toogood18 Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Any truth to the rumour that Babalj is being courted by Red Star Belgrade? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Ivan Klasnic anyone? He's a free agent after being released by relegated Bolton yesterday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Sign someone quality now. This is getting silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argentinez Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Seriously every1 saying no to Hernandez is crazy! Yeah we have bagged the crap out of him but when he scores a goal from outside the box or from a free kick every1 will be in love with him. Has any player from heart ever scored from a free kick or outside the box? Lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sarkies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sibon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dRoy Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 So none then. As those two don't play for heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammo Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Ivan Klasnic anyone? He's a free agent after being released by relegated Bolton yesterday. Used to smash goals in for Werder Bremen alongside Charisteas. Get them back together! Edited May 19, 2012 by Cammo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belaguttman Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Seriously every1 saying no to Hernandez is crazy! Yeah we have bagged the crap out of him but when he scores a goal from outside the box or from a free kick every1 will be in love with him. Has any player from heart ever scored from a free kick or outside the box? Lol It not that he's a bad player, in fact he's a very good player of course, he'd be a real luxury player for us with significant compromises to ur playing style and tactics to accomodate him. We certainly need a player who can score from outside the box and from set pieces, but also someone who can defend with the team. Besides, we don't have a KFC sponsorship, does that come with him? Edited May 19, 2012 by belaguttman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSK_47 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Besides, we don't have a KFC sponsorship, does that come with him? Carlos Carlos Hernandez ate all the wings for me La-la- la-la-la la-la la-la-la Agree with the above post. Plus dont want him on principle. Show some dignity and find our own stars. Edited May 19, 2012 by KSK_47 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Any truth to the rumour that Babalj is being courted by Red Star Belgrade? Maybe it's just chatter on a fan forum - a bit like what goes on here. But on another thread here someone's saying Red Star have made an offer - '500,000' (I take it that's A$), but I find it hard to believe that an offer would come before a trial. Personally hope that it's not true, and, if it is true, that Heart plays hard ball on the transfer. Otherwise we're going to end up with none of our younger players and just a few dollars in the bank. But that won't build our club, win the A-League, or draw more fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Anyone going tonight to see olympiacos give it to the Victards? Get Klasnic and Charistease Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicka94 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Maybe it's just chatter on a fan forum - a bit like what goes on here. But on another thread here someone's saying Red Star have made an offer - '500,000' (I take it that's A$), but I find it hard to believe that an offer would come before a trial. Personally hope that it's not true, and, if it is true, that Heart plays hard ball on the transfer. Otherwise we're going to end up with none of our younger players and just a few dollars in the bank. But that won't build our club, win the A-League, or draw more fans. http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/heart-ponders-offer-from-red-star-for-babalj-20120518-1yw3o.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartMillsy29 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 (edited) Bozza says Owen could come to Aus. Would be a good replacement for Babalj for a year or so why'll we develop a youngster. Not to mention the crowds and membership jump up. Edited May 19, 2012 by HeartMillsy29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Bozza says Owen could come to Aus. Would be a good replacement for Babalj for a year or so why'll we develop a youngster. Not to mention the crowds and membership jump up. Well if Bozza said that it must be legit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huzie Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Babalj scored 9 goals only playing 2/3 of the season, I belive next year he can score 15+, we need players who can do this! Fuck the 500k we are here to win titles not make money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynamo_Melb_Warrior Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 We also have to look after the best interest of the player. We cannot hold a player back from a better future or realising their dreams. If Babalj wants to go, well we have to enter into negotiations for the best possible outcome. Unfortunately we are the A League and a stepping stone for launching careers. Yet the club is bigger than any individual and whilst I will miss him, we can find a suitable replacement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Babalj scored 9 goals only playing 2/3 of the season, I belive next year he can score 15+, we need players who can do this! Fuck the 500k we are here to win titles not make money! this so much. not only did he play just 2/3 of the season, he probably started only 1/3 of the games so next season imagine how many he could score when he's starting every match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Babalj scored 9 goals only playing 2/3 of the season, I belive next year he can score 15+, we need players who can do this! Fuck the 500k we are here to win titles not make money! I'd love to have Babalj next season. But. He comes off contract and he'll most likely leave and we'll get nothing. I'm starting to think that we should probably take the $500,000 and use it to help get maybe a marquee striker who is near the prime of his career and can stay for a few years. $500,000 for a still developing 20 year old who won't be around more than 12 months is hard to turn down. He's a prodigious talent, but still has some way to go before dominating the competition. But only if the money is used on potential marquees to improve the list. And this is the situation where we should negotiate a sell-on percentage. After a year or two in Serbia, he'll be on the radar of Europe's big clubs and could attract a big transfer down the track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Libero Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Owen would be amazing crowed numers wise. Bigger crowed = more money = better players = beating the mongs by even more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 Anyone know what the latest is with Bolton? Is he still contemplating his future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted May 19, 2012 Report Share Posted May 19, 2012 was thinking the same thing before. I'd assume the club will want an answer soon with pre-season starting in 2 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downbylaw Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I'm not going thru 80 pages for the quote but can recall reading something along the lines of...... 