Yull?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

Gilsenan, Djurovic, Macarthur

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.

Definitely Gilsenan, check out the Aussies Abroad thread.

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.

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.

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

just finished watching the game.

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

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

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.

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

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. 

How can you make that assement after two league matches? 

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.

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