The Melbourne Victory Post
Player ratings26 Oct 2026
Nishan Velupillay was unplayable
Successful dribbles: 40. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Words exchanged at Melbourne Victory
Alex Matos and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Harrison Shillington is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 21 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Boardroom26 Oct 2026
Graduation day at Melbourne Victory
2 boys move up, and somewhere in the building the people who coached them at twelve are quietly having the best morning of their working year. Nothing about this shows up in a result and it is why the academy exists.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Keegan Jelacic stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Keegan Jelacic and Melbourne Victory agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad26 Oct 2026
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.
Market26 Oct 2026
One of our own: Marcus Brown joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Marcus Brown is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market26 Oct 2026
Melbourne Victory promote Grant Jenkins from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Grant Jenkins has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
Jordi Valadon 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.
In brief
- The dugout The view from the dugout
- Boardroom No investment in the facilities at Melbourne Victory
- The dugout Melbourne Victory pick somebody else ahead of Brendan Hamill