Feel sorry for Football in Australia, trying to go forward with one leg tied to the other one.

I can see Victory taking over City's base in Bundoora now that they are moving to Casey Fields. It might be the only way we'll get our academy up and running. Which is a bit depressing

Yeah can see that happening. Just don't how that's gonna work since we're sponsored or we're sponsored by Vic uni 

https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/victory-target-phoenix-coach-and-former-sydney-fc-star-talay-for-rebuild-20210326-p57egb.html

if Ufuk brings Sail, Devlin and either Ball or Hemed, that would be something else.

https://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/inter-great-zenga-wants-vacant-victory-job

Hopefully you guys have seen this - what do you think?

Tony Popovic confirmed
https://www.melbournevictory.com.au/news/victory-appoints-tony-popovic

The quickest managerial decision the board has made. 
Experienced, successful, stable. I'm ok with this decision. Will be interesting who he gets rid of and who he brings in. 

:)

If history tells us anything, Foxe will be assistant. 

And zeiijko will come in as well

As a neutral, this looks like a good fit for the club.  He's man who knows how to build a squad from scratch, and he is sure going to need to do that.

A strong Victory is important for the  A League, and I have no doubt Popa will deliver that.

He also picks favourite's.  Watch him get reddy in

Assistant Coaches - Foxe and Diles who went with him to Xanthi and is still there. 
Strength Coach - Scott Smith went with him to Xanthi still there, was with him at Wanderers and Perth as well. 
Analyst - Michael Mantikos - At Xanthi, with Poppa at glory. 
Goalkeeper Coach - Kalac

Play the kids for rest of the year 

His kids or the Victory kids?

Everyone knows the answer to that one.....

Well, Kristian is A League level already, would fit better than who Victory have now at DM, surely no argument there I believe..
Gabby coming through in the striker position still as a back up at this stage, very young. What striker coming through would 
Gabby be holding back? Not one out & out striker has come through. 

Ha ha touché 

interesting observation, but if they are that good, why haven't other coaches/clubs come in for them?

It's possible they have. The general public only hears about a small percentage of what is discussed behind closed doors. They may have received a bunch of offers but turned them down as they wanted to stick with their dad.

They were (or still are) trialling at a Croatian club IIRC. I'm trying to find a source for this now.

Also I agree that Kristian is a good young player and would be in and around the first team squad at nearly every A-League club. Gabriel probably needs some more time to develop before being ready though.

Free tickets for members for MV v AU - May 23rd @ AAMI
https://www.melbournevictory.com.au/news/membership-recognition-round-details

To thank you for your loyalty, our match against Adelaide United on Sunday May 23 will be entirely FREE for our members. No ticket cost. No transaction cost.

Member redemption windows are based on loyalty and start from 1:00pm tomorrow:

• Inaugural and Gold from 1pm Tuesday 11 May
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During Member Recognition Week we're also giving you the opportunity to win a stack of great daily prizes.

nice initiative, but how many people are gonna take it up for a 6pm Sunday game?

Popa allegedly offering a two year deal to former Dinamo Zagreb and Udinese keeper Ivan Kelava. Had a few call ups for the Croatia national team but never got on the field.

https://twitter.com/DailyOzFootball/status/1393106956357750785?s=19

I don't really like A-League clubs signing foreign keepers. Using up a visa spot for a keeper is a bit of a waste. Unlike strikers, Australian goal keepers are typically of a very good standard. Just look at the NT, we always have solid options for keepers.

Agree but sometimes it's a calculated risk. 

But thats clearly not the case this season, acton and crocombe have been well off the pace 

We wasted all five of our visa slots this season though lol

Geeez put mcmanaman in a better team and he will be one of the best foreigners,  you can tell by his finishes he has alot of class,  and we will regret letting him leave if we do. 

As for a foreign keeper, we've seen keeper like Kurto and Lopar recently but this guy doesn't seem so great,  hasn't played consistently in a number of years and i don't know if he was at Xanthi from the start of the season but why waste this spot on someone who can't displace Izzo?