The Melbourne Victory Post
Match18 Jan 2027
Melbourne Victory are top
24 points and nobody above them. The word is not being said around the ground yet, and it is being thought in every seat.
Market18 Jan 2027
Melbourne Victory turn down Melbourne City for Denis Genreau
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Player ratings18 Jan 2027
No sign of nerves from Medin Memeti at 19 — 7.88
The hardest thing about being 19 in a senior side is that nobody makes allowances. Medin Memeti did not need any: 7.88, and he looked the most comfortable man on the pitch.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Daniel Murray is a medical away from Melbourne Victory
The deal with Ipswich Town is done in every sense but the one that puts him on the pitch. Nothing goes wrong at this stage, except on the occasions when it does.
Match16 Jan 2027
Still nobody has beaten Melbourne Victory
The unbeaten run reaches 7. Some of them were wins and some were escapes, but a side that refuses to lose is a side other dressing rooms talk about.
Squad18 Jan 2027
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.
Squad18 Jan 2027
A row about effort at Melbourne Victory
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Jack Duncan was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Transfer targets18 Jan 2027
Melbourne Victory rebuffed over Alex Badolato
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Newcastle Jets have kept their man, and Melbourne Victory go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Match16 Jan 2027
Medin Memeti sends Melbourne Victory past Adelaide United
It finished 1‑0, and it was Medin Memeti’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Melbourne Victory.
In brief
- Player ratings Nobody could get near Nishan Velupillay
- The dugout Max Moore: “That is the standard”
- The dugout No hiding place for Sebastian Esposito