The Melbourne Victory Post
Player ratings23 Oct 2028
Denis Genreau scores twice — 8.27
Two goals and a mark of 8.27 to go with them. Strikers are judged on afternoons like this one and remembered for far fewer of them than people imagine.
The dugout23 Oct 2028
Adama Coulibaly 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.
Match21 Oct 2028
Melbourne Victory make it 4 in a row
Momentum is a hard thing to buy and an easy thing to lose, and right now Melbourne Victory have 4 straight wins of it.
Boardroom23 Oct 2028
Melbourne Victory tie Simon Harrison 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.
Squad23 Oct 2028
Tempers go at Melbourne Victory
Keegan Jelacic 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.
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.
Match21 Oct 2028
Melbourne Victory get the job done against Western Sydney Wanderers
A 2‑0 win over Western Sydney Wanderers, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Market23 Oct 2028
Ben Gray steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Ben Gray 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: Rory Johnston joins the Melbourne Victory first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rory Johnston 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 Jake Morrison steps up from the Melbourne Victory academy
- Market One of our own: Tyler Bell joins the Melbourne Victory first team
- Player ratings Medin Memeti was unplayable