equaliser from the Latics. Van’t Schip said he was pleased with the performance and the direction that the team was heading in after a week of training and two pre-season matches in the greater Manchester region. “It was a very good game again for us to see where we are and playing Oldham, who are a level higher than Bury, who we played against last game,” van’t Schip said. “I think the first half we played good football; we had some good movement and kept the ball, controlled the game and maybe in the end [in the second half] we had a lack of precise passing. "But the build up and the way we played was very encouraging." With a squad including trailists and last season's National Youth League regulars such as Ross Archibald and Paulo Retre, van't Schip made five changes at the break, which produced Williams' opener but disrupted the flow of the match slightly in the second stanza. “The second half we struggled a bit more because some players playing 90 minutes and some traillists that are not in the same condition as the players we have at the moment," van't Schip said. “They [Oldham] forced us back a bit, but in the end it was a very good game for us to see how things may work out and of course the pitch and the weather was very good.” Van’t Schip said there were similarities between the match against Bury and Saturday’s match against Oldham. “We controlled also that game until about the hour mark and then we were forced back more against Bury and against Oldham," van't Schip said. Van’t Schip said one of the main focuses of the pre-season matches was to retain possession, but the goal against Oldham had come after some swift work in attack from second-half substitutes Mate Dugandzic and Williams. “That [counter-attacking] is something we have in our game as well,” van’t Schip said. “We want to play a possession game, but we know also on the break we can be dangerous with Mate, with Williams, with [Damien] Duff, with James Brown - so we have a lot of speed up front and it worked out in the second half that we scored a goal through David. "The two games we have played have been very helpful to see where we are at [in pre-season] and where the areas are we still need to work on and from there we have the next game coming up on Wednesday against Bolton [Wanderers] which is again going to be a level higher." http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/melbourneheart/news-display/REACTION-Vant-Schip-happy-with-Oldham-display/91269 Edited July 21, 2014 by Murfy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 (edited) Melbourne City set to hit ground running in new A-League season after revelling in UK tour conditions JULY 21, 2014 FOUNDATION Melbourne City player Jason Hoffman says his club will go in to the upcoming A-League season as well prepared as any campaign before it on the back of this month’s tour of Manchester. The right back has already spilt blood for the cause in the United Kingdom, cutting himself through to the bone of his lower right leg after being tackled in the 1-1 draw against Oldham Athletic on Sunday morning. Hoffman will be fit to play Bolton Wanderers on Thursday morning, but the news hasn’t been as good on the health front for Connor Chapman of late. The defender, recruited from Newcastle Jets, has been laid low by glandular fever for the best part of a month, which prevented him from joining his new teammates in Manchester. Those that are here, Hoffman said, have benefited massively from a gruelling training regime. The 25-year-old said the facilities at Manchester City’s Carrington base — where the team has been practising since July 8 — are “unbelievable” and the “boot camp-style” training loads have all been tailored towards what coach John van‘t Schip wants his players to achieve on the pitch this season. “As far as the past has gone for our club we’ve never had a tour like this as a group where we’ve got to really get to know each other and really work on our football every day in an environment that’s away from our family and friends,” Hoffman said. “I think it’s going to be the best prepared the club has ever gone in to the new season, having an experience like this, and I’m sure it will put us in good stead. “In the past few years we haven’t been, on the table, where we want to be, results have been so up and down. But I think this trip will definitely help us this season to try and bridge that gap, help us to play well and get the right results.” Hoffman described the gash to his leg as “pretty bad”, resulting from a tackle that laid him out on the Boundary Park pitch for a couple of minutes. “It cut me through to the bone,” he said. “It was in the fifth minute, I went to whip in a cross and he came in to tackle and unfortunately his stud got me right in the soft spot and cut me right through, which wasn’t a pretty sight.” Chapman had been missing from training prior to City’s departure for Manchester and did not play in the team’s pre-season friendly against Ballarat Red Devils last month. He is expected to link up with the team when it returns to Melbourne for training next week. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/melbourne-city-set-to-hit-ground-running-in-new-aleague-season-after-revelling-in-uk-tour-conditions/story-fni2wcjl-1226996495445 Edited July 21, 2014 by Murfy1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Why are people always interviewing hoffman all the time? Interview someone who will actually be playing for the team this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Why are people always interviewing hoffman all the time? Interview someone who will actually be playing for the team this season.Why wouldn't our next captain play this season? