Messi is close to signing with MVFC. My sources are solid.

Corruption is held by those that try to have us believe all is rosy at the Red and White

A number of senior Melbourne Heart players who come off contract at the end of this A-League season could be playing for their futures over the final weeks of the campaign as coach John Aloisi demands his older men stand up and be counted.
The team's lack of fight in its two recent losses - to Wellington Phoenix in New Zealand and at home to Adelaide United on Monday night - has left the club with only a slim finals chance.
It will probably need to take nine points from its final three matches - at home to league leaders Western Sydney and away to second-placed Central Coast, as well as finals-chasing Brisbane - to make certain of a play-off place, which on current form looks well beyond the team.
The club is understood to be relatively pleased with its financial position, if not its league position.

A board meeting on Monday is believed to have heard that, as a result of sales of its most promising young players earlier this season, it could break even this year and prove to its investors that it could operate as a sustainable business even with its low supporter base - if it keeps producing players it can sell on to foreign clubs.
But it has also accepted that such a business model is largely inimical to on-field success, and that it will have to invest further in experienced players and marketing and business development resources if it is to strengthen its position on the pitch and grow its small supporter base off the field.

Heart works to the salary cap ($2.4 million) but does not pay any extra, unlike most A-League sides which fund overseas and domestic marquee players and use other permitted strategies to lift their clubs' wages bills.
Players such as veteran defender Simon Colosimo (who turned 34 last January), Brazilian marquee man Fred (who turns 34 before the start of next season) and utility Matt Thompson (30), the first A-League player to reach 200 games (the milestone he marked in the loss to Adelaide) all come out of contract at the end of this season.

Veteran goalkeeper Clint Bolton, who has lost his place in the starting line-up, is another, while Richard Garcia (31), the former Premier League winger with Hull City, is also at the end of the one-season deal he signed when returning from Europe.
Of all those, the club would probably like to retain Garcia - depending on his salary demands - and perhaps Thompson, although he would be asked to take a pay cut if he wanted to stay.

Bolton may retire, while Fred's injury record ensures that he might be a very marginal proposition in the future. Jamie Coyne, the ex-Perth Glory defender, and Dutch midfielder Marcel Meeuwis were both signed as stop-gap players to provide cover and it is unlikely that they figure in Aloisi's long-term plans.
Heart retains some good youngsters - especially fullback Jeremy Walker - but it needs to get more out of its experienced men, starting this week.
■ Melbourne Victory has confirmed that its exciting left back, Adama Traore, will be sidelined for at least the next three to four weeks even though it is still not sure exactly how much damage his injured ankle sustained in the 1-1 draw with Brisbane Roar on Saturday night.
X-rays showed the 23-year-old had not fractured the ankle, but an MRI scan revealed a ligament tear.


Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/a-league/hearts-veterans-playing-for-futures-20130312-2fyld.html#ixzz2NTcH5MRB

A number of senior Melbourne Heart players who come off contract at the end of this A-League season could be playing for their futures over the final weeks of the campaign as coach John Aloisi demands his older men stand up and be counted.
The team's lack of fight in its two recent losses - to Wellington Phoenix in New Zealand and at home to Adelaide United on Monday night - has left the club with only a slim finals chance.
It will probably need to take nine points from its final three matches - at home to league leaders Western Sydney and away to second-placed Central Coast, as well as finals-chasing Brisbane - to make certain of a play-off place, which on current form looks well beyond the team.
The club is understood to be relatively pleased with its financial position, if not its league position.

A board meeting on Monday is believed to have heard that, as a result of sales of its most promising young players earlier this season, it could break even this year and prove to its investors that it could operate as a sustainable business even with its low supporter base - if it keeps producing players it can sell on to foreign clubs.

They sold Marrone, Behich, Babalj, Hamill and Good - that's five transfers in order to break even. It took 3 years for them to get that quality package together. The question is - how fast can they repeat the process. Of the players on the books now, how many could command similar fees? Would Babalj tempt another club into a $300,000 splurge? Does Vrankovic have the potential to get a Good/Hamill size fee? Jeremy Walker - decent player, but I'd imagine it's another couple of years before anyone will come knocking with a decent offer for him.

