The Melbourne Victory Post
Squad21 Jan 2030
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jack Duncan
111 days on the estimate, and a long, private, unglamorous year of a rehabilitation nobody watches. Melbourne Victory lose a footballer; he loses considerably more than a season.
Player ratings21 Jan 2030
Lucas Acosta runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 26. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad21 Jan 2030
Chisom Ngomere: that is not what I was promised
“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Melbourne Victory have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.
Squad21 Jan 2030
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.
Squad21 Jan 2030
Words at Melbourne Victory training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Nishan Velupillay 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.
Match19 Jan 2030
Sydney FC take the points off Melbourne Victory
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
In brief
- Market Melbourne Victory shop where it costs nothing
- Market Abidemi Alli leaves for nothing
- Market Archie McLaren leaves for nothing
- Market Declan Murphy leaves for nothing