Mr MO Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 Looking Birigiti displaying his excellent goalkeeping skills at CCM again this season - crazy that we didn’t give him any game time with us.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shahanga Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 1 hour ago, jw1739 said: https://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/how-an-82-year-old-neighbour-helped-an-a-league-defender-find-his-zen-20210118-p56uwd.html Crikey that’s a good story. Young Ruon had the physic and the skills but lacked “the brain” (don’t mean actual stupid, more football “stupid/naive”). He seemed destined for football oblivion, despite all he had going for him. Meeting his neighbour at the age he did with his set backs he’s had was probably perfect timing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 22, 2021 Report Share Posted January 22, 2021 9 hours ago, Shahanga said: Crikey that’s a good story. Young Ruon had the physic and the skills but lacked “the brain” (don’t mean actual stupid, more football “stupid/naive”). He seemed destined for football oblivion, despite all he had going for him. Meeting his neighbour at the age he did with his set backs he’s had was probably perfect timing. I think that there's a message in there for many football clubs and many young players. As a young player it's not just about the development of your natural football skills - it's about developing your football while you're developing as a person. If not enough focus on the latter, then the former won't happen. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 12 hours ago, Mr MO said: Looking Birigiti displaying his excellent goalkeeping skills at CCM again this season - crazy that we didn’t give him any game time with us.... Just another inexplicable City coaching decision. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 These are players at another aleague club who are playing significant minutes at the moment WU - Pierias, Wales SYD - Redmayne, Wilkinson, Zullo, Retre, Brattan, Caceras MAC - Najjar, Susaeta, Genreau NEW - Najjarine, Hoffman CCM - Birighitti, Tongyik, Clisby, Bozanic PER - Fornaroli, Kilkenny ADE - Mauk, Dukuly, Delianov, Marrone, Jakobsen I don't think Wellington, Victory, WSW or Brisbane have anyone of significance Still that is a shitload of players we have got rid of, be nice if we could get a squad to stick together so we don't have this constant ex City factory for other clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, neio said: These are players at another aleague club who are playing significant minutes at the moment WU - Pierias, Wales SYD - Redmayne, Wilkinson, Zullo, Retre, Brattan, Caceras MAC - Najjar, Susaeta, Genreau NEW - Najjarine, Hoffman CCM - Birighitti, Tongyik, Clisby, Bozanic PER - Fornaroli, Kilkenny ADE - Mauk, Dukuly, Delianov, Marrone, Jakobsen I don't think Wellington, Victory, WSW or Brisbane have anyone of significance Still that is a shitload of players we have got rid of, be nice if we could get a squad to stick together so we don't have this constant ex City factory for other clubs Tbf this season compared to last is probably our highest retention rate and hopefully it will be similar in seasons to come. Edited January 23, 2021 by Jovan Unless they are all completely shit and can GTFO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr MO Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Jovan said: Tbf this season compared to last is probably our highest retention rate and hopefully it will be similar in seasons to come. I actually don’t have a big problem with player turnover at our club. I mean retention for the sake of retention to create consistency even when some players are clearly not up to it is also not right. I’m more frustrated with the fact that some players are clearly good footballers, even we could see that - we let them walk out the door for a variety of reasons with either City not recognising the talent or personal reasons. For me, Kilkenny is the one we let go way to easily due to a stupid dispute, he could have been a pivotal city player for years to come. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malloy Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 FMD, Bruno's goal against Western United. Class AF. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 Two fabulous goals from Pierias, one from a great cross by Wales. Both played well, with Pierias probably the pick of the WU players. Another one I'm pleased to see do well (as long as its not against us....). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 6 hours ago, neio said: These are players at another aleague club who are playing significant minutes at the moment WU - Pierias, Wales SYD - Redmayne, Wilkinson, Zullo, Retre, Brattan, Caceras MAC - Najjar, Susaeta, Genreau NEW - Najjarine, Hoffman CCM - Birighitti, Tongyik, Clisby, Bozanic PER - Fornaroli, Kilkenny ADE - Mauk, Dukuly, Delianov, Marrone, Jakobsen I don't think Wellington, Victory, WSW or Brisbane have anyone of significance Still that is a shitload of players we have got rid of, be nice if we could get a squad to stick together so we don't have this constant ex City factory for other clubs In all fairness, many of those players were at other clubs before us... And others were just kids. Swings and roundabouts for this league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 45 minutes ago, rass said: In all fairness, many of those players were at other clubs before us... And others were just kids. Swings and roundabouts for this league. I suspect you could assemble similar lists for a lot of A League clubs. There's a lot of players who have churned around several clubs. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 7 hours ago, neio said: These are players at another aleague club who are playing significant minutes at the moment WU - Pierias, Wales SYD - Redmayne, Wilkinson, Zullo, Retre, Brattan, Caceras MAC - Najjar, Susaeta, Genreau NEW - Najjarine, Hoffman CCM - Birighitti, Tongyik, Clisby, Bozanic PER - Fornaroli, Kilkenny ADE - Mauk, Dukuly, Delianov, Marrone, Jakobsen I don't think Wellington, Victory, WSW or Brisbane have anyone of significance Still that is a shitload of players we have got rid of, be nice if we could get a squad to stick together so we don't have this constant ex City factory for other clubs OK, so let's go through this list. IMHO: Pierias, yes, difficult decision, but how many young full backs can you fit under the cap? Probably a choice between him and Atkinson as to who we kept. Wales, wasn't good enough. Redmayne, see Wales. Wilkinson, never wanted to stay. Always wanted to be in Sydney. Zullo, yeah, nah, not that good. We've got better. Retre, showed little for us, fringe player. Brattan, effectively swapped for an equally good player. Caceras, lots of potential, but never really showed enough of it for us. At the time, I wouldn't have kept him either. Najjar, sent out on loan to get experience. If he's any good we still hold his registration. Susaeta, apparently homesick, which might have explained his mediocre form. Come back for the bucks at the Bulls. Certainly didn't want to be with us. Genreau, rated him, but he wanted away. One of the few that I'd like to have kept. Najjarine, see Najjar. Hoffman, journeyman. Cult hero but wouldn't get into our current team in merit. Birighitti, yes, should have been played more for us. Good luck to him. Tongyik, youngster with promise, but raw and not really good enough when he left us. These days would maybe have been loaned out. Clisby, wasn't honestly very good when he was with us. Bozanic, largely forgettable. No great loss. Fornaroli, fell out big time. Substantially his fault by the sound of it. And his replacement is better. Kilkenny, fell out, can't be arsed to remember why. Yes, he's a decent player but a bit of a gobby troll. Mauk, meh, never convinced, always wanted to be at Adelaide anyway. Dukuly, homesick, wanted to go home to Adelaide. Delianov, decent enough but unlikely to be our first pick. Again, good luck to him. Marrone, who? Must be ancient history because I don't even remember him. Jakobsen, yes, good player, but injury prone with us. Replacements have been as good or better. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted January 23, 2021 Report Share Posted January 23, 2021 11 hours ago, fensaddler said: OK, so let's go through this list. IMHO: Pierias, yes, difficult decision, but how many young full backs can you fit under the cap? Probably a choice between him and Atkinson as to who we kept. Wales, wasn't good enough. Redmayne, see Wales. Wilkinson, never wanted to stay. Always wanted to be in Sydney. Zullo, yeah, nah, not that good. We've got better. Retre, showed little for us, fringe player. Brattan, effectively swapped for an equally good player. Caceras, lots of potential, but never really showed enough of it for us. At the time, I wouldn't have kept him either. Najjar, sent out on loan to get experience. If he's any good we still hold his registration. Susaeta, apparently homesick, which might have explained his mediocre form. Come back for the bucks at the Bulls. Certainly didn't want to be with us. Genreau, rated him, but he wanted away. One of the few that I'd like to have kept. Najjarine, see Najjar. Hoffman, journeyman. Cult hero but wouldn't get into our current team in merit. Birighitti, yes, should have been played more for us. Good luck to him. Tongyik, youngster with promise, but raw and not really good enough when he left us. These days would maybe have been loaned out. Clisby, wasn't honestly very good when he was with us. Bozanic, largely forgettable. No great loss. Fornaroli, fell out big time. Substantially his fault by the sound of it. And his replacement is better. Kilkenny, fell out, can't be arsed to remember why. Yes, he's a decent player but a bit of a gobby troll. Mauk, meh, never convinced, always wanted to be at Adelaide anyway. Dukuly, homesick, wanted to go home to Adelaide. Delianov, decent enough but unlikely to be our first pick. Again, good luck to him. Marrone, who? Must be ancient