This is not a case of bagging Heart - I'd say this of any club (in any league) if they said that sales were the key to financial stability... You have to do it every year, not once every three years.

But it has also accepted that such a business model is largely inimical to on-field success, and that it will have to invest further in experienced players and marketing and business development resources if it is to strengthen its position on the pitch and grow its small supporter base off the field.

Heart works to the salary cap ($2.4 million) but does not pay any extra, unlike most A-League sides which fund overseas and domestic marquee players and use other permitted strategies to lift their clubs' wages bills.
Players such as veteran defender Simon Colosimo (who turned 34 last January), Brazilian marquee man Fred (who turns 34 before the start of next season) and utility Matt Thompson (30), the first A-League player to reach 200 games (the milestone he marked in the loss to Adelaide) all come out of contract at the end of this season.

Strange bit of journalism - they work to the salary cap, don't pay any extra, but have a marquee player. Which is it? Is Fred marquee in name only, with his salary inside the cap, or is the article just talking crap?

Veteran goalkeeper Clint Bolton, who has lost his place in the starting line-up, is another, while Richard Garcia (31), the former Premier League winger with Hull City, is also at the end of the one-season deal he signed when returning from Europe.
Of all those, the club would probably like to retain Garcia - depending on his salary demands - and perhaps Thompson, although he would be asked to take a pay cut if he wanted to stay.

Bolton may retire, while Fred's injury record ensures that he might be a very marginal proposition in the future. Jamie Coyne, the ex-Perth Glory defender, and Dutch midfielder Marcel Meeuwis were both signed as stop-gap players to provide cover and it is unlikely that they figure in Aloisi's long-term plans.
Heart retains some good youngsters - especially fullback Jeremy Walker - but it needs to get more out of its experienced men, starting this week.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/a-league/hearts-veterans-playing-for-futures-20130312-2fyld.html#ixzz2NTcH5MRB

Was it Aussie4ever or another Perth poster who was constantly harassing Kiwi chick in every thread. If it was him the irony of his comment is delicious.

Joffa   
Posted: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:34:29 PM   
   WARNING: The next time you allege corruption, criminal behaviour or dishonesty by an A-League club/official, without facts I am going to ban you. That includes comments like Heart are going to fold at the end of the year without providing proof.

Joffa

came in for lols

left satisfied

The club is understood to be relatively pleased with its financial position, if not its league position.

A board meeting on Monday is believed to have heard that, as a result of sales of its most promising young players earlier this season, it could break even this year [You're either are going to break even or you're not this is like being half pregnant] and prove to its investors [The board are the investors so they either know or they don't and for Heart is it about making profits? MVFC made one profit but even with their huge turnover their directors keep spending and are not looking for profits is this called ambition?]that it could operate as a sustainable business [Football a Business? Is this why they invested?] even with its low supporter base - if it keeps producing players it can sell on to foreign clubs.[Aha the Peter Jess Carlton SC school of thought]
But it has also accepted that such a business model is largely inimical to on-field success, and that it will have to invest further in experienced players and marketing and business development resources if it is to strengthen its position on the pitch and grow its small supporter base off the field.

Heart works to the salary cap ($2.4 million) but does not pay any extra, unlike most A-League sides which fund overseas and domestic marquee players and use other permitted strategies to lift their clubs' wages bills.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/sport/a-league/hearts-veterans-playing-for-futures-20130312-2fyld.html#ixzz2NTcH5MRB

Joffa threatens Chris with a ban if he posts any unsubstantiated rumours - Chris posts some more, Joffa doesn't ban him... How does that reflect back on me?

Joffa threatens Chris with a ban if he posts any unsubstantiated rumours - Chris posts some more, Joffa doesn't ban him... How does that reflect back on me?

Joffa threatens Chris with a ban if he posts any unsubstantiated rumours - Chris posts some more, Joffa doesn't ban him... How does that reflect back on me?