NewConvert Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 4 hours ago, bellydrum said: Contract extension + marquee wages for Bruno Sign up his CB cousin El Ladrillo with Koren's visa spot and Bruno's old wage Win the league simples Made me laugh. Like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perthheart Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 Will probably kill myself if Bruno leaves. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted February 3, 2016 Report Share Posted February 3, 2016 6 minutes ago, perthheart said: Will probably kill myself if Bruno leaves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 On 03/02/2016 at 4:21 PM, thisphantomfortress said: Pretty sure moderator just means we get 8 likes instead of 7 What if I told you that I have unlimited likes? I really am out of touch with the common forum poster on this issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedaik Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 32 minutes ago, Tesla said: What if I told you that I have unlimited likes? I really am out of touch with the common forum poster on this issue. I dont like anything you guys post so I also dont have an issue with running out of likes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedissilent Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 (edited) saw this on the gram credit to the girl who made this there's a harry equivalent also Edited February 5, 2016 by thedissilent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 10 hours ago, thedissilent said: saw this on the gram credit to the girl who made this there's a harry equivalent also that lass has a nice rear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted February 5, 2016 Report Share Posted February 5, 2016 3 hours ago, strider said: that lass has a nice rear @agoalie 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agoalie Posted February 6, 2016 Report Share Posted February 6, 2016 1 hour ago, thisphantomfortress said: @agoalie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Won PFA Player of the Month for January. Its says he's the first player to win the award twice, do they mean just this season or since the inception of the league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC22 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Bruno is life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 46 minutes ago, haz said: Won PFA Player of the Month for January. Its says he's the first player to win the award twice, do they mean just this season or since the inception of the league? Since the league's inception. Absolute legend 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 give him whatever money he wants! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 Probably going to pip mooy to the johnny warren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 10, 2016 Report Share Posted February 10, 2016 2 hours ago, GreenSeater said: Since the league's inception. Absolute legend I think you'll find that this award was instituted before the start of the 2014-15 season. http://pfa.net.au/?p=1083 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HEARTinator Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Fun fact: The Albanian has scored 3 of his goals this season from the penalty spot. El Tuna has 0 from the spot. Therefore I have it Bruno on 15 goals, the Albanian of 11 Anyway, Dukes is an Australian football legend. Loved his work. _______________________________________________________________________________________ Fornaroli and Berisha versus Viduka and Morihttp://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/bruno-fornaroli-and-besart-berisha-versus-mark-viduka-and-damian-mori/x5ww4f04k1yb17qmz8g1ddfgw#i1O7o65Tbd4SmGGk.99 There are some amazing all-time records unravelling in the current Hyundai A-League season with two strikers on freakish goalscoring sprees. But how do they compare to the greats, such as the V-Bomber and Mori? @AndyHowe_statto reveals all. And fans are set for a treat when the record-approaching Bruno Fornaroli and Besart Berisha go head to head in the big Round 19 Melbourne derby at AAMI Park tomorrow night (Saturday). Goalscoring rates over a season Fornaroli's 15 goals in 18 games so far for Melbourne City, and Berisha's 14 from 17 for the Victory, are personal goalscoring rates on par with the all-time highest in an Australian national league season. While a scoring rate of over 0.50 goals a game over a season is usually considered very good, the current scoring rate of around 0.83 goals per game for the two imports striker is quite exceptional. Excluding players with less than ten appearances in a season, the all-time record scoring rate for a national league season is 1.00 goals per game, when Macedonian marvel Zlatko Nastevski banged in 11 goals in 11 games for Marconi in 1989/90. Nastevski owned the previous NSL season when he took out the 1989 golden boot, player of the year, and scored in Marconi's 1-0 grand final win over Sydney Olympic. His goal splurge continued through the first half of 1989/90 until he tragically suffered a major knee injury while making his one and only appearance for the Socceroos, against Torpedo Moscow. If we increase the minimum games threshold to 20, then Charlie Egan (South Melbourne 1985) and Mark Viduka (Melbourne Knights 1994/95) jointly hold the highest goals per game record for a season, both with 21 goals in 24 games or 0.88 goals per game. After Round 18 this season Fornaroli's goals per game rate stands at 0.83, and Berisha is virtually the same at 0.82. Both Bruno and Besart are well with sight of breaking records by season's end. Goalscoring rates over a career So what about players' scoring rates over their entire Australian national league career? For players who played at least 20 career games, Mark Viduka's national league record of 0.83 goals per game stands well above any other player. Viduka scored 40 goals in 48 appearances for the Melbourne Knights between 1993 and 1995. And if we consider players with 50 or more career games, then one name clearly surpasses all others: Besart Berisha. As at Round 18 this season Berisha has scored 77 goals in 121 Australian national league games, a rate of 0.64 goals per game. Albanian-born Berisha commenced his Australian career