haz Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 (edited) Thomas Deng (former Victory player) said to be cut from PSV reserves, thoughts on taking him back to Australia as a replacement for Chapman? Edited January 20, 2017 by haz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Money Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Also as a replacement for chapman, any news on spiranovic situation?? His team is relegated and he is a Geelong boy so not far from home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartOfCity Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 14 minutes ago, Money said: Also as a replacement for chapman, any news on spiranovic situation?? His team is relegated and he is a Geelong boy so not far from home Would take Ruon and Jakobsen any day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Money Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 9 minutes ago, HeartOfCity said: Would take Ruon and Jakobsen any day. With spira we could easily play a back three with some wing backs, and you never know when jakobsen could miss a few more games with injury Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughJass Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, haz said: Thomas Deng (former Victory player) said to be cut from PSV reserves, thoughts on taking him back to Australia as a replacement for Chapman? He's on loan to PSV so straight back to victory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 I doubt we would have the space for spiranovic, who in my opinion is Australia number 1 central defender Possibly next season though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Money said: Also as a replacement for chapman, any news on spiranovic situation?? His team is relegated and he is a Geelong boy so not far from home started pre season, he'll take his US2m in the 2nd div, next Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 26 minutes ago, Thrillhouse said: started pre season, he'll take his US2m in the 2nd div, next How shit is standard in the chinese second division of all places ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 40 minutes ago, Chris p said: How shit is standard in the chinese second division of all places ? can't imagine it'd be any better than here, wonder if ange has told him it could cost him a NT spot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 3 hours ago, Thrillhouse said: can't imagine it'd be any better than here, wonder if ange has told him it could cost him a NT spot It should tbh, Ange needs to be more ruthless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Any other ideas for a replacement if Chapman does go to Incheon? We were thin at the back already, and his departure will make that worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Get rid of Thomas and get a marquee/Visa CB http://www.transfermarkt.com/spieler/vertragslosespieler/statistik/1/plus//galerie/0?ausrichtung=alle&spielerposition_id=3&land_id=alle&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=alle&yt0=Show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted January 20, 2017 Report Share Posted January 20, 2017 Heard Vidosic and thwaite were being released by their chinese club ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCY HERO Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 16 hours ago, playmaker said: Get rid of Thomas and get a marquee/Visa CB http://www.transfermarkt.com/spieler/vertragslosespieler/statistik/1/plus//galerie/0?ausrichtung=alle&spielerposition_id=3&land_id=alle&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=alle&yt0=Show Yeah but the players are saying he is very motivated in the locker room Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playmaker Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 51 minutes ago, MCY HERO said: Yeah but the players are saying he is very motivated in the locker room Then he can be a coach to free up a spot for a CB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 (edited) On 1/20/2017 at 8:17 PM, playmaker said: Get rid of Thomas and get a marquee/Visa CB http://www.transfermarkt.com/spieler/vertragslosespieler/statistik/1/plus//galerie/0?ausrichtung=alle&spielerposition_id=3&land_id=alle&wettbewerb_id=alle&seit=alle&yt0=Show Although I would prefer Sorenson in goals, if the club refuse to play him then they either give him to Central Coast or put him into a coaching role (as you mentioned above). Then we can sign another "ball playing" CB to be beside Jakobsen and Tonyik in a 3ATB with 2 wingbacks. -Deleted Image- BENCH: NPL Keeper, Kamau, Fitzy, Malik, Caceras RESERVES: Muscat, Rose, Arzani, Retre Edited March 16, 2017 by haz 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartOfCity Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 56 minutes ago, haz said: Although I would prefer Sorenson in goals, if the club refuse to play him then they either give him to Central Coast or put him into a coaching role (as you mentioned above). Then we can sign another "ball playing" CB to be beside Jakobsen and Tonyik in a 3ATB with 2 wingbacks. BENCH: NPL Keeper, Kamau, Fitzy, Malik, Caceras RESERVES: Muscat, Rose, Arzani, Retre Nothing wrong with dreams and i like how you've snuck it in without mentioning his name bravo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted January 21, 2017 Report Share Posted January 21, 2017 53 minutes ago, HeartOfCity said: Nothing wrong with dreams and i like how you've snuck it in without mentioning his name bravo. Isn't that what Bruno was trying to say in his FFA speech. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Quote Valkanis not looking to strengthen Melbourne City squad in January Michael Valkanis will not be looking to bolster his squad in the January transfer window. Melbourne City coach Michael Valkanis says his A-League club aren't planning on entering the transfer market during the mid-season window. City have been one of the most-prodigious users of the January transfer window, rejuvenating their squad in previous years to gear up for the title race. Last season, Socceroos defender Alex Wilkinson was most effectively brought in to reshape the club's defence. Osama Malik, Anthony Caceres, Dean Bouzanis and Nick Fitzgerald followed, with Erik Paartalu, Stefan Mauk and dud marquee Robi Koren leaving the club. But this year, Valkanis says there will be no major changes - or perhaps none at all - as they seek a maiden piece of A-League silverware. Caretaker boss Valkanis dismissed the notion that full-time coach John Van 't Schip's departure had led to inertia around transfer activity. In the Dutchman's absence, the entire football department is working on targets -- just not for January. "The list is something we always talk about every week," he said. "We're always in discussions. We were in discussions, before JVS left, about next year as well. That's ongoing." Asked directly whether the club had any January targets, Valkanis said "at the moment, no". http://www.espnfc.com.au/australian-a-league/story/3041542/valkanis-not-looking-to-strengthen-melbourne-city-squad-in-january Looks like we will continue with mediocre results. Start the season over thread 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melburnian Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Looks like they have packed up for the season, so to should we. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 TBH I don't have a problem with this unless we can pick up a quality defender on a short-term contract (e.g. as we did with Wilkinson last season). I'd much rather we wait until the new manager is appointed before we start signing players. As for the season - well, with 11 matches to go, 7 of them away, we have to make up 15 points on Sydney, that is in 11 matches we have to have 5 more wins than they do, and I don't believe that we can do that. We are 6 points behind Victory, and IMO we'll know in a couple of weeks time whether we might catch them. In summary I'm certain that the Premiership is out of reach, with the other places in the top six still up for grabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 22 minutes ago, jw1739 said: TBH I don't have a problem with this unless we can pick up a quality defender on a short-term contract (e.g. as we did with Wilkinson last season). I'd much rather we wait until the new manager is appointed before we start signing players. As for the season - well, with 11 matches to go, 7 of them away, we have to make up 15 points on Sydney, that is in 11 matches we have to have 5 more wins than they do, and I don't believe that we can do that. We are 6 points behind Victory, and IMO we'll know in a couple of weeks time whether we might catch them. In summary I'm certain that the Premiership is out of reach, with the other places in the top six still up for grabs. Premiership is definitely out of reach but top 2 is certainly attainable. 2nd is as good as first when it comes to winning the GF. ACL qualification and the toilet seat means there is heaps to play for. I get some people see the Premiership as the main prize and fair enough, but i think CFG and the playing group see the seat as the big one. On the squad I think we've got the cattle as it is, and unless we can pick up a quality defender there's prob not much point in signing anyone as per what JW said. Our improvement is going to come via our structure and how we play overall, not by injecting anyone new. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXCiTyZeNXx Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Looks like we wont win this season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 I would take a gun #10 but obviously not gonna happen other than that a quality defender. If not then we have a good enough list to finish 2nd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 5 hours ago, bt50 said: Premiership is definitely out of reach but top 2 is certainly attainable. 2nd is as good as first when it comes to winning the GF. ACL qualification and the toilet seat means there is heaps to play for. I get some people see the Premiership as the main prize and fair enough, but i think CFG and the playing group see the seat as the big one. On the squad I think we've got the cattle as it is, and unless we can pick up a quality defender there's prob not much point in signing anyone as per what JW said. Our improvement is going to come via our structure and how we play overall, not by injecting anyone new. In terms of the future, as contracts stand we don't have a great deal of room in which to manoeuvre. The players coming out of contract as of 31st May 2017 are: Thomas Sorensen; Josh Rose; Steve Kuzmanowski; Corey Gameiro. Players ending their one-season loan are: Luke Brattan; Anthony Caceres; Nicolas Colazo. Player believed to be leaving shortly: Connor Chapman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 On 18/01/2017 at 7:26 PM, MCY HERO said: This forum is full of shit Att: @Info@VW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 