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Why are people always interviewing hoffman all the time? Interview someone who will actually be playing for the team this season. Why wouldn't our next captain play this season? Don't know why but i loled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Why are people always interviewing hoffman all the time? Interview someone who will actually be playing for the team this season. Yes. Getting sick of his little goody two-shoes opinions all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted July 21, 2014 Report Share Posted July 21, 2014 Hoffman controls the illuminati=illuminati control the media=Hoffman gets all the fucking interviews he wants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Murfy1 Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Melbourne City players meet Manchester counterparts at Carrington training complex MATT WINDLEY IN MANCHESTER JULY 22, 2014 IT MIGHT not seem like much, but this was a big moment in the history of the Melbourne City and Manchester City football clubs. The first time that the senior stars of each club had gotten together for one big “team” photo. It was just another watershed event on what has been an historic month for Melbourne City. Manchester City’s training facilities are unbelievable. Melbourne City players - at the Carrington centre as part of an 18-day pre-season training camp - already feel like they are living as football royalty. So you can’t begin to believe how Man City’s players are going to feel in about three months time when the City Football Academy opens up just a long goal kick away from its home ground, the Etihad Stadium. On Monday I had the privilege of being shown around all three facilities - the Etihad, the CFA and Carrington - and each are a sight for sore eyes. You probably do lose some perspective as a sports journalist and take for granted the sights and sounds you see in the sport industry, but it was cool to take a tour of Etihad Stadium purely as a fan - and amongst fans - to see behind the scenes at a ground that is otherwise so far away from little old Australia. It would be an incredible theatre to watch games at - I’m a stadium nerd so maybe I appreciate it more than most - and the atmosphere is set to only get better in the coming years as expansion at either end will see capacity rise from just shy of 50,000 to about 61,000. You figured the change rooms would be awesome - the players’ shirts are still hanging up ready to go despite each being either on post-World Cup holiday or with the club in the United States - so too the warm-up area and tunnel which leads on to the field of play, but it’s the little things that take you by surprise. Did you know that there’s a button at the bottom of the cushy seats the Manchester City substitutes sit on that if they press it instantly warms it up for them on cold days? They’ve also got warmers in the concrete slabs beneath for their feet. But on the opposite bench some 10m away there’s none of that. The seats are smaller too and less comfy - maybe that’s why City lost just once here last year. The players of Manchester and Melbourne City mingle for the first time. Photo opportunities at the City Football Academy were light on as it is still a construction zone. Driving around it’s hard to imagine that in about 12 weeks it’s going to be ‘lights, camera, action’, but these guys don’t muck around - they’ll be good to go. And what a facility it will be! More than a dozen pitches, including an indoor arena equipped to play FIFA matches and another that, with its giant wall around it, is totally sheltered from the elements. Among other things there are state-of-the-art player facilities - including accommodation - all new media and administration areas and walkway connection to the Etihad. What more could you need? Where the magic currently happens is out at Carrington, about a 20-minute drive from Manchester. The facilities are nothing compared to where the players will be in a short amount of time, but would still be the envy of any sporting club in Australia, and the training pitches are immaculate - dubbed the best in the English Premier League - so it’s safe to say that Melbourne City players aren’t complaining. This is day 15 in the United Kingdom for them, so they could be forgiven for starting to think about being back home in a few days time, but training is still sharp and no less intense than it was at the start of the tour. Having not played since February because of injury, one of Melbourne City’s star recruits, Damien Duff, is still slowly regaining match fitness, but it’s clearly evident that the skills the 100-time Irish international and former Chelsea possess haven’t diminished. The skills of the likes of Samir Nasri, Gael Clichy, Javi Garcia, Karim Rekik, Micah Richards and Scott Sinclair certainly aren’t diminishing either. I say that, why? Because for a fleeting moment those players rubbed shoulders with their City Group brothers in the one and only Carrington interchange between the two sets of players. Manchester City’s players, only just this weekend back from Scotland, were headed for the bus to the airport where they would be bound for that US tour, while Melbourne City’s players were getting ready to train. But before heading on their separate ways both sets of players paused for a group photo - the first of its kind since Manchester City’s takeover of the club formerly known as Melbourne Heart. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/melbourne-city-players-meet-manchester-counterparts-at-carrington-training-complex/story-fni2wcjl-1226997362229 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Heartspur Posted July 22, 2014 Report Share Posted July 22, 2014 Melbourne City players meet Manchester counterparts at Carrington training complex MATT WINDLEY IN MANCHESTER JULY 22, 2014 You figured the change rooms would be awesome - the players’ shirts are still hanging up ready to go despite each being either on post-World Cup holiday or with the club in the United States - so too the warm-up area and tunnel which leads on to the field of play, but it’s the little things that take you by surprise. Did you know that there’s a button at the bottom of the cushy seats the Manchester City substitutes sit on that if they press it instantly warms it up for them on cold days? They’ve also got warmers in the concrete slabs beneath for their feet. But on the opposite bench some 10m away there’s none of that. The seats are smaller too and less comfy - maybe that’s why City lost just once here last year. I think it's fair to say he's never been to any other top-flight stadiums in Europe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 @MattyHeraldSun: Tried to play out from the back, Velaphi rushed in his clearance, deflects of Bolton striker and in to the back of the net against run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Apparently Mooy is dominant. I have a feeling he might be the signing of the season.