well brisbane is a bit different from melbourne city next season west melbourne join in and if melb city don't do something with our attendance we might even lose our derby against victory 

@ melbcityguy

My only advice is to take control. You have an ownership model that has some of the same flaws Roars had (only you guys have money) which is lack of engagement and consideration towards fans. Get organised and kick some doors down, try and change things from the inside not outside shouting in.

You guys deserve better but I think you’ve got a bright future as a club. CFGs tactics are ugly but they’re laying good foundations.

After some back and forth it looks as though Jamie MacLaren is heading our way. Just posted a goodbye to Hibernian on his Instagram.

from the herald 

Warren Joyce’s future to be decided in next few months as Melbourne City’s signings debut

Melbourne City coach Warren Joyce sweated during the January transfer window and he should be cut some slack after his two prized recruits were only signed in the dying hours of deadline day.

But any respite for Joyce, whose contract expires this May, will quickly evaporate if City loses Saturday’s crucial clash with Adelaide United.

There is a heavy burden on Socceroos striker Jamie Maclaren and Tottenham youth product Shayon Harrison to hit the ground running from their debuts.

Joyce’s future will be decided over the next three months and 10-13 games, depending on how far City go in the finals series.

It’s understood that Joyce’s targets are to finish inside the top three, in other words qualify for the Asian Champions League.

A win over Adelaide still leaves City with a mountain to climb to make the top three.


https://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/football/a-league/teams/melbourne-city/warren-joyces-future-to-be-decided-in-next-few-months-as-melbourne-citys-signings-debut/news-story/cd5ef03cf061ee4cd28b6292a37c3a88

