Melbourne Victory 2010/2011

[mickey]

Melbourne Victory

Coach: Ernie Merrick

Diogo Ferreira
Glen Moss
Evan Berger
Matthew Foschini
Matthew Kemp
Adrian Leijer
Kevin Muscat
Surat Sukha
Rodrigo Vargas
Marvin Angulo
Grant Brebner
Leigh Broxham
Billy Celeski
Mate Dugandzic
Carlos Hernandez
Robbie Kruse
Tom Pondeljak
Nick Ward
Nik Mrdja
Archie Thompson
Petar Franjic

August
Sat 7, 8:00 PM Sydney FC Sydney Football Stadium
Sat 14, 7:30 PM Perth Glory FC AAMI Park,
Sun 22, 3:00 PM North Queensland Fury AAMI Park,
Sun 29, 3:00 PM Gold Coast United Skilled Park,

September
Fri 3, 8:00 PM Central Coast Mariners FC Bluetongue Stadium,
Sun 12, 3:00 PM Brisbane Roar FC AAMI Park,
Wed 15, 7:30 PM Wellington Phoenix FC AAMI Park,
Sat 18, 5:15 PM North Queensland Fury Dairy Farmers Stadium
Sat 25, 7:30 PM Newcastle Jets FC EnergyAustralia Stadium,

October
Sat 2, 7:30 PM Melbourne Heart FC AAMI Park,
Sat 16, 7:00 PM Sydney FC Etihad Stadium,
Sat 23, 8:15 PM Brisbane Roar FC Suncorp Stadium,
Fri 29, 7:30 PM Adelaide United FC Etihad Stadium,

November
Sat 6, 7:00 PM Gold Coast United Etihad Stadium,
Sun 14, 4:00 PM Perth Glory FC ME Bank Stadium,
Thu 18, 7:30 PM Central Coast Mariners FC AAMI Park,
Sat 27, 6:00 PM Wellington Phoenix FC Westpac Stadium,

December
Fri 3, 8:00 PM Brisbane Roar FC AAMI Park,
Sat 11, 7:00 PM Melbourne Heart FC AAMI Park,
Sat 18, 7:00 PM Perth Glory FC AAMI Park,
Mon 27, 6:00 PM Newcastle Jets FC AAMI Park,
Fri 31, 6:00 PM Central Coast Mariners FC Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium,

January
Wed 5, 7:30 PM Wellington Phoenix FC Westpac Stadium,
Sun 9, 3:00 PM Adelaide United FC Etihad Stadium,
Sat 15, 7:30 PM Sydney FC Sydney Football Stadium
Sat 22, 7:00 PM Melbourne Heart FC Etihad Stadium,
Wed 26, 7:00 PM North Queensland Fury Dairy Farmers Stadium
Sun 30, 5:00 PM Gold Coast United AAMI Park,

February
Wed 2, 7:00 PM Newcastle Jets FC AAMI Park,
Fri 11, 7:30 PM Adelaide United FC Adelaide Oval

[Il Duce]

[Mitchell Langerak

Umm I doubt he will be playing since he has been sold to Dortmund in Germany

[mickey]

The squads were taken from each clubs official website...

Some leave a bit to be desired about how often they are updated.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Michael Petkovic signed as the new Victory keeper.

http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/defa ... y&id=34045


Also Grant Brebner became an Australian citizen yesterday, freeing up an international spot.

[whufc]

Michael Petkovic signed as the new Victory keeper.

http://www.melbournevictory.com.au/defa ... y&id=34045


Also Grant Brebner became an Australian citizen yesterday, freeing up an international spot.

Good news all round then.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Continuing on from my post in the Heart thread, Melbourne Victory membership numbers looking very good so far with a little over a month until the first home game.

Membership currently sitting at 14,357

Based on whats left i think the club would have to be fairly confident of membership selling out this season, and becoming the first A-league club to have a waiting list for membership.

