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Official South Melbourne Hellas thread šŸ”µāšŖ

SMH59 said:
This ^^^^ and that's all that needs to be said! They lost me at the Hobart game when they couldn't even take a photo with the 50 odd fans, (not staff or connections to players) that forked out for a midweek interstate match! But guess what they found another balcony there too! Pretty pathetic after such a good turnout IMO and during such a shit year!
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You have MY respect for travelling mate.... I know the lads on the pitch respect it too ....
 
Far out you guys got demolished! Now I'm worried you'll come out firing and destroy us this week šŸ˜”
 
Weā€™ve had no ambition as a football club for 10 years. We canā€™t be taken seriously until we get Johnny A as coach which wonā€™t happen as there close to re-signing Sini. Johnny A wonā€™t take the job at the end of the championship 2 months out from the NPL season. Avondale and Bergers are miles ahead of us. What a sad state of affairs
 
smfc_hellas59 said:
Weā€™ve had no ambition as a football club for 10 years. We canā€™t be taken seriously until we get Johnny A as coach which wonā€™t happen as there close to re-signing Sini. Johnny A wonā€™t take the job at the end of the championship 2 months out from the NPL season. Avondale and Bergers are miles ahead of us. What a sad state of affairs
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Would JA take the job with Heidelberg pretty much in the championship
 
To briefly summarise today's discussion based on last night's brothel:
-Spink, Menelaou, Dovison and Ren to stay.
-Sinisa will coach in Championship, but should be looking to poach JA. (Very unlikely to near impossible IMO but would love it if it happened).
-Board must do more evidentally on the pitch and off it. Us regulars who will stick through anything deserve more than what we've copped the last 10 years.
-Big name signing, preferably a number 9 that can help draw crowds and for October. Midfield reinforcements desperately needed.

Dont need to preach to anyone hear about sticking by the club, but through the good, bad, disrespect and ugly SOUTH MELBOURNE HELLAS FOREVER!
 
SMH59 said:
To briefly summarise today's discussion based on last night's brothel:
-Spink, Menelaou, Dovison and Ren to stay.
-Sinisa will coach in Championship, but should be looking to poach JA. (Very unlikely to near impossible IMO but would love it if it happened).
-Board must do more evidentally on the pitch and off it. Us regulars who will stick through anything deserve more than what we've copped the last 10 years.
-Big name signing, preferably a number 9 that can help draw crowds and for October. Midfield reinforcements desperately needed.

Dont need to preach to anyone hear about sticking by the club, but through the good, bad, disrespect and ugly SOUTH MELBOURNE HELLAS FOREVER!
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Adding to the off the park dilemma, I strongly believe our biggest issue is the younger generations support of the club. I'd honestly at this rate give us 10 years and yesterdays attendance could be the norm the way things are going. A strategy or plan to get more young people invested and throwing their support around the club is a must and we see this once or twice a year during our big games, but it never goes beyond that. Naturally this is a flow on effect of how the team is playing, however we need a strong core of next gen fans coming through that will stick around no matter what. Gonna be a very tough task but hope im proven wrong and this Championship can spark interest across all age groups and demographics.
 
SMH59 said:
Adding to the off the park dilemma, I strongly believe our biggest issue is the younger generations support of the club. I'd honestly at this rate give us 10 years and yesterdays attendance could be the norm the way things are going. A strategy or plan to get more young people invested and throwing their support around the club is a must and we see this once or twice a year during our big games, but it never goes beyond that. Naturally this is a flow on effect of how the team is playing, however we need a strong core of next gen fans coming through that will stick around no matter what. Gonna be a very tough task but hope im proven wrong and this Championship can spark interest across all age groups and demographics.
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This isn't just a South Melbourne problem, it's a football problem across the country. Not trying to be disrespectful but you guys play in the npl, not many know about you or anyone in the npl, even the a league is struggling, many younger kids prefer to follow the stars from overseas and the English Premier league.

