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Melbourne City FC Thread
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Chi-town blues
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
FuckingFantastic .........news
lol @ Rags
FuckingFantastic .........news
lol @ Rags
pominoz
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
Yes you will :)
dronefromsector7g said:Nice one I'll see you there Pom :-)pominoz said:To tour in May, Get !!!!
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Yes you will :)
citysince88
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
They play in red, that has to change. Should look to keep the name and the crest if possible doesn't seem right fiddling with those.
They play in red, that has to change. Should look to keep the name and the crest if possible doesn't seem right fiddling with those.
ctid_melbourne
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
City's involvement in the A-league will benefit both the club and the A-League in general. City will spread the gospel in Aus and Heart get some stability which has generally been lacking since it was founded 4 years ago.
Im guessing the price City paid for Melbourne Heart's licence is less than most of the transfer fees they've paid for players. (Was quoted around 12M AUD a few weeks back)
The A-League is also different in which each team has 23 registered players with a yearly salary cap of $2.5M AUD a season. Each team is allowed 5 international players, and allowed 2 marquee players (1 Australian and 1 international) as part of their roster which are not included in the Salary Cap, so Im not sure how MCFC would go loaning players to Heart.
In a Melbourne sporting context, Heart is definately little brother to Victory, (Around 22,000 Victory season tickets vs 5000ish Heart Season tickets even though they play out of the same stadium most of the time.)
The existing Heart board has struggled to engage much of the public, as most Melbourne Football fans either follow the Premiership and dont follow the A-League or would have followed Victory at the start of the competion or any of the other local teams that made up the old NSL.
If City put the same level of professionalism and engagement they did at the start of the takeover, and provide the Heart the same stability and resources, it will provide a great chance for them to be the best run club in the competition.
Looking forward to the City Tour if it is happening too.
City's involvement in the A-league will benefit both the club and the A-League in general. City will spread the gospel in Aus and Heart get some stability which has generally been lacking since it was founded 4 years ago.
Im guessing the price City paid for Melbourne Heart's licence is less than most of the transfer fees they've paid for players. (Was quoted around 12M AUD a few weeks back)
The A-League is also different in which each team has 23 registered players with a yearly salary cap of $2.5M AUD a season. Each team is allowed 5 international players, and allowed 2 marquee players (1 Australian and 1 international) as part of their roster which are not included in the Salary Cap, so Im not sure how MCFC would go loaning players to Heart.
In a Melbourne sporting context, Heart is definately little brother to Victory, (Around 22,000 Victory season tickets vs 5000ish Heart Season tickets even though they play out of the same stadium most of the time.)
The existing Heart board has struggled to engage much of the public, as most Melbourne Football fans either follow the Premiership and dont follow the A-League or would have followed Victory at the start of the competion or any of the other local teams that made up the old NSL.
If City put the same level of professionalism and engagement they did at the start of the takeover, and provide the Heart the same stability and resources, it will provide a great chance for them to be the best run club in the competition.
Looking forward to the City Tour if it is happening too.
lancs blue
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
Only 7 days left in May after the Champions League Final. ;-)
pominoz said:To tour in May, Get !!!!
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Only 7 days left in May after the Champions League Final. ;-)
Why Always Ste
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
Just reading on the Melbourne Heart Forum they have and many of them seem quite positive about the takeover.
One poster seemed gutted though as he is a Rag lmao.
Just reading on the Melbourne Heart Forum they have and many of them seem quite positive about the takeover.
One poster seemed gutted though as he is a Rag lmao.
CornCommando
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
Melbourne is Victory's City not Sharts...
Melbourne Victory is my hometown club so as much as I love city I ain't changing. Oh yeah and blue is our colour - stay out of it ;)
Melbourne is Victory's City not Sharts...
Melbourne Victory is my hometown club so as much as I love city I ain't changing. Oh yeah and blue is our colour - stay out of it ;)
foetus
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Re: MCFC buy Melbourne Heart FC (merged)
Hope they play in Sydney as well. If not, I'm coming down to Melbourne!pominoz said:<a class="postlink" href="http://www.afr.com/p/national/manchester_city_to_tour_australia_Elap5izbnTijKTEPPr3T0L" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.afr.com/p/national/mancheste ... KTEPPr3T0L</a>