MHFC-FAN Posted May 29, 2022 Report Share Posted May 29, 2022 Well that was such a Heart/City way to end the season. Leave the worst game to last... Mr "uNLucKy" got very lucky last night with us winning the grand final for him. Overall the season was acceptable. We were arguably the best team during the regular season. Although we could have wrapped up the Premier plate much earlier we still did it under a fair bit of pressure. First ACL campaign and we went undefeated and only missed out on the round of 16 due to one team pulling out. For the first time competing we did alright. Grand final was definitely a very dissapointing performance and highlighted our weaknesses throughout the season. I expect the players to have a good hard look at themselves and hopefully the coaching team will too... We will likely be playing competitive football again with the Australia Cup round of 32 likely to be running in July. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart1011 Posted May 30, 2022 Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 Couldn't agree more.. Looking ahead at our squad it seems like Colacovski is going to be leaving and you can't blame him considering the lack of game time he gets. I really hope he stays but unfortunately I don't see it happening. Jamo - I honestly feel his days are done and we play so much better when Bos is in his position. The only reason he continues to start is because of the arm band he wears. Bos provides a spark just like Atkinson did. Glover - he has been so hit and miss since the 2020 Grand Final where he absolutely tore it up. I think we need to at bare minimum sign up a decent quality keeper. With Metcalfe going to Germany we need to sign up a decent creative midfielder. Berenguer probably had his best season with us prior to being injured and you knew he wasn't going to come back and play as he did straight after returning from Injury. Leckie seems to play alot more freely when he takes up that CAM position than he does on the Wing. I would happily play a back 4 of Bos/Good/Nuno/Galloway seeing as we most likely won't keep Jenkinson. Midfield obviously we have the likes of O'Neil and Berenguer but that is where it ends.. Up front Jmac, Leckie and Nabbout with Tilio coming off the bench. Would almost put Leckie in that CAM position with Berenguer and O'Neil and play Tilio and Nabbout up front with Jmac.. Just my 2 cents worth.. dissapointing end to the season and a shame that there isn't as much emphasis on finishing on top of the ladder as there is winning the Grand Final.. any other league around the World you are Champions finishing the season on top. Unfortunately in Australia there is so much emphasis on a Finals series because of the AFL and NRL. Overall a successful season. Back to back premiers, undefeated in our first ever ACL campaign and only eliminated because of some Mickey Mouse rule because of a club who pulled out.. Qualified again for ACL and Jmac winning the Golden Boot. Still a season to be proud of the boys! COYCB ❤🤍💙 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted May 30, 2022 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2022 3 minutes ago, heart1011 said: Couldn't agree more.. Looking ahead at our squad it seems like Colacovski is going to be leaving and you can't blame him considering the lack of game time he gets. I really hope he stays but unfortunately I don't see it happening. Jamo - I honestly feel his days are done and we play so much better when Bos is in his position. The only reason he continues to start is because of the arm band he wears. Bos provides a spark just like Atkinson did. Glover - he has been so hit and miss since the 2020 Grand Final where he absolutely tore it up. I think we need to at bare minimum sign up a decent quality keeper. With Metcalfe going to Germany we need to sign up a decent creative midfielder. Berenguer probably had his best season with us prior to being injured and you knew he wasn't going to come back and play as he did straight after returning from Injury. Leckie seems to play alot more freely when he takes up that CAM position than he does on the Wing. I would happily play a back 4 of Bos/Good/Nuno/Galloway seeing as we most likely won't keep Jenkinson. Midfield obviously we have the likes of O'Neil and Berenguer but that is where it ends.. Up front Jmac, Leckie and Nabbout with Tilio coming off the bench. Would almost put Leckie in that CAM position with Berenguer and O'Neil and play Tilio and Nabbout up front with Jmac.. Just my 2 cents worth.. dissapointing end to the season and a shame that there isn't as much emphasis on finishing on top of the ladder as there is winning the Grand Final.. any other league around the World you are Champions finishing the season on top. Unfortunately in Australia there is so much emphasis on a Finals series because of the AFL and NRL. Overall a successful season. Back to back premiers, undefeated in our first ever ACL campaign and only eliminated because of some Mickey Mouse rule because of a club who pulled out.. Qualified again for ACL and Jmac winning the Golden Boot. Still a season to be proud of the boys! COYCB ❤🤍💙 I would say you have echoed the thoughts of most of our fans. There will be some that will disagree but overall a good season. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 29, 2022 Report Share Posted June 29, 2022 According to the club news I read today the boys return to training in "mid-July." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted July 5, 2022 Report Share Posted July 5, 2022 Anyone know when we should expect the season's fixtures to be released? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, haz said: Anyone know when we should expect the season's fixtures to be released? During the March Edited July 6, 2022 by Jovan Said in a wog accent, and possibly finished off with a forceful spit to the ground Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 6, 2022 Report Share Posted July 6, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, haz said: Anyone know when we should expect the season's fixtures to be released? Irrespective of the league fixture, our first match will almost certainly be the Australia Cup match on 22nd August up in Newcastle. https://melbournecityfc.com.au/news/australia-cup-city-to-begin-campaign-in-early-august We need to start well in this. We nearly tripped up against Edgeworth so we can't take Newcastle Olympic lightly. For me the big question now is whether there are any further signings in the pipeline. IMO we need to replace Griff (assuming he's finished with us although there's no confirmation of that so far). Edited July 6, 2022 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 11, 2022 Report Share Posted July 11, 2022 Players back in training tomorrow Tuesday 12th July. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 18, 2022 Report Share Posted July 18, 2022 First pre-season vs. Dandenong Thunder, George Andrews Reserve (wherever that is), Tuesday 26th July, 7.30 p.m. https://melbournecityfc.com.au/news/city-lock-in-pre-season-friendly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantthinkofacoolname Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 Game tonight. Free entry for members and streamed for free on Youtube. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) Squad for tonight vs. Dandenong Thunder. Plenty of absentees. Image deleted Edited May 3, 2023 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) Jeez, the pitch has got more bumps than the cobblestones in the Tour de France. City two up after a few minutes. Edited July 26, 2022 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 24 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Jeez, the pitch has got more bumps than the cobblestones in the Tour de France. City two up after a few minutes. New season and still no midfield. Gomulka and Berenguer starting. 1-2. Edited July 26, 2022 by Mr MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 8 minutes ago, Mr MO said: New season and still no midfield. Gomulka and Berenguer starting. 1-2. 2-2 now. Ironic isn't it? MV play Manchester United at the MCG and we play Dandenong on a cow paddock. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) Watching most of it via Youtube - poor old match but the pitch is a disgrace. Depressing to see so much back-passing. Edited July 26, 2022 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icantthinkofacoolname Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 Not so sure we can really draw any conclusions from this one, but good to get some minutes in the legs 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 Just now, icantthinkofacoolname said: Not so sure we can really draw any conclusions from this one, but good to get some minutes in the legs Not sure that we can even go that far because we played mainly NPL players, especially in the second half. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 26 minutes ago, icantthinkofacoolname said: Not so sure we can really draw any conclusions from this one, but good to get some minutes in the legs Well I can conclude that Glover by foot hasn’t improved. Mostly put his team mates in trouble with pass outs. Mostly NPL players for us. Hard pitch to play our style of football on. Poor long balls from Gomulka. Non of our A-League players stood out at this point in pre-season. Good work out, on to the next game! Edited July 26, 2022 by Mr MO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 I don't know why we're still passing the bloody ball back to Glover. Quite a few of those in the second half put him under pressure as did his subsequent pass out. Didn't see much from Berenguer either. As I opined previously, the pitch was a disgrace. I'm surprised that we agreed to play on it. Perhaps we could provide Dandenong with a roller if they can't fund one themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 9 minutes ago, Mr MO said: Well I can conclude that Glover by foot hasn’t improved. Mostly put his team mates in trouble with pass outs. Mostly NPL players for us. Hard pitch to play our style of football on. Poor long balls from Gomulka. Non our A-League players stood out at this point in pre-season. Good work out, on to the next game! Fabulous ball to the wing by Gomulka made the third goal... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 Trust the YOOF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted July 26, 2022 Report Share Posted July 26, 2022 6 minutes ago, fensaddler said: Fabulous ball to the wing by Gomulka made the third goal... 10th time lucky you mean, was terrible with passing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted August 26, 2022 Report Share Posted August 26, 2022 Is this the most boring off-season yet? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewConvert Posted August 27, 2022 Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 1 hour ago, jw1739 said: Is this the most boring off-season yet? It is getting that way. The new players have not had a run in the games we have played so we are all back to wondering whether we are seeing not one but two Pucciarelli's. The same issues noted last season are still there with the only solution to "try harder". So yeah. pretty boring. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted August 27, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 27, 2022 6 hours ago, jw1739 said: Is this the most boring off-season yet? Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted August 30, 2022 Report Share Posted August 30, 2022 (edited) On 27/8/2022 at 9:55 AM, jw1739 said: Is this the most boring off-season yet? It’s the sense complacency and head in the sand approach from the club, that’s what really kills it for me. I’m certain others might feel disengagement too. This pat on the back article not to long ago, where the club praised themselves on winning 1 of 3 grand finals and there was nothing to improve really eggs on my frustrations at times. We are a top club now and I want to hear how we can be better every season, not how good the club think they are. Those poor preseason performances don’t help either. This team needs a kick under the bum and need a proper coach to kick into gear, a coach the team want to play for. Edited August 30, 2022 by Mr MO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted August 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2022 On 30/08/2022 at 3:13 PM, Mr MO said: It’s the sense complacency and head in the sand approach from the club, that’s what really kills it for me. I’m certain others might feel disengagement too. This pat on the back article not to long ago, where the club praised themselves on winning 1 of 3 grand finals and there was nothing to improve really eggs on my frustrations at times. We are a top club now and I want to hear how we can be better every season, not how good the club think they are. Those poor preseason performances don’t help either. This team needs a kick under the bum and need a proper coach to kick into gear, a coach the team want to play for. Would it kill the club to announce at least some pre season friendly games? The silence is deafening... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baka1 Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 Lost 2-0 at CCM behind closed doors today. No clue on lineup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 33 minutes ago, Baka1 said: Lost 2-0 at CCM behind closed doors today. No clue on lineup One observer on Twitter: "I was at the game. City were poor. Maclaren was out there but invisible." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: One observer on Twitter: "I was at the game. City were poor. Maclaren was out there but invisible." Sounds like nothing has changed in the 2 Aus Cup games and this hit out. Feeling fairly uncomfortable at this stage of the pre-season... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 3, 2022 Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 6 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said: Sounds like nothing has changed in the 2 Aus Cup games and this hit out. Feeling fairly uncomfortable at this stage of the pre-season... You're not alone. My big question is who played against CCM and was Van Der Venne one of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted September 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, jw1739 said: You're not alone. My big question is who played against CCM and was Van Der Venne one of them? Funny enough I met Van Der Venne at the local pool of all places. He said he was going to play in this game. Whether or not PK played him is a whole other story... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 Report went up on the club website barely two minutes ago. No sign of Van Der Venne. I find this very concerning - not even a mention as to why. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 The last two seasons have been similar, we haven't started playing with any cohesion or purpose until about Round 5 of the season Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) Nevertheless, it's disturbing to repeat the pattern. Edited September 4, 2022 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 3 hours ago, jw1739 said: Report went up on the club website barely two minutes ago. No sign of Van Der Venne. I find this very concerning - not even a mention as to why. VDV just returned from an injury I believe, also no wonder we are signing another midfielder, looks like we are very short rn, not a single senior midfielder in that starting XI, we played Jamieson as a CDM and also played Leckie and Caputo as advanced 8s, we seem to have some injury issues rn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 21 minutes ago, Zanty said: VDV just returned from an injury I believe, also no wonder we are signing another midfielder, looks like we are very short rn, not a single senior midfielder in that starting XI, we played Jamieson as a CDM and also played Leckie and Caputo as advanced 8s, we seem to have some injury issues rn Yep, but if you read above, VDV himself said he was going to play... Midfielders from the senior squad not present were Berenguer, O'Neill, Gomulka, VDV and Durakovic. Oresti is in the seniors as a MF but wasn't a starter either. Up front no sign of Rafa or Sulemani. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mr MO Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, haz said: A highlight reel of missed chances….. Edited September 4, 2022 by Mr MO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted September 4, 2022 Report Share Posted September 4, 2022 It’s gonna be a interesting season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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