The Melbourne Victory Post
Squad25 Oct 2027
Jason Davidson breaks a bone — 82 days out
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 82 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Match23 Oct 2027
The wait goes on for Melbourne Victory
11 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Tempers go at Melbourne Victory
Denis Genreau was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Keegan Jelacic runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 21. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
Graduation day at Melbourne Victory
5 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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words at Melbourne Victory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Brad Smith 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Mark Collins joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Mark Collins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Rory Grant joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rory Grant is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market25 Oct 2027
Melbourne Victory promote David Bailey from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. David Bailey 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.
In brief
- Market Peter Gray steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
- Squad Melbourne Victory pick somebody else ahead of Nicolás Álvarez
- Match Melbourne Victory draw a blank against Western Sydney Wanderers