history because I don't even remember him. Jakobsen, yes, good player, but injury prone with us. Replacements have been as good or better. I actually agree with most of this, I wasn't saying that we made loads of terrible choices. I more found it interesting that the amount of players we have around the league that were ours, I doubt there would be many clubs with a higher number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 13 hours ago, fensaddler said: OK, so let's go through this list. IMHO: Pierias, yes, difficult decision, but how many young full backs can you fit under the cap? Probably a choice between him and Atkinson as to who we kept. Wales, wasn't good enough. Redmayne, see Wales. Wilkinson, never wanted to stay. Always wanted to be in Sydney. Zullo, yeah, nah, not that good. We've got better. Retre, showed little for us, fringe player. Brattan, effectively swapped for an equally good player. Caceras, lots of potential, but never really showed enough of it for us. At the time, I wouldn't have kept him either. Najjar, sent out on loan to get experience. If he's any good we still hold his registration. Susaeta, apparently homesick, which might have explained his mediocre form. Come back for the bucks at the Bulls. Certainly didn't want to be with us. Genreau, rated him, but he wanted away. One of the few that I'd like to have kept. Najjarine, see Najjar. Hoffman, journeyman. Cult hero but wouldn't get into our current team in merit. Birighitti, yes, should have been played more for us. Good luck to him. Tongyik, youngster with promise, but raw and not really good enough when he left us. These days would maybe have been loaned out. Clisby, wasn't honestly very good when he was with us. Bozanic, largely forgettable. No great loss. Fornaroli, fell out big time. Substantially his fault by the sound of it. And his replacement is better. Kilkenny, fell out, can't be arsed to remember why. Yes, he's a decent player but a bit of a gobby troll. Mauk, meh, never convinced, always wanted to be at Adelaide anyway. Dukuly, homesick, wanted to go home to Adelaide. Delianov, decent enough but unlikely to be our first pick. Again, good luck to him. Marrone, who? Must be ancient history because I don't even remember him. Jakobsen, yes, good player, but injury prone with us. Replacements have been as good or better. Fairly close to my own thoughts. The ones I regret are: Genreau, because I like that style of footballer. And I put Caceres into that category, but wasn't his wife playing in Sydney when he left us? Retre - I thought he always did the job for us when he came on, and IIRC he was played in just about every position except GK? Clearly Arnold thought the same. Other comments: Fornaroli and Kilkenny - whoever was at fault, should never have got to the stand-off positions that they did. Reflects poorly on our people management. Birighitti and Delianov I put down more to the club's obsession with Bouzanis than anything else - both were adequate but the position of "second GK" is an unenviable one. Heart actually signed Michael Marrone from Adelaide, and later we sold him to Shanghai Shenxin, so we can hardly complain that he's been back at Adelaide since leaving China. Started that memorable move that lead to Alex Terra's winner in the first ever Derby. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imtellingyou Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 The review regarding Bruno, at least, sounds a bit arrogant. Someone is a member of a world dominance club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Other than losing Fornaroli, Birraz and Kilkenny due to Joyce my main issue is our inability to build a club culture by keeping players at the club long term. Clisby and Retre are perfect examples of guys who could play a number of roles in the squad and weren't gonna take a big chunk of the cap who we allowed to move on. Hopefully we can build a culture around Maclaren, Good, Metcalfe, Garruccio, Atkinson, etc. instead of having players around 2-3 seasons and then moving them on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayv36 Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 I miss Melling 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Sweet Prince, we will never forget you ❤️ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingofhearts Posted January 24, 2021 Report Share Posted January 24, 2021 Bring back shroj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post neio Posted January 26, 2021 Popular Post Report Share Posted January 26, 2021 With all these ex city players starting for other teams. I've never been happier to say TANDO VELAPHI IS STARTING AN ALEAGUE GAME 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartFc Posted January 27, 2021 Report Share Posted January 27, 2021 (edited) I'm still watching 280p highlights of Maycon ripping the Brazilian 5th division to shreds! What a star! Edited January 27, 2021 by HeartFc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyh001 Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Neil Killkenny is the sideline reporter for Fox sports Geelong Derby coverage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 3 hours ago, mattyh001 said: Neil Killkenny is the sideline reporter for Fox sports Geelong Derby coverage Not as good as Macca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommykins Posted January 30, 2021 Report Share Posted January 30, 2021 Redmayne kind of looks like old Redmayne again. Also christ Genreau continues to impress me whenever I watch him. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 Perth's winner - Castro to Kilkenny to Fornaroli - goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rass Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 That was really weird. Shows all was not right in our changeroom back then, doesn't it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CityBoyz Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, rass said: That was really weird. Shows all was not right in our changeroom back then, doesn't it. Also shows what we would to have a winners mentality like Kilkenny in the dressing room oh wait we had him. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 (edited) Kilkenny's one of those players whom you love when he's on your team or you hate when he's an opponent. Mauk, on the other hand, I didn't even like when he was wearing our colours. Not a terrible player, but just a grub with no class. I can't think of an ex-Heart/City player I loathe more. Sick of seeing him in the A-League: I wish he'd piss off back to Europe, but he isn't good enough. Kilkenny gave us everything he had, I'll back him any day and I was delighted that last night played out the way it did. Edited February 5, 2021 by SF33 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate Posted February 5, 2021 Report Share Posted February 5, 2021 2 minutes ago, SF33 said: Kilkenny's one of those players whom you love when he's on your team or you hate when he's an opponent. Mauk, on the other hand, I didn't even like when he was wearing our colours. Not a terrible player, but just a grub with no class. I can't think of an ex-Heart/City player I loathe more. Sick of seeing him in the A-League: I wish he'd piss off back to Europe, but he isn't good enough. Kilkenny gave us everything he had, I'll back him any day and I was delighted that last night played out the way it did. Mauk is FIGJAM personified. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SF33 Posted February 6, 2021 Report Share Posted February 6, 2021 46 minutes ago, Nate said: Mauk is FIGJAM personified. I mean, to do that on the sidelines during a half time interview... yikes. Even Adelaide people... that's what you want from your captain in a national league? Could Adelaide find anyone less professional to lead their squad? Mauk may as well have stuck his tongue out at Killer and gone "ner ner ne ner ner" like an eight year old. He isn't fit to tie Kilkenny's boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mus-28 Posted February 7, 2021 Report Share Posted February 7, 2021 Arzani came on in the 90th minute for his AGF debut in a 1-0 win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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neio Posted February 9, 2021 Report Share Posted February 9, 2021 Shayon Harrison has signed at Wimbledon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 Denis Genreau's first A-League goal, for Macarthur up in Brisbane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neio Posted February 18, 2021 Report Share Posted February 18, 2021 Ramy Najjarine is the January nomination for the young footballer of the year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fensaddler Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 Think we missed a trick with Dylan Pierias. He's just scored another beauty for WU. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jovan Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 I get that as a rule any former player that plays well or improves when he leaves us it's a failing by us for letting him go, it's one of those unwritten rules from supporters that is almost soley based on emotional perspective, and FWIW I feel exactly the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missing_Moy Posted February 20, 2021 Report Share Posted February 20, 2021 (edited) 14 hours ago, fensaddler said: Think we missed a trick with Dylan Pierias. He's just scored another beauty for WU. I’m surprised WJ didn’t figure out Dylan was a great striker how good was the ball from Diamenti Edited February 20, 2021 by Missing_Moy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jw1739 Posted February 21, 2021 Report Share Posted February 21, 2021 17 hours ago, fensaddler said: Think we missed a trick with Dylan Pierias. He's just scored another beauty for WU. He's just another one. There's quite a list. In the 7th season since the takeover we ought to have several Academy graduates starting in the City team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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