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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. Dont know if he played today but your boys thumped them 1-4 at OV, so Knights must be doing something right. I thinks its going to be a tough year for the Bergers this year. As for Altona, on paper they are building an interesting squad but Im not convinced, theyve looked good on paper before but..... who knows? 4 weeks to go almost...... cmon. It appears we've signed a Welsh striker from NPL SA, with him arriving from Adelaide Raiders. There's big wraps on him apparently, as he's played in Sweden and the US, and he scored against Real Betis in a pre-season game while he was in the US. Sounds like an upgrade on Hamish Watson to me, who I thought hindered our style of play. He scored goals, which was great, but he was just a battering ram. Bergers haven't announced too much for 2021, but I saw a graphic with some of their signings, and it looks like they've gone interstate quite a bit. Okada coming in from Rockdale, looks like they've got John Roberts too, whilst they got a lad from Gold Coast United and another lad from Brisbane who spent time with WBA in England. I'm most interested to see how Markovski keeps everything together at Altona. They've certainly built a formidable squad, but I'm sure there'll be some big personalities there too, so keeping everyone happy might be a bit tough.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. Dont know if he played today but your boys thumped them 1-4 at OV, so Knights must be doing something right. I thinks its going to be a tough year for the Bergers this year. As for Altona, on paper they are building an interesting squad but Im not convinced, theyve looked good on paper before but..... who knows? 4 weeks to go almost...... cmon. I think we should know by now to never take pre season results seriously, we went into round 1 last season with a lot of hype behind us, an unfit and unready heidelberg team still beat us 0-3, it seems like they are behind in pre season again and they have about 8 new players they need to gel, I’d back Katsakis to get it right when it actually counts. Altona and knights are probably the 2 clubs to benefit most from the Covid reset as they both looked in contention to join eastern lions in a relegation scrap in 2020.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. I thought Kenny was quality back around 2016-17, scored lots of goals and his ability in general play was at a decent level. The reality is that was 4-5 years ago and his confidence will be shot to pieces these days, hasn’t played much the last few years so I think Altona need to be cautious and not automatically believe they’re going to get the Kenny of half a decade ago.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. I thought Kenny was quality back around 2016-17, scored lots of goals and his ability in general play was at a decent level. The reality is that was 4-5 years ago and his confidence will be shot to pieces these days, hasn’t played much the last few years so I think Altona need to be cautious and not automatically believe they’re going to get the Kenny of half a decade ago. I agree, we've definitely benefited from the covid shutdown, and it appears that we've cleared out a lot of the deadwood. I'm a bit annoyed that Joey Franjic was allowed to depart the club, as he's someone that always gave his all for us. I think he suffered a bad injury last season iirc, so maybe he's decided to walk away from it all, I dunno. I hope not: he's a good player to have in a squad. From what I've seen online, we still haven't announced who our head coach is, as Diogo Ferreira was announced as our assistant coach. Seen a lot of him in the pictures though, so maybe he's already been promoted. Kenny is the stock standard NPL striker that's seemingly too good for NPL: not good enough for the A-League. Same as Boland, same as Dusan, and so on. He just didn't have the technical ability [his first touch was still atrocious when he was at MV] to adapt to not having as much time on the ball, having to be quite a bit sharper to maintain possession, etc. I wish him the best at Altona, but it really didn't surprise me that he didn't make it in the A-League.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. Dont know if he played today but your boys thumped them 1-4 at OV, so Knights must be doing something right. I thinks its going to be a tough year for the Bergers this year. As for Altona, on paper they are building an interesting squad but Im not convinced, theyve looked good on paper before but..... who knows? 