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Even non-soccer fans were interested in the Liverpool game, just for the spectacle.
Really? Do you know anyone that doesn't give a stuff about soccer that went? From memory, tickets weren't exactly cheap.

Probably go close to filling the G if the Dallas Cowboys came to town, but I don't see a Melbourne NFL franchise working too well.
Talk about apples and oranges...if Australia had the infrastructure and talent level to support a gridiron league that I guess was the equivalent of mid to above average D1 NCAA level (which would probably be a similar gap to A-League and EPL/Serie A), then yes, people would go to see it.
 

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I know plenty of people who don't give a stuff about the a-league, have a mild interest in the EPL but shelled out to go watch Liverpool v Victory.
I bet you wouldn't seriously consider them 'non-soccer fans' though, unless they were tagging along with one or more die-hards. People who don't care about soccer don't pay $60-185 to go and see Steve Gerrard and Luis Suarez play in a Mickey Mouse exhibition, because it follows that if they don't care about soccer, they wouldn't care about Gerrard and Suarez either. And if they do care about those players, but apparently not about the A-League, well David Villa is going to be in town for a few months, yeah? Damien Duff is also signed (as a non-marquee) and is - by an absolute mile - the highest profile Irish footballer that has ever played in the A-League...probably handy to recruit a few Irish ex-pats that 'don't give a stuff about the a-league'?
 

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I'd call them avid sport fans with a mild interest in the EPL but wont follow it religiously week in week out but their attention is high when the World Cup is on if the EPL title is going down to the wire ala City a couple of years back. Soccer would rank well below AFL & Cricket for them

People will turn out for a big event, that's why Galaxy vs Sydney drew 90k. People are drawn to the status of an event

I wouldn't call myself a basketball fan but if a Heat or Spurs came down under and played the Melbourne Tigers id be there in a heart beat for the spectacle and to say I was there when.

Of course not everyone is like that and I also know people who are die hard EPL supporters, went to the Liverpool v Victory games and couldn't give a stuff about a-league
 

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Keen for the game this weekend, there'll be about 10-15 of us rocking up in Hull City shirts to sing for Robi, but we're not in the Melb. City area unfortunately.
 

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Just thought I'd check in with my fellow City supporters.

Thoughts on last night?

The first half in a way reminded me a lot of Heart from years gone by, having more of the play but failing to take the opportunities (like Dugandzic). When Sydney scored first after the break I thought, here we go again. :rolleyes:

But then Villa happened. :thumbsu:

A draw is okay IMO, we were possibly even a bit lucky to get away with that after their late shot that hit the crossbar. Move on to next week looking for a win against the Jets.
 

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I think replacing Archibald for Hoffman, Murdocca for Koren, Brown for Villa and Dugandzic for Williams will improve the team a hell of a lot.
 

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Just thought I'd check in with my fellow City supporters.

Thoughts on last night?

The first half in a way reminded me a lot of Heart from years gone by, having more of the play but failing to take the opportunities (like Dugandzic). When Sydney scored first after the break I thought, here we go again. :rolleyes:

But then Villa happened. :thumbsu:

A draw is okay IMO, we were possibly even a bit lucky to get away with that after their late shot that hit the crossbar. Move on to next week looking for a win against the Jets.
That pretty much sums it up. An away point against a good Sydney side is a decent result in and of itself. The problem with it is that many of us have seen similar results all too many times in the past. It's a par for me and a statement needs to be made against Newcastle at home.

Duff, Villa, Paartalu, Mooy, Wielaert and Kisnorbo all outstanding and Brown wasn't too shabby either. Koren into the midfield, Duff into the starting lineup, Hoffman into defence, Williams either in for Dugandzic or playing as a super sub, with Garuccio and Germano hopefully available soon as options at fullback...that lineup should prove reasonably tough to beat.
 

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Not a fan of Mate playing centrally. Also not a fan of the 4-3-3. Next game:

Redmayne
Hoffman - Wielart - Kisnorbo - Ramsay
Paartalu - Mooy
Dugandzic - Koren - Duff
Villa​
 

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Not a fan of Mate playing centrally. Also not a fan of the 4-3-3. Next game:

Redmayne
Hoffman - Wielart - Kisnorbo - Ramsay
Paartalu - Mooy
Dugandzic - Koren - Duff
Villa​
Yep. He is a shocking striker. Needs to be on the wings.
 
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I thought we really dominated the first half on Saturday and should have had at least one on the board. But unfortunately as was the case a lot last year we came out quite flat after the break. For us to be considered a strong team this year a total 90 is needed each week. But all in all getting a point against what will be a strong side was encouraging as was D Duff first performance thought he was just about our best.
 

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Dominated the first half, how we didn't go in 1-0 or 2-0 up still has me wondering, a little worried too as it was the same story last year.

Second half was 50/50, thank god we drew, if we lost that I would've been ******* filthy.

In the end if someone told me we'd go to Sydney round one and steal a point off them at home then I'd take it, hopefully we take more advantage of our chances next week!
 

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Dominated the first half, how we didn't go in 1-0 or 2-0 up still has me wondering, a little worried too as it was the same story last year.

Second half was 50/50, thank god we drew, if we lost that I would've been ******* filthy.

In the end if someone told me we'd go to Sydney round one and steal a point off them at home then I'd take it, hopefully we take more advantage of our chances next week!
Bolded is absolutely the case. If we could somehow have the last couple of years of Melbourne Heart performances erased from our memories, I think most of us would have been delighted with Saturday night. Unfortunately most of us remember that the last two years started with pretty promising results and ended with us in the bottom two.
 
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