MHFC-FAN Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 19 hours ago, Nate said: Jeez wouldn't be pre-season on the forum without a deluge of doom and gloom, would it? Naturally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
citypool Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 4 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said: Naturally Lot of people on a league Reddit are predicting us to come first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 minute ago, citypool said: Lot of people on a league Reddit are predicting us to come first Interesting. Probably because they aren't part of this pessimistic toxic forum... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, MHFC-FAN said: Interesting. Probably because they aren't part of this pessimistic toxic forum... Or aren’t following the club closely and haven’t watch us play by the end of last season and this pre-season? Every season with PK will be one small step back. Only the new recruits can save this team. The forward big three just don’t seem to understand each other at all , after all this time together - so they need to start clicking too. JMAC and Nabbout had the poorest field play season since joining for their high standards (and continued that in pre-season). Other clubs might still be shitter than us and we might still win something but we certainly haven’t build the dominant force we hoped to be, I hoped to be. Nothing toxic, nothing pessimistic just the expectations that come with a top club. Edited September 25, 2022 by Mr MO 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 1 hour ago, Mr MO said: Or aren’t following the club closely and haven’t watch us play by the end of last season and this pre-season? Every season with PK will be one small step back. Only the new recruits can save this team. The forward big three just don’t seem to understand each other at all , after all this time together - so they need to start clicking too. JMAC and Nabbout had the poorest field play season since joining for their high standards (and continued that in pre-season). Other clubs might still be shitter than us and we might still win something but we certainly haven’t build the dominant force we hoped to be, I hoped to be. Nothing toxic, nothing pessimistic just the expectations that come with a top club. Yes I understand the expectation of us being a 'big club' and having successful seasons. There are a few people on here that act like the sky is falling in. You know glass half empty types... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 17 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said: Yes I understand the expectation of us being a 'big club' and having successful seasons. There are a few people on here that act like the sky is falling in. You know glass half empty types... We are widely touted as the benchmark club in the A-League. It's unreasonable to expect us to win everything all the time, but IMO it is reasonable to expect us to be strongly competitive every season in the competitions in which we participate. We should be aiming high all the time and setting stretch targets. That's the way to succeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted September 25, 2022 Report Share Posted September 25, 2022 44 minutes ago, MHFC-FAN said: Yes I understand the expectation of us being a 'big club' and having successful seasons. There are a few people on here that act like the sky is falling in. You know glass half empty types... I'm usually pretty optimistic at the start of the season. I'm not this time. Who knows I may be wildly wrong, but we looked poor towards the end of last season and we've looked poor in pre season. It's tactical, not our list, though I worry about VDV's injury run at the moment. We need to show we've worked out a better way of playing against WU in our first match, as our games against them so much summarised our problems last season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 13 hours ago, fensaddler said: I'm usually pretty optimistic at the start of the season. I'm not this time. Who knows I may be wildly wrong, but we looked poor towards the end of last season and we've looked poor in pre season. It's tactical, not our list, though I worry about VDV's injury run at the moment. We need to show we've worked out a better way of playing against WU in our first match, as our games against them so much summarised our problems last season. Yes I feel I share the same 'optimism' as you at this time in the season. The western united game will be very telling as we struggled against them all last season... If its much the same it will likely be a similar season to last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 9 hours ago, MHFC-FAN said: Yes I feel I share the same 'optimism' as you at this time in the season. The western united game will be very telling as we struggled against them all last season... If its much the same it will likely be a similar season to last. WU have a clear template when they play us: Sit deep and compact Slow our ball speed Force a turnover Score on the counter. It works every time; every team will try the same plan as we will always turnover in midfield, more the ball too slowly and predictably and our offside trap is easy to beat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 11 minutes ago, belaguttman said: WU have a clear template when they play us: Sit deep and compact Slow our ball speed Force a turnover Score on the counter. It works every time; every team will try the same plan as we will always turnover in midfield, more the ball too slowly and predictably and our offside trap is easy to beat i think thats why we have brought in 2 new midfielders, one thing i noticed we missed last season was Luna's ball playing ability, he would hit these really good forward thinking balls wheras we didnt really have someone like that in our team last season like that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, belaguttman said: WU have a clear template when they play us: Sit deep and compact Slow our ball speed Force a turnover Score on the counter. It works every time; every team will try the same plan as we will always turnover in midfield, more the ball too slowly and predictably and our offside trap is easy to beat Fuck, that's cheered