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Official South Melbourne Hellas thread 🔵⚪

SMFC1959 said:
Agree - he was good value to come off the bench and provide fresh legs for 15-20 minutes. With the quality of our midfield with Pasquali, Retre and Giannakopoulos, he was never going to start.

The one I feel we should have kept is Leech. Thought he was good value.

The one injury that is really hurting us at the moment is that of Alex Menelaou. We desperately need him back in order to give either Pasquali or Giannakopoulos a rest.
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Pope wasnt a starter even before he left.... Still recall the two he put past the Knights all those many moons ago.... kid has heart.
 
Stu said:
Here's an interesting bit of contrasting information:

South, who need only gates of 1500 to break even at their 13,000-capacity Lakeside Stadium, believe they are a model in the self-sustainability.

That contrasts starkly with Melbourne City, who need crowds of 14,000 per game to break even on their AAMI Park deal.

That was from a 2017 SBS article, so not sure of today's figures, but I imagine attendances above 5000 per game would generate around $100k in profit, assuming $25-30 per person between ticket and food/drinks.
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This is the sort of sustainability all clubs should aim for. We don't need every team and every game to be in a 30k stadium. Not many have access to facilities like South Melbourne though.
 
Quicky said:
This is the sort of sustainability all clubs should aim for. We don't need every team and every game to be in a 30k stadium. Not many have access to facilities like South Melbourne though.
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Agree 100%. Not many do have facilities like SMFC (another reason they should be allowed in), but they do have alternatives available.

Example: According to some sources, the Roar have to get 13,000 to games at Suncorp to breakeven. They only need about 3,500 at Kayo to breakeven. Last year they played 9 games at Suncorp, and none got close to reaching 13,000. They played 3 games at Kayo, and all reached 3,500. This year they have 6 games scheduled at Kayo.

All new clubs/franchises accepted into the league should be able so show the type of sustainability that SMFC can. While the suits may like to think the franchise owners are taking all the risk, the reality is that every empty stadium and every failed franchise hits the valuation of the thing they hold an equity stake in.
 
Its last chance saloon for Heidelberg this weekend. For Hellas, its just a matter of getting through this with a scrappy 1-0 win and without injury or suspension.

Our midfielders need a break, but without Menelaou to step in, they are forced to keep playing. Ideally, you would not see Retre on Sunday against Heidelberg at all. He needs to play a full 90 minute match on Wednesday and 30 minutes on Saturday against CS George Cross.

My suggested approach for Sunday's match is go hard with a strong lineup and kill off the match by halftime. A comfortable 2-0 lead can allow Sinisa to start taking players off from the 60-70 minute mark and see out the match.
 
If Avondale and Hume win on Saturday and Preston cop a further points deduction tonight then we pretty much cant move from 4th spot, so by Sunday we will know. If it plays out like that it will be a day for the fringe players. Bearing in mind though that if we lose we could meet bergers again in the elimination final. The stakes are too high to put any player at risk this weekend. Lampard needs to play if he is any chance to come up for next Wednesday.

Messourouni, Lackay, Nkomo, etc all start. If we can get Lampard and Eliopoulos in for a run thats a bonus.

Preston also play a day before us which isnt ideal.
 
southmelb said:
If Avondale and Hume win on Saturday and Preston cop a further points deduction tonight then we pretty much cant move from 4th spot, so by Sunday we will know. If it plays out like that it will be a day for the fringe players. Bearing in mind though that if we lose we could meet bergers again in the elimination final. The stakes are too high to put any player at risk this weekend. Lampard needs to play if he is any chance to come up for next Wednesday.

Messourouni, Lackay, Nkomo, etc all start. If we can get Lampard and Eliopoulos in for a run thats a bonus.

Preston also play a day before us which isnt ideal.
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Apart from Tommy G who else is on yellow peril?
 
southmelb said:
If Avondale and Hume win on Saturday and Preston cop a further points deduction tonight then we pretty much cant move from 4th spot, so by Sunday we will know. If it plays out like that it will be a day for the fringe players. Bearing in mind though that if we lose we could meet bergers again in the elimination final. The stakes are too high to put any player at risk this weekend. Lampard needs to play if he is any chance to come up for next Wednesday.

Messourouni, Lackay, Nkomo, etc all start. If we can get Lampard and Eliopoulos in for a run thats a bonus.

Preston also play a day before us which isnt ideal.
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You're spot on. If Avondale defeat Altona Magic, then Sinisa should just start bench players and a group of U20/23s players. Nothing to be gained. Have the best starting XI fully rested for the Preston match where the priority is.
 
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