Liam Phillips

Left Midfielder - Melbourne Victory
3 May 2029
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Marked for Liam Phillips

143 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

23 Apr 2029
From our football correspondent Uneasy

The terraces23 Apr 2029

Anger at Melbourne Victory spills outside the ground

It has stopped being a mood in the stands and started being something organised. Boards can ignore a bad atmosphere for a long time; they cannot ignore this stage of it for very long at all.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Nishan Velupillay falls out with a teammate over standards

The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.

Squad23 Apr 2029

A falling-out at Melbourne Victory

Jordi Valadon and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Squad23 Apr 2029

Liam Phillips signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Liam Phillips commits to Melbourne Victory for another 3 years.

The dugout23 Apr 2029

The manager makes an example of Rafael Durán

“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 dugout23 Apr 2029

Justin Vidic knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Justin Vidic trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

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117 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

23 Oct 2028
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

Mark Hughes is out at Melbourne Victory

Four paragraphs on the club website, none of them about football. The board thanked him, wished him well, and had the search under way before the page went up.

Match21 Oct 2028

The wait goes on for Melbourne Victory

8 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.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

Thomas Price steps up at Melbourne Victory for now

“Somebody picks the team on Saturday. This week it is me, and that is as far as I have thought.” No promises were made in either direction, which is how these usually begin.

The dugout23 Oct 2028

Israel Boatwright says Melbourne Victory went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad23 Oct 2028

A falling-out at Melbourne Victory

Justin Vidic and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Boardroom23 Oct 2028

5 academy players handed senior numbers at Melbourne Victory

The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.

Market23 Oct 2028

Liam Phillips steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam Phillips has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market23 Oct 2028

One of our own: Kai Turner joins the Melbourne Victory first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Kai Turner is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market23 Oct 2028

One of our own: Sam Hill joins the Melbourne Victory first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sam Hill is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief