With comments like the one below being trolled out every other page...I think not.

This should be moved back to Australian Football section

Melbourne Heart are doomed

upcoming announcement at season's end

Not much going on in your life i gather arth?

This should be moved back to Australian Football section, at least it gave Heart some traction, a Raison d'être if you will.

For right now they don't even exist except on the State League section.

Maybe this is their future?

Melbourne Heart are doomed

upcoming announcement at season's end

Melbourne Heart are doomed

upcoming announcement at season's end

Melbourne Heart are doomed

upcoming announcement at season's end

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/footb ... 6590241897

Melbourne Heart throw 18-year-old Ross Archibald a lifeline by: Marco Monteverde
From: The Courier-Mail March 05, 2013 12:00AM

HAVING been frozen out at Brisbane Roar, star youth team player Ross Archibald has been thrown a lifeline by Melbourne Heart.
The versatile 18-year-old, equally at home in a holding midfield role or in the centre of defence, tomorrow starts a trial with the Heart, who have shown an interest in offering him an A-League contract next season.
Archibald was one of the Roar youth team's premier performers this season and is a shot at winning the side's best player award.
But his form has not been enough to convince Brisbane coach Mike Mulvey to offer him an A-League deal.
Despite having trained with the Roar's first-team squad for the best part of six months, including the entire pre-season while Rado Vidosic was in charge, Archibald was quickly banished after Mulvey replaced Vidosic in December.
"When Rado left as head coach, I had two sessions with Mike as first-team coach and that was it,'' said Archibald, who then had to be content with only youth team training.
"I just got told to keep working hard, and that my chance might come to get back there but it never happened. Of course it's disappointing.
"I'm a Brisbane boy and I did love playing for the Roar.''
Both Mulvey, who first spotted Archibald's talent during his time as Queensland Academy of Sport coach, and the Roar's youth team coach John Sime did not return calls from The Courier-Mail yesterday.
But is is understood that Sime is extremely disappointed that Archibald has not been offered an A-League deal by Brisbane.
Mulvey also prevented Anthony Proia from training with the first-team despite the teenage striker having an A-League contract with the club.
It led to Proia - who had been contracted to the Roar until the end of next season - leaving the club last month to return to Sydney, where he has joined former National Soccer League team Marconi.

Ronaldihno is out of their price range - Giggs will never leave United - Totti may see what's going on with ADP and think it's worth a shot. ADP re-signing at Sydney is huge for the message it sends about the league and the country.

Michael Owen would be another - a big risk though - they need someone who will play every week.

Does Kewell count?

I say No

Yesterday's crowd was an anomaly on the back of ADP
Next home game will surely see attendance for the Heart decline to its usual region of 5-7k

speaking of region - I believe the Heart should be regionalised

The 2 option are Gippsland and Geelong

Personally I think the Heart should relocate to Geelong - yet still play their bigger attended games at AAMI

The opportunity for Heart is to finally carve itself an identity and capitalise on the following opportunities

- take advantage of the upgrade at Skilled Stadium including lighting which will be at a TV standard
- feasibility at skilled stadium will be a lot more favorable than the new terms that will take place at AAMI as of next season
- represent a region whose soccer/football community is as strong as any regional zone in Australia - yet lacks representation
- assist the FFA in expanding the code in regional Australia - Geelong will never produce a new off the shelf team - yet the relocation of Heart which has palpitated in Melbourne....
- Play the big games at AAMI - maintain links with Melbourne - particularly the West and Werribee (as does Geelong Cats)
- Gain a true identity and links with a community that has no footballing representation yet is a major football culture


Just some Major points that I believe issue a strong economic and cultural reasoning to get this team to stick on the wall rather than drop off altogether

BTW - this is not about south Melbourne - but rather how the Heart should develop and grow

I genuinely believe in Melbourne - they have peaked - next home attendance will qualify my point of view

Interesting crowd today
I wonder how many fans travelled from Geelong ?/:;-/\|{}% ???
Anyway good crowd and definately a game that will not be fixtured Lakeside if this game attracts as many fans in the future

My guess is that heart may relocate as Jak puts it but a little further west

By the way since this is in the spotlight;

Will Del Piero's appearance be an indicator of what a "Marquee" player could do for Heart?

10,000 maybe not

12,000 could be

13,000 - possibly chase a marquee?

15,000 sign someone now

Suprised we haven't seen a "Joffa out---> Chris in" thread

Doesn't matter which forum it's in. Everyone knows about it, if the A-league obsessives opt to ignore it now that it's not in the Aussie forum that says all you need to know about their level of discomfort at discussing the question of Heart's viability.

Joffa, you are a prick. Harden the fuck up and leave it in AF, it's about a clubs desire to join the league, and a team who has at times looked like they might not survive, and aren't out of the woods yet. Who cares if he keeps bumping the thread? He's not the only one to continue to post in the thread afterward; clearly this discussion has merit. Your hypocrisy, personal beliefs and vendetta's make you the most biased mod on the forum; kutgw mate.

Since this is under "State League", what are SMFC's chances of winning the VPL this year?