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.
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.
“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.
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.
“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.
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.
“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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
MarketThe window shut and Xavier Stella is still in the building