God some of you Victory fans are so condescending, to the point of sounding like Essendon fans...oh wait.
No shit we are smaller than you, we've noticed. This City move is huge, and while there will be sacrifices it really does open up new possibilities, and reinvigorate what the club set out to achieve initially.
A change of name to Melbourne City works fine with me. Heart will be retained as a nickname, and City sounds much better and less lame. I'm more concerned about a change of colours, but as long as red and white remain a big part of who we are I am happy to incorporate sky blue into the club. I do find it amusing however that all the "experts" from the Victory camp are all preaching how being called City finally gives Heart the identity and point of difference it needs, when just a couple of weeks ago they were declaring we needed to relocate to the East, or Geelong, or Tasmania to find our identity separate from Victory because Melbourne couldn't support two sides. So is Melbourne now big enough? Are the new owners importing new fans?
They have stated that they aim to win games playing attractive football, and this is something the club always set out to do from the start, but lost it's way on underneath Aloisi.
They have also made it clear they want to invest in Australian youth development, and this is the other of the clubs core values that has been largely kicked out the door underneath Aloisi.
The fact that these are two of the most important things mentioned in this deal, and that City have stated and demonstrated elsewhere that they are willing to tip the resources in to not only make our facilities and youth system better, but the best, is fantastic.
Of course us fans are happy. This is huge. You forget that our fans are not the reason we are shit onfield and unambitious off field, we are all those things. We have endured 2 pathetic seasons on field and now it looks like there isn't just light at the end of the tunnel, there's a sun. For some reason you (not necessarily on Bigfooty) call our fans "losers", "******s" and "turncoats" but many of us have compelling reasons to support Heart, and really deserve credit for how we have stuck by our club through the hard times.
This is huge and doesn't only give us a chance to grow, but could really be a leap forward for soccer in Australia.