Preseason Fixtures&Thread

[Wintermute]

They were split 50-50 at first. Half of them actually wanted the Heart to have had a more English identity in the first place - in fact, one of the bidding groups for the second Melbourne franchise was campaigning for a team called Melbourne City FC - and half wanted their Heart back. There's occasional talk of some fans abandoning their support over their identity change, but mostly they seem to have just adapted to it. Those who never quite took to the Heart identity were happy with the change, those who did have built a rationale based on vague evidence and specific wording of articles that says the Heart was a different club which ceased to exist when the licence was sold. They can therefore give it their begrudging support as the replacement to Melbourne Heart without having to pretend that the identity of the former has been ripped away by the latter.

That all happened a year ago, though, and they don't mention it much now. After a year of peturbance over the poor squad CFG gave them last season they are feeling somewhat more assuaged by the training facilities CFG have built them, and the higher-level signings they've so far acquired. There is still some lingering resentment that NYCFC gets Pirlo and they get Robbie Koren, but most of them are willing to simply shrug their shoulders and accept it because A) unlike those in New York they have no belief that A-League has any chance of ever becoming a top-level league and therefore they have much lower aspirations and B) because they are willing to accept that the project may take some time and that eventually they will get the star marquees they dream of.

Could not agree more with that post as someone who is apart of that forum and someone who welcomes the CFG takeover (having put up with the previous owners). The only thing I would add is that if Koren actually made an impact (was a passenger last season and looked totally dis interested) then everyone would have a different opinion and would embrace him and perhaps the annoyance of New York getting all the star players would not have been so prevalent. Plus the Villa thing also didnt help, seems like Melbourne Supporters blame New York and New York supporters blame Manchester for that.

 

[acton28.blog]

Anymore City XI games or EDS friendlies???​

Sat 18 July 2015 18:30 BST A Bristol Academy v MCWFC FA WSL
18/07/2015 v Melboure City in Adelaide/Gold Coast
18th July: Real Murcia v MCFC XI (EDS)
21/07/2015 v Roma in Melbourne
21st July: Elche v MCFC XI (EDS)

Wed 22 July 2015 19:00 BST A Doncaster Rovers Belles v MCWFC Continental Cup​

24/07/2015 v Real in Melbourne
Hanley Town v Maine Road FC 25th July

Sun 26 July 2015 14:00 BST A Chelsea Ladies v MCWFC FC FA WSL​

27/07/2015 v Vietnam, Hanoi, Mỹ Đình
28th July: Rhyl v MCFC XI (EDS):

Wed 29 July 2015 19:00 BST H MCWFC v Durham Women FC Continental Cup
Sun 09 August 2015 14:00 BST A Arsenal Ladies v MCWFC FC FA WS​

 

[SlimShadyRus]

Anymore City XI games or EDS friendlies???​

Sat 18 July 2015 18:30 BST A Bristol Academy v MCWFC FA WSL
18/07/2015 v Melboure City in Adelaide/Gold Coast
18th July: Real Murcia v MCFC XI (EDS)
21/07/2015 v Roma in Melbourne
21st July: Elche v MCFC XI (EDS)

Wed 22 July 2015 19:00 BST A Doncaster Rovers Belles v MCWFC Continental Cup​

24/07/2015 v Real in Melbourne
Hanley Town v Maine Road FC 25th July

Sun 26 July 2015 14:00 BST A Chelsea Ladies v MCWFC FC FA WSL​

27/07/2015 v Vietnam, Hanoi, Mỹ Đình
28th July: Rhyl v MCFC XI (EDS):

Wed 29 July 2015 19:00 BST H MCWFC v Durham Women FC Continental Cup
Sun 09 August 2015 14:00 BST A Arsenal Ladies v MCWFC FC FA WS​

Stuttgart away on August 1st.

EDS must be playing versus u18 in Spain now, and they also have a friendly match in Dublin on the same day as the 1st team vs a local Irish Superleague team

 

[sam-caddick]

Was thinking about this before.

I can't see these three getting a start until September.

Arsenal will have the same issue with Sanchez.

 

[cucumberman]

Zuculini looked sharp in the highlight of our first pre-season. Carried on his form from last preseason which was the last I saw of him.

 

[pudge]

Apologies if posted, the match against Melbourne City will be shown live on Sky Sports 1.

 

[Armaan]

Apologies if posted, the match against Melbourne City will be shown live on Sky Sports 1.

That's great, what time is ko?

 

[pudge]

That's great, what time is ko?

8:00am Saturday

 

[deano ou812]

Was thinking about this before.

I can't see these three getting a start until September.

Arsenal will have the same issue with Sanchez.

Was listening to talksport earlier and they had lvg talking about valdes,then switched to de Maria who he said would be back with them on the 25th of July,so surely if that's true would Sergio,zab and Martin not be due back round about then as well...