SST's Stealth bringing the #facts:



At first I was like



But allegedly they've had Pignata on their radio show confirming the approach.

Don't do anything stupid Archie, you have almost a decade's legacy at risk.

Edited by paladisious: 10/3/2014 09:08:23 PM

He isn't that stupid :lol: he'll resign and I'll bet my right nut on it .Also heart made an approach last time and he politely said no .

Edited by mvfcarsenal16.8: 10/3/2014 09:11:35 PM

Tony Pignata confirmed he'd been emailed from Archie's manager. Probably just the manager trying to drum up the price, he reckons.

No way he'll be at Sydney





Edited by Lastbroadcast: 10/3/2014 09:12:09 PM

This, he's off contract, nearly done and victory are hardly going to want to pay him anything more than a token contrat. Going to Sydney risks the golden mega statue that will be built in his honour outside AAMI Park alongside one of Kevin Muscat snapping Zahra like a twig.

Edited by melbourne_terrace: 10/3/2014 09:17:11 PM

Agree with the above, it's literally inconceivable to anyone that he could play for any other A-League team.

Pushing for a better contract renewal by inferring competition, oldest trick in the book.

He knows he is on one last big pay cheque . But knowing arch he'll take a cut to remain at mv . Why would he move ?? He is settled his family are settled in point cook and his kids are settled in school .

Archie to Sydney FC?? Please, he can suck a fat one.

The fact that Pignata confirmed the email approach means it stopped right there..

Even our own board isn't stupid enough to think we want him... Right guys?

Happened a few times already and the reason why we're constantly linked to a ton of players. We're like the boogeyman of the A-league used by agents to scare other clubs into overpaying their clients.

Well he did say if sydfc asked him before season one he would've played for you guys .But they didn't and ern came knocking and the rest is history

2005–06 15 games 8 goals 2 assists
2006–07 22 games 15 goals 5 assists
2007–08 20 games 6 goals 5 assists
2008–09 19 games 9 goals 6 assists
2009–10 26 games 11 goals 8 assists
2010–11 .9 games 4 goals 1 assists
2011–12 27 games 7 goals 7assists
2012–13 22 games 9 goals 4 assists
2013–14 17 games 6 goals 3 assists

No one's questioning how good he is.

I really can't see why any club would be interested in Archie for next season, its a mystery why he is still a marquee.
After Muscat hang around like a bad smell well past his use by date, you would think Muscat would give Archie another deal.

As a player I love the guy but he is a bit of an idiot in life. Some of the things he has done and said are just dumb. I wouldn't put this passed* him.

*is that the right passed/past to use in that sentence? I'm drawing a blank.

Actually I am

When did he say that?

Ohh, Joffa the fisherman

No

*past it . Also arch isn't an idiot in person he is a fun loving person . Trust me he takes the piss out of everything . Hell he can seriously walk Into his kids catholic school wearing you like this fucking shirt and get away with it :lol:

This would be hilarious if it somehow came true, lol.

It's in a four four two issue that had an interview on him . Which surprisingly had a different in depth file . He apparently played for France :lol:

He'll probably get some good money to play a season in the Chinese first division. Once he's finished there with 1 goal from 20 appearances Tony Sage will chase after him.

That might well happen, but he'd surely get more goals than that (especially if their assistant refs are slow to raise the flag!) Did you see our game against CCM?

smart move would be to stay with us in a diminished role where he can be lauded and feted as the hero he is....

Six goals and three assists are hardly shit considering the dysfunctional system we've been playing. He's still the joint 6th highest goalscorer this season, after all.

See now you're talking. Would make an excellent impact player saving his bursts of pace coming on in the 60th minute, as he was for the Socceroos. If he wasn't, we wouldn't be in Brazil.

I'm not saying he's shit, I saying he should no longer be our main striker, he needs to accept a more diminished role going forward, where he can still provided good service maybe off the bench more often than not.

Will his ego allow it?

He knows he isn't our main striker . He is doing his best in trying to make his strike partners look good . Look at allsop,kruser rojas and he is trying to make kosta and or pain and or troisi look good but is struggling .

I'ma do what other fans do;

"No way, he loves Melbourne, no way he would ever go to another team."

-PB