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) 3-1 up Mooy kisnorbo and Williams But apparently Bolton are just playing their kids This from Matt windley It's an under strength Bolton side it must be said but Melbourne City looking very good! Edited July 23, 2014 by Dylan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LR9 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Yeah all kids in the youth team, u21s I think, Josh Vela is the only name I recognise... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illeatyourheart Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Wilkinson apparently scored in their game last night as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illeatyourheart Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 http://t.co/Qr8HyGeIuP Not sure that I like the kit with black shorts and socks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 4-1 the one and only James Brown scores Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartinHobart Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 So we've never beaten an A-League club in pre season before but it seems as though we're set to beat Bolton Wanderers. Also, in Slovenia atm, there was a snippet in a local paper today which mentioned Melbourne City and Robert Koren. Unfortunately couldn't translate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 5-1 Williams scores again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Ah well!!! normal service resumed as Williams slices wide 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Any game where Williams puts more shots in the back of the net than wide of the corner flag terrifies me to my very soul. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
illeatyourheart Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Was actually Dugandzic and not Williams with our fifth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) Melbourne City FC @MelbourneCity 20m 72' | GOAL! 1-5! Williams with the fifth for @MelbourneCity. Williams steals the ball from his opponent, runs in and cuts to Dugandzic It seems Dugandzic scored the fifth.....you wouldn't have thought it from the twitter account though lol Edited July 23, 2014 by silva10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Then again the cuts to Dugandzic should have given me a clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Red&White tops with black shorts. Must be the new look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Disappointing from Bolton playing under 21s, probably not the best preseason hit out for our lads if they are just going to walk over kids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Fallingbostel blue Posted July 23, 2014 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 (edited) First time poster, am a Man City fan but have been following Melbourne since the take over. Went to the match tonight, very impressed with Melbourne very quick moving the ball forward, liked the way they play out from the back with assured passing. Duff had a decent first half apart from the poor pass back for the opening goal. Robert Koren was sat in the stands watching with Brian Marwood. Think you will have a good season if tonight was anything to go by, I know Bolton had a young side out but you were dominant from start to finish, some of the interplay was excellent and a joy yo watch. Good luck with the upcoming season. Edited July 23, 2014 by Fallingbostel blue 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Well it sounds if Koren will be joining Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M13 Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 We are a couple of Cityfans hanging out here FBB So Koren was there watching as well..Sounds more and more like a done deal, as for the Melbourne team both Brian Marwood and Simon Pearce will keep an eye on their results this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melburnian Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Great to hear Robert Koren was there. That is something you wouldn't see from most other potential marquees. Shows the right attitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 First time poster, am a Man City fan but have been following Melbourne since the take over. Went to the match tonight, very impressed with Melbourne very quick moving the ball forward, liked the way they play out from the back with assured passing. Duff had a decent first half apart from the poor pass back for the opening goal. Robert Koren was sat in the stands watching with Brian Marwood. Think you will have a good season if tonight was anything to go by, I know Bolton had a young side out but you were dominant from start to finish, some of the interplay was excellent and a joy yo watch. Good luck with the upcoming season. Welcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruckoo Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Welcome Fallingbostel Blue!! Really excited for Koren to join us, is a great no 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falastur Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 First time poster, am a Man City fan but have been following Melbourne since the take over. Went to the match tonight, very impressed with Melbourne very quick moving the ball forward, liked the way they play out from the back with assured passing. Duff had a decent first half apart from the poor pass back for the opening goal. Robert Koren was sat in the stands watching with Brian Marwood. Think you will have a good season if tonight was anything to go by, I know Bolton had a young side out but you were dominant from start to finish, some of the interplay was excellent and a joy yo watch. Good luck with the upcoming season. Yep, as M13 says there's a few of us Brits on here. Out of interest, did you go to the Oldham game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theresonlyonebzamora Posted July 23, 2014 Report Share Posted July 23, 2014 Disappointing from Bolton playing under 21s, probably not the best preseason hit out for our lads if they are just going to walk over kids christ almighty some people are never happy. it's a step up from playing latrobe uni ffs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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