Victory aim for 10 straight wins over Reds

Melbourne Victory skipper Kevin Muscat is wary Adelaide United are now "a different animal" to the bunnies in the headlights his side has taken delight in running over for their past nine A-League encounters.

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Victory against the odds

Archie Thompson uses hardships from his past to drive him into the future, writes Michael Lynch.

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Geoff Miles to quit as Victory CEO

Longstanding Melbourne Victory chief executive Geoff Miles will part ways with the powerhouse A-League club at the end of 2011 after five years at the helm

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Merrick wants focus on Victory in Roar clash

BRISBANE Roar is in second place on the A-League table and in a rare vein of form, but Melbourne Victory boss Ernie Merrick says the game is all about it.

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Thompson works towards November return

RESPLENDENT in pink boots and sporting the sort of smile that has been in short supply for much of this year, Archie Thompson is back. Well, almost.

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Melbourne Victory still to settle in at AAMI Park

ETIHAD Stadium is now Melbourne Victory's home away from home, but the players may prefer it to their new headquarters at AAMI Park.

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Hernandez holds key to Victory's season chances

MELBOURNE Victory's scoring drought has broken, but the question must still be asked: did the former champion put three past Sydney FC because it suddenly hit form, or because last season's grand final winner is in awful shape.

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Victory eyes changes for Sydney clash

MIDFIELDER Leigh Broxham and wing back Surat Sukha are set to pay the price for Melbourne Victory's high-profile defeat against local rival Melbourne Heart in the A-League derby by being dropped from the side that will seek to make amends against struggling A-League champion Sydn …

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Muscat says no love lost with Sydney

Victory captain Kevin Muscat says the Melbourne derby is a spectacle but a game against Sydney FC, now that's a rivalry.

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Melbourne Victory turns up the heat

IT'S time for Melbourne Victory players to perform or risk being dropped

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Ernie Merrick wary of change of Melbourne Heart

MELBOURNE Victory's scouting report and preparation for tonight's A-League derby will include the possibility Melbourne Heart captain Simon Colosimo may be a surprise late inclusion.

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Melbourne Victory to win head count

MELBOURNE Heart is the home team for Friday night's A-League derby, but it may feel as if it is in enemy territory.

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Heart-Victory derby set to pack them in

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Sticking point in Kruse deal

MELBOURNE Victory striker Robbie Kruse looks likely to be one of the most in-demand players next season if he does not come to terms with the club

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First Melbourne derby delayed

MELBOURNE Heart, Melbourne Victory and soccer's governing body have bowed to the inevitable and shifted the first-ever A-League derby between the two Victorian clubs back by six days. But it is not a move that has pleased either coach.

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Muscat looms for derby day

MELBOURNE Victory will be disrupted off the pitch, but likely strengthened on it for the postponed A-League derby against Melbourne Heart.

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Merrick rues missed chances after Newcastle draw

MELBOURNE Victory boss Ernie Merrick believes his side should be snapping at the heels of runaway A-League leader Adelaide United instead of being marooned in the middle of the chasing pack.

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Michael Petkovic adds starch to sheets

MELBOURNE Victory's Michael Petkovic may be a rare breed among goalkeepers, given he does not make clean sheets his top priority.

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Toes blow floors Grant Brebner

MELBOURNE Victory midfielder Grant Brebner will miss Saturday night's away game against Newcastle Jets with broken toes.

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Tension mounts in lead-up to first Melbourne derby

DUAL A-League champion Melbourne Victory has spurned a proposal from new boy Heart to establish a cup and best-on-ground medal for the derby both clubs hope will become a must-see event on the city's sporting calendar.

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Victory's Kruse back in frame for Jets clash

MELBOURNE Victory looks set to give striker Robbie Kruse only his second start of the season when it travels to the back-from-the-dead Newcastle Jets for the round-nine clash on Saturday night.

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Victory depth claims to get the acid test

MELBOURNE Victory coach Ernie Merrick has talked of having his strongest squad ever this season, and that depth will be tested to the limit tomorrow when his side makes one of the longest road trips in domestic sport to take on a resurgent North Queensland Fury, fit and rested af …

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Midfielder Billy Celeski calls for Melbourne Victory to focus

ELBOURNE Victory midfielder Billy Celeski has called on his teammates to get their heads in the game and minds on the job.

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NQ Fury coach queries Kevin Muscat's 'courage'

KEVIN Muscat has been labelled too much of a wuss to take on North Queensland Fury in Townsville on Saturday.

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Victory to cope without Muscat

TOMMY Pondeljak believes Melbourne Victory is better equipped to handle being without inspirational captain Kevin Muscat than it was 12 months ago.

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