The Melbourne Victory Post
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Medin Memeti keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Melbourne Victory may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom25 Oct 2027
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.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Jason Davidson 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.
Match23 Oct 2027
The goals have deserted Melbourne Victory
3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Melbourne Victory can tell you which week it ends in.
Squad25 Oct 2027
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.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Jason Davidson 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Hayden Dixon joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Hayden Dixon 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
Liam Carter steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Liam Carter 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Noah Collins joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Noah Collins is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
In brief
- Market Melbourne Victory promote Blake O'Brien from within
- Match Melbourne Victory come up short against Western Sydney Wanderers
- Boardroom Melbourne Victory let a promise lapse