Santos

Attacking Midfielder (L) - Melbourne Victory
11 Apr 2028
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Process

Marked for Santos

64 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

18 Oct 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Lawrence Wong 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.

Squad

Denis Genreau 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 Victory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Matthew Grimaldi 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.

In brief

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60 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

20 Sep 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Denis Genreau 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 Victory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

No hiding place for Matthew Grimaldi

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Matthew Grimaldi, and the manager let it.

Loan watch

Jack Warshawsky has seen enough of Perth Glory

“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Melbourne Victory, and 0 appearances in 9 say he has earned the hearing.

In brief

56 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

23 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Tempers go at Melbourne Victory

Lawrence Wong 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.

Squad

Louis D'Arrigo 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.

Loan watch

Jack Warshawsky counts the days

“I watch every Melbourne Victory game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Perth Glory runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

In brief

51 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Market

The Joshua Rawlins question follows Melbourne Victory around

Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Joshua Rawlins’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.

Squad

Fabian Talladira knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Fabian Talladira trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

25 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

18 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Crisis

Match

5 matches without a win for Melbourne Victory

The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Melbourne Victory are no longer polite ones.

Player ratings

Keegan Jelacic runs at them all day

Successful dribbles: 24. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.

Squad

Denis Genreau 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 Victory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Market

Business is business: Daniel Graskoski goes

Auckland FC paid $5.0K and Melbourne Victory took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Squad

No hiding place for Jack Duncan

“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Jack Duncan, and the manager let it.

Match

Adelaide United 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

24 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

11 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Denis Genreau

Successful dribbles: 29. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Match

Whatever happens, Melbourne Victory do not lose

10 games unbeaten now. Some were earned and some were survived, but a habit is forming — and habits are the hardest thing in football to play against.

Market

Melbourne Victory turn down Auckland FC for Daniel Graskoski

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

Match

No end in sight to Melbourne Victory's wait for a win

4 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Melbourne Victory has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

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.

Market

Eyes on Santos again

The phone has started ringing about Santos again, and this time the name on the line is Adelaide United. Melbourne Victory are listening politely and promising nothing.

Player ratings

Jason Davidson takes the honours

Marked 7.65 on an afternoon he ran from the first whistle to the last. Whatever else went wrong, Melbourne Victory had the best player on the pitch.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Santos

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Match

Melbourne Victory draw a blank against Western Sydney Wanderers

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Western Sydney Wanderers defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

In brief

11 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

12 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Denis Genreau 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 Victory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

Santos signs a new deal

“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Santos commits to Melbourne Victory for another 3 years.

Market

The Joshua Rawlins talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Melbourne Victory know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

10 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

5 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

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.

Boardroom

207% of the income goes out in wages at Melbourne Victory

Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.

Squad

Melbourne Victory count the cost of losing Franco Lino

14 days, the scan says, and scans are kinder than reality. The fixtures in that window have just become somebody else’s job.

In brief

7 Edition

The Melbourne Victory Post

14 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Juan Mata 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 Victory this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Squad

A season on the outside for Saná Gomes

He trains hard, says the right things and goes home to an empty flat. Nobody at Melbourne Victory has done anything wrong, which is exactly what makes it so difficult to fix.

Market

The Joshua Rawlins talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Melbourne Victory know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

  • Market The window shut and Xavier Stella is still in the building
  • Squad The manager comes out for Santos
  • Squad Santos is training like a man with a point to make