luka74 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Women's derby tonight. Hoping for a good crowd considering no A league this weekend. And let's be honest they are the better city team to watch. Will be tough as victory have looked good so far, but then we were excellent against Sydney. We will be missing Stotty as she is away with the kiwi team but should be first game for Tameka Butt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 Seem's the men's inconsistency is influencing the womens..... just lost 0-2 agaisnt Victory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris p Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 5 hours ago, luka74 said: Women's derby tonight. Hoping for a good crowd considering no A league this weekend. And let's be honest they are the better city team to watch. Will be tough as victory have looked good so far, but then we were excellent against Sydney. We will be missing Stotty as she is away with the kiwi team but should be first game for Tameka Butt. Better to watch ? You gotta be kidding me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one7one3 Posted November 16, 2018 Report Share Posted November 16, 2018 1600ish for the crowd. Majority Victory fans from what I could see. Catley still recovering, Stotty on International Duty and newcomer Blissett suspended meant our defence took a hit leaving Rado to move KK from mid to CB. Left me baffled at first, I know she is a versatile player but haven't seen her at CB before. LB was where I was expecting her to be this round. Really need her in that defensive mid position, as you could see from our win over Sydney she improves it greatly.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted November 25, 2018 Report Share Posted November 25, 2018 City women thrashed 5-2 by Perth. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrillhouse Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 yep womens team shit now too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted November 26, 2018 Report Share Posted November 26, 2018 8 hours ago, jw1739 said: City women thrashed 5-2 by Perth. 3 hours ago, Thrillhouse said: yep womens team shit now too Im blaming Rado for this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 (edited) Leading Adelaide 1-0. Adelaide equalise with the last kick of the game. 1-1 Edited December 1, 2018 by jw1739 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted December 1, 2018 Report Share Posted December 1, 2018 2 hours ago, jw1739 said: Leading Adelaide 1-0. Adelaide equalise with the last kick of the game. 1-1 Women's team have caught the Melbourne Heart disease Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luka74 Posted December 2, 2018 Report Share Posted December 2, 2018 Stotty & hopefully Catley back next week. Kyah much better this week. Hopefully start to get some wins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted December 16, 2018 Report Share Posted December 16, 2018 I happened to catch the following on Page 34 of the Sunday Age, 16th December 2018 where you can read the full article by Diane Zhang, vice-president of Maribyrnong Swifts Football Club. "At Melbourne City's recent W-League home match against Adelaide United, a young girl waved a home-made Melbourne City flag. Whereas armies of fans often spend days making supporter banners, this girl showed her passion for her team merely by stapling a small colour print-out of City's logo to a wooden stick. Although her flag was simple, this girl stood out. She was the sole supporter holding a flag, because Melbourne City does not sell or give away merchandise at W-League matches. No replica shirts, no hats, no sponsors' merchandise. ...Four Matildas graced the field for Melbourne City and Adelaide United, along with a host of world-class imports from Europe and the U.S.... ...These world-class women were asked to play on a poorly-lit pitch at a suburban stadium far from public transport. Fans sat on concrete benches with their view partially obstructed by floodlight towers...." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted December 17, 2018 Report Share Posted December 17, 2018 21 hours ago, jw1739 said: I happened to catch the following on Page 34 of the Sunday Age, 16th December 2018 where you can read the full article by Diane Zhang, vice-president of Maribyrnong Swifts Football Club. "At Melbourne City's recent W-League home match against Adelaide United, a young girl waved a home-made Melbourne City flag. Whereas armies of fans often spend days making supporter banners, this girl showed her passion for her team merely by stapling a small colour print-out of City's logo to a wooden stick. Although her flag was simple, this girl stood out. She was the sole supporter holding a flag, because Melbourne City does not sell or give away merchandise at W-League matches. No replica shirts, no hats, no sponsors' merchandise. ...Four Matildas graced the field for Melbourne City and Adelaide United, along with a host of world-class imports from Europe and the U.S.... ...These world-class women were asked to play on a poorly-lit pitch at a suburban stadium far from public transport. Fans sat on concrete benches with their view partially obstructed by floodlight towers...." I dont know if things have changed, but the 3 City W-League games I have been too, the club had a trailer selling merchandise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted December 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Seems to be coming together at the right time yet again. I think that really does come down to the internationals