Murfy1 Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Melbourne City flying north as part of new bond with Northern Fury ROHAN O’NEIL 23 June, 2016 A LEAGUE giants Melbourne City are set to play a pre-season friendly in Townsville later this year as part of an exciting new partnership with the Northern Fury. Melbourne City CEO Scott Munn spent the last two days inspecting the Fury’s facilities and chatting with club CEO Rabieh Krayem and both parties were excited at creating a new bond between their respective teams. Fellow A League side the Wellington Phoenix will also head to Townsville here for a pre-season camp, with two fixtures featuring the Fury and the two top tier Australian clubs to take place at the Townsville Sports Reserve. City will take on the Northern Fury in a game on Wednesday, September 7, before playing the Phoenix on Sunday, September 11, as the town secures pre-season A League games for the second time in the last three years. Krayem was excited at what was ahead and said it would be a huge boost for the Fury to form a relationship with Melbourne City, who are under the same ownership as English Premier League heavyweights Manchester City. “Our discussion with Scott is about a broader arrangement from the Fury’s perspective and how we can have a close relationship with City,” he said. “What we’ve been talking about is sending some of our teams, particularly our junior teams, to go down to Melbourne next year and play some games with City and use their facilities. “They have the best training facilities in the country and are owned by one of the biggest clubs in the world so hopefully this can build up to something more. “Our ethos about junior development is about giving kids in North Queensland opportunities and anything can happen from there.” The decision looks likely to be confirmed in the coming days and City CEO Munn said his club were committed to making the most of their trip north as well as offering continued support for the Fury. “For us it’s part of our pre-season and we’re looking at a few options that will give us great weather and facilities to help make that time valuable for us,” he said. “It will be two or three weeks out from the season as well so we’ll want to have some high intensity training and matches as well. “Rabieh has taken me through what they are trying to develop in player pathways for young boys and girls in Townsville and we’d love to be able to support that. “If we do come here it’s not just about coming here, playing a game and enjoying it, we want to be able to give something meaningful back to the work the Fury are doing with local footballers.” http://www.townsvillebulletin.com.au/sport/melbourne-city-flying-north-as-part-of-new-bond-with-northern-fury/news-story/5767ad81bcd53233b052382c7d7277c4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Brilliant. Great tol see the Fury still being ambitious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Good initiative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Some good footballers have come out of North Queensland, so we could get recruitment opportunities for the youth team. Makes sense to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonyboozeadams Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 7 hours ago, Shahanga said: Some good footballers have come out of North Queensland, so we could get recruitment opportunities for the youth team. Makes sense to me. David williams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 4 hours ago, Tonyboozeadams said: David williams Well I was thinking more like Steve Corica and Frank Farina! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 I'll accept it's a good idea for the reasons already mentioned, but continue to look forward to the time when we actually play some pre-season matches here in Melbourne. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 Do we even have a squad to play with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellenic Hero Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Anyone heading up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHFC-FAN Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 7 hours ago, Hellenic Hero said: Anyone heading up? Not sure if serious... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hellenic Hero Posted September 4, 2016 Report Share Posted September 4, 2016 Sort of... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 (edited) Tier 3 rural team, we better win 11-0. Edited September 6, 2016 by Tesla 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted September 6, 2016 Report Share Posted September 6, 2016 9 minutes ago, Tesla said: Tier 3 rural team, we better win 11-0. Are we playing Victory today? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Looks like it could almost be a 3-4-3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deluka Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 5 minutes in, 1-0 goal Kamau. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 2 minutes ago, Deluka said: 5 minutes in, 1-0 goal Kamau. Hope he gets plenty of mins this year 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) everyone is replaced in the second half with Daniel Arzani, Paulo Retre, Ruon Tongyik, Gerrie Sylaidos, Denis Genreau, Brad Clarke, Braedyn Crowley, Connor Metcalfe, Yusuf Ahmed and Christian Cavallo 48' | GOAL! City! 0-3. Hometown hero Braedyn Crowley nets three minutes into the second half against his former club. my god. this kid is gonna be a gun Edited September 7, 2016 by jeffplz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffplz Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 4 - 1 win. QL scored their only from a penalty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 (edited) Can we take anything from this match with so many changes at half-time? Not sure. But I'm getting the feeling that we're struggling to score against these NPL sides as readily as we might have expected with the players we've got. Or perhaps I'm over-anxious about the season ahead? Edited September 7, 2016 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisphantomfortress Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 11 minutes ago, jw1739 said: Can we take anything from this match with so many changes at half-time? Not sure. But I'm getting the feeling that we're struggling to score against these NPL sides as readily as we might have expected with the players we've got. Or perhaps I'm over-anxious about the season ahead? We scored 4 goals FFS 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfc_10 Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 Good to see Christian Cavallo on trial, would be a good option as a back-up left-back + left wing, bloke tore it up for FC Bulleen Lions before he got injured for a month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted September 7, 2016 Report Share Posted September 7, 2016 4 hours ago, jeffplz said: my god. this kid is gonna be a gun Because he scored a goal in a friendly against a tier 3 rural side? #yoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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jeffplz Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 11 hours ago, Tesla said: Because he scored a goal in a friendly against a tier 3 rural side? #yoof yes green line city Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexxxandro Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 14 hours ago, thisphantomfortress said: We scored 4 goals FFS FFS he did ask if he was being over anxious and 4 goals you would think would be the bare minimum against such competition and is hardly impressive in and of itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embee Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Some people on here would find an excuse to be concerned or anxious if we'd have beaten them 15-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted September 8, 2016 Report Share Posted September 8, 2016 Did Kuzi get any minutes? I can't see his name listed on Twitter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Murfy1 Posted September 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2016 3 hours ago, jw1739 said: Did Kuzi get any minutes? I can't see his name listed on Twitter. Kuzi is in camp with the Young Socceroos, who are presently competing in the ASEAN Football Federation U19 Championship in Vietnam. Yaren Sozer is there also. They will both probably get some good game time because there is about 5 matches over 8 days. More info here: http://www.footballaustralia.com.au/article/ufuk-talay-appointed-as-young-socceroos-coach/1uc26vugrp4t31cbwgkz91jodt 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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