I wish there was something we could do to make the npl more popular for the youths but im afraid we're going to lose this battle.
 
smfc_hellas59 said:
Weā€™ve had no ambition as a football club for 10 years. We canā€™t be taken seriously until we get Johnny A as coach which wonā€™t happen as there close to re-signing Sini. Johnny A wonā€™t take the job at the end of the championship 2 months out from the NPL season. Avondale and Bergers are miles ahead of us. What a sad state of affairs
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Not that i dont agree but on current form we look like we will finish one title more than the burgers this season and we had a shit one... Ļ„ĪæĻ…Ļ‚ Ļ€ĻĻ‰Ļ„Ī±ĪøĪ»Ī·Ļ„Ī­Ļ‚ Ļ„Ī·Ļ‚ ĪŗĪ»Ī¬ĻˆĪ±Ļ‚! šŸ¤£
 
smfc_hellas59 said:
Weā€™ve had no ambition as a football club for 10 years. We canā€™t be taken seriously until we get Johnny A as coach which wonā€™t happen as there close to re-signing Sini. Johnny A wonā€™t take the job at the end of the championship 2 months out from the NPL season. Avondale and Bergers are miles ahead of us. What a sad state of affairs
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Problem is he wont take it now either with bergers in there...so the only time that works is after the championship! Its a 2 way street though you get JohnnyA then or you go all out and get something better.
 
SMH59 said:
Adding to the off the park dilemma, I strongly believe our biggest issue is the younger generations support of the club. I'd honestly at this rate give us 10 years and yesterdays attendance could be the norm the way things are going. A strategy or plan to get more young people invested and throwing their support around the club is a must and we see this once or twice a year during our big games, but it never goes beyond that. Naturally this is a flow on effect of how the team is playing, however we need a strong core of next gen fans coming through that will stick around no matter what. Gonna be a very tough task but hope im proven wrong and this Championship can spark interest across all age groups and demographics.
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The last part of that is the essence.. its hard to engage ppl onto the NPL even when its competitive... the NST was always the avenue to redeem that support again or be killed off!

The campaign should be based on all thats already been said here smart steong signings will drive the match aspect and get bums in seats along with interest in seeing this product for the first time.. as a club they should do everything they can to engage old and new on that basis.
 
A winning team that plays good football with good individual players on show would lift our crowds to the 1,000 mark give or take with significantly more interest in derbies on top of that. Unfortunately i dont see it, Avondale and Heidelberg are so far ahead of us it would be more them imploding rather than us catching them.

The championship and heidelbergs involvement in it makes the JA situation very difficult. We should have got him 2 years ago but chose to stick with the bloke that lost 2 grand finals 9-0.
 
southmelb said:
A winning team that plays good football with good individual players on show would lift our crowds to the 1,000 mark give or take with significantly more interest in derbies on top of that. Unfortunately i dont see it, Avondale and Heidelberg are so far ahead of us it would be more them imploding rather than us catching them.

The championship and heidelbergs involvement in it makes the JA situation very difficult. We should have got him 2 years ago but chose to stick with the bloke that lost 2 grand finals 9-0.
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No doubt the JA debacle 2 yrs ago for $20k doesnt reflect well on the board and rightly so! Given the current reality though its not at all beneficial to get cought up on a pipe dream like that ATM!

Abive all w are in need a manager that can complement the key players we already have and play to their strengths with a solid budget to then focus funds on adding an abundence of quality to that to raise the bar. JA football is great but we have limited players currently that can fit that style (especially defensively he will cut 3 out of the 4 at the first training session on speed alone)... he would require a massive overhaul of the entire playing roster IMO and this is just not feasible unless you have a season of NPL to do it!

This step up can happen with other options, if you are paying market value then you can attract similar or even better managers (big IF though)! Coaches like Aloisi is a prime example or even Veart (now at the joeys), coaches focused on youth and with solid experience who above all are aware of the histories of the foundation clubs and have a good standing in football still which all adds to the needed buzz required for traction..

Tell me an announcement of say Aloisi, and 3 fornaroli type additions wouldnt work wonders on crowds as well as on field success?
 
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