yeah, i think CFGs global network will give Cahill more of an opportunity as a coach than Aloisi ever had during the cash strapped heart days. 

i don't know if anyone has mentioned this already, but What did everyone here think of Ruon Tongyik against Sydney FC on the weekend?
i though he looked class for a player making his professional debut for city, very relaxed and composed on the ball, already shown more potential than Chapman imo and could get a good partnership going with jakobsen 

Very much, comments after the game shows he has a good head on his shoulders as well.

What's the song played at the end of each City game?

Wasnt it a oasis song??

^^ yep. Dont look back in anger.

I dont agree. I think Ruons defending has been alibi in both games. Sydney had 15 shots against us last week. Victory had 5 clear cut chances another day they wouldve scored (berisha). Hes fine on the ball but his job is to defend and i dont think hes ready. 1st goal last night Ruon heads the ball up and gets out of position for the second header. Second goal he gets turned on edge of the box and nowhere to be seen for berishas tap in. Hes young and its not his fault hes been chucked in the deep end but if we are a team that wants to win and be at the top unlike previous years the coach cant be making decisions like this. Hence why we are 5 hours away of being 4th position 9 points behind syd and possibly 5 points behind victory if they win there catch up. Okay we won the cup but it means nothing when we are playing average in games. A Passing style in a nice style to watch, but do we want to win on the scoreboard or do we want to win how many passes completed. 

First 3 or 4 games we caught teams out by surprise with the 3-4-3 but now teams have switched on how to play against it we are losing key games because of it. 

Coaches need to wake up because our season is slowly slipping away game by game because i cant see Sydney dropping too many points till the end of the year and victory are starting to hit form at a very important time, compared to us who are coming out of form when we need to kick on to contest the top. 

cheers boys

in case you didnt see it in the tard troll thread about our glorious team, here is the new kit.  thank me later.

so how do we all feel about the formation on saturday.. i have to say i thought it worked pretty well until jakobsen went off.  kilkenny surprised me in a more forward position and i thought muscat did as well as malik has managed in CB - until jakobsen left and took his line management with him.  the line up was close to what i was banging on about in the match thread in the lead up.

is this right?:

franjic---------------------muscat----------------------------jakobsen-------------------colazo

------------------------------------------------malik

Caceres------------------Brattan------------------------kilkenny-------------------brandan

--------------------------------------------fornaroli

the team seemed more balanced than they have in a long while.

i rate malik as a CDM.   the big question for me is who makes the pair in front?  i would like to see caceres given a run with brattan.  

Certainly better without Cahill there and without Rose in left back. It's a shame we don't have a competent left back though becasue Colazo playing in the number 10 role would work well.

Would Melbourne City supporters be happy or upset if:
A brand new stadium for approx. 20K was built at  Dandenong showgrounds and Melbourne City moved into it? 

Upset. Dandenong is the other side of Melbourne for me 

dandenong will have their own team.  our home ground is currently the best football stadium in victoria. so no.

im alright with colazo in LB.  he work really well with brandan.  and i did some poking around and he supposedly prefers to be on the wing.

i still rate rose well over muscat.  with this formation and squad i think we are good.  we just need to fix the CB pairing.  we need someone at least as good as jakobsen next to him.  wouldnt mind seeing someone like thwaite being bought back to aus  we need some experience marshalling the back.  and their are about 7 foreigners on the books at liaoning now. he's not going to get a run.

called it on thwaite.  im a fkn football nostradamus.

we should jump on him while he is a free agent.  he is just what we need right now.

http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2017/02/06/thwaite-and-vidosic-leave-liaoning-after-pfa-intervention

sydney pinched wilkinson and zullo from us.  we need to move.

Malik is needed as the midfield screener.

Caceres doesn't work out wide. 

Welcome to the forum, Melbcity 2016.

agree malik in that spot changes our defence.

caceres has been playing well. but i think its another compromise to just fit someone into the squad.  this is what is killing city.  they play too many out of position to get them into the squad.  kilkenny and cahill have wore the brunt of that shitty decision making.  kamau needed a break. he has lost form and needs to earn his space again.  fitzgerald is hungry.  i would play him on the right wing.  i would also give caceres a start in midfield  next to brattan - in front of malik.

who's going to the game on saturday v brisbane????

I will. I think we will see some of the young boys on show due to the 8 or 9 players out for this week. Not sure how they go but  Anthony wait either way.

remember that time we smashed in 66 goals in a season?  and fkn annihilated the goal scoring record?  

I'm going to, the club needs the support and I'm looking forward to seeing some of the young guys start.

Might want to change your username champ, unless of course you wanted an email as your name. 

next years squad.  


i suspect the new coach will have a lot of say in recruitment. i suspect we are going to get someone with a bit more clout than JVS or valkanus.  my money is on mikel arteta.

but... i would like to see the club sell fornaroli now and take the cash while they still can.  also timmy will definitely be coming of the bench next year. soooo I would like us make a move on jamie maclaren or adam taggart as our first team striker.   I really want to see more young aussies leading the line for us.

our wings are good as is.  we will need a big time attacking midfielder - this is where we should marquee it up.  and a solid af central defender.  if we recruit well in these 3 spots we will be very good next year.

Is cash a problem? I'd say keep Fornaroli and try create some club personalities.  And Maclaren would be surely more likely being a Melbourne boy and his contract being over soon.  

i think we need to go with one first team striker.  cash isnt an issue for CFG but they still will want to turn a profit.  if it was me i would be open to offers on fornaroli.  he's getting about 1.5mill.  you could get taggart or maclaren at half that and you get to run a decent australian striker with back up from cahill.  selling fornaroli now would be smart.  good money which might take care of a big chunk of the salaries and i get a sense that we wont see him hit the heights of last season again.  plus i dont like him as captain.

i agree about creating a more consistent squad. i dont think we should be clearing out the club.  i would just be after new 3 starters and maybe a leftback if colazo is gone (he's on loan). a CB an attacking mid and a striker to replace fornaroli if he goes.

Considering the season so far membership has now hit 13,013. Hopefully translates into more people at games. Will be interesting to see where it is with a season of sustained success.

That's not bad at all. I would think 20k over the next couple of year might be achievable. Success on the park is the key but City have been doing a lot off the park with the community which will also help with membership.  

Yep certainly a lot of contribution in giving back to the community, a lot of which isn't reported and known about , that has helped greatly. Scott Munn was quoted saying the target was 14,000 which in all likeliness won't be achieved this season. But had we been more consistent I think we would have certainly got there by now and would have even been pushing 15k+.