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A-League Mens 25/26 - Round 18

HappyGuus said:
Bruno Fernandes watching A-League was not on my bingo card tonight




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It does make you wonder how many players have considered moves here for retirement as marquee signings. Elite foreign players like Alessandro Del Piero, Douglas Costa, Juan Mata, Marcel Tisserand, Dwight Yorke, etc have done it. We may not have the best pay in comparison to the MLS or the SPL, but we've got a great lifestyle, great weather, passionate fans and a lot of multicultural communities who would support the players. Look at Piero Quispe even, he's not even one of our best players and is only young yet the Peruvian fans come to every game. In the ALW, Sabitra Bhandari (Samba) has brought in up to a thousand Nepali fans to Phoenix games (unfortunately she tore her ACL and her season is over). Imagine a future where players like Bruno Fernandes or Marta or Neymar could retire in Australia!
 
HonestSpursFan said:
It does make you wonder how many players have considered moves here for retirement as marquee signings. Elite foreign players like Alessandro Del Piero, Douglas Costa, Juan Mata, Marcel Tisserand, Dwight Yorke, etc have done it. We may not have the best pay in comparison to the MLS or the SPL, but we've got a great lifestyle, great weather, passionate fans and a lot of multicultural communities who would support the players. Look at Piero Quispe even, he's not even one of our best players and is only young yet the Peruvian fans come to every game. In the ALW, Sabitra Bhandari (Samba) has brought in up to a thousand Nepali fans to Phoenix games (unfortunately she tore her ACL and her season is over). Imagine a future where players like Bruno Fernandes or Marta or Neymar could retire in Australia!
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I heard on a pod that Gerrard had agreed to join Melbourne Heart/City, but the other A-League clubs rejected it as it was against the rules at the time. Might've been too many marquees or something. But how crap, even as a Victory fan I would've allowed that. You probably don't want them bending the rules every year, but a one-off would've been massive.
 
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HappyGuus said:
I heard on a pod that Gerard had agreed to join Melbourne Heart/City, but the other A-League clubs rejected it as it was against the rules at the time. Might've been too many marquees or something. But how crap, even as a Victory fan I would've allowed that. You probably don't want them bending the rules every year, but a one-off would've been massive.
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Yeah that woulda been a massive name to have here, especially with the amount of Poms and Liverpool fans we have Down Under. I still want Son Heung-min to come here. Large Korean expat community and a lot of Spurs fans, perfect mix.
 
HappyGuus said:
I heard on a pod that Gerrard had agreed to join Melbourne Heart/City, but the other A-League clubs rejected it as it was against the rules at the time. Might've been too many marquees or something. But how crap, even as a Victory fan I would've allowed that. You probably don't want them bending the rules every year, but a one-off would've been massive.
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I think you might be getting confused that was lampard
 
Light and day between the visuals of those two derbies. Saw the Wellington goal. Not one single person on one side of the stadium.
 
West Adelaide Hellas said:
I was surprised how many City fans were at the game. Heaps of young families. Shows that there is something to build on..
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Derbies attract theatre goers. Not sure how old you are but heaps of families would come out to support you when you played Adelaide City...and then not be seen again until you played them again.

We had a similar thing here in Melbourne with our ones.
 
southmelb said:
Derbies attract theatre goers. Not sure how old you are but heaps of families would come out to support you when you played Adelaide City...and then not be seen again until you played them again.

We had a similar thing here in Melbourne with our ones.
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I lived through the NSL during the 90s - great times. I am early 40’s now.

There were plenty of City fans and families decked out in City colours and kits. After their attendance midweek I wasn’t expecting it.

A lot are probably like me. Have season tickets and memberships but goto half the games each season. I blame working :)
 
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