4 weeks to go almost...... cmon. I think we should know by now to never take pre season results seriously, we went into round 1 last season with a lot of hype behind us, an unfit and unready heidelberg team still beat us 0-3, it seems like they are behind in pre season again and they have about 8 new players they need to gel, I’d back Katsakis to get it right when it actually counts. Altona and knights are probably the 2 clubs to benefit most from the Covid reset as they both looked in contention to join eastern lions in a relegation scrap in 2020. Yeah ol misery guts Katsakis is certainly a shrewd coach I agree. I also agree with you about preseason results, I haven't been to any of these this year for one reason or another..,just refreshing for Hellas to be going with a fairly competent strike partner up top for Sawyer (which I think will allow him to sit a little deeper off the CB and run at defence) rather than the old over the top to the tall #9 he clearly isnt good at.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. Dont know if he played today but your boys thumped them 1-4 at OV, so Knights must be doing something right. I thinks its going to be a tough year for the Bergers this year. As for Altona, on paper they are building an interesting squad but Im not convinced, theyve looked good on paper before but..... who knows? 4 weeks to go almost...... cmon. It appears we've signed a Welsh striker from NPL SA, with him arriving from Adelaide Raiders. There's big wraps on him apparently, as he's played in Sweden and the US, and he scored against Real Betis in a pre-season game while he was in the US. Sounds like an upgrade on Hamish Watson to me, who I thought hindered our style of play. He scored goals, which was great, but he was just a battering ram. Bergers haven't announced too much for 2021, but I saw a graphic with some of their signings, and it looks like they've gone interstate quite a bit. Okada coming in from Rockdale, looks like they've got John Roberts too, whilst they got a lad from Gold Coast United and another lad from Brisbane who spent time with WBA in England. I'm most interested to see how Markovski keeps everything together at Altona. They've certainly built a formidable squad, but I'm sure there'll be some big personalities there too, so keeping everyone happy might be a bit tough. Ive given up on "big wraps" for foreigners in NPL... Only one decent over the last 3 4 years was Olilie Minatel for me... all the rest were duds.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. Dont know if he played today but your boys thumped them 1-4 at OV, so Knights must be doing something right. I thinks its going to be a tough year for the Bergers this year. As for Altona, on paper they are building an interesting squad but Im not convinced, theyve looked good on paper before but..... who knows? 4 weeks to go almost...... cmon. It appears we've signed a Welsh striker from NPL SA, with him arriving from Adelaide Raiders. There's big wraps on him apparently, as he's played in Sweden and the US, and he scored against Real Betis in a pre-season game while he was in the US. Sounds like an upgrade on Hamish Watson to me, who I thought hindered our style of play. He scored goals, which was great, but he was just a battering ram. Bergers haven't announced too much for 2021, but I saw a graphic with some of their signings, and it looks like they've gone interstate quite a bit. Okada coming in from Rockdale, looks like they've got John Roberts too, whilst they got a lad from Gold Coast United and another lad from Brisbane who spent time with WBA in England. I'm most interested to see how Markovski keeps everything together at Altona. They've certainly built a formidable squad, but I'm sure there'll be some big personalities there too, so keeping everyone happy might be a bit tough. Ive given up on "big wraps" for foreigners in NPL... Only one decent over the last 3 4 years was Olilie Minatel for me... all the rest were duds. I used to talk a bit with Philtzgerald Mbaka, who last I checked was playing in Switzerland. He did extremely well in Oman, but had the headache of heading to Romania and not being paid his wages. Good player imo, unsure of how he went with you guys. Think I saw Minatel playing in Canada recently, but didn't think much of him tbh.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xJust saw yesterday that Stuart Munro has departed the Knights and taken a TD position at Dandy Thunder. Good solution for all, he looked like a disaster in the games played during 2020, with the season being cancelled probably saving Knights from the drop. Diogo Ferreira has joined the coaching staff at MK, but unaware if it's as the head coach or not. Whatever happened to that Billy guy you had up front? Played a lot of top league in Greece iirc, came in with big wraps. Yeah I heard that. FMD the Knights are brutal on their coaching staff and demand success. It hasnt been a good decade for them and last year was a pretty touch and go, almost like our year the year before. Big Billy Konstantinidis, I believe is playing in 3rd division back in Greece somewhere..Looked really good in pre season, played for Aris ( Jeggos