Roy Krishna	Attacking Midfielder	(Fiji)	Wellington Phoenix	12
Adam le Fondre	Striker	(England)	Sydney FC	12
Adam Taggart	Striker	(Australia)	Brisbane Roar	11
Kosta Barbarouses	Striker	(New Zealand)	Melbourne Victory	10
Andy Keogh	Striker	(Ireland)	Perth Glory	10
Ola Toivonen	Striker	(Sweden)	Melbourne Victory	10
Craig Goodwin	Left Back	(Australia)	Adelaide United	9
Chris Ikonomidis	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Perth Glory	7
Alex Brosque	Striker	(Australia)	Sydney FC	6
Ritchie De Laet	Central Defender	(Belgium)	Melbourne City	6
Keisuke Honda	Attacking Midfielder	(Japan)	Melbourne Victory	6
Roy O'Donovan	Striker	(Ireland)	Newcastle Jets	6
David Williams	Striker	(Australia)	Wellington Phoenix	6
Roly Bonevacia	Central Midfielder	(Netherlands)	Western Sydney Wanderers	5
Neil Kilkenny	Central Midfielder	(Australia)	Perth Glory	5
Oriol Riera	Striker	(Spain)	Western Sydney Wanderers	5
James Troisi	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Melbourne Victory	5
Terry Antonis	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Melbourne Victory	4
Luke Brattan	Central Midfielder	(Australia)	Melbourne City	4
Andrew Hoole	Central Midfielder	(Australia)	Central Coast Mariners	4
Nikola Mileusnic	Left Midfielder	(Australia)	Adelaide United	4
Matt Simon	Striker	(Australia)	Central Coast Mariners	4
Ronald Vargas	Striker	(Venezuela)	Newcastle Jets	4
Diego Castro	Left Midfielder	(Spain)	Perth Glory	3
Joel Chianese	Striker	(Australia)	Perth Glory	3
Siem de Jong	Attacking Midfielder	(Netherlands)	Sydney FC	3
Henrique	Right Midfielder	(Brazil)	Brisbane Roar	3
Jason Hoffman	Right Back	(Australia)	Newcastle Jets	3
Ken Ilso	Attacking Midfielder	(Denmark)	Adelaide United	3
Riley McGree	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Melbourne City	3
Connor Pain	Striker	(Australia)	Central Coast Mariners	3
Dimitri Petratos	Striker	(Australia)	Newcastle Jets	3
Kaine Sheppard	Striker	(England)	Newcastle Jets	3
Jaushua Sotirio	Striker	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	3
Lachlan Wales	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Melbourne City	3
Keanu Baccus	Central Midfielder	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	2
Alexander Baumjohann	Attacking Midfielder	(Germany)	Western Sydney Wanderers	2
George Blackwood	Striker	(Australia)	Adelaide United	2
Daniel De Silva	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Sydney FC	2
Louis Fenton	Central Midfielder	(New Zealand)	Wellington Phoenix	2
Fabio Ferreira	Right Midfielder	(Portugal)	Perth Glory	2
Ben Halloran	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Adelaide United	2
Jair	Striker	(Brazil)	Newcastle Jets	2
Shane Lowry	Central Defender	(Australia)	Perth Glory	2
Jamie Maclaren	Striker	(Australia)	Melbourne City	2
Tobias Mikkelsen	Attacking Midfielder	(Denmark)	Brisbane Roar	2
Aiden O'Neill	Central Midfielder	(Australia)	Central Coast Mariners	2
Storm Roux	Right Back	(New Zealand)	Melbourne Victory	2
Isaias Sanchez	Central Midfielder	(Spain)	Adelaide United	2
Sarpreet Singh	Central Midfielder	(New Zealand)	Wellington Phoenix	2
Jacob Tratt	Central Defender	(Australia)	Sydney FC	2
Dario Vidosic	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Melbourne City	2
Dylan Wenzel-Halls	Striker	(Australia)	Brisbane Roar	2
Kwame Yeboah	Striker	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	2
Raul Baena	Central Midfielder	(Spain)	Melbourne Victory	1
Eric Bautheac	Left Midfielder	(France)	Brisbane Roar	1
Corey Brown	Left Back	(Australia)	Melbourne Victory	1
Aaron Calver	Central Defender	(Australia)	Sydney FC	1
Joseph Champness	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Newcastle Jets	1
Nick Cowburn	Central Defender	(Australia)	Newcastle Jets	1
Jason Davidson	Left Back	(Australia)	Perth Glory	1
Luke De Vere	Central Defender	(Australia)	Brisbane Roar	1
Mitchell Duke	Striker	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
Tarek Elrich	Right Back	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
Bruno Fornaroli	Striker	(Uruguay)	Melbourne City	1
Ivan Franjic	Right Back	(Australia)	Perth Glory	1
Scott Galloway	Right Back	(Australia)	Adelaide United	1
Brendan Hamill	Central Defender	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
Josh Hope	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Melbourne Victory	1
Luke Ivanovic	Striker	(Australia)	Sydney FC	1
Juande	Central Midfielder	(Spain)	Perth Glory	1
Bruce Kamau	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
Vince Lia	Left Midfielder	(Australia)	Adelaide United	1
Alex Lopez	Central Midfielder	(Spain)	Brisbane Roar	1
Manyiel Riel Majok	Striker	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
Mandi	Central Midfielder	(Spain)	Wellington Phoenix	1
Ross McCormack	Striker	(Scotland)	Central Coast Mariners	1
Matt McKay	Left Midfielder	(Australia)	Brisbane Roar	1
Matthew Millar	Central Defender	(Australia)	Central Coast Mariners	1
Tass Mourdoukoutas	Central Defender	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
Jordan Murray	Striker	(Australia)	Central Coast Mariners	1
Milos Ninkovic	Central Midfielder	(Serbia)	Sydney FC	1
Jordan O'Doherty	Striker	(Australia)	Western Sydney Wanderers	1
Brandon O'Neill	Central Midfielder	(Australia)	Sydney FC	1
Paulo Retre	Attacking Midfielder	(Australia)	Sydney FC	1
Matthew Ridenton	Attacking Midfielder	(New Zealand)	Newcastle Jets	1
Brendon Santalab	Striker	(Australia)	Perth Glory	1
Bart Schenkeveld	Central Defender	(Netherlands)	Melbourne City	1
Mario Shabow	Striker	(Australia)	Central Coast Mariners	1
Apostolos Stamatelopoulos	Striker	(Australia)	Adelaide United	1
Steven Taylor	Central Defender	(England)	Wellington Phoenix	1
Michael Zullo	Left Back	(Australia)	Sydney FC	1

jmac already half way up the goals table!  how far do you think he'll get?

if we sack joyce soon enough i reckon top 5 is possible - ekspecially if we count finals goals.

Reckon he will dry up with the next 3 rounds
V Melb Vic
V Perth Glory
V smurfs

Guaranteed to score against Wanderers

So why did mcgree get dropped?

good question

Showed he is capable of attacking, it's anathema, we only want players who can defend, none of this creativity business.

So if Warren Joyce misses the ACL will he get the sack?

if they were serious about that he would have been sent home already

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/feb/18/manchester-city-chinese-club-sichuan-jiuniun-third-tier-portfolio-cfg

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/a-league-clubs-poised-after-sydney-block-brillante-s-korea-move

city linked, as usual, but more importantly the article states that brattan is likely to depart after this season.  that would be pretty disappointing.  

we should make a play for joe hart he is not doing anything 

i'd rather our keepers

joe hart is overrated. guardiola kicked him straight out.

who would you have for next season? if birra leaves and eugene retires and delianov goes to western united?

Melbourne City marquee Jamie Maclaren says his teammates want to know who's coaching the A-League club next season but have to put aside uncertainty over Warren Joyce's future as they gear up for finals.

He's also appealed to the club's stay-away fans to jump on for the final month of the season to create something special.

