The Melbourne Victory Supporters Thread 2.0


The Melbourne Victory Supporters Thread 2.0

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griff1 - 30 Nov 2021 12:33 PM
Discussion about the team is pretty sparse here these days. Are people active on another forum/platform? The FVS boys keep going on about how good the Discourse is...but I haven't tried that yet.

For vuk's sake fan forum is where its at for the Victory.
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Rai given one week. 
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Just interested what you guys think about victory playing Sydney on the 25th now? My mates who support victory think it’s a good thing before the public holiday 
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Melbcityguy - 13 Dec 2021 5:27 PM
Just interested what you guys think about victory playing Sydney on the 25th now? My mates who support victory think it’s a good thing before the public holiday 

Meh it's great . A day before a public holiday.   Sydney fans cracking the shits on twitter is hilarious 
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Yeah sweet before a public holiday. Aus day is a load of bollocks anyway. 
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How good is an uninjured kruse. 

Simply no better player in entire league on the bench. Probably the best Aussie attacking player when 100%

Please Arnold never pick him :) 

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tsf - 30 Jan 2022 12:30 PM
How good is an uninjured kruse. 

Simply no better player in entire league on the bench. Probably the best Aussie attacking player when 100%

Please Arnold never pick him :) 

Oh he won't pick him.
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MV are running a competition to design next season's away kit.
Hopefully we see plenty of creativity.
For anyone interested in having a crack, here are the details: https://mvf.club/kit
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Margiotta should be making pizzas at 400 gradi. 



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tsf - 24 Mar 2022 10:23 AM
Margiotta should be making pizzas at 400 gradi. 



yep. he's on holiday. but you know what? he's not on his own. we are wasting numerous chances. Should have won last night and on Saturday.

LLL couldn't be any worse up front. 
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Not sure how reliable but heard that any matches from here on that are to be postponed due to covid reasons will be deemed "no result" if it's true, there goes the last bit of integrity the league has left, and if victory has a game affected this way considering how many in hand we have,  it would rule us out of the title race.  
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MV playing again tonight? WTF 
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What wonderful active support the plastic franchises have.... so active they wear ski masks to NPL 3 games.......,,
BTW can someone explain what "Horta" is? Is that like the slimey wild spinach stuff that grows on the side of the freeway?????
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that new CB, timotheau or whatever his name is has struggled massively so far. Looks a couple of levels below at the moment. 
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tsf - 6 Aug 2022 12:48 PM
that new CB, timotheau or whatever his name is has struggled massively so far. Looks a couple of levels below at the moment. 

Sorry to say he will continue to.
He looks like he has all the attributes but he caused so many goals against for us in the last couple seasons.

Even leaving aside positional errors his passing was always scary as hell. We are talking several good chances a game straight from his wayward passing.

I was genuinely surprised you guys picked him up I thought it would be close to NPL time for him.
Nothing against him and maybe Poppa can get him firing.
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Davide82 - 8 Aug 2022 9:24 AM

Sorry to say he will continue to.
He looks like he has all the attributes but he caused so many goals against for us in the last couple seasons.

Even leaving aside positional errors his passing was always scary as hell. We are talking several good chances a game straight from his wayward passing.

I was genuinely surprised you guys picked him up I thought it would be close to NPL time for him.
Nothing against him and maybe Poppa can get him firing.

his name escapes me but there was recent talk about Victory signing another CB playing in asia. Maybe Popa has seen enough. 


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Anyone received membership packs or paramount code yet,  hard to find any info since the victory forum shut down. 
I've seen on other club forums that their clubs have informed them that paramount codes will come this week but i swear they've been saying that for weeks.  
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scubaroo - 3 Oct 2022 10:13 AM
Anyone received membership packs or paramount code yet,  hard to find any info since the victory forum shut down. 
I've seen on other club forums that their clubs have informed them that paramount codes will come this week but i swear they've been saying that for weeks.  

Membership pack: Yes
P+ Code: No
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With the new alliance with 777 American firm, will this eventually impact on the issue of building a new Training Base for Victory and to stop using the University facilities? 
Is there a parcel of land in Melbourne for the club to purchase and finally getting it going?
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Sanctions are in. 

Fines and active support bans this season, further fines and 10 point deductions to apply if any further serious fan misbehaviour prior to the end of the 2025-26 season.

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It’s hard to remember a coach who has been so utterly clueless and poor in his execution of tactics that has still managed to keep their job. 

The recruiting, formation and unwillingness to change anything when it clearly isn’t working is baffling. 

I feel sorry for the poor sods who have him next. 

Get ready for 85 minutes of passing sideways and backwards walking towards goal with a bunch of recycled players before panicking at the 88th minute and bringing some young players on. 

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tsf - 14 Mar 2023 8:27 AM
It’s hard to remember a coach who has been so utterly clueless and poor in his execution of tactics that has still managed to keep their job. 

The recruiting, formation and unwillingness to change anything when it clearly isn’t working is baffling. 

I feel sorry for the poor sods who have him next. 

Get ready for 85 minutes of passing sideways and backwards walking towards goal with a bunch of recycled players before panicking at the 88th minute and bringing some young players on. 

For me I think it has all hinged on the recruiting. I think Popa took too many risks and none of them have stepped up.
Nani for Rojas on paper seemed fine, but as with all these senior marquee players, there is a risk involved and that risk showed itself.
There was no like for like replacement for Davidson from a quality perspective. Probably the biggest loss from last season.
Losing Daggers couldn't have been predicted, but he could have been replaced in the Jan transfer window.
Fornaroli still has something to offer, but it's not as a starting striker.
Popa put way too much stock in Spira being available. Silva has been good, but we needed dependability from the start.
Cadete and Juric are both wasted signings. When Cadete plays no one would notice and Juric never plays.
Who knows about the young blokes as they rarely get a shot.
Losing Brimmer to injury just compounded all of the other issues.
If they pick up the wooden spoon, it'll be interesting to see how/if they justify keeping Popa. 


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someguyjc - 14 Mar 2023 10:24 AM
tsf - 14 Mar 2023 8:27 AM

For me I think it has all hinged on the recruiting. I think Popa took too many risks and none of them have stepped up.
Nani for Rojas on paper seemed fine, but as with all these senior marquee players, there is a risk involved and that risk showed itself.
There was no like for like replacement for Davidson from a quality perspective. Probably the biggest loss from last season.
Losing Daggers couldn't have been predicted, but he could have been replaced in the Jan transfer window.
Fornaroli still has something to offer, but it's not as a starting striker.
Popa put way too much stock in Spira being available. Silva has been good, but we needed dependability from the start.
Cadete and Juric are both wasted signings. When Cadete plays no one would notice and Juric never plays.
Who knows about the young blokes as they rarely get a shot.
Losing Brimmer to injury just compounded all of the other issues.
If they pick up the wooden spoon, it'll be interesting to see how/if they justify keeping Popa. 


Add to that Timothoeu...what was that about? And yeah, Juric 
Cadete has been nowhere near Davidson level. 
Ikonomidis should never start. Just trots around doing nothing.

And what happened to Wilson? Played well then vanishes. 
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tsf - 14 Mar 2023 8:27 AM
It’s hard to remember a coach who has been so utterly clueless and poor in his execution of tactics that has still managed to keep their job. 

The recruiting, formation and unwillingness to change anything when it clearly isn’t working is baffling. 

I feel sorry for the poor sods who have him next. 

Get ready for 85 minutes of passing sideways and backwards walking towards goal with a bunch of recycled players before panicking at the 88th minute and bringing some young players on. 

When Popa took over 2 years ago, one of the things that stood out to me is that he would be overseeing the whole football program. There was a stat that came out recently that says we are the only club to give zero minutes to players under 19 over the past 2 seasons. We are rightly entitled to ask questions of where we are headed as a squad. It's also clear Popa has been worked out by opposition teams. We are a really easy team to play against. 

On top of that, we have 2 players (Ikonomidis and Brilliante) who are pretty much cooked at this level, and both are contracted for next season on decent money (and that’s not even mentioning Nani). Neither should be in our starting 11, but it’s almost like Popa is compelled to play them in the hope they find some form and confidence heading into next season. Wilson and Adams should be starting every game for the rest of the season, but Popa won’t do it.

I can see a few of our younger fringe players moving on for opportunities elsewhere next season. The future feels pretty bleak right now.

As for ADP, he famously said 2 years ago that we will never finish last again under his watch. If we do, will be finally fall on his sword? The events of this season have convinced us all its time for ADP to hand over control of the club to someone else.

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Feed_The_Brox - 14 Mar 2023 11:48 AM
tsf - 14 Mar 2023 8:27 AM

When Popa took over 2 years ago, one of the things that stood out to me is that he would be overseeing the whole football program. There was a stat that came out recently that says we are the only club to give zero minutes to players under 19 over the past 2 seasons. We are rightly entitled to ask questions of where we are headed as a squad. It's also clear Popa has been worked out by opposition teams. We are a really easy team to play against. 

Maybe so, but we aren't easy to score against. Our defensive record this season is actually very good. 4th best in goals conceded.  We just can't score. We are very similar to the Roar in that aspect. Teams aren't putting much past us, but we just can't capitalize on goal scoring opportunities.
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I have heard on a reliable source (ex staff member of MV) that Tony Popovic is currently under investigation for misconduct toward staff and player welfare. Apparently lawyers are involved.
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soccerfanatic - 26 May 2023 1:39 PM
I have heard on a reliable source (ex staff member of MV) that Tony Popovic is currently under investigation for misconduct toward staff and player welfare. Apparently lawyers are involved.

Interesting stuff.... Have heard rumours of animosity between board members and tootball technical staff but I suppose, like in most clubs, when the season on the pitch is shithouse the interactions between players on staff cant be 100% pleasant..... Let us know if you hear anything.
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Interesting stuff.... Have heard rumours of animosity between board members and tootball technical staff but I suppose, like in most clubs, when the season on the pitch is shithouse the interactions between players on staff cant be 100% pleasant..... Let us know if you hear anything.

If true, It also has a wiff of a bit of technical legalese to find a way to sack him without paying out his contract.
Two of the assistant coaches and the goalkeeping coach were dumped a couple of weeks ago. Bit strange to dump the assistants but keep the manager. It's usually the other way around, the manager gets the boot followed by the assistants.
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Does anyone on here have shares in Victory and care to let us know whats going on?
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Monoethnic Social Club - 26 May 2023 4:59 PM
Does anyone on here have shares in Victory and care to let us know whats going on?

Doubt it. 777 own 70% and MVLTD own the other 30%. So doubt you'll find many people willing to share how the sausage gets made.
A few years back there was an offer on the table for the public to buy shares. I actually submitted an expression of interest to buy some. From memory it was about $1k per share, which at the time was a pretty good deal. A football club in Australia making profit consistently for a decade wasn't a bad bet at all. However someone swooped in and bought the lot before any of the members could have a crack.

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