The Melbourne City Thread

[U roo]

BTW Victory goals = lot of flares

 

[Jatz]

What do you expect he is playing 3 and a half games as a mini preseason before taking off to New York. There is absolutely no investment in the team for him.

Villa is my favourite footballer on the planet but this hits the nail on the head.

While he is a superb player, he's never really going to care too much about Melbourne when he knows he's jetting off in a couple of weeks.

 

[pantskyle]

Villa is my favourite footballer on the planet but this hits the nail on the head.

While he is a superb player, he's never really going to care too much about Melbourne when he knows he's jetting off in a couple of weeks.

Disagree.

He seemed to care when we scored our second. Jumped into the celebration with much more than a meh celebration.

 

[Jatz]

Disagree.

He seemed to care when we scored our second. Jumped into the celebration with much more than a meh celebration.

How many strikers have you seen that don't celebrate? Melbourne doesn't mean anything to him. Why would it? He's playing a couple of warm up games here before he starts with his New York side.

I've loved having him out here though.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Balotelli celebrates our goals even though he couldn't give a stuff about Liverpool it seems....

 

[Vdubs]

Villa is my favourite footballer on the planet but this hits the nail on the head.

While he is a superb player, he's never really going to care too much about Melbourne when he knows he's jetting off in a couple of weeks.

Shallow comment.

 

[Jatz]

Shallow comment.

It's not shallow.

He won't care about the club the same way Duff does for instance.

It's not a crack at him or MC.

 

[Vdubs]

It's not shallow.

He won't care about the club the same way Duff does for instance.

It's not a crack at him or MC.

Speaking to one of the support staff, last night may have been a rare time he's been part of a 5-2 loss. Genuinely stunned, and probably stuffed last pm. His preparation has been far from ideal.
Whether he plays for Melbourne City, Manchester City, NY City, or Barcelona, being a professional, he would want to leave his mark each game he plays. His celebration at one our goals last pm was emphatic.
Let's just consider the alternative option to your assertion- he had a v. poor second half by his standards, but at least he is human.

 

[Redalert]

Speaking to one of the support staff, last night may have been a rare time he's been part of a 5-2 loss. Genuinely stunned, and probably stuffed last pm. His preparation has been far from ideal.
Whether he plays for Melbourne City, Manchester City, NY City, or Barcelona, being a professional, he would want to leave his mark each game he plays. His celebration at one our goals last pm was emphatic.
Let's just consider the alternative option to your assertion- he had a v. poor second half by his standards, but at least he is human.

Villa's a professional and he wants to score and win like any other player, but I don't think he'd be as invested as a guy who's there all season who ultimately lives and dies by how that season goes. That's more the reality of being human, naturally you're not as invested if you're not actually involved in the outcome of an event.

 

[pepsi]

Who is our second choice keeper and has anyone seen him play? Is he any good?

 

[Vdubs]

Who is our second choice keeper and has anyone seen him play? Is he any good?

Played the last game last season, Harry's farewell. Velaphi?? Potential, but not as good as Redmayne yet, and although he's no Clint Bolton, Redmayne is as good if not better than Coe from Victory. There was a hell of a lot of attacking going on last pm.

 

[Ashton Agar]

Who is our second choice keeper and has anyone seen him play? Is he any good?

Tando Velaphi. And not really.

 

[ManWithNoName]

“If he’s missing his family you’d think they would fly them out,” Aloisi said. “If it was about promoting the MLS, you would have thought they would have revealed that beforehand. It’s very much up in the air if he returns, but I think there’s something else. I don’t know if he’s happy.”

Ned Zelic agreed, claiming: “Something is happening behind the scenes. Is he unhappy? What’s the situation. There must be something there”.

http://www.foxsports.com.au/footbal...ydney-fc-impress/story-e6frf4gl-1227102879928

 

[Hawthorn United]

Was at the game on Saturday night. Villa just didn't bother after halftime.

I was watching him most of the time and when Victory scored from kickoff, he just had both hands to his face wondering "what the eff?!".

He would work if he was likely to get the ball, but didn't do much tracking back or harassing the player with the ball.

Walked straight down the tunnell when the whistle sounded.

 

[ManWithNoName]

Looking less and less likely that Villa will return after Friday night.

 

[treegreen]

Looking less and less likely that Villa will return after Friday night.

Good. If I wanted to watch past champions walk around not caring I'd watch the Indian Super League.

Now go and get a decent young talent who actually wants to be here.

 

[polo9]

not sure what the fuss with Villa is, he was fairly good in the first half when he was on the wing. when he was moved upfront he got less of the ball and your midfield/defence didn't have anyone to play to. needed to stay on the wing imo, further proof that JVS has no idea what he is doing

 

[sverik25]

Well I think we can safely say, despite the new jumper, new owners and new players absolutely nothing has changed since last season!

That second half was abysmal.

 

[Ry009]

Villa's a professional and he wants to score and win like any other player, but I don't think he'd be as invested as a guy who's there all season who ultimately lives and dies by how that season goes. That's more the reality of being human, naturally you're not as invested if you're not actually involved in the outcome of an event.

Agree totally however I think some are being a tad harsh on him, he's here for short stint and done everything asked of him. (Bar play the full 10 matches )Probably would have been good of him to hang around but considering that performance by the team....

Anyhoo, another week of wasted chances, that would easily the worst execution of passing I've seen live, some real dumb footy.

 

[pepsi]

That second half was abysmal. Do we have any tactical play apart from pass it around in the back to redmayne, who then boots it long up the field where we lose the ball again. Happened at least 10 times in the second half tonight, disgusting football.

 

[treegreen]

The match aside, another good attendance of over 13,000. The only downside was there seemed to be some kind of fight over near the opposition fans. Nothing too serious I hope.

 

[PAdman]

Redmayne is such a liability. So is Hoffman, God they're both so shit.

 

[pantskyle]

Redmayne is such a liability. So is Hoffman, God they're both so shit.

Redmayne has no confidence.

Playing like a turd.

 

[PAdman]

Redmayne has no confidence.

Playing like a turd.

My favourite part is where he ran out and collected the defender without getting the ball.

 

[treegreen]

Redmayne is such a liability. So is Hoffman, God they're both so shit.

Hoffman hasn't been that bad. One of our best so far this season. It's the hopeless midfielders in front of him that really suck.