The Melbourne Victory Post
Market16 Apr 2029
Bradley Hlatshwayo puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Melbourne Victory, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Denis Genreau 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.
Squad16 Apr 2029
Words at Melbourne Victory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Jack Duncan is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Jamie Reid has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Melbourne Victory will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
The manager makes an example of Riley Dalziell
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout16 Apr 2029
Noah James has been promised minutes
A conversation in the manager’s office, and a commitment that came out of it. Promises like that are cheap to make and expensive to break, and Noah James has written the date down.
In brief
- Squad Louis D'Arrigo wants to know why he earns less
- The dugout Jaiden Kucharski knocks on the manager's door
- Market Zachary De Jesus placed on the list
- Squad The training reports on Bill Rufer are not good