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CITY VIEWS | FFA Love In -
Melbourne City has become the talking point of the league this season, and it’s not all great news for the club. Once looked upon as a minnow of the league in its former moniker of Melbourne Heart, the club has now grown considerably under the watchful eyes of the City Football Group. Just like the school lunchtime kickabout when a few more people rock along to the school oval, the goalposts have been moved to suit those running the game. Many years ago it was simply moving a few school jumpers back 10 yards, but now moving the goalposts seems to be intrinsically linked with a phone call to the Middle East. It’s an uncomfortable look for the league to seemingly favour one club over the other nine, we’ve all seen this before with the FFA playing favourites, but never as obvious as in its current state with Melbourne City. If love song dedications was still on the radio David Gallop would be sending out the dulcet tones of Michael Buble on a nightly basis to Tim Cahill and his Melbourne City cohorts. The club played within the rules allowing Anthony Careras and Luke Brattan at the club but there [...]
David Hards