me up no end...looking forward to the match with enthusiasm now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 1 hour ago, belaguttman said: WU have a clear template when they play us: Sit deep and compact Slow our ball speed Force a turnover Score on the counter. It works every time; every team will try the same plan as we will always turnover in midfield, more the ball too slowly and predictably and our offside trap is easy to beat You are forgetting the back pockets of their CBS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 Look I get it that we haven't been great in pre season and that the end of last season was disappointing but I'm genuinely optimistic we will improve this season. Looking at WU specifically it wasn't that long ago that we had never lost to them. They got in a couple great A League level players, a Keeper a CB and a striker and they become the best in the League. The club and the football department are not idiots, although some on here would disagree but for me we have strengthened this year and therefore will be better. And playing off in the granny and winning the League last season we effectively don't need huge improvement to become the best again. Yes we've got issues, GK, Visa players injured (or worse not good) and a coach that seems one dimensional but if you dig into the other 11 teams IMO we are great space. Obviously the first game will be a good indication of where we are at. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted September 26, 2022 Report Share Posted September 26, 2022 43 minutes ago, Jovan said: Look I get it that we haven't been great in pre season and that the end of last season was disappointing but I'm genuinely optimistic we will improve this season. Looking at WU specifically it wasn't that long ago that we had never lost to them. They got in a couple great A League level players, a Keeper a CB and a striker and they become the best in the League. The club and the football department are not idiots, although some on here would disagree but for me we have strengthened this year and therefore will be better. And playing off in the granny and winning the League last season we effectively don't need huge improvement to become the best again. Yes we've got issues, GK, Visa players injured (or worse not good) and a coach that seems one dimensional but if you dig into the other 11 teams IMO we are great space. Obviously the first game will be a good indication of where we are at. Well said. I think our success this season will hinge on how long it takes us to get into gear. A slow start may be quite costly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted September 27, 2022 Report Share Posted September 27, 2022 8 hours ago, Jovan said: Look I get it that we haven't been great in pre season and that the end of last season was disappointing but I'm genuinely optimistic we will improve this season. Looking at WU specifically it wasn't that long ago that we had never lost to them. They got in a couple great A League level players, a Keeper a CB and a striker and they become the best in the League. The club and the football department are not idiots, although some on here would disagree but for me we have strengthened this year and therefore will be better. And playing off in the granny and winning the League last season we effectively don't need huge improvement to become the best again. Yes we've got issues, GK, Visa players injured (or worse not good) and a coach that seems one dimensional but if you dig into the other 11 teams IMO we are great space. Obviously the first game will be a good indication of where we are at. This is lacking too much hysteria for mine, please delete. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 Disappointed that this guy didn't get on last night. Are we looking at Pucci Mk. 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted October 7, 2022 Report Share Posted October 7, 2022 29 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Disappointed that this guy didn't get on last night. Are we looking at Pucci Mk. 2? When we have 1 forced change with Lam and then subbed Nabbout bit risky to make another sub for the sake of it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 13 minutes ago, Missing_Moy said: When we have 1 forced change with Lam and then subbed Nabbout bit risky to make another sub for the sake of it Yes agreed he had only one window left to make changes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted October 8, 2022 Report Share Posted October 8, 2022 He also just returned from a small knock so maybe just giving him 1 more week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted November 5, 2022 Report Share Posted November 5, 2022 Well, I think he proved himself yesterday against Perth. He's going to be the "energiser bunny" for us that Luna was. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zanty Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 How good has VDV been so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted December 28, 2022 Report Share Posted December 28, 2022 8 hours ago, Zanty said: How good has VDV been so far! Solid acquisition indeed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Hack Posted January 18, 2023 Report Share Posted January 18, 2023 Hiw much composure does this guy have. That curling goal last week he stopped and then shot, and the week before the same with the assist to Nabbout. Just seems to have all the time in the world. A very handy skill to have 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart1011 Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 Really hoping VDV is back sooner rather than later! The last 2 games have shown how much we rely on his attacking ability as such! Same goes for Leckie too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted March 19, 2023 Report Share Posted March 19, 2023 8 hours ago, heart1011 said: Really hoping VDV is back sooner rather than later! The last 2 games have shown how much we rely on his attacking ability as such! Same goes for Leckie too! Both of them have been big losses and our results have reflected that. Hoping they will be available for the game against Newcastle! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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