This should a good one. Victory haven’t won this season and Adelaide got thumped last week 

Haha we have only played one match. Not sure maybe 2-2 draw 

This will be a fascinating game, especially as there are so many unknowns for both teams. Impossible to predict a winner because literally anything could happen.

For Adelaide, how will they respond after Wednesday? Who has pulled up well and who hasn't? Who will get dropped and who comes in?

For Victory, how will the layoff have effected them? How fit are the visa players (and Kruse) and how are the fitting in to the team? 

How will they respond to 39 degrees heat- crazy to be playing.

I expect Gestede and Shotton will be totally gassed, at a minimum.

I love this game. Great and genuine rivalry. 

First away trip in a while! Glad they put the game back due to heat, probably should have put back further, it's a scorcher right now, but of course Fox Sports wouldn't have that.

442?

Love the Dan Andrews tifo, quality bants, even if you're affirming yourselves as Murdoch shills.

Mo Toure causing all sorts of problems 

Yep shotton  didn't look comfortable defending him

Agree.

really surprised Toure and Juric moved sides for that reason.

Yeah suprised they changed sides 

We have been the better side, just need to start taking our chances.

Ryan Strain in injury trouble?

Veart said he was always going to play half with Lopez playing the second half.

Bugger 

Toureeeeeeeee

Get in!

Talk about the strength and composure for a 16 year old!

Mo Toure now has more league goals than his brother.

He is a freak.  Isnt there a couple of brothers ???

Yeah there’s Musa who could make his debut this season and I think there’s some more younger siblings too.

Al hasan  and mo are freak athletes but can foxsports stop talking them like world beaters . Theyre still raw and they're gonna have games where they're anonymous 

Any sisters?

Yeah I remember hearing/reading about one who’s meant to be pretty good.

Hope Toure just has cramp and not anything more serious.

Kusini started most of the pre season games and scored a lot of goals so hopefully he can impress tonight.

Any one know the entire toure family list?

Tomi, Fucking pass it to Kusini you ballhog.

GK?
Rawlins-CB?-CB?-Djurovic
Abdulahi-Robertson
Dukuly-Segecic-Hammond
Toure

subs
Oliveira
Rodrigues
Toure
others?

Yull?

Surely you can add Mark Natta as a centre back the kid looks to be quality too, Stokes as cb well not sure about the left back option.

Is Segecic still at Sydney FC? 

I think Chondro is referring to the 2003 age group, Stokes and Natta are both 2002

My apologies for that, are there any other 03 to 05 talent to keep any eye on? 

Gilsenan, Djurovic, Macarthur

Definitely Gilsenan, check out the Aussies Abroad thread.

I could be wrong here but I recall that name from a old story about him trailing at big clubs as a kid including Barcelona? 

I wonder if can make the step into senior football. 

Apparently he's younger brother Musa is meant to be even better which is interesting.

Yep. Went to Barcelona then Liverpool and now Blackburn. Played a bit in the U23s but seems to be a standout for the U18s. Was called up to a Joeys camp in the UK just before the U17 world cup

Great play by Juric to keep the ball after all those challenges.

Typical beathe.  Should've carded or blown the whistle early and stopped that

Beath fkd that game up. Let far too much slide from the start of the game and ended up with players getting hurt when it escalated.

First time Pacifique and Elvis have been on the pitch at the same time.

Hope Kruse gets mixed up with them like he did with Surat and suree suhka 🤣🤣

Even though its a small sample size Melb Victory have been very poor in their first two games, out of all the team so far they have been worst in terms of performances.

Take away McManaman they really dont pose a threat for defences, Adelaide were comfortable and I dont the keeper had to make a decent save all night.

Adelaide weren't any better but showed more organisation compared to their last game, then again its a probably some credit to Perth who are erratic in terms of balance.

Scary to think Mohamed Toure is only 16 and he's probably still growing in size, he could have had a hat trick tonight too...what a talent though.

We were effectively gone after Gestede went off. we had no real avenue to goal. Although Kruse did provide something when he came on. 

It does feel like its gonna be a long season for us. We can't shrug off this injury curse. 

Let's face it - when your captain is Broxham, a player who at his peak was a bench player at best, then you know you have a poor squad.  Genuinely no disrespect to Broxham, but that's a statement of fact about his past status.

Obviously he's picked as captain for his personality and leadership skills, rather than footballing skills, not that this needs explaining.

Come on, Pal, give me a break.  This isn't a Mike Brearly situation, where a cricket team can afford to carry a substandard captain.  Footballers don't play at elite level because of their personality and leadership skills.  Maybe you're joking?

My point remains - his presence is the measure of how far the quality of Victory's squad has fallen over the last 3 or so years.

Yes,
03,04,05 u20 2023
06,07,08 u17 2023
01,02,03 2024 olympics.

Rodrigues 03, oliveira 04 melb city
Toures 04 and 05, Yull 05 Adelaide
rawlins 04 perth
segecic, mostofi 04 sydney

Reckon if M. Toure had a EU passport, he would be gone within the week after that.

stood out like an import marquee.  and he's only 16. hopefully he sticks around long enough to get the minutes into him.

Mohammed Toure plays like the best of Kewell and Viduka rolled up in the one package.  Looks to me to be our most talented player since those two.  He'll be a senior international by the age of 17.

every touch and involvement he makes is exciting to watch. Fingers crossed he stays injury free

Absolutely.  No ACLs PLEASE.

just finished watching the game.

surprised chris beath didnt just pull on a vic jersey.  wtf was that.

Anyone else a bit worried how Dylan Ryan has been going since he's been back? He was probably our best player for the Olyroos at the AFC championship, but hasn't been setting the world on fire for the Victory. I was really looking forward to watching him play every week, but he's been slightly disappointing. Toure owned him yesterday

Looked like he was rattled by his early yellow card, was a weak link for sure.

MV in general just look off, in the old days they could dish up 10 minutes of decent stuff and that would be enough to win as Berisha, Barbarouses, go back before that to Archie they could bury teams with a short spell of pressure. They just don’t have that quality anymore to be feared by the opposition, even up until last season as ordinary as the team was you had a world class striker in Toivonen who only needed half a sniff. They just don’t have it anymore.

So since sacking Kurtz, Victory have apparently only picked up 8 out of a possible 45 points.

Its almost as if sacking a proven A-League coach after a handful of games is an incredibly dumb idea.

Kurz wasn't the right fit for victory . And his imports were woeful . 

The imports sucked but he’s waaaaay better than Salvachua or Brebner. The football wouldn’t be pretty but he would grind out results.

How can you make that assement after two league matches? 

Unrelated but Mohamed Toure’s expected goals last night was 0.78. The entire Victory team’s XG’s was 0.39.

Brox should start at either RB or LB ahead of Roux or Traore so that the captain can start, is simply not good enough to play midfield in a good side.