Jamie Maclaren, who will be back in the team this weekend, has called on City fans to show up and show support.

City have three home fixtures in their last four regular-season rounds, beginning with the visit of Maclaren's former side Brisbane to AAMI Park on Friday night.

The talk around sixth-placed City isn't about how they might do in May but who might come in to replace Joyce at season's end.


A tale of two Melbournes: Joyce on edge as Muscat revs up for finals
The Englishman, who steered City to a semi-final exit last season, is out of contract at the end of the campaign.

Joyce is reportedly in the mix to coach Wellington next season if, as expected, Mark Rudan leaves the Phoenix to coach expansion club Western United.

Maclaren addressed the looming changes on Wednesday.

"Players want to know who's in charge," he said.

"But at the end of the day, the manager comes in with a smile on his face.

"For us, there are players off-contract as well; it's not just the manager.

"Some players don't even know where they are going to be.

"We all need to be on the same train ... to get to finals.

"When you get into finals whoever turns up on the night gets through.

"You need to focus. All the boys out there are giving their all and that's all I can say."

Maclaren's honesty extended to City's fans, who have protested Joyce's tenure in recent weeks.

While City are on a nine-match unbeaten home run, the past three matches at AAMI Park have yielded less than 20,000 fans in total.

Maclaren acknowledged unease in the stands but said it was time to come together.

"Right now we need the support," he said.

"As much as there's a bit of animosity at the moment, we need them. It's as simple as that."

The Socceroos striker missed City's last match, a 3-0 loss at Western Sydney, with concussion but is fit to resume on Friday night.

He revealed the cause was a stray shot from teammate Kearyn Baccus on the training ground.

"We were having a bit of a joke saying he should never shoot again," Maclaren said.

"It hit me clean in the temple and I was out for about three minutes.

"It was a freak accident.

"I've been hit harder in the head before and been fine ... I'm raring to go for Friday."

AAP

the new ceo has made a few changes already the biggest so far he has gotten rid of gold and silver membership and opened up the wing seats for city blue members.

that is a bloody important start to next season 

ughh.  i bet the only reason rudan hasnt been announced yet is because of a city offer.  they'll go for kurz as well.  

i bang on about it, but i want an australian coach. i want all our enormous resources put into developing local talent.  i'd really like to see scott miller given a run. i think i read somewhere that city have a short list of 20-30 possible managers 

is there some popular choice floating around with city fans?  i'd check the melbourne city forum but i cant afford the chemo i'd need to recover from that.

real shame about delianov.  we have bouzanis and birra in the squad still. imo either can do the job.  i'd be surprised to see birra stay if he isnt offered first choice. such a talent.  it's a shame about the lack of game time he's had over the last few years.

I’d love to have Kurz or an Aussie coach 

Why Kurz? I get he has a sense of 'Klopp' about him, but aren't you tired of half of AUFC coming to us? We're backed by the richest owners of any club in the land and the coach is exempt from the Salary Cap so we should be looking at a proven kick-ass coach who shares the same playing philosophy as Pep G.

the adelaide connection is why i feel it's coming... could be worse. but i'd rather a green aus coach than a seasoned foreign coach.

How many have the same philosophy as Guardiola? Not many at all. But either way the mandate really should be someone who gets the team playing good and high intensity football otherwise it is too restrictive. Kurz with a good squad would tear the league up tbh

there's plenty with the same philosophy as guardiola. he would be amongst the most imitated coaches on the planet right now.

how come adelaids sacked kurz?  

also, he seems to have some anger issues

kurz

"Across his time in the Australia, Kurz is statistically the eighth best coach in the country, excluding Stajcic’s one game at the Mariners."

"In the Kurz era, only the lowly Mariners who have won just six games in that period, have scored fewer goals. The Reds come in equal ninth with the Roar on just 63 goals scored during the regular season"

"Kurz's non re-signing was linked to him chasing results and not promoting youth "

and then

"Kurz has promoted seven players who between them have played 57 matches and a total of 3364 minutes. The only side to even come close to that is Brisbane, who also have seven graduates, amassing 53 games and 3082 minutes."

https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/a-league/adelaide-united-outrage-over-marco-kurzs-sacking-is-a-result-of-broader-uncertainty/news-story/7d5d949063d56c6c1cf66972bf524197

The club want a coach who will play youth and players like Armiento, Brook and Niyongabire have hardly had any game time. I think the owners also want a coach who will play attacking football and Kurz plays dire football that is hard to watch at times. The club have seemingly identified the coach that will fulfil their vision and that coach is Gertjan Verbeek.

I love Kurz but he only played youth out of necessity, not by choice.

yeah the article said that a few times, but then the stats showed that only brisbane promoted more club youth than adelaide

either way, im not sold