jw1739 Posted June 21, 2023 Report Share Posted June 21, 2023 21 hours ago, CityBoyz said: Khaldoon Al Mubarak on CFG as a whole "It's one step at a time. We're not going to stop. We're going to keep going and keep investing and keep growing value and keep bringing happiness to every community and club we have in the world…” Khaldoon Al Mubarak on GF Loss "Of course we were not successful in the GF.. that’s football, finals are 90’ which is different to a league which inevitably the best team wins across the whole season whatever number of games you play. In a final it’s 90' sometimes it goes your way sometimes it doesn’t and when it does it’s great and when it doesn’t it doesn’t Melbourne unfortunately over the season was the most consistent team but on the GF they were not successful " C'est la vie? I suppose you'd say the same thing if the EPL had a Grand Final and although by tradition it should have been held at the Etihad, ManC had to play it in London and were smashed 1-6 by Arsenal? I somehow doubt it, old chap. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 10 years today since City Football Group bought the club. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 (edited) "10 years of Melbourne City, and what have we done, Another year over, a new one just begun... So this is Melbourne City, I hope you had fun, The near and dear ones, the old and the young." (From a mate of mine, with apologies to John Lennon/Yoko Ono: 'Happy Christmas - War is Over') Edited January 23 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 3 hours ago, CityBoyz said: 10 years today since City Football Group bought the club. The best thing to ever happen to this club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 Paradise lost, or paradise gained - that is the question. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 23 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Paradise lost, or paradise gained - that is the question. Yes, we did lose a little of our soul. But we at least got owners who wanted to invest in the club and were serious about winning trophies. People look back at the heart days with rose coloured glasses too much imo. Those times were not as great at we all pretend they were. We were a woefully run club on and off the pitch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Cooper Posted January 23 Report Share Posted January 23 3 hours ago, jw1739 said: Paradise lost, or paradise gained - that is the question. So we lost a club that was “a bit” of a shambles but we all felt we were part of and were personally invested in and replaced it with a well run but largely soulless machine that gives us success but we feel somewhat removed from. Which is better is a matter of personal preference I guess, but it is nice to actually win. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 10 years without the wooden spoon. Hope they sell us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 They would sell us if the price was right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HughJass Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 3 hours ago, jw1739 said: They would sell us if the price was right. Doubt it after taking over the APL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 4 hours ago, Baka1 said: 10 years without the wooden spoon. Hope they sell us I hope they don't. Much as greenwashing owners stick in my throat, we are one of the few teams with financial stability in the League ATM. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 43 minutes ago, HughJass said: Doubt it after taking over the APL And haven't exactly covered themselves with glory there. They have already said that Australia is not the investment they thought it would be. Any links to Manchester are hardly visible now. We could be cut adrift and no-one would notice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted January 24 Report Share Posted January 24 23 hours ago, D.B. Cooper said: So we lost a club that was “a bit” of a shambles but we all felt we were part of and were personally invested in and replaced it with a well run but largely soulless machine that gives us success but we feel somewhat removed from. Which is better is a matter of personal preference I guess, but it is nice to actually win. The only reason we felt we were part of it was because we there at birth. We put our money in but had no say about players, coaching or organisation. Just like today. I prefer today because we have won things rather than "we were unlucky" or "if we win, we win, if we lose, we lose". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sunilmenon7_winners-are-grinners-city-in-the-community-ugcPost-7155786414687711232-zHGk? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 28 Report Share Posted January 28 1 minute ago, haz said: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sunilmenon7_winners-are-grinners-city-in-the-community-ugcPost-7155786414687711232-zHGk? Now that is great to see. It's a long time since we saw a report on CITC. IIRC the reports came out monthly. I think CITC is always one of the things that draws people to the club. I can't find a report on the club website however?