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Matthew Kemp hasn’t had the greatest run with Victory fans since moving to Melbourne. His excellent form in the ACL has probably won him a few more admirers, but I think a little creativity from the sidelines could turn the bald-headed fullback into a crowd favourite: try this, Kempy.

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The calf injury Archie Thompson picked up in the Socceroo’s World Cup qualifier with China earlier this week could keep him on the sidelines for the next six weeks.
At the very least, Archie will not be available for the Melbourne Victory’s April 9 Asian Champions League match against Gamba Osaka, considered by many to be […]

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Archie Thompson and Rodrigo Vargas were announced as co-winners of the Victory Medal last night.
Kevin Muscat and Michael Theoklitos were joint runners-up, with Carlos Hernández trailing a point behind.
Both Thompson and Vargas picked up other awards as well, with Thompson receiving the SEN Player of the Year award and Vargas voted Players’ Player of the […]

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Tom Pondeljak’s move to the Melbourne Victory has invited considerable criticism. The former Socceroo’s age - he turned 32 in January - was the main cause for skepticism. After seeing older players like Juninho signed on lucrative deals and spend much of the season on the bench thanks to injury, it’s understandable to be doubtful […]

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This is bad: Carlos Hernández injured himself at training last week and is expected to miss six weeks.
Ernie Merrick said:

“It was just one of those training incidents with no one near him. He turned and his foot got stuck and twisted his knee.”

Six weeks means that the Costa Rican will miss Melbourne’s first three matches […]

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Daniel Piorkowski has not agreed to the contract offered him by the Melbourne Victory. He is set to move on once his contract expires in July.
The news was reported in The Age today, alongside a report about Milicevic leaving.
Piorkowski’s departure isn’t all that surprising, given his constant battle with injury over the past two season. […]

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Ljubo Milicevic and the Melbourne Victory have parted company.
It seems the defender and the club have agreed to “mutually terminate his contract”, which suggests to me that the Victory will not be required to pay out his contract - as would have been the case if they had fired him outright. Perhaps Milicevic has some […]

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Sebastian Ryall is joining the Olyroos as they prepare for the Beijing Olympics. He is one of 25 players picked by Graham Arnold for a training camp in Sydney, due to start tomorrow (Saturday).
Billy Celeski and Leigh Broxham are also both in the selection, but Nick Ward misses out because of ongoing injury.
Meanwhile, Ward looks […]

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One midfielder in, another one out.
But is Billy Celeski a same-for-same replacement of Adrian Caceres? It would appear not. Celeski is an attacking midfielder, but one who is best played in the centre of the park. It seems the wide position played by Caceres will still need filling.
After the Perth Glory’s 4-2 win over Sydney […]

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Thank you to everyone who voted in the MVFC Awards!
Voting is now closed. In two of the categories, clear winners emerged, but in the third, it was a very tight race.
Without further ado, here’s who you voted the best Melbourne Victory players in 2007/08:

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