club) when they where second division with a few cameos for teams in 1st division and was a Melbourne boy so didnt count as a visa player.. played a whole season as a classic target #9 minus a few rounds for disciplinary reasons and only managed 3, 4 goals from memory... His wife wearing really tight pants used to be one of the only things keeping us warm in the middle of the arctic NPL winter so there was at least some concillation for him not scoring.... on the pitch 🤣 I really don't like calling them MK tbh, when I was growing up we called them Melbourne Croatia and it wasn't a big deal. Them and Sydney United held a meeting last season I think about reverting to Melbourne/Sydney Croatia and both opted not to, which was a bit of a surprise to me. I used to love their older jerseys, been trying for years to get a classic Melbourne Croatia jersey! I don't understand their demand for success, as they're really not a big spender at all. They typically have 2-3 pretty good players, and then the rest are just hard workers who can help you jag a result. I like Albano from them, but he's a bit of a one trick pony. Watson has gotten them goals in recent years, but I personally think he's a very poor player. I used to love it when big Ljubo was there, I went to his debut at Perth Oval all those years ago. Even back then as a teenager: he was already at a very high level. Billy K, that's the one! Ah, so he went back to Greece, didn't hang around. I thought he was gonna be really good for you when I saw the announcement, but all I remember of him is one hell of an elbow that he threw :laugh:
Did you by any chance get to see Chris Duggan from Port Melbourne play this season? He looks a quality player tbh. Yeah I know what you mean about the "old" names, it seems that modern Australian society has forgotten our country's promise of a true multicultural society for all and demands that non anglos assimilate or die. Since the name changes happened almost 30 years ago very few of the youngsters from non NSL clubs understand what "Hellas", "Alexander" and "Croatia " mean to the members and fans of these clubs, and the history pride and passion that brings with it and that circles back to Knights and why perhaps their members demand success and respect for the shirt even though financially they are not in the same position as they where in their glory days of mid 90s. I am assuming you are a Glory fan from previous comments, is that right? I only ever came accross to Perth once, and loved it.. always thought I would have plenty of time over the years to make the away trip to Glory, we bad some pretty epic encounters with Perth and it was always a decently attended game down here ... Maybe one day soon in the FFA cup or something..... I also dont rate Hamish Watson too much if you want a better brutish target man I would pick Barnes from Dandenong Thunder as the pick of the bunch down here. Ljubo is a special cat I agree both on and off the pitch. As for Duggan from Port I cant say I paid much attention to him seems tidy on the ball Ill keep an eye out this year... God last season "ended" in March and seems sooooo long ago. I was born and raised in Perth until 12, when I moved to Queensland. So I was fortunate to grow up on the Perth Glory NSL years, and move away just as the A-League was launched :laugh: these days I'm no longer a supporter of any A-League club, but I still hope that Perth do well regardless. I'd probably describe myself as a MK fan if I had to "pledge allegiance" to a club based in Aus.Not a fan of Barnes personally [he just keeps getting bigger and bigger!]. He scores goals, but I just think his all-round play is quite poor, and his movement these days... very slow or non-existent. Duggan was really good from what I saw of him, and I'm intrigued to see how Brockie will do for Bentleigh too. He's taken the U13 SAP squad there iirc, so he's obviously thinking ahead to "life after football" imo. I just want to see NPL football return, it's been too long. Wow thats a bit of an unusal path to MK but more power too you... Do you ever get down to Melbourne for games? I must say, as much as our two clubs despise each other, the Somers Street away game is the first one I put in my calender every year. Great cevapi and as it is usually a Friday night game i end up having 2 plus 3 or 4 scotches to wash it down 👍 As for Brockie at Bentleigh, hard to say, he hasnt played much from what I understand lately and NPL vic hasnt been too kind to ex Aleague players over the last few years...aoart from a brief cameo by Santalab and that other banana that Dandenong City brought in half way through the season to save them from relegation . South have had their smattering of A league rejects over the years, I think Howard was the last of them, Archie Thompson at Heidelberg was hilarious for the few games that lasted. I typically live abroad, so getting to games is tough, but my family is now based on the east coast, so it'll be much easier when I'm able to visit them. Maybe time a visit around a derby or something along those lines ;) Souths are the first game I look for, quickly followed by Altona now. Altona will be an interesting prospect next year, they appear to have recruited quite well, and with Lozanovski gone: they could be a side to fear. His brand of football was good for getting them up the leagues, but it was dire stuff to watch in NPL imo. Same with what Stuart Munro had us playing at the start of last season: it was pure shite. What made it worse was his recruitment, which was shambolic. Agree with you on ex A-League players not tending to do well. Howard was a disaster imo, how he got to the A-League... I'll never understand! Ross Archibald would be another player that has done well after falling out of the A-League, he could still do a job in it for me, as could Caio de Godoy who plays for Port Melbourne. You mean Munro had a game plan last season? Lol... . I didnt mind Loza (obvs a soft spot for the guy) but agree some of their play was dire... have Altona recruited well this year. Who did they snag? The game plan was "pump it long and hope we jag a goal", but we didn't replace Ayden Brice well at all, so our biggest issue was our defence. Altona have so far signed Michael Lee [meh], Chris Lucas, Steve Kuzmanovski [I'm intrigued by this one], Vince Lia and Harry Noon, whilst Troy Ruthven and Ross Archibald have re-joined too. John Markovski has been appointed as their head coach, which should be interesting to watch too. Looks like they've made the signings they believe will win them the league tbh. Hey PIFA what do you think of Altona signing Kenny? Also Oldfield leff Avondale I heard... They signed Kenny Athiu? To be honest: I don't rate him at all. He seems a nice enough lad, and all-round a good bloke, but I just don't think he's that good of a striker. It'll be interesting to see where they fit him in, as they have Chris Lucas too, so maybe they're playing a front 3 with it being: Lucas on the right, Kenny central, Kuzmanovski on the left. Altona clearly mean business this season after not looking their greatest before the lockdown, and I only wish that we [MK] were making the same type of moves. We're still not at the stage of announcing much, which is quite frustrating tbh. Oldfield was rumoured to be on big coin at Avondale, so maybe they're tightening the purse strings there, or he's gotten a better offer elsewhere. Sekiya has also headed home to Japan after his loan move to Olympic FC in NPL QLD, so he won't be back for them either. Edit: did you see that Dane Milovanovic has signed for Heidelberg? Solid signing for them imo, he'll anchor their midfield nicely. Dont know if he played today but your boys thumped them 1-4 at OV, so Knights must be doing something right. I thinks its going to be a tough year for the Bergers this year. As for Altona, on paper they are building an interesting squad but Im not convinced, theyve looked good on paper before but..... who knows? 4 weeks to go almost...... cmon. It appears we've signed a Welsh striker from NPL SA, with him arriving from Adelaide Raiders. There's big wraps on him apparently, as he's played in Sweden and the US, and he scored against Real Betis in a pre-season game while he was in the US. Sounds like an upgrade on Hamish Watson to me, who I thought hindered our style of play. He scored goals, which was great, but he was just a battering ram. Bergers haven't announced too much for 2021, but I saw a graphic with some of their signings, and it looks like they've gone interstate quite a bit. Okada coming in from Rockdale, looks like they've got John Roberts too, whilst they got a lad from Gold Coast United and another lad from Brisbane who spent time with WBA in England. I'm most interested to see how Markovski keeps everything together at Altona. They've certainly built a formidable squad, but I'm sure there'll be some big personalities there too, so keeping everyone happy might be a bit tough. Ive given up on "big wraps" for foreigners in NPL... Only one decent over the last 3 4 years was Olilie Minatel for me... all the rest were duds. I used to talk a bit with Philtzgerald Mbaka, who last I checked was playing in Switzerland. He did extremely well in Oman, but had the headache of heading to Romania and not being paid his wages. Good player imo, unsure of how he went with you guys. Think I saw Minatel playing in Canada recently, but didn't think much of him tbh. Ah Philtzgerald.... my cousin and I nicknamed him the "stealth" recruit... we never really saw anything from him. DIdnt really get any serious game time either. I really like Minatels work rate and dedication to his position and structure on the field more so than any "technical skill" to be honest. Yeah he is in Canada from what I know and back at home town club....