with Brisbane Roar in 2011 before joining the Victory in 2014. He was the A-League's leading scorer in 2011/12, a season topped off by netting both goals in Brisbane's 2-1 grand final triumph over Perth Glory. The next best career goals per game ratio for players with 50 or more appearances is 0.54, achieved by David Seal (67 goals in 123 games) and Damian Mori (240 goals in 447 games). Seal played for Sydney United, Marconi, Sydney Olympic and Northern Spirit from 1989 to 2000, while Mori was with Adelaide City, Perth Glory and a number of other clubs between 1989 and 2007. Due to his sheer number of goals scored, Mori is the clear goalscoring king of Australian football. His 240 goals is more than 100 above the second-highest all-time scorer Rod Brown (137 career goals). But with Berisha approaching a century of goals, his current scoring rate of 0.64 goals per game puts the Melbourne Victory marksman right up there with the best Australia has ever seen, in terms of career scoring rates. Fastest first 20 Although much newer to the Australian scene, Bruno Fornaroli is tampering with another type of record thanks to his efficient scoring performance so far in 2015/16. Fornaroli's goalscoring rate to date is one of the highest for a player's first Australian national league season. The Uruguayan scored his first 15 goals in just 18 games, and is on track to scoring the fastest ever first 20 goals for a player. The current record of scoring the fastest first 20 goals is held by (guess who) Mark Viduka, who reached his 20th goal in 25 national league games. The next fastest first 20 was scored in 26 games, when enigmatic Scotsman Dixie Deans guested for Adelaide City in the late 1970s. Deans came to Australia after also scoring a bucketload of goals over a ten year period with Motherwell and Celtic. The third-fastest first 20 goals was attained by Zeljko Adzic for Melbourne Knights in 1989–1990. Adzic, who has the distinction of playing for both the Australian and Croatian national teams, had a brief but brilliant NSL career for the Knights highlighted by winning the 1989/90 player of the year. If Fornaroli can continue his goalscoring run in his debut Australian season, his feat will match the exploits of some great names in Australian national league history. Bruno v Besart So which striker will strike most gold in by the end of the 2015/16 season? With 15 goals for City leading into Round 19 Fornaroli stands just one goal ahead of his Melbourne Victory counterpart Berisha. Can Fornaroli's first sensational scoring season continue at a higher rate? Or will Berisha's A-League experience take him to the top of the scorers' chart just like in his debut season four years ago. There will be more than just a win to play for when Melbourne City clash with their bitter rivals in the big Round 19 derby on Saturday night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenSeater Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Just downloaded the FIFA 16 January update, he's gone from 68 overall to 72 overall in half a season. Boss 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Marquee this bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drewmelbcity Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Give this guy a solid gold Lamborghini with diamond studded rims FFS, and boot full Fiddies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Best player I've seen play locally. Edit: 2nd best Viduka for those 2 or 3 seasons as an 18 year old. Edited February 13, 2016 by Jovan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepdog Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 1 hour ago, Jovan said: Best player I've seen play locally. Edit: 2nd best Viduka for those 2 or 3 seasons as an 18 year old. This man knows what he is talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiro Kompiro Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 yeah.....not convinced....he really had time for a second rabona to score, but took the easy option of just chipping the keeper. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 well that ends the debate as to who's the better striker 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silva10 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Will definitely be a Marquee next season He just seems to be getting better every game. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakz7 Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 30 minutes ago, heart_fan10 said: well that ends the debate as to who's the better striker Yeah, Mifsud was until today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 when are we starting the statue fund for this guy? He is on another level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 7 minutes ago, Shahanga said: when are we starting the statue fund for this guy? He is on another level Kickstarter it. I'll contribute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombegongal Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 Poor old Mooy won't be player of the season again because this beast is taking that shit fo sure. Just show this bloke the marquee money and tie him up for the next 3 years. Easily worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 The only negative thing about Bruno is that his individual brilliance is covering up our quite ordinary displays 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruckoo Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 I have never seen a better striker in the A league with the ball at his feet. 17 goals not one form a penalty is just insane. We have to throw everything we can at him to keep him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 (edited) Stole all the headlines: Quote Bruno Fornaroli's magic lights up game as 10-man City hold on for draw [...] http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/soccer-match-report/aleague-melbourne-derby-bruno-fornarolis-magic-lights-up-game-as-10man-city-hold-on-for-draw-20160213-gmtgvq.html Quote Bruno Fornaroli dazzles for Melbourne City as pulsating derby against Victory ends all square February 13 2016 David Davutovic SELDOM can an individual carry soccer teams to glory but one of the greatest imports the A-League has seen is threatening to do so at Melbourne City. Bruno Fornaroli’s brilliance