The Melbourne Victory Post
Market1 Feb 2027
Melbourne Victory say no — this time
The offer from Macarthur FC for Jack Warshawsky was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Juan Mata in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Melbourne Victory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Nobody could get near Denis Genreau
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
One of those days for Charles Nduka
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.59, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
Match30 Jan 2027
Melbourne Victory get the job done against Newcastle Jets
A 1‑0 win over Newcastle Jets, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad1 Feb 2027
Lawrence Wong gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings1 Feb 2027
Louis D'Arrigo shuts the door
Defensive actions: 13, and a clean sheet at the end of it. A centre-half's best afternoons look like nothing happening, which is precisely the point.
Squad1 Feb 2027
A season on the outside for Saná Gomes
He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Melbourne Victory has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.
Market1 Feb 2027
The Joshua Rawlins talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Melbourne Victory know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Player ratings A defender's afternoon for Jason Davidson
- Squad Is this Brendan Hamill’s last season?
- The terraces The press have found their man in Charles Nduka