'how the Olympiacos tour sells, will play a part in signing the forum love child Charisteas' Ridiculous to factor that in the decision imo but just got off the blower to a mate who went and apparently around 15k in attendance. Not sure what the board wanted to see at the game but to me, 15k is about what could be expected. So having not exceeded expectations do they put a line thru him now? Kidding themselves if they expected a huge crowd and in turn signing AC will suddenly bring in the masses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) I'm not going thru 80 pages for the quote but can recall reading something along the lines of...... 'how the Olympiacos tour sells, will play a part in signing the forum love child Charisteas' Ridiculous to factor that in the decision imo but just got off the blower to a mate who went and apparently around 15k in attendance. Not sure what the board wanted to see at the game but to me, 15k is about what could be expected. So having not exceeded expectations do they put a line thru him now? Kidding themselves if they expected a huge crowd and in turn signing AC will suddenly bring in the masses. Yes, there was a statement along those lines, but was it just forum chatter or a fair dinkum quote from Heart? I can't see that any conclusions could be drawn from a game that didn't involve Heart, was played two months after the season and and four months before the next season, and had no significance whatsoever - it wasn't even a farewell game for, say, Hernandez. IMO the Heart board would be foolish to draw any connection between last night's crowd and the impact that a true marquee player, for example Charisteas, might have on Heart attendances. And I cannot believe that they will. BTW, Scott Munn tweeted that the promoter need 22,500 before he broke even, so with 16,000+ he was well out of pocket. IMO, anyway, I don't believe that it's necessarily the marquee player per se who draws the crowds. The crowds come when you're winning lots of games at home, scoring plenty of goals in doing so, and it's the marquee who's making or scoring those goals. Edited May 20, 2012 by jw1739 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toogood18 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 The amount of free tickets they gave away to that game was ridiculous. Oh well I guess that is what happens when you want people to pay double what they are expecting to watch a half rate game in the off-season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Listen, 17000 were olympiacos supporters and 1000 where victory supporters. Your bring ac to heart there will be a minimum of 5k extra support for heart. Wouldnt mind if our home games attracted 15k Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sash Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 IMO, anyway, I don't believe that it's necessarily the marquee player per se who draws the crowds. The crowds come when you're winning lots of games at home, scoring plenty of goals in doing so, and it's the marquee who's making the or scoring those goals. Exactly. I think there's too much made of the crowd impact of signing certain players. If you're losing, it doesn't matter. Look at how Victory's crowds ended up last season even with Kewell, Hernandez and Thompson. Robbie Fowler had no lasting impact also. We should be signing the best players we can to win games, and if there a big name as well, then great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 exactly right jw, if the team is winning games, playing good football, scoring lots of goals and your marquee player(s) is shining, that's when the crowds will come and that's when the club will make the headlines and the back page of the newspapers. If the club can have 1 or 2 seasons like that, we'll see growth all across the board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christian7 Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 I was at the match last night and 95% of supporters were Olympiacos. I also had a lot of mates who are fanatics when it comes to the greek league and they didn't attend the match because they are Olympiacos haters. Bringing in Charisteas would be a massive boost because the whole Greek community will follow Heart. Only for the pure reason of him being a Greek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Cain Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Can't see many fans coming and staying for Owen, plus he's kinda shit and would prob ask for way too much, plus I don't like him. Sign Charisteas, sign Mitch Cooper, teach Golgol how to play, play Colosimo DM, sign a defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 Can't see many fans coming and staying for Owen, plus he's kinda shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NuggetsMcGreggor Posted May 20, 2012 Report Share Posted May 20, 2012 sorry couldn't help myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herman Cain Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 "Plus I don't like him" was the important bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Fellow Heart supporter, Milicic is now leaving, are we falling apart or what? Bloody hell can the club just give us some good news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadete Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 How are we falling apart? Because an assistant coach is leaving? Big deal: Almost every club will have an Assistant Coach of some sort leaving in the Off Season and most have them leaving during the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchPride Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 The last page of this thread is unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torn Asunder Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Matthew Spiranovic still getting very little oppurtunity in the J-League. Not a good sign that straight after a full game he didnt even make the match day squad. http://au.fourfourtwo.com/news/240489,os-aussies-bosnars-blockbuster.aspx This must be worrying for him in the lead up to the WC (although he still made the squad). JA go and get him ... future captain and the answer to the CB issues. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart of Melbourne Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 And how many players have we released? Doesnt look good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heart_fan10 Posted May 21, 2012 Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 Matthew Spiranovic still getting very little oppurtunity in the J-League. Not a good sign that straight after a full game he didnt even make the match day squad. http://au.fourfourtw...lockbuster.aspx This must be worrying for him in the lead up to the WC (although he still made the squad). JA go and get him ... future captain and the answer to the CB issues. Spiranovic would be a brilliant signing even Madaschi didn't make the matchday squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cadete Posted May 21, 2012 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 21, 2012 And how many players have we released? Doesnt look good. Honestly, what are you talking about? And all these other MH supporters on FB making the same point... Almost all of the players we have released were not even in the best side last season (A season we finished 6/9). Some of these blokes were literally miles away from being in our best side. These are the kind of players a club should be letting go of for those who can push for First Team Football. If we did not let Worm, Kamal And Co go thats when we should be worried. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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