we use and when their seasons finish overseas. Still dont think we will win it, just dont want Victory to win it because they wernt even a Victory club up until two years ago. They still train out of Lakeside where they could easily use the AAMI park facilities....But no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted December 31, 2018 Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 Yep, I think we get killed in the first couple of weeks every year and the season is so short it's easy to get behind. Bit dark that we have to play off a four day break against Victory on the 5th, if we win that game and our game against WSW we should be travelling very nicely indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Game is on Kayo sports between City and Victory now, the pitch looks horrible but seems to actually be playing fairly well thus far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 And after dominating the game and some inexplicably bad finishing from City, an Olympic Goal from Victory in the 88th minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted January 5, 2019 Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Lydia Williams is garbage. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 8, 2019 Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Jodie Taylor not coming after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingawesomeness Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 (edited) Says it all. If the GOAT agrees... Edited January 12, 2019 by kingawesomeness Because Malloy got upset Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 4 hours ago, kingawesomeness said: Says it all. If the GOAT agrees... Good to see you are still tooting your own horn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luka74 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Really disappointed for it to end like this. Nonetheless the last 3 years have been a great ride and it takes nothing away from achieving the 3 peat. Probably won’t happen again in Australian football. On 05/01/2019 at 5:52 PM, bt50 said: Lydia Williams is garbage. That why she is starting Matilda’s keeper I guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 11, 2019 Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 9 hours ago, luka74 said: Really disappointed for it to end like this. Nonetheless the last 3 years have been a great ride and it takes nothing away from achieving the 3 peat. Probably won’t happen again in Australian football. I haven't seen any of the matches, so shoot me down if I'm way off. But my impression has been that there has been nowhere near the same commitment from the club to women's football this season. Having Rado Vidosic as coach seems a step down to me. Almost as if the club has demonstrated over three years what can be down with a proper commitment to the women players in terms of facilities and wages etc. and then has decided to take the foot off the pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haz Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 8 hours ago, jw1739 said: I haven't seen any of the matches, so shoot me down if I'm way off. But my impression has been that there has been nowhere near the same commitment from the club to women's football this season. Having Rado Vidosic as coach seems a step down to me. Almost as if the club has demonstrated over three years what can be down with a proper commitment to the women players in terms of facilities and wages etc. and then has decided to take the foot off the pedal. With Dario playing worse and getting less game time, it won't be long till Rado has another 'bust-up' and the two leave the club Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luka74 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 8 hours ago, jw1739 said: I haven't seen any of the matches, so shoot me down if I'm way off. But my impression has been that there has been nowhere near the same commitment from the club to women's football this season. Having Rado Vidosic as coach seems a step down to me. Almost as if the club has demonstrated over three years what can be down with a proper commitment to the women players in terms of facilities and wages etc. and then has decided to take the foot off the pedal. Yeah not sure. Certainly Rado was a risk I guess in the sense that he had never coached women prior. However the quality of players signed suggested there was still comittement from the club. I think some of the players themselves maybe weren’t as committed with their focus on being fit for the World Cup being more important. Which is understandable. So we have players missing while they had injuries treated or were away on international duty. Also hard for any team to be motivated enough for a 4th tilt. It’s a shame though because the few times it really clicked they looked as good as they have at any time in the existence of the team. Also wonder now if some of the stalwarts will look to move elsewhere, closer to home ect or just new opportunities now that the run has ended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luka74 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 26 minutes ago, haz said: With Dario playing worse and getting less game time, it won't be long till Rado has another 'bust-up' and the two leave the club Wouldn’t be unhappy with this outcome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bt50 Posted January 12, 2019 Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 14 hours ago, luka74 said: Yeah not sure. Certainly Rado was a risk I guess in the sense that he had never coached women prior. However