20 minutes ago, jw1739 said: In terms of the future, as contracts stand we don't have a great deal of room in which to manoeuvre. The players coming out of contract as of 31st May 2017 are: Thomas Sorensen; Josh Rose; Steve Kuzmanowski; Corey Gameiro. Players ending their one-season loan are: Luke Brattan; Anthony Caceres; Nicolas Colazo. Player believed to be leaving shortly: Connor Chapman. Of the four players that are coming out of contract I would not offer any of them a new contract. Pity about Gameiro but three ACLs is more than enough for me. The loan players is harder - Colazo definitely has quality but needs to deliver every game; Brattan has not been as effective as expected; Caceres has never established himself in a game - flashes of brilliance but by now I would expect him to have stepped up and sadly he has not. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 hour ago, NewConvert said: Of the four players that are coming out of contract I would not offer any of them a new contract. Pity about Gameiro but three ACLs is more than enough for me. The loan players is harder - Colazo definitely has quality but needs to deliver every game; Brattan has not been as effective as expected; Caceres has never established himself in a game - flashes of brilliance but by now I would expect him to have stepped up and sadly he has not. Agree. I can't find the reference now, but IIRC Colazo's contract with Boca ends this season and he has some sort of pre-contract agreement with another Argentine club. So I don't think he will be with us anyway. Whether we want to take Brattan and/or Caceres for another season on loan remains to be seen (can we refuse if ManC insist anyway?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 I'm ok with Valkanis ending the speculation straight away. We're essentially full strength and the reason that people are disappointed with the season so far is because we've underachieved. We've underachieved because many people think we are capable of much more with this squad. Unless we were clearing Sorensen off the books and picking up a visa (not sure if that's even allowed, because Sorensen presumably would be retiring, not being transferred), who could we have signed that would have walked into our starting 11? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, SF33 said: I'm ok with Valkanis ending the speculation straight away. We're essentially full strength and the reason that people are disappointed with the season so far is because we've underachieved. We've underachieved because many people think we are capable of much more with this squad. Unless we were clearing Sorensen off the books and picking up a visa (not sure if that's even allowed, because Sorensen presumably would be retiring, not being transferred), who could we have signed that would have walked into our starting 11? We could replace Sorensen with another visa either way. We could also take two players as injury replacements for Gameiro and Kuzi, and replace Chapman if he goes. But your point is well made. Edited January 22, 2017 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 1 minute ago, jw1739 said: We could replace Sorensen with another visa either way. He's a lot more valuable to us sitting on the bench taking a visa spot rather then playing though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 I would probably give kuzi another contract, he is still very young, highly regarded and was on an upward trend with the young socceroos before his knee. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 TBH I am not sure we need any more either. Our issue is intensity and concentration, not player quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted January 22, 2017 Report Share Posted January 22, 2017 Concerning if chapman does leave and we don't replace him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 I'm not too concerned if we don't replace chapman. Malik has shown he can go in and play a role should Jakobsen or Tongyik not be available. Obviously everything revolves around Jakobsen playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 6 hours ago, n i k o said: I'm not too concerned if we don't replace chapman. Malik has shown he can go in and play a role should Jakobsen or Tongyik not be available. Obviously everything revolves around Jakobsen playing. We've got three central defenders. And one is a converted midfielder. Not filled with reassurance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Man City to buy Rhys Williams, loan to us, start build on new trophy plinth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 5 minutes ago, Dylan said: Man City to buy Rhys Williams, loan to us, start build on new trophy plinth Cant do it anymore. See 'Caceres Rule' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, bt50 said: Cant do it anymore. See 'Caceres Rule' Ok..... Man City to buy Williams and 'sell' him to us. Beat that. On a serious note I bet that FFA would be that stupid to only put the loaning of players into that rule Edited January 23, 2017 by Dylan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCY HERO Posted January 23, 2017 Report Share Posted January 23, 2017 Just heard from numerous sources is England that Hull city forward Robert Snodgrass is fed up with the teams results and is looking for a move away from england. My mate who is close to the club said he is on his way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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