The Melbourne Victory Post
Squad25 Oct 2027
A knee injury of the worst kind for Jack Duncan
14 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.
The dugout25 Oct 2027
Oliver Dragićević 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
Melbourne Victory tie Eli Rogers down
A new deal for the man in the dugout, and the clearest thing a board can say without calling a press conference about it. Stability is cheap to promise and expensive to deliver.
Squad25 Oct 2027
Words exchanged at Melbourne Victory
Jason Davidson and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Player ratings25 Oct 2027
Jed Drew beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 21. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
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.
Market25 Oct 2027
One of our own: Grant Parker joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Grant Parker 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 Jackson McDonald from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Jackson McDonald 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.
Market25 Oct 2027
Luke Lee steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke Lee 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.
In brief
- Market Bryce Lloyd steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
- Match Melbourne Victory see off Western Sydney Wanderers
- Squad A row about effort at Melbourne Victory