the quality of players signed suggested there was still comittement from the club. I think some of the players themselves maybe weren’t as committed with their focus on being fit for the World Cup being more important. Which is understandable. So we have players missing while they had injuries treated or were away on international duty. Also hard for any team to be motivated enough for a 4th tilt. It’s a shame though because the few times it really clicked they looked as good as they have at any time in the existence of the team. Also wonder now if some of the stalwarts will look to move elsewhere, closer to home ect or just new opportunities now that the run has ended. I tend to think it was mostly this mish mash of players coming and going that came home to roost tbh. Putting together a title winning side is pretty difficult when you have a different XI each week. If anything we got seriously lucky last season imo, plus we had GOATlock 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 26, 2019 Report Share Posted January 26, 2019 Been a disappointing season for sure. My interpretation (just looking at results, haven’t seen games) is that it is similar to last season, however this time around we don’t have Fishlock to save the day every match. Rado has built an impressive reputation as an assistant, but not as a coach. You’d have to think we’d be pretty keen to talk to Stajic, not withstanding the need for some vetting. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted February 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 On 26/01/2019 at 2:47 PM, Shahanga said: Been a disappointing season for sure. My interpretation (just looking at results, haven’t seen games) is that it is similar to last season, however this time around we don’t have Fishlock to save the day every match. Rado has built an impressive reputation as an assistant, but not as a coach. You’d have to think we’d be pretty keen to talk to Stajic, not withstanding the need for some vetting. It was a disappointing season a bit complacent and I’m not surprised that happened given that we have won three in a row. i also think we start the preseason way too late and this is a result of that. hoping that soon we put a team into the WNPL to start bringing talent trough. I think that had been a real blight on us for the last couple of season. Not enough young players given time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 16, 2019 Report Share Posted February 16, 2019 37 minutes ago, Dylan said: It was a disappointing season a bit complacent and I’m not surprised that happened given that we have won three in a row. i also think we start the preseason way too late and this is a result of that. hoping that soon we put a team into the WNPL to start bringing talent trough. I think that had been a real blight on us for the last couple of season. Not enough young players given time. I didn't see any matches - all at impossible times for me - but just from reading it all looked a bit tokenistic to me. Having come in and shown what can be done if you actually treat your players and the W-League with a bit of respect, it seems that CFG has lost interest in Melbourne for the moment at any rate. Much as they have done for the whole club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted February 23, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2019 On 2/17/2019 at 9:44 AM, jw1739 said: I didn't see any matches - all at impossible times for me - but just from reading it all looked a bit tokenistic to me. Having come in and shown what can be done if you actually treat your players and the W-League with a bit of respect, it seems that CFG has lost interest in Melbourne for the moment at any rate. Much as they have done for the whole club. This will be a statement from the old, positive me who was excited about the take over. But I think its a little unfair to blame CFG for the Womens team this year. Thats the one thing they should be commended on, they dragged the whole league a number of magnitudes higher. You only have to have a look twitter and how much City arnt liked and I think thats out of envy. Oh and dont forget the dedicated Womens facilities. Victory still have their youth and Womens based at lakeside. I think this season was down to a terrible preseason and the humongous hole that the Fishlock left, not only as a player but as an assistant coach. What I would like to see next is a Womens NPLW side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 27 minutes ago, Dylan said: This will be a statement from the old, positive me who was excited about the take over. But I think its a little unfair to blame CFG for the Womens team this year. Thats the one thing they should be commended on, they dragged the whole league a number of magnitudes higher. You only have to have a look twitter and how much City arnt liked and I think thats out of envy. Oh and dont forget the dedicated Womens facilities. Victory still have their youth and Womens based at lakeside. I think this season was down to a terrible preseason and the humongous hole that the Fishlock left, not only as a player but as an assistant coach. What I would like to see next is a Womens NPLW side I don't know who else you can hold accountable other than CFG for what I have highlighted. I agree that Jess Fishlock was a big loss, but there are other players out there. I also don't think you can take the women's team out of the context of what has been so far a miserable season for the club as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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