Melling Pre-Season inside info!
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Melling Pre-Season inside info!
Just had a good chat with the almost forgotten Jacob Melling, he came into my work after training.
He's a top lad and honest too, didn't mind me going in depth. Got some good points from the conversation.
I asked him about last season how he didn't see any game time...compared to the year before. His response "Coach was a bit of a dickhead " So I'm assuming Kossie.
He also said training has been intense with josep and the attacking formations and play are already in full swing. He said the fans will come just to watch the play this year, the long ball has been nonexistent at training.
He told me he has a big battle on his hands to try and land a starting spot with all the mids we have. I thought he was a holding mid but he says he can play attacking also.
This one surprised me...He said watch for Tarek Elrich to play high attacking Right Mid instead of RB. Apparently Josep likes Watson and Golec at Right back. Also we wanted Nathan Burns instead of Tarek, but Nathan kept saying NO to all our offers!
Little bit of inside info in the boring pre-season
He's a top lad and honest too, didn't mind me going in depth. Got some good points from the conversation.
I asked him about last season how he didn't see any game time...compared to the year before. His response "Coach was a bit of a dickhead " So I'm assuming Kossie.
He also said training has been intense with josep and the attacking formations and play are already in full swing. He said the fans will come just to watch the play this year, the long ball has been nonexistent at training.
He told me he has a big battle on his hands to try and land a starting spot with all the mids we have. I thought he was a holding mid but he says he can play attacking also.
This one surprised me...He said watch for Tarek Elrich to play high attacking Right Mid instead of RB. Apparently Josep likes Watson and Golec at Right back. Also we wanted Nathan Burns instead of Tarek, but Nathan kept saying NO to all our offers!
Little bit of inside info in the boring pre-season
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Devo we couldn't get Nathan Burns. And not sure what to make of Elrich at RM? I guess a RW will still be in front of him in a 4-3-3.
Best part of it all is the intensity and attacking nature of training. And no long balls!
Best part of it all is the intensity and attacking nature of training. And no long balls!
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Re: Melling Pre-Season inside info!
How many more sleeps to the first game?
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How sexy it would have been to have Burnsy back with Brucey... the bromance alone would have filled up Hindmarsh!
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11 weeks... doesn't sound long at all!How many more sleeps to the first game?
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So another former player declines a return. Hopefully this season will prove that was the wrong call. We need a culture change. I feel we are getting it from a fan perspective hopefully the squad is next.
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I think money would have been a bigger sticking point. I think his history with us would have meant that we would have been offered first crack at him but couldn't afford him.
We were only going to get Elrich if we could get the two Spanish players for cheap enough so it wouldn't have left much for Burns.
And with Jets bidding for him we didn't have much of a chance.
We were only going to get Elrich if we could get the two Spanish players for cheap enough so it wouldn't have left much for Burns.
And with Jets bidding for him we didn't have much of a chance.
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Burns would need to be sure he would make the 11 also. Im not so sure it would be so clear cut here
Ppl who slap the label of truth on the 1st thing they hear, do it out of ignorance, convenience or cant be bothered picking through a thin layer of falsehood to find the real truth, or possibly even another lie
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^^^
That's a valid point.
That's a valid point.
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That's true Ferreria if fit will be a gun this season.Burns would need to be sure he would make the 11 also. Im not so sure it would be so clear cut here
If my wife is away for long enough, youtube videos of Fabio flying down the right wing almost makes up for it!
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Re: Melling Pre-Season inside info!
Would have thought that's a pretty disrespectful thing to say about the coach who gave you a professional debut at age 15 and then your first professional contract.
I asked him about last season how he didn't see any game time...compared to the year before. His response "Coach was a bit of a dickhead " So I'm assuming Kossie.
Thanks for the info though redhorse
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True. Didnt think of that.
But obviously things turned last season.
But obviously things turned last season.
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kossie got rid of van dike and carravella and then left ,i reckon he pretty well on the money, and i know sergie said he wanted away , but he was treated pretty shabby
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Yeah kossie certainly did us no favours.
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That's a bit harsh. He did get us within a whisker of an ACL semi final berth.Yeah kossie certainly did us no favours.
I found Kossie a bit bipolar amazing in some aspects but then down right idiotic in others.
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