Premium A Reserved: 933 available (Adult prices start from $470)
Premium B Reserved: 2,165 seats available (Adult prices start from $350)
Premium C Reserved: 4,105 seats available (Adult prices start from $225)
South-End Active: SOLD-OUT - waiting list available
North-End Active: SOLD-OUT - waiting list available

[johntheclaret]

Continuing on from my post in the Heart thread, Melbourne Victory membership numbers looking very good so far with a little over a month until the first home game.

Membership currently sitting at 14,357

Based on whats left i think the club would have to be fairly confident of membership selling out this season, and becoming the first A-league club to have a waiting list for membership.

Premium A Reserved: 933 available (Adult prices start from $470)
Premium B Reserved: 2,165 seats available (Adult prices start from $350)
Premium C Reserved: 4,105 seats available (Adult prices start from $225)
South-End Active: SOLD-OUT - waiting list available
North-End Active: SOLD-OUT - waiting list available

So what do you get for your money Sam. How does it compare to say the EPL or CCC.

You to give you an example, a season ticket at Burnley (23 home games) will set you back from $600.00 for lower tier behind the goals, to $900 for and upper tier from the 1/2 way line.
Lounge tickets will cost you $2,000 for a season including meal, and a box will cost $32,000 (seats 10)

The EPL varies widely depending on club but the season ticket prices aren't htat much different in most clubs to those of the CCC, maybe add 15%. Chelsea, Arsenal etc are much higher, and boxes are hugely more expensive.

[devilsadvocate]

You get Aids if you buy a victory season ticket.

And no, it's not the good Aids.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Continuing on from my post in the Heart thread, Melbourne Victory membership numbers looking very good so far with a little over a month until the first home game.

Membership currently sitting at 14,357

Based on whats left i think the club would have to be fairly confident of membership selling out this season, and becoming the first A-league club to have a waiting list for membership.

Premium A Reserved: 933 available (Adult prices start from $470)
Premium B Reserved: 2,165 seats available (Adult prices start from $350)
Premium C Reserved: 4,105 seats available (Adult prices start from $225)
South-End Active: SOLD-OUT - waiting list available
North-End Active: SOLD-OUT - waiting list available

So what do you get for your money Sam. How does it compare to say the EPL or CCC.

You to give you an example, a season ticket at Burnley (23 home games) will set you back from $600.00 for lower tier behind the goals, to $900 for and upper tier from the 1/2 way line.
Lounge tickets will cost you $2,000 for a season including meal, and a box will cost $32,000 (seats 10)

The EPL varies widely depending on club but the season ticket prices aren't htat much different in most clubs to those of the CCC, maybe add 15%. Chelsea, Arsenal etc are much higher, and boxes are hugely more expensive.

15 Home games this season, 10 at Swan Street and 5 at Docklands.

This will probably give you a better idea of what corresponds to where

http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_conten ... source.pdf

Its a fair bit different for the games at Docklands though

http://www.a-league.com.au/site/_conten ... source.pdf

Personally I'm not overly happy with my membership this season (Country & Interstate Membership), but that's got more to do with how good the set up was last season in comparison, last season it was $90 and got you a seat at any 5 home games, this season its $100 and gets you into the 5 games at the Docklands only, for games at Swan Street you effectively have to purchase a ticket then you get an upgrade to a reserved seat.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Setanta Sports will broadcast exclusive live coverage of Melbourne Victory’s match with Argentinean giants, Boca Juniors, on Friday July 16th.

The game will be available live through the Setanta channel on Foxtel and Austar.

Victory fans can get a special discounted subscription rate to Setanta, if they subscribe prior to the 8pm kick off, via the Setanta website at www.setanta.com.au

Setanta will also air live coverage of Wellington Phoenix v Boca Juniors on Friday, July 23rd at 5pm AEST.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

0-0 20 minutes gone

Plenty of support there for Boca

[devilsadvocate]

Cool pics Sam.

The boca fans look like they're good value.