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+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021.
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+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit.
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+x+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit. In Australia we speak English you malakismeno.
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+x+x+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit. In Australia we speak English you malakismeno. Anglos can't even see their own irony, I wouldn't bother mate lmaooooo
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I like the fact he felt the need to come in here to tell us that the A-League is the 'here and now' :laugh: To me, I get a lot more satisfaction watching NPL football than I do watching an A-League game, and I don't think that'll ever change. At the end of the day, if we're all participating in supporting the game [and helping it to grow] at any particular level: who gives a f***.
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+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. ^^ This. Bloody hell. Imagine having the hide to have a thread in the Australian Football section of an Australian football website discussing an Australian football team. Someone please think of the children.
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+xI like the fact he felt the need to come in here to tell us that the A-League is the 'here and now' :laugh: To me, I get a lot more satisfaction watching NPL football than I do watching an A-League game, and I don't think that'll ever change. At the end of the day, if we're all participating in supporting the game [and helping it to grow] at any particular level: who gives a f***. this so much in bold ! I support AL for the good of our game all round BUT my NPL is farfar more enjoyable for me due to our engagement and long time NPL supporters. Having vested interest makes for such emotional highs and lows, we were at our local NPL3 ground Saturday night 2nd practice game of 6 or 8 prior to season start, loved every minute watching 20's followed by 1sts. Thats our Saturday evenings booked out till end of season. Happy to put money back into our local Clubs and will attend some SFC AL games when time permits.
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Shouldn't this topic be in the state league football section?
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+x+x+x+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit. In Australia we speak English you malakismeno. Anglos can't even see their own irony, I wouldn't bother mate lmaooooo I wish I was tech savvy enough to type back to him in Greek.. lol.....
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+xI like the fact he felt the need to come in here to tell us that the A-League is the 'here and now' :laugh: To me, I get a lot more satisfaction watching NPL football than I do watching an A-League game, and I don't think that'll ever change. At the end of the day, if we're all participating in supporting the game [and helping it to grow] at any particular level: who gives a f***. I totally, agree with your sentiment mate but with one amendment..... I follow a club, not a league.... South have been in the Vic State league, the NSL, the VPL and now the NPL..... If South were ever begged to join the Aleague I would then watch them there... we have to get over this whole pigeonholed soccer concept the Loweys lumped us with.... I too enjoy soccer at all levels but club comes above all......
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+x+xI like the fact he felt the need to come in here to tell us that the A-League is the 'here and now' :laugh: To me, I get a lot more satisfaction watching NPL football than I do watching an A-League game, and I don't think that'll ever change. At the end of the day, if we're all participating in supporting the game [and helping it to grow] at any particular level: who gives a f***. this so much in bold ! I support AL for the good of our game all round BUT my NPL is farfar more enjoyable for me due to our engagement and long time NPL supporters. Having vested interest makes for such emotional highs and lows, we were at our local NPL3 ground Saturday night 2nd practice game of 6 or 8 prior to season start, loved every minute watching 20's followed by 1sts. Thats our Saturday evenings booked out till end of season. Happy to put money back into our local Clubs and will attend some SFC AL games when time permits. Well said mate...
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+xShouldn't this topic be in the state league football section? Does it threaten you? Just ignore it if not interested.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit. In Australia we speak English you malakismeno. Anglos can't even see their own irony, I wouldn't bother mate lmaooooo I wish I was tech savvy enough to type back to him in Greek.. lol..... That's because you are an Aussie and NOT Greek.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit. In Australia we speak English you malakismeno. Anglos can't even see their own irony, I wouldn't bother mate lmaooooo I wish I was tech savvy enough to type back to him in Greek.. lol..... That's because you are an Aussie and NOT Greek. Are you sure??? Dont you want me to go back to my own country?
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit. In Australia we speak English you malakismeno. Anglos can't even see their own irony, I wouldn't bother mate lmaooooo I wish I was tech savvy enough to type back to him in Greek.. lol..... That's because you are an Aussie and NOT Greek. Are you sure??? Dont you want me to go back to my own country? Never ever told you to do that , as you already are.