twice put City in the box seat before a dogged Melbourne Victory secured a deserved draw in another thrilling Melbourne derby. [...] http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/bruno-fornaroli-dazzles-for-melbourne-city-as-pulsating-derby-against-victory-ends-all-square/news-story/5b7db4e83241268f7acceaeac9942740 Best striker the league's ever seen, and the club simply must tie him down to a new contract by the end of the season. Edited February 13, 2016 by Murfy1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melburnian Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 He will be offered the marquee next year no doubt. But was is needed is the club should be marketing this guy beyond anything else. He's a great guy too with a good personality, but his football is something else. He's bring people to the game and to the club alone. Even my dear wife who doesn't care for the sport states he is different quality to everyone else and "I like that Bruno guy". Hes a diamond this guy. Best player I've seen at our club ever. Gotta keep him. It's a must. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 1 minute ago, Melburnian said: He will be offered the marquee next year no doubt. But was is needed is the club should be marketing this guy beyond anything else. He's a great guy too with a good personality, but his football is something else. He's bring people to the game and to the club alone. Even my dear wife who doesn't care for the sport states he is different quality to everyone else and "I like that Bruno guy". Hes a diamond this guy. Best player I've seen at our club ever. Gotta keep him. It's a must. He's an actual marquee, someone who brings people in the gate to watch him play 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 He's clearly God reincarnated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 god, give him the johnny warren already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted February 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 City hoping to secure Fornaroli's future 13 February 2016 Matt Dorman Melbourne City coach John van’t Schip has confirmed the club is investigating ways to secure Bruno Fornaroli’s future after Uruguayan turned in another starring performance in Saturday night’s Melbourne Derby. Fornaroli spearheaded City’s charge to a 2-1 half-time lead with two well-taken goals extending his season tally to 17. With Robert Koren now departed, van’t Schip told Fox Sports there was a possibility Fornaroli would move into the international marquee spot. “It’s obvious we’re very happy with Bruno and that he’s delivering every game,” van’t Schip said on Matchday Saturday. “Outside the goals you see the workrate he puts in and the energy he gives to the team. That’s what we want. “He’s a player that of course we want to keep and reward. We’ll certainly have a look into those kinds of things.” http://www.a-league.com.au/article/melbourne-city-hoping-to-secure-bruno-fornarolis-a-league-future/wph6ei94t9b21jlgygtnrjpj4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted February 13, 2016 Report Share Posted February 13, 2016 After Bruno's derby shenanigans: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted February 14, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Bruno Fornaroli says his wonder goal came from pure instinct 14 February 2016 By David Davutovic MELBOURNE City superstar Bruno Fornaroli revealed his goal of the season entry was pure instinct. Fornaroli instigated the passage well inside his own half by losing Melbourne Victory captain Leigh Broxham with a sharp before releasing Anthony Caceres with a “rabona” after winning a 50-50 duel with defender Jason Geria. He burst forward and cleverly peeled off to create space for Aaron Mooy who released him. Fornaroli then set himself with a perfect first touch before sizing up Danny Vukovic and dinking it over the keeper from close range. “When you play you don’t plan for this, the moment comes and you try things and I’m happy it finished good,’’ Fornaroli said. “It’s instinct. I don’t think too much, or say ‘I will put the ball here’, or ‘it’s just one game so I’ll try this’. You feel and play. “I don’t remember everything but I was happy to score. Most important is to work hard for the team and the group.’’ Fornaroli netted a second just nine minutes after his 22nd minute opener and moments after Fahid Ben Khalfallah’s exquisite lob equaliser, with a well-timed header from Aaron Mooy’s teasing free-kick. “Second goal I take position and I know if the ball passes (a Victory player) I have possibility to take this ball and I jumped and I took a beautiful goal also,’’ he said. “I’m happy to take a point, playing with 10 men at the end was difficult. The team worked hard, one point is good for us.’’ The Uruguayan took his season tally to 17 in 19 games, and is now just two shy of equalling the record regular season goal return of 19 set by Shane Smeltz and Besart Berisha. “No (I don’t think about the record). I only think every time about work, play, enjoy and nothing more,’’ Fornaroli said. “When I finish the league I’ll put a line through it and review my stats. This is not on my mind.’’ While scoring a club record 46 goals, City has now conceded 35 and Fornaroli said this must be fixed if City wants to win the title. “If you want to win the league you can’t concede this much,’’ he said. “You work hard in this period, we concede too many goals, which isn’t good, but the coach will try to fix this and we put everything.’’ http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/melbourne-city/bruno-fornaroli-says-his-wonder-goal-came-from-pure-instinct/news-story/703622a3e0a38a5e2fd0e0f992b73852 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n i k o Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 Words can't describe how good this guy is. His wife better be giving him the royal treatment. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strider Posted February 14, 2016 Report Share Posted February 14, 2016 7 hours ago, n i k o said: Words can't describe how good this guy is. His wife better be giving him the royal treatment. I bet she will when he's on seven digits next season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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