Melbourne City have, at last, claimed their first pieces of A-League silverware thanks in no small part to their exemplary youth work.

Robbie Fowler was supposed to reinvigorate the languishing Brisbane Roar, but things didn't quite go to plan.

Melbourne City Football Club is a franchise with bags of potential. But for some reason, they can't fulfil that potential, or even get close to doing so. I looked into it a bit more and here's what I found.