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xCan we fuck this irrelevant shite off please. Stop living in your past. A league is the here and now. Season starts in a little over a month, how is that living in the past? Not my fault noone wants to talk about your little plastic franshise shite.. Im not stopping you., go right ahead. BTW "shite" is you still using that word in 2021. It's a Scottish word ya fuckin halfwit. In Australia we speak English you malakismeno. Anglos can't even see their own irony, I wouldn't bother mate lmaooooo I wish I was tech savvy enough to type back to him in Greek.. lol..... That's because you are an Aussie and NOT Greek. Are you sure??? Dont you want me to go back to my own country? Never ever told you to do that , as you already are. Ummm wow, must admit I have no response to this.... Your right, I am. It just nice to hear someone say it once in a while. Thanks... Now if only the FFA and certain posters on here felt the same way as you we could get on with uniting the whole football public in this country and stop all this ethnic bashing bullshit.
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Just saw on our site that we announced back in November that Steve Bebic will be our head coach this season. No idea why I thought we hadn't announced someone yet :laugh: my bad! Got the Vic Cro Cup this weekend with North Geelong, Dandy City and St. Albans, which should be a nice event. I just hope that no club [league wide] suffers any serious injuries in the lead up to the season, as we've been starved of football for so long.
Saw that you guys announced a 3-year deal for a young lad today, only 16 iirc. Must have shown some serious potential to have gotten that kind of commitment from the club, so well done to SMFC.
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https://www.joinit.org/o/smfcGet your 2021 memberships above. $220 for all home games AND a vote at the AGM .... 2020 members get a huge discount but most I have spoken too are paying the full amount anyway....
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+xJust saw on our site that we announced back in November that Steve Bebic will be our head coach this season. No idea why I thought we hadn't announced someone yet :laugh: my bad! Got the Vic Cro Cup this weekend with North Geelong, Dandy City and St. Albans, which should be a nice event. I just hope that no club [league wide] suffers any serious injuries in the lead up to the season, as we've been starved of football for so long.
Saw that you guys announced a 3-year deal for a young lad today, only 16 iirc. Must have shown some serious potential to have gotten that kind of commitment from the club, so well done to SMFC. Shame the Cro cup isnt Aus wide this year (or is it still planned for later?) So many dynamite clubs. we used to have the Hellenic cup but it never got the crowds and interest you guys did. Were did you see the signing of the 16 year old by us? It's not anywehre I have seen? Who is it? I know a couple of the 20s are way younger than their fellow teamates so maybe one of them?
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+x+xJust saw on our site that we announced back in November that Steve Bebic will be our head coach this season. No idea why I thought we hadn't announced someone yet :laugh: my bad! Got the Vic Cro Cup this weekend with North Geelong, Dandy City and St. Albans, which should be a nice event. I just hope that no club [league wide] suffers any serious injuries in the lead up to the season, as we've been starved of football for so long.
Saw that you guys announced a 3-year deal for a young lad today, only 16 iirc. Must have shown some serious potential to have gotten that kind of commitment from the club, so well done to SMFC. Shame the Cro cup isnt Aus wide this year (or is it still planned for later?) So many dynamite clubs. we used to have the Hellenic cup but it never got the crowds and interest you guys did. Were did you see the signing of the 16 year old by us? It's not anywehre I have seen? Who is it? I know a couple of the 20s are way younger than their fellow teamates so maybe one of them? I thought I saw it on Facebook yesterday, but can't remember where. Think the lads name was Luke. Regarding the Cro Cup, I think the issues regarding interstate travel atm will see it postponed for the time being. With potential quarantine stints, and so on, it'd be difficult for people from interstate to travel to participate for a weekend, only to have to have 2 weeks off work upon arrival home to quarantine. Hopefully it's able to be done later in the year, but I'm not sure that it will.
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Does South Melbourne have problems with their active support at their stadium like victory and city have at Aami park?
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