Really doesn't mention the awful results in the ACL which were perhaps most disappointing of all.

Davutovic seems pretty confident that we're signing Bautheac based on his latest article: https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/a-league/melbourne-victory-report-card-for-aleague-season-201819/news-story/64c0e97c6025d0f2ae0417db80d14f00 (Sorry, other sites are paywalled). 

That’s for the season after. As it stands we still have 2+1 for this year.

Automatic Spot: Perth
Playoff spot 1: Sydney
Playoff spot 2: Melbourne

Wouldnt you just have a qualifying spot?

Wouldnt you just have a qualifying spot?

Also confirmed that we will have the ACL playoff spot for next season. 

Also confirmed that we will have the ACL playoff spot for next season. 

I don't think he is a starter for next season, but definitely as an impact sub.

Not giving him crap but do any victory fans reckon kamasoba has done much? Imo he looks like he belongs but he only seems to run with ball. No killer passes or finishing. Def should be there next year and could do well building on this season hopefully. 

People are starting to catch onto the fact that Muscat coached teams are generally all about inidividuals delivering rather then some coaching masterclass. Funny enough Lawrence Thomas was his key saviour in last year’s playoffs saving just about everything, this time he started kevs demise 3 minutes in. In fact Thomas won the Marston Medal in last year’s grand final. The first time I believe it had ever been won by a keeper.

MV have a decision to make, do they want to start competing for premiers plates and satisfying the membership again, or do they want to continue with these middle of the road 3rd and 4th placed finishes where the football is largely lacklustre and the whole thing depends on inidividuals saving the coaches ass.

Hard to justify sacking Muscat as he has been successful. But we were shown up in the ACL as posers and that loss was disastrous. Not sure if the new system really ever worked for us. We seemed to win games more with individual brilliance than anything else. Completely out coached in our biggest game against our biggest rivals is very hard to take for all Victory fans.

i think Carlos Pérez Salvachúa is being groomed to take over when Kev's time comes. 

Still has had a great record. Not sure if there’s another local coach worth changing him for so could be big ask.  

Merrick was sacked after a 5-0 loss to Gamba Osaka, but i take your point. we do have some decisions to make. 

I said at the start of the season we may have assembled the best squad in HAL history, but our defence had way too many holes and we continually lacked a bit of imagination and cohesion in the front third. 


no one. Kev is a legend of the club and his departure will be a mutual decision. i would be shocked if it was made for him. Personally i think its time for him to move on and further himself elsewhere, but I'm pretty certain he will stay for one more year.

But his coaching style needs to be questioned, no doubt. 12 months ago we were saying his system was too predictable. and many gave him credit for changing the system this year. it proved he could be adaptable as a coach. But last night he got embarrassed tactically by a first year coach. And that wasn't the only time he's fallen short when it comes to the tactical side of things. Popa, Rudan, Kurz, all had his measure at times this year.