How'd you get in the pitch to take that?

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

MV just put them up on facebook.


1-0 to boca at half time, scored on 42 minutes

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Boca ended up winning 1-0.

Very physical opening hit out, both teams came together with abit of push and shove on at least 4 separate occasions, ref let alot go, gave out 6 yellow cards for the match but turned a blind eye to quite a few other things including a clear straight red in the first half.
Pretty sloppy performance, though it easily could have ended 1-1 with Melbourne probably having the better of it in the 2nd half, particularly in the last 20 minutes.
With another couple games against VPL sides to come, the Victory are probably shaping up alright really, performance was probably about par for this time of year.

Didn't catch the official attendance, but based on how it looked i would say it was about 20,000-24,000

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Boca Juniors defeat Melbourne Victory 1-0 in friendly match at Etihad Stadium

By Adam Cooper
July 16, 2010

Boca Juniors midfielder Marcelo Canete scored the decisive goal as the Argentine Primera Division side beat Melbourne Victory 1-0 in a pre-season friendly at Etihad Stadium.

Canete, Boca's standout player throughout the match, was forced to overcome a bloody nose suffered in the early stages when he collided with referee Strebre Delovski in the first half.

But the promising midfielder bounced back to score the winner for Boca with a great solo goal in the 42nd minute.

The 20-year-old pounced on a back pass from Melbourne's Roddy Vargas, sped away from Leigh Broxham and fended off Adrian Leijer, before beating Victory goalkeeper Glen Moss.

He almost scored a second in the opening minute of the second half but Michael Petkovic, who replaced Moss at half-time, saved the Boca midfielder's low shot.

Canete, who was twice patched up on the sidelines after his collision with Delovski, was off before the hour as both clubs rolled through their squads during the second half.

The game attracted just 13,020 fans, but Boca enjoyed the more passionate support thanks to a pocket of loyal fans who celebrated their appearance Down Under.

Melbourne's main problem was creating chances, with Archie Thompson and Carlos Hernandez missing, but the Victory twice went close in the first half.

Marvin Angulo and Robbie Kruse both had shots from close range blocked, and Tom Pondeljak put a long-range shot wide in the second half.

Nicolas Blando had the best chance for Boca in the second half but shot wide after a great run from near the halfway line.

The game was marred by several ugly challenges and some pushing and shoving on an unstable Etihad Stadium surface, which caused slips throughout the game.

The Victory play two more scratch matches before their grand-final rematch against Sydney FC on August 7, while Boca's visit is part of a world pre-season tour.

Melbourne coach Ernie Merrick was pleased with his side's performance and said the match was a good hit-out before the A-League season began.

"There was a lot of feeling in the game and we got out of it exactly what we wanted and it was great to see a team like Boca come over and be very serious about winning a game,'' Merrick said.

"We were particularly happy with the intensity in the second half. This is the best way to prepare for the league."

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Pondeljak and Celeski scored as Melbourne Victory defeated Dandenong Thunder 2-1 in the wet at Olympic Park tonight.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Strong rumour that Bruce Djite will sign for the Melbourne Victory within the next week or so.

[Sam_goUUUdogs]

Melbourne vs Central Coast match in Tassie has ended 0-0

[whufc]

Strong rumour that Bruce Djite will sign for the Melbourne Victory within the next week or so.

would love if aussie bruce signed for Melbourne, would annoy the living carp out of the Adelaide fans.

[mickey]

Melbourne Victory star Archie Thompson says his surgically repaired knee is ahead of schedule and he hopes to return to the A-League before Christmas.

Thompson has overcome the funk he endured in the months after he had surgery to mend the knee he injured in the loss to Sydney FC in last season's grand final.

Coach Ernie Merrick is focused on regaining his striker in January, but Thompson said he was already kicking balls and hoped to get back much sooner.

"I'm sort of thinking November," Thompson said on Thursday.

"That's just me being over-confident about it.

http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/ ... er-return/