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IssySG Posted February 8 Report Share Posted February 8 Dirty CFG bastards just broke the womens record transfer fee twice this week. If I'm not mistaken acorss the mens and womens teams we've broken record transfer fees four times in the past year? CFG OUT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 1 hour ago, IssySG said: Dirty CFG bastards just broke the womens record transfer fee twice this week. If I'm not mistaken acorss the mens and womens teams we've broken record transfer fees four times in the past year? CFG OUT. Any idea what the girls transfer fees were worth? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted February 9 Report Share Posted February 9 17 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said: Any idea what the girls transfer fees were worth? Worth enough to potentially let the title slip. Star player out with ACL, several key players away for internal duties for over a month and now two more starters gone on permanent transfers. Such a turbulent odd season for both male and female this year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 (edited) Many similarities reading this article out of the US, with interesting remarks from Marwood. Article is some months old. https://hudsonriverblue.com/city-football-group-brian-marwood-comments-on-taty-castellanos-nycfc-ex/ Edited February 25 by Mr MO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 Extremely interesting article. Depressing really. What hope have we got? We don't even get anyone from another CFG club, just see a continual exodus of our better players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 25 Report Share Posted February 25 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: Extremely interesting article. Depressing really. What hope have we got? We don't even get anyone from another CFG club, just see a continual exodus of our better players. True, but it's also a large part of why they want to play for us in the first place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 MelbourneCity have unveiled their new state-of-the-art facilityhttps://x.com/aleaguemen/status/1777939912484110642 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted April 10 Report Share Posted April 10 2 hours ago, citypool said: MelbourneCity have unveiled their new state-of-the-art facilityhttps://x.com/aleaguemen/status/1777939912484110642 Pity we're having such a shit season... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted April 12 Report Share Posted April 12 You know western united might have been laughed at for years now but I think the few thousand that turn up will be having a lot of fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted April 15 Report Share Posted April 15 (edited) On 12/04/2024 at 4:43 PM, citypool said: You know western united might have been laughed at for years now but I think the few thousand that turn up will be having a lot of fun. Totally agree. I think its bullshit that they are only here because they promised a state of the art 30k stadium or whatever it was. But having an actual home ground, even if it is on par with an NPL ground would still be such a great day out Edited April 15 by KSK_47 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted May 2 Report Share Posted May 2 https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/may/01/a-league-women-alw-grand-final-2024-crowd-size-aami-park-melbourne-city-vs-sydney-fc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 12 hours ago, citypool said: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/football/2024/may/01/a-league-women-alw-grand-final-2024-crowd-size-aami-park-melbourne-city-vs-sydney-fc The fact of the matter is that that Melbourne City Football Cub does not present itself as a football club for the people of Melbourne. Melbourne Heart was quite different. CFG took over in 2124, but the colours did not change completely to the City Blue style until 2016/2017 (we hade the interim stripe colours for two seasons -see https://www.footballkitarchive.com/melbourne-city-kits/#2010s). Crowds started to slide after the 2016/17 season. It is not surprising that the decline coincides with the removal of contacts with the club such as City Voice and City Points and the gradual change to presenting itself as a business rather than a football club .I recall the message one day about how excited it was to have appointed a new Forex partner - WTF is the relevance of that to football fans? Since then IMO the club has compounded its own problem by removing itself to the fringe of Melbourne's outer suburbs. Now it cannot even let what members remain know anything about its Fan Representative Group. IMO the club's attendances reflect the interest of the people of Melbourne in it, and any damage that has been done is entirely its own fault. 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Hack Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 OK we know all about our problems getting a crowd to the men's let alone the women's. Interestingly I've been offered two for one tickets to the ALW final by Liberty who are one of my suppliers. I'm going to the Elimination final on Sunday but I think the Mrs will have my guts if I went to two games plus my local team playing Saturday. Which brings me to my point, why would the APL not schedule the Final on the same day ie as a curtain raiser or afterwards. Ready made crowd from the derby! In regard to that article, Dodd the former Matilda is being disingenuous. The same crowd that attends Matildas and Soccerroos games aren't dedicated supporters of Australian football, most are theatregoers and hence that's the eternal problem with the league 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, Le Hack said: OK we know all about our problems getting a crowd to the men's let alone the women's. Interestingly I've been offered two for one tickets to the ALW final by Liberty who are one of my suppliers. I'm going to the Elimination final on Sunday but I think the Mrs will have my guts if I went to two games plus my local team playing Saturday. Which brings me to my point, why would the APL not schedule the Final on the same day ie as a curtain raiser or afterwards. Ready made crowd from the derby! In regard to that article, Dodd the former Matilda is being disingenuous. The same crowd that attends Matildas and Soccerroos games aren't dedicated supporters of Australian football, most are theatregoers and hence that's the eternal problem with the league I don't think curtain raisers work. They are fun sometimes for back to back games but didn't work last week 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 1 hour ago, citypool said: I don't think curtain raisers work. They are fun sometimes for back to back games but didn't work last week Wholeheartedly agree. Neither do double-headers. They are IMO and cynically, just a mechanism to artificially inflate attendances at women's matches. However, I suspect that the cost of staging them at AAMI is greatly reduced by making them double-headers. Which justifies them from a business perspective. 3 hours ago, Le Hack said: OK we know all about our problems getting a crowd to the men's let alone the women's. Interestingly I've been offered two for one tickets to the ALW final by Liberty who are one of my suppliers. I'm going to the Elimination final on Sunday but I think the Mrs will have my guts if I went to two games plus my local team playing Saturday. Which brings me to my point, why would the APL not schedule the Final on the same day ie as a curtain raiser or afterwards. Ready made crowd from the derby! In regard to that article, Dodd the former Matilda is being disingenuous. The same crowd that attends Matildas and Soccerroos games aren't dedicated supporters of Australian football, most are theatregoers and hence that's the eternal problem with the league That's an issue with all big sports events in Australia. Not just football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B. Cooper Posted May 3 Report Share Posted May 3 (edited) 10 hours ago, jw1739 said: The fact of the matter is that that Melbourne City Football Cub does not present itself as a football club for the people of Melbourne. Melbourne Heart was quite different. CFG took over in 2124, but the colours did not change completely to the City Blue style until 2016/2017 (we hade the interim stripe colours for two seasons -see https://www.footballkitarchive.com/melbourne-city-kits/#2010s). Crowds started to slide after the 2016/17 season. It is not surprising that the decline coincides with the removal of contacts with the club such as City Voice and City Points and the gradual change to presenting itself as a business rather than a football club .I recall the message one day about how excited it was to have appointed a new Forex partner - WTF is the relevance of that to football fans? Since then IMO the club has compounded its own problem by removing itself to the fringe of Melbourne's outer suburbs. Now it cannot even let what members remain know anything about its Fan Representative Group. IMO the club's attendances reflect the interest of the people of Melbourne in it, and any damage that has been done is entirely its own fault. I hated city voice with a passion. Trying to suggest we were supporters of “the city group football clubs”’! The concept made me feel ill and I’m not supporting a club because a suit on the other side of the world said I should. Sorry but it doesn’t work like that. im glad it and “city points” went. Two less things to make me think of quitting. Edited May 3 by D.B. Cooper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NewConvert Posted May 6 Report Share Posted May 6 1 hour ago, KSK_47 said: The only saving grace is that our management team is not as bad as the French managing team. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 14 hours ago, NewConvert said: The only saving grace is that our management team is not as bad as the French managing team. ..which includes Mombaerts doesn't it? And it's not a lot of comfort to the dying man to tell him that he's not dying as slowly and painfully as the man lying next to him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted May 7 Report Share Posted May 7 6 hours ago, jw1739 said: ..which includes Mombaerts doesn't it? And it's not a lot of comfort to the dying man to tell him that he's not dying as slowly and painfully as the man lying next to him. That is really down and out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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