The Melbourne City Gazette
Squad23 Oct 2028
55 days out for Liam Gillion after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Melbourne City will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Market23 Oct 2028
Matthew Millar puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Melbourne City, and it is not being withdrawn.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Matthew Millar keeps the receipts
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Melbourne City may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Gianni Stensness 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 City this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Thamsanqa Mabunda 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.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
6 academy graduates step up at Melbourne City
Senior shirt numbers handed to boys the coaches have known since they were twelve. Most will not make it and all of them have already done the hard part.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Words at Melbourne City training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Isaac Hughes 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.
The terraces23 Oct 2028
The crowd has taken to Dani Ángel
At 22 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
No hiding place for Toby Steward
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Toby Steward, and the manager let it.
In brief
- Market Nicholas Shaw steps up from the Melbourne City academy
- Market Dylan Gray steps up from the Melbourne City academy
- Market One of our own: